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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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Religious 12th graders during a pre-army training week (Photo credit: Courtesy: Avichai Deri/ Aluma)

On a wing and a prayer

By Mitch Ginsburg

The graduation last week of the army’s first female religious pilot-navigator highlights a significant rise in Orthodox women choosing to serve. It’s proving a revelation for enlistees and the IDF alike

Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein (left). (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Likud minister and two party MKs say they want to annex the West Bank

By Raphael Ahren

Netanyahu didn’t speak about a Palestinian state ‘in the full sense,’ lawmaker Yariv Levin tells Times of Israel at conference promoting a one-state solution

Likud hardliner suggests paying Palestinian families to emigrate from West Bank

By Stuart Winer and Gabe Fisher

Crowd heckles Likud minister for saying Israel not a state of its citizens

By Philip Podolsky

Citing Biblical precedent, Netanyahu cautions against ‘rushed’ peace agreement

By Aaron Kalman

When ‘should I stay or should I go’ is a life or death question

The Israeli government has figured out how to get rid of Sudanese refugees without really deporting them

Meir Javedanfar

Shooting the messengers

Israel is taking the perilous course of ignoring its own diplomatic corps

Rihanna the rhino arrived in Israel at the end of December, 2012. (photo credit: Tibor Jager/Ramat Gan Safari)

What's my name?

Horny Rihanna romps in Ramat Gan

By Stuart Winer

Rhinoceros that arrived at Israeli safari park last week named after singer who played Tel Aviv in 2010

The slaughter of schoolchildren in Connecticut has dampened the passions of many gun owners, but some say Jewish history -- particularly the Holocaust -- underscores the need for private arms. (Courtesy STA Training via JTA)

After Newtown, Jewish gun owners reconsider restrictions

By Chavie Lieber

Israel to host hundreds of foreign fighter pilots in largest ever multinational exercise

By Aaron Kalman

Air forces will learn from each other and practice flying alongside each other, TV report says

Russian-speaking Israelis dance to Russian pop beats at the Babylon nightclub in Tel Aviv. The club caters to the Russian-speaking immigrant community, featuring hired dancers and extravagant decorations rarely seen in informal Israel (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

Back from the USSR

By Daniel Estrin and Oded Balilty

Immigrants from the former Soviet Union are an integral part of Israeli life, yet remain distinct

Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Tamoun, January 1. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Ballas)

West Bank village erupts after undercover soldiers arrest Islamic Jihad activists

By AP and ToI Staff

Rubber bullets and tear gas reportedly used in clashes; army says operation carried out to stop terror attack

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (photo credit: Flash90)

Likud-Beytenu lost five seats in December as Jewish Home doubled, poll finds

By Ilan Ben Zion

Naftali Bennett’s right-wing party grows from six seats to 14 in one month, according to latest voter survey

Dame Judi Dench -- who plays intelligence chief 'M' -- with Daniel Craig at a photo call for the new James Bond film Skyfall last year (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

An ‘M’ for Israel? Not yet. Public still doesn’t trust women for top security roles

By Stuart Winer

Poll finds that although most accept the idea of a female prime minister, they don’t envisage a woman at the helm of the Defense Ministry or Mossad in the next decade

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children, April 2010 (photo credit: David Vaaknin/Flash90)

Sharp rise in the number of children not learning math or English

By Stuart Winer

Over 50,000 pupils attend mostly ultra-Orthodox schools that are exempt from teaching the standard state syllabus

Omer Barlev (photo credit: Flash90)

In the running

Israel can’t afford to sit and do nothing, says Labor’s new defense man

By Matti Friedman

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BlogSaying goodbye to Nili

By Baruch Sterman

Illustrative photo of a park area in Jerusalem (Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Report lists 119 specific threats to Israel’s open spaces

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 (AP/Alaa Al-Marjani)

Arabic media review As Iraq continues to ferment, Shiite cleric blames PM

By Elhanan Miller

Illustrative photo: Young ultra-Orthodox students pray in their classroom (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewNot doing the math

By Yossi Nachemi

Peppers picked from the Faran farm in the Arava desert (photo credit: Shay Levy/ Flash 90)

From the webIsraeli produce discovered in south Lebanon shop

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Cash-strapped PA seeks emergency funds from China and Russia, lambastes Arab states for lack of aid

By Elhanan Miller

View of Gilo houses surrounded by steep slopes (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Fall guyCase of the bumbling burglar

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