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What Matters Most On Friday, January 4, 2013

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Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallying in Gaza City Friday. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

‘Our mission is to save Jerusalem,’ Abbas tells Fatah supporters in TV address to huge Gaza rally

By ToI Staff and AP

100,000 join anniversary celebration in Hamas-controlled Strip, signaling growing detente between Palestinian rivals

Abbas changes name of Palestinian Authority to ‘State of Palestine’

By Raphael Ahren and AP

AnalysisAmid anniversary celebrations, Fatah torn between diplomacy and armed struggle

By Elhanan Miller

Egyptian forces capture American-made missiles headed for Gaza Strip

By Joshua Davidovich

Even diehard 'Downton Abbey' fans were surprised to learn that Lady Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) was born to a Jewish merchant in Ohio. (Courtesy of PBS)

Sorry fans, no Yiddishkeit at ‘Downton Abbey’

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Lady Cora may be ‘the beautiful daughter of Isidore Levinson, a dry goods multimillionaire from Cincinnati,’ but here’s why Mrs. Patmore won’t be baking challah and Mr. Carson won’t be serving Shabbat dinner in Season 3

Shemot: Between emotional empathy and rational empathy

In this week’s Torah reading, Moses hides his face from God, perhaps preserving his capacity for compassion

Jewish Home party is no home for the non-Orthodox

Voters who like Naftali Bennett may be far less enchanted by others in his party

Yemeni soldiers, December 2012. (Photo credit: AP/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen charges local man with spying for the Mossad

By Elhanan Miller and ToI Staff

‘Jewish national,’ named as Ibrahim al-Dharahi, 24, to go on trial in next few days

An ancient manuscript discovered inside caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan (photo credit: AP/The National Library of Israel)

National Library unveils trove of medieval manuscripts uncovered in Taliban caves

Casting their lot. A bride and groom vote in the last general elections before getting married, February 10, 2009. (Photo credit: by Edi Israel/Flash90)

Poll warning: Believe the trends, be wary of the specifics

By Raphael Ahren

Consumed obsessively in these heady pre-election days, Israel’s political surveys are hampered by small samples, unasked questions, and possible pollster conflicts of interests. Best to think of them, experts say, as ‘informational entertainment’

A man walking by a booth for Jewish Home in Jerusalem in December. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Friday polls show Jewish Home surge may have been an outlier

By Joshua Davidovich

Shelly Yachimovich, head of the Israel Labor Party, at a gathering of Israeli Labor Party election staff (photo credit: Flash90)

We won’t join a Netanyahu-led government, Labor leader says

By Stuart Winer

Yair Lapid calls Shelly Yachimovich ‘hysterical’ after she declares she’ll either put together the next coalition or lead opposition against it

Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Former Shin Bet chief lets loose on Netanyahu

By Ron Friedman

Yuval Diskin charges PM with mishandling Iran effort, Palestinian strategy; accusations dismissed as grumblings of snubbed official

A hacker message to the people of Israel (Screenshot)

Hack attack: No borders for Arab computer vandals

By David Shamah

Hackers targets dozens of Israeli websites every day. They also strike at sites in Iran, the Palestinian territories and across the region

Bus No. 195, the 'mishpocha,' in the orange grove (photo credit: Courtesy)

Aboard the Asperger’s bus, a quirky ‘mishpocha’

By Jessica Steinberg

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Raoul Wallenberg (Wikimedia Commons)

Sweden honors Wallenberg with commemoration day

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (photo credit: Michel Euler/AP)

Gaddafi financed former French president to the tune of €50m, arms dealer alleges

By Adiv Sterman

Ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem protest intention to draft them in July 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

3,000 ultra-Orthodox receive IDF draft notices, to be called up by August

By Asher Zeiger

Senior Jewish Home members after the party's primaries results are announced, November 14, 2012. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Who dwells in the Jewish Home?

By Raphael Ahren

Yuval Diskin (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewDissent from soldiers, Palestinians, and politicians

By Ilan Ben Zion

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