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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 16, 2013

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A scene from the Australian television program on Zygier (photo credit: screen capture/ABC News via YouTube)

Analysis

The two glaring questions at the heart of the Zygier affair

By Mitch Ginsburg

What was the alleged crime that justified the Mossad agent’s arrest and incarceration in solitary confinement, and how did he manage to kill himself in Israel’s most secure jail cell?

Israel denies it agreed to pay Zygier’s family millions

By Ron Friedman and Michal Shmulovich

From the webPhoto analysis casts doubt on Zygier’s ‘hit squad’ link

From the webPrisoner X was from my shtetl

Mor Ostrovski's controversial Instagram photo (image capture/Instagram)

Soldier’s Instagram post puts him in the crosshairs

By Ron Friedman

Photo of a child caught in a sniper rifle’s sights makes waves online

An affront to women, tradition and Jews worldwide

Barring the Women of the Wall is an outrageous insult and it’s also unwise

Cruel joke: putting an Iranian on UNICEF’s board

A rep of a country that executes minors is now on the board of an agency that’s supposed to protect them

Moroccan PM Abdelilah Benkirane at the opening of the Slat Al Fassiyine synagogue in Fez Wednesday (photo credit: Youtube image)

Morocco’s Islamist PM inaugurates refurbished Fez synagogue

By Elhanan Miller

Message from King Muhammad VI, praising the Jewish community and pledging to protect it, read out at ceremony

Former Senator Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing last month (photo credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate delay gives Hagel opponents prep time

Emergency Committee for Israel among groups trying to convince lawmakers that there are better choices

US Secretary of State John Kerry (right), and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon address reporters after their meeting at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 14 (photo credit: US State Department)

US could cut $300 million in military aid to Israel

By Bradley Klapper

Government may have to slash $2.6 billion in global aid if budget debate not resolved by March 1; Jordan and Egypt would be hit too

Iranian mourners carry the flag draped coffin of Gen. Hassan Shateri, shown in the poster, in Tehran. Prominent Iranian politicians and clerics led mourners at a funeral Thursday for a senior commander of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guards who was killed this week while traveling from Syria to Lebanon, local media said. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Saeed Kariminejad

Iran vows to take revenge on Israel for commander’s death

By AP and ToI Staff

Senior official warns Hassan Shateri’s alleged murder by ‘merceneries and supporters of the Zionist regime’ will be avenged

In this image provided by the Egyptian President, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Israel and Hamas said to hold indirect talks in Cairo

By Ilan Ben Zion

Senior Israeli officials negotiate easing of Gaza blockade with Islamist group’s officials, working through Egyptian intermediaries

Ayalon says Liberman unfit to be foreign minister

By Yoel Goldman

Former deputy FM, left off of Yisrael Beytenu’s Knesset list, claims party head failed to gain confidence of global community

Nick Muzin, left, and Tim Scott bonded over their shared religious devotion. (Photo by Kay Fekete, courtesy of Nick Muzin via JTA)

Black senator’s secret weapon: an Orthodox Jew from Canada

Yeshiva University-trained doctor Nick Muzin has played a key role in guiding the career of rising GOP star Tim Scott

My Favorite Enemy in concert (photo credit: courtesy)

Arab-Israeli ensemble makes NY debut — at Shabbat services

By Josefin Dolsten

Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as he speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, in January (photo credit: AP/SANA)

French defense minister calls for Assad’s ouster

By Yoel Goldman

France weighing terrorist group classification for Hezbollah, according to report

Gamla's unmistakable hump (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel travels

Gamla, the camel-backed mountain

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

More Headlines

Illustrative. An Egged bus. (Abir Sultan/ Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox men order woman to rear of bus

A meteor streaks across the sky of Russia’s Ural Mountains in February 2013, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring hundreds of people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)

Siberian synagogue damaged by meteorite blast

By JTA and AP

Israeli security personnel fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters, August, 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian protesters clash with IDF outside West Bank prison

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich speak during a meeting at the Knesset (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Yachimovich meets Netanyahu, says will remain in opposition

Staffers at Moonbot Studios consider the Golem a precursor to modern monsters like the Terminator. (Vimeo screenshot)

That's Prague-ressGolem comes to life for video game

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Melbourne sex abuse probes spread to Sydney Jewish community

Illustrative photo of street scene in south Tel Aviv (photo credit: Nicky Kelvin/Flash90)

Migrants nearly ‘tricked into leaving Israel’

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