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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hatnua party leader Tzipi Livni at the joint press conference where Livni announced she was joining Netanyahu's government as minister of justice, February 19, 2013. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

AnalysisHatnua is first to join Likud-Beytenu coalition

Tzipi Livni, never missing an opportunity to make the wrong decision

By Raphael Ahren

She was the woman of principle who implored Labor and Yesh Atid to join her in blocking Netanyahu. Now she’s traded her integrity for two ministries and a meaningless promise to head peace talks

Livni: Joining Netanyahu not a betrayal of Hatnua voters

By Asher Zeiger

Shas set to follow Livni into Netanyahu government

By Ilan Ben Zion

Setting aside rivalry, Netanyahu and Livni announce deal

By Ilan Ben Zion

An Iranian Shahab-3 missile launched during military exercises outside the city of Qom, Iran, in June 2011. (AP/ISNA/Ruhollah Vahdati)

99% of Americans consider Iranian nukes a threat

By Haviv Rettig Gur

North Korean nuclear program also widely preceived as ‘critical’ danger, poll finds; Republicans fear Islamism more than do Democrats

Mr Prime Minister, listen to the people!

Forming a government without Bennett and Lapid would betray core Likud principles and the will of the voters

The other women of the Wall

The women who pray inside the Kotel Tunnels, out of the limelight, are truly sharing a secret with God

Emad Burnat and one of his sons in the movie poster for '5 Broken Cameras' (Courtesy '5 Broken Cameras')

Director of 5 Broken Cameras held up at LAX

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore reports that he helped Emad Burnat get through US immigration in order to attend the Oscars

Rabbi Chaim Halpern (photo credit: courtesy)

Senior UK rabbi arrested after sex-crime investigation

By Miriam Shaviv

Accusations against Chaim Halpern have divided London’s Haredi community since coming to light in the fall

Demonstrators in Dublin protest Israeli military operations in Gaza in early 2009. (CC BY/albertw via Flickr.com)

Reporter's notebook

Amid plenty of pro-Palestine talk, Irish temper their tone on Israel

By Eamon Delaney

The Syrian Electronic Army (photo credit: screenshot/File)

Israel’s infrastructure exposed to cyber-risk

By David Shamah

Though less talented than the Chinese, Iranian and Arab hackers may be able to get to electrical and water systems, expert warns

The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Prison staff may pay the price for Zygier suicide

By Ron Friedman

Two officers and two guards could face criminal charges for negligence following release of investigation report

MK Ruth Calderon (left) sits next to fellow Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman as she leads the Torah study session in the Knesset on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. (photo credit: Benjy Goldberg)

Yesh Atid initiates Knesset Torah study group

By Asher Zeiger

Party members hope Tuesday sessions will become a staple for MKs and their staffs

Illustrative photo of Hasidic men walking in Brooklyn. (Gedalya Gottdenger/Creative Commons/JTA)

Turf battles follow Haredi population surge in NY

Community’s growth into traditionally black and Hispanic neighborhoods leads to tensions over real estate

(illustrative rat image via Shutterstock)

Supreme rodents

Iran rolls out big guns in war on rats

By Asher Zeiger

Tehran deploys snipers to eliminate mutant vermin that threaten to overrun the city

Pau de Queijo, warm, light cheese puffs, a Brazilian nosh (photo credit: Anatoly Michaelo)

Food for thought

Celebrate Brazil’s Carnival with homemade cheese puffs

By Phyllis Glazer

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Move aside, Brangelina (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewEnter Bivni, Israel’s new high-powered politicouple

By Ilan Ben Zion

Syrian civilians searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center)

Arabic media reviewSyrian opposition threatens to strike Hezbollah

By Elhanan Miller

(Illustrative image of in vitro fertilization via Shutterstock)

Israelis held in Romanian ova trafficking case

By Asher Zeiger and AP

The Scott tissue company is trying to relieve itself of claims it owes charity money to a yeshiva and four other Jewish schools. (Photo credit: CC BY/NCReedplayer via Flickr.com)

Woe de toiletteToilet paper fundraiser wipes out

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Alicia Keys (photo credit: courtesy)

Keyed upAlicia Keys confirms Tel Aviv concert

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