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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 28, 2013

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the UN Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum (photo credit: screenshot webtv.un.org)

Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime against humanity’

By Raphael Ahren

Turkish PM slammed for juxtaposing Jewish self-determination with anti-Semitism, Islamophobia; UN chief called out for remaining silent

Hundreds of devil rays lined up on the Gaza beach on February 27, 2013. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Media angle

Gaza’s massive haul of devil rays sparks big fish story

By Ilan Ben Zion

Palestinian fishermen catch hundreds of the endangered species and lay them out on beach, prompting absurd online feeding frenzy

A tragic gulf between two Oscar rejects

Why ‘The Gatekeepers’ is a credit to Israel, while no one is well-served by ‘5 Broken Cameras’

Hagel naysayers: Have you no sense of decency?

Those who called him an anti-Semite, a friend of Hamas, and an Israel basher should hang their heads in shame

The case for oiling Better Place’s wheels

For the sake of national security, Israel should provide tax and regulatory breaks to help the electric car maker succeed

The last laughs on Jew

Tevye in Fiddler was worse for the Jews — and for Judaism — than Ted at the Oscars could ever be

Yityish Aynaw, Miss Israel 2013 (photo credit: Channel 2 screenshot)

Israel's Tyra Banks?

Miss Israel is Ethiopian immigrant

Yityish Aynaw, who was entered into the competition by a friend, made aliya with her family at age 12

Shas leader Eli Yishai (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Eli Yishai concedes likely opposition role for Shas

Leader of ultra-Orthodox party says Lapid and Bennett, who appear poised to join Netanyahu, are driven by desire to ‘harm’ Torah

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is accompanied by France's President Francois Hollande after their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Hagel, Kerry offer softer tone on foreign policy

By Haviv Rettig Gur

New secretary of defense suggests US ‘can’t dictate to the world,’ while secretary of state calls Iran’s government ‘elected’

Despite her nightmarish early years, Auschwitz survivor Paula Dash was a joyful presence in the life of her granddaughter, shown at her college graduation in 1993. (Courtesy of Allison Nazarian)

Author examines Holocaust trauma in a new generation

By Matt Lebovic

Avigdor Liberman, February 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)

Liberman: West ‘stands down’ as Iran ‘races’ toward bomb

By Aaron Kalman

Former FM also claims West Bank clashes are directed by the Palestinian leadership in lead-up to Obama’s visit to the region

"I'd like to see more ultra Orthodox runners, and more Arab runners," said Rachel Neiman, who regularly runs in Jerusalem. Here, crossing last year's finish line (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Top five

Off to the race

By Jessica Steinberg

A Free Syrian Army fighter sits behind an anti-aircraft weapon in Aleppo, Syria (photo credit: AP/Abdullah al-Yassin)

‘US training Syrian rebels in bid to oust Assad’

By Stuart Winer

Obama administration determined to up assistance to opposition forces, including nonlethal aid, New York Times reports

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. (photo credit: image capture from Channel 2/Al Manar)

Nasrallah refutes rumors of his illness, injury

By Elhanan Miller

In a televised address, the Lebanese Shiite leader accuses the United States of fanning sectarian flames

Eugene Kaspersky, head of Kaspersky Lab (Photo credit: Courtesy Tel Aviv University)

New sophisticated malware targets 23 countries, including Israel

By David Shamah

‘Dangerous’ MiniDuke, which exploits Adobe Reader PDF files, is latest virus to invade government computers, says Kaspersky Lab

A view of a living room in daylight (Courtesy Na'ama Steigman Gavish)

Flat living

Everything is illuminated

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Yityish Aynaw, who immigrated to Israel at age 12 from Ethiopia, is crowned Israel's beauty queen on Wednesday, Feb. 27 (photo credit: Avishag Shar Yashuv/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewCoalition conundrums: End in sight?

By Ron Friedman

Free Syrian Army fighters from the Knights of the North brigade leave one of their caves to reconnaissance a Syrian army forces base of al-Karmid, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 27 (Photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Arabic media review‘Harlem Shake’ stirs up North Africa

By Michael Bassin

Former interior minister Gideon Sa'ar. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Sa’ar says sex scandal claim ‘an injury hard to describe’

A Holocaust survivor with a number tattooed on his forearm puts on Tefillin (photo credit: Flash90)

Tattoo-based Holocaust education tool causes stir

By Aaron Kalman

Oxford students voting Wednesday evening. (photo credit: courtesy Eylan Aslan-Levy)

Oxford students overwhelmingly vote down Israel boycott

By Miriam Shaviv

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