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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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Analysis

7 reasons the Americans think this time will be different

By David Horovitz

Undeterred by widespread Israeli and Palestinian skepticism, John Kerry is convinced he can broker a permanent accord. What does he know that we don’t?

All issues to be on the table, Kerry says as peace talks kick off

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, Raphael Ahren and Joshua Davidovich

In Ramallah, little enthusiasm and less expectation as talks restart

By Elhanan Miller

Officials hail ‘hugely significant breakthrough’ in peace talks

By Raphael Ahren

Celebrating Shavuot with Jerusalem Village (photo credit: Ronny Tuvia/Times of Israel)

It takes a village

Because getting to Jerusalem is only half the journey

By Nicole Levin

A large proportion of new immigrants to the capital wind up moving back out — to other parts of Israel, or abroad. A new grassroots project is working to change that

The no-fat-talk rule

Before undulging in negative body talk, remember: The kids are listening

Avi Issacharoff

Hope for peace, but buy a lottery ticket

Mistrust on both sides means there is a better chance of hitting the jackpot than the newest installment of talks succeeding

Fiamma Nirenstein

A Taliban ‘apology’

A letter to Malala Yousufza, who was shot in the head for attending school, is a disturbing omen for Afghanistan’s future

This baby was accidentally given to the wrong mother for nursing shortly after his birth (photo capture: Channel 10 news)

Baby blooper

Hospital mixes up nursing newbies

By Asher Zeiger

Father claims racism after his wife was mistakenly given the son of Eritrean refugees to feed as her own

‘PM cuts secret deal with Jewish Home on settlements’

By Stuart Winer and Haviv Rettig Gur

Netanyahu promises thousands of new West Bank homes, Maariv reports, to keep nationalist party from bolting coalition over prisoner releases

The Maccabiah 2013 closing ceremony. (Screenshot/ Channel 1)

Maccabiah 2013

Rockers replace athletes as Maccabiah comes to an end

Closing ceremony of ‘Jewish Olympics’ celebrated with bands, DJs and light displays

Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni, left, and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, after the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

Resumed talks ‘will help stave off train wreck of new Palestinian push at UN’

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

US officials: Before announcing restart of negotiations, Obama called Netanyahu to gauge his commitment

An illustrative photo of an Egged bus (Photo credit: Abir Sultan/FLASH90)

Arrests, riot after woman ordered to the back of the bus

By Stuart Winer

Police detain an ultra-Orthodox man and woman after they try to enforce illegal religious segregation

Members of the Israeli team at the Physics Olympiad (Photo credit: Education Ministry)

Students bring home science gold, but what about next year?

By David Shamah

Teams of high school kids did the country proud in 3 science Olympiads this summer, but budget cuts may impact future performance

Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after the court unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court's rape conviction. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Katsav poses no danger to public, prison shrink says

By Stuart Winer and Aaron Kalman

Former president, serving a seven-year sentence for rape, has applied for a furlough

Charging a Better Place car in 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash 90)

Better Place’s new owners have until this week to pay the court

By Jessica Steinberg

The car owners’ consortium wants to sell 200 electric cars at cost to cover current operating costs

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani at a press conference, in Tehran on June 17, 2013. (photo credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Iran president’s inner circle has Western accent

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and Brian Murphy

Hasan Rouhani’s government is expected to include key members who hold degrees from US and European universities

Illustration from 'My First Kafka' (photo credit: courtesy)

‘My First Kafka’ offers a new sort of fairy tale

By Jenni Miller

More Headlines

Ossie Schechtman, who scored first NBA basket, dies at 94

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau (photo credit: FLASH90)

Israel’s chief rabbi slammed for racial slur

Illustrative photo of a representative of Israel's Chief Rabbinate inspecting a kosher certificate at a food stand in Jerusalem. (Rubin Salvadori/Flash90/File)

Activists eye alternatives to kosher certification

This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, foreground, making remarks at a joint news conference with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, center, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Arabic media reviewAshton in Egypt: Mission impossible?

By Elhanan Miller

US Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, left, and Palestinian top negotiator Saeb Erekat, speaking in Washington, July 30, 2013 (photo credit: US State Department))

Hebrew media reviewGreater expectations

By Ilan Ben Zion

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