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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 14, 2013

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A tractor plows snow on the road at the Al Hader intersection in the West Bank, Saturday, December 14, 2013. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Four fatalities and Jerusalem still sealed off, but Israel’s worst storm in decades over

No school Sunday in capital, Safed, Golan Heights; 20,000 households without power: some major roads still blocked; freezing night and icy roads loom

Netanyahu: Saving lives is top priority

State comptroller to probe response to storm

‘No failure on our part,’ says Ya’alon

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas: Don’t boycott Israel

By Yoel Goldman

Infuriating activists, PA president tells reporters in South Africa he backs boycott of settlements but not of Israel, with whom ‘we have relations’

When Jerusalem is perfect

Even those who love to hate Israel’s capital city, wish they could be there when it’s blanketed in white

Ten hours of inspiration and hope

Insights and snapshots from the Israeli delegation’s trip to Nelson Mendela’s memorial service

Limmud’s loss of credibility

By disinviting the Kabbalah Center, the study conference caved in to rabbinic pressure and undermined its own mission

Thamsanqa Jantjie, the man accused of faking sign interpretation next to world leaders at Nelson Mandela's memorial, during an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa,Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Danger signs

‘Mandela signer faced murder rap’

By ToI Staff and AP

Thamsanqa Jantjie, schizophrenic interpreter who stood feet away from Obama, reportedly has extensive criminal record including kidnapping, rape

At right, the town hall of Bagnolet, a suburb of Paris (photo credit: Grook Da Oger/Wikimedia Commons)

French town honors killer of US, Israeli diplomats

By JTA

Local council calls Georges Ibrahim Abdallah a political prisoner; says he’s a ‘determined defender of the Palestinian just cause’

Cast of 'Saffron & Rosewater' performing at the 92nd Street Y in New York (photo credit: Joyce Culver)

Persian women stage bittersweet memories in new play

By Mark Schulman

Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, stage an anti-Israel parade as part of the celebrations marking the first anniversary of Operation Pillar of Defense, on November 14, 2013. (Photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Analysis

Raining on Hamas’s parade

By Avi Issacharoff

The current regional situation — and the weather — are pouring cold water on the Islamist rulers of Gaza. Does their path out of crisis lead back to Iran?

Palestinians ride a donkey cart to cross a flooded area following heavy rains in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Over 4,000 Gazans evacuated from flooded homes due to storm

By AP and ToI Staff

Jan Karski (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Szczebrzeszynski, Wikimedia Commons)

Poland to honor partisan who warned about Holocaust

By JTA

2014 will be dedicated to Jan Karski, the man who informed the allies about the Holocaust and died in 2000

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)

UN chief deplores use of chemical weapons in Syria

By Edith M. Lederer

WMDs likely deployed in four locations, inspectors say; Ban calls use ‘offense against universal values of humankind’

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (YouTube/Press TV/File)

Iran cites expansion of US sanctions in leaving talks

By Nasser Karimi

Senior Iranian negotiator blasts ‘game of double standards’; Kerry expects expert-level talks to resume within days

MOTs Joaquin Phoenix and Spike Jonze (and Amy Adams) on set of 'Her' (photo credit: courtesy Warner Bros.)

Chosen films

MOTs get Golden Globe nominations, hope for Oscars

By Jordan Hoffman

More Headlines

US billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson. (Flash90/File)

Sheldon Adelson scraps plans for ‘EuroVegas’

By Harold Heckle

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Jerusalem hotel on December 13, 2013. The suite's balcony overlooks the Old City walls of Jerusalem and the Jaffa Gate area amid a major snow storm (Photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash 90.)

Kerry thanks Israel, Palestinians for snow rescue efforts

By Ilan Ben Zion

Screen capture from a November 2010 video showing Robert Levinson that was received by his family. (YouTube/Help Bob Levinson)

Obama faces outcry over missing CIA contractor

UK police arrest 3 soccer fans over anti-Semitic tweets

By JTA

Aussie tennis champ found dead in New Zealand

By JTA

Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)

Supreme primateIran sends second monkey into space

By AP

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