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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 5, 2014

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Illustrative photo of a Haredi yeshiva, August 29, 2013 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

High court halts yeshiva funding for draft-evaders

By Marissa Newman

Haredi MKs outraged by decision, which pressures government to come up with formula for enlisting ultra-Orthodox

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

ADL chief chides Kerry for boycott comments

By Itamar Sharon

In open letter, Abraham Foxman says that warning of consequences of talks’ failure raises likelihood of negotiations not succeeding

Right-wing rabbis compare Kerry to Titus and Haman

By Gavriel Fiske

World should punish ‘racist’ Israel, PA official says

By Gavriel Fiske

Bennett threatens to bolt coalition over Kerry proposal

By Gavriel Fiske

Itamar Rabinovich

Kerry’s revealing comments on Syria

In a startling move, the US secretary of state has gone public with his doubts over the Administration’s Syria policy

Replacing Richard Falk: A rogues’ gallery

The candidates to become the next UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories all have proven anti-Israel records

Doku Umarov wins the 2014 Winter Olympics

The Sochi games have become the ideal platform for the Chechen rebel leader to make his threats heard around the world

Israeli doctors seen during an emergency meeting at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein-Kerem Hospital on February 4, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)

As economic woes grow, Hadassah hospitals strike

By Marissa Newman

Medical staff fears for future after negotiations with Finance Ministry fail; doctors say state ‘stabbed us in the back’

Former Turkish MP Dr. Aykan Erdemir. (Erhan Cankurtaran)

Interview

Turkish MP: Erdogan’s anti-Semitism difficult to reverse

By Raphael Ahren

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, February 3, 2014 (YouTube screenshot)

Iranian FM in hot water for taking softer tone on Israel

By Marissa Newman

Zarif to answer to parliament after allowing for possible recognition of Jewish state; he also acknowledged ‘horrifying tragedy’ of Holocaust

A 'price tag' attack in the village of Sinjil, near Ramallah, January 09, 2014. (photo credit: Arik Ascherman/Rabbis for Human Rights)

3 settlers indicted for ‘price tag’ attack

By Mitch Ginsburg

Two of the men admit to torching Palestinian cars; police have been struggling to prosecute suspects accused of such acts

Digging up a medieval Jewish quarter in the heart of Cologne (photo credit: Cologne Municipality)

1,700 years of Jewish history come alive in downtown Cologne

By Raphael Ahren

Ministers barred from ‘dangerous’ Route 443

By Itamar Sharon

Shin Bet deems major road, which passes through West Bank, unsafe due to recent spike in violent incidents

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon during a session in the Knesset, June 2009 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Times of Israel poll V

Ya’alon, Liberman lead the pack as potential heirs to Netanyahu

By Stephan Miller

Moshe Kahlon is best-placed wild card, as Times of Israel poll finds declining popularity for Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett

Yechezkel Dagan (C.), flanked by Hishtil executives Reut Rothman (L.) and Ronny Hasid (R.), present Hishtil's Basil Tree at IPM Essen (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Sweet smell of success wafts from Israel’s ‘Basil Tree’

By David Shamah

A 78 year-old Holocaust survivor triumphantly returns to his birthplace, showing off the latest in Israeli horticulture technology

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Illustrative photo of a sample last will and testament. (photo credit: CC BY Ken Mayer/Flickr)

Where there's a willThe weird case of the ‘Mossad’ conman

By Gavriel Fiske

Tomer Hanuka's 'Perfect Storm' graces the cover of the February 10, 2014 edition of The New Yorker. (Tomer Hanuka/The New Yorker)

Manhattan transferIsraeli cartoonist on New Yorker cover

IAF pilots (photo credit: Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)

14 IAF pilots tried for carrying classified data on phones

By Itamar Sharon

The memorial synagogue on Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow (Photo credit: LAL Mikhail Yakovlev/Wikimedia Commons)

Party at Russian Shoah memorial causes uproar

By JTA

The homepage of The Hummus satirical website. (photo credit: screen capture)

In good pasteHummus is a laughing matter

By Gavriel Fiske

Illustrative photo of soldiers from Nahal Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (Abir Sultan/Flash90, File)

Hebrew media reviewA grim day for the IDF, ultra-Orthodox

By Ilan Ben Zion

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