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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 20, 2014

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Leader of Yesh Atid political party Yair Lapid (center), MK Yaakov Perry and Ofer Shelah seen at a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2014. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Universal draft bill fixes ‘historic aberration,’ Lapid says

Finance minister lauds bill levying criminal penalties on Haredi draft dodgers, saying it will push thousands into workforce

Knesset panel okays sanctions for Haredi draft dodgers

AnalysisOn Haredi draft, politics trumps pragmatism

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Knesset panel upholds 1-month ‘Hesder’ service extension

Eli Cohen, left, and Avihai Weinstein are suspected of selling arms to Iran. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Two Israelis arrested in Iran arms sales case

By Ilan Ben Zion

Avihai Weinstein and Eli Cohen of Bnei Brak, who are related, have been investigated multiple times for allegedly violating sanctions

European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speak to the press after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Iran and six world powers on Thursday announced that they have agreed on a plan meant to produce a comprehensive deal that reduces concerns about Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Officials of both sides described their plans as "very productive." (photo credit: AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran talks adjourn to March 17, after ‘framework’ agreed

What happened to Jewish values?

An open letter to MK Dov Lipman, asking where his humanity was when the latest law on African migrants was passed

When journalism is sexual harassment

What Racheli Ibenboim went through is shameful to intelligent, upstanding women everywhere

Vayakhel: Bloggers on the Torah reading

…the making of the Tabernacle and its sacred vessels

Workers on the Israeli Tamar gas processing rig, 24 kilometers off the southern coast of Ashkelon, October 11, 2013 (photo crdit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israel-Jordan sign $500 million natural gas deal

By ToI Staff and Yifa Yaakov

Accord may grow into $30-billion partnership for Israel to become Jordan’s main supplier; deal with Turkey also possible

Natalie Portman (R) in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood directing a scene from 'A Tale of Love and Darkness,' February 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Israel to invest NIS 22m to bring film shoots to Jerusalem

NBC series ‘Dig’ to be first to benefit from government initiative that will provide funding for international movie and TV shows

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace after attending a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany. on December 6, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

During ‘nadir’ in ties, Merkel to bring entire cabinet to Israel

By Raphael Ahren

With relations said to be at all-time low, German chancellor and her 15 ministers will next week participate in largest-ever bilateral consultations

Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz meeting in Brussels, February 19, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy Naftali Bennett's office)

After walkout, Bennett makes amends with EU president Schulz

By Aron Dónzis

Jewish Home chairman extends olive branch just a week after critiquing European Parliament head’s Knesset address

Lebanese firefighters extinguish burned cars at the site of an explosion, near the Kuwaiti Embassy and Iran's cultural center, in the suburb of Beir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, February 19, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Analysis

Hezbollah flinches in the face of its Sunni counterpart

By Avi Issacharoff

Suffering suicide bombings and rocket attacks by al-Qaeda linked group, the Shiite militia is targeted with its own tactics

The bombed Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)

Bulgaria: There is a third suspect in Burgas attack

By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff

Indictments of two Hezbollah operatives already accused in the 2012 Israeli tour bus bombing are expected to be delayed

PLO official Ahmed Qurei speaks to journalists at his office in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, February 19, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy/Steffen Jensen)

US framework draft is too vague, says top PLO official

By Elhanan Miller

Former PM Ahmed Qurei warns that Palestinian negotiators won’t accept ambiguous wording on borders, Jerusalem and settlements

An Israeli communications satellite during pre-launch tests. (IAI via Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)

From the web

Finland acquires Israeli military equipment, services

Helsinki Times: Israel is selling over 50 million euro in communication and satellite equipment and maintenance services to the Finnish armed forces

Firefighters attempt to reach people trapped inside a collapsed building in Acre after a gas explosion (photo credit: Ichud Hatzalah/Spokesman)

Brother of Acre blast victim threatened for informing

By Aron Dónzis and Spencer Ho

Khaled Bader comes under pressure to leave the old city within three days after publicly claiming foul play, say police

The Monster slide (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Djampa, Wikipedia)

Jerusalemites fear for the Monster Slide park

By Jessica Steinberg

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Lady Gaga at a press conference to promote her album ARTPOP in Tokyo, Sunday, December 1, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Applause for the ladyLady Gaga to play Tel Aviv in September

Britain's Prince Charles (C) wears traditional Saudi uniform as he participates inan "Ardah" sword dance in Saudi Arabia in 2014. (AFP/Pool/Fayez Nureldine)

Sharp MovesPrince Charles does Saudi ‘Sword Dance’

By AFP

Bertrand Russell, 1936 (photo credit: Bassano/Wikimedia Commons)

Museum acquires Bertrand Russell letter on Hitler

The wacky world of author Gary Shteyngart is on display in a new memoir, 'Little Failure.' (photo credit: Brigitte Lacombe/Courtesy of Random House)

InterviewShteyngart’s memoir ‘Little Failure’ is great success

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett (left) and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky (right) join an 'online jam session' in Jerusalem, February 2014. (Sasson Tiram)

Identity, not immigration, takes center stage in online initiative

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Hagai Felician, the main suspect in the 2009 Bar Noar shooting (photo credit: Facebook)

Hebrew media reviewFuzz busted

By Joshua Davidovich

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