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What Matters Most On Saturday, March 22, 2014

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US President Barack Obama, right, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Monday, March 17, 2014 (photo credit: Saul Loeb/AFP)

TV report: Abbas said ‘no’ to Obama on 3 core peace issues

Rejecting Kerry framework, Palestinian leader reportedly told US president he won’t recognize ‘Jewish Israel,’ abandon ‘right of return,’ or commit to ‘end of conflict’

AnalysisWhy Abbas wants Marwan Barghouti to go free

By Avi Issacharoff

IDF kills wanted Hamas man, two others, in Jenin raid

By Ilan Ben Zion

Egypt: Hamas was wrong in support of Brotherhood

Amram's Pillars (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel travels

On the trail of ‘Israel’s Petra’: Amram’s Pillars

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Five towering pillars carved out of sandstone by water, they make for a stupendous sight, and you don’t need a camel ride to get there

Stay strong Northeastern

SJP was suspended because they harassed and initimidated, not because they exercised their freedom of speech

No, you shouldn’t have visited Arafat’s grave

A smiling group photo at the grave of someone who led a murderous life does honor his memory

The painting "Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace," circa 1937 by Henry Matisse. The painting has been the centerpiece of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo since the museum was established in 1968 by shipping magnate Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. (photo credit: AP Photo/Oystein Thorvaldsen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre)

Norway museum to return Matisse looted by Goering

By AP and Amanda Borschel-Dan

‘Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace’ will be restituted to family of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg

Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP/Patrick Post)

Dutch populist Wilders faces huge backlash on Moroccan critique

By AP and JTA

Right-wing, pro-Israel politician widely condemned, including by Jewish leaders, for anti-immigrant remarks

A young boy sits on the shoulders of an elderly man at a parade in the center of the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 21, 2014, after Russia's upper house of parliament unanimously voted to ratify the treaty incorporating Crimea into Russian territory. (photo credit: AFP/ Dmitry Serebryakov)

Inside story

Crimea after the ‘Anschluss’

By Anya Zhuravel Segal

An overwhelming 95.5% voted for the union with Putin’s Russia. The context was staggeringly similar to another poll, held in Austria on April 10, 1938

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right), interim Ukrainian president Olexander Turchynov (left) and Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh (center) on March 18, 2014, in Kiev. (photo credit: AFP/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/MYKHAYLO MARKIV)

Ukraine hosts key Western allies after loss of Crimea

By AFP

IDF soldiers prepare to evacuate a comrade injured in a blast on the border with Syria, near the village of Majdal Shams on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Jalaa Marey)

Analysis

Hezbollah, Israel’s nasty new neighbor in the Golan

By Avi Issacharoff

Syria used to dominate Lebanon. Now Lebanon’s Hezbollah is becoming dominant in Assad’s Syria, a shift that explains this week’s Golan attack and could lead to much more trouble

Pope Francis greets faithful as he arrives for a meeting with relatives of innocent mafia victims, in Rome's St. Gregorio VII church, just outside the Vatican, Friday, March 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Holy warning

Pope to mobsters: You’re going to hell

By Nicole Winfield

‘Renounce your blood-stained power,’ pontiff urges, at ceremony for innocent victims of mafia crime

The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour/File)

Chorus of Israeli voices renews calls for Iran strike

By Tia Goldenberg

The military option, ‘in a coma’ since interim deal was reached on Tehran’s nuclear program, resurfaces in earnest

Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Sepang, Malaysia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP photo)

Malaysia: Chinese satellite spots object in ocean

By AP

Defense minister says 22.5-meter object found in southern corridor; China to release further details

Germany to get first new kids’ Torah in 50 years

By JTA

Berlin-based Jewish publisher to offer child-appropriate illustrated edition of bible for sale next month

Leon de Winter and Jessica Durlacher stand outside the Amsterdam theater that is being built as a venue for their play on March 12, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

New Anne Frank theater show stirs controversy

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Holocaust survivors to get nutrition guidance

By JTA

Nonprofit organization seeks to tackle ‘distorted attitudes toward food’

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Kosher-certified, artificially flavored bacon Ritz crackers recently hit the shelves. (photo credit: JTA)

Puttin' on the porkKosher bacon Ritz crackers hit shelves

Models display Islamic-inspired creations by Indonesian fashion designer Windri Widiesta Dhari during the Nur Zahra 2014-2015 autumn/winter collection show at Tokyo Fashion Week, March 19, 2014. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP)

Haute headscarvesHijab design takes center stage in Tokyo

By Harumi Ozawa

Reality TV star Alin Levy (middle) reacts during the finale of the Israeli version of Big Brother in March 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

TV star: Rabbis refused my conversion over career

By JTA

The Krak de Chevaliers castle. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Xvlun, Wikimedia commons)

Famed Syria Crusader castle survives fierce battles

By AFP

Paris 8 University (photo credit: Courtesy)

French university shuts down pro-Israel event amid disruption

By JTA

Steven Spielberg is photographed at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on Jan. 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah (AP/Danny Moloshok/Invision)

Spielberg to honor Obama at Shoah Foundation event

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