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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 3, 2014

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FILE - From left to right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama and PA President Mahmoud Abbas during a trilateral meeting in New York, September 22, 2009 (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Israel denounces US for accepting Abbas’s Hamas-backed government

By Raphael Ahren and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

In furious comments, officials in Jerusalem say Washington indicating to Abbas that it’s okay to ‘form a government with a terrorist group’

PM ‘deeply troubled’ by US acceptance of PA leaders

By Josef Federman and ToI Staff

Senior US lawmakers call to cut off aid to PA

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

US Jewish groups cast PA unity as rejection of peace

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

US Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis

12 ways the US administration has failed its ally Israel

By David Horovitz

Washington’s rush to recognize the new Hamas-backed Palestinian government is only the latest in a dismal series of missteps, failures and betrayals

Hamas policemen march at the opening ceremony of a new police station in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, May 5, 2013 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In Gaza, Hamas ministry bids a teary farewell

By Elhanan Miller

Qatar will pay the salaries of 50,000 civil servants employed by Hamas pending national elections

AnalysisThe government is unified, but the Palestinians aren’t

By Avi Issacharoff

Palestinians may be forced to seek new prisoner salary benefactors

By Elhanan Miller

Hamas PM says armed brigade ‘in good condition’

By Marissa Newman

Shavuot for the non-believer

One needn’t believe the Torah was literally received at Sinai to find meaning in Judaism’s spiritual ancestry

Presbyterians, BDS and Israel — here we go again

Hoping that at its upcoming General Assembly the Church will reject anti-Zionism and get back to pursuing peace

Shmuley Boteach

The Bible’s song of erotic lust

The Song of Songs’ scorching prose evokes the fiery personal relationship that Judaism seeks with God

The McJunkin family. (Photo credit: Karen Talley)

What would Ruth do?

Tennessee family of 12 are fresh converts

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Formerly Christian Chad and Libby McJunkin and their children embrace Orthodox Judaism in time for Shavuot

The Rolling Stones land at Ben Gurion Airport (photo credit: Courtesy)

Hear them knocking

Rolling Stones land in Israel for gig

Storied rock band begins first-ever visit to Israel; preparations underway for Wednesday concert in Tel Aviv

A Shavuot celebration at Kibbutz Tzuba, near Jerusalem (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash 90)

Top five

Celebrate Shavuot with water, shortcakes and community

By Jessica Steinberg

The Jewish Museum of Belgium on Monday, June 2, 2014 (photo credit: Surya Jonckheere/Times of Israel)

Belgian Jewish leaders call on government to fund security

By Surya Jonckheere

Community members, other officials meet with country’s leaders in wake of deadly attack, request changes in Holocaust education

A roadblock at the Tapuah junction in the West Bank in 2013. (AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Palestinians claim man shot by police was unarmed

Hamas praises attack by man identified as Fatah member; wounded border policeman involved in similar incident last year

Fusic in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Fusic turns boring selfies into MTV music videos

By David Shamah

An Israeli app lets users integrate their version of a song with the one sung by their favorite singer

In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, casts his vote as Syrian first lady Asma Assad, right, stands next to him at a polling station, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

Syrians flock to polls for regime elections

By Albert Aji and Diaa Hadid

Assad headed for landslide win in vote opposition and Western allies call a sham

The Western Wall plaza with the Temple Mount in the background, as thousands of visitors arrive in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 16, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

600-year-old grand hall excavated under Western Wall

By JTA

Tunnel site from 14th century converted into educational center after a four-year restoration

Illustrative image of a Google search (screenshot: YouTube)

MKs file Israeli ‘right to be forgotten’ bill

By Itamar Sharon

Law would enable courts to order removal of search results that cause undue harm to individuals

Harel Locker (Photo credit: Flash90)

Israel’s ‘cashless society’ won’t pay, say critics

By David Shamah

A plan to limit the use of cash contains too many logistical and legal problems, economists and attorneys say

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Let's get it startedwill.i.am in Israel pushing smartwatch

By Jessica Steinberg

Spanish King Juan Carlos, waves after attending an Easter Mass in 2009. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Carlos plans to abdicate and pave the way for his son, Monday June 2, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Manu Mielniezuk)

Spanish Jews praise King Juan Carlos following abdication

By JTA

Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yachimovich breaks ranks, supports Rivlin presidency

Renderings of the Ohio Holocaust memorial design. (photo credit: courtesy of Studio Daniel Libeskind)

Ohio dedicates Holocaust memorial

By JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) poses for a picture with the members of the new Palestinian unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 2, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)

Hebrew media reviewUnity and discord

By Marissa Newman

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