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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 8, 2014

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Palestinians collect their belongings from damaged houses after an Israeli missile strike hits Gaza City on July 8, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/MAHMUD HAMS)

Liveblog July 8 (closed)

Israel hits Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders after rockets land north of Tel Aviv

By Spencer Ho and Yifa Yaakov

No injuries or major damage after massive barrage targets north, Jerusalem, and south; PM vows to widen Gaza operation, after cabinet okays call-up of 40,000 troops; terrorists killed in firefight near Zikim; Gazan death toll in double digits

Israeli army ready to ‘go all the way’ in Gaza

AnalysisFor Israel in Gaza, a delicate balancing act

By Avi Issacharoff

Obama urges restraint for Israel, Palestinians

By AP

Palestinian militants of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, carry the body of militant Mohammed Obied during his funeral in the town of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Analysis

Hamas decides to go for broke

By Elhanan Miller

Struggling to maintain the banner of ‘resistance’, the Gazan terror group is firing at Israel in the hope Ramallah and Cairo will hear its plea for help

Illustrative. An Israeli tank overlooks the Gaza Strip. (Courtesy: Yad L'shiryon)

How war with Hamas might play out

By Mitch Ginsburg

Hit by 100 rockets in 24 hours, Israel is being goaded into a major Gaza offensive. Some ministers want the Strip reconquered; other voices urge more ‘modest and attainable’ objectives

Liveblog July 7 (closed)Israel launches ‘Protective Edge’ counteroffensive on Gaza, Jewish suspects reenact teen’s murder

By Itamar Sharon, Marissa Newman and Ilan Ben Zion

Amid rocket fire, summer camps closed in the south

By Stuart Winer

At least 40 rockets hammer southern Israel Monday evening

Bright September

Describing the fear and confusion of a population once held captive by those who, today, rule from Ramallah

President Obama’s misplaced outrage

The White House condemned the murder of an Arab teen — what has it said about the Jews murdered by Arabs?

Rona Milch Novick

On how to retain credibility as knowledgable adults without raising a generation of anxious, terrified citizens

The Fraenkel family reciting kaddish at the funeral for their son Naftali on Tuesday. (Screen credit: Channel 2)

Bereaved mother offers condolences to slain Arab teen’s family

After Jewish suspects reenact murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, Rachelle Fraenkel says she is distressed by immoral ‘shedding of innocent blood’

Former Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-top judge: Arab, Jewish extremists dragging Israel into racist abyss

Dorit Beinisch, former president of the Supreme Court, calls for tough action by law enforcement to tackle emergency

Members of the High Follow-up Committee and Arab MKs visit the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, October 2009 (photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Arab Israeli demonstrations expose political rift

By Elhanan Miller

Screenshot of Red Alert, the Israeli app that warns locals of incoming missile attacks. (Courtesy)

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Red Alert app offers a Yo! update on missile attacks

By David Shamah

A mobile platform developed by two Israeli volunteers spreads the word on Israeli communities in danger– in real time

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (screen capture: YouTube/PressTVGlobalNews)

Iran’s supreme leader: We want 190,000 centrifuges

By AFP

Tehran demanding to keep nearly 20 times as much uranium enrichment equipment as world powers will allow

Analysis

The Likud-Beytenu divorce has nothing to do with Gaza

By Raphael Ahren

…and everything to do with Avigdor Liberman’s political aspirations. By splitting up over Israel’s response to rockets, the foreign minister scores points with the right while ending a no-longer-convenient marriage

Labor Party chairman MK Isaac Herzog leads a party meeting in the Knesset on February 03, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)

Labor chairman: Government on brink of collapse

By Adiv Sterman

The cast of 'PEW-ish' (courtesy)

In New York, playwrights express their Pew-ishness

By Caroline Lagnado

Innovation Africa's founder and president Sivan Ya'ari and NBA all star Dikembe Mutombo visit Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa. (Courtesy)

NBA legend Mutombo, Israelis team up to help Africa

By David Shamah

A top US basketball player joins with Israel-based humanitarian group to bring light to places that need it most

Magic Johnson attends game 4 of the NBA playoff series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, May 11, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. (photo credit: AFP/ Robyn Beck)

Game on!Israel nets Magic Johnson visit

By Stuart Winer

Projected aerial view of the IDF's advanced technology and training facilities near Beersheba (Courtesy: Ministry of Development for the Galilee and Negev)

Tax breaks scream out to tech firms: ‘Go south’

By David Shamah

Israel’s tech opportunities head for Beersheba as government benefits sweeten pot for start-ups, multinationals

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File: Yair Lapid (R) seen with Naftali Bennett at the Knesset in March 2013. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Talkback politics Bennett’s wife vs. Lapid, on Facebook

By Melanie Lidman

A Nazi flag flying over the West Bank town of Beit Ummar (photo credit: YouTube screen cap/Tazpit News Agency)

Symbol of hatredNazi flag flown over Palestinian town

The Aegean island of Astypalaia (photo credit: CC BY-SA Gf uip, Wikimedia Commons)

From the webWorld’s oldest erotic graffiti found on Aegean island

Maccabi Tel Aviv's former head coach David Blatt poses for photographers with the Israeli cup, European club champions cup and the Israeli club champions trophy after a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel,Thursday, June 12, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

David Blatt named Euroleague coach of the year

By AP and ToI Staff

The last set of seven tefillin returned to their owners. (courtesy)

One more leftFlorida rabbi seeks tefillin owner

By JTA

Iran's midfielder Andranik Teymourian (L) and Iran's forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh react after their team lost a Group F football match between Bosnia-Hercegovina and Iran at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 25, 2014. Bosnia-Hercegovina won 3-1. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO)

From the webIranian women fight for right to attend sports events

A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli flares illuminating the Palestinian coastal enclave, on July 7, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JACK GUEZ)

Hebrew media review Launching war and talking peace

By Joshua Davidovich

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