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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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Illustrative photo of the Annapurna Range, Nepal (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)

3 Israeli hikers killed in Nepal avalanche

By Marissa Newman and AFP

Snowstorm on Annapurna trek claims lives of 16 trekkers; 4 Israelis evacuated

Iranian men work on a Peugeot 206 at the Iran Khodro auto plant, west of Tehran, on October 11, 2014. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Israel fumes at ‘post-sanctions’ Iran conference in London

By Raphael Ahren

Endorsed by Rouhani and being attended by top UK figures, Wednesday’s gathering heralds ostensible ‘momentous commercial opportunity’ created by ‘improved political relations’

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, arrives for a press briefing for Iranian journalists after the closed-door nuclear talks at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, June 20, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Ronald Zak)

New talks seek to overcome Iran nuclear impasse

By Simon Sturdee

US Secretary of State John Kerry, front and center, talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, to his right, as they gather for a group photo with other Gaza Donor Conference attendees in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, October 12, 2014. Kerry announced immediate U.S. assistance of $212 million as the conference began. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri is pictured bottom right. (photo credit: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Nobody wanted Israel at Gaza conference, Egyptian FM says

By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff

US didn’t push for inclusion of Jewish state, according to Sameh Shukri

UN chief calls for end to rocket fire, probe into UN school shelling

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hamas lambastes UN chief for criticizing tunnels

By Marissa Newman

20 families leave southern kibbutz after Gaza conflict

By Marissa Newman

Ten lessons the Shalit deal taught us

Conclusions from the three torturous years since the prisoner swap that set her daughter’s murderer free

Klinghoffer’s bloods cry out

The Bible’s puzzling use of a plural noun aptly captures the murderous effect of an opera about terrorism

While the British Parliament fiddles

The yes vote on Palestine reflects sheer ignorance of the true causes of today’s Middle East conflagration

Nicolas Sarkozy, left, then-president of France, talks with his Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (photo credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

French loathed Sarkozy because of his Jewish origins, says former FM

By JTA and AP

Bernard Kouchner, whose own father was Jewish, calls France ‘a racist country’

Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shaking hands with John Kerry in Washington in March 2014. (photo credit: US State Department)

Kerry said to seek new talks to hold off PA Security Council bid

Top US diplomat reportedly approached Netanyahu about what it would take to bring Israel back to the negotiating table

Ben Gurion in February 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli emigration rates at all-time low

Despite high cost of living and much handwringing, data shows decline in citizens relocating abroad

Israelis rallying for emigration to Berlin in Tel Aviv, October 2014 (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Tel Aviv rally for immigration to Berlin fizzles out

By Joshua Davidovich

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (right) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah at Haniyeh's house in Gaza City, October 9, 2014.(AFP/Said Khatib)

Analysis

Recruiting and building rockets, Hamas determined to retain Gaza grip

By Avi Issacharoff

The Islamists were sidelined from the Cairo rehabilitation conference, but they don’t intend to be dislodged from the Strip

Trucks loaded with aid enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing on October 12, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Analysis

Quietly, Israel is easing Gaza restrictions

By Elhanan Miller

For the first time since Hamas’s takeover seven years ago, Israel allows export of produce to the West Bank

A Palestinian woman shouts after being blocked by Israel security forces from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third most holy site in Jerusalem on October 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

3 police hurt at Arab protest against limited Temple Mount access

By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff

Several demonstrations and violent incidents prompt police to close holy site to visitors, as well as to Muslims under 50

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, arrives at the Elysee palace to attend a meeting on October 13, 2014, in Paris. (photo credit: AFP/THOMAS SAMSON)

France: Palestine recognition must be ‘helpful,’ not symbolic

By AFP

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius tells lawmakers Paris will make the move ‘when the time is right’

An illustrative photo of a breast cancer research laboratory. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)

Orthodox woman scientist breaks ground in breast cancer research

By Cathryn J. Prince

File photo dated June 02, 2011 courtesy Etienne de Malglaive shows American journalist Steven Sotloff (center with dark helmet) talking to Libyan rebels on Al Dafniya front line, 25 km west of Misrata. (Photo credit:AFP PHOTO HANDOUT- © ETIENNE DE MALGLAIVE)

Islamic State: Slain hostage was no innocent – he was a Jew

By Marissa Newman

Jihadists publish letter they say was written by captive journalist Steven Sotloff before he was beheaded

Ibrahim Barzak with his sons before leaving Gaza. (photo credit: Courtesy Ibrahim Barzak)

First person

Veteran AP reporter in Gaza says enough after war, moves to Malaysia

Ibrahim Barzak doesn’t want his young sons to hate Israelis. So the Gaza native decided it was time to move overseas

Illustrative photo of a police arrest (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Jerusalem Arab beaten by three brothers, say police

Jewish suspects accused of following construction worker, violently assaulting him; motive not yet known

Christian pilgrims at a Feast of Tabernacles event at Jerusalem's Pais Arena. October 13, 2014. (Courtesy ICEJ)

Thousands of Christians voice support for Israel in Jerusalem

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Feast of Tabernacles pilgrims gather at new arena; rescued Fijian UN peacekeepers, IDF paratroopers in attendance

Beacon Sukkah Project (Greg Scruggs/The Times of Israel)

On Beacon, NY’s Main Street, a sukkah turns townhall

By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs

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Facebook president and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Priscilla Chan. (photo credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Zuckerberg, wife donate $25m. to fight against Ebola

By Barbara Ortutay

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the UNLV Foundation annual dinner Monday, October 13, 2014, in Las Vegas. (photo credit: AP Photo/John Locher)

Clinton meets Adelson at Las Vegas convention

By AP and ToI Staff

Two David Project-educated New York University students participate in an Israeli products BuyCott to combat Israel Apartheid Week, March 2010. (Courtesy: The David Project/JTA)

New Israel app aims to counter BDS counterparts

By JTA

A YouTube screen capture of an Israeli soldier posing for the MTKL IDF calendar. (YouTube screen capture)

(Un)dressed to killFemale IDF soldiers pose in racy calendar

Poor Kids of Tehran page on Instagram (photo credit: screen capture)

Tehran's other half‘Poor Kids’ photos challenge Iran’s elite

By Tamar Pileggi

Illustrative image of a pregnancy (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Pain peak, not duration, the key factor in mother’s view of childbirth

Rabbi Barry Freundel, former spiritual leader of Kesher Israel (YouTube/Kesher Israel, screen capture)

Prominent Washington rabbi arrested for voyeurism

By JTA

Participants at a conference held by JFrog in Herzliya in July. The conference was held in an underground bunker, due to the Homefront Command restrictions in force during Operation Protective Edge, with Herzliya a prime target for Hamas rockets (Photo credit: Shahar Alon)

Israeli platform brings order to program downloads

By David Shamah

Artists Emiliano Paolini, left, and Marianela Perelli, pose for a photo while holding their Ken and Barbie dolls dressed as religious figures, in Rosario, Argentina, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Paolini and Perelli had planed to exhibit 33 unique pieces of the fashion dolls on Saturday. The provocative art exhibit that features the dolls as religious figures such as the Virgin Mary and her boyfriend Ken as a crucified Jesus Christ has been canceled amid complaints and threats by angry believers, creators of the collection said Friday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Marcelo Manera)

Unholy iconsNo show for Barbie Mary and Jesus Ken

By victor r. caivano

John Kerry, right, meeting with Moshe Ya'alon in Jerusalem in May, 2013. (photo credit: US State Department)

Hebrew media reviewKrazy Kerry versus the Bogieman

By Joshua Davidovich

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