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What Matters Most On Friday, October 17, 2014

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Nepalese Army soldiers carry an avalanche victim before he is airlifted in Thorong La pass area, Nepal, Wednesday, October 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Nepalese Army)

Anatomy of a disaster in the snows of Nepal

Without warning, temperatures dropped below freezing. The sky was a blinding white, and snow was coming down hard

Members of the Nepalese Army pulling dead bodies of trekkers from the Thorung La mountain pass on the Annapurna Circuit, in Manang District, Nepal, October 16, 2014. (photo credit: (AFP/HO/Nepalese Army)

Rescue efforts in Nepal resume amid fears of higher Israeli death toll

By AP and ToI Staff

Tamar Ariel, one of the three Israelis confirmed killed in an avalanche in Nepal (screen capture: Channel 2)

3 Israeli victims named, as Nepal death toll rises to over 30

By AP, AFP and ToI Staff

Armed Yemeni Shiite Houthi anti-government rebels sit in the back of a pick-up truck as they drive near the state television compound in the capital of Sana'a, September 21, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

Analysis

While the world watches IS, Iran quietly advances

By Avi Issacharoff

‘Moderate’ Tehran is gaining control over larger chunks of territory — Lebanon, parts of Syria and Iraq, and now Yemen, where a vital Israeli sea route is now threatened

Iran looks at compromise nuke deal, says won’t seek talks extension

By AP and AFP

Islamic State fighters training to fly captured jets — watchdog

By AFP

Iran, Russia hold joint naval exercise

By AP

Elyse Goldstein

Take back the waters

The case of an Orthodox rabbi allegedly peeping at women in the mikveh is saddening but not surprising

Hamas = Haganah?

True, some pre-state Zionist fighters kept guns in kindergartens, but there’s at least one critical difference

Head of the Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett, smiles during a party conference on September 10, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Ministers wallop Kerry for linking stalled peace talks to rise of Islamic State

By Joshua Davidovich

Naftali Bennett says ‘someone will always blame the Jew’; Gilad Erdan accuses US secretary of state of not understanding region

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an Eid reception to mark the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on October 16, 2014, at the State Department in Washington, DC (photo credit: State Department/Flickr)

Kerry: ‘Imperative’ to resume Israel-Palestinian talks

By AFP

US secretary says absence of peace deal causes ‘humiliation’ in region and drives recruitment for the Islamic State group

Then-minister of education Gideon Sa'ar (left) and then-minister of environment Gilad Erdan (right) flank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they make calls to potential voters ahead of national elections, in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2013. (Gideon Markowicz/ Flash90)

Analysis

Does PM’s bid for early Likud primaries mean elections are near?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah, right, gestures towards UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during a press conference following his arrival in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 13, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)

Palestinians to turn to Security Council by end of month

By AFP, AP and ToI Staff

PLO head says Ramallah rebuffs US request to hold off on UN resolution setting Israeli withdrawal deadline

The Spanish parliament building in Madrid (photo credit: CC BY Alberto Carrasco Casado/Flickr)

Spanish lawmakers reportedly to vote on Palestinian state

Move follows British parliamentary vote to recognize Palestine and comes amid unilateral push for statehood at the UN

Ilustrative: A Palestinian youth hurls a Molotov cocktail at IDF soldiers near Bethlehem in 2000. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Palestinian boy killed by IDF in West Bank

By Ilan Ben Zion

Baha Bader, 13, dies from gunshot to the chest; IDF says he threw firebomb at troops; PA forces kill Palestinian in Hebron

Batsheva's Ensemble dancers in 'Decal'e,' the shortened version of 'Decadance' (photo credit: Gadi Dagon)

At Batsheva, dancing to one man’s tune

By Jessica Steinberg

Ohad Naharin remains the backbone of the renowned modern dance troupe ahead of its fall season in the US, and the end of its jubilee year

In this May 6, 2012 file photo, Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Michaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. (AP/Petros Giannakourism, File)

Entire Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn leadership in Greece faces trial

By AP

Polling fourth ahead of possible elections in March, party chiefs could be charged with crimes ranging from running a criminal organization to murder

Israelis attending a vegan festival in Tel Aviv, Oct. 13, 2014. (photo credit: Ben Sales/JTA)

Israelis growing hungry for vegan diet

Checkmarx Central Scanning Mode Architecture (Photo credit: Courtesy)

From the web

Checkmarx named fastest growing security company in Israel

By David Shamah

The Israeli security platform beats out 16 competitors, including top names, for top billing in security report

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Palestinian journalists gather in front of the Interior Ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 25, 2013, following an incident during which PA officers beat a number of journalists during a rally in Ramallah last Friday. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Over 80% of Palestinian reporters self-censor, study finds

Stamps from Nazi Germany for sale on Etsy website (screen capture: Etsy.com)

Online retailer has almost 1,000 Nazi-themed items for sale

Israeli forces take part in a Ebola identification training exercise at Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv on October 17, 2014, Officials and employees from the Population Immigration and Border Authority, airlines, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services, the Health Ministry and the police participated in the drill, aimed at identifying travelers who could potentially have contracted the virulent disease. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Ben Gurion Airport holds Ebola drill

By Spencer Ho and ToI Staff

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

Freundel pleads not guilty to voyeurism charge

By JTA

Comedian Joan Rivers in 2009. (AP/Lionel Cironneau)

Joan Rivers died of brain damage from low blood oxygen

By AP and ToI Staff

Screen layout of Diwip's Best Casino (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli social gamer Diwip sells for $100 million

By David Shamah

Illustrative photo of camels at a wildlife park in Mexico (photo credit: CC BY-Russ Bowling/Flickr)

When dromedaries attackCamel kills US man in Mexico

By AFP

Nepalese Army soldiers carry an avalanche victim before he is airlifted in Thorong La pass area, Nepal, Wednesday, October 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Nepalese Army)

Hebrew media reviewDisaster in the Himalayas

By Marissa Newman

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