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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 4, 2014

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Fragment of a ceramic cup excavated at the former Nazi death camp Sobibor, with an image of Mickey Mouse. The artifact was unearthed by archeologists Wojtek Mazurek and Yoram Haimi in 2014 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel).

Is Sobibor to be the new ‘Disneyland’ of Nazi death camps?

By Matt Lebovic

Without a fence or a guard, Polish visitors walk their pets and ride bikes while crunching human bones lying exposed on the grounds

Ex-finance minister Yair Lapid speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, December 3, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Lapid calls PM ‘disconnected,’ denies ‘putsch,’ vows victory at polls

By Lazar Berman

Yesh Atid head lambastes ‘whining’ Netanyahu, who has ‘cut a deal’ with the ultra-Orthodox, ‘critically damaged’ ties with US, lost colleagues’ trust during Hamas war

Likud members accused of attempting to split up Yesh Atid

By Marissa Newman

Attorney general’s praise for Livni at farewell raises hackles

By Stuart Winer

Lapid, Liberman, Kahlon alliance said to be in the works

By Lazar Berman and Ricky Ben-David

‘Should our sister be treated like a whore?’

A biblical tale of sexual assault and revenge offers a lesson in culpability for campus alcohol and rape culture

Oil, the sleeping giant

The specter of a global fuel economy controlled by fundamentalist Islam is becoming a real possibility

Would that girl have made aliyah now?

She came to Israel 36 years ago to be part of a society based on justice and equality

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve leaving a cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee palace, Paris, on September 10, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Patrick Kovarik)

Minister: Rape of French Jew was anti-Semitic attack

By ToI Staff and JTA

Bernard Cazeneuve says 19-year-old and her 21-year-old partner were targeted based on idea that ‘being Jewish means having money’

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve leaving a cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee palace, Paris, on September 10, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Patrick Kovarik)

French PM: Paris rape ‘vile’ proof of rising anti-Semitism

By ToI Staff and JTA

Moscow's Red Square (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90/File)

Jewish student badly beaten outside yeshiva in Russia

Victim hospitalized after attackers apparently use brass knuckles to beat him; no arrests reported

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon meets with then United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. July 21, 2013. (Ariel Hermoni/ Ministry of Defense/ FLASH90)

Pentagon front-runner Carter, quietly supportive of Israel, loud on stopping Iran

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

The leading candidate to success Hagel as US defense chief is a vocal proponent of stronger action to stymie nuclear proliferation

The US Capitol building where Congress meets in Washington. (Photo credit:

US Congress passes Israel strategic partnership bill

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Moshe Kahlon speaking in Tel Aviv on December 2, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Popular ex-Likud minister launches new party

By Adiv Sterman

Moshe Kahlon doesn’t name any candidates, but vows his list will comprise hardworking, non-corrupt professionals

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the press to announce new elections, Tuesday, December 2, 2014. (photo credit: Emil Salman/POOL)

Analysis

In new Israeli elections, security concerns return to fore

While 2013’s vote was mainly about economic policy, today, after months of conflict, Israelis are back to worrying about existential issues

Security and police forces at the Rami Levy supermarket in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone, east of Jerusalem near the Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, where a Palestinian man stabbed two people and was later shot by a security guard. (photo credit: December 03, 2014. Photo by Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Supermarket owner says he won’t let terror attackers win

By Lazar Berman

After stabbing at his West Bank store, Rami Levy calls on public not to be deterred, so assailants don’t achieve their goals

A relative displays photos of cousins Ghassan, right, and Uday Abu Jamal at the family home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Children of Har Nof terrorist denied health insurance

By Adiv Sterman

National Insurance Institute ended kids’ coverage following Ghassan Abu Jamal’s synagogue attack, which killed 5; mother of second terrorist filmed praising assault

Major oil spill north of Eilat leads to "extensive contamination" as a result of a damage to the Trans-Israel pipeline December 4, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy Eilat Fire Department)

Southern oil spill one of Israel’s worst eco disasters

Over 80 people on both sides of Israel-Jordan border treated for respiratory problems after maintenance workers damage pipeline

Palestinian demonstrators in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, hold Islamic State flags as they protest an American film insulting the Prophet Muhammad, September 14, 2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

No Islamic State in Gaza, says Hamas despite menacing fliers

By Elhanan Miller

Ramallah unity government condemns messages threatening women and intellectuals, but Salafi activists insist they’re fake

White House said to mull settlement sanctions

By Adiv Sterman

Obama administration reportedly meets to discuss tougher stance on Israel’s West Bank construction policies

Illustrative: An undated photo taken in the Jewish quarter of a Libyan city. (Courtesy of JIMENA)

Jews from Muslim lands: ‘Day of commemoration not enough’

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Emigres hailing from Arab countries and Iran head to the Knesset to advocate for more education about their historical narrative

Illustrative photo of a 2009 Jewish marriage ceremony of a lesbian couple in Germany. (Maartje Wildemann)

The queering of Leviticus, or how a rabbi permits gay sex

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Pound-foolishZionist group panned for Jewish cash logo

By Stuart Winer

American socialite Paris Hilton. (Photo credit: a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-166543106/stock-photo-moscow-november-paris-hilton-visits-quot-june-quot-shopping-mall-near-moscow-to-unveil-her.html?src=Cf7D-kK8SQAknhI_zAXOJg-1-0" rel="external">Paris Hilton image via Shutterstock)

Racism #FailAnti-Semitic stalker targets Paris Hilton

By JTA and ToI Staff

Canberra Parliament House, Australia (Wikimedia Commons/Mark Pegrum CC BY-SA)

Jewish leaders pan Australian lawmakers’ attempt to recognize Palestine

By JTA

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his annual address at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 4, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Ria-Novosti/Pool/Alexei Druzhinin)

Crimea is Russia’s Temple Mount, Putin says

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)

Israel ranks 37th in world corruption study

La'Zooz screenshot (Photo credit: Courtesy)

App lets you share rides, make money, change the world

By David Shamah

Participants at a recent Axis Innovation event (Photo credit: Courtesy)

A Frank guide to corporate investors’ hearts, and wallets

By David Shamah

Yair Lapid at a Finance Ministry goodbye party on December 4, 2014. photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewDisconnect inferno

By Joshua Davidovich

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