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What Matters Most On Friday, December 5, 2014

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Then-minister of justice Tzipi Livni and leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog seen in the Knesset on November 12, 2014. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Labor, Hatnua parties consider union ahead of elections

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Herzog said to offer Livni No.2 spot; Yesh Atid also wooing her; some reports claim PM trying to avoid elections, build new coalition

Last-minute bill could leave election wildcard Kahlon shortchanged

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Ex-minister Sa’ar reportedly mulling bid to lead Likud

AnalysisIsrael’s election a referendum on Netanyahu

Thousands of Christian Evangelists wave their national flag alongside the Israeli one as they march in a parade in the center of Jerusalem, marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot or the Feast of the Tabernacles. October 14, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Christian Zionists funding Israel immigration still scares Jews

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

As Jewish institutions fight over American evangelicals’ deep pockets, an in-depth look at a controversial yet fruitful relationship

Yonit Levi and Udi Segal

To Bibi or not to Bibi, that is the question

If Benjamin Netanyahu loses the premiership it will be for one of three reasons

The Parable of the Tribes

The biblical story of Dina tells us that there are situations where it’s impossible to do the right thing

My car, my office, my spa

Commuting is considered a burden by most people, but it can be an opportunity

Jonathan Pollard (screenshot: YouTube)

Pollard hospitalized after losing consciousness in jail

By Itamar Sharon

Israeli spy’s wife says she has yet to receive information on the condition of her husband, who has been ill in the past

Morena Baccarin, left, as Rachel and Rebecca Ferguson as Dinah in the Lifetime miniseries 'The Red Tent.' (Joey L./Lifetime/JTA)

‘The Red Tent’ hits the small screen in new steamy setting

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Protesters shout in Times Square after the announcement that the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner is not being indicted, December 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Julio Cortez)

NY rabbis arrested as Jewish group leads march on Eric Garner decision

By JTA and Lazar Berman

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice protest in Upper West Side neighborhood, blocking streets

Illustrative photo of a Saudi Arabian oil facility. (Shutterstock images)

Despite reports, Saudis not about to sell oil to Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Several Israeli and Arab media outlets quoted Riyadh’s oil minister purportedly considering exports to the ‘Jewish state.’ But the stories were likely based on a hoax

Rendering of how the light-sensitive film system works in the eye (Credit: Courtesy)

Seeing is believing in nanotechnology

By David Shamah

It could take a few years to perfect, but artificial sight is just a matter of time, says a Hebrew University researcher

Sportscaster and potential political candidate Zouheir Bahloul (photo credit: Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)

Israeli Arab sportscaster to get into game from inside Knesset

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish-Arab friction since this summer’s war forcing him into politics, and he’s not opposed to joining a left-wing Zionist party

Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, August 2014 (screen capture: Yahoo News)

Mashaal: Lack of solution to conflict will lead to ‘bloodbath’

Hamas head says Netanyahu ‘playing with fire’ on Temple Mount, bears responsibility for Jerusalem violence

File: Yehudah Glick and his wife at a press conference at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on November 24, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court upholds Temple Mount ban on activist Glick

By Marissa Newman

Facing charges for allegedly pushing a Muslim woman, Glick, recovering from assassination attempt, loses appeal against restraining order

US President Barack Obama speaks to an audience of Israeli students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, March 2013. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Poll finds Israelis appreciate US support, wary of Obama’s policies

By Tamar Pileggi

While almost three-quarters of respondents say America is a loyal ally, only 37% see president’s attitude to Jewish state as positive

Then-MK, now President Reuven Rivlin (center) at a December 2011 Knesset committee discussion regarding recognition of the Armenian genocide (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rivlin backtracks on Armenian genocide recognition

By Tamar Pileggi

Once an outspoken advocate for Israel’s recognition of the massacres, president quietly distances himself from the campaign

Illustrative: A Jews for Jesus storefront in the heavily Jewish London neighborhood of Hendon. (Jenni Frazer/The Times of Israel)

Jews for Jesus tries to set up shop in heart of Jewish London

By Jenni Frazer

Local residents stand near a car destroyed after clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia militants in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk on July 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Alex Inoy)

Ukrainian Jews receive aid packages in besieged Lugansk

By JTA

Distribution of basic necessities draws 300 recipients who stand in line for over an hour at local synagogue

Applied Cleantech's Recycllose, a raw material that can be used in the plastic and paper industry (Photo credit: PR Newswire)

Mining 'gold' from sludge

Israeli start-up sees gold in wastewater

By David Shamah

A cleantech company launches a crowdfunding campaign to raise equity for its sewage mining technology

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File: U2 lead singer Bono in Brazil, 2011. (CC BY, Agência Brasil)

Mysterious waysU2’s Bono is not a Hasid impersonator

Dr. Ben Carson (photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Potential GOP presidential candidate stands by US-Nazi remarks

By JTA

Toy WWII German soldiers from toy maker Cobi (screen capture: Cobi)

Third Reich GamesPolish firm to keep making Nazi toys

By Lazar Berman

Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch depicted as a Nazi. (photo credit: Facebook screen capture)

Once again, minister depicted online as Nazi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a plenum session in the Israeli parliament on the “Jewish state” bill, on November 26, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Police arrest man who threatened to kill Netanyahu

Yair Lapid in Noy Alooshe's parody remix video. (YouTube screenshot)

Stump up the jamYair Lapid gets the remix treatment

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Brooklyn girl killed, pregnant mother injured while crossing street

By JTA

Leon Wieseltier, an intellectual and philosopher who was the literary editor of The New Republic for more than three decades, poses for a photograph in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)

Foer, Wieseltier leave The New Republic

By JTA

An interactive table shows a reconstruction of the Old Ghetto during its unveiling for the press in Rome's Jewish Museum, December 4, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino)

Rome’s Jewish Museum shows ghetto in 1880s

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on December 3, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewRaking over the coalition

By Marissa Newman

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