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What Matters Most On Monday, December 15, 2014

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One of the hostages runs toward police from a cafe in Sydney on December 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/SAEED KHAN)

Police hold talks with Sydney gunman as videos indicate demands unmet

By Ricky Ben-David, Joshua Davidovich and AP

Five flee besieged cafe after suspected Islamist storms shop; assailant has hostages call media with demands

Jewish community ‘in lockdown’ following Sydney attack

Israel in touch with Australians over hostages, Ya’alon says

By Lazar Berman

Sydney teen who yelled ‘Kill the Jews’ sentenced to Shabbat dinner

By JTA

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Abbas Momani)

Ramallah to push UN bid Wednesday, will maintain security ties

By AFP and ToI Staff

PLO official says Security Council resolution for Israeli withdrawal from West Bank to go forward in coming days

AnalysisWith seemingly mixed moves, Palestinians play long game

By Avi Issacharoff

Ahead of Kerry meet, PM vows UN will not coerce Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

PM: Europeans boosting Palestinian statehood should heed Hamas

By Marissa Newman and AFP

The gold plates as seen in 'Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration' video. (YouTube screenshot)

Why the Book of Mormon is the Great American Novel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

When a Jewish author sets off on quest to understand the fantastical foundational text of Mormonism, he ends up learning more about himself

Terror in Sydney!

This is friendly Australia, where we say g’day mate and ignore the picture of a young boy holding a severed head

Danna Hochstein Mann

Jerusalem the golden…opportunity

It turns out global investors want to meet in the Israeli capital — what’s needed is a place for them to meet

Adin Steinsaltz

Hanukkah — lighting a new kind of candle

The Hasmonean wars marked the first time in history that people were willing to die for their beliefs

Weapons uncovered by a joint Shin Bet, Police, and IDF sweep in October and November 2014 of a West Bank cell planning to use a female suicide bomber in Tel Aviv (Courtesy: Shin Bet)

Shin Bet, police foil ‘pregnant’ suicide bomber plot in Tel Aviv

By Lazar Berman

Palestinians planned to infiltrate Israel by obtaining medical permit for female suspect and dressing her as pregnant woman

Members of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, take part in a parade marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation on December 14, 2014 in Gaza City. (photo credit: AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Jets scrambled after Hamas launches drone over Gaza

By Marissa Newman

Rockets, naval commandos and senior leaders feature at Islamists’ anniversary demo; video claims to show targeted armed wing head Deif

Journalist Steve Sotloff in Egypt, 2011. (Facebook/Oren Kessler)

Parents of slain journalist to honor son at Hanukkah event

Sotloffs to light menorah in Miami in memory of Steven, who was killed by Islamic State in September

Bullets holes are seen on the Israeli embassy building in Athens on December 12, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP/ LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)

Weapons from Israeli Embassy shooting were used in ’13 Athens attack

By JTA

Ballistic tests show rifles were the same ones used in shooting at German ambassador’s residence last year

Gas rigs in the Tamar field, off the coast of Israel, in June 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israel finds more gas – but will it be extracted?

By David Shamah

If the numbers work out, the Royee field will be a distant third in size to the Leviathan and Tamar fields. Israel may have a glut of natural gas

After seven years in Israel, Judith Mergui takes the trials and tribulations of immigrant life on the road. (Ortal Ackerman Photography)

French-Israeli sells out aliya-themed show in Paris

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Former Shas MK Eli Yishai, December 8, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Veteran Shas MK Yishai splits, forms new party

After 30 years, former faction head leaves ultra-Orthodox party to form ‘Maran’; may team up with Uri Ariel of Jewish Home

Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog speaks at the Labor Party conference in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Labor Party unanimously okays merger, PM rotation with Livni

By Marissa Newman

Hatnua will receive six slots in top 25 of joint slate; five high seats to be reserved for female candidates

Alexander and Jennifer Chester with their sons Erez and Yaakov (Koby) Zidan, New York, December 12, 2014. (photo credit: Sharon Carfas)

Jewish couple names son after Druze cop killed in terror attack

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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'Saint Nick or Rabbi Pic' game on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (YouTube screenshot)

Santa or Sage?It’s beginning to look a lot like Xmas

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Ultimaker 2 3D printer (Photo credit: Courtesy)

To sell more, give away your tech, says 3D entrepreneur

By David Shamah

Illustrative: A tourist takes a picture of two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Radwan Abu Elmagd)

Colossal statue of Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt

By AFP

A screenshot of a Health Ministry video, released in December 2014, promoting condom use and safe sex. (screen capture: Ynet News)

Boner moveHealth Ministry sheaths condom ad

Labor party leader Isaac Herzog on December 14, 2014. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewShuffling the political deck

By Marissa Newman

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