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What Matters Most On Friday, January 2, 2015

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Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in Tel Aviv, January 1, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)

Analysis

The day Netanyahu regained control of Likud

By Haviv Rettig Gur

PM faces tough election campaign but now has his party behind him, as primary voters deal a crushing blow to the ‘contractors’ who long held outsized influence

Erdan, Edelstein, Regev fly high on new Likud list

Miri Regev aims for Housing Ministry in next government

The Likud 2015 Knesset slate

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands (Vincent van Zeijst/Wikimedia Commons/File)

Analysis

Palestine at the ICC: A headache Israel might be able to live with

By Raphael Ahren

War crimes allegations threatened by Abbas could one day produce convictions, but his route ahead is strewn with complex legal obstacles

Abbas files war crimes complaint against Israel at ICC

By Tamar Pileggi

France: We backed Palestinian bid to spur resumption of talks

AnalysisPyrrhic victories for all at the UN and the ICC

By Avi Issacharoff

Kira Radinsky, voted by MIT Technology Review one of 35 innovators under 35, is winner of the Technology Pioneer Award. Photo: Flash90

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Must we dream of a physical structure governed by a centralized authority that calls for mass animal sacrifice?

When is telling a lie permitted? (Vayechi)

Truth is regarded highly in Judaism, but there is one value that’s even more important

Illustrative photo: Masked Jewish settlers, background, and Palestinians, foreground, hurl stones during clashes in the West Bank, Friday, May 3, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Settlers throw stones at US Consulate staff in West Bank

By Itamar Sharon and AP

Rare clash near illegal outpost ends without injuries

Hamas official Ghazi Hamad speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, February 8, 2007 (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)

Analysis

From a Hamas leader, unusual introspection

By Elhanan Miller

Top Gaza official Ghazi Hamad breaks two taboos in a most unusual op-ed: he admits unity with Fatah is a sham, and criticizes Hamas’s sole reliance on ‘armed resistance.’ But there is no softening on Israel

Ghazi Hamad, Hamas deputy foreign minister: 'Often we transform into nihilists: We damn everything, we reject everything, we doubt everything' (Photo: Youtube screenshot)

Op-EdNow I understand how and why the Palestinians lost Palestine

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 US presidential candidate (AP/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Jeb Bush takes next step toward presidential run

By Steve Peoples

GOP establishment favorite steps down from all his board memberships, further clearing path toward 2016 campaign

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2014 file photo, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., right, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a House GOP caucus meeting. (photo credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP backs member after apology for speech to racist group

By Charles Babington

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise condemns organization founded by David Duke; Democrats limit their criticism

Poll: Right-wing, Kulanu, haredi parties garner 69 seats combined

According to new survey, 43% favor Netanyahu as prime minister with Herzog close behind at 41%

Yair Lapid, January 1, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Lapid lashes Netanyahu, Labor for ‘corruption’

Yesh Atid leader accuses Likud of favoring bloated government, payouts for allies; casts his party as champion of clean government

Aryeh Deri all smiles, after his resignation was rejected on December 30, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Elections 2015

Shas head Deri tells supporters: Your cries have reached me

By Lazar Berman

Speaking for the first time since resigning from the Knesset, party chief hints at possible return

The Alcatel-Lucent's team outside the company's Israel headquarters (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Bell Labs head hopes to turn brain drain into gain

By David Shamah

The Israeli branch of the venerable American research firm has big plans for future technology

CCTV footage shows a Palestinian man attacking two Border Policemen in Jerusalem's Old City on December 26, 2014. (photo credit: screenshot)

Palestinian arrested for stabbing of 2 officers in Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

IDF raids Ramallah house where suspected perpetrator was hiding since last week’s attack; 2 soldiers lightly hurt

Ayala Shapira (photo credit: Courtesy)

Firebomb attack victim Ayala Shapira wakes up

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

11-year old Israeli girl critically wounded in West Bank terror attack is able to move, speak with her family

Efi Dahan (left), director of Israel and Africa region for PayPal; Dr. Amir Etzioni (center), director of community relations and regulations at ISOC; and Dina Be'er (right) chairperson of ISOC (photo credit: Courtesy)

High prices drive Israelis into eBay’s arms

By David Shamah

To combat the cost of living, consumers in droves are buying from overseas sites, according to research by PayPal

Illustrative photo of two US Super Hornets supporting operations against IS, October 4, 2014. (AFP/US Air Force handout/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

US-led coalition jets pound IS stronghold in Syria

By AP

Air raids said to be heaviest in area since capture of Jordanian pilot last week

Amina Iro and Hannah Halpern 'spinning' words in a Limmud UK workshop (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Jewish-Muslim slam poetry duo break stereotypes with words

By Jessica Steinberg

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HarperCollins apologizes for leaving Israel off maps

By JTA and ToI Staff

In this November 7, 2006 file photo, then New York Attorney General Elect Andrew Cuomo (L) joins hands with his father, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo (R), during a rally held by New York Democrats in New York. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / Files / Timothy A. CLARY)

Ex-NY governor Mario Cuomo dies at 82

By AFP

Selena Gomez (photo credit: CC BY CA dephisticate, Wikipedia)

From the webSelena Gomez criticized for Abu Dhabi mosque photos

Illustrative photo of a crime scene (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Mother charged with stabbing son at Shabbat dinner

In a New Year's greeting former president Shimon Peres urges for a year of cooperation, peace and tolerance. (Photo credit: courtesy)

New Year's hopePeres issues 2015 plea for peace

Ex-Revlon employee sues company, alleging discrimination

By JTA

Illustrative: a police car stands in front of a mosque in Uppsala, Sweden, after a burnt-out Molotov cocktail was found early on January 1, 2015. (AFP/TT News Agency/Pontus Lundahl)

Sweden hit by third mosque arson attack in a week

By Tom SULLIVAN

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThe Likud party’s glass ceiling

By Marissa Newman

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