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What Matters Most On Friday, April 24, 2015

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Amir Eshel, the commander of the Israel Air Force. (Yossi Zeliger / Flash 90)

Air force chief can ‘get job done’ if order comes to hit Iran

Israel has invested ‘immense sums’ over past decade building the capacity to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities, TV report says

Russia says won’t deliver S-300 to Iran ‘in near future’

By Jonathan Beck

Minimizing rift, Biden plays up US commitment to Israel

By AP and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Iran nuke deal won’t repeat mistakes of North Korea, US vows

By AFP

Born male, seven-year-old Eli lives as a girl and attends a Jewish day school in California. (courtesy)

Why Jewish communities welcome 7-year-old transgender kids

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

As society grows more accepting of trans community, doctors seek to save teens’ lives by helping them transition at increasingly early ages

Warren Weinstein, held hostage for over a year in Pakistan, seen in a video released by al-Qaeda on September 12, 2012. (screen capture: YouTube)

Family of Jewish hostage killed in drone strike ‘disappointed’ in US

By ToI Staff and AP

Elaine Weinstein ‘devastated’ by news of husband Warren’s death, says help from Washington in ordeal was ‘inconsistent’

Jewish-American al-Qaeda hostage was killed in US drone strike

By AP and ToI Staff

Italy: Terror suspects planned an attack on Vatican

By Colleen Barry

Judge orders Minnesota men held for plan to join IS

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Lindsey Graham’s ‘Jewish Money’ joke

True, the Republican presidential hopeful’s quip wasn’t funny, but not for the reason you think it wasn’t funny

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Courting Adelson is not Jewish outreach

While GOP candidates court the casino magnate, it’s the Democratic Party that truly reflects Jewish values

Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein: Orthodoxy’s alternative

The nuanced vision of the renowned rabbi who died this week remains all too marginal in today’s conversation

Screenshot from an Iranian report on Orly Azoulay's trip to Iran this month.

Iranian parliament seeks ban on Israeli-born visitors

MPs want new legislation after Yedioth’s Orly Azoulay traveled to Islamic Republic for report on nuke deal, sparking outcry

An Israeli military vehicle on standby near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on March 30, 2015 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel says it won’t tolerate ‘a dribble of rockets’

By Itamar Sharon and Joshua Davidovich

Hamas must keep the peace in Gaza or be held responsible, officials warn, after Thursday’s rocket attack on southern Israel

Rockets seen fired from Gaza into Israel, on the sixth day of Operation Protective Edge, July 13, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rocket launched from Gaza explodes inside Israel

By Itamar Sharon

A Free Syrian Army fighter walks through a street in the Amariya district of Aleppo, Syria, on September 10, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo, File)

On Independence Day, moderate Syrian rebels send warm wishes

Free Syrian Army hopes to celebrate 68th anniversary at ‘Israel’s embassy in Damascus’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving at the weekly cabinet meeting, April 19, 2015. (photo credit: Flash90/Olivier Fitoussi, Pool)

With 12 days to go, Netanyahu struggles to clinch coalition

By Itamar Sharon

‘We’re on the home stretch,’ Likud negotiator says as he urges Jewish Home, Yisrael Beytenu to show flexibility

A Saudi soldier sits atop an armored vehicle on the border with Yemen, at a military post in Najran, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Mideast arms sales surging to record $18b in 2015, with Saudis in lead

By ToI Staff and AP

As Western nations boost supplies to their allies in the region, analysts warn of destabilizing effects; US is biggest exporter, Israel is 7th

Former Florida gov. Jeb Bush (center), mingles at a 'Politics and Eggs' event, a breakfast fixture for 2016 presidential prospects, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, Friday, April 17, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Elise Amendola)

Likely GOP contender Jeb Bush calls Iran deal ‘naive’

By JTA

In talk at NY Jewish school, former Florida governor assails White House handling of Tehran, distances self from James Baker

Soldiers stand guard in front of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, during a commemoration ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, on April 24, 2015. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

Armenia marks centennial of Ottoman genocide

By AP, AFP and Raphael Ahren

Hollande, Putin deplore 100-year-old massacres, but absence of many world leaders highlights historical dispute

Members of the Armenian community march with flags and torches on April 23, 2015, in Jerusalem's Old City, on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. (photo credit: AFP/Gali Tibbon)

Why Israel still refuses to recognize a century-old genocide

By Raphael Ahren

FBI director James Comey (screen capture: YouTube)

Poland accepts FBI chief’s regrets on Holocaust comments

By AP

‘Better late than never,’ foreign minister says after Comey apologizes for seemingly equating Poland to Germany

Oskar Groening at the first day of his trial in Luneberg, Germany, to face charges of being an accomplice to the murder of 300,000 at Auschwitz, April 21, 2015 (Photo credit JTA/Andreas Tamme/Getty Images)

Former SS guard: ‘Couldn’t imagine’ Jews surviving Auschwitz

By AP

At trial, Oskar Groening tells court it was clear to him people were not expected to leave camp alive

The winners of the Israel prize pose to a picture during the Israel prize ceremony at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Jerusalem on April 23, 2015. (Photo credit: Gili Yohanan/Flash90)

Nation’s ‘cultural prowess’ hailed at Israel Prize ceremony

By Jonathan Beck

Blind Sephardic poet, woman who served as officer under British Mandate among recipients of this year’s awards

Eyal Matas, the winner of the annual Bible Quiz held at the Jerusalem Theater on Israel's Independence Day, receives his award from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 23, 2015. (photo credit: Haim Zach / GPO)

Israeli teens take back International Bible Quiz

By JTA

Yeshiva student Eyal Matas, 15, wins first prize; Canadian is best non-Israeli preformer, in 4th place

The Senate side of the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC (Wikimedia Commons/File)

Congress moves to pressure Europe against BDS steps

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Amendments in Senate and House to bill on historic US-EU trade deal reject actions targeting Israel

Blackberry CEO John Chen shows off some of his company's devices (Photo credit: BlackBerry)

Last, but not least, BlackBerry acquires Israeli R&D center

By David Shamah

With the acquisition of WatchDox, the device maker joins Apple, Google, Samsung, and other majors doing development in Israel

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Illustrative photo of a police car (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli found stabbed and bound in East Jerusalem trunk

Former president Shimon Peres, seen during an interview in his office in the Peres Center for Peace, Tel Aviv, September 29, 2014 (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Peres pulls out of bank deal after media backlash

By Jonathan Beck and Tamar Pileggi

A reporter holds a picture of Antonio 'Jaime' Stiusso, one of the country's most enigmatic spy chiefs, outside the prosecutor's office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 5, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Rattled by Nisman death, spy chief flees Argentina

By AP

The Sahar Hassamain synagogue on the island of Sao Miguel (screen capture: YouTube)

Portugal’s oldest standing shul reopened

By JTA

Newport's Touro Synagogue (photo credit: Courtesy)

State to play Solomon in tussle over US’s oldest synagogue

By AP

Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah (screen capture: YouTube)

Jordan prince looks to protect youth from jihadist ‘dark world’

By AFP

Fireworks from the Mount Herzl ceremony seen over the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of the celebrations of Israel's 67th Independence Day, on April 22, 2015. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewAnd the rockets’ red glare

By Ilan Ben Zion

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