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What Matters Most On Friday, May 15, 2015

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents his new cabinet at a swearing-in ceremony in the Knesset on Thursday, May 14, 2015. (photo credit: Knesset spokesperson)

By narrowest of majorities, Netanyahu’s coalition sworn in

By ToI Staff and Marissa Newman

PM leaves ‘door open’ for Herzog, who scoffs at the offer and calls new government a ‘circus’; Likud No. 2 Erdan denied ministership

Who’s who in Netanyahu’s 2015 government

By Itamar Sharon

Attorney general challenges budget spike for settlements body

Obama: Prospect of two-state solution seems distant

By AFP

A family tries to salvage some of their food rescued from a collapsed home in the remote village of Tar, in the Sindhupalchuk district of Nepal, on May 1, 2015. (photo credit: Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

First Person

In Nepal, the ax is more useful than the pen

By Melanie Lidman

I was prepared for heartbreak and challenging conditions in Nepal. I wasn’t prepared for the ethical minefield of international aid

Waplington, Nick. This Place/"Settlement". Copyright Nick Waplington.

Foreign photographers aim to reframe Israelis and Palestinians

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Works of 12 artists go on display at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, in ambitious bid to challenge locals’ perceptions of ‘This Place’ and its inhabitants

WhatsApp is saving lives in Nepal

The second quake wiped out every line of communication except an app that came to the rescue of the rescuers

The politics of responsibility

The first and most important principle is that a nation cannot worship itself and survive (Bechukotai)

Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, October 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Analysis

Is Ayelet Shaked planning to strangle the High Court?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The furor over the identity of Netanyahu’s incoming justice minister is obscuring one of the most important constitutional debates in Israel’s history

Illustrative photo of a Palestinian protester during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Nablus, August 22, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Nablus clashes with IDF leave 10 Palestinians wounded

By AFP and ToI Staff

Army was securing pilgrimage of religious Jews to nearby Joseph’s Tomb when protests erupted

Israeli security forces inspect the vehicle of a Palestinian attacker who ran over Israelis near Alon Shvut, Gush Etzion, on May 14, 2015. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash9

Palestinian confesses to West Bank car-ramming attack

Security forces name 22-year-old Muhammed Arfaaya as suspect in Alon Shvut hit-and-run that left four Israelis wounded

Palestinian youth show their skills during a graduation ceremony as part of a training camp run by the Hamas movement on January 29, 2015 in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)

50 hurt in blast at Gaza terror training camp

By AFP

Five in serious condition; hospital declares ‘state of emergency’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem on May 10, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90, Pool)

Analysis

With ‘best allies’ like these, who needs enemies?

By Raphael Ahren

While Netanyahu fantasizes about a détente with the Arab world, the US and EU are ready to turn up the heat on his new government

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

Congress overwhelmingly passes nuclear deal review bill

By Deb Riechmann

House votes 400 in favor, 25 against; legislation sent to Obama for signature

US President Barack Obama (center) says goodbye to the emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (2nd left) and Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmud al-Said at the end of a summit meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at Camp David in Maryland, on May 14, 2015. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Obama offers Gulf states ‘ironclad’ support on Iran

At Camp David, president acknowledges Arab leaders’ concerns over nuclear deal, promises close cooperation to ensure their security

President Barack Obama listened as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during their news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2015. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gaff of thronesWooing Saudis, Obama makes royal mistake

By AFP

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) April 27, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Iran tried to secretly buy possible nuclear tech — report

UN sanctions compliance panel says Tehran tried to purchase compressors from US corporation using fake documentation

Illustrative photo of an Iranian warship (Alex Hicks, Wikimedia Commons)

No one hurt aboard ship fired on by Iranians in Gulf

By Adam Schreck

In second incident in weeks, Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards target vessels in strategic Strait of Hormuz

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talks to attendees at his table prior to delivering the keynote address at the Republican National Committee spring meeting Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Scottsdale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In hindsight, Jeb Bush says, he wouldn’t have invaded Iraq

By Steve Peoples

As he struggles in the shadows of his ex-president father and brother, likely 2016 contender tries to walk a fine line

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem in 1890 (US Library of Congress)

Photo Essay

Jerusalem then and now

Canadian football star Khalif Mitchell, after winning the 99th Grey Cup Championship with the B.C. Lions in 2011. (screen capture: YouTube)

Canadian football star fined over Holocaust denial

By Daniel Bernstein

B’nai B’rith Canada lodges complaint against Khalif Mitchell for sharing anti-Semitic, anti-Israel videos on Twitter

Illustrative: a screenshot from the documentary 'Crossing the Line 2,' which depicts rising anti-Semitic activity on North American campuses. (Courtesy)

Jerusalem forum recommends new laws on cyberhate, anti-Semitism

By JTA

Gathering notes ‘pervasive, expansive, transnational’ nature of internet – and the challenge it poses to combating hate

In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, Elsie Shemin-Roth flips through a book documenting the heroic acts of her father, William Shemin, during World War I, at her home in Labadie, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

97 years later, Jewish, black WWI vets to receive Medal of Honor

More Headlines

Mr Burns, character in 'The Simpsons,' voiced by Harry Shearer (screen capture: YouTube)

Smithers!‘Mr. Burns’ Shearer quits ‘The Simpsons’

By AFP

Joyce Dubensky, CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, was seriously injured in the Amtrak derailment, May 12, 2015. (photo credit: JTA/Tanenbaum Center website)

Veteran Jewish professional among Amtrak’s seriously wounded

By JTA

Natalie Portman (R) in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood directing a scene from 'A Tale of Love and Darkness,' February 11, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Natalie Portman to play Jackie Kennedy in new film

By Daniel Bernstein

File: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi giving a sermon. (screen capture: YouTube)

Islamic State claims audio message from elusive leader

By AP

'Don't let racism get past the screen' (YouTube screen capture)

Oh baby!Advice for non-white moms-to-be

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The Amit Modi'in Kipabots (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli teams brings home medals in international ‘brain’ contests

By David Shamah

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan in Las Vegas in 2008. (Lindsay Lohan image via Shutterstock).

A believer?Did Lindsay Lohan convert to Islam?

Tal Keinan (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Tech, talent can turn Israel into a finance powerhouse, says expert

By David Shamah

An illustration of lovers (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Let's talk about sexAwkward coupling at the train station

By Jessica Steinberg

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during a Knesset vote on May 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewSworn in and sworn at

By Joshua Davidovich

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