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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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The government of Israel at the President's Residence on May 19, 2015. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Iran-backed jihadi threat is top priority for new government, Netanyahu says

By Stuart Winer

Prime minister presents cabinet to Rivlin, calls for ‘responsible political settlement’ with Palestinians

Netanyahu: Jerusalem won’t be divided again

By Marissa Newman

Palestinians fume over Netanyahu’s ‘united Jerusalem’ statement

By Elhanan Miller

Silvan Shalom to head up talks with Palestinians

By Stuart Winer

A destroyed temple in Durbar Square in the old city of Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Got vacation days? Consider a trip to Nepal

By Melanie Lidman

Begging international visitors to return, experts say tourism will help the devastated country rebuild after earthquake

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter, May 19, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube/IsraeliPM)

Live updates (closed)

FIFA head, Israel to push for ‘peace match’ with Palestinians

By Jonathan Beck

Sepp Blatter offers friendly between Israeli, Palestinian national teams; Israeli federation head Eini enthusiastic about idea

Adin Steinsaltz

The uniquely human drive to study for its own sake is the trait that raises humans above the angels

Lawrence Grossman

Iran and the diplomatic dance

By snubbing President Obama, the US’s Sunni allies have shown they are just as worried over the deal as Israel is

On the write side at the United Nations

A look back at the challenge of writing speeches on behalf of ‘the most unpopular country in the world’

Illustrative image of a female IDF tank instructor during an exercise on January 1, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Army makes U-turn on letting women serve in tanks

By Mitch Ginsburg

IDF says it is rolling back a plan to integrate female soldiers into armored corps, citing physical challenges and close quarters of vehicles

Battalion 299 soldiers in the field, February 10, 2012 (Courtesy IDF/Flickr)

Army to shutter Druze-only ‘Battalion of the Sword’

By Mitch Ginsburg

IDF chief of staff orders unit closed as part of the drive toward societal integration of Israel’s minorities

Crime boss Yitzhak Abergil, seen in court on May 20, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)

Top kingpin among suspects in major organized crime bust

By Stuart Winer

Yitzhak Abergil suspected in attempted hit on underworld rival Zeev Rosenstein that killed three bystanders in Tel Aviv in 2003

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, May 17, 2015. (Dudi Vaknin/Pool)

Weinstein ‘shocked’ at major corruption case involving ex-DA

By Stuart Winer

Ethiopian Israelis protest in Tel Aviv on Monday, May 18 2015. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Tel Aviv anti-racism rally marred by infighting, but not violence

By Judah Ari Gross

For second time in two weeks, protesters zigzag 2.5 miles through Tel Aviv, calling for an end to discrimination against Ethiopians

Illustrative photo. Girls on a camp trip play in a field at Gan Saker Park on July 9, 2014. (Zoe Vayer/Flash90)

Attorney seeks to sue authorities over treatment of raped, pregnant Ethiopian-Israeli girls

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Feminist activist Roni Aloni-Sadovnik questions why girls as young as 11 gave birth to babies for adoption instead of having abortions

President Reuven Rivlin and Nadia Cohen, at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Mossad super spy Eli Cohen, May 18, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Mossad chief: Israel must retrieve Eli Cohen’s body from Syria

By Marissa Newman

Marking 50 years since legendary spy’s execution, widow appeals to government to ‘do all you can to bring him home’

Shmuel Levin, chairperson of the Jewish religious community of Vilnius and Lithuania, leans against a wall of the power substation built of tombstones from a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, May 13, 2015 (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Part of Lithuania’s power grid coated in Jewish tombstones

By LIUDAS DAPKUS

Electrical substation, other structures built from pilfered headstones are a grim marker of the country’s anti-Semitic past

Lebanese citizens walking on the Corniche, or waterfront promenade in Beirut, Lebanon. This photo was shot through the lowered veil of a niqab, which is worn by some conservative Muslim women. The cloth allows women to follow a strict interpretation of their religious beliefs by preventing others from seeing their faces. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Photo essay

How the world looks from behind a Muslim woman’s veil

By Hassan ammar

A session at Tel Aviv’s first Limmud conference, held May 14-15, 2015. (Limmud TLV Facebook)

At Tel Aviv’s first Limmud, participants confront Israel’s raucous politics

Pluralistic Judaic learning conference addresses issues such as secular-religious divide, anarchy and discrimination against African migrants

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau (photo credit: FLASH90)

Chief rabbi calls for rabbinical input on all legislation

By Stuart Winer

David Lau says Chief Rabbinate should be consulted to give ‘religious and traditional Jewish view’

Taboola CEO Adam Singolda (Photo credit: Screenshot)

Baidu to invest millions in Taboola’s ‘you may also like’ tech

By David Shamah

For its third direct investment in Israeli tech, the Chinese giant has chosen one of Israel’s most ubiquitous brands

A sample Visualead QR code (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli start-up helps Chinese retail giant beat counterfeiters

By David Shamah

Alibaba is set on making sure that the products it sells are genuine – using technology from Israel’s Visualead

Jimmy Wales. (photo credit: CC BY Jol Ito, Flickr)

Wikipedia founder supports Israel, but keeps site neutral

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Illustrative photo of babies at the Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem (Flash90)

Life, finallyHasidic woman has first kid at 65

A scene from "Oh, the Guilt" (episode 5, season 3) of the television series "Grey's Anatomy" (Screen capture: YouTube)

Cancer screening‘Grey’s Anatomy’ saves woman’s life

By Rahel Jaskow

Israel's national soccer team trains ahead of an Israel-Ukraine friendly soccer match in Kiev, Ukraine, on August 13, 2013 (Israel Football Association Website/Flash90)

Israel slams ‘cynical’ Palestinian bid to oust it from FIFA

By AFP

Palestinian siblings Ahmed, right, and Hadeel Hamdan, center, watch ש medical clown who goes by the name 'Juhl' at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, May 13, 2015 (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Gaza Strip patients find help in Israeli hospital

Rabbi David Stav, co-founder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, speaks at the 5th annual Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem on June 20, 2013. (Flash 90)

Non-Orthodox fume over snub at Shavuot night event

By Daniel Bernstein

Illustrative: A Saudi executioner displays his sword. (YouTube/MEMRITVVideos)

Who'll make the cut?Saudi Arabia seeking new executioners

By Stuart Winer

A screenshot of a photo posted on May 18, 2015 by pop star Madonna on her official Instagram page, showing a Palestinian and a Hasidic Jew about to kiss.

Kissing cousinsMadonna posts pic of Jew, Arab smooching

By JTA

'Sabale' or Grandfather, which was lit up with LED lights each night at 2014's Midburn (Courtesy Faluja)

Police, Israel’s Burning Man reach final agreement

By Melanie Lidman

Illustrative photo: Israeli police officers in Bet Shemesh, on March 17, 2015. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)

Hebrew media reviewMarried to the mob

By Joshua Davidovich

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