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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 21, 2015

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Partial view of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, March 14, 2014 (AFP/Joseph Eid, File)

‘Birthplace of civilization’ faces final ruin by jihadists

By AFP

Destruction of Palmyra, once fortified by Solomon, would be ‘enormous loss to humanity,’ UNESCO chief warns as Islamic State overruns town

Islamic State reported to take full control of ancient Palmyra

By AP, AFP and ToI Staff

Legion of foreign fighters battles for Islamic State

By John-Thor Dahlburg and misha DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI

From Minnesota to Melbourne, Islamic State draws motley crew

By AP

US President Barack Obama walks off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on May 20, 2015 after returning from the134th Commencement Exercises of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London London, Connecticut, and a fundraiser in nearby Stamford. (AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM)

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Obama: US must criticize Israel if it is to defend it

In wide-ranging interview, president implies anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism, plays down threat of Mideast nuclear arms race

A scene from the film 'Son of Saul' (Cannes Film Festival)

Shocking ‘Son of Saul’ is a Holocaust movie masterpiece

By Jordan Hoffman

Cannes’ best film brings us back inside the extermination camps with a shock to the system, though not in the way we’ve come to expect from this genre

Andrew Silow-Carroll

On Israel, Jay Leno out — Louis C.K. in

In pop culture, the ‘Little Israel’ narrative has lost its luster

Avi Novis-Deutsch

Who is allowed to teach Torah?

On Tzohar’s refusal to include non-Orthodox teachers, and Tzavta’s agreement to go along with it

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Judaism: The art of rebellion

Protest, not obedience, is the Torah’s essence, and that should be the message taught to Jewish students

Part of a 2,000-year-old aqueduct discovered in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Umm Tuba. The aqueduct, which was one of Jerusalem's main water sources for two millennia, was replaced a century ago by an electrically-operated water system. (Assaf Peretz, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Section of ancient Jerusalem aqueduct uncovered

21-kilometer water pipe was used intermittently for two millennia until electric-powered system installed last century

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon attends an IDF exercise on May 7, 2015 (Diana Hananshvili/Defense Ministry)

Iran to UN: Israeli defense minister threatened to nuke us

Tehran claims Ya’alon’s comments on ‘steps’ Israel may take, alongside references to Hiroshima bombing, were an implicit threat

Illustrative photo of Hellfire missiles (photo credit: CC BY-Wikipedia)

Pentagon approves massive $1.9 billion arms sale to Israel

US says thousands of missiles and bombs to be provided for self-defense needs; Congress must okay deal

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on March 27, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/JEWEL SAMAD)

France: Iran wants 24-day warning ahead of nuclear inspections

By AP

Islamic Republic’s supreme leader also rules out cooperation with UN experts over probes at military sites

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

France to push 18-month timetable for Mideast peace

Ahead of submitting draft UN resolution on negotiations, Paris reportedly threatens to recognize Palestine should talks fail

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speak to the media on May 20, 2015. (AFP/POOL/DAN BALILTY)

Netanyahu tells EU’s Mogherini he’s committed to two-state solution

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset, May 4, 2015 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Liberman urges Netanyahu to shun ‘terror-supporting’ Arab faction

By AFP and ToI Staff

Ex-foreign minister blasts PM for meeting Ayman Odeh, says anyone who thinks Palestinian state based on 1967 lines will solve conflict is ‘autistic’

Workers protesting layoffs at Israel Chemicals outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem in March 2015. According to an OECD report published in May, the size of the gap between rich and poor in Israel is second only to that in the United States. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

OECD report: Inequality worst in Israel and US

Study cites need to encourage more women to join the workforce in ‘high-quality’ jobs

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom team in Nepal attends to one of four surrogate-born Israeli babies before boarding a Turkish Airlines flight out of the country. (Magen David Adom)

Israeli ambassador’s surrogate-born infant dies in Nepal

Boy dies after first night in Kathmandu field hospital; MK calls to reform rules governing surrogacy

Nadav Guedj performs Israel's Eurovision entry, "Golden Boy," in the song's official video. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Eurovision provides stage for airing geopolitical conflicts

By AFP

Contest bans political messages but they still get across loud and clear — including some to Israel’s detriment

Defense Ministry footage of the demolition of the Beaufort outpost in the southern Lebanon security zone on the night of May 24, 2000. The video, which was released 15 years after the withdrawal, also shows Israeli troops leaving Lebanon under Hezbollah fire. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Defense Ministry releases footage of 2000 Lebanon retreat

Film shows Israeli troops returning to border under Hezbollah fire and demolition of iconic Beaufort outpost

Police protecting participants at a silent vigil on May 25, 2014 outside Brussels’ Jewish museum. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

One year after attack, Brussels Jewish museum drawing crowds

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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A driver flipping a middle finger. (middle finger image via Shutterstock)

For f---'s sakeIn UAE, flip the bird and go to jail

By Rahel Jaskow

Musician Paul Shaffer (YouTube screen capture/Late Show with David Letterman)

Bowing out with DaveFive of Paul Shaffer’s best moments

By JTA

Illustrative: The 2015 Netanyahu government as photographed on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, with womens faces pixelated by the ultra-Orthodox Behadrey Haredim website. (Flash 90)

De-facedHaredi press unsullied by female ministers

Scene for Czech Television's 'Holiday in the Protectorate' reality TV show. (Czech Television)

The good old daysCzech show relives Nazi occupation

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Adolf Hitler, left, and Hermann Goering on March 16, 1938. (photo credit: CC BY-SA/Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-2004-1202-504/Wikimedia)

Horse raidingHitler’s steed statues uncovered by cops

By AP

Cellphone base station tower (Photo credit: D.Pranhu/Wikimedia)

Power investor Warren Buffett backs Israeli power saver tech

By David Shamah

Palestinian construction workers wait to cross into Israel, at the checkpoint at the entrance to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, November 28, 2010 (illustrative photo: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewPress sees both sides of segregated bus debate

By Ilan Ben Zion

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