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What Matters Most On Monday, May 25, 2015

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The Islamic State flag raised on top of Palmyra castle, May 22, 2015. (The website of Islamic State fighters via AP)

Hebrew inscriptions, jewels of Palmyra’s Jewish past, may be lost forever

By Ilan Ben Zion

With Islamic State now in control, fears grow for archaeological gems that point to the ancient city’s resonant Jewish history

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, center, arriving at Jerusalem District Court on May 25, 2015. (Gili Yohanan/POOL)

Ex-premier Olmert sentenced to eight months in jail for taking cash

Former PM also fined NIS 100,000 in Talansky affair; prison term to be added to his six-year sentence in Holyland case

File: Aryeh Deri seen at a ceremony to take up his position at the Economy Ministry, May 17, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel Lands Authority transferred to Finance Ministry

By Jonathan Beck

ILA had been under Housing Ministry; authorities shifted between ministries of intelligence, strategic affairs ahead of Erdan swearing in

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during a Knesset vote on expanding the number of ministers in the new government, May 13, 2015. (Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

Farcical ministerial appointments may signal beginning of end for Netanyahu

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The only logic behind the otherwise incomprehensible staffing of Israel’s new government is that the PM is desperate to marginalize any potential challengers. It may not work

Gilad Erdan, May 18, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to offer Erdan ministries, ending standoff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consults with his advisers at Blair House in Washington, May 2011. (Avi Ohayon/Flash90)

Netanyahu confidant Dore Gold to head diplomatic corps

By Adiv Sterman

Looking for hate in all the wrong places

The reality of Jewish-Arab ties in Israel defies any preconceptions, certainly those rooted in hatred

The public invisibility of disadvantaged sectors further erodes the social solidarity Israel was once proud of

Needed: A strong Diaspora Affairs Ministry

The office most able to soothe sky-high tensions between Israel and world Jewry needs an urgent upgrade

Amer Sweity in his lab at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's campus in Sde Boker, Israel, May 18, 2015. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)

Israel’s first Jordanian PhD wants to bring peace through water

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Andrzej Duda, presidential candidate of the Polish conservative party PiS (Law and Justice) leaves after voting during the second round of the presidential election at a polling station in Krakow, Poland on May 24, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / BARTOSZ SIEDLIK)

Poland elects right-wing president who criticized predecessor’s apologies to Jews

By AP and JTA

Andrzej Duda slammed Bronislaw Komorowski for acknowledging Polish farmers’ massacre of Jewish neighbors in Jedwabne

Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

US didn’t do ‘damn thing’ against IS in Ramadi, Iran commander says

By AP

Qassem Soleimani’s accusation come after Defense Secretary Ash Carter says fleeing Iraqi forces didn’t have will to battle jihadists

Lebanese supporters of Hezbollah gather in the southern town of Nabatiyeh on May 24, 2015 (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Hezbollah chief: Islamic State poses ‘existential threat’ akin to Israel

Nasrallah says Israel supporting jihadist group, touts Shiite group’s victory over IDF 15 years after withdrawal from southern Lebanon

An Israeli 'Ethan' drone, in the service of the Israeli Air Force (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli arms sales to Africa mark steep rise in past year

Weapons industry exports up 40% in 2014 compared to 2013, but sales worldwide drop by nearly $1 billion

Illustrative: This image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Saturday, April 25, 2015, shows Nusra Front fighters in the town of Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib province, Syria. (AP)

ِAl-Qaeda affiliate nearly gone from southern Syria, opposition says

By Elhanan Miller

Thousands of local fighters have recently left al-Nusra Front, according to Free Syrian Army spokesman

Nissim Alperon, in court in Tel Aviv, after being arrested as a suspect in the attempted murder of Felix Abutbul on May 25, 2015. (Flash90)

Suspect nabbed in 2002 assassination of top mobster

Nissim Alperon, of known Israeli crime family, apprehended at Ben-Gurion airport over gangland style slaying in Prague

This picture taken on May 19, 2015 at the Abel Prize ceremony in Oslo shows the Abel prize winner and mathematician John Forbes Nash. Nash and his wife both died on May 23 in a car crash in the US. (Haakon Mosvold Larsen/AFP)

Math genius John Nash, wife, ‘A Beautiful Mind’ inspiration, die in car crash

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI

Nobel Prize winner, 86, and Alicia Nash, 82, killed in taxi crash in New Jersey Saturday night after receiving award in Norway

Director Laszlo Nemes, right, is presented the Grand Prix award by actor Mads Mikkelsen for the film Son of Saul during the awards ceremony at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Holocaust film ‘Son of Saul’ takes Grand Prize at Cannes

By ToI Staff, AP and AFP

Hungarian-directed movie about life of Auschwitz worker wins festival’s runner-up award, as refugee drama ‘Dheepan’ captures Palme d’Or

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Ben Stiller's parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara on MSNBC's Morning Joe in 2011 (screen capture: YouTube)

Comedian Anne Meara, Ben Stiller’s mom, dies age 85

Muslims pray inside the former Misericordia Abbey in Venice, Italy, on May 15, 2015. (AP/Luigi Costantini)

Venice police shut down mosque-inside-church exhibit

By Colleen Barry

Brussels City mayor Yvan Mayeur (L) and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (R) attend a tribute ceremony at the Jewish museum in Brussels on May 24, 2015. (Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP)

Hundreds honor four killed at Brussels Jewish Museum

By Lachlan CARMICHAEL

A satellite image of Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility. (AP/DigitalGlobe)

Iran denies agreement on military site inspections

By AFP

Ariel Ronis, a manager at the Population Immigration and Border Authority who committed suicide on May 23 after being accused of racism on Facebook (Facebook photo)

Hebrew media reviewShaming the shaming

By Ilan Ben Zion

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