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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 27, 2015

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An IDF vehicle in Absan, near the border between Israel and east of the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 30, 2015 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel warns Hamas of ‘heavy price’ for rocket fire

Air force strikes Gaza in retaliation for attack; defense minister says Israel ready to act ‘with even greater force’

AnalysisWhen two Gazans fight, Israel suffers

By Avi Issacharoff

Hamas seeks to restore calm in the Strip

Amnesty accuses Hamas of war crimes in Gaza

By AFP

$Mourning candles in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, following the June 12, 2014 murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)$

Op-ed

From ‘Bring Back Our Boys’ to ‘Unity Day’

By Iris and Ori Ifrach, Rachelli and Avi Fraenkel and Bat-Galim and Ofer Shaer

The parents of the three slain teens, on their new initiative to harness the spirit of unity that prevailed when tragedy drew the nation together

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at the Council On Foreign Relations on March 23, 2015 in New York City (photo credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Sen. Graham laments Obama’s ‘singling out’ of Israel

By Jonathan Beck

Next US election will be a ‘referendum on the president’s foreign policy’, says future presidential hopeful

The Temple of One burns on the last night of the Israeli Burning Man festival, Midburn, in the desert near Sde Boker, May 24, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Dust and ashes: Israel’s Burning Man explodes in the Negev

By Melanie Lidman

Desert art festival with 7,000 goes forth despite challenges with police permits, two bomb disposals and a fatal heart attack

Thank you, Nazis of England

When a Jewish community can’t agree on one single thing ever, who you gonna call?

Avrohom Gordimer

On Rabbi Riskin: A dose of reality

As his employer, Israel’s Rabbinate has good cause to end Shlomo Riskin’s tenure as Chief Rabbi of Efrat

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin in front of the Chabad House in Montego Bay, Jamaica. (Courtesy)

At long last, Chabad puts down roots in laid-back Jamaica

By Renee Ghert-Zand

IDF soldier corporal Shachar Berrin speaks during a televised political debate about Israeli occupation of the West Bank, May 14. (YouTube/Breaking the Silence)

IDF soldier jailed for a week for taking part in TV debate in uniform

By Stuart Winer

Corporal who immigrated from Australia argues that the army’s ‘inhuman’ treatment of Palestinians corrupts Israeli society

Illustrative photo of a bus crossing the Allenby Bridge (Flash90)

Border guards fired, but not prosecuted, for stealing from Palestinians

By Judah Ari Gross

Airports Authority cans five workers who were stealing at Allenby Bridge crossing, but doesn’t hand them over to police

Russia: No date for delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran

By AP and ToI Staff

Moscow says work to send controversial armaments underway, but can’t confirm end-of-2015 timeline touted by Tehran

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

Analysis

Netanyahu two-faced on two states? Maybe not

By Raphael Ahren

Don’t be fooled: the PM’s reported willingness to discuss borders only seems like a breakthrough; in fact, he still sees a two-state outcome as desirable, but currently impossible

A fire near Jerusalem on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 (courtesy Fire and Rescue Authority)

Heat wave sparks brush fires throughout Israel

Massive blaze draws 20 crews and four planes to Beit Shemesh; three homes consumed in Tel Mond

The promenade and hotels along the beach in Tel Aviv, May 3, 2015 (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Israel sizzles as second spring scorcher strikes

Illustrative. A young girl gives blood at a Magen David Adom mobile blood donation center. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)

After tip-off, blood donation by allegedly gay soldier discarded

IDF officer protests Magen David Adom’s decision to dispose of donation based on anonymous tip concerning his sexuality

Then Israeli chief of police Yohanan Danino, February 11, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Police to explore decriminalizing pot

Police chief Yohanan Danino to review policies on recreational cannabis use; lawmaker ready to push bill

An IDF C4I Corps soldier monitors for hacker activity (Photo credit: Courtesy)

GE spotlights Israeli cyber-security

By David Shamah

LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and head coach David Blatt speak late in the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena on May 26, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP)

Cavs trounce Hawks to head to NBA finals

Cleveland, led by former Maccabi TA coach David Blatt, sweeps Atlanta with 118-88 rout; LeBron James scores 23

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Shmuel Shachar, left, says the blessings during his son's brit milah, ritual circumcision, in Bnei Brak on May 26, 2015. (Screen capture: B'Hadrei Hadarim)

Long time comingTip snipped on baby born to 65-year-old

By Judah Ari Gross

Claudia Moser breaks down in front of her family and President Obama at the 2015 White House Seder (Pete Souza/The White House)

Matza monsterObama’s seder was scene of tantrum

A photo of the Obama family in 2011 (photo credit: courtesy of the White House)

Put a goat on itKenyan offers cattle to wed Malia Obama

By AFP

Muslim cleric Mücahid Cihad Han discusses masturbation on his Turkish television show on May 24, 2015. (Screen capture 2000 TV)

Self-love child‘Masturbators’ hands will get pregnant’

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk, who turns 100 on May 27, reads from his work. (YouTube screen capture)

The best Herman Wouk story (almost) no one has read

Media gathers outside the Hotel Baur-au-Lac where Swiss authorities conducted an early morning operation on May 27, 2015, to arrest FIFA officials. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

6 FIFA officials arrested in soccer bribery case

By AP, AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters celebrate what they said was a victory over Israel, in Gaza City on August 29, 2014. (Photo credit: Emad Nassar/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewTerror in a teapot or cause for concern?

By Joshua Davidovich

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