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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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US President Barack Obama discusses the emerging nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, as well as US-Israeli relations, with Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan on May 2, 2015. (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Obama: There is no military option to stop Iran

By Tamar Pileggi

President tells Israeli TV he understands Israelis’ ‘concerns and fears,’ but only a ‘verifiable, tough agreement’ can thwart Iran’s nuclear drive

Obama, musing on legacy, hopes he’ll be remembered ‘fondly’

By Jim Kuhnhenn

Iranians aim pens at West, Israel in anti-IS cartoon contest

By Cyril Julien

Limping toward Tehran: Kerry says broken leg won’t hinder nuke talks

By AP

US President Barack Obama speaks after awarding the Medal of Honor to the late Army Sergeant William Shemin, and the late Army Private Henry Johnson, both for actions while serving in France during World War I, in Washington, DC, June 2, 2015. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

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Not engaging Iran is ‘worst scenario,’ says Obama

By Jonathan Beck

While defending nuclear talks with Iran, US president warns Israel it risks ‘losing credibility’ in Palestinian peace efforts

Non-Resident Ambassador of New Zealand, Jonathan Andrew Curr, talks to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on April 30, 2015, after he presented his credentials (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO)

Diplomatic bantam New Zealand takes on peace process

By Raphael Ahren

As FM McCulley heads to region, Israel is uneasy over Wellington’s eye to a new Security Council resolution on Palestinian statehood

Rabbi, Can we wear clothes on Shabbat?

Technology is being woven into everything and Jewish law will rise to the challenge

The hot topic of keeping kids safe

Summer training in martial arts and self-defense empowers children and keeps them giggling

Malynnda Littky-Porath

Boring missionaries

If you want to try persuading people to accept Jesus, have at it, but please — make a flyer worth taking home

An Israeli F-16 during an exercise on November 25, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

‘No Israeli airstrike in Lebanon,’ says Channel 2

By Ilan Ben Zion

Lebanese media report airstrike near Syria-Lebanon border; Hezbollah denies attack but confirms IAF overflight

A segment on Palestinian TV refers to Tel Aviv as occupied Jaffa (MEMRI)

Palestinian TV calls Jews and Israelis ‘evil, filth’

Children’s program refers to Zionists as ‘barbaric monkeys;’ puppet terms Tel Aviv ‘occupied’ Jaffa

Dutch government warns: Beware stone-throwing settlers

Israeli embassy protests travel advisory, saying Holland’s words slander an ‘entire community’

The United Nations Security Council votes during a September meeting, at UN Headquarters in New York City (photo credit: AP/Craig Ruttle)

UN grants Hamas-linked group consultative status

By Tamar Pileggi

Israel condemns decision by 19-member committee to recognize Palestinian Return Center as an NGO

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (second from left) on a visit to a UN-run school in Gaza City, on June 1, 2015. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

German FM urges Gaza rehabilitation, no more rocket fire

By ToI Staff, AFP and AP

Calling Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory a ‘powder keg,’ Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges Israel to ease blockade when safe to do so

Illustrative photo of a Hamas police officer carrying a rifle in the Gaza Strip (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gaza Salafist leader killed in gunfight with Hamas cops

By AFP

Authorities sought to arrest 27-year-old man for ‘illegal activities’; shooting comes after Islamic State supporters issue ultimatum

Illustrative photo of men holding up an Islamic State flag. (AFP/Tauseef Mustafa)

IS activists give Hamas 48 hours to halt Gaza crackdown

By AP and ToI Staff

Terror group’s supporters claim responsibility for last week’s rocket attack on Israel, which has been attributed to Islamic Jihad

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz briefs Israeli cabinet ministers during the conflict with Gaza, July 18, 2014 (Photo by Flash90)

Analysis

Can Netanyahu’s security cabinet rise above rubber stamp role?

By Mitch Ginsburg

Will the new forum of 10 top ministers be capable of defying the generals, resisting the PM, and ensuring Israel is steered effectively in war?

Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)

Islamic State launches new offensive in bid to take Aleppo

By ToI Staff and AFP

US Embassy charges that Syrian regime barrel bomb attacks aim to help radical jihadists thwart rebel takeover of Syria’s biggest city

A man speaking instruction into a megaphone during a siren drill at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 2, 2015. (Courtesy Knesset spokesperson)

Rocket siren sounds across country in ongoing drill

Massive civil defense exercise tests Israelis’ ability to find shelter in case of actual missile attack

Alberto Nisman gives a news conference in Buenos Aires on May 20, 2009. (AFP Photo/Juan Mabromata)

Argentine police botched probe of dead prosecutor’s home

By Almudena Calatrava

Officers seen not using gloves in video from scene of Alberto Nisman shooting

Violinist Eugene Drucker practices with the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra during a rehearsal concert at the Music Hall in Raanana, central Israel on May 27, 2015. (Dan Balilty/AP)

Avenging father, violinist plays music Nazis shut down

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Illustrative photo: IDF reserve soldiers seen eating in a staging area near the border with Gaza in Southern Israel on July 20, 2014, during Israel's Operation Protective Edge. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Oink veyUS-born soldier tried for eating pork

The presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey (YouTube screen capture)

Privileged privyErdogan denies palace has golden toilets

By AP

Israeli magician Cagliostro sets Guinness world record by teaching a card trick to 1,576 school children in Haifa, June 1, 2015. (Courtesy of Beit HaGefen)

Hocus peaceIsraeli magician sets Guinness record

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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)

Mob boss freed after cops fail to pin 2002 killing on him

By Judah Ari Gross

Myanmar's only synagogue in Yangon (YouTube screen capture)

Leader of Myanmar’s Jewish community dies

By JTA

Actor Larry Thomas, better known as the 'Seinfeld' Soup Nazi, often appears in commercials and reality cooking shows (Luigi Novi CC BY SA)

Come back one year!Soup Nazi, but no soup, for Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

A view of the user interface of Hyundai's connected car (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Hyundai seeks Israeli tech for its ‘connected cars’

By David Shamah

Hebrew media reviewBracing for boycotts, bemoaning bloodshed

By Adiv Sterman

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