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What Matters Most On Friday, June 5, 2015

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Stephane Richard, the CEO of French mobile phone company Orange, speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP/Thomas Hartwell)

Orange telecom chief now says: ‘We love Israel’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Stephane Richard apologizes for earlier talk of wanting to ‘withdraw’ from Israel ‘tomorrow’, says decision to cut ties with Israeli subsidiary is ‘purely commercial’

France says it’s ‘firmly opposed’ to Israel boycott

By AFP and ToI Staff

Nobel winners to flock to Israel, ignoring campus boycott push

By David Shamah

In seeming defense of Orange, French diplomat slams settlements

Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)

Analysis

When it comes to tackling BDS, Israel is all talk, no action

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Despite their passionate rhetoric, MKs are using the latest uptick of boycotts for domestic political point-scoring, while the government’s counter-effort is dysfunctionally divided between two rival ministries, with almost no staff

Orange folded to ‘anti-Semitic pressure,’ owner of Israeli cell firm says

New poll finds pro-Jewish attitudes up in Europe

By Gedalyah Reback

French town to name street for Arafat

By Gedalyah Reback

Jennifer Geretz

Jewish women: We withdraw our consent

Men may not continue to worship and learn as if women’s cries are unworthy of response

How not to influence people

That strategy of making Israel’s case with hubris, disrespect and incivility is just not working out

Jeffrey Richard

Israeli universities do more with less

On the out-sized output of institutions that run on budgets a fraction the size of their US counterparts

From pain to humility

How Moses grows beyond a lonely man of faith (Behaalotcha)

Israel's then-Foreign Ministry chief Dore Gold and former Saudi government adviser Anwar Eshki shake hands in Washington DC, June 4, 2015 (Debby Communications Group)

In very rare public meet, Israeli, Saudi officials name Iran as common foe

We’ve not resolved all our differences, but we hope to, says Dore Gold; two countries have held 5 secret meetings since 2014, Bloomberg claims

Mourners carry placards during the funeral of the four Saudi Shiite "heroes" killed after preventing a suicide bomber from entering a mosque on June 3, 2015, in the coastal Saudi city of Dammam. (AFP/STR)

Saudis consider Iran, not Israel, their main foe, survey finds

By AP

In poll surreptiously conducted by an Israeli college, over half of Saudis name Iran their greatest adversary; 85% back Arab Peace Initiative

Illustrative; In this photo from January 9, 2014, a Thai worker sits in a back of a truck loaded with flowers in the fields of the West Bank Jordan Valley Jewish settlement of Petsael. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Analysis

Irksome EU labeling of settler goods could snowball into BDS avalanche

By Raphael Ahren

Just 0.7% of exports to the EU come from settlements, but as Israel grapples with new boycott pressures, labeling of these products could become the next big blow

Netanyahu urges France to denounce ‘despicable’ move by Orange

By ToI Staff and AFP

Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt (YouTube screen capture)

NY rabbi denies sexual misconduct in sauna sessions

By JTA

Jonathan Rosenblatt says his behavior towards young congregants was innocent and lawful, apologizes if he caused anyone discomfort

Yitzhak Rabin, center, as Chief of IDF General Staff, during the Six Day War, speaking with the commander of the southern front, Yeshayahu Gavish (Courtesy of Israel Defense Force Archive)

Revealed, the war before the Six Day War

By Mitch Ginsburg

Immediately before the resort to conflict, Israel’s top generals and politicians clashed over how to address the Arab threat, with distrust and disdain bursting into the open, newly released papers show

File: The 20th Knesset votes, May 13, 2015. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)

Knesset members trade barbs over occupation, ’67 borders

Gunmen from Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the al-Quds Brigades, squat in a tunnel used for ferrying rockets and mortars back and forth in preparation for the next conflict with Israel, as they take part in military training in the south of the Gaza Strip on March 3, 2015. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas member killed in tunnel collapse near Israeli border

By AFP

Terror group says incident occured during ‘resistance-related activities’; two others moderately injured

Illustrative: An officer preparing to lead troops into Gaza, August 2014. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)

In first, US officials meet with IDF whistle-blowing group

Breaking The Silence briefs White House, State Department officials on report highly critical of Israeli army’s conduct during the Gaza war

The performance of La Tosca at Masada barely utilized the mountain, only lighting it at a few points. The enormous stage swallowed performers when there were only two or three during most of the show. (courtesy Israel Opera/Yossi Zwecker)

Desert Opera Review

Works of passion sung at a site of passion

By Melanie Lidman

Israel Opera’s 5th production at Masada fails to incorporate the iconic landmark, but the desert location still excites

Food photographer Dan Peretz's lemons, at Culinary 2015 (Courtesy Dan Peretz)

Rembrandt, Einstein and the graphic arts

By Jessica Steinberg

A top five list of art — and books — to see and peruse in the month of June

Eighty-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski is an avid cyclist. (Courtesy)

Now on bike, Montreal survivor retraces trek home after Auschwitz

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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Detail from Gustav Klimt’s work ‘Bildnis Getrud Loew’ painted in 1902 with oil on canvas. (photo credit: Wikimedia/Public domain/PD-1923)

Woman of valueNazi-nabbed Klimt goes up for auction

Caitlyn Jenner during her recent photo shoot for a Vanity Fair cover (YouTube screen capture)

Trans AtlanticCaitlyn Jenner invited to TA Gay Pride

By JTA

ILLUSTRATIVE: An Islamic State fighter holds his AK-47 machine gun as he stands guard on the bank of the Euphrates River in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant website via AP)

Photo bomb‘Moron’ jihadist’s selfie leads US to HQ

David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts from the sideline in the third 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)

Blatt’s Cavaliers lose to Warriors in NBA Finals opener

The Polish town Oswiecim, better known as Auschwitz, is featured on a Polska Pride T-shirt for sale at Amazon. (screenshot)

Heartless?US firm sells Oswiecim T-shirts

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Former President Shimon Peres works on his Facebook page with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, looking on (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

‘Personalized’ Facebook ad tech pays off big for Israel’s Bidalgo

By David Shamah

Illustrative photo of Tnuva milk products (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

A zap a day keeps listeria away, research shows

By David Shamah

Hebrew media reviewSeeing red over Orange

By Ilan Ben Zion

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