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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 1, 2015

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An Egyptian Air Force fighter jet (screen capture: YouTube)

Analysis

Death toll in Sinai rises to 50 as jihadists attack Egypt’s army

By AP and Avi Issacharoff

Islamic State-linked group claims massive coordinated assault in northern peninsula; fight for Sheikh Zuweid police station ongoing

Islamic State threatens to ‘uproot’ Israel, topple Hamas

After Sinai attacks, Israel slams shut border gates

By Stuart Winer

Video shows Syrian group executing 18 Islamic State jihadis

By AFP

A trap door in the Shimshoni's living room opening up to a ancient ritual bath. (Assaf Peretz/courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

Jerusalem family finds 2,000-year-old ritual bath under living room

By Ilan Ben Zion

Discovery in traditional hometown of John the Baptist points to presence of Jewish village during Second Temple era

In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, an Egyptian armored vehicle is seen on the Egyptian side of the border across from Rafah in north Sinai. (Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)

Live updates (closed)

Parts of Sinai town said to be in hands of terrorists

By Jonathan Beck

Coordinated assault on Egyptian military and police is the worst since Egyptian army fought IDF in 1973

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki looks on prior to the start of an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Gaza crisis on July 23, 2014 at the United Nations Offices in Geneva (photo credit: AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI)

Will the UN’s Gaza resolution be totally anti-Israel or just mostly so?

By Raphael Ahren

The EU and Palestinians are haggling over what the Human Rights Council will vote on. A first draft doesn’t bode well for Jerusalem. The final draft might not either

Hamas chief says armed wing ‘stronger’ now than during Gaza war

UN Gaza report may hamper fight on terror, military experts warn

By Elhanan Miller

Shin Bet chief: Hamas gearing up for next round with Israel

By Mitch Ginsburg and ToI Staff

Ksenia Svetlova

On Egyptian TV, Jews as actual humans

A Ramadan soap opera with sympathetic Jewish characters is a tiny, deeply flawed, step in the right direction

Charleston and the right to forgive

Jewish tradition requires that wrongdoers repent and make restitution before they can be forgiven

Anne Frank on antisemitism

The famous diarist decried the unique hatred of Jews, not a universal notion depicted in a theater adaptation

The family of Malachy Moshe Rosenfeld mourns near his body during his funeral at Kochav Hashahar in West Bank, July 01, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Twice-bereaved family buries son slain in West Bank shooting

‘We had such high hopes for you,’ says father of Malachy Moshe Rosenfeld, 25; killers behind drive-by attack still at large

An Israeli wounded in a drive-by shooting attack is brought to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, June 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Family of West Bank shooting victim calls for national unity

By Marissa Newman and Judah Ari Gross

IDF soldiers seen in the West Bank, June 22, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

After shooting, IDF bolsters West Bank presence

Amid uptick in violence, senior officer denies there’s a coordinated terror cell behind attacks

In a photo pixelated for security reasons, David and his wife arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport from Ukraine Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Baz Ratner)

Ukrainian Jew abducted by Russian separatists immigrates to Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

While a tearfully thankful David and his wife were able to leave war-torn Ukraine, their daughter awaits her Ukrainian soldier husband’s release from captivity

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

State Department backs away from anti-BDS law’s language

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Legislation’s ‘conflation’ of Israel, Israeli-controlled territories ‘runs counter to longstanding US policy,’ says spokesman, indicating measure will not apply to settlements

People walking along a conflict damaged street in the Syrian town of Kobane, March 27, 2015. Islamic State group fighters reentered the battleground town on June 25, 2015. (AFP/YASIN AKGUL)

Top Israeli security official: Syria is dying, funeral on the way

By Stuart Winer

Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry’s political-security division, says Assad controls just a fifth of country

US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 30, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

Obama says he would ‘walk away’ from bad Iran deal

By AFP

US president insists Tehran has to agree to a ‘strong, rigorous verification mechanism’; Russian FM says deal ‘within reach’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-economy minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset, June 29, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

Drilling into Netanyahu’s gas deal, and why some might oppose it

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Head of Itim Rabbi Seth Farber and Supreme Court petitioner Martina Ragacova at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 30, 2015. (courtesy Itim)

What would Maimonides do, as Supreme Court untangles conversion knots

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Bench set to rule whether to accept independent conversions, which may have strong implications for Liberal Jewish movements in Israel

The Rev. Geoffrey A. Black, the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ (YouTube screenshot)

US church votes to divest from companies operating in West Bank

By AP and ToI Staff

United Church of Christ urges boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products, SodaStream; two more churches weigh similar resolutions

Gold found by the Shin Bet allegedly used to fund the Hamas cell (Shin Bet Communications)

Large, gold-funded Hamas cell uncovered in West Bank, Shin Bet says

By Mitch Ginsburg

Israel’s security agency breaks a 40-strong cell in the Nablus region, foiling a terror attack in the making

Yasser Abed Rabbo speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 16, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Abbas fires deputy Abed Rabbo in PLO power struggle

By AP, ToI Staff and AFP

In a bid to sideline potential rivals, Palestinian Authority chief sacks long-time critic; cabinet asks PM for reshuffle

Qlight was awarded the Chief Scientist's prize for nanotechnology at the Israel Nanotech event in March 27 2014. (L to R) Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy of the State of Israel, Dr. Avi Hasson, Qlight Nanotech's VP R&D, Professor Uri Banin, Qlight Nanotech's founder and CTO, Yaacov Michlin, CEO of Yissum and Chairman of the Board of Qlight Nanotech, and Dr. Volker Hilarius, Director International Projects at Merck. (Courtesy)

Merck CEO sees firm’s future intertwined with Israel’s

By David Shamah

15% of pharma firm Merck KgaA’s products have Israeli roots, and now an Israeli start-up will help the firm grow in new directions

A sea of red as Hapoel fans celebrate the team's first championship win (Courtesy Hapoel Jerusalem)

For Hapoel Jerusalem, if you build it, they will win

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Screen capture of a video published on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's social media pages equating Iran with the Islamic State group. (YouTube/IsraeliPM)

Double troubleNetanyahu cartoon: Iran ‘just much bigger’ IS

By Stuart Winer

MK Basel Ghattas from the Arab (Joint) List on board the Gaza-bound Marianne of Gothenburg ship, June 30, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Footage shows Israeli commandos intercepting Gaza-bound ship

A sprinkler, tie and coffee cup with hidden cameras are featured at an expo of Israeli intelligence-gathering technology in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Necktie cameras and invisibility cloaks star at Israeli spy expo

By Daniel Estrin

A postcard depicting Kutsher’s Hotel in 1955. (JTA/Flickr Commons)

Chakra beltJewish resort Kutsher’s to become yoga retreat

By JTA

Shmuel Zucker, head of the Defense Ministry's Acquisition Administration, talks with Capricorn Medan, VP Elbit Systems aircraft and a firefighting squadron commander. (Defense Ministry/Schlomo Shoham)

Five years after Carmel blaze, Israel adds new fire squadron

By Eric Cortellessa

Dalia Rabin speaks at the book launch for "Rabin: 20 Years After," on June 30, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)

20 years later, updated biography of Rabin launched

A pre-rally response, 'Golders Green Together,' is still due to take place on Friday, July 3. This campaign has been led by the anti-racist organization Hope Not Hate, the London Jewish Forum and the Board of Deputies and enlisted the support of local Christians and Muslims. (courtesy)

Cops move neo-Nazi rally from heart of Jewish London

By Jenni Frazer

What's really in that cheese? SCIO knows (Courtesy)

Star Trek-style ‘tricorders’ on their way to customers

By David Shamah

Sara and Eliezer Rosenfeld at Shaarei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on June 30, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewLove, terror and basketball

By Marissa Newman

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