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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 9, 2015

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Avraham Avera Mengistu, who is believed to be held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Facebook)

Cleared for publication

Hamas holding two Israelis hostage in Gaza for months

By Avi Lewis, Judah Ari Gross and Raphael Ahren

Avraham Mengistu, 28, crossed the border in September, Israeli officials say; 2nd captive not named; Israel says no talks on release taking place

Family of captive Israeli says case bungled, brother blames racism

Palestinians deny they are holding Israeli captive in Gaza

Brother of Israeli captive calls on Hamas to release him

Hamas members watch as a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners arrives at the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip as part of the deal for the release of hostage Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Analysis

Hamas seeks high price for Israelis who fell into its lap

By Avi Issacharoff

Gaza’s Islamist rulers are spreading disinformation and issuing demands. But Israel won’t want to pay another Shalit-style price for 2 men who apparently entered the Strip of their own accord

Hamas rally spotlights mock ID of slain soldier, two others

By ToI Staff and AFP

US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the press in Vienna on Thursday, July 9, 2015 (screen capture)

Live updates (closed)

Kerry says Iran talks ‘will not be open ended’

By Jonathan Beck

‘If tough decisions don’t get made we are absolutely prepared to call an end to this process,’ says US secretary of state

Tzachi Hanegbi, left, with Yesh Atid MK Yaakov Peri in January. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Top lawmakers say they were kept out of loop on captive Israelis

By Daniel Bernstein and ToI Staff

German Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) ,French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (3rd L), China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (5th L), Federica Mogherini (C), High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, US Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd R), British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (2nd R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) sit around the table at the Palais Coburg Hotel where the Iran nuclear talks meetings are being held in Vienna, Austria on July 6, 2015 .(AFP PHOTO / POOL / CARLOS BARRIA)

Powers to up pressure for nuke deal as Congress deadline looms

By AFP

With only a day left to submit Iran pact for US lawmakers’ review, foreign ministers look to overcome final hurdles, fraying tensions in Vienna

Analysis

Israel cannot countenance another Shalit deal

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: The lopsided exchange of 2011 led directly to the loss of more Israeli lives. The latest case of two Israelis grabbed by Hamas must not be allowed to follow a similar course

Remembering Max Steinberg

Paying tribute to the slain lone Israeli soldier whose smile, according to a childhood friend, ‘lit up a room’

Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Rabbis? Fixing a church?

The project to restore the torched Tabgha Church is a Jewish religious imperative

‘But can gays be good parents?’

Israelis are indeed pondering that question, (mostly to themselves); and by the way, the answer is yes

Does God hear you if you’re not Haredi?

Denouncing Religious Affairs Minister Azoulai’s hateful remarks is not enough: Boot him out of office

Paul Singer of Elliott Management is seen during the 'Global Financial Context - Reinforcing Critical Systems' session at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013. (Remy Steinegger/Wikipedia/World Economic Forum/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Exclusive

Fight over one of the world’s largest tech companies turns anti-Semitic

By Haviv Rettig Gur

A titanic row between Samsung and a hedge fund run by an American Jew sparks anti-Jewish assault in South Korean media

Argentina's then-president Cristina Kirchner in Buenos Aires on January 30, 2015. (AFP Photo/Alejandro Pagni)

Argentine president invokes Shylock in perceived anti-Semitic slur

By Tamar Pileggi

Kirchner tells students to study Shakespeare villain to better understand debt crisis; local Jewish leaders and ADL outraged

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2015 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Zarif warns West: ‘Never threaten an Iranian’

By AFP

Violating supreme leader Khamenei’s order to stop ‘shouting at meetings,’ foreign minister displays temper to negotiators in Vienna

Entebbe hostages come home, July 4, 1976. (IDF archives)

In 1976 letter, Iran hailed Entebbe rescue, mourned death of Yoni Netanyahu

By Mitch Ginsburg

Controversial film on Rabin’s killer screened in Jerusalem

Film festival’s showings of documentary sold out; Yigal Amir’s wife, relatives don’t attend

From right: Professor Asa Kasher, Rabbi Elazar Goldstein, and deputy brigade commander Ori Shechter at a forum examining the Jewish laws regarding the Hannibal Protocol on July 8, 2015 (Courtesy: Dudi Avitan)

Controversial IDF directive may have caused soldier’s death in Gaza

By Mitch Ginsburg

Chief author of army’s ethics code bemoans widespread misreading of Hannibal Protocol, written to limit abductions in battle

Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, August 2014 (screen capture: Yahoo News)

Hamas leader: Israel negotiating to get back soldiers’ bodies

By Adiv Sterman

Illustrative: Masked Hamas members carry a model of a rocket during a rally in the central Gaza Strip on December 12, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

At Gaza rally, Hamas claims it has produced new missiles

By AFP and ToI Staff

Spokesman tells crowd at anniversary event that projectiles mark a ‘qualitative leap’ forward, but keeps what appear to be models under wraps

African migrants protest outside the Holot detention center in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, February 17, 2014. (Flash90)

Migrants forced to choose between deportation and prison, NGO alleges

By Aaron Jeremy Miller

Hotline for Refugees and Migrants questions tactics on African ‘infiltrators’ at Holot detention center; Prisons Service disputes findings

Illustrative: Syrian men walk amidst the rubble and debris in the Qadi Askar district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on July 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/AMC/Zein Al-Rifai)

Syrian opposition: Intelligence chief assassinated

In major blow to Assad’s struggling regime, top air force official reportedly found shot in car

Entrepreneurs work at an accelerator in Herzliya (Photo credit: Courtesy)

New Intel accelerator could be company’s latest Israeli export

By David Shamah

Company known for innovations is developing a new model to help start-ups grow, says program director Roy Ramon

Israeli policemen salute the graves of fallen officers during a memorial ceremony in the police section of the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Looking for a supercop: Who can save the Israel Police from itself?

By Judah Ari Gross

More Headlines

Vadim Rabinovich is unfazed by critics and readily offers his own censure of European and American Jewish leaders. (photo credit: Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

European Jewish leader under fire for meeting Le Pen

By JTA

Illustrative: A RyanAir Boeing 737 plane. (Courtesy)

Low-cost airline Ryanair to begin Israel flights

Yoni Erlich. (CC BY-SA Olympic Committee of Israel/Wikipedia)

‘I knew I still had it,’ says Israel’s Erlich, 38, ahead of Wimbledon semis

Former president Shimon Peres meets with U2 lead singer Bono in Toronto, Canada, on Monday, July 6 2015. (Screen capture Ynet)

Pride in the presidentWATCH: U2 sings ‘One’ in tribute to Shimon Peres

View of the Knesset plenum, June 17, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu coalition suffers stinging first Knesset defeat

By Tamar Pileggi

In this Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, Syrian refugees, who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, look out of a vehicle's window just after crossing the border from Syria to Turkey in Cilvegozu, Turkey. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Number of Syrian refugees tops 4 million mark — UN

A scene from Toronto's 2014 Al-Quds Day rally. (YouTube screenshot)

Toronto’s Jewish community braces for al-Quds day protest

Avraham Avera Mengistu, who is believed to be held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Facebook)

Hebrew media reviewGaza trouble, under gag order

By Adiv Sterman

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