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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 16, 2015

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press following the nuclear deal with Iran, at the PM's Office in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2015. (Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Countering Obama, Israel says it offered alternative to Iran deal

By Raphael Ahren

‘We believe we can win on the substance,’ senior official says, disputing president’s claim that 99% of world backs agreement

Obama rolls out big guns to soften senators on Iran deal

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Obama: Netanyahu yet to provide alternative to Iran deal

By Daniel Bernstein

Obama adviser: We never sought ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to Iran sites

By Tamar Pileggi

President Barack Obama answers questions about the Iran nuclear deal during a news conference at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2015. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Analysis

No, we don’t want war. And yes, there was a better deal

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: Having fouled up their Iran negotiations, the US and UK are now compounding their failure by peddling a false narrative about Israel

After deal, Rouhani says Iran may soon buy planes

By Nasser Karimi

Poll: Israelis overwhelmingly certain Iran still wants nukes

By Adiv Sterman

AIPAC tells Congress to reject Iran deal; J Street to support it

Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz addresses the seventh Annual INSS conference in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Israel: Inspection clauses in deal ‘worse than worthless,’ actually help Iran

By Raphael Ahren

Complicated mechanism hands Tehran any Western intelligence on violations and a month to conceal them, says PM’s Iran point man Steinitz

Defense minister says Iran deal threatens world peace

By Mitch Ginsburg

Israeli opposition head to lobby Washington after Iran deal

By AP and ToI Staff

British foreign secretary in Israel to discuss Iran deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

A young Christian Syrian couple with their seven month old daughter flank Miriam Shaded, a Polish church charity worker, who will help the families resettle in Poland, in Warsaw last week. Shaded has a Syrian Christian background and works for the Esther Foundation. (courtesy)

Holocaust survivor repays ultimate debt via rescue of Syrian Christians

By Jenni Frazer

Former refugee Lord George Weidenfeld spearheads effort to airlift families to Europe from Islamic State-held area

Holocaust refugee and financial adviser to ring NYSE bell

By JTA

A picture shows smoke billowing from an Egyptian naval vessel on the maritime border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on July 16, 2015. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Live updates (closed)

Israel condemns Hague call for reopening of Marmara probe

By Joshua Davidovich

Foreign Ministry spokesman says ICC directing resources toward unnecessary investigations; Kerry to launch Gulf offensive to sell Iran deal

Obama’s ugly ‘march to war’ rhetoric

The charge that critics of the Iran deal are advocating a military response smacks of bigotry

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

A Ramadan Rorschach

Remembering when a care package for fasting Moslems seemed to call for Jihad and the end of the Jewish state

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Spirits in the digital world

In the age of smartphone smackdowns and online distractions, Judaism offers wisdom on dignity, humanity and focus

Lynette Nusbacher

Iran’s a nuclear win for everybody

In the wake of the deal, Israel is unlikely to be attacked any time soon, and, in any case, can take care of itself

File: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Khamenei: Some powers ‘unreliable’ on nuclear deal

Iran’s supreme leader calls for close scrutiny of agreement; president says Tehran will uphold deal if world powers do

Members of the Union of French Jewish Students demonstrate in Paris with a sign that reads, 'Jews murdered, republic endangered.' (Courtesy of UEJF via JTA)

Daughter badly hurt as Paris Jewish family attacked at home

By JTA

Armed men said to have told victims they were targeted because they are Jews and have money

Obed Bapela (R), a deputy minister in South African President Jacob Zuma’s office, who threatened to summon students who visited Israel to an investigation. (YouTube)

South African official threatens to probe students for visiting Israel

By JTA

Deputy minister slammed by Jewish groups after claiming Israel is trying to embarrass the ANC by offering free holidays

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

Analysis

Israel and Hamas discussing deal for Gaza captives

By Avi Issacharoff

Tony Blair understood to have met three times with Khaled Mashaal, who also wants talks with EU ministers; Palestinian group seeking long-term truce

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal in the Qatari capital of Doha, on August 10, 2014. (AFP/al-Watan Doha/Karim Jaafar)

Hamas delegation in Saudi Arabia for high-level talks

By Adiv Sterman

Illustrative: A trail of smoke from a rocket as it was launched from the Gaza Strip toward the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, August 24, 2014. (Edi Israel/Flash90/File)

Air force strikes Gaza after rocket hits South

Sirens wail at 2 a.m. as missile hits open area near Ashkelon; no injuries or damage confirmed; IDF bombs target in response

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog in the Knesset, January 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Zionist Union said in talks to join Netanyahu coalition

By Marissa Newman

Rivlin mediating between PM, Herzog, report says; Herzog denies rumors, but sources in his party and Likud confirm them

Mujahad Dar Asi, accused of killing farmer David Bar-Kapara (screen capture: Channel 2)

Farmer’s killing found to be robbery, not terrorism

By Marissa Newman

Two Palestinians arrested in connection with violent death of David Bar-Kapara, 70; family adamant it was a terror attack

Illustrative: Israeli naval commandos from the Shayetet 13 unit. (screen capture: YouTube)

Leaked cable confirms Israel killed Syrian general in 2008

By Tamar Pileggi

According to NSA document, naval commandos stormed Muhammad Suleiman’s villa and shot him several times in the head and neck

An image from the "Soul Hunters" pamphlet targeting Haredi soldiers who recruit ultra-Orthodox men into the army.

Haredim campaign against ‘soul hunting’ army recruiters

By Daniel Bernstein

Pamphlets targeting ‘professional missionaries’ are latest weapon in ultra-Orthodox battle over IDF enlistment

Infographic shows US states where customers suffer highest rates of online e-commerce fraud (Courtesy)

Israeli tech firms wins an ‘Oscar’ for fraud prevention

By David Shamah

Forter takes home the Silver Stevie Award for best start-up, providing technology to protect retail websites from theft

Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat (left), with Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York, at a MadeinJLM event on May 21, 2014 (Courtesy)

Jerusalem techies show each other, and the world, a little love

By David Shamah

Firgun Day, July 17, is an opportunity to tell others how you appreciate them, and to appreciate one of the world’s emerging tech hubs

Albert Maysles poses for a photo at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Jerusalem Film Fest pays tribute to documentary pioneer

By Eric Cortellessa

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MK Sharon Gal addresses the Israeli parliament during a debate on his "death sentence for terrorists" bill, July 15, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Knesset rejects bill on death penalty for terrorists

By ToI Staff and JTA

In this Nov. 10, 2003 file photo, customers pass a statue of a teddy bear and a doorman dressed as a toy soldier as they enter the FAO Schwarz on Fifth Avenue in New York. The store is closing its doors for good on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, though it may reopen elsewhere in midtown Manhattan. (AP Photo/Rich Kareckas, File)

Game overAfter 145 years, toy emporium FAO Schwarz closes

By AP and ToI Staff

US socialite Nicky Hilton arrives for the amfAR dinner on the sidelines of the Paris fashion week in Paris on July 5, 2015. (AFP/LOIC VENANCE)

One night in LondonNicky Hilton marries into the Tribe

Illustrative photo. Gay rights supporter waving a rainbow flag outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington following its ruling expanding gay rights, June 26, 2013. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)

Philadelphia museum celebrates Jewish role in fight for gay rights

By Hillel Kuttler

Israeli entrepreneur Tomer Hen is the founder of the mobile marketing company MobCo. (Tomer Hen/JTA)

Meet Tomer Hen, Israel’s 21-year-old marketing phenom

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (C) laughs at the start of a meeting on Iran's nuclear program with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna, Austria, on June 30, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/POOL/CARLOS BARRIA)

Hebrew media reviewRally ’round hatred for the deal

By Joshua Davidovich

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