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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 12, 2015

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Leon Wieseltier (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

I can’t stand Bibi but he’s right on Iran, says eminent US intellectual

By Raphael Ahren

Leon Wieseltier talks tough on Netanyahu (‘dislike at first sight’), Obama being the first president to not have a special feeling for Israel, the dangers from Tehran, and presidential candidates ‘sucking up’ to America’s Jews

Kerry: If we reject Iran deal, world will lose faith in US leadership

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Schumer: If US quits deal, US sanctions still will hurt Iran

By David B. Caruso and Deb Riechmann

Despite skepticism, US confident it can monitor Iran deal

By Ken Dilanian

An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark 1, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, during Operation Protective Edge in late 2014. (CC BY-SA2.0 Matanya/Wikipedia)

Live updates (closed)

Drone intercepted by Hamas is Elbit Skylark 1

By Jonathan Beck

Miniature man-launched device is used for surveillance missions; terror group says it converted UAV, will use it in its own ‘missions’

In footage captured by al-Mayadeen, Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades fighters are seen preparing rockets to launch against Israel in a tunnel underneath the Gaza Strip, August 2014. (screen capture, YouTube)

Hamas has dug ‘several tunnels’ into Israel, in new Iran-funded war drive

By Stuart Winer

TV report says Israel wary of tackling new threat for fear of triggering war; Hamas fighter held by Israel spilling info on latest plans

Iran’s Syria plan: Hezbollah withdrawal, Assad as toothless leader

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iran FM says nuclear deal defeated ‘Israeli plot’

27 dead as rockets hit Damascus ahead of Iran FM’s arrival

By AP

Illustrative hacker image via Shutterstock

Ex-Israeli agents want to shine a flashlight on the dark web

By Simona Weinglass

Sixgill CEO Avi Kasztan fights the hackers, identity thieves, and cyber criminals preying on the unsuspecting public

The kangaroo court is in session

The arrest in London of a Rwandan national hero is a ‘lawfare’ victory that should ring alarm bells in Israel

Why the AJC opposes the Iran deal

The agreement validates Iran’s future status as a nuclear threshold state — and this crosses a red line

Young American Jews: Lean in on Iran

The stakes of this deal are too high for you to disengage from this issue

President Barack Obama speaking about the Iran nuclear agreement at American University in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/JTA)

Iran debate devolves with charges of ‘dual loyalty’ and ‘dog whistles’

With most Republicans against the deal, Democrats have become the battleground — and attacks against Chuck Schumer show just how tense the battle is

President Barack Obama and AIPAC President Lee Rosenberg wave to the crowd gathered at the AIPAC convention in Washington in May 2011. (photo credit: AP/Jose Luis Magana)

AIPAC: Obama administration peddling ‘inaccuracies’ about us

By JTA and ToI Staff

File: Planes sit on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International airport, near Tel Aviv, on August 21, 2014. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Drone and plane have near-miss above Ben Gurion Airport

UAV comes dangerously close to Brussels Airlines passenger jet at altitude of 4,000 meters; authorities to investigate

This image made from a militant video posted on a social media site on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. (Screen capture via AP)

Islamic State says it beheaded Croatian hostage

By AP

Terror group posts photo of body, says man killed for Croatia’s ‘participation in the war against the Islamic State’

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal seen during the congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 (AP/Kayhan Ozer)

Mashaal heading Hamas delegation to Turkey

By Jonathan Beck and ToI Staff

Islamist chief to meet with Erdogan

Illustrative photo of pharmaceutical pills. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israeli med tech thwarts superbugs’ takeover plans

By David Shamah

By determining more precisely what ails patients, MeMed’s technology ensures that they get exactly the meds they need

Star Trek Klingon character Lieutenant Worf (Courtesy)

With 100 jobs to fill, start-up seeks Klingon speakers

By David Shamah

Financial tech firm comes up with novel way to get the attention of in-demand engineers and programmers

Israeli Medical Association ethics chief Dr. Tammy Karni (Israeli Medical Association)

Force feeding law legally and ethically flawed, medical official says

By Elhanan Miller

Israeli Medical Association ethics chief Tammy Karni says doctors won’t bend standards to abide by new legislation

Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier on March 2, 2015 (IDF spokesperson's office)

Israeli security forces arrest 15 in West Bank sweep

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Some Palestinian detainees suspected of terror activities and rioting against Israeli civilians and IDF

Convert 'Katya' and her daughter sit before the independent Giyur K'halacha conversion court, led by Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch (center) on August 10, 2015. (courtesy)

Will new conversion court rend or repair the fabric of Israeli society?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

With a recalcitrant state conversion program and a growing class of ‘religionless’ FSU immigrants, a group of respected national Zionist rabbis are promoting conversion ‘as it should be’

Participants in the talks on the Iran nuclear deal pose for a group photo at the UN building in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

36 retired US generals, admirals back Iran deal

In open letter, high-ranking officers say accord is most effective way to prevent nuclear-armed Iran, urge Congress to support agreement

A still from the Israeli documentary 'The Other Dreamers' (YouTube screenshot)

Norwegian fest boycotts Israeli film on kids with disabilities

By Marissa Newman

Organizers tell director they support cultural and academic ban on Jewish state, will only show movies about occupation

Illustrative: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his government recite a prayer during a meeting in Ramallah on September 11, 2014. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Leaked documents raise anger over PA corruption

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

Two attempts by Palestinian officials to appropriate public funds emerge online

Residents of south Tel Aviv rally on August 11, 2015 against a High Court ruling that limits detention time for migrants, but upholds the government 'infiltration law' (screen capture: Channel 2)

South Tel Aviv locals protest migrants ruling: ‘You’re spilling our blood’

Dozens gather to decry reduced detention time for migrants, vow they won’t be a ‘warehouse for infiltrators’

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton during a campaign stop at Florida International University in Miami, July 31, 2015. (AP/Gaston De Cardenas, File)

Hillary Clinton relents, hands over private email server

By Ken Dilanian

Ex-secretary of state and presidential hopeful caves to pressure, directs device be given to Justice Department

Illustrative: Light rail construction taking place at the intersection of Allenby and Yehuda Halevi streets in Tel Aviv, August 4, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tel Aviv cheers new subway, bemoans its construction

By Brian Schaefer

White City gears up for years of disruptions, traffic congestion as Light Rail project gets underway

Children visit the Zomet Experience visitors center, a hands-on look at how electronics can be approved for Shabbat use. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

A Disneyland for Shabbat electronics

By Melanie Lidman

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) in Jerusalem, March 12, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

30,000 sign online petition to arrest Netanyahu in UK next month

CrossFit coach Dave Driskell doing a handstand on the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on Aug. 10, 2015, in Berlin, Germany. (Instagram, via Buzzfeed)

Upside down in BerlinCrossFit guru does a handstand on Holocaust memorial

By Gabe Friedman

Steven Spielberg is photographed at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on Jan. 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah (AP/Danny Moloshok/Invision)

Double featureAn ‘Oasis’ of Spielberg in 2015

Men shovel out snow after a rare Jerusalem snowstorm in February 1957 (Screenshot of newsreel footage from YouTube)

Reel Nostalgia, Clip #4WATCH: Snow in Jerusalem in 1957

By Ramona Tausz

Customers browse at the India booth in the International Pavilion at the 40th annual Hutzot Hayotzer fair from August 2-15, 2015 in Jerusalem. (Zahava Presser/The Times of Israel)

Crowds and crafts galore at annual Jerusalem fair

By Zahava Presser

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London (screen capture: YouTube/Mick Byrne)

No state aid for Hasidic school in London that opposed mothers driving

By JTA

An Egyptian farmer carries an electric fan as she walks through a Cairo street , Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Scorching Egypt heatwave kills at least 42

By AP

In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta. (AP/David Goldman, File)

Bush: Clinton shares mistakes leading to Islamic State rise

By Thomas Beaumont

'The Big Bang Theory' star Mayim Bialik (Herrick Borchert)

Big blog theoryMayim Bialik launches own website

By Gabe Friedman

File: Illustrative photo of Warsaw, Poland. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Polish Jewish activist goes on trial over pro-Israel rally

By JTA

Detainees at the entrance to Holot. (photo credit: Nehama Shimnovic)

Hebrew media review‘Infiltrators’ dominate media debate after court ruling

By Ilan Ben Zion

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