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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 26, 2015

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Alison Parker and Adam Ward, two employees of Virginia's WDBJ-TV station who were killed in a mall shooting on Wednesday, August 26 2015. (Screen capture, Twitter.com)

Two US TV station employees shot to death on air

By AP

Disgruntled employee suspected in killing of reporter and cameraman doing interview in a shopping mall in Virginia

Brig. Gen. Gal Hirsch, center, with then-prime minister Ehud Olmert in 2006. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Controversial former IDF officer tapped as Israel Police chief

PM praises nomination of ‘respected officer’ Gal Hirsch, who quit army after damning report on 2006 Hezbollah abduction of two soldiers

Tzvi Regev, father of IDF soldier Eldad Regev, mourns during Eldad's funeral in Haifa, July 17, 2008. (Gili Yaari/Flash 90)

Families of slain IDF soldiers outraged at new police chief pick

Gal Hirsch (screen capture: Channel 2)

Ministers beam, police brass scowl over next top cop

A Tel Aviv banner advertising the opening of an Iranian embassy, which was later revealed as a PR ploy for upcoming movie "Atomic Falafel." (Simona Weinglass/Times of israel)

News of the giant ad has already hit Iranian media

On the trail of Tel Aviv’s ‘delusional’ Iranian Embassy

By Simona Weinglass

A massive banner announcing the opening of an Iranian mission has everyone from waiters to city hall scratching their heads. Is it part of a massive prank by artists or a sign of deeper hope for peace with Tehran?

Illustrative photo of Palestinians walking past the ruins of a mosque after that was hit by an Israeli missile strike, in the central Gaza Strip (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Live updates (closed)

White House working to assure lawmakers don’t ‘spoil’ nuke deal

By Adiv Sterman

‘There are some indications that we are successful in our efforts to gain support in Congress,’ spokesman Josh Ernest tells reporters

August is the hardest month

Even the happiest, best adjusted families of loved ones with disabilities suffer from entrenched loneliness

ISIS is the anti-Islam

The group’s horrific violence and repression are anathema to any interpretation of Islam, even the most orthodox

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Natalie Portman’s worthy history lesson

The actress was in excellent company when she raised concerns about how the Holocaust is taught

How to keep peace on the Temple Mount

Israel’s security policies are stoking flames among East Jerusalem’s Palestinian public

Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabsha lies in his hospital bed at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, August 24, 2015. (Eric Cortellessa/Times of Israel)

After Duma firebombing, a child’s tragedy becomes his grandfather’s life

By Eric Cortellessa

‘I won’t let him suffer alone,’ says grandfather of Ahmed Dawabsha, 5-year-old badly burned in attack that killed his father and baby brother

The row of flags in front of the UN General Assembly at the agency headquarters in New York on September 16, 2010. (CC BY-SA Yerpo, Wikimedia Commons.)

Vatican tells Palestinians it won’t join UN flag bid

By ToI Staff and AP

Holy See says ‘no thanks’ after Ramallah submits draft resolution for both non-member observer states to fly flags outside New York headquarters

British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London in May, 2011 (Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO/Flash90)

UK government dismisses petition to arrest Netanyahu

Call to seize PM for ‘war crimes’ during upcoming London visit garners over 84,000 votes on Parliament website; Tory minister calls it absurd

The restored 1967 Ford Anglia was the star of the 5 Club’s meeting in Ness Ziona, Israel, on July 17, 2015. (Courtesy of 5 Club via JTA)

Israel: Where old cars go to retire

By Gabe Friedman

African illegal migrants carry their belongings following their release from the Holot Detention Centre in Israel's Negev desert, on August 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

Freed migrants head to the big city, despite bans

Immigration officials arrest 20 people in Tel Aviv, as cities seek to deter 1,200 detainees released by court order

Participants at a recent Israeli Wikimedia hackathon (Daniel Bar-On/Wikinedia Israel)

‘Iranians welcome’ at wiki hackfest, says Israeli organizer

By David Shamah

2016 Wikimedia Hackathon set for Jerusalem next spring; chairperson working with Foreign Ministry on visas ‘for anyone who wants to come’

Marziyeh Afkham (Screen capture: YouTube)

Iran rejects claims of ‘more nuanced approach’ to Israel

Spokesperson dimisses British foreign secretary’s assertion it may moderate its views, denies discussions on Jewish state even took place

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee (center), the Foreign Relations Committee chairman, at a Washington news conference in March 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)

Republican senator sees momentum for Iran deal

By Erica Werner

29th senator comes out for accord; Foreign Relations chair Bob Corker slams Democrats’ plans to filibuster a vote

Jordanians chant slogans to show their support for the government against terror as they were waiting for Jordan's King Abdullah II, returning from the US, at Queen Alia Airport in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Where IS attacks on Jordan fail, its ideology seeps through

By Aaron Jeremy Miller

Despite strong border defense, Islamic State’s radical ideas pose a threat to the Western-backed Hashemite Kingdom

Workers on the Israeli 'Tamar' gas processing rig, 24 km off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Economy minister mulling further stall on natural gas deal

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Aryeh Deri says he is considering not approving agreement to bypass antitrust commissioner

Israel Museum director James Snyder models the commemorative 50th anniversary Swatch watch, whose design is based on his own personal cuff links. (courtesy of James Snyder)

Has the Israel Museum gone dotty at 50? Time will tell

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Daniel Barenboim (photo credit: CC-BY-Alkan, Wikimedia Commons)

Israeli conductor Barenboim may take baton to Tehran

Matisyahu performing at the Rototom Festival in Benicassim, Spain, August 22, 2015. (YouTube/via JTA)

Matisyahu affair highlights Europe’s conflation of Jew and Israel

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A Banksy piece depicting an orca whale jumping out of a toilet is displayed at Banksy's biggest show to date, entitled 'Dismaland', during a press viewing in Western-super-Mare, Somerset, England, Thursday, August 20, 2015. (Yui Mok/PA Wire via AP)

Artist booted from Banksy’s Dismaland over anti-Israel protest

By Stuart Winer

Interviewer extraordinaire Larry King arrived in Israel for a visit (Courtesy Sivan Perg)

Elder in ZionLarry King comes to Israel, opines on US Jews

By Jessica Steinberg

Eran Zahavi gestures after Maccabi Tel Aviv draws 1-1 with FC Basel at the Bloomfield Stadium and goes through to the next round of the UEFA Champions League, on August 25, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)

Zahavi goal lifts Maccabi Tel Aviv into Champions League

Actor Kirk Douglas attending the Anti-Defamation League’s Centennial Entertainment Industry Award Dinner at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 8, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images/via JTA)

A friend in deedKirk Douglas donating $80 million in new gifts

By JTA

A fragment of a Jewish tombstone lies exposed along the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Jewish tombstones, WWII plane found in Polish rivers

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and Vanessa Gera

Gal Hirsch (screen capture: Channel 2)

Hebrew media reviewMeet the new boss

By Ilan Ben Zion

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