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What Matters Most On Friday, December 11, 2015

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Joint (Arab) List Chairman Ayman Odeh leads the weekly party meeting at the Knesset, October 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli Arab leader refuses to enter ‘Zionist’ offices of US Jewish group

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Joint List head Ayman Odeh cancels NY meeting with Conference of Presidents, because Jewish Agency also on premises; Jewish leader decries ‘dismaying’ act

Rivlin: Jewish or Arab, we are ‘one community’

Jerusalem woman arrested on suspicion of Islamic Movement ties

Jordan bars Israeli family because they were wearing kippot

In this April 1, 2015, file photo, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Robert Malley, left, then-senior director for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States at the US National Security Council, on the sidelines of the Iran nuclear talks at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)

Dropped for meeting Hamas, Rob Malley is now Obama’s ‘czar’ for tackling Islamic State

By Josh Lederman

7 years ago, Malley ended his role as informal adviser to presidential campaign after it emerged he’d been holding talks with Gaza’s Islamist rulers, considered a terror group by US

Cruz warm to bombing IS, cold to ousting Assad

By Eric Cortellessa

AnalysisNew phase in Syria war brings Israeli disputes to light

By Mitch Ginsburg

IDF chief: Islamic State can’t be defeated by airstrikes alone

In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 photo, Iranian poet Payam Feili poses for a photograph in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

How a gay Iranian poet fleeing persecution ‘fell in love’ with Israel

By ISAAC SCHARF

Payam Feili, 30, proudly defies his theocratic regime back home, hopes to move permanently to gay-friendly Tel Aviv

Exiled Iranian poet in Israel: This is the best place on Earth

FILE: A knife found on the body of a Palestinian driver who was killed when he attempted to ram IDF soldiers at a checkpoint north of Hebron, December 11, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Palestinian driver killed as he attempts to ram soldiers

By Judah Ari Gross

Troops open fire at vehicle as it speeds toward them at Halhul Junction, north of Hebron; no Israelis hurt; large knife found on attacker’s body

Two Palestinians killed amid riots in West Bank, Gaza

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian shoots at guards at Gilboa crossing

By Judah Ari Gross

Shin Bet arrests terrorist who rammed four soldiers Thursday

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Miriam Herschlag

The truth about ancient horses

The Israeli girl who was dissed by a horse expert deserves an answer, even one that's not strictly factual

To wait without despair

Joseph’s belated release from jail teaches that God answers prayers on His own schedule (Mikketz)

Dani Dayan, former head of the Yesha Council, on December 14, 2014 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Brazil diplomatically refusing Israel’s designated ambassador

By Raphael Ahren

Chosen in August, settler leader Dani Dayan still to hear from Brasilia; Jerusalem said waiting until Christmas to decide how to proceed

The Greek parliament (CC BY-SA ΠΑΣΟΚ/Wikimedia Commons, File)

Greek parliament set to recognize Palestine

Pope Francis prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Thomas Coex)

Vatican calls on Catholics to stop trying to convert Jews

By ToI Staff and AFP

Declaration asserts Jewish people can be saved without converting, urges Christians to work with them to fight anti-Semitism

In this Dec. 9, 2015, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a town hall meeting in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

As Trump rises, Clinton preaches love and kindness

By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas

Democratic frontrunner courts women’s votes as Republican campaigners turn more bellicose amid terror fears

In this Dec. 3, 2015, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican voters on Trump: No compassion? No problem

By Steve Peoples and EMILY SWANSON

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum in Washington, December, 3, 2015. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Trump claims Netanyahu agrees with him on Muslims

GOP frontrunner says he ‘doubts’ PM was sincere when he rejected Trump’s call for banning Muslims from entering US

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, California (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Trump Towers Istanbul condemns calls to ban Muslims

By AP

Turkish commercial and residential complex ‘assessing our relationship’ after Republican candidate’s anti-Muslim rhetoric

An Israeli army tank is seen stationed near the Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams, March 19, 2014. (AFP/Jalaa Marey/File)

Former soldier gets 34 months for leaking secrets to spy

Halal Halabi gave classified information on IDF activity to a Druze man accused of spying for Syria

Israeli policemen inspect a house after it was torched in a suspected attack by Jewish terrorists killing an 18-month-old Palestinian child, at Duma village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Duma terror suspect released to house arrest

Jewish West Bank resident believed to be an accessory to firebombing attack that killed Palestinian baby and parents

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, Israeli Arab chef Johnny Goric poses during a Arab Food Festival in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Arab chefs in Israel carve out a distinctive cuisine

By Daniella Cheslow

City agents collect objects from the makeshift memorial in tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on December 10, 2015. (AFP / JOEL SAGET)

Paris a scarred city four weeks after attacks

By Philippe RATER and Guy JACKSON

In the wake of ‘France’s 9/11,’ residents of the stricken capital piece their lives back together amid heightened security

Illustrative photo of a Muslim woman adjusting her hijab. (AP/M. Spencer Green, File)

US Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash

Miss Israel, 19-year-old Avigail Alfatov, will compete in the Miss Universe Pageant, due to air on December 20, 2015. (Courtesy of Alfatov)

Meet Miss Israel

Beauty queen, fencing champ, Akim volunteer. Diplomat?

By Curt Schleier

More Headlines

Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev on' Jimmy Kimmel Live' on December 9, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube)

What a KimmelBorat: Trump is a Sacha Baron Cohen character

Illustrative: Global Hatikvah, December 2015. (YouTube screenshot)

Standing togetherWATCH: Students worldwide sing ‘Global Hatikvah’

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Meyer Lansky at a New York City police station, where he is being booked for vagrancy, 1958 (Wikimedia Commons/JTA)

Jewish mobster’s heirs seek compensation for Havana hotel casino

By JTA

From "8 Days of Hanukkah" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. (YouTube)

Schlock of agesNew Hanukkah videos to get over that holiday hump

By Renee Ghert-Zand

An aerial view of the Haifa Port, northern Israel, June 14, 2014. (Shay Levi/Flash90)

Blaze nearly engulfs Chinese ship in Haifa Port

A Frutarom R&D lab in Germany (Courtesy)

An oriental taste of IsraelChinese consumers to get a taste of Israeli-flavored food tech

By David Shamah

Miami Beach rabbi accused of molesting young girl accepts plea deal

By JTA

Some of the Cokes measured by Valiber, with their Val sweetness values (Courtesy)

How sweet is that Coca-Cola? Israeli start-up lets you know

By David Shamah

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (photo credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Zuckerberg invokes Jewish heritage in post supporting Muslims

By JTA

Figure shows all the connections that users can make with a single cable using HDBaseT technology, created by Valens (Courtesy)

Israel’s Valens to get Emmy for go-to video tech

By David Shamah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen jailed for 15 years in Egypt on charges of spying, who was released from prison on December 10, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO, File)

Hebrew media reviewWhen a win is not exactly a win

By Joshua Davidovich

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