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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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Israeli medics evacuate a Palestinian terrorist after he stabbed two people in an attack near the Ammunition Hill light rail station in Jerusalem, October 30, 2015. Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli medics told to treat terrorists the same as victims

By Stuart Winer

New rules from Israeli Medical Association require that the wounded be aided in order of severity of injury, even if that means helping assailants before victims

Three soldiers lightly wounded in West Bank operation

By Itamar Sharon

AnalysisHebron area is major source of Palestinian stabbers, data shows

By Avi Issacharoff

Hamas sentences two ‘collaborators’ to death, prison

The IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Austria, December 15, 2015. (Dean Calma/IAEA)

UN watchdog closes probe into Iran nukes, drawing Israeli ire

By AFP and ToI Staff

After report finds Tehran stopped most work by 2003, IAEA paves way for implementation of nuclear deal in early 2016; Jerusalem accuses body of acting out of political motivations

UN: Iran missile test in October violated resolution

By JTA

Israel, AIPAC bewail decision to put Iran nuke probe to bed

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and ToI Staff

Putin said to host Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani

By ToI Staff and AFP

US President Barack Obama delivers a statement about efforts to defeat the Islamic State group, on Monday, December 14, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

Obama set to sign bill targeting banks dealing with Hezbollah

By Jonathan Beck

Treasury to ban or impose sanctions on any organization facilitating transfer of funds to terror group

The Israeli Embassy building in Berlin, Germany (Screen capture Google Street View)

2 IS-backing Palestinians charged in bomb plot on Israeli Embassy in Berlin

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

German-born pair were arrested in June, accused of planning attack on mission or other Jewish target, inspired by Islamic State

Austria arrests two suspects ‘linked to Paris attacks’

By AFP

Up to 26 Qatari hunters abducted in southern Iraq

By Agencies and ToI Staff

LA accused of overreaction after shutting schools over hoax threat

By Christopher Weber and Tami Abdollah

Republican presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump (L) speaks with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during a break in the Republican Presidential Debate, hosted by CNN, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 15, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP PHOTO/Robyn Beck)

At debate, rivals pile on Trump over Muslim comments

By AP and AFP

Republican frontrunner suggests ‘shutting down parts of Internet’ to stop jihadists; Bush: Trump would be ‘a chaos president’

Three strategies for Adelson in dealing with Trump conundrum

What Jewish groups have (and haven’t) said about Trump

By Uriel Heilman

Candidates Cruz, Rubio clash sharply on security, immigration

By Julie Pace and Julie Bykowicz

President Reuven Rivlin speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference in the Roosevelt Hotel, NYC, on December 13, 2015. (Amir Levy/Flash90)

Inside story

In shadow of Rabin murder, anti-Rivlin remarks test limits of free speech

By Marissa Newman

A public TV channel is under fire for saying the president ‘spat in the faces of IDF soldiers,’ but critics face criticism themselves for appearing to place the president above reproach

A still from an ad accusing Israeli activists of being foreign funded 'moles.' (screen capture: Facebook)

Right-wing group accuses activists of being foreign agent ‘moles’

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, held at Waldorf Astoria hotel in Jerusalem. November 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster /Flash90)

Bennett bans left wing veterans group from speaking in schools

Simon Hardy Butler

Portrait of an anti-Semite

Toxic comments on Facebook are often the handiwork of unhappy people who need compassion more than condemnation

Jason Fredric Gilbert

When the bubble bursts

Tel Aviv is the greatest city in the world; he just can’t live there anymore

Gerald M. Steinberg

The proposed ‘Agent Provacateur’ law

This legislation should prevent irresponsible foreign government funding for NGOs, but instead allows for it

US President Barack Obama speaking to 31 new US residents during the naturalization ceremony at the National Archive in Washington DC, on December 15 2015. (Screen capture)

Obama compares Syrian refugees to Holocaust survivors

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In address welcoming new citizens, president seeks to garner support for plan to bring in thousands of refugees

Detail from The Beggar, courtesy of the The Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets

Artwork stolen by Nazis found… at Israeli museum

Art sleuth singles out painting brought to Kibbutz Ein Harod in 1954

File: A reconstructed view of the fabled Amber Room (photo credit: jeanyfan, public domain/Wikimedia Commons)

Polish scientists quash rumors of Nazi ‘gold train’

Rabbi Mendel Epstein, accused of torturing men into granting their wives a Jewish divorce for $50,000, begins trial on February 17, 2015. (Photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

NJ rabbi who led divorce ring sentenced to 10 years

By JTA and ToI Staff

Gang tortured men who refused to grant wives ritual divorce, charging clients up to $50,000

The Israeli wine shelf (photo credit: Sophie Gordon/Flash 90)

Settlement wineries see red as Israeli guidebook skips West Bank

By Raoul Wootliff

Deputy FM Hotovely condemns new volume, accuses authors of being ‘agents of Palestinian propaganda’

An Egyptian Air Force F-16 fighter jet (screen capture: YouTube)

Israel unfazed as Egyptian fighter jets penetrate its airspace

For first time since 1973 war, aircraft briefly crossed border during several sorties against Islamic State; Israeli officials call violations ‘minor’

A rendering of the Amos 5 satellite (CC BY-SA Andrzej Olchawa/Wikimedia Commons)

Satellite that lost contact gone forever, company says

Amos 5 fully de-energized and can’t be recovered, Spacecom says, announcing plans to sue insurer for $158 million

Ari Harow, former chief of staff of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a Likud meeting in the Israeli parliament, November 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff named as suspect in fraud case

By Raoul Wootliff

Police question US-born Ari Harow over claims of conflict of interest, breach of trust and fraud while employed by the PM

Ken Cheeseman (left) and Jeremiah Kissel in an Israeli Stage production of 'Ulysses on Bottles' (Paul Marotta)

Boston theater puts Israeli playwrights in the spotlight

By Penny Schwartz

Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, October 6, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Minister’s former employee accuses him of sexual harassment; probe later closed

By Stuart Winer

Woman who worked for Interior Minister Shalom says he repeatedly tried to touch her; Meretz demands investigation

Jonathan Pollard, second from left, leaves federal court Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Israeli envoy hands White House request to ease Pollard restrictions

Letter to Obama from paroled spy’s wife asks for lifting of severe limitations on Jonathan Pollard’s movements

Entrepreneurs pitch to investors aboard the MoneyTrain Tuesday (Courtesy)

Start-ups commute to fame and fortune on MoneyTrain

By David Shamah

A unique pitch event for entrepreneurs traveling from Israel’s north to south shows investors a less-seen side of tech life

A scene from the film 'Son of Saul' (Cannes Film Festival)

Plunging into hell of Auschwitz, ‘Son of Saul’ confounds

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A rendering of the $41-million Penthouse at the W Tel Aviv. (Courtesy of RFR Holding)

A real catch$41m Jaffa penthouse said to be priciest in Israel

By JTA

A car belonging to Texas plumber Mark Oberholtzer in the hands of Syrian jihadists (YouTube screen capture)

Anti-aircraft gun optionalTexas plumber sues after company truck sold to IS

By AP and ToI Staff

An M-16 with telescope sight sold to a police undercover agent who revealed a ring of criminals operating in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem and in Ramat Beit Shemesh, an ultra-Orthodox offshoot of Beit Shemesh. (Israel Police)

45 held as undercover cop busts ultra-Orthodox drugs, weapons ring

IBM's Watson competes on US TV show Jeopardy, January 11, 2013 (Photo credit: Courtesy IBM)

Coffee during pregnancy? App tells you pros and cons of morning java

By David Shamah

'The Great Holiday Baking Show' baker Lauren Katz. (ABC)

Rugelach for SantaJewish baker heads into Christmas TV final

By Renee Ghert-Zand

File: Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog speaking at the faction's convention in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Herzog may delay Labor primary in bid to stave off challengers

Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris, Friday Feb. 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Before it's too lateMagazine honors Hollywood’s Holocaust survivors

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Matthew Lesko, AKA the free government money guy, who has no relation to this article, but his jacket is pretty apropo. (CC BY-SA, Nakeva Corothers, Flickr)

Hebrew media reviewThe five Ws: Who, who, who, who and who

By Joshua Davidovich

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