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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely speaking at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem (Elram Mendel)

Swedish officials unwelcome, deputy FM says, as Swedish deputy speaker visits

By Raphael Ahren and Tamar Pileggi

Jerusalem vents fury after FM Wallstrom calls for a probe into ‘extrajudicial killings’ of Palestinian attackers; Wallstrom was told last year PM and FM would not meet her if she came

Sweden demands probe of Israeli ‘extrajudicial executions’

Arab MK: Cops who killed TA gunman should be prosecuted

Far-left activist remanded for ‘turning in Palestinians’

This picture released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, shows detained American Navy sailors, who were subsequently released (Sepahnews via AP)

Iran releases American sailors after standoff

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Kerry sends thanks; Biden denies US apologized after Iran state media quotes Revolutionary Guards as claiming US said sorry for intrusion into Iranian territorial waters

Dani Dayan attending a protest against the evacuation of a West Bank outpost at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 5, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

Live updates (closed)

PM won’t appoint another envoy if Brazil rejects Dayan — report

By Marissa Newman

Netanyahu gives Brasilia an ultimatum: approve former settler leader, or Israel will effectively downgrade ties

The Israeli border fence with Gaza (David Buimovitch/Flash90)

Israel targets Palestinians planting bomb on Gaza fence

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas reports one man killed, three injured in IAF airstrike; army tells Israeli farmers to keep distance from border

Photo shared by the IDF shows what the army says is an explosives device that Palestinian operatives attempted to place at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. (IDF spokesperson)

Hamas threatens retaliation for strike on bomb-planting cell

By Judah Ari Gross

Gold nanorods inside a cell (YouTube screen capture)

Israeli study uses gold particles to ‘seek and destroy’ artery blockages

By Itamar Sharon

Bar-Ilan researchers find nanoparticles injected into bloodstream can be used to light up problem areas, help treat atherosclerosis

Harold Goldmeier

Daughter, lost and found

A family’s bumpy road through anger, therapy and water pistols to make peace with a child who left Orthodoxy

Chris Hughes broke The New Republic

Misguided, profit-driven hubris drove the once brazenly pro-Israel zine into the ground — and that’s heartbreaking

Mohammed S. Dajani

In Islam’s name, free Salim Sweidan

The Palestinian Authority’s arrest of a journalist and peace activist sends a signal that terrorists are heroes

People stand in fron of the 'La Source' Jewish school in Marseille, southern France, on January 11, 2016, after a Jewish teacher was attacked by a teenager wielding a machete. (AFP / BERTRAND LANGLOIS)

Marseille Jews warned against wearing kippas after attack

By AFP and ToI Staff

Move comes after machete assault Sunday, the latest in a series of recent attacks on French Jewish community

French Jewish local politician Alain Ghozland, 73, was found dead in his home on January 12, 2016 (Facebook)

French Jewish politician, 73, found dead at home near Paris

By ToI Staff and JTA

Relative claims Alain Ghozland’s body shows signs of beating, stabbing, but no confirmation of this by police

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with a delegation of American Senators, headed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, in Jerusalem, on January 6, 2016 (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

Democratic senators who backed Iran deal meet with Netanyahu

By JTA

Delegation discusses oversight of nuclear accord, threat posed by Iran and terrorism in meetings with Israeli leaders

The Shtisels, father Shulem and son Akiva, at their kitchen table (Courtesy 'Shtisel')

TV show ‘Shtisel’ subtly changes ultra-Orthodox perceptions

By Jessica Steinberg

US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama: Islamic State a real, but not existential, threat

By ToI Staff and AP

In his final State of the Union address, president lauds Iran deal as example of global cooperation, speaks against ‘tribal,’ divisive politics

Policemen secure an area at the historic Sultanahmet district, which is popular with tourists, after a suicide bombing that killed 10 in Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey detains 68 IS suspects after Istanbul bombing

By AFP

Nashat Milhem, seen after a 2007 arrest. (Channel 10 news)

TA gunman Milhem buried in small, private funeral in Arara

Authorities had held off on returning body of Israeli Arab killer to his family, fearing event would be hijacked by extremists

Israeli security forces at the scene of an attempted stabbing of a Border Police officer in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv, on October 17, 2015 (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

East Jerusalem teen indicted for botched stabbing attack

16-year-old from the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood faces charge of attempted murder in failed knifing

A far-right Israeli wedding-goer celebrates the murder of the Dawabsha family (screen capture: Channel 10)

‘Hate wedding’ groom accused of abusing dog

Yakir Ashbel, 3 others charged with animal cruelty, based on evidence gathered as part of probe into wedding video

Illustrative: First United Methodist Church in Huntington, West Virginia, USA, November 17, 2007. (Wikipedia/JaGa/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Methodist pension board divests from 5 Israeli banks

Move comes to pressure Israel over settlements, church says; spokesperson notes fund still invested in 18 Israeli companies

William Bao Bean at Silicon Dragon, December 2, 2015 (Courtesy)

China no place for nice Israeli start-ups, says battle-scarred tech vet

By David Shamah

Israelis who think that China is welcoming them with open arms are in for a very rude awakening, said a top investor in Chinese start-ups

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Mark McDermott and Yuval David, stars of a marriage proposal video that went viral. (Courtesy)

Marry MeGay marriage proposal dances into YouTube’s heart

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Likud lawmaker Yaron Mazuz in the Knesset, June 24, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Missing in actionLikud MK skips his own swearing-in as deputy minister

An EarlySense system in action (Courtesy)

Israeli ‘sleepables’ to boost performance of iFit’s fitness tech

By David Shamah

Members of the Maccabeats and Naturally 7 in 'Shed a Little Light' video. (YouTube)

Shedding lightMaccabeats honor MLK in new video collaboration

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Prime minister Ehud Olmert (right) talks to defense minister Ehud Barak at a cabinet meeting, July 4 2007. (Photo credit: Ariel Jerozolimski/Flash90)

State closes graft probe into former PM Barak

By Tamar Pileggi

"Star Wars" character Han Solo, depicted by actor Harrison Ford. (Flickr/BagoGames/CC BY 2.0)

Haim Solo3 Jewish actors said on shortlist to play Han Solo

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative photo of police vehicles in Rye Brook, New York. (Lee Cannon/Flickr CC BY)

NYC suburb investigating anti-Semitic vandalism

By JTA

The INS Rahav, Israel's newest submarine, arriving in Haifa, January 12, 2015.

Hebrew media reviewLife is the bubbles under the sea

By Joshua Davidovich

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