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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Renana and Natan Meir (Channel 2 screenshot)

Mourning Dafna Meir, her family refuses to give in to hatred

By Tamar Pileggi

Husband says his long-time Palestinian friend, a relative of the killer, paid a shiva call; daughter says Dafna saved children by preventing terrorist pulling knife out of her body

President Reuven Rivlin plants a dafna (laurel) tree during a condolence visit to the family of terror victim Dafna Meir in Otniel on January 21, 2016, four days after she was murdered in a terror attack at her home (Photo: Mark Neyman/GPO)

‘Love is more powerful than hate,’ says terror victim’s widower

By Tamar Pileggi

The scene of an attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Monday, October 12, 2015 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Live updates (closed)

Treat Israel like moderate Arab states do, PM tells EU’s Mogherini

Netanyahu says improvement in relations will lead to better ties with Palestinians

This undated image made from a video released by Islamic State militants on April 19, 2015, appears to show the killing of a group of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. (Militant video via AP)

Exclusive

West ignoring grave threat from IS in Libya, Israeli terror experts warn

By Raphael Ahren

Libya is the only place outside Iraq and Syria where the jihadi group controls territory, but US and Europe have no strategy there, researchers say

Fiamma Nirenstein attends a meeting between Israeli MKs and European delegates to discuss the relations between the European Union and the Israeli parliament in 2009 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

5 months on, PM’s pick for ambassador to Italy still unconfirmed

By Raphael Ahren

Dani Dayan is not Israel’s only envoy-on-hold: Fiamma Nirenstein has not even cleared the very first hurdle on the road to Rome

Talli Rosenbaum

Dafna Meir’s wisdom about sex

Some key teachings from the slain nurse who was a pioneering promoter of sexual health among religious women

5 thoughts on Israel’s security

Army Chief of Staff Eisenkot believes ISIS is here to stay and won’t call the current wave of violence an Intifada

Stephen M. Flatow

Another proud Palestinian parent

It’s not just parents: the real problem is that the Palestinian leadership actively celebrates terrorism

Shimon Apisdorf

A beautiful drive. To Dafna’s shiva

The timeless Hebron hills were mere background for a profound human drama of searing pain and inspirational love

Yehuda Amichai in 1986. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Book review

New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry

By Mitch Ginsburg

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir addresses the National Consultative Council in the capital Khartoum, October 21, 2014. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan said willing to consider normalizing ties with Israel

Foreign minister says Khartoum open to idea as pathway toward lifting of US sanctions amid ‘national dialogue’ talks; Jerusalem declines to comment

File: Israeli security forces stand next to the body of a Palestinian who attempted to stab a Border police officer in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv, on October 17, 2015. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Residency rights of four East Jerusalem terror suspects revoked

Move against Palestinians accused of killing four in two separate attacks is first since current round of violence began

Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat shows a map as he addresses journalists on January 20, 2016 in the West Bank city of Jericho. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Ramallah readying new UN bid as Ban condemns land expropriation

By Raoul Wootliff

PA planning Security Council resolution ‘to ‘stop settlements’; UN secretary says Jordan Valley move undermines two-state solution

Pro-Palestinian activists bang on the windows of an Israel Society event featuring former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon at King's College, London on January 19, 2016 (screen capture: Facebook)

Pro-Palestinian activists riot as London university hosts ex-Shin Bet chief

Protesters set off fire alarms, hurl chairs as they try to break into King’s College Israel Society event featuring Ami Ayalon

Ashkenazi’s loose lips on military secrets reportedly left PM fuming

A-G report into so-called Harpaz affair includes two incidents in which former IDF chief revealed classified information

Left-wing Israeli activist Ezra Nawi, seen at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on January 20, 2016. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ezra Nawi named as activist arrested for ‘turning in Palestinians’

By Raoul Wootliff

Gag order lifted on leftist campaigner held after investigation reveals he boasted of reporting those who sold land to Jews

Lt. Col. Nimrod Cibulski exits his jeep as his unit prepares to make an arrest in the West Bank city of Qalqilya on January 14, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Photo essay

Generation Zip Tie: West Bank raids break night’s calm, but quietly

By Judah Ari Gross

French President Francois Hollande speaks to the media on January 20, 2016 at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. (AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)

Iran’s return to international stage ‘now possible,’ Hollande says

By AFP and ToI Staff

French president touts upcoming visit by Rouhani, says coalition airstrikes against Islamic State to accelerate

A Mercator Center in New Belgrade, Slovenia. (Михајло Анђелковић/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)

BDS fruitless as Slovenian supermarket brings back Israeli produce

By Raoul Wootliff

Country’s largest chain cancels reported boycott two days after removing produce from shelves

Argus Cybersecurity founders from right to left: Zohar Zisapel, Chairman; Oron Lavi, VP R&D; Ofer Ben Noon, CEO; Yaron Galula, CTO (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Argus, Check Point team up to prevent car hacking

By David Shamah

As Wi-Fi-connected vehicles become more common, two Israeli cyber-security firms join forces to ensure the driver stays in control

Mona Golabek reincarnates her mother, Lisa Jura, in her 90-minute one-woman show, 'The Pianist of Willesden Lane,' which recounts the true story of her mother’s adolescent experience during World War II. (courtesy)

This Holocaust survivor’s tale has music at its heart and soul

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Oregon militia members blow ‘battle trumpet’ shofars in a video uploaded to Facebook on January 20, 2016. (screen capture: Facebook)

Shofar, so nutsOregon militia members blow ‘battle trumpet’ shofars

By Gabe Friedman

Marina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, reads a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Putin likely okayed poisoning of ex-spy, UK judge finds

By Jill Lawless

illustrative: Passengers have their hand luggage screened by security personnel at Ben-Gurion Airport, file photo (Ariel Schalit/AP)

French teen nabbed at Ben Gurion with half a million euros in suitcase

Can-Fite corporate official at the New York Stock Exchange December 4, 2014, the day the stock began trading on the NYSE (Courtesy)

Israeli pharma firm to develop alternative to Viagra

Atheist professor’s home vandalized; knife, hate note left at scene

By Raoul Wootliff

George Clooney on his way to marry Amal Alamuddin, in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Real McCohenNestle brews legal battle in Israel over Clooney clone

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman (screen capture: YouTube)

Sneak PeekGal Gadot shown for first time in action as Wonder Woman

Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)

US academic group reaffirms opposition to Israel boycott

By Eric Cortellessa

Michael Douglas at the Cinematheque, before the Genesis Prize ceremony Thursday evening (Johana Garon/Flash 90)

Douglas, Sharansky to talk anti-Semitism on US campuses

By JTA

Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2015. (Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewOut of the interrogation room, into the Knesset?

By Marissa Newman

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