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What Matters Most On Monday, February 8, 2016

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Paramedics and onlookers at the scene of a stabbing in the central Israeli town of Ramle on February 8, 2016. (Hatzolah)

Jewish boy, 11, stabbed and wounded in Ramle

Child attacked with scissors, moderately wounded; police arrest Arab suspect; Arab woman caught with knife at Damascus Gate

An image from a Hamas video released February 7, 2016, urging its militants to carry out suicide bombing attacks against Israelis. (screen capture: Facebook)

Hamas calls for suicide bombings in Israeli buses

It isn’t an intifada until ‘the bus roof flies,’ music video says; adds attacks serve to ‘humble’ Netanyahu

‘Do we have to hijack your planes again?’ Fatah official asks

Poll: Support for third intifada waning among Palestinians

Teacher suspected of planning to help jihadis enter Israel

By Adiv Sterman

File: Joint (Arab) List MKs Hanin Zoabi (center), Jamal Zahalka (right) and Basel Ghattas (center left, behind Zoabi) speak with the press in Jerusalem on February 17, 2015 (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Coalition backs bill that allows MKs to suspend other serving lawmakers

PM calls legislation necessary after Arab MKs met with terrorists’ families, says Israel must ensure basic standards ‘so our democracy doesn’t turn into suicide pact’

Far-right MK lashes bill to allow suspending serving lawmakers

Knesset vote due on controversial NGO transparency bill

Netanyahu floats bill to suspend MKs for ‘unseemly behavior’

A boy being loaded in an ambulance after being stabbed in Ramle on February 8, 2016. (Ichud Hatzala)

Live updates (closed)

Joint List rejects decision to bar Arab MKs

By Joshua Davidovich

Faction calls move to ban three lawmakers over meeting with attackers’ relatives ‘anti-democratic, vindictive’; says it will continue to demand return of bodies

Palestinian construction workers wait to cross into Israel, at the checkpoint at the entrance to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, November 28, 2010 (illustrative photo: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Israel said to okay work permits for 30,000 more Palestinians

Bennett said to support 100,000 more permits; defense officials say employing more West Bank laborers will help curb terror

Israel said set to release bodies of East Jerusalem attackers

Palestinian man killed when Gaza smuggling tunnel caves in

British IS recruit traveled to Gaza with anti-Israel MP Galloway

By Tamar Pileggi

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump (left) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participate in the Republican presidential debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 6, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images via JTA)

When Ted Cruz slams Trump for ‘chutzpah,’ should Jews be offended?

Pundits are calling out GOP candidate for ‘anti-Semitic dog whistle,’ but term may be honoring Jewish perspicaciousness

Trump seeks to reverse fortunes in New Hampshire

By SERGIO BUSTOS and Bill Barrow

Cruz embraces supporters on GOP fringe

By Scott Bauer and Steve Peoples

After Rubio stumbles, rivals see opening in New Hampshire

By Julie Pace and Thomas Beaumont

Rabbi Jennie Rosen, Vice President for Community Engagement at HIAS (courtesy)

The rabbi who rallies American Jews for the global refugee cause

By Renee Ghert-Zand

HIAS vice president Jennie Rosenn touts grassroots advocacy for expanded refugee resettlement as best way for Jews to address crisis

Sanders would be a gift to Republicans

The Democratic candidate’s ignorance on national security issues makes even Donald Trump look smart

Avi Novis-Deutsch

On dreams and compromise at the Wall

Settling for a small egalitarian area and hoping non-Orthodox Israelis will choose to come pray there

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Why I cringe on Family Day

Wary of a celebration that sets unrealistic expectations and forgets to teach kids that happiness needs earning

Will IDF soldiers be arrested abroad?

The best way to lower the risk is for Israel to conduct its own investigations, and make sure to do a good job

An IDF vehicle near the border with Lebanon at Rosh Hanikra (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

The curious case of the Israeli who crossed into Lebanon and wasn’t taken hostage

Oleg Gammerman, said to have mental health problems, returns home with the help of the UN… and the tacit agreement of Hezbollah

Illustrative photo of Rambam Hospital staff (Courtesy)

Bahraini princess had life-saving surgery in Israel, deputy minister says

By Raphael Ahren

Member of royal family chose Israel over the US, says Likud’s Ayoub Kara; claims he will now meet with officials from Gulf nation

A Palestinian man works inside a smuggling tunnel which connects the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, November 24, 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israeli general: Hamas giving medical care to IS fighters from Sinai

By Judah Ari Gross

Gaza’s terrorist rulers said to be getting money and guns in return for treating wounded jihadists smuggled in via tunnels

US President Barack Obama (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Don’t wait for next president to sign aid deal, US urges Israel

US official quoted saying Obama offer the largest ‘to any country in US history,’ Jerusalem won’t get more out of next administration

President Reuven Rivlin, October 28, 2015. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Rivlin: Peace with Palestinians seems impossible right now

President says Jewish state must always be prepared to protect ‘Zionist enterprise and the land of Israel’

Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, at the funeral of fellow terrorist Ahmed al-Zahar in the village of Al-Moghraga near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on February 3, 2016. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas executes military commander who ‘spied for Israel’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Mahmud Eshtawi, a senior official in the group, oversaw tunnel-digging, was close to terror chief Muhammad Deif

Rahat Mayor Talal al-Krenawi visits Shlomit Gonen on February 7, 2016, a day after she was stabbed in the neck in an attack in the Bedouin town's market. (screen capture: Ynet)

Rahat mayor visits stabbing victim, expresses solidarity

Talal al-Krenawi says attack on Jewish woman Saturday ‘damaged the fabric of our lives’ and all schools have condemned it

Dani Dayan. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Settler leader ‘will not be envoy to Brazil,’ top Likud MK admits

Tzachi Hanegbi says would-be diplomat Dani Dayan, rebuffed by Brasilia, will serve instead in ‘equally important country’

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the Security Council during a meeting on the situation in the 'Middle East and Palestine,' January 26, 2016, at the UN in New York. (AFP/United Nations/UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

UN chief heckled at NY synagogue during Holocaust speech

Congregants at commemoration event said to accuse Ban Ki-moon of justifying terrorism

Illustrative: A first grade teacher, instructs a class on the Spanish pronunciations of the alphabet in 2003 in Texas. (Villafuerte/Getty Images/AFP)

Jew-hatred a ‘recurrent problem’ in Dutch schools, ministry says

By JTA

New study cites case of female pupil of Moroccan descent who told her class: ‘If I had a Kalashnikov, I’d gun down all the Jews’

Peugeot 208. (Wikipedia/M 93/CC BY-SA 3.0 de)

Peugeot to pay $475m in Iran sanctions compensation

By AFP

French carmaker agrees to Tehran’s terms in bid to return to its second-largest pre-sanctions market

The IDF's new Commando Brigade held their first exercise last week. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

The warriors of Oz

IDF’s new commando brigade has first exercise

By Judah Ari Gross

Oz unit brings together the specialized talents of Rimon, Egoz, Maglan and Duvdevan in effort to boost efficiency

Homer Simpson (Screenshot)

D’oh! How Homer Simpson helps researchers understand memory

By David Shamah

Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients who ‘lose’ their memories could find hope in Tel Aviv prof’s research

Why this funnyman BBC producer/comic doesn’t own a TV

By Jenni Frazer

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Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio attend the 'Cinema for Peace Gala 2010' during the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

Catch her if you canRefaeli invokes DiCaprio in attempt to avoid taxes

Director/producer/writers Ethan Coen (L) and Joel Coen arrive at the Premiere Of Universal Pictures' 'Hail, Caesar!' at Regency Village Theatre on February 1, 2016 in Westwood, California. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage via JTA)

Blood simpleAmid Oscars row, Coens defend Jew-centric films

An overturned truck on Highway 70 in the Galilee, February 7, 2016. (Screen capture/Channel 2)

Flipped truck leaves teen hanging from a Galilee bridge

Ugly Hanukkah Sweatshirt by heavy metal band Anthrax (screen capture: Rockabilia.com)

I am the lawAnthrax sued for $1M over Hanukkah sweatshirt

By JTA

An iconic London double decker bus exploding on a bridge during the filming of the Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan action movie "The Foreigner." (Screen capture/Twitter)

Red alertDouble decker bus stunt explosion shakes Londoners

By AFP

Actor Moshe Ivgy delivers a statement regarding sexual harassment allegations against him, at the end of a theater show in Tel Aviv on Sunday, February 7, 2016 (Flash90)

On stage, actor proclaims he’s innocent of sex assault claims

By Adiv Sterman

Many foreign workers are employed as cleaners (Shutterstock)

This won't washOutrage over ad pricing cleaners by ethnicity

By Daniel Douek

Illustrative photo of soldiers from Nahal Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (Abir Sultan/Flash90, File)

Guns and marriageArmy promotional video courts Haredi youth

By Daniel Douek

Forbes 30 Under 30 event, 2014 (Courtesy)

600 top tech folk to party in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv in April

By David Shamah

File: Joint (Arab) List MKs Hanin Zoabi (center), Jamal Zahalka (right) and Basel Ghattas (center left, behind Zoabi) speak with the press in Jerusalem on February 17, 2015 (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Hebrew media reviewOut of line?

By Ilan Ben Zion

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