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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 25, 2016

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Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad FatahAli promises funds for Palestinian terrorists, February 24, 2016 (Memri screenshot)

Iran pledges thousands of dollars for Palestinian terrorists

By Raoul Wootliff

Tehran, flush with cash from sanctions relief, will give slain attackers’ families $7,000, envoy says, and $30,000 to terrorists’ families whose homes Israel demolishes

Netanyahu: World must condemn Iran for paying terrorists’ families

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ya’alon: Iran readying sleeper cells to attack US, Europe

By AP and ToI Staff

Kerry urges no new Iran sanctions as Khamenei backs anti-US candidates

By AP and ToI Staff

Egypt's new ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, with President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, February 25, 2016 (Mark Neiman/GPO)

‘Happy and proud’ to be here, Egypt’s first ambassador since 2012 presents credentials

By Raphael Ahren

Part of ceremony conducted behind closed doors, at Cairo’s request; Hazem Khairat writes in guestbook of goal ‘to reach a comprehensive and just peace in the region’

Hundreds attend the funeral of IDF reserve officer Eliav Gelman in Kfar Etzion, February 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thousands mourn reservist killed by errant fire in stabbing attack

Air force captain Eliav Gelman, a father of two whose wife is pregnant, laid to rest at late night ceremony after deadly attack at Gush Etzion Junction

Shin Bet says Sudanese stabber was influenced by Islamic State

By Raoul Wootliff

IDF steps up West Bank arrests with 33 detained overnight

By Raoul Wootliff

New video shows off-duty soldier’s fatal fight with Palestinian terrorists

By Raoul Wootliff

Fine wool textile dyed red and blue. The textile used the varying colors of natural animal hair to create black and orange-brown colors for decorative bands. (Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Where Solomon mined, 3,000-year-old ‘fashion collection’ unearthed

By Raoul Wootliff

Fabrics with ‘complex designs and beautiful dyes,’ preserved by uniquely arid conditions, found in Timna in southern Israel

Boy finds ancient figurine during Beit She’an outing

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill February 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Battalion commander, subordinate officer suspended for ‘unbecoming conduct’

By Adiv Sterman

Argentine prosecutor affirms Alberto Nisman was murdered; Rivlin to meet Putin for talks on Mideast; French teacher to face trial for ‘lying’ over IS attack

(Stressed woman image via Shutterstock)

Is your life too stressful? There may soon be a blood test to find out

By Simona Weinglass

Tel Aviv University researchers identify biological markers that show some of us are worse than others at calming down after stress. The good news is that over time, we can change

The IDF soldier and the Palestinian girl

Colliding worlds at a military checkpoint: How can the conflict be solved when everyone’s truths are true?

Don’t apologize for eating!

All that talk of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food sends kids a message of shame about the very stuff that sustains life

Traveling with a maharat

From a husband of valor: His wife rises while it is still nighttime to study Torah, and he helps carry her books

Britain's opposition Conservative party leader David Cameron pauses during a tour in Jerusalem on Thursday March 1, 2007. (AP/Sameer Bazbaz)

UK’s Cameron calls East Jerusalem construction ‘genuinely shocking’

British PM insists he is a friend of Israel, but says eastern part of city has been ‘effectively encircled,’ which he does not want to support

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat seen on top of the Tower of David Museum, on April 14, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Barkat slams Cameron: East Jerusalem better off now than under UK

By Raoul Wootliff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot visit construction work on the fence between Israel and Jordan. February 9, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu promises ‘imminent solution’ to Gaza tunnels

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime minister assures communities around Strip the army is ready to tackle threat from the Hamas-controlled territory

Medical personnel rush Kamel Hassan Mohammed into the emergency unit at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon after he stabbed a soldier in the southern city, on February 7, 2016. (Edi Israel/Flash90)

Shin Bet says Sudanese stabber was influenced by Islamic State

By Raoul Wootliff

Kamel Hassan Mohammed, shot after attacking soldier at Ashkelon bus station, said to have photos of IS terrorists on phone

United Torah Judaism MK Yisrael Eichler. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox MK compares Reform movement to mentally ill person

By JTA and ToI Staff

US Reform leaders slam Yisrael Eichler’s extreme intolerance and ignorance, wonder what ‘twisted Torah’ he studies

Israelis walking past the Knesset during the annual gay parade in Jerusalem, July 29, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Day after marking LGBT rights, Knesset nixes 5 gender equality bills

By Marissa Newman

Opposition fumes as proposals on civil unions, ban on conversion therapy shot down; coalition’s only openly gay MK skips votes

Obed Bapela (R), a deputy minister in South African President Jacob Zuma’s office, who threatened to summon students who visited Israel to an investigation. (YouTube)

Redemption for Israel and South Africa

By Frans Cronje

President Barack Obama speaks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Baltimore, Md., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Signing law to defend Israel from boycott, Obama excludes settlements

By JTA and Eric Cortellessa

US trade legislation features anti-BDS provision that relates to settlements, but president says this ‘conflation’ of Israel and the territories runs contrary to ‘longstanding bipartisan US policy’

File: Singer Achinoam Nini performs during a memorial ceremony for the late Yossi Sarid, on January 12, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli embassy, consulate in Canada to sponsor Noa concert after JNF pullout

By JTA

Canadian JNF pulled backing due to allegations that Achinoam Nini supported BDS movement, which artist denied

Republican presidential candidate, Senator Marco Rubio speaks at a rally Wednesday in Houston, February 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Rubio slams Trump for Israel-Palestinians ‘honest broker’ goal

By ToI Staff and AP

Ahead of Super Tuesday, Florida senator steps up attacks on Republican front-runner over ‘neutral’ position while PA has ‘strong link to terror’

Participants in the BBYO International Convention in Baltimore, February 18, 2016. (Jason Dixson Photography)

Reporter's notebook

Youth reign at annual BBYO ‘Woodstock of Jewish identity’

A speed camera seen on Route 1 highway from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Watchdog: Police sabotaged $25 million speed camera project

Cops calibrated cameras to only snap drivers traveling at ridiculous speeds, canceled 55,000 tickets and wiped out violations by senior officers

Evgeny Afineevsky, second from right, in Kiev's Maidan Square in 2013. (Courtesy of Evgeny Afineevsky)

Expat Israeli director takes Ukraine revolution to the Oscars

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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An Iranian cleric walks past electoral posters for upcoming parliamentary elections, near the Hazrat Fatimah Ma'sumeh mausoleum in Qom, on February 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)

Almost 5,000 candidates compete Friday for 290 seats in Iran’s parliament

By AFP

Senior Rabbi of Rivardale Jewish Center Jonathan Rosenblatt speaks at a solidarity interfaith gathering attended by clergy, politicians, community leaders and activists at the Riverdale Jewish Center in Bronx, NY, Friday, May 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David Karp)

ExclusiveAfter lengthy battle, ‘sauna rabbi’ Jonathan Rosenblatt steps down

By Raoul Wootliff

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem Labor Court on October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu appeals court ruling in favor of ex-employee

Israeli model Bar Refaeli in Jerusalem, June 18, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Fashion policeRefaeli suspected of selling off designer outfits

An El Al Boeing 737-800 on approach to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in 2012. (Andre Wadman/Wikipedia/GFDL 1.2)

30,000 ft. fitHaredi man riots on El Al flight over ‘immodest’ movie

By JTA and ToI Staff

“Israel's Godfather,” Eitan Hiya arrives to the District Court in Tel Aviv to receive his sentence on February 25, 2016. (Moti Kimchi/POOL)

‘Israeli Godfather’ sentenced to 20 years in prison

Rabbi Gershom Simozu shakes the lulav in front of the community sukkah at the Nabugoya Hill Synagogue in Uganda. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Ugandan rabbi said to make history with parliament win

By JTA

Illustrative photo of doctors on their way to an emergency room, on October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israeli start-up to direct Russians’ eyes abroad in search of healthcare

By David Shamah

Jude Law reads Lion Feuchtwanger’s 1935 letter to the Nazis to refugees in Calais, France, at an event called “Letters Live" on February 21, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Letters LiveJude Law reads migrants Jew’s message to Nazis

By JTA

Illustrative: A parking lot in Tel Aviv (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Anagog ‘parks’ itself atop competition to win innovation award

By David Shamah

Retired IDF brigadier general Avriel Bar-Yosef (GPO)

Netanyahu taps ex-general as new national security adviser

File: Hundreds attend the funeral of IDF reserve officer Eliav Gelman in Kfar Etzion, February 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewIn marking death, echoes of a lost brother in arms

By Joshua Davidovich

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