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What Matters Most On Monday, May 9, 2016

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Israelis watching an aerial demonstration over a Tel Aviv beach by Israeli Air Force planes on Israel's 67th Independence Day, April 23, 2015. ׂ(Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Israel turns 68 with 8.5 million people, 10 times more than in 1948

195,000 babies born in last 12 months, CBS statistics show, as population grows by 2.2%

A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Israel warns Jewish pilgrims of ‘severe’ terror threat in Tunisia

As Lag B’Omer festival approaches, counter-terror agency sees ‘concrete’ jihadist threat on historic Djerba island

Screen capture of an Iranian missile launch, October 10, 2015 (YouTube: PressTV News Videos)

Iran claims to successfully test missile that can reach Israel

By Tamar Pileggi

Highly accurate ballistic missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers, was launched two weeks ago, Tehran general says

Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at a pre-holiday toast for top defense brass, including Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, far left, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, left, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, right and Director General of the Defense Ministry Dan Harel, in army headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 9, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Iran denies carrying out long-range missile test

By Joshua Davidovich

Defense minister says no such launch took place after general trumpets accuracy of 2,000 kilometer-range rocket; Netanyahu declares end to saga over general’s seeming comparison of Israeli society to Nazi Germany

Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman speaks at an event for Israeli reserve soldiers at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on May 8, 2016. (Flash90)

Generals tangle over blemished legacy of 2014 Gaza war

By Judah Ari Gross

Southern chief during Protective Edge blasts his former deputy for ‘foolish’ claim the IDF is trying to cover up its failure

MK launches campaign to expose Netanyahu’s Gaza ‘failures’

By Tamar Pileggi

Liberman threatens to sue TV station over allegations he leaked Gaza report

Comptroller to A-G: Probe leak of Gaza war report

By Tamar Pileggi and ToI Staff

Tony Fyne celebrated his 65th birthday on April 26, 2016 by retiring after 40 years of broadcasting on Reshet Gimmel (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Israel Radio gives legendary DJ Tony Fyne an on-air send-off

By Jessica Steinberg

Bandanna-wearing British import, who played U2, Madonna and others, changed the sound and feel of Reshet Gimmel

Five key challenges for Israel at 68

The biggest hurdles are not external or military — they are primarily internal and matters of principle

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

The heroes who ended the Holocaust

Is Israel ready to honor those who fought as human beings — not specifically as Jews — to defeat the Nazis?

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

A 3,500-year marriage

Independence Day marks a relationship that’s far older than 68 years — Jews should never take that tie for granted

What Jewish leaders can learn from Trump

Despite a Republican contest that hit new lows of insult and vulgarity, the nominee’s conduct offers 3 object lessons

Illustrative photo of a 'Judas Burning' ceremony in Greece. (YouTube/Kalymnos KalymnosWeb)

Offensive offering

Greek Jews protest ‘Judas burning’ tourist attraction

By JTA

Outraged community complains that Easter ritual, promoted by National Tourism Agency, ‘perpetuates anti-Semitic feelings’

British Prime Minister David Cameron makes a statement to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on February 20 , 2016 regarding the upcoming referendum on whether to stay in the EU (AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS)

Cameron warns of world war, invokes Churchill in speech against EU exit

By AFP and ToI Staff

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker says Brexit would have ‘unforeseeable consequences’

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at La Escuelita School in Oakland, California, Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Analysis

Is Hillary Clinton a sure thing for the White House?

By Andrew BEATTY

Democratic front-runner is still the favorite to become the first female president, but a dose of caution is warranted

Father Gabriel Naddaf, in his living room, alongside a likeness of Mary, which, he believes, saved his life in a road accident in 2011. (Mitch Ginsburg/Times of Israel)

Priest leading Arab recruitment to IDF accused of sexual misconduct

By Tamar Pileggi

Father Gabriel Naddaf, who publicly supports Christians serving in Israeli army, says allegations are attempt to discredit his work

Sgt. Elor Azaria, accused of killing a disarmed Palestinian attacker in Hebron last month, arrives for a court hearing at Jaffa Military Court on April 18, 2016. (Flash90)

Court urges plea deal for soldier who killed disarmed stabber

Indictment read in open court as trial begins for Elor Azaria, who shot a wounded Palestinian assailant in Hebron on March 24

Sgt. Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier who shot dead a disarmed Palestinian terrorist in Hebron last month, arrives for a court hearing at Jaffa Military Court on April 18, 2016. (Flash90)

New video ‘contradicts testimony’ of soldier who killed disarmed Palestinian

By Tamar Pileggi

Women dance with a Torah scroll as they attend a monthly prayer service at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, on April 20, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Defying ban, women hold priestly blessing at Western Wall

Women of the Wall stage ceremony at Jerusalem holy site despite attorney general’s ban

Mordechai Vanunu talking to Channel 2 on September 4, 2015 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Nuclear secret spiller Vanunu indicted for Israeli TV interview

Ex-worker at Dimona plant faces charges for violating terms of parole, including meet with US nationals, move to new apartment in same building

Britain's new London Mayor Sadiq Khan (C) shakes hands with Holocaust survivor Harry Fleming as he attends the Yom HaShoah Commemoration, the UK Jewish community's Holocaust remembrance ceremony, in Barnet, north London, on May 8, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL)

London’s new mayor makes Holocaust memorial his first official function

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sadiq Khan meets with survivors, chief rabbi, Israeli envoy to UK at ceremony in north London

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (left), IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot (center) and GOC Southern Command Eyal Zamir (right) meet at the Southern Command headquarters near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 5, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense)

Ya’alon: No difference between bereaved same-sex, heterosexual partners

Defense minister says state recognizes widows and widowers of fallen soldiers regardless of sexual orientation

A Haredi and a secular Jew praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Most Israeli Jews support Jewish pluralism, civil marriage

JPPI survey says 80% of Israelis believe traditional, Orthodox, secular are all ‘equally good’; 56% advocate ‘more consideration’ for minorities

Indigenous activist Ryan Bellerose in the Negev Desert (courtesy)

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

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File: Syrian children play under the heat of the midday sun in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, near the Syrian border, on April 17, 2014. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

IS executes 7-year-old boy for swearing during soccer game

In this Friday, April 29, 2016 photo, 'Him' Maurizio Cattelan is on display during the press preview of 'Bound to Fail' at Christie's auction house in New York. (AP /Mary Altaffer)

The little dictatorHitler sculpture brings $17.2 million at US auction

By AP

Illustrative: An American Airlines Boeing 777 during takeoff (CC-BY-SA Sergey Kustov/Wikimedia Commons)

Mad mathEconomist’s equations spark terror scare on flight

By AFP

Journalist Anat Saragusti (from left), Martin Luther King III, singer Idan Raichel, President Reuven Rivlin and former MK Pnina Tamano-Shata at the President's Residence on May 8, 2016 for a ceremony honoring their activism on behalf of the Ethiopian Jewish community. (Haim Zach/GPO)

MLK’s son visits Jerusalem to confer awards on Israelis

Mexican Jewish community leader Salomon Achar (YouTube screenshot)

Mexican lawmaker calls Jewish leader ‘a f***ing Jew’

By JTA

Former Bat Yam mayor Shlomi Lahiani arrives at the Hermon Prison to begin serving his 8-month sentence on December 27, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Ex-Bat Yam mayor granted parole for good behavior

Director Laszlo Nemes, right, is presented the Grand Prix award by actor Mads Mikkelsen for the film Son of Saul during the awards ceremony at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A murdered Jewish founder and 4 other things to know about Cannes

By AFP

Yair Golan salutes after laying a flower wreath at a memorial during a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem on May 5, 2016. (Noam Moskowitz/Pool)

Hebrew media reviewGenerals say the darnedest things

By Joshua Davidovich

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