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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 12, 2016

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Illustrative: President Reuven Rivlin meets the IDF soldiers awarded for their service on Independence Day, May 12, 2016. (President Spokesman's Office)

PM says peace will come, as president honors 120 exceptional soldiers

At annual Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem, Netanyahu also suggests bringing back military parades

Bennett: Let’s stop the festival of self-flagellation

Beaches, barbecues and Air Force flybys – Independence Day 2016

As Independence Day begins, Israelis move from commemoration to celebration

By Raoul Wootliff

For Israelis, the grills -- and accompaniments -- have grown more elaborate over the years, pointing to greater affluence and societal tendencies, said BGU researcher Nir Avieli Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

The psychology behind the 'mangal'

Israelis and their Independence Day barbecue, a symbol of nationhood and affluence

By Jessica Steinberg

The national pastime has grown more elaborate in recent years, but still points to the country’s austere roots

Beaches, barbecues and Air Force flybys – Independence Day 2016

Elkana Friedman, the winner of the annual International Bible Contest, stands with Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on May 12, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 1)

Live updates (closed)

3 women carrying babies among Jerusalem right-wing detainees

Social services called in as all 3 charged with violence, breach of peace for trying to prevent Arab visitors to Temple Mount

In Israel, even the vandalism is holy (Elie Klein)

68 more things I love about Israel

On Independence Day, for the 9th and last time (sob), comedian Benji Lovitt lists the things he loves about Israel

UN envoys wish Israel all the best at 68

By Stuart Winer

Celebrating 68 women who shape Israel

A list of extraordinary movers and shakers from diverse fields and backgrounds, all contributing to the Jewish state

The Jewish Happiness Index

A generation ago, nobody would have believed Israel would be exporting water — and that’s not all

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

What does a dictator need?

Revisiting the Moscow Helsinki Group, Soviet dissidents, including her father, who took staggering risks for liberty

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the California Republican Party 2016 convention in Burlingame, California, April 29, 2016. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Trump now says Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’

Republican candidate appears to soften stance on Islam as he turns his attention from the primaries to the general election

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) on April 4, 2016 and Republican challenger Donald Trump on February 16, 2016. (AFP Photo)

New national poll shows Trump almost even with Clinton

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Palestinian protester throws stones using a slingshot towards Israeli security forces during clashes on May 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)

6 Palestinian teens arrested after rioting near Jerusalem

Boys light fire near security barrier, throw rocks at security forces; no injuries as Israeli vehicles stoned in West Bank, Jerusalem

Wreaths that were destroyed and burned at the Mount of Olives cemetary in Jerusalem on Thursday, May 12, 2016 (Israel Police)

Soldiers’ graves vandalized in Jerusalem

Police say group of Jewish men burned wreaths at Mount of Olives cemetery, for reasons unknown; authorities searching for suspects

Illustrative photo of Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport (Oxyman/Wikimedia Commons/File)

Al-Qaeda leader urged trainee to target Israelis, Americans

Slain US citizen-turned-jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki was not only a chief propagandist but also a hands-on bomb-making instructor, according to NY court documents

Young Palestinian boys emerge from a 'tunnel' as part of a presentation at a children's festival in the Gaza Strip, April 2016 (Courtesy MEMRI)

In new Gaza clip, kids urge ‘martyrdom, blowing up enemies’

Fresh footage from local children’s festival shows boys running through mock tunnel, training with toy guns and simulating capture of Israeli soldiers

Palestinian salafists demonstrate in the southern Gaza Strip in September 2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IS-inspired Gaza Salafists claim to have 3,000 fighters

By AFP and ToI Staff

French actor and director Yvan Attal in the film 'They are everywhere,' which deals with anti-Semitism in France (YouTube screenshot)

Film about Jews ‘being everywhere’ mocks French anti-Semitism

By AFP

Israel-born actor and director Yvan Attal says his new work is based on personal experience facing deep-rooted prejudice

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the Oxford Union in Oxford, central England, on May 11, 2016. (Peter Nicholls/Pool/AFP)

US cool on French Mideast peace push, may not attend

By AFP

Washington may be delaying its decision to participate until White House decides on possible new initiative of its own

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the National Assembly in Paris on May 10, 2016. AFP/ERIC FEFERBERG)

French PM: UNESCO vote on Jerusalem was ‘unfortunate, clumsy’

By JTA and AFP

Canadian Imam Sharif Mady giving a sermon in which he says peace accords with Israel are 'useless garbage,' Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, published online, May 6 2016. (YouTube screenshot/MEMRITV)

Canadian Muslim preacher: Peace deals are ‘garbage’

Shaban Sherif Mady says Jerusalem will be ‘regained through blood,’ claims UN never passed a resolution against Israel

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make their way to cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Iranians to miss hajj after no deal made with Saudi Arabia

By AFP

After severing diplomatic ties, countries fail to reach agreement to coordinate annual pilgrimage; Tehran slams Riyadh’s ‘cold’ attitude

Memorial "to the gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism" in Cologne, Germany. (Jörg Lenk/Wikipedia/Public Domain)

Germany scraps postwar convictions of gays under Nazi law

By AFP

50,000 Germans were convicted as homosexuals; ‘We can never completely erase the travesty of justice,’ says justice minister

Tentative plans for the Noah Quarter in the small city of Ofakim in the northern Negev. (Courtesy)

Building anew in the Negev

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Reebok announced Monday it would market this "Israel 68" commemorative sneaker, but said the next day the project had been announced in error. (Reebok's Facebook page)

Put your foot in itReebok denies ‘Israel 68′ sneaker amid anti-Israel anger

By JTA

United Arab Emirates' first Minister of State for Happiness, Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, reacts as she talks during the Arab Media Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Don't worryUAE’s happiness minister urges more positive stories

By AP

Activists of right-wing Hindu Sena or Hindu Army conduct Hindu rituals to ensure a win for U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Divine interTrumptionIndian Hindus ask gods to help Trump

By AP

Beyonce conquers the stage again on May 9, 2016, in an Israeli-designed outfit by Inbal Dror. (Courtesy Formation Nation)

Bodacious bodiceBeyoncé rocks her Israeli-made bodysuit

By Jessica Steinberg

In this Friday, Dec. 25, 2015 photo, smoke rises from Islamic State positions following a US-led coalition airstrike as Iraqi security forces advance their position in downtown Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

Dead meatIslamic State’s ‘General Shawarma’ killed in strike

Dutch soccer club to punish fans who sang about burning Jews

By JTA

Illustrative photo of an Android smartphone (screenshot: YouTube)

A is for attackNew Islamic State app teaches kids ABCs of jihad

Iraqis check the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City, a Shiite area north of the capital Baghdad, May 11, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

New bombings bring death toll to 88 across Baghdad

Gluten-free, vegan medjool date bars (Aly Miller)

RecipeNeed atomic-level energy? Try treats from Iranian dates

Iraqi security forces prepare to attack Islamic State group positions in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

IS in Iraq losing terrain ‘every single day’

By AFP

Artist's impression of the Kepler space telescope in orbit. (NASA/public domain)

The truth is out thereNASA says 1,284 new planets found

By Kerry SHERIDAN

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