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What Matters Most On Monday, May 23, 2016

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Avigdor Liberman speaks during a party faction meeting at the Knesset, on May 23, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu unfazed as Liberman says coalition talks deadlocked

Prime minister confident argument over pensions for Russian immigrants will be solved soon, promises wider government will advance peace possibilities

Coalition talks snag over immigrant pensions

Herzog declares coalition talks ‘over and done’

By Stuart Winer

Deputy defense minister allowed to stay put, after initial booting from army HQ

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with his French counterpart, Manuel Valls, in Jerusalem on Monday, May 23, 2016 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu tells French PM he rejects Paris peace bid, but offers to meet Abbas

By Raoul Wootliff

Manuel Valls, in Israel to advance his country’s plan for Mideast summit, says he has ‘a genuine desire to help the situation’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, May 22, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)

PM gripes to Steinitz: Why didn’t you thank me for gas deal?

By AFP and ToI Staff

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visits the grave of Myriam Monsonego, one of the four French Jews killed in a March 2012 Islamist attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, at the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem on May 23, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Live updates (closed)

PA officials threaten boycott of Liberman as defense minister

Abbas aide accuses Yisrael Beytenu leader of ‘terrorist behavior,’ tells Channel 10 that escalation of conflict is real possibility

Footage of alleged undercover police beating an Arab man in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Tel Aviv police beating sparks calls for ‘soul-searching’

‘I asked them to stop,’ Maysam Abu Alqian, an Israeli Arab from Hura, says of cops; probe launched into suspected brutality

British author Tim Samuels. 'The mantra of the book for me was male honesty and candor.' (courtesy)

It's actually a witty book about how to be a mensch

British author writes humorous guide for men seeking masculinity

By Jenni Frazer

In ‘Who Stole My Spear?’ Tim Samuels discusses almost coming to blows at synagogue, and how 10 days of Krav Maga in Israel nourished his manliness

A pathway out of the abyss

Israel’s political crisis offers opportunities to regroup, reboot and set the country on a healthier course

Israeli democracy is stronger than ever

Think the country is going downhill? Take a look at the much improved status of Mizrachi Jews and Arab citizens

I like Hillary!

Those in the Orthodox camp are far too ready to demonize the Democrats, no matter how much they hate Obamacare

The deadly cost of silence on genocide

Failure to clearly label the slaughter of Armenians signals to Turkey that their regional aggression will go unchecked

A watchtower apparently built by the Lebanese army running along the border with Israel (screen capture: Ynet)

Concern in Israel as Lebanese army builds watchtowers on border

Fearing potential for Hezbollah takeover, residents of border communities call on IDF to intervene; army says it is monitoring the situation

Syrians gather at the site of multiple bombings that left tens dead in the northern coastal city of Jableh, between Latakia and Tartus, Syria, May 23, 2016. (AFP)

Bombs kill more than 100 in Syria regime strongholds

By AFP

Islamic State says it targeted ‘Alawite gatherings’ in cities of Jableh and Tartus; bus stations and hospital hit

Outgoing Defense Minister and Likud member Moshe Ya'alon seen during a farewell ceremony at the Kirya, the Tel Aviv IDF headquarters, on May 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In departing remarks, Ya’alon implores IDF to ‘remain human’

By Judah Ari Gross

As he leaves political life, outgoing defense minister praises IDF top brass for ‘levelheaded’ use of force

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with his Czech counterpart Bohuslav Sobotka at the King David hotel in Jerusalem on May 22, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM: I’m responsible for Israel’s defense, ‘stop the crying’

By Marissa Newman and Elie Leshem

Responding to criticism over Liberman appointment, Netanyahu says the premier ultimately makes final call on IDF operations

Border troops at the Ras Bidu checkpoint after an attempted stabbing, on May 23, 2016. (courtesy: Police spokesman)

Palestinian woman shot dead during stabbing attempt — police

By Stuart Winer

Assailant killed by troops at checkpoint north of Jerusalem after pulling out knife and ignoring warning shots

Armed Palestinian masked men push back a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in Gaza City after Friday prayers on August 22, 2014, before executing 18 men for allegedly collaborating with Israel. (AFP)

Hamas plans 13 public executions in Gaza Strip

By AFP and ToI Staff

Terror group intends to kill the 13 men, most convicted of murder connected to robberies, ‘before a large crowd’

Catherine Hall speaking at the Colonial Legacy Conference at Utrecht University on June 21, 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)

UK historian declines Israeli prize, citing conflict with Palestinians

Prof. Catherine Hall of UCL says she doesn’t wish to accept award after discussions on regional situation

File: A truck carrying cement is seen after it entered the southern Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, on April 29, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Gaza cement deliveries resume after Israel lifts ban

By AFP and ToI Staff

Some 90 trucks carrying 3,200 tons of building material expected to enter coastal enclave in coming days

Representatives from world powers and Iran posing prior to the announcement of an agreement on Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

Where did Ploughshares get its money to sell the Iran deal?

Anti-nuclear group that paid J Street and NPR receives its funding from an assortment of larger foundations, Hollywood connections

Members of a UN investigative team take samples near the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen)

IS said to experiment on prisoners with chemical weapons

By ToI Staff and AFP

Terror group also reported to move chlorine and mustard gas operations to dense residential areas in Mosul

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, January 17, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

PM appoints new cabinet secretary David Sharan

Months after it was vacated by now-attorney general Mandelblit, influential post to be filled by Netanyahu’s chief of staff

Barbra Streisand's 1966 CBS television special 'Color Me Barbra' beckons viewers at the entry to 'Revolution of the Eye' on view at the Addison Gallery in Andover, Massachusetts, through July 13 (courtesy Addison Gallery of American Art)

Jewish pioneers of TV history on display in new show

By Penny Schwartz

More Headlines

Hermina Hirsch singing the national anthem before a Major League baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay, May, 2016 (YouTube screenshot)

Go get em, tigerHolocaust survivor realizes dream, sings anthem at ball game

By JTA

This undated photo released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry shows a part of sarcophagus cover in Israel. Israel's Antiquities Authority says the colorful sarcophagus covers date back as early as the 16th and 10th centuries BCE. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)

I want my mummyIsrael returns looted ancient relics to Egypt

By Ilan Ben Zion and Elie Leshem

Presidential candidates Alexander Van der Bellen (left) and Norbert Hofer attend a television discussion after the second round of the Austrian President elections on May 22, 2016, at the Hofburg palace in Vienna. (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)

Austria on knife-edge in far-right ‘election thriller’

By Nina Lamparski

All the president's machersTrump v. Clinton: Battle of the Jewish sons-in-law

By Uriel Heilman

Labour MP Afzal Khan (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)

UK Jewish groups to Labour: Suspend MEP who compared Israel to Nazis

By JTA

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)

Judge in Hebron soldier’s trial recused over conflict of interest

By Tamar Pileggi

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and former US president Barack Obama look on as disabled IDF veteran Radi Kaiuf demonstrates the ReWalk exoskeleton system. Kaiuf, who was formerly nearly fully paralyzed, completed the Israel Marathon in 2012 using the system (Kobi Gideon / GPO /FLASH90)

ReWalk tech to help stroke, MS victims get moving

A driver uses a GPS-based app to navigate (Pixabay)

Cyber-crooks meet their match with Israeli-developed GPS protector

The gavel of the speaker of the Knesset. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Hebrew media reviewSentenced to death by politics

By Joshua Davidovich

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