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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman announce a coalition agreement, May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Netanyahu signs coalition deal with Liberman, pledges to pursue peace deal

By Tamar Pileggi and Stuart Winer

Agreement expands coalition to 66, resolves funding for immigrant pensions, confirms Yisrael Beytenu chief as defense minister; Sofa Landver to head immigration

Jewish Home warns it will sink coalition deal over cabinet reform

By Tamar Pileggi

ProfileGetting to know Avigdor Liberman, Bibi’s enigmatic pick for defense minister

Liberman will make country less safe, less popular, MKs lament

By Stuart Winer

New Likud MK Yehuda Glick speaks in the Knesset during his swearing in, May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Entering Knesset, Temple Mount activist brushes off doomsday predictions

By Marissa Newman

While critics warn of explosion, Yehuda Glick says he will advocate for change of ‘absurd and evil’ status quo at holy site, defends Reform Jews; Palestinians seemingly unfazed

Palestinians: With Liberman, Israel threatens regional stability

By AFP and Tamar Pileggi

An image taken from a May 2016 presentation by Faception co-founder Shai Gilboa (screen capture: YouTube)

New Israeli facial imaging claims to identify terrorists and pedophiles

Tel Aviv start-up Faception says its face ‘classifiers’ can spot criminals and even great poker players in a split second, but the experts are not convinced

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman sign a coalition agreement in the Knesset on May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Belgium arrests 4 IS recruiters, finds ‘traces’ of attack plot

Group involved in sending jihadists to Syria and Libya but may have planned assault; Joint List lawmakers announce they will ascend Temple Mount on Ramadan, breaking ban

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, confers with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

A-G vows urgent inquiry into watchdog’s allegations on PM expenses

Mandelblit: Claims that foreign groups funded family travel expenses when Netanyahu was finance minister ‘must be inspected without delay’

PM: Media reports on comptroller findings ‘radically biased’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

PM’s associates, ex-AG sabotaged original ‘Bibi Tours’ probe, charges MK

PM: Report shows ‘Bibi Tours’ mountain on foreign trips is just a molehill

The king of happy, Pharrell Williams, is coming to Israel on July 21, with a performance at Rishon Lezion's LIVE Park (Courtesy Pharrell Williams' Facebook page)

Happiness is a truth

King of ‘Happy’ Pharrell Williams heads to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

The hip-hop and R&B star will play Rishon’s LIVE Park on July 21

Peace will not be found on a map

Mideast conflict is rooted in failure to transition to a nation-state model, not Sykes-Picot border blunders

Jews and Arabs fighting the good fight

His unique martial arts program brings conflicted groups together to build trust, learn values and foster peace

Israel should be an example for the EU

Time to stop all the baseless condemnation, start emulating the most functional democracy in the Middle East

The Dor Yeshorim Rap

Why the talented beatboxing Bais Yaakov girls didn’t want their viral video made public at all

US President Barack Obama, far right, with leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the White House, March 1, 2011. (Pete Souza/White House)

In rare show of independence, US pro-Israel heavyweights press hard for two-state solution

Jewish community leaders are drafting proposals for the next president, some of them at odds with the Israeli government, that seek to satisfy Palestinian demand for sovereignty, Israeli security needs

Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center on July 27, 2015. The call center is located in a mosque, in the Arab town of Hura. The women have been employed through the Rayan employment center in Rahat. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

State of Arabs employment is ‘grim, alarming,’ Shapira says

By Tamar Pileggi

Comptroller says government-level discrimination is crippling state’s own ‘ineffective’ integration efforts

Foreign Ministry Director Dore Gold attends a ceremony marking the reopening of Israel's embassy in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 (Foreign Ministry)

Israeli diplomats visiting Cairo amid claims of Sissi peace push

By Tamar Pileggi

Egyptian officials deny reports that president is working behind the scenes to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

Illustrative image of suspects being brought to a court hearing. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 Palestinians suspected of raping disabled Israeli woman

By Judah Ari Gross

Police searching for a third suspect believed to have taken part in sexual assault in Jaffa earlier this month

A photo of Maysam Abu Alqian taken after plainclothes police officers beat him during an arrest in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Israelis donate NIS 70,000 to Arab man beaten by cops

By Tamar Pileggi

After footage of Maysam Abu Alqian’s violent arrest in Tel Aviv goes viral, campaign raises cash to cover his tuition

Palestinian volunteers with the B'Tselem human rights organization learn how to use video cameras to document the actions of the IDF and Israeli settlers in the West Bank, in 2014. (B'Tselem/CC BY 4.0)

B’Tselem to stop filing Palestinian abuse complaints with IDF, police

By Judah Ari Gross

Citing lack of faith in Israeli system, NGO will no longer report human rights violations on behalf of Palestinians, says doing so does not bring justice

Amanda Stern, creator and host of the Happy Ending series, will be bringing the show to Israel as part of the Jerusalem Writers' Festival (Jon Pack)

Israel debut for NY-based literary series, where audience throws wrenches into the plot

By Jen Maidenberg

Jonathan Sarna at Brandeis University, his undergraduate alma mater and where he has taught for more than 25 years, May 10, 2016 (Uriel Heilman/via JTA)

Beating health scares, Jonathan Sarna seals status as rock star Jewish historian

By Uriel Heilman

American comedian Hannibal Buress will appear in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2016 (Courtesy: Hannibal Buress)

Comic Hannibal Buress brings his quirky humor to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

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Actress and singer Ania Bukstein, recently cast as the Red Priestess on epic fantasy TV show 'Game of Thrones,' released another single for her upcoming album (Courtesy Ania Bukstein)

Kenahora, KinvaraIsrael’s ‘Game of Thrones’ actress eyes fresh conquests

By Jessica Steinberg

Die Antwoord's Ninja and Yolanda Visser send a personal message to Israeli fans prior to their June 8, 2016 concert at Rishon Lezion's LIVE Park (Courtesy Die Antwoord)

The answerCult band Die Antwoord sends video to Israeli fans

By Jessica Steinberg

Staff Sgt. (res.) Sahar Elbaz received the Bonei Zion Prize from Nefesh B'Nefesh in the IDF and National Service Young Leadership category on May 23, 2016 in a Knesset ceremony. (Screenshot/Channel 10)

US-born lone soldier wins leadership prize for actions in 2014 Gaza conflict

By ToI Staff and JTA

An illustrative photo of a cat. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

I can haz selfie?Saudi cleric says pictures with cats are a no-no

Former chairperson of the BBC, Michael Grade. (YouTube/Channel 4 News)

Swing lowJewish ex-BBC chief raps anti-Semitism in British golf

By Stuart Winer and AP

Benzi Gopstein, head of Lehava, in Jerusalem's Old City on October 30, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Anti-racism group to A-G: Take action on far-right Jewish inciter

By Stuart Winer

The IATI-Biomed conference and exhibition (Courtesy)

OrbiMed launches $307m fund for Israeli med-tech investments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his dog Kaia at the PM's residence in Jerusalem in December, 2015. (Facebook)

Hebrew media reviewAs watchdog barks at Netanyahu, some see toothlessness

By Joshua Davidovich

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