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What Matters Most On Friday, May 27, 2016

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Environmental Minister Avi Gabai announces his resignation, May 27, 2016 (FLASH90)

Resigning, minister accuses ‘extremist’ gov’t of leading Israel to destruction

By Marissa Newman

Avi Gabbay says leadership is silencing dissent; Ya’alon’s ouster and replacement by Liberman was the last straw

Bennett unmoved by new PM proposal on security cabinet reform

By Raphael Ahren

Poll: Party headlined by Ya’alon, Sa’ar, Kahlon could beat Likud

By Marissa Newman

Lapid backs Jewish Home in demands for security cabinet reform

By Tamar Pileggi and Marissa Newman

Elton John performs in Tel Aviv on May 26, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Concert review

Hold us closer, shiny Elton

There are no goosebumps like the goosebumps you get when hearing ‘Tiny Dancer’ live in Tel Aviv just a few hours after listening to it in the shower

Elton John semi-dedicates ‘Your Song’ to Israel

US President Barack Obama hugs a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele)

'Death fell from the sky and the world was changed'

In Hiroshima, Obama urges world free of nuclear weapons

By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug

On historic visit, US president pays tribute to victims, but does not apologize; says 1945 bombing ‘demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself’

North Korea slams Obama’s ‘childish’ Hiroshima visit

By AFP

UN atomic watchdog: Iran sticking to nuclear deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

S. Korea navy fires warning shots after North incursion

By AFP

A general view of the Prime Minister's Office building in Jerusalem (Orel Cohen/Flash90)

Guards at Netanyahu’s office said to ask Arab student to remove her bra

Diran Shalabneh describes ‘humiliating’ examination before scheduled meeting with official in charge of Arab advancement programs

In this May 24, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Trump clinches Republican presidential nomination

By Stephen Ohlemacher and Jonathan Lemire

Presidential hopeful reaches magic number of 1,238 delegates, avoiding a contested GOP convention in July

NYT editor calls out Trump for ignoring supporters’ anti-Semitic tweets

By JTA

Sanders expects ‘consensus’ on Palestinian rights at party convention

By JTA

Memorable moments from Trump’s rise in chaotic GOP race

By Laurie Kellman

Ali G. (Sacha Baron Cohen), right, interviews Donald Trump (YouTube)

Cold shoulder

That time when Ali G. sat down with the Donald

By Renee Ghert-Zand

After an in-character interview from 13 years ago resurfaces, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen claims he was the first person to realize Trump ‘was a dick’

Gaza: A port is no cure for poverty

Why would Hamas want an off-shore economic and humanitarian project to help the very people it puts in harm’s way?

Jews may debate without pause, but through all the divisions, they remain bound in a common bond of fate (Behar)

Shmuley Boteach

J Street: For sale to the highest bidder

The lobby group accepted $576,500 to help the Obama administration undermine Israel’s security

The 'Star Wars' character Yoda’s uncommon grammar is used by a geneticist to explain his theory on the origins of Yiddish, among whose greatest writers was Shalom Aleichem. (Screenshot from YouTube/Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting on May 15, 2016. (Emil Salman/POOL)

PM ‘regrets’ his attack on media, left over gang rape of disabled woman

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Netanyahu says he should have waited for police investigation before demanding condemnation of alleged attack by 3 Arabs on Jewish victim

PM blasts media, left over gang-rape of disabled Jewish woman

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Guards at Netanyahu’s office said to ask Arab student to remove her bra

Lapid backs Jewish Home in demands for security cabinet reform

By Tamar Pileggi and Marissa Newman

Jewish kids play with a ball in Amona, an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah, May 18, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)

West Bank outpost’s impending evacuation a test for Israel

By Tia Goldenberg

By court order, Amona must be demolished by December 2016, but Netanyahu’s newly expanded right-wing coalition will likely work to stop that

Lawmakers, academics and other professionals participate in conference to advance Arabic in Israel during the first ever Knesset Arabic Language Day on May 24, 2016. ( Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)

Found in translation: Arabic language wins unexpected approval in Knesset

In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 photo, contestants in the first Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant, rest during rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essay

Israeli transgender women ready for contest finals

By Oded Balilty

Miss Trans Israel pageant, to be held at the national theater in Tel Aviv, brings together contestants of all religions

Then-Cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit (L) seen with then-Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein (R) during the weekly government conference at PM Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on January 31, 2016. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

A-G defends predecessor’s handling of Netanyahu probe

By Joshua Davidovich

Mandelblit dismisses accusations that Yehuda Weinstein dragged his feet in investigating alleged wrongdoing by PM

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on June 8, 2014. (AP/MENA)

After purported coalition snub, Sissi said to back Palestinian peace demands

Abbas’s Friday meeting with Egyptian president a response to Netanyahu’s alliance with Yisrael Beytenu over Zionist Union, officials say

Tunisian special forces patrol around the Djerba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba during the annual Jewish Lag B'Omer pilgrimage, May 25, 2016. (AFP Photo/Fethi Belaid)

Under tight security, Jewish pilgrims gather on Tunisia isle

By AP

Despite their government’s warning, some Israelis make their way to Djerba to celebrate at 2,500-year-old synagogue

2breathe technologies combines a wearable monitoring device and a cloud-based app to induce and monitor sleep (Courtesy)

Trouble falling asleep? Israeli start-up has the answer

2breathe’s smart device combines ancient breathing techniques with modern, cloud-based technology to help users sleep without medication

Illustrative: A firefighter works to put out a fire near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot, on May 26, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Firefighters subdue large blazes near Jerusalem

By Stuart Winer

Residents of Romema advised to keep windows shut even after flames extinguished; fires still rage in other areas

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Canadian Ambassador to Israel Vivian Bercovici speaks at an event for Air Canada airline, at the Ben Gurion International Airport, August 5, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Canada to replace outspoken pro-Israel envoy with career diplomat

By Raphael Ahren

Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Yair Golan arrives at a farewell ceremony for former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon at army headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Dressed to killGenerals get a makeover with new dress uniforms

By Judah Ari Gross

A German edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' ('My Struggle') at the Berlin Central and Regional Library (Zentrale Landesbibliothek, ZLB) in Berlin, Germany, December 7, 2015 (AFP/Tobias Schwarz)

Germany probes publisher planning to reprint Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

By AFP

Former child actor Corey Feldman (YouTube screenshot)

‘Goonies’ ex-child star says he was molested in Hollywood

By JTA

BioMed (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Start-up’s anti-suicide drug is honored at life sciences show

RideOn goggles in action (Courtesy)

Israel’s RideOn to compete in Rio ‘tech Olympics’

Students at the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey. (YouTube screenshot)

NJ court says state funds for yeshiva unconstitutional

By AP

Robert Kraft being 'hooded' at the Yeshiva University commencement in New York City, May 26, 2016. (Adena Stevens/Yeshiva University via JTA)

Eye on the ballHave ‘wildly improbable dreams,’ Kraft tells grads

By JTA

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

Salty and smokyBeyoncé fresses on $3,500 of Jewish deli food in Toronto

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Comedian Sarah Silverman (left) appears with sister Rabbi Susan Silverman on 'The View,' May 26, 2016. (YouTube)

Sister actSilverman sisters talk adoption on ‘The View’

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni at a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, February 23, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewPolitical jabfest, Elton lovefest

By Adiv Sterman

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