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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 23, 2016

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President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP / JOHN THYS)

If occupation ends, so will terror worldwide, Abbas tells EU

By Tamar Pileggi

In speech to Brussels parliament, PA leader repeats hoax story of rabbis calling for poisoning of Palestinian wells

Rivlin: French plan seeks peace talks ‘for negotiations’ sake’

By Tamar Pileggi

Abbas turns down suggested meet with Rivlin in Brussels

By Tamar Pileggi

Netanyahu to meet Kerry in Rome to discuss peace talks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A woman collects her laundry before the polling station opens as a presiding officer and poll clerk set up a polling station in a laundromat in Headington outside Oxford on June 23, 2016. (AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS)

Historic British EU referendum kicks off under stormy skies

Record 46.5 million voters registered to cast ballots on whether nation should stay in European bloc; heavy rains may dampen turnout

In the UK, Syrian refugees compared with Jews of the 1930s

By Jenni Frazer

UK politicians make final appeals ahead of Brexit vote

By Katherine HADDON

Syrian Armenians find refuge in ancestral homeland

By Mariam HARUTYUNYAN

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP / JOHN THYS)

Live updates (closed)

ADL: Abbas’s remarks ‘reminiscent’ of anti-Semitic stereotypes

By Marissa Newman

Netanyahu slams ‘blood libel’ after Palestinian leader, addressing EU, cites hoax that rabbis were urging poisoning of Palestinian wells

'Kennkarte' (Identity card issued to Max Reinhold), March 1939. (Courtesy The Museum of World War II, Boston/New-York Historical Society)

NY anti-Semitism exhibit shows how history repeats itself

By Cathryn J. Prince

50 sobering pieces, including bedtime stories, signs, propaganda posters, and paperwork on display at the New-York Historical Society until July 31

Lithuanian mayor dismantles building made from Jewish headstones

By JTA

ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents at US colleges doubled in 2015

Jewish man beaten in Berlin anti-Semitic attack

By JTA

Lockheed Martin unveils Israel's first F-35 fighter jet in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 22, 2016. (Lockheed Martin)

Liberman unveils Israel’s future stealth fighter: The F-35

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense minister says aircraft will serve as a deterrent for years to come; jet to be delivered by year’s end

Helen Mirren tours Jerusalem with Mayor Nir Barkat, June 22, 2016. (Arnon Busani)

Helen Mirren finds award bash a good excuse to return to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

In town to present the Genesis Prize, actress says since her kibbutz stint she’s not a fan of the Jewish state but rather ‘a believer’ in it

Helen Mirren rejects efforts to boycott Israel

By AP

Violinist Perlman slams Trump for mocking disabled reporter

By Josef Federman

Alt-right hates comic’s new Trump children’s book

By Lior Zaltzman

Jonathan Leener

Fathers, rabbis and guns

Religious leaders have a moral imperative to protest gun violence and demand reform

Shayna Goldberg

He was never, ever fit to be an educator

It is time to call teacher misconduct on those who use fear and guilt to manipulate students, even with no sex scandal

LGBTQ Jews seek more than ‘solidarity’

After the sympathy for the dead in Orlando, it’s time to affirm the dignity of those who are alive

Abbas’s ‘humongous fail’? Not really

Wait a minute — you want the PA leader to acknowledge Zionism, and then he does, and then you mock him?

Donald Trump adviser David Friedman speaking to Channel 2 news, June 22, 2016. (Screenshot)

Trump adviser tells Israel to wait to sign military aid deal

By Stuart Winer

David Freidman says presumed GOP nominee would likely increase assistance so Israel maintains its ‘military and technological superiority in region’

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump SoHo Hotel, June 22, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump blames Clinton for Iranian regional ‘dominance’

Naama and Eitam Henkin, who were killed in a terror attack on October 1, 2015. (Courtesy)

Four Palestinians get life sentences for murdering Israeli couple

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hamas terrorists shot dead the Henkins in front of their children in attack on car in the West Bank

Illustrative: An ambulance at the scene of a stabbing attack on Route 443 on August 15, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel hands over body of slain Palestinian teen for burial

IDF says it mistakenly shot Mahmoud Badran, 15, while pursuing rock throwers; protesters demand ‘revenge’

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks at a press conference in Ankara, on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)

Turkey says Israel detente won’t impinge on Hamas ties

By Tamar Pileggi and Dov Lieber

Ankara insists talks with terror group key to reaching Mideast peace; Hamas says Turkey isn’t softening demand to lift Gaza blockade

Illustrative photo of a ritual bath attendant, a woman who checks that the immersion in the bath is kosher according to the Jewish tradition. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

In about-face, rabbinate says attendant not mandatory in ritual bath

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In Israeli religious authorities’ allowing women to immerse in the mikveh in privacy, some see a possible recognition of other ways of expressing Judaism

In this frame grab taken from AP video Georgia Rep. John Lewis, center, leads a sit-in of more than 100 Democrats in demanding a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists. (AP)

Republicans fail to thwart dramatic Democratic sit-in over guns

By AFP

House Speaker Ryan calls recess, but over 100 lawmakers staging protest to demand votes on gun control bills refuse to leave House floor, bringing in pillows as sit-in enters second day

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., left, participate in sit-down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Rep. John Yarmuth via AP)

Rebellious Democrats disrupt House, stage protest over guns

By Matthew Daly

Screenshot of a man who claims to have been a former lover of Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub. (screen capture: Univision)

Orlando shooter sought revenge on gay Latinos, alleged ex-lover says

Omar Mateen was ‘100 percent gay,’ infuriated when told a former sexual partner was HIV-positive

Pigeons fly at the Tuileries gardens, with the Eiffel Tower in background, in Paris, Saturday, November 14, 2015 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Oh, oui! France woos tech mavericks with funding, easy relocation

By Shoshanna Solomon

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The city of Ma'ale Adumim, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jewish PAC presses Republicans to call West Bank ‘Jewish homeland’

By JTA

Sahar Tusia (Facebook)

‘Arab’ gang slashes ‘dirty Jew’ with bottle in Tel Aviv

By Stuart Winer

Steven I. Weiss with his two sons. (Humans of New York/Facebook via JTA)

Teach 'em youngJewish reporter makes charity child’s play

By JTA

LeBron James with David Blatt during a 109-102 Cavaliers win over the Los Angeles Lakers, January 15, 2015. (Harry How/Getty Images)

Cavalier requestMK calls for Blatt to get an NBA champ ring

By JTA

A sign for Camp Livingston, a Jewish summer camp in Bennington, Indiana (Twitter via JTA)

Jewish girl, 11, killed as tree falls on cabin at Indiana camp

By JTA

Lev Leviev, front right, listening to a ceremony marking the opening of a Chabad center in Vienna, is seated next to his wife and daughter. One of Russia’s chief rabbis, Berel Lazar, is second from left, Feb. 18, 2007. (Dinah A. Spritzer via JTA)

NY police escort for Israeli billionaire said part of bribery scheme

By JTA

The flag of England waves behind the flag of the United Kingdom, in Southsea, England on July 20, 2008. (THOR/Creative Commons)

Hebrew media reviewShould I stay or should I go now?

By Ilan Ben Zion

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