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What Matters Most On Friday, July 8, 2016

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signs a guest book at the presidential compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 7, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Analysis'We will change the automatic majority against Israel'

In Africa, Lion King Bibi begins to outroar the Palestinians

By Raphael Ahren

Offering high-tech and security know-how in return for diplomatic support, Netanyahu was welcomed like a superpower chief

Netanyahu talks with leader of Muslim African state

By Raphael Ahren

Taking the high roadNetanyahu apologizes for Nairobi traffic woes

Netanyahu unwittingly secreted original Auschwitz blueprints to Israel

By JTA

Police and others gather at the emergency entrance to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where several police officers were taken after the shootings on July 7, 2016. (AP/Emily Schmall)

Five police officers killed, 9 hurt in Dallas protest shooting

By AP, AFP and ToI Staff

Three suspects in custody, fourth engaged in shootout with police after snipers open fire on demonstration over police shootings nationwide

Obama ‘horrified’ by ‘vicious’ attack on police in Dallas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Capitol placed on brief lockdown over fears of armed assailant

Beyonce pleads to end ‘war’ on minorities after shootings

By AFP

Iran's heavy-water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran, on January 15, 2011. (AP/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

Iran seeking illegal nuke, missile technology: German intelligence

Tehran believed to have made at least nine ‘clandestine’ attempts to acquire materiel that could be used for nuclear arms development

House passes measure to stop sale of Boeing aircraft to Iran

By Richard Lardner

Man held for spying on German-Israeli group for Iran

By AP

From the webIran missile tests ‘not consistent’ with nuclear deal spirit: UN

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Analysis

Donald Trump could lay ‘Stargate’ to rest – if he wanted to

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

GOP candidate could apologize and admit mistake, but that just isn’t him… and it could cost him the election

Jewish groups slam ‘xenophobia’ in US election

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Trump says he wouldn’t have removed ‘Star of David’ tweet

By JTA

Jared Kushner under fire from family over defense of Trump

A fish swallows an Egyptian soldier in a mosaic scene depicting the splitting of the Red Sea from the Exodus story, from the 5th-century synagogue at Huqoq, in northern Israel, unveiled in 2017. (Jim Haberman/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)

Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue

By Ilan Ben Zion

Huqoq excavations in Galilee reveal more parts of ‘most extensive series of biblical stories’ from 5th century, archaeologist says

Protestors marching at a rally in London, July 2, 2016. (Isabel Infantes/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images/via JTA)

'I have never been targeted in this way before'

Did the Brexit vote unleash the bigots? Some British Jews think so

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A 500-percent rise in reported hate crimes in weeks following separation vote spark fears of ultranationalism

In post-Brexit Scotland, Jews warm up to leaving UK

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Labour MP who accused Israel envoy of dual loyalties promoted

By JTA

May is front-runner as next British PM after Gove knocked out

By Alice Ritchie

Yedidya Julian Sinclair

He knew the men who led Britain to Brexit

Even as young Oxford debaters, Johnson and Gove were committed to liberalism, democracy, and making England great again

Helen Gottstein

East Jerusalem: Did you know?

Some of the extreme costs of living on the other side of the fence

Ori Hanan Weisberg

The intent to create 2nd-class citizens

Is there a way of life for everyone from the river to the sea that upholds commitments to both nation and liberalism?

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

No faith without uncertainty

Skepticism has its place, but it won’t help people find belief; that takes trust, hope, love and a deep personal quest

Rotem Aharoni (Courtesy: Poriya Hospital)

Jordanian man attacks Israeli car, assaults driver near Kinneret

Woman suffers minor injuries, assailant shot in leg by security; unclear how suspect crossed border, or what his motives were

A priest inspects the damage caused to the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, which was set on fire in what police suspect was an arson attack, June 18, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

A year later, Jesus ‘Loaves’ church attacked by Jewish arsonists still not repaired

First gov’t compensation payment only just arrived; officials say it’s not nearly enough to fix damage; fundraising under way in Germany

Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier who shot a Palestinian terrorist in Hebron on March 24, 2016, seen at a court hearing at a military court in Jaffa, July 12, 2016. (Flash90)

Prosecutors, witnesses in Hebron soldier trial given extra security

Panic button installed on phones of those involved in case amid mounting threats; defendant gets first weekend furlough

American filmmaker and actor Quentin Tarantino (left) receiving an award from Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (center) and Jerusalem Cinematheque director Noa Regev (right) at the opening night of the Jerusalem Film Festival, on July 7, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jerusalem Film Festival opens to jeers for Miri Regev, cheers for Tarantino

By Jessica Steinberg

Iconic American director finds ‘something special’ about receiving an award ‘at the foot of the Old City’

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, July 7, 2016. (Flash90)

Bennett: Kidnap Hamas officials to get soldiers’ bodies back

Jewish Home minister says Israel needs ‘leverage’ to secure return of soldiers’ remains held in Gaza Strip

Google Offices in downtown Manhattan on July 27, 2014. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israel walks tightrope in clash with Facebook, Google

By Shoshanna Solomon

Blocking content won’t be easy, collaboration is best bet, experts say

Iraqi security forces keep watch in Baghdad on July 5, 2016, at the site of a previous car bomb attack. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye, File)

30 killed at Iraqi shrine days after Baghdad blast

Overnight attack leaves another 50 wounded as Islamic State jihadists lash out amid battlefield setbacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-Bild newspaper chief editor, Kai Diekmann, right, look at original blueprints of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland, in Berlin, August 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Rainer Jensen, Pool)

Netanyahu unwittingly secreted original Auschwitz blueprints to Israel

By JTA

German government wanted to hold on to historical documents, but journalist thought they should be in Yad Vashem

Iraqi policemen inspect the aftermath scene of a mortar and bombing attack on the Sayyid Mohammed shrine in the Balad area, located 70 kilometers (around 45 miles) north of Baghdad, on July 8, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)

Islamic State bombing kills 37 at Shiite shrine near Baghdad

By AP and AFP

Iraqi PM fires security chief over repeated failures; at least 62 others wounded in coordinated assault

This August 22, 2006 photo shows a street in the Ladadika neighborhood, which used to be the Jewish quarter in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Wikimedia Commons)

Greek mayor wants his city to remember its vibrant Jewish past

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The image disseminated by the Madrid branch of Spain’s United Left party.

Spanish party under fire for ‘anti-Semitic’ Obama cartoon

By JTA

The Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Lyndhurst, Ohio has become what is perhaps the first Orthodox synagogue to elect an all-female slate of officers. (Facebook)

In what could be a first, Orthodox synagogue elects all-female board

By JTA

This still image taken from video posted Saturday, May 21, 2016, on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Armed Forces spokesman shows an Egyptian ship collecting wreckage of EgyptAir flight 804. (Egyptian Armed Forces via AP)

Parts of downed EgyptAir flight wash up on Israeli beach

By Raphael Ahren

Moshe Ya'alon (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Former defense minister Ya’alon joins US think tank

By JTA

Some of Tel Aviv-Jaffa's chefs pose for the recent issue of Conde Nast Traveler, in which Tel Aviv-Jaffa is ranked fifth for cities with great food. (Courtesy Iliya Melinkov)

Tel TastyTel Aviv-Jaffa named world’s fifth-best foodie town

By Jessica Steinberg

Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes (Flickr/Agencia de Noticias ANDES/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Paraguay president to visit Israel seeking expanded ties

By JTA

Sara Scur in a scene from 'Soon By You,' episode 2 (screen capture: YouTube)

Kosher loveOrthodox dating series releases 2nd episode, finally

By Gabe Friedman

This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an artist's impression of the triple star system HD 131399 from close to the gas giant planet orbiting in the system. (L. Calçada/ESO via AP)

Three's companyTriple sunrises, sunsets at this strange new world

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (right) shakes hands with Israel Prize laureate Erez Biton after receiving a committee's recommendation on increasing Mizrahi education in Israeli schools, on July 7, 2016. (Courtesy: Education Ministry)

Hebrew media reviewTalking ’bout a revolution

By Adiv Sterman

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