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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 2, 2016

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MK Michael Oren during a committee session at the Knesset, June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Michael Oren backs Knesset probe of binary options fraud, says it ‘threatens’ Israel

By Raoul Wootliff and Simona Weinglass

Massive Israel-based industry scamming victims worldwide is ‘very, very disturbing,’ says new deputy minister for public diplomacy

France bans a ‘dangerous’ Israeli binary options firm, US fines two more

By Simona Weinglass and Raoul Wootliff

Michael Oren named deputy minister in charge of public diplomacy

Police say drop Herzog graft probe, citing lack of evidence

Police at the light rail stop in central Jerusalem where a would-be attacker was found with explosives in his bag, on July 17, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

With bomb covered in poisoned nails, Palestinian tried to attack Jerusalem tram

By Judah Ari Gross

Engineering student at Hebron University tells investigators he wanted ‘revenge’ for non-Muslims visiting Temple Mount

Illustrative: The IDF carries out overnight raids in the West Bank, August 1, 2016 (IDF)

Soldiers arrest relatives of rabbi’s killer in raid

Israel's rhythmic gymnastics team receives the gold medal at the the 32nd Rhythmic Gymnastics European championships 2016 at the Holon Toto Hall in Holon on June 19, 2016. (Courtesy Israel Gymnastic Association Facebook)

Got rhythm? Gymnastics a top medal hope for Israel in Rio

From wrestlers to windsurfers, several sabras in Israel’s largest-ever team have a shot at making the podium in Brazil

Palestinians send 6 athletes to Rio — half of them Germans

2016 Olympics: Israel’s largest-ever delegation is ready for Rio

By Marcus M. Gilban

Israel permits Gazan soccer team to play in Hebron

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

Live updates (closed)

US Air Force declares F-35 ‘combat ready’ ahead of Israel delivery

By Ilan Ben Zion

Netanyahu chats with new UK counterpart May for first time; Zionist Union’s Bahloul and Kulanu’s Shasha-Biton reported to meet with Abbas

Katharina von Schnurbein, the EU's coordinator for fighting anti-Semitism, addressing the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in Jerusalem, July 14, 2016 (Andres Lacko)

Interview

EU anti-Semitism czar: Refugees are not involved in attacks on Jews

By Raphael Ahren

Still, Katharina von Schnurbein says, Europe needs to be ‘proactive’ in transmitting its values to Muslim immigrants

The four victims of the Paris Hyper Cacher attack, from left to right: Yoav Hattab, Yohan Cohen, Francois-Michel Saada, Philippe Braham. (Courtesy)

French Muslims’ anti-jihad letter omits Jewish victims

By JTA

Elie Wiesel: Conscience of humanity

Irwin Cotler, former Canadian Justice Minister, marks 30 days since the Nobel laureate was laid to rest: Elie reminded us again and again never to be silent in the face of evil

Tzippy Lowinger

Stop doubting converts’ motivations

Consider the personal and financial toll of becoming Jewish, and realize that nobody takes it on without really meaning it!

Haviv Rettig Gur

Zionism killed Jewish communities?

The Jewish historian who said she’s done with Israel managed to gloss over a century of genocide and expulsion

Shmuley Boteach

It’s time for the Jews to proselytize

Why not give more people an opportunity to bask in — and help spread — the light of Judaism?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and former president Shimon Peres at the launch of a a new Israeli Innovation Center in Jaffa on July 21, 2016. (Yair Sagi/POOL)

Peres: Trump foreign policy would be ‘a very great mistake’

By JTA

Former president blasts GOP nominee’s isolationist vision; compares Palestinian move to sue Britain to refighting Crusades

Supporters await the arrival of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 29, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ)

Uneasy Republicans, confident Democrats diverge on ‘Jewish’ issues

GOP Jews seek to paint Democrats as anti-Israel, but members of the faith remain overwhelmingly liberal

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag at the 2016 Democratic National Convention (Republican Jewish Coalition/YouTube screenshot)

Republican Jewish Coalition ad brands Democrats ‘anti-Israel’

By JTA

Orthodox school girls looking at posters in Beit Shemesh in June 2014. (photo credit: Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)

Knesset rolls back Haredi secular studies requirement

By Stuart Winer and Marissa Newman

Lawmakers remove threat of budget cuts to schools that fail to teach math, English and sciences

Illustrative photo of a cybersecurity expert (AP/John Minchillo)

Israeli lawmakers advance bill to streamline cybersecurity

By Judah Ari Gross

Citing DNC hack and Russian cyberattacks during 2008 Georgia war, MKs present plans to bring digital defenses under one roof

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets then-US secretary of state Hillary Clinton on her arrival at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, pool, file)

US cybersecurity firms say Russia likely behind hacks

By AP and ToI Staff

Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel, in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, January 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Minister says cabinet comments on media border on ‘fascism’

By Stuart Winer and Haviv Rettig Gur

Gila Gamliel, Moshe Kahlon take Miri Regev to task for saying government should ‘control’ new public broadcaster

A staged photo uploaded to the IDF's official Facebook page to mark Pride Month in 2012 (photo credit: via Facebook)

Two-thirds of Israelis back an army open to LGBT troops

Peace Index finds support declines with heightened religious affiliation, from 81% among the secular to 29% among Haredim

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking at a meeting in Tehran, November 1, 2015. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Khamenei says talks with US are ‘lethal poison’ to Iran

By ToI Staff and AFP

Iran’s leader says Washington has failed to live up to nuclear deal promises, proving that it cannot be trusted

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem on July 5, 2015. (Emil Salman/POOL)

Government mulls new plan to move Amona outpost

Proposal would see homes relocated from private Palestinian land to ‘rental’ arrangement on plot whose owners fled in 1967

Air Force Commander Major-General Amir Eshel, Jerusalem. November 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster /Flash90)

Senior officer suspended over alleged affair with subordinate

By Judah Ari Gross and Stuart Winer

Air force colonel relieved of duties for 2 weeks as military police investigate his suspected relationship with NCO

Illustrative: Ethiopian-Israelis protest police brutality and mistreatment in Israeli society, Tel Aviv, June 3, 2015. (Flash90)

Police said to shelve recommendations for curbing brutality against Ethiopians

By Stuart Winer

While other ministries adopt advisory committee’s report, Israel Police insists it’s already implemented much of it

Hundreds of well-wishers welcome 218 new immigrants from North American who flew to Israel on a Nefesh B'Nefesh chartered flight, July 19, 2016. (Shahar Azran)

What will it take to keep new immigrants in Israel?

By Jessica Steinberg

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Between the sheets (YouTube screenshot)

Quality bed timeIsraeli study reveals how to rekindle sexual flame

Staff at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot (Ofer Levi/ Kaplan Medical Center)

60-year-old has baby in emergency delivery

Elbit's wearable heads-up display (YouTube screen capture)

Easy on the eyesIsraeli tech enables pilots to see through fog

Wild rabbits seen at Kibbutz Magen, in south Israel, August 26, 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Hare today, gone tomorrowJerusalem woman arrested with 4 dead rabbits

Heinrich Himmler with his daughter Gudrun ca. 1941 (Vanessa Lapa’s 'The Decent One' via JTA)

Himmler’s diary discovered in archive in Russia

By JTA

Cameron Douglas in 'It Runs In The Family' which also stars his father, Michael, and grandfather, Kirk (screen capture: YouTube)

Michael Douglas’s son out of jail

Illustrative photo of an ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Pizza delivery guy killed in holdup gone wrong

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, during the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris on November 30, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Gujarat team seeks ventures, inspiration in Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

Celliboost's mobile broadband platform (Courtesy)

Celliboost links SIM cards for continuous communication

By Shoshanna Solomon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reads a newspaper in the Knesset. Jan 06, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/ FLASH90)

Hebrew media reviewThe press looks at itself, through a funhouse mirror

By Joshua Davidovich

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