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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 4, 2016

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Mohammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)

Muhammad Halabi indicted in Israeli court

Israel charges senior Gaza aid worker with funneling tens of millions to Hamas

By Judah Ari Gross

World Vision charity denies its Gaza chief diverted 60% of his budget to terror group, which allegedly used the cash to finance weapons, tunnels

Analysis300 Hamas prisoners declare hunger strike in mass mutiny

By Avi Issacharoff

Fatah, Hamas accuse each other of sabotaging elections

Builders sought for underground Gaza border wall

By Stuart Winer

Former president Moshe Katsav leaves the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after being found guilty of rape. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90)

Rapist ex-president Moshe Katsav denied early release

By Tamar Pileggi

Parole board will reconsider freeing disgraced politician after he completes 6-month rehabilitation

Former bank executive Etti Alon, arrested in 2002 for embezzling approximately a quarter of a billion shekels from the Trade Bank, leading to the bank’s collapse, seen at a Ramla court on February 17, 2016. (Ido Erez/POOL)

Banker who embezzled NIS 250 million wins early release

By Tamar Pileggi

Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Egypt says it assassinated Islamic State leader in Sinai

By Marissa Newman

Cairo says 45 other jihadists killed in raids; Kerry defends $400 million cash payout to Iran, denies it was ransom

A map plotting American air bases identified as potential targets by Islamic State members in a Telegram group hacked by an Israeli cyberintelligence company. (Screen capture: Channel 10)

IS plans to hit US air bases in Mideast, warn Israelis who accessed IS web group

Israeli cyberintelligence group Intsights says that in Telegram group run by jihadists, it found list of US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia to be attacked

From left to right: Honore Gatera, the director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and Rwandan President Paul Kagama, in Kigali, Rwanda, July 6, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Interview

Visiting Israel, Netanyahu’s guide to the Rwandan genocide dreams of a better future

By Raphael Ahren

The director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, a survivor himself, reflects on the Holocaust and Iran’s vow to annihilate Israel, agrees incitement drives killing

11 names we need to say out loud

He was 8 years old during the Munich Olympics and he’ll never forget hearing the words ‘They’re all gone’

Leigh Hershkovich

The case against Jewish guilt

Judaism isn’t about what you’re ‘supposed’ to do in the eyes of people; go work on your relationship with God instead

Thane Rosenbaum

Israel, it’s not you — it’s them

Progressives who broke up with the Jewish state for not being perfect are engaging in moral narcissism

US President Barack Obama, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 9, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

Israel and US say ‘gaps closed,’ progress made on aid deal

By Raoul Wootliff

After three days of talks in Washington, negotiators close in on agreement for unprecedented 10-year defense package

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Khartoum's airport, July 19, 2016. (AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

Ahead of elections, Fatah brags of killing 11,000 Israelis

Despite PA efforts to suppress the group, October’s municipal vote could boost Hamas in West Bank

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on video about recent footage showing a Palestinian father telling soldiers to shoot his son, August 3, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

PM ‘shocked’ by clip of Palestinian father urging soldiers to kill son

By Raoul Wootliff

In latest video, Netanyahu says Palestinian Authority must stop encouraging parents to ‘call for the death of their own children’

A body is removed from the scene in Russell Square, central London, after a knife attack Thursday, August 4, 2016. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Israeli woman among wounded in deadly London stabbing spree

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Police say attack that killed American woman and injured 5 was carried out by Norwegian-Somali man, wasn’t terrorism

Illustrative photo of an Orthodox Jew walking past the Ahavas Torah Synagogue in the Stamford Hill area of north London on March 22, 2015. (AFP/Niklas Halle'n)

UK anti-Semitic incidents up 11% in 2016

By JTA

A delegation of Conservative Scottish lawmakers during an IDF strategic briefing at Mount Bental, overlooking the Syrian border, August 2016 (Elkie Myers/CFI)

Scottish Conservatives in Israel, in bid to flip the narrative back home

By Raphael Ahren

Senior MP sees Brexit as opportunity to build closer ties, says anti-Israel activism comes from ‘small but very vocal minority’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Briar Woods High School August 2, 2016, in Ashburn, Virginia. (AFP PHOTO / MOLLY RILEY)

Trump said to wonder ‘why US can’t use nuclear weapons’

Former CIA chief calls GOP nominee ‘inconsistent, unpredictable,’ traits that ‘frighten friends and tempt enemies’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign town hall at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP frustrations with Trump mount as allies weigh options

By Steve Peoples and Jonathan Lemire

Naghmeh Abedini holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2015 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Republicans blast $400m Iran ‘ransom,’ say it encourages kidnappings

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

White House denies funds paid to Islamic Republic were to secure release of detained US citizens; claims it was interest for 30-year-old failed arms deal

Protesters attend a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New York on April 29, 2015. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons, The All-Nite Images)

In platform, Movement for Black Lives accuses Israel of ‘genocide,’ backs BDS

By Eric Cortellessa

Ahead of elections, umbrella group releases document labeling Jewish state an ‘apartheid state,’ calls for stopping US support

A view of Tema, as it was known in the Bible, in northwestern Saudi Arabia (Courtesy Madain Saleh/Wikimedia Commons)

Travel Top Five

In Saudi Arabia, Jewish sites with ancient resonance beckon

By Jessica Steinberg

Hezbollah's preparations for the cross-border raid that sparked the 2006 Second Lebanon War, from a screenshot from a promo clip by the Lebanese al-Mayadeen station. (al-Mayadeen/YouTube)

Italian reporter probed over interviews for Hezbollah documentary

By Tamar Pileggi and ToI Staff

Journalist told wounded veteran, ex-defense and foreign ministers that footage was for BBC; says he was misled

Israel Broadcast Authority employees holds signs as they protest against planned dismissals in Jerusalem on August 30, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset passes controversial delay for new public broadcaster

In late-night vote, lawmakers push off launch of new corporation, which will take over Channel 1 and Israel Radio, until April 30, 2017

Devised by the Jewish Museum of Hohenems in Austria, the 'Jukebox, Jewkbox' exhibit highlights Jewish contributions to the world of vinyl. (Dietmar Walser)

On record: Jews were vital to vinyl, London exhibit shows

By Jenni Frazer

More Headlines

An elderly woman was tied in her wheelchair to a fence outside a Ramat Gan shopping mall for some 40 minutes, on August 2, 2016, sparking a police investigation after a passerby snapped a picture. (Channel 2)

Interior minister to deport caregiver who tied elderly woman to fence

Enjoying London in July 2016 with cancer-assistance organization Zichron Menachem, which assists kids with cancer and their families (Courtesy Zichron Menachem)

Spoonful of sugarBuckingham Palace and Big Ben are boon for sick kids

By Jessica Steinberg

BioCatch Scrolling Patterns (Courtesy)

BioCatch tracks memory use to catch cybercrooks

By Shoshanna Solomon

An Israeli police officer wearing a body camera as part of a pilot program announced August 3, 2016. (Israel Police)

Israeli police roll out body camera initiative

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (C) with Justice Ministry director-general Emi Palmor (L) and General Manager of the Finance Ministry, Shai Babad during a press conference regarding legalized gambling in Israel at the Finance Ministry office in Jerusalem on August 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance minister: Israel will not build casinos on my watch

Andrea Murez training in the pool at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. (Hillel Kuttler/via JTA)

From LA to Israel: One swimmer’s journey to the Rio Olympics

By Hillel Kuttler

Players from Israel's Hapoel Beersheba FC celebrate the victory against Greek team Olympiacos FC on August 3, 2016 at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba. (screen capture:YouTube)

After upset win, Hapoel Beersheba within striking distance of Champions League

Matisyahu, American reggae rapper and alternative rock musician performing at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem on October 10, 2015. (Flash90)

Time of his songOblivious fan sings Matisyahu song to reggae star

By Lior Zaltzman

Clint Eastwood presents the hero award at the Guys Choice Awards at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, June 4, 2016. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Do you feel lucky, Trump?Clint Eastwood praises anti-PC Trump

By AP

Former President Moshe Katsav, who is serving a seven-year sentence for rape, seen leaving Ma'asiyahu Prison with his wife Gila for a Passover furlough on April 3, 2015. (Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThe prison board’s dilemma

By Joshua Davidovich

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