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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 17, 2016

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Palestinian students who support the Hamas movement take part in an election campaign rally for the student council at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 26, 2016 (AFP/Abbas Momani)

IDF arrests key Hamas elections official in the West Bank

By Dov Lieber and Judah Ari Gross

Islamist terror group accuses Israel of meddling in Palestinian politics, a day after top Gaza official said vote could be postponed

Palestinian teen said killed in clashes with IDF troops in West Bank

By Agencies and ToI Staff

IDF probing footage of smoke grenade thrown at Ramallah residents

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas threatens to boycott elections over arrests by PA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, confers with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

A-G: No justification for holding terrorists’ bodies

By Marissa Newman

Liberman unveils new security plans, raps top legal official for position on releasing remains of attackers for burial

'A Hearing Before the Inquisition,' engraving by Mexican artist Constantino Escalante. (Public domain)

When the Spanish Inquisition expanded to the New World

By Rich Tenorio

At the New Mexico History Museum, a new exhibit shows how hidden Jews fled to the colonies after 1492, but still couldn’t escape persecution

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner attend the 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, May 2, 2016. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com, via JTA)

Jared Kushner once broke up with Ivanka Trump because she wasn’t Jewish

By Eric Cortellessa

Couple split briefly in 2008, only got back together after Wendi Murdoch invited them for a weekend on her yacht, report says

Clinton says Trump foreign policy ‘absolutely bewilders’ her

By Jill Colvin and Ken Thomas

Analysis3 roles that could define Hillary Clinton’s relations with the Jews

Hebrew TrumpWhy did Trump launch a Twitter feed in Hebrew?

An IDF D9 bulldozers, manufactured by Catepillar. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90)

7 soldiers injured as bulldozer collides with APC in northern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Reasons behind crash still unknown; victims were working to shore up defenses along Lebanese border before the crash

WATCH: My blind date was a spy

Shoshana contributed to the security of a fledgling Israel; today, her actions pose questions on loyalty’s limits

To my Muslim brethren: I see you

Whether or not the double murder in New York is labeled a hate crime, the fears they stirred are a call to action

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

I cannot mourn Jerusalem

The liturgy of lamentations hasn’t stood the test of time, for who can give the lie to the vibrant holy city of today?

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with Yisrael Katz during a Knesset plenary session, February 8, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Netanyahu moves to head off weakening of his Likud powers

Party’s secretariat, chaired by Minister Yisrael Katz, votes to impose oversight over PM’s campaign appointments and budget

Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks at the 2016 Israel Medical Conference, at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem on August 16, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ya’alon says leadership exaggerating threats, ‘scaring’ Israeli citizens

A security guard stands at an entrance to the Sarona Market shopping center in Tel Aviv, on June 9, 2016, the morning after a fatal terror attack took place there. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

After Sarona attack, open malls to get tougher security

By Raoul Wootliff

Public Security Ministry pushing to increase safety of public spaces by bolstering on-site guards, introducing patrols

Intel’s Craig Raymond displays the Project Alloy virtual reality headset in front of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich (L) during the Day 1 keynote at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (Intel Corporation)

Intel’s new ‘merged reality’ headset sports made-in-Israel tech

By Dan Schwartz

Project Alloy, introduced this week in San Francisco, lets you move around in VR without bumping into real-world objects, utilizing RealSense, a Haifa-developed vision system

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally on August 16, 2016 in West Bend, Wisconsin. (Darren Hauck/Getty Images/AFP)

Facing dismal polls, Trump shakes up senior campaign staff

By Anita BEATTIE

Breitbart boss Stephen Bannon to serve as chief exec, while veteran GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway becomes campaign manager

Egypt's Islam Elshehaby (blue) refuses to shake hands after defeat by Israel's Or Sasson in their men's +100kg judo contest match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 12, 2016. (AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)

Israeli judoka: Rival’s ‘Allahu akbar’ before bout reminded me of terror attacks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Even before spurned handshake, medalist Or Sasson says, Egyptian delegation wouldn’t ride in elevator with Israeli opponents

US gymnast Simone Biles (R) and her compatriot Alexandra Raisman celebrate after the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNAND)

Raisman takes silver at Rio in head-to-head with teammate Biles

Jewish-American gymnast earns third medal in 2016 games, sixth overall in Olympic career

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking. (CC-BY elhombredenegro/Flickr)

Israeli scientist may have proved Hawking’s black hole theory

40 years after the controversial proposal, Technion researcher’s findings could pave Nobel path for famed physicist

Daniel Radcliffe, right, in a scene from “Imperium,” in which he plays an FBI agent going undercover as a neo-Nazi. (Lionsgate Premiere)

What’s a nice Jewish boy like Daniel Radcliffe doing playing a neo-Nazi?

By Curt Schleier

David Zablocki and Evan Giniger, co-owners of Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)

‘Bread of life’ for early Jewish immigrants is life-preserver for changing neighborhood

By Cathryn J. Prince

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A hot desert sun (Flickr/Brenmna/CC BY 2.0)

July was hottest month in recorded history of Earth, NASA says

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A housing construction site in Jerusalem, October 27, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Housing prices continue to climb, despite reforms

By Raoul Wootliff

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a town hall event at a metal fabrication company in Hudson, New Hampshire, on February 8, 2016. (AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Trump backer Gov. Chris Christie signs anti-BDS legislation

By AP and ToI Staff

Germany's Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel showing the middle finger to a group of far-right protesters, August 12, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Racy cardGerman vice-chancellor gives neo-Nazis the finger

By AFP

A bus in the Czech Republic advertising the Nazi death camp Auschwitz as fun holiday destination that was originally made as a film prop seen on the website of the Auto Xaver bus company on August 16, 2016. (autoxaver.com)

Uproar over ‘satirical’ Czech bus advertising Auschwitz vacations

A YouTube screengrab photo of Aussie singer Sia's lackluster performance in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2016 (Courtesy YouTube)

We'll Sia in courtSia forgot to look ‘alive’ onstage in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Projected aerial view of the IDF's advanced technology and training facilities near Beersheba (Courtesy: Ministry of Development for the Galilee and Negev)

IDF takes first step to build new intel center in Negev

Sarona market at night, with Tel Aviv's ultra-modern Azraeli tower in the background. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Hebrew media reviewTwo sides of the coin

By Ilan Ben Zion

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