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What Matters Most On Saturday, August 20, 2016

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The Turkish parliament in June 2015 (Public domain/Wikipedia)

Turkish parliament approves Israel reconciliation deal

By AP and AFP

Nations set to restore ambassadors as detente goes into effect; ratification was delayed by failed military coup

Turkish PM: We want to repair ties with Egypt

By AFP

Turkey: Assad can be part of transition period in Syria

By AP and AFP

Photos show IS forces fleeing while using human shields

By ToI Staff and AFP

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, August 15, 2016. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Trump pleads for black votes: ‘What do you have to lose?’

By AFP

Republican presidential nominee maintains that ‘no group has been more harmed by Hillary Clinton’s policies than African-Americans’

40 Orthodox rabbis pen letter slamming Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’

By JTA

Trump closing gap on Clinton, new poll shows

Trump’s campaign chair quits after revelations of Ukraine ties

By Jeff Horwitz and CHAD DAY

Anne Frank statue near the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Matt Lebovic/Times of Israel)

Dutch Jewry can no longer sustain itself, local leader warns

By JTA

Head of Crescas institute for Jewish culture says Holocaust, emigration to Israel have taken devastating toll

Thousands of protesters attend a rally against anti-Semitism near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Sunday, September 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

In post-Brexit UK, Jews are seeking German passports

A still image from the film 'A Tale of Love and Darkness,' the debut of Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman as a director. The film is based on a novel by award-winning Israeli author Amos Oz, based on his novel of the same name published in 2003. (Screen capture YouTube)

Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for new film

Neta Riskin says that if Jerusalem-born actress were to live in Israel for a year, she could pass for a native

China's Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon bridge (YouTube screenshot)

Clear passage

China opens world’s greatest, Israeli-made, glass bridge

Designed by architect Haim Dotan, the transparent walkway is 1,410 feet long and 1,000 feet high

The Tolerance Monument, between the Jewish neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv and the Arab village of Jabel Mukaber. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Murals, monuments, orchards and ancient villages: Exploring Jerusalem’s hidden corners

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Israel’s capital is renowned for its historical sites, but the city has much to offer travelers willing to go the extra mile

Harold Goldmeier

Do Israeli black lives matter?

Response to an official report on the grievous extent of racism ranged between indifference and denial

Why are they crying ‘ransom’?

These are the same critics of the Iran nuclear pact who insisted US prisoners had to be part of the deal

In this undated photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Leader of the Zionist Union party Isaac Herzog (C) and Leader of the Joint (Arab) List, Ayman Odeh in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu-Herzog again holding talks on unity government — TV report

By ToI Staff and Tamar Pileggi

Both sides rush to deny meeting in Caesarea; Channel 2 stands by its story, notes that the parties denied they were talking last time, too

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Northern Israel, on August 19, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

TV report: ‘No entry’ to PM’s inner circle without Sara Netanyahu’s okay

Aides dismiss ‘recycled, false allegations’ in Channel 2 report that depicts PMO as dysfunctional, PM surrounded by mediocre yes-men

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Ehud Barak attend a press conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem, November 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud blasts ‘incompetent’ Barak over claim PM endangered state security

Ukrainians dressed in the SS Galician Division uniform stand in the guard of honor during re-burial ceremony at the SS Galician Division cemetery near the village of Chervone in western Ukraine on Sunday, July 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s honoring of war criminals leaves its Jews uneasy — and divided

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A US MH-60S Seahawk helicopter launches flares during a drill in the skies above the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Mediterranean Sea on July 25, 2012. (photo credit: Seaman Joshua E. Walters/ US Navy, Department of Defense)

2 US crashes, no serious injuries, at joint air exercises with Israel, Pakistan

4 hurt when chopper goes down, hours after jet pilot forced to eject; no confirmation of nationalities of wounded

Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)

Taking heat, US officials defend $400m cash payment to Iran

By Bradley Klapper

Administration says it made no sense not to use money as leverage to ensure that 4 American citizens were freed from prison in Islamic Republic

Shaul Ladany in his suburban Beersheba home with a prized piece of his Theodor Herzl collection, left. (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)

At 80, a Munich Olympics and Holocaust survivor is still the sportsman

By Hillel Kuttler

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Construction of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express train, seen outside of Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

TA-Jerusalem fast train on track for 2018, minister promises

By JTA

Israel's Neta Rivkin competes in the individual all-around qualifying event of the Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL)

Israel’s rhythmic gymnast out after qualifiers in Rio

Baseball writer Dan Schlossberg, left, with the former Atlanta Brave and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz. (Courtesy of Dan Schlossberg/via JTA)

3 baseball books from veteran Jewish observers of the game

By Hillel Kuttler

Illustrative photo of an ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Man hit by car, killed while fleeing police on Route 6

Illustrative: A Lifeguard pushing his boat at Tel Aviv Beach. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Four die in single day in spate of drownings across Israel

Celtic fans display Palestinian flags during match with Hapoel Beersheba in Glasgow, August 17, 2016. (Screenshot)

Flag movementUEFA probing Celtic for Palestinian flags at Hapoel match

Henry Winkler (L) and William Shatner in 'Better Late Than Never' (NBC/YouTube screenshot)

Happy DaysThe Fonz, Kirk set off on madcap Asian road trip

A tote bag created by Haifa studio Rock Paper Scissors reads: 'This text has no other purpose than to terrify those who are afraid of the Arabic language' (Facebook photo)

Keep calm & (buy a) carry-onArab Israeli tote bag pokes fun at Islamophobia

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