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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 21, 2016

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Relatives grieve at hospital August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEB)

Death toll rises to 50 from ‘IS bombing’ at Turkey wedding

By Ilyas Akengin and Raziye AKKOC

Erdogan says jihadist group ‘likely’ responsible for terror attack targeting heavily Kurdish area near Syrian border

Turkey wedding bomber was 12-14 years old, Erdogan says

Turkey PM: Russia can share Incirlik airbase with US ‘if necessary’

By Tamar Pileggi

Brother of Syrian boy whose image shocked the world dies of wounds from bombing

An Israeli police sapper carries part of a rocket which landed in a yard of a house in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, August 21, 2016. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Gaza rocket strikes near homes in Sderot; no injuries

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Projectile hits between two homes near train station and college in Israeli border town, causes no damage; Israel strikes back at two Hamas targets in northern Strip

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)

Live updates (closed)

Hamas pledges continued resistance against ‘cowardly’ Israel

By Raoul Wootliff

Group holds rally after rocket fired from Gaza Strip lands in Sderot; Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team’s 6th place finish ends Israel’s medal hopes at the Rio games

A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on August 21, 2016 shows him (3rd-R) and Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan (2nd-L) standing next to the new Bavar 373 missile defence system in Tehran.
The system was designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones, combat aircraft and ballistic missiles, according to earlier statements by Dehghan. (AFP PHOTO / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY)

Iran releases images of new missile defense system

By AFP and ToI Staff

Unveiling Bavar 373, President Rouhani says Tehran’s military budget has more than doubled since last year

A Khalij Fars ballistic missile on a transporter during a military parade in Iran. (Iranian military/CC BY-SA 3.0/WikiMedia)

Iran vows to improve its missiles, offers support for ‘anti-Zionist front’

Jewish Olympians murdered during the Holocaust included, from left, Lilli Henoch, Attila Petschauer, Victor Perez and Eddy Hamel. (Public domain)

'They were mowed down like all the other Jews of Europe'

The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims

By Matt Lebovic

Largely forgotten, at least 30 Jewish Olympians were murdered in the Holocaust, often displaying uncommon heroism in the face of death

Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team reaches finals in Rio

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek (screen capture: YouTube)

With detente agreed, Turkey’s deputy PM eyes Israel trip

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Jerusalem welcomes deal, calling for swift implementation of reconciliation’s terms, including mutual return of ambassadors

A Hamas flag seen at the Aqsa children's festival on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. April 06, 2013 (Photo credit: Sliman Khader/FLASH90)

Jerusalem man ‘transferred Hamas funds’ from Turkey to West Bank

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi salute the members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey in Sept. 2012 (photo credit: AP/Kayhan Ozer)

Turkish PM: We want to repair ties with Egypt

By AFP

Why people don’t trust the Israeli left

Liberals indifference to the plight of a truck driver who shot and killed a burglar highlights a core weakness

Stephen M. Flatow

When rebuffing a handshake is much more

A ceasefire beats gunfire, but if it’s all Egypt can deliver despite years of ‘peace,’ there’s little to hope for

A country divided by its schools

What if young secular, Orthodox, Haredi and Arab children started out together in the same classroom?

March of the Living participants in the Lupachowo Forest, site of a mass execution of Jews from the town of Tykocin, in 2013 (Courtesy)

At site of Nazi slaughter, ‘Death to leftists’ seen written in Hebrew on flag

Education Ministry searching for the Israeli students presumed responsible for banner found in Polish forest

French police at the scene of a Jewish man was stabbed by a mentally disturbed man shouting "Allahu Akbar" in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg on August 19, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Man charged with attempted murder for stabbing Strasbourg Jew

By ToI Staff and AFP

French prosecutors launch hate crime investigation after assault by mentally unstable suspect with history of anti-Semitic attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with leader of the opposition Isaac Herzog during the opening session of the 20th Israeli parliament on March 31, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Labor MKs slam Herzog for reported talks with PM on unity government

By ToI Staff and Tamar Pileggi

Likud and Labor leaders both deny any negotiations are taking place, but skeptics note they denied the last round of contacts, too

Israeli army jeeps patrol along the Northern Israeli border with Lebanon on July 14, 2014. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Israel: Hezbollah behind explosives found near Lebanon border

By Tamar Pileggi

Defense official says 3 charges discovered by farmer in Metulla last month were to be used in attacks against IDF, civilians

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

Analysis

Netanyahu, Liberman want Hamas win in local elections, Fatah officials claim

By Avi Issacharoff

Abbas associates say gains by Islamists would justify Israeli rejectionism; Fatah showing unity in ranks ahead of vote

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

CyberWrite aims to help insurers tackle cybercrime risk

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tel Aviv-based startup is developing a platform for the underwriting of cyberinsurance policies

This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show Islamic State militants leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (Photo credit: AP Photo via militant website)

Iraq executes 36 jihadists over 2014 massacre of soldiers

By Bassem Attiya

Officials say the men were convicted of perpetrating the Islamic State’s mass killing of 1,700 army recruits at a Tikrit military base

Kurdish fighters of the YPG flash victory signs as they sit on their pickup on their way to battle against the Islamic State, near Kezwan mountain, northeast Syria, May 20, 2015. (The Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units via AP/File)

Westerners seen flocking to battle Islamic State while they still can

By Thomas WATKINS

As jihadis lose ground and morph into traditional terror group, frontline volunteers note uptick in Americans and others looking to join fight while there still is one

Yisrael and Haviva Yanover, who got married while serving as lone soldiers in the IDF, in an undated photograph. (Courtesy)

A year after his release, Gaza war veteran still waiting for NIS 10,000 in back pay

By Judah Ari Gross

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Starring Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur, this is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel 'Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ' by Lew Wallace. (courtesy Paramount Pictures)

‘Ben-Hur’ crashes at box office with $12m debut

By ToI Staff and AFP

King Mohammed VI of Morocco at the Moroccan Ambassador to the United States' residence in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2013. (US State Department)

Moroccan king calls on diaspora to reject Islamic extremism

By AFP

A page from the mysterious Voynich manuscript, which is undeciphered to this day. (Wikimedia Commons, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)

Oy VoynichAncient mystery text nobody’s deciphered set for publication

By Marianne Barriaux

Newly elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan is greeted by well wishers outside City Hall in London, on his first day as mayor, Monday May 9, 2016. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Joining Labour mutiny, London mayor says Corbyn unelectable

A document showing the Islamic University in Lecce, Italy on February 28, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Official at Italy’s Islamic University calls for ‘final solution for Zionists’

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks on August 17, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Noel Celis)

Potty-mouthed prezPhilippine leader threatens to withdraw from UN

By AFP

Israel competes in the group all-around qualifying event for rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Hebrew media reviewLast chance in Rio

By Ilan Ben Zion

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