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What Matters Most On Wednesday, August 24, 2016

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A Turkish army tank drives toward Syria in the Turkish border city of Karkamis, in the southern region of Gaziantep, August 24, 2016. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)

Turkish tanks roll into Syria to confront Islamic State

By AP and AFP

President Erdogan says operation aims to uproot jihadist group and Syrian Kurdish rebels, ‘put an end’ to border problems

Raped and tortured by IS, Yazidi women recover in Germany

By David Rising

Damascus condemns Turkish incursion into Syria

By AFP and AP

Netanyahu phones Putin to talk Middle East peace

A crowd brandish national flags and shout shouts slogans during a July 25, 2016 anti-coup rally in Istanbul, as a nationalistic fervor engulfs Turkey following the failed military coup attempt. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, FILE)

There’s a new bogeyman in Turkey, and, for a change, he’s not a Jew

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Surveys show most Turks harbor anti-Semitic views, and the Erdogan government has often capitalized on that sentiment. But in the wake of the failed coup, the president is focusing on a different enemy while moving to warm ties with Israel. Does this leave the Jewish community optimistic? Not exactly

Israel, Turkey to exchange ambassadors ‘in coming days’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Firemen and rescuers inspect damaged buildings in Amatrice after a powerful earthquake rocked central Italy, August 24, 2016. (AFP/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)

Italy quake leaves at least 38 dead, according to first official toll

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Emergency crews pull victims, survivors from beneath rubble; hundreds injured; Israel sends condolences

Victims sit among the rubble of a house after a strong earthquake hit Amatrice, Italy, on August 24, 2016. (AFP / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)

Italy’s Jewish community pledges aid to areas hit by earthquake

By JTA

Rescuers search among damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit central Italy, in Arquata del Tronto on August 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/STR)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu: I can’t fire Liberman, Bennett over Gaza war criticism

Prime minister says delicate coalition makes moves impossible; Pro-Palestinian activist guilty of assault in UK university riot

Gaza's last tiger, named Laziz, which was evacuated from a zoo in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip is carried by members of the international non-government "Four Paws" organization and vets from the Israeli Hebrew University veterinary teaching hospital in Beit Dagan, near Tel Aviv, on August 24, 2016, prior to being transported to South Africa. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)

'The tiger was very quiet. He was happy to leave'

Animal rescue operation complete as ‘world’s worst zoo’ closes in Gaza

By Rich Tenorio

In coordination with the Israeli and Palestinian governments, international animal welfare charity Four Paws takes some of Strip’s worst-kept animals to better homes

UK agency: No aid for charity accused of Hamas funding

Hanging by thousands of threads

Even a wicked stomach ache doesn’t make aliyah the lonely experience she’d feared it would be

Richard Friedman

My new Saudi friend

A long delay on the tarmac opened the floodgates of unlikely cross-cultural dialogue between airplane seatmates

9 criteria for a ‘pro-Israel’ president

Even if you’re not a single-issue voter, this guide helps sort out the issues of US relations with the Jewish state

IDF troops attend the scene of a stabbing in the West Bank on August 24, 2016, in which a soldier was lightly hurt. (photo credit: Hatzalah Yehuda & Shomron)

Soldier stabbed, lightly hurt, during West Bank confrontation

Palestinian knifeman killed after attacking troops who had been chasing stone throwers near settlement of Yitzhar

Illustrative: Israeli security forces in Hebron on December 24, 2015. (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)

Palestinian woman arrested with knife at Hebron checkpoint

Illustrative: ultra-Orthodox men walking along the street in the Stamford Hill area of London, Jan. 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images via JTA)

Satmar decree bars women from higher education

By JTA

Yiddish-language injunction issued by New York leaders of the Hasidic sect warns of ‘dangerous’ influence of secularism in women’s university studies

Muslim models display burkini swimsuits at a shop in western Sydney on August 19, 2016. (AFP/SAEED KHAN)

Woman on French beach ordered to remove burkini

By Stuart Winer and AFP

Cops tell sunbather to strip off Muslim modesty garb on Nice seashore; another fined for wearing headscarf in Cannes

Women on beach with one, left, wearing a burkini, a full-body swimsuit designed for Muslim women. (AFP/FETHI BELAID)

Beach burkinis stoke France’s long debate on secularism

By Elaine Ganley

Opponents of ban on Islam-conforming beachwear say secular cause is being used as an excuse to control Muslims

Children from families of African migrants gather at a so-called day-care center in southern Tel Aviv, on May 28, 2015. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Volunteers surge to help South Tel Aviv kids after soldiers are told to stop

By Melanie Lidman

Iranians display their smartphones using the Telegram messenger application on December 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Iran rounds up 450 social media users for ‘immoral activities’

By AFP

Revolutionary Guard says ‘arrested or summoned’ users also guilty of ‘insulting religion’ and ‘illegal’ fashion-related posts

An aerial view of the top of the Gulf of Aqaba in the morning of August 24, 2016, one day after a burst pipe in Aqaba leaked approximately 200 tons of crude oil into the Red Sea. (courtesy Eli Warburg/Environmental Protection Ministry)

Jordan says Aqaba oil leak under control while Israelis watch for damage

By Melanie Lidman

Officials in Amman downplay extent of spill, but ecologists caution of clean-up’s potential harm to coral reef ecosystem

Aqaba seen from Eilat. (Aviad2001/Wikipedia/CC BY 2.5)

Aqaba spill dumps 200 tons of crude oil into Red Sea

Sadiq Khan, the victorious Labour Party candidate for London mayor, and his wife Saadiya Khan, pose for photographers after voting in the elections on Thursday, May 5, 2016. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg, via JTA)

London’s Muslim mayor hit with anti-Semitic abuse for opposing Corbyn

By JTA

Sadiq Khan trolled with racist tirades on social media after declining to support UK Labour party leader’s reelection campaign

Illustrative: Families enjoy a warm summer day in Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Families pay price of startup nation’s push to success

By Shoshanna Solomon

Long hours at jobs that are seen as more personal crusade than professional endeavor can fray relationships and unsettle home life

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In latest hedge, Trump says immigration laws can be softened

By Jonathan Lemire

Continuing his full-court press for staunchly Democratic minority votes, GOP candidate insists ‘we’re not looking to hurt people’

Volunteers from JNOLA, a Jewish young adults’ group in New Orleans, at a house affected by the recent flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aug. 20, 2016. (Courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans)

Jewish groups mobilize in Baton Rouge to aid flood victims

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Israeli judoka Yarden Gerbi kisses her bronze medal for the women's under-63kg category during the awards ceremony at the Olympic Games in Rio on August 9, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 55)

Medalist Gerbi auctions her Olympic ID for pediatric cancer

Hapoel's Ben Bitton, left, tries to tackle Celtic's Scott Sinclair, center, during the UEFA Champions League group stages play-off football match between Celtic and Hapoel Beersheba at the Turner Stadium in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 23, 2016. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Israel’s soccer champions narrowly lose Euro spot to Scotland’s Celtic

By AFP and ToI Staff

Steven Hill appeared in 225 episodes of “Law & Order” from 1990 to 2000. (NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images via JTA)

Orthodox Jewish ‘Law & Order’ actor Steven Hill dies at 94

By JTA

Esther Jungreis, founder of the Hineni outreach organization seen here in seen in a photo from 2016. (Hineni.org via JTA)

Esther Jungreis, Orthodox Jewish outreach pioneer, dies

By JTA

A poster placed on campuses by the David Horowitz Freedom Center beginning in February 2106 features an image of ’60s-era radical Angela Davis and messages condemning the boycott movement against Israel. (Courtesy: David Horowitz Freedom Center)

Anti-BDS group distances itself from conservative foundation’s poster campaign

By JTA

Illustrative: In this photo from April 1, 2010, activists from a civil organization reenact an execution scene in front of the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, as they protest a possible beheading of a Lebanese man accused of witchcraft in Saudi Arabia. (AP/Bilal Hussein, File)

Spell in the cellSaudi jails man for ‘using sorcerer to bewitch employer’

By AP and ToI Staff

This file photo taken on August 08, 2014 shows Tunisian singer Saber Rebai performing during the 50th session of the International Carthage Festival at the Roman theater of Carthage near Tunis. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)

Out of tuneTunisian singer’s photo with Israeli soldier draws ire

By AFP

Anti-Islamic activists simulate a terror attack by the Islamic State jihadist group in downtown Prague, Czech Republic on August 21, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

No jokeCzech police probe Prague Islamic terror attack prank

By AFP

File: Linebacker Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens, seen playing in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 28, 2013. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images via JTA)

Carp-e dietNFL player lost weight — by cutting down on gefilte fish

White Peach Sangria with Orange Blossom Water and Strawberry Rosé Sangria (Samantha Ferraro/ via JTA)

Cocktail recipeWhat’s better than Sephardic Sangria one way? Sephardic Sangria two ways

By Samantha Ferraro

Israelis buying school supplies for the upcoming school year starting in September, at a store in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewSuffer the vacationing children

By Joshua Davidovich

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