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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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Tisha B'Av prayers at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 13, 2016. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

UNESCO’s executive board adopts Jerusalem resolution

By Raoul Wootliff

Despite last-ditch Israeli efforts, motion ignoring Jewish and Christian historical ties to holy sites is ratified by cultural body

Despite UNESCO vote on Jerusalem, Israel hails small step forward

By Raoul Wootliff and AFP

UNESCO chief ‘received death threats’ for opposing Jerusalem motion

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion ‘foiled by Arab nations’

An aerial view of the Dome of the Rock, left, in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, and the Western Wall, center, the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray (File photo: AFP/JACK GUEZ)

Live updates (closed)

Pentagon says Islamic State holding civilians in Mosul

Obama warns recapturing Iraq’s second city from jihadists ‘will be difficult fight,’ but is ‘major step forward’

Moments after Betty the Giraffe ate my lulav, I was in shock as she polished off the rest of the giraffe candy at the Giraffe Feeding Center in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 16, 2016. (Gail DeGeorge/Global Sisters Report)

Reporter's notebook

A giraffe ate my lulav set

By Melanie Lidman

A selfie in Nairobi with the traditional Sukkot items has an unexpected outcome, though the spirit of the holiday survives

Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, July 29, 2014 (Ron Sachs)

Israeli envoy told Clinton camp: Obama ‘tone deaf’ to threat from Iran

By Eric Cortellessa

In leaked 2015 email, Ron Dermer is said to have given campaign advice on how candidate should express herself on Iran deal, support for Israel

Clinton widens lead in latest polls as Trump cries foul

By Michael Mathes

NBC News fires Billy Bush over vulgar Trump tape

By David Bauder

Melania Trump breaks silence to back embattled husband

By Jonathan Lemire

So, Jesus never set foot in the Temple?

She’s surprised that Latin America supports UNESCO’s decision, essentially denying Christianity’s Jerusalem roots

How UNESCO wipes out history

The UN’s decision fundamentally incites violence, a reminder why Jews need a strong and free country

Harold Goldmeier

Where’s Samantha Power?

Why is the US Ambassador to the UN, a famed human rights advocate, mum on Syria?

A Hamas tunnel discovered by soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade in the northern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

IDF probe: Israel was unready for Gaza tunnel threat in 2014

By Raoul Wootliff

Officers were not made aware of ‘magnitude’ of risks, reports finds, despite prior knowledge by political leaders

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deputy FM pulls support for Hebrew University human rights center over NGO ties

Tzipi Hotovely says university’s Minerva Center for Human Rights works with ‘anti-Israel organizations’ such as B’Tselem

Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar (screen capture: YouTube)

Palestinian rapper’s Haifa performance stirs discord

Police issue restraining orders against right-wing activists after culture minister seeks to have Tamer Nafar’s concert canceled

A general view showing the destruction in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital of Damascus, April 6, 2015. (AFP/STR)

IS said to destroy grave of Fatah terror chief Abu Jihad in Syria

Bulldozing of tombs in Yarmouk refugee camp denounced by senior PA officials amid call to bring bodies to burial in West Bank

Ahmed Daqamseh on trial in Jordan in 1997. (YouTube screenshot)

Jordan denies reports killer of 7 Israeli schoolgirls freed

By AFP and ToI Staff

Media had claimed Ahmad Dakamseh was released from prison on Monday, but official insists he will carry out his sentence in full

Construction in the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit, with the Arab village of Wadi Fukin in the foreground, on June 17, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli bus driver lightly injured in West Bank rock-throwing

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Man hit by glass shards when vehicle is attacked near settlement of Beitar Illit; is taken to hospital by paramedics

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016 (AFP/ Paul J. Richards)

Israeli startup’s comment data may augur trouble for Trump

By Dan Schwartz

3 weeks ahead of election, the public is less inclined to discuss the Republican candidate, according to Spot.IM

A voter casts her ballot at the Canterbury Town Hall, February 9, 2016 in Canterbury, New Hampshire. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)

Amid talk of ‘rigged’ election, experts say fraud is rare

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

‘You are more likely to be struck by lightning than to be a victim of voter fraud,’ says one researcher

The Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in New York is home to a nearly proportional student body of black, white and Latino students. (photo credit: Julie Wiener/JTA)

Harlem’s new Jewish renaissance

Performer Joshua Rudy appears in King Richard's Faire as the master-at-arms in Carver, Massachusetts, September 24, 2016 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)

For ‘Renaissance’ Jews, all the world’s a joust

By Matt Lebovic

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A billboard posted near Dearborn, Michigan reads "Donald Trump can't read this, but he's scared of it." (The Nuisance Committee/Facebook)

Sign of the timesBillboard ridicules Trump’s fear of Islam

US poet and folk singer Bob Dylan performing during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festivalin Carhaix-Plouguer, western France, July 22, 2012. (AFP/Fred Tanneau)

If you see him, say helloNobel panel gives up knockin’ on Dylan’s door

The Giza pyramids near Cairo. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)

Dig thisExperts discover ‘cavities’ in Egypt’s Great Pyramid

By AFP

Israeli shoe designer Kobi Levi poses in his workshop with one of his shoe creations called "Miao" in Tel Aviv, on October 5, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

Israeli fashionista’s fantasy footwear finds fans

By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU

Illustrative: An Islamic State terrorist waves the jihadist organization's flag (CC BY-SA Alatele fr, Flickr)

Flag thisSwedish prosecutor rules IS flag not a hate symbol

A child sits in the trunk of his family's car after having been placed there by his parents, leading to fears of a kidnapping, October 17, 2016. (Israel Police)

Packing smart‘Kidnapped’ child placed in car trunk by own parents

Alatalena Memorial in Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery, Tel Aviv (Avishai Teicher)

New memorial to Altalena victims erected in Tel Aviv

Illustrative: A Continental Airlines 767 at Newark Airport. (Wikipedia/Altair78/GFDL 1.2)

El Al flight to Toronto canceled after sparks fly from wheels

A Kurdish peshmerga convoy drives towards the front line in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo)

Hebrew media reviewGearing up for the day after Mosul

By Ilan Ben Zion

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