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What Matters Most On Monday, November 14, 2016

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Stephen Bannon leaves Trump Tower in New York on November 11, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

ADL, top Democrats decry senior White House role for Bannon

By Eric Cortellessa

Former Breitbart News chief, picked to share Trump chief of staff duties with Reince Priebus, derided for ‘alt-right, anti-Semitic & misogynistic views’

Trump names RNC head as chief of staff, ex-Brietbart boss as top strategist

By Jonathan Lemire and Laurie Kellman

Gingrich: Possible top Trump aide worked in finance, so not anti-Semitic

By Eric Cortellessa

Choice of Conservative flame-thrower Bannon shows Trump sticking with his outsider instincts

By Jill Colvin and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

Israelis from the West Bank settlement of Ofra and the Amona outpost hold a demonstration demanding the approval of a bill legalizing West Bank outposts, near the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court rejects state’s appeal to delay Amona evacuation

Judges rule outpost’s demolition must go ahead as scheduled next month, say rule of law cannot succumb to threats of violence

Ministers advance bill to legalize outposts, over Netanyahu’s objections

By Marissa Newman

Raging against Amona bill, Herzog calls outpost saga ‘virus’

Netanyahu demands apology as Herzog says he didn’t call settlers ‘virus’

The supermoon rises over Tel Aviv, on November 14, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Bill barring BDS activists from Israel passes first reading in Knesset

By Judah Ari Gross

High Court strikes down government’s bid to postpone Amona evacuation; politicians spar over controversial law to recognize illegal settlements

Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) seen with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Uri Ariel during their visit at the Volcani Institute, November 10, 2016. Photo by Flash90

Minister gives Russia $50,000 drone on whim, crimping research and breaking rule

Uri Ariel impulsively gifts Dimitri Medvedev advanced aircraft used for surveying crops; he wanted the software too, but didn’t get it

A commerical jet flies in front of the moon on its approach to Heathrow airport in west London on November 13, 2016. (AFP/Adrian DENNIS)

Largest supermoon since 1948 to light up Monday evening sky

By AP and ToI Staff

Moon gazers in Israel advised to look heavenward at about 5 p.m. as lunar orb makes closest pass to Earth in over 68 years

Syrian refugee, Majed al-Attar, poses while showing his expired Syrian passport and Palestinian identification documents at his family's rented house in Rafah, Gaza, October 31, 2016 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Now trapped, Syrian refugees regret fleeing to Gaza

A dozen families that entered the Strip unofficially through tunnels have no status, work or aid, and cannot leave

Barbara Sukowa as Friderike Zweig and Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig in 'Stefan Zweig' (Dor Film)

Austria’s Oscar contender explores exile’s tragic effects on Jewish writer Stefan Zweig

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Innovative historical feature film takes on new meaning for audiences watching through lens of contemporary political events

Abraham and other migrating souls

Loving economic migrants, political refugees, even wandering mystics, and learning from their tension-filled travels

The inner scream

The rabbis taught well, making the community 3rd party to sexual assault, charging everyone with women’s safety

On Jewish pirates and toxic comments

The anti-Semitic replies to his film idea highlight how important it is to present diverse Jewish narratives

When Molonesh gave me corn

His inspiring program lets Ethiopian-born seniors share ancient farming practices, till the soil and grow their own food

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, seen during a meeting with Khaled Mashaal, Hamas' then chief in exile, center, and Gaza-based leader Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara, Turkey, on June 18, 2013. (AP/Yasin Bulbul, Prime Minister's Press Office)

Analysis

Shadowy Hamas official with ties to Iran tapped to lead Gaza

By Avi Issacharoff

Sources say Imad al Alami replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who is likely filling Khaled Mashaal’s shoes as politburo chief in Doha

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 13, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

At memorial, Netanyahu compares own peace efforts to Rabin’s

By Tamar Pileggi

PM says slain leader who signed landmark Oslo Accords ‘strove for peace’ yet ‘never took his eyes off the dangers we face’; hails ties with Trump

Hamas security forces next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Analysis

Easing blockade on Gaza, Egypt may be signaling thaw with Hamas

By Avi Issacharoff

Cairo considers establishing a free trade zone between the Strip and Sinai, while the Islamist terror group has begun arresting dozens of Salafists

A nepalese baby is treated by Israeli Army medic soldiers at the Israeli field hospital on the second day of their mission in Kathmandu on April 29, 2015. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)

UN ranks IDF emergency medical team as ‘No. 1 in the world’

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel becomes first country to earn World Health Organization’s highest ranking for its field hospital unit

View of the a mosque in the Old City of Acre, in Northern Israel on October 24, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Bill to quieten mosque prayer calls passes initial hurdle

Ministerial Committee approves controversial measure after Netanyahu vows his support; Arab MKs call proposal ‘hate-filled’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaking at a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, November 10, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

PA says it will go to UN over Amona, mosque-muffling bills

After controversial measures clear ministerial hurdles, Abbas’s spokesperson says international community will be asked to halt legislation, warns of ‘catastrophe’

Illustrative: A Filipino caregiver walks with an Israeli man sitting in a wheelchair on April 22, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

As Israelis live longer, is a pension crisis stirring?

By Marissa Newman

'60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl interviews President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania at their home, November 11, 2016, in New York (Chris Albert for CBSNews/'60 Minutes' via AP)

Trump says he will deport 2 to 3 million immigrants immediately

President-elect tells ’60 Minutes’ that ‘gang members, drug dealers’ will be expelled before decision on remainder; says border wall may be a fence in parts

Michal, center, with her friend and sister on the way to her wedding in 'Through the Wall' (Courtesy 'Through the Wall')

Ultra-Orthodox filmmaker takes viewers ‘Through the Wall’

By Jessica Steinberg

Ka'et Ensemble dancers performing their newest work, 'Heroes,' premiering at the Heaven and Earth dance festival on November 17, 2016 (Courtesy Yarden Meirovitz)

The religious men who dance like heroes

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

American Nazi Party fliers dropped in Missoula, Montana, November 2016. (Courtesy photo)

American Nazi Party fliers in Montana accuse Jews of controlling media to ‘poison’ US

By JTA

Illustrative: Swastika graffiti outside the synagogue of Ioannina in northwestern Greece, September 12, 2016. (Screenshot/ITV)

Swastikas drawn on dorm room doors in New York City

By JTA

'60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl interviews President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania at their home, November 11, 2016, in New York (Chris Albert for CBSNews/'60 Minutes' via AP)

Trump seeks to calm protests, tells racist supporters to ‘stop it’

By AFP and AP

Steven Tyler of the Aerosmith rock band, May 5, 2013, in Manila, Philippines, during a world tour. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

Walk our wayAerosmith to rock Tel Aviv at start of farewell Europe tour

A team undertaking one of Strayboots's indoor adventures (Courtesy)

Google, Amazon use Israeli app for team-building fun

US singer Leonard Cohen during a concert in Ramat Gan September 24, 2009. (Marko / Flash90)

That's one way to say goodbyeIsraeli diplomat tells of part in Cohen’s ‘Who by Fire’

Detail from the tomb of King Jehoshaphat, Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, after a suspected arson attack, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Assaf Avraham, Nature and Parks Authority)

Ancient Jerusalem tombs damaged in suspected arson

By Ilan Ben Zion

Facebook's creator Mark Zuckerberg on the opening day of the 2015 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, March 2, 2015 . (AFP PHOTO/LLUIS GENE/File)

Israeli journalists accuse Facebook of infringing on freedom of speech

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jewish Home chair Naftali Bennett in his office at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem, August 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewMo Amona, mo a’moaning

By Joshua Davidovich

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