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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (sitting) with Jewish Home MK Uri Ariel during a plenum session on the so-called Regulation Bill, November 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Initial dissent quelled, Amona bill clears first Knesset hurdle

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

Controversial bid to legalize West Bank outposts, deemed indefensible by attorney general, passes preliminary reading 58-50 after gaining full coalition support in last-minute deal

As showdown brews, opposition to outpost bill appears to dissipate

IDF to invest NIS 50 million in improving key West Bank checkpoints

Israel okays Palestinian village master plan in Area C

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign CEO Steve Bannon listens to Trump speak during his final campaign rally on Election Day in the Devos Place November 8, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

From ‘repulsively uncivilized goon’ to ‘demonized’ media victim: What Jewish leaders are saying about Bannon

By Eric Cortellessa

The ADL, Reform Movement, J Street and Chuck Schumer condemn the president-elect’s key strategist, while the ZOA welcomes him and RJC wants to know more

Bannon appointment a dilemma for Jewish groups seeking access to Trump

Politico reassures staff alarmed by hate mail

By JTA

After helping capture White House, Breitbart sets sights on Europe

Jewish Home leader Education Minister Naftali Bennett, center, with fellow Jewish Home lawmaker Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, right, and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan during a plenum vote on the Regulation Bill on November 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Trump reportedly donated funds to build towns for settlement evacuees

By Ilan Ben Zion

Bob Dylan won’t attend Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden; Deputy FM upbraids Liberman for Trump, settlement remarks

Illustrative. A female tank instructor peeks out of her vehicle during an exercise on May 4, 2012. (Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)

Female soldiers in tanks? IDF says maybe after Armored Corps chief says no

By Judah Ari Gross

General tells Knesset committee army is considering letting women into armored brigades, though top tank officer has said it will harm their ‘image’

Illustrative: A close up shot of NBA TNT Analyst Shaquille O'Neal on October 25, 2016 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)

Bust a move

Shaq dances the hora at a Jewish wedding

By Gabe Friedman

Legendary NBA star breaks out the dance moves at a friend’s nuptials in Miami, delighting guests

Jared Kushner speaking at the Bloomberg Commercial Real Estate conference in New York, Nov. 9, 2011. (Peter Foley/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Dear Jared Kushner — Bannon must go

A plea to his old schoolmate to use his influence for good: ‘I beg of you to be on the right side of history’

Executive Producer Stephen Bannon poses at the premiere of 'Sweetwater' during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Donald Trump is bringing in Breitbart News' Bannon as campaign CEO. (Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)

Bannon, Breitbart are not anti-Semites

By Morton A. Klein

Both men have defended Jews and advanced Israel’s interests — the bashers are spreading ugly lies

Eitan Schechtman-Drayman

8 lessons Netanyahu can teach Trump

The US president-elect can learn a thing or two from the Israeli prime minister’s leadership style

A beige pullover with buttons on the side

He survived an Istanbul synagogue bombing that killed 28, including dear friends, and changed him forever

No sore losers in this grade school

How a Michigan day school learns it’s OK to lose if you did your best from the bitter presidential election of…1800

People swim in the salty waters of the Dead Sea, from Jordan to Israel, arriving at Ein Gedi, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Swimmers from around the world plunged into the salty waters of the Dead Sea in a bid to draw attention to its environmental degradation. Wearing protective masks and snorkels, 25 swimmers paddled through the muddy water to attempt the 10-mile (17-kilometer) swim from Jordan to Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea

By Video by Iacopo Luzi

Then-health minister Yaakov Litzman speaks at the 2016 Israel Medical Conference, in Jerusalem on August 16, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox block bill to muffle Muslim prayer call, fearing Shabbat siren is next

Controversial legislation to ban mosque loudspeakers goes back to the drawing board

A minaret with loudspeakers seen towering over the Mediterranean sea, near the Israeli town of Tel Aviv-Jaffo, November 15, 2014. (Nati SHohat/FLASH90)

Jordan slams bill to ban loud Muslim call to prayer

Israel's ambassador to Turkey Eitan Na'eh, whose appointment was announced on November 15, 2016. (courtesy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Ties on the mend, Israel names new ambassador to Turkey

Appointment of Eitan Na’eh final step in restoring bilateral relations after 2010 Gaza flotilla fiasco

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on screen, being interviewed by Richard Sandler at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly, November 15, 2016. (Ron Sachs)

Netanyahu calls on Obama not to back any new peace moves as term ends

By JTA and ToI Staff

In video address to Jewish leaders, PM also calls to end public pressure on him by American Jews to fully implement deal on egalitarian prayer at Western Wall

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attends Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown on November 8, 2016 in New York City. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Is ‘America’s Mayor’ set for a stunning political comeback?

By Thomas URBAIN

Rudy Giuliani, a firm champion of Israel, may be the next secretary of state, after loyalty to Trump during bruising presidential campaign

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, smiles as he leaves Trump Tower, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in New York. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Giuliani was reportedly paid advocate for Iran group once listed as terror org.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in New York on Nov. 9, 2016 (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump says all under control amid signs of transition trouble

By AP and ToI Staff

President-elect says ‘very organized process’ to name cabinet; only he ‘knows who the finalists are!’

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to Portugal's RTP television November 15, 2016. (RTP/Screenshot)

Assad says Trump a ‘natural ally’ in fight against terrorists

By AFP and ToI Staff

Syrian leader says US president-elect could prove to be a ‘promising’ partner, like Russia and Iran, in battle against Islamic State

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference September 22, 2016 in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Trump shmump, nuke deal not going anywhere, Iranian leaders declare

By Nasser Karimi

Supreme Leader Kahmenei says result of US election makes no difference to his country; Rouhani warns against ‘playing with Iran’

Members of the Palestinian security forces stand guard as they patrol the West Bank city of Nablus on August 23, 2016 during ongoing clashes between Palestinian gunmen and security forces. (AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)

Bystander killed, 3 police hurt in renewed Nablus clashes

Officials say gunmen took cover among IDF troops leaving West Bank town in overnight gunbattle

For 33 years, Paul Shaffer was the legendary band leader for David Letterman. (Courtesy)

Late Show’s Paul Shaffer sees retirement through rose-colored glasses

By Daniel Horowitz

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Efrat communal spiritial leader Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld. (Screenshot)

Woman tapped as director of West Bank rabbinical court

By JTA

Ivanka Trump walks through the lobby of Trump Tower in New York City on November 11, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Top TrumpIvanka Trump tops list of Jews impacting US life

By JTA

First lady Michelle Obama waves during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Michelle Obama post

Visitors discuss nanotechnology at the Ben Gurion University booth at NanoIsrael 2014 (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel, Germany join forces in nanotechnology boost

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Newborn babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)

Jewish, Arab fertility rates in Israel on par for first time

2breathe technologies combines a wearable monitoring device and a cloud-based app to induce and monitor sleep (Courtesy)

Israeli startup 2breathe wins CES Innovation Award

By Shoshanna Solomon

A library at Oberlin College in 2007. (CC BY Istolethetv, Flickr)

US college fires professor who blamed Jews for 9/11

By ToI Staff and JTA

Gilad Evrony (Twitter)

Israeli-American researcher wins $25,000 prize for young scientists

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem's office on April 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / GALI TIBBON)

Enemy of the stateOnline generator has PM call everyone ‘left-wing extremist’

By Gavin Rabinowitz

The INS Rahav, a Dolphin class made by German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp, sets off from the German port of Kiel toward Haifa, December 17, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Hebrew media reviewDamn the torpedoes

By Ilan Ben Zion

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