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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 17, 2016

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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Tel Aviv, November 3, 2016. (Flash90)

Liberman open to building freeze outside settlement blocs

By Raphael Ahren

If US recognizes construction in settlements with large Jewish populations, Israel won’t build in isolated areas, defense minister says

Liberman: Settlement building should be coordinated with US

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Right-wing MKs fume at Liberman’s partial settlement freeze plan

By Tamar Pileggi

Israel, Palestinians trade barbs at environment confab in Morocco

Donald Trump shakes hands with son-in-law Jared Kushner during an election night party at a hotel in New York on November 9, 2016. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)

Trump’s Jewish son-in-law could land a top White House position

By Eric Cortellessa

Jared Kushner mulls role of special adviser or counselor to the incoming president, encouraged by chief of staff Priebus and chief strategist Bannon, Wall Street Journal reports

Flurry of new names floated as Trump assembles cabinet

By Catherine TRIOMPHE and Gregory Feifer

Huckabee sorry for blaming anti-Trump vandalism on ‘Jewish liberals’

By JTA

Clinton reflects on devastating loss, urges backers to ‘stay engaged’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, DC, March 21, 2016. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)

What would Trump have to do to bring the US embassy to Jerusalem? Nothing at all

By Raphael Ahren

All it takes to implement the 1995 US law stipulating the relocation is for the president not to sign a waiver. Will the unpredictable president-elect not do what his predecessors have done three dozen times before?

Trump team mulls registry for Muslim immigrants, says adviser

Sanders demands Trump drop far-right adviser Bannon

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israelis still lining up to visit Trump’s America

By Andrew Tobin

This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions, HA.com shows the world's earliest-known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments – a two-foot square slab of white marble, weighing about 115 pounds and inscribed in an early Hebrew script called Samaritan, that sold for $850,000 Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, 2016, (Matt Roppolo/Heritage Auctions, HA.com via AP)

Thou shalt buy

World’s oldest Ten Commandments sold for $850,000

By AP

115-pound tablet is inscribed in an early Hebrew script called Samaritan; the buyer must display it in a museum

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboard the new submarine 'Rahav' at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu, lawyer in deep over alleged ‘pay for play’ submarine deal

By Raoul Wootliff

Attorney general urged to investigate prime minister’s personal involvement in multi-billion shekel purchase, reportedly opposed by defense establishment

Top official held in graft probe named as former security aide pick

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Report: Netanyahu’s son behind mosque-silencing bill

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

By Gavin Rabinowitz

A photo of Asher and Irit Shahar with their son Omri taken before Omri's death in June 2012. (Courtesy)

'The hardest thing in the world is to lose a child'

Israeli couple wins right to produce and raise grandchild from fallen soldier son’s sperm

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Irit and Asher Shahar set world precedent in fight to create progeny from naval officer son’s posthumously retrieved sperm. Omri spoke many times about wanting a large family, say parents

Residents of the West Bank settlements of Ofra and Amona 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)

Analysis

The false flag operation to save Amona

By Marissa Newman

Right-wing lawmakers know the Regulation Bill won’t stave off demolition of the outpost, but that doesn’t stop them from making political hay and deceiving residents until the bulldozers roll in

Coalition whip says outpost legalization bill can’t save Amona

By Tamar Pileggi

Likud official: Netanyahu, not Bennett responsible for outpost bill

By Tamar Pileggi

Jerusalem mayor petitions court to raze illegal homes in E. Jerusalem

By Alexander Fulbright

Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 photo, Israeli Knesset member, Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, spoke during an interview with The Associated Press, in his office at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Live updates (closed)

Yair Lapid to BBC: Jeremy Corbyn has a problem with Jews

By Raoul Wootliff

Yesh Atid chair slams UK Labour leader for position on Israel, says anti-Zionism is the same as anti-Semitism; Netanyahu’s lawyer tells AG there was no conflict of interest in submarine deal

Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)

When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn

By Matt Lebovic

As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics

Sorry, but nobody won the popular vote

For those who believe the vote tally shows more Americans wanted Hillary — it’s a fallacy and here’s why

The crass, flawed president-elect is an accurate reflection of America, and that’s the beauty of democracy

Sodomite immigration policy

The Bible tells a cautionary tale of a culture of greed that demonized needy strangers as rapacious thieves

I refuse to serve in the Israeli military

She says she loves her land and her people and explains why her conscience led her to choose prison over the army

Sorry, but nobody won the popular vote

For those who believe the vote tally shows more Americans wanted Hillary — it’s a fallacy and here’s why

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), pictured prior to a session of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna, November 17, 2016. (AFP/APA/ROLAND SCHLAGER)

UN watchdog chides Iran over nuclear deal breach

By AFP

IAEA warns Tehran not to break treaty after stockpiles of heavy water found to be 100 kilograms over agreed limit

President-elect Donald Trump acknowledging the crowd prior to making his victory speech at the New York Hilton, Nov. 9, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images via JTA)

Trump team urges Israeli right to tone down jubilation at win

By AFP

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman says aides of president-elect have asked rightist politicians to halt the public enthusiasm

Israeli binary options firm to repay money it fleeced from 4,000 American victims

By Simona Weinglass

EZTD, which runs the EZTrader and GlobalOption websites, will return $1.5 million to clients and pay $200,000 SEC fine

Israel's Eran Zahavi (center) celebrates after scoring a goal during the World Cup 2018 qualifier football match Albania versus Israel at the Elbasan Arena stadium in Elbasan on November 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU)

Kosovo arrests 19 in Islamic State plot to attack Israel soccer match

By ToI Staff and AFP

Suspects planned ‘synchronized’ attacks in Kosovo and Albania, police say; weapons, ammunition and a drone seized in sweep

Prof. Eilat Shinar, right, shakes hands with a donor at a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Magen David Adom emergency service's new blood bank in Ramle on November 16, 2016. (Magen David Adom)

Massive missile-proof blood bank planned by Israel medical service

By Judah Ari Gross

Magen David Adom’s proposed $100 million facility will be protected against rocket attacks and earthquakes

SpectroDrone by LDS: Drone-Operated, Laser-Based Explosive Detection System (Screen capture: Vimeo)

Drone-based system capable of remotely finding bombs unveiled in Tel Aviv

Israeli-designed laser technology detects explosives and other hazardous materials from a distance

Protesters march in reaction to the upset election of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for President of the United States on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)

Hate watchdog ADL sees spike in giving after US election

By JTA

Three in four contributions are from new donors as calls rise for more focus on countering cyber-hate

Screenshot of some of the over 400 parameters BioCatch checks (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israel cybersecurity tech helps NatWest catch online crooks

By Shoshanna Solomon

BioCatch, which tracks behavior to detect online fraud, says UK bank has successfully tried its tech with clients

Delegation of global mayors in Tel Aviv (Courtesy)

Visiting mayors slam UNESCO holy sites stance

By Raoul Wootliff and Shoshanna Solomon

In Israel, 20 heads of cities across the world object to UN cultural body’s resolution ignoring Jewish, Christian links to Jerusalem

A man examining a comic book for sale at the inaugural Jewish Comic Con, held at Congregation Kol Israel, a Brooklyn synagogue, November 13, 2016. (Ben Sales/JTA)

At first Jewish Comic Con, artists and geeks revel in tradition

More Headlines

Journalists walk at the damaged ancient site of Nimrud, which was destroyed by the Islamic State militants, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, seen here on November 16, 2016. (AP/Hussein Malla)

‘Heartbroken’ Iraqis reveal Islamic State ruin of ancient Nimrud

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Romanian chief anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Kovesi. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Israeli convicted for targeting Romania’s anti-corruption chief

By AFP

In this Monday, November 7, 2016 file photo, an Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Matthew C. Lewellen past Army Secretary Eric Fanning, fifth from right, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre, third from right, and Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, right, Army vice chief of staff, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.

US refutes Jordan’s claim Americans sparked deadly shooting

Giant puppets are one of the cultural events sponsored by the municipality and partners at pop-up events taking place around Jerusalem in November and December 2016 (Courtesy JLM i-team)

Pop-up culturePuppets and dance in a festival on wheels in Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

Bob Dylan accepts the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award at a ceremony in Los Angeles, February 6, 2015. (Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)

Things have changedDylan to skip Nobel ceremony, has other ‘commitments’

Leonard Cohen performing at a concert in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sept. 24, 2009. (Marko/Flash90)

Leonard Cohen died in sleep after falling

By AP

Head of the Zionist Camp party Isaac Herzog attends a meeting of the lobby for strengthening the periphery, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 13, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

From our partnerHerzog snubs UK’s Corbyn: I’ve no time to meet during London visit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day at Ein Lavan spring in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Hebrew media reviewThe man in the mirror

By Raoul Wootliff

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