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What Matters Most On Saturday, November 26, 2016

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A foreign firefighting plane helps extinguish a fire as it flies over the village of Nataf close to Jerusalem, on November 26, 2016. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Live updates (closed)

Nationwide fires largely brought under control

133 injured in all since Tuesday, only one seriously; Erdan calls for home demolitions of arsonists, urges they be treated like terrorists; some 30 suspects in custody

Fire burning in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on November 26, 2016 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

Fresh fires at Halamish; supertanker goes into action in Jerusalem hills

By ToI Staff and Agencies

No rain expected for several days; some Israelis return to fire-hit homes to assess damage, including at Nataf; air pollution reported across country; arson probes continue

Israel arrests 10 Palestinians for suspected arson

Keep away from Haifa, police urge curious Israelis after fire

Dozens of Cyprus firefighters arrive; Israel thanks Palestinian counterparts

Burned trees and houses in the West Bank settlement of Halamish on November 26, 2016, a day after a devastating fire damaged or destroyed dozens of homes (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

At fire-stricken Halamish, a scene of devastation

15 homes destroyed, dozens more damaged in West Bank settlement; 2 Palestinians questioned on suspicion of arson, later released; Ramallah firefighters help battle the blaze

Israeli settler leader: Fires are divine punishment for planned settlement uproot

By JTA

Fire under control at Nataf; 10 homes consumed by flames at West Bank settlement

3 badly hurt in electrical fire at Ma’ale Adumim apartment block

Rama Ben Zvi walking amid the smoldering embers of her burned down restaurant, on Saturday, November 26 2016. (Screen capture Channel 2)

Owners mourn as Nataf restaurant burns, ‘but at least we’re alive’

Maya Ben Zvi says she told a wedding party celebrating at Rama’s Kitchen to flee moments before the eatery went up in flames

State steps in to help Israelis whose homes went up in flames

Massive fire threatens homes at Jerusalem-area settlement

Mogherini: EU stands by Israel in its time of need

Richard Spencer, a white supremacist who runs a Washington think tank, the National Policy Institute. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

Jewish groups slam event with alt-right leader at Texas university

By JTA

White supremacist Richard Spencer is ‘one of the worst hatemongers in America,’ says Jewish leader, urging Texas A&M to cancel gathering

What fire cannot destroy

What survives is the spirit of a nation programmed to band together in order to help and support one another

Red Jews, blue Jews, his Jews, her Jews

Getting to the bottom of why Jewish Clinton and Trump supporters are sad and glad and bad

Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during the 6th Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Conventions Palace in Havana on December 22, 2005. (AFP PHOTO/Antonio LEVI)

Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro dies at 90

By Michael Weissenstein and Peter Orsi

Rebel chief who took power at 32 in 1959, becoming youngest leader in Latin America, handed over half-century later to brother Raul

Fidel Castro, left, raises the hand of his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, center, as they sing the anthem of international socialism during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba on April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Castro clan torn by dysfunction and disagreements

Illustrative. A Border Policeman in East Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp on September 18, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Palestinian tries to stab troops in East Jerusalem, is shot dead

By ToI Staff and AFP

No Israelis hurt in incident at checkpoint in Shuafat refugee camp, police say

The Volcani Institute research helicopter, gifted by Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel to Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev on November 10, 2016, seen in action flying over agricultural fields. (YouTube screenshot)

Spain seeks answers for Israel’s drone gift to Russia

By ToI Staff and AFP

Madrid says license on Spanish-made $50,000 craft did not allow minister Uri Ariel to impulsively hand it over to Medvedev

Green Party leader Jill Stein speaks to the media on July 12, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)

Green Party files for election recount in Wisconsin

By AFP

Jill Stein says she also plans to challenge outcomes in Pennsylvania, Michigan, where Trump also won over Clinton

French public prosecutor Francois Molins addresses a press conference at the Paris courthouse on November 25, 2016, following the arrest of a group of suspected extremists preparing an attack in the area of the capital. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)

France says suspected IS plot was directed from abroad

By Sophie Deviller

Prosecutor says probe into alleged plan to attack Paris area yielded documents showing ‘clear allegiance’ to Islamic State

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, July 18, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Interview

Sultan of swing: Historian says Netanyahu is fickle by design

By JP O’ Malley

Diller Teen Fellows surround a map, illustrating the global partnership component of the teen leadership program. (Diller Teen Fellows)

First they take San Fran: Revolutionary Jewish teen leadership program sets eyes on Diaspora

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

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Rabbi Noah Kofmansky's synagogue, one of two currently operating in Chernivtsi, has been open continuously since its foundation nearly 100 years ago -- though it had remained without a rabbi until 1992. (Julie Masis/Times of Israel)

Ukraine synagogue desecrated with ‘death to Jews’ graffiti

By JTA

This image made from a video provided by CityNews shows Ginella Massa, a Toronto TV reporter who is believed to be Canada’s first anchor to don a Muslim head scarf at one of the city's major news broadcasters. (CityNews via AP)

That's a wrapToronto TV anchor may be first with hijab

By Charmaine Noronha

Martin Luther (Lucas Cranach the Elder/Wikipedia)

Norway church denounces Luther’s anti-Jewish writings

By AP

Australian-born IS headhunter, Neil Prakash. (Youtube screen capture/BralhanDTwo)

Australia asks Turkey to extradite top IS terror suspect

By AFP

Dutch Jewish author and columnist Leon de Winter (screen capture: YouTube)

Dutch publisher’s contract with Hezbollah fan causes author walkout

By JTA

In this March 6, 2006 file photo, Kathleen "KT" McFarland is seen at her home in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News analyst McFarland to serve as deputy national security adviser. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Trump makes new administration picks in face of recount appeal

By Steve Peoples and Todd Richmond

This picture released by Iranian Fars News Agency shows the scene of two trains collision about 150 miles (250 kilometers) east of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. (Saeed Esmaeilpour, Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran detains 3 railroad staff over deadly train collision

By AP

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