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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 30, 2016

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A group of 11 diplomats from seven African countries visited the area known as Robinson's Arch in the Old City of Jerusalem, November 28, 2016. Second from right is Ze'ev Orenstein of the City of David archeological park, who led the envoys' tour (Michel Rozili/City of David)

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African diplomats go on rare, ‘enlightening’ Israeli tour of Old City’s Jewish sites

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinians fume as envoys from 7 countries depart from protocol to meet Israeli officials near Jerusalem’s Western Wall, visit controversial City of David archaeological park

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, November 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Kahlon’s opposition delays vote on controversial settlement bill

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

Illustrative photo of an IAF F-16 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Syria confirms airstrike outside Damascus, blames Israel

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Official says no injuries in attack, claims it was attempt to divert attention from Assad regime’s military successes against rebels

An Israel Air Force F-16, December 31, 2015 (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Report: Israel hits Syrian military, Hezbollah weapons convoy

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in Nataf, outside of Jerusalem, on November 23, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinian arrested in connection with Nataf fire

By Judah Ari Gross

Fire services reportedly suspect Molotov cocktail thrown from Qatane, outside Jerusalem, sparked last week’s blaze

Ecologists advise Israelis to resist tree-planting after fires

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Police: It’s too soon to tell which fires were arson

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Israel honors foreign firefighters for ‘bravery in our time of need’

Border policemen stand guard outside at Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, late on May 2, 2016, following a stabbing attack that moderately wounded an Israeli man. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Live updates (closed)

Abbas: 2017 will be the year of Palestinian statehood

PA leader tells Fatah congress that party will step up ‘popular peaceful resistance,’ but is opposed to terrorism

Vascular Biogenics's VBL-111 targets glioblastoma multiforme (YouTube screenshot)

Israel firm has high hopes for new cancer-busting drug

By Shoshanna Solomon

Vascular Biogenics Ltd. believes it has found a way to target blood vessels that feed tumors, impeding growth

Zionist Union MKs Zouheir Bahloul (R) and Yael Cohen Paran and Kulanu MK Akram Hasson in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016 (Courtesy)

When a Muslim MK beseeched Israel to fund a Moroccan synagogue

By Marissa Newman

In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad; local community ‘surprised’ by request, says it doesn’t ‘fit with the reality’

Rivlin decries bill to muffle mosques, urges interfaith dialogue

By AFP and ToI Staff

American prisoners captured in Ardennes in December 1944. (Wikimedia commons/Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J28589 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)

'If you shoot me, you will have to shoot all of us'

Posthumous honor for US officer who saved 200 Jewish GIs from the Nazis — and never told a soul

By Cathryn J. Prince

With a Nazi pistol pointed at his head, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds refused to reveal which of his soldiers were Jews. This week he was recognized for his bravery

David E. Weisberg

There he goes again: Carter on Palestine

In his recent NY Times oped, the former US president displays a consistent and longstanding anti-Israel bias

Lower taxation for more innovation

A move to slash taxes for multinational companies will encourage more of them to set up shop in Israel

David Kreizelman

The Jewish people’s tectonic rift

There’s a built-in tension between the Diaspora’s wandering Jews and the Zionists conditioned to stand their ground

Shayna Driscoll

Don’t mind my French

Reflections on an international ulpan vocabulary, skateboarding in high heels, and 4 months of honeymoon phase aliyah

Beyond the fires: Climate change

Shorter, drier winters are coming (long, intense summers too); policy-makers must wake up and prioritize accordingly

The 2006 clashes in Amona (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Evacuation of Amona, once site of settlers’ bloody stand, stirs fears of violent repeat

By Judah Ari Gross

Security forces prepare for confrontation in razing of contentious outpost, but some hold out hope the order will be carried out peacefully

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, November 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Kahlon’s opposition delays vote on controversial settlement bill

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

President of the 71st session of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson of Fiji, addresses a special meeting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November, 2016. (UN Photo/Manuel Elias)

Donning Palestinian flag, UNGA president marks Palestinian solidarity day

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In special session, UN deputy head hails as ‘historic milestone’ 2012 recognition of Palestine as non-member state; Israel’s envoy slams ‘charade’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a speech to teachers during a ceremony marking Teachers' Day, at Bestepe People's Congress and Culture Center in the Presidential Complex in Ankara, November 24, 2016. (AFP/ADEM ALTAN)

Erdogan urges Muslims to protect Jerusalem, support Palestinians

By AP and ToI Staff

Turkish president says defense of Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to ‘children armed with stones’

The scene of a stabbing attack on Jerusalem's HaNevi'im street, in which an Israeli man was lightly injured, on May 16, 2016. (Magen David Adom)

East Jerusalem man gets 16 years for May stabbing

Abu Dis resident sentenced for attempted murder after lightly injuring man in capital

Léonie Souchaud, playing Fanny Ben-Ami, leads other children in the new movie 'Fanny's Journey.' (Courtesy)

‘It could happen again,’ says hero of Holocaust escape film for kids

John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

CIA chief warns Trump against ripping up Iran deal

By AFP

John Brennan says it would be ‘disastrous’ for president-elect to keep his campaign promise, warns it could spark regional nuke race, then war

Betsy DeVos and President-elect Donald Trump outside the clubhouse at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster Township, New Jersey, Nov. 19, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

Trump education pick pits Jewish education needs against church-state fears

Under Betsy Davos, some Jewish communities hope day schools will get cheaper, while others fear de facto government backing of religion

President-elect Donald Trump calls for unity and healing after a 'long and bruising' presidential campaign, in a video Thanksgiving message, November 23, 2016. (Screenshot)

Trump says he’ll discuss ‘leaving’ his businesses

By AFP

Steven Mnuchin speaking at City Harvest: An Event Of Practical Magic in New York City, April 24, 2014. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for City Harvest)

Steven Mnuchin named US treasury secretary

Wall Street veteran with ties to Hollywood confirms he has been appointed by Trump; Wilbur Ross confirms commerce job

Maj. Gen. Hagai Topolanski, head of the IDF Manpower Directorate, speaks at an Israeli Democracy Institute conference marking 30 years since navigator Ron Arad went missing over Lebanon, on November 29, 2016. (Courtesy Israeli Democracy Institute)

General laments ‘stagnation’ in returning soldiers’ bodies from Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

At conference marking 30 years since capture of IAF navigator Ron Arad, age-old debate over prisoner exchanges comes to the fore

Illustrative image of a female IDF tank instructor during an exercise on January 1, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Rabbis vow to keep women out of IDF tanks

By Stuart Winer

Orthodox leaders say they will campaign to maintain status quo, will instruct soldiers to resist attempts at integration

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 31, 2014 shows Cyril Nauth, newly elected mayor of Mantes-la-Ville for the French far-right Front National (FN) party, posing in front of the city hall of Mantes-la-Ville, some 50km west of Paris. (AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR)

A Paris satellite town’s unabashed shift to the far right

By Charlotte Plantive

In Mantes-la-Ville, one of 10 cities the National Front seized in a 2014 municipal vote, fears of terrorism and immigration loom large

French member of Parliament and candidate for the right-wing primaries ahead of France's 2017 presidential elections, Francois Fillon gestures as he delivers a speech following the first results of the primary's second round on November 27, 2016, at his campaign headquarters in Paris.
(ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP)

Why Jews in France might give right-wing populist Fillon a chance

By Cnaan Liphshiz

More Headlines

Activists protest racism and hate, after swastikas were found in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn, New York, on November 20, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS)

100 anti-Semitic incidents reported in US post-election

By JTA

Illustrative: Firefighters battle a wildfire near Nataf, outside of Jerusalem, on November 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Firefighters bring large fire at Jerusalem yeshiva under control

Ofek Buchris, the former military brigadier general accused of rape and other sexual crimes against subordinates, seen at the Jaffa military court on September 29, 2016. (Flash90)

Ex-IDF general negotiating plea deal in sexual assault case

Palestinians work at the office of Red Crow, a startup that monitors security developments and sends real-time alerts and maps to clients, in Ramallah on August 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

Palestinian startups innovate way past obstacles

By Shatha YAISH

Students in Hartman secondary school in Jerusalem taking their matriculation exams in mathematics. May 25, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Israel drops in math and science in academic rankings

Illustrative photo of a Dan bus. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli bus company bows to pressure, drops announcements in Arabic

Illustrative photo of a police armored vehicle in the West Bank. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Fifth-grader killed by police vehicle in Tekoa accident

Aerial view of Eilat on October 21, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Sinai Peninsula earthquake tickles Eilat

A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)

Israel’s Gett secures $100m loan from Russian bank

By Shoshanna Solomon

This pair of suspenders signed by Larry King will be auctioned on Dec. 1, 2016. (Courtesy of Rubenstein Communications)

The king's old suspendersLarry King suspenders to be auctioned at gala

By JTA

Yoni and Dani offer advice to Jerusalemites as winter approaches, in this homage to 'Game of Thrones' (screen capture: Facebook)

The watch beginsJerusalem meets Westeros in ‘Game of Thrones’-style PSA

By Jessica Steinberg

Stray cats eating near a garbage container in the center of Jerusalem. October 23, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewSchrödinger’s cat in Israel

By Joshua Davidovich

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