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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 1, 2016

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Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at PM Netanyahu's office, Jerusalem, October 30, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg)

Minister: Abbas ‘No. 1 enemy of Israel,’ worse than Arafat

By Stuart Winer

Yuval Steinitz, a close confidant to Netanyahu, says Palestinian leader never recognized Jewish rights to a state, or Israeli cities Haifa, Tel Aviv

Abbas looks forward to working with Trump, hopes he’ll solve ‘Palestine issue’

US officials: Obama has nearly ruled out UN action on Israel

By Josh Lederman

John Kerry: There are ‘things we can do’ to preserve two-state solution

Screenshot from 'Two Trains Runnin'.' The three Jewish boys from New York City had no idea what they were in for. (Courtesy Avalon Films)

How ‘three Jews in a Volkswagon’ braved the KKK to find a lost Mississippi blues legend

By Jordan Hoffman

Director Sam Pollard’s ‘Two Trains Runnin’ follows white college students from the North as they hunt for art and equality during the violent Freedom Summer of 1964

Elisha Wiesel speaks at a memorial for his father, Elie Wiesel, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 30 November 2016. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum via JTA)

Wiesel’s son decries Trump rhetoric, urges political reconciliation

By JTA

At memorial for Holocaust survivor, Elisha Wiesel invokes father’s legacy, biblical commandments in plea to end post-election rancor

Pakistan says Trump declared its PM ‘a terrific guy’ in call

By Khurram SHAHZAD

Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin was mentored by two of Trump’s ‘global’ villains

Jewish leaders call on Trump to uphold human rights

By JTA

A photo taken on December 1, 2016 in Paris, shows a TV screen displaying French President Francois Hollande delivering an official statement at the Elysee Palace. AFP/OLIVIER MORIN)

Live updates (closed)

Unpopular French President Hollande says he won’t seek re-election

By Joshua Davidovich

Announcement comes as polls show leader with rock-bottom approval rating; ADL says 2010 speech by Rep. Keith Ellison on Israel disqualify him from Democratic leadership; plea deal for general accused of sexual assault goes forward, despite ‘feeble’ confession note

An F-15I fighter jet performs an acrobatic display during a ceremony in the Hatzerim Air Base near Beersheba on June 23, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Analysis

First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel said to act on declared ‘red lines’ with overnight air raids on Syrian military base, Hezbollah weapons convoy

Syrian army assault leaves bodies strewn in Aleppo streets

By Karam al-Masri

Turkey and Russia want ceasefire in Syria — Turkish official

By AP

Israeli justices sued in Chile over West Bank security barrier

By AP and ToI Staff

Torah scrolls unrolled to dry in the great synagogue of Rome. (Courtesy of Opera del Tempio)

'I can still feel the silence of that day'

50 years ago, ‘mud angels’ came to flooded Florence to save centuries of Jewish history

By Rossella Tercatin

Residents mark the anniversary of the 1966 disaster which decimated the city, damaging 90 Torah scrolls and 15,000 holy texts

A pregnant Natalie Portman talks with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, November 29, 2016. (YouTube screenshot)

O Tannenbaum

Natalie Portman to put up first Christmas tree

By Renee Ghert-Zand

With Hanukkah and Christmas coinciding this year, pregnant actress and her Jewish family make exception to tradition

Rabbi Dov Hiyon in the fire-devastated rubble of the Haifa Conservative Synagogue (Facebook)

Olive branchOlive branch

Israeli Arabs donate wood to rebuild burned synagogue

‘I had tears in my eyes when I heard what was happening,’ rabbi of Conservative congregation in Haifa says of timber suppliers

People run as wildfires rages in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Police minister: Nearly half of fires were arson

Who can be our peace partners?

The relationships between Abraham, Isaac and Avimelekh offer a crucial message for the Israeli government

Message in a bottle

A harvest time letter from the hills near Jerusalem on reaping the blessings of an ancient tradition

To fight anti-Semitism define it

The OSCE won’t be able to do its job of boosting Jewish security in Europe without agreeing on what to look for

AIDS: Our journey is not done

Remember those who, like him, carry the pain of loss, and support those working to end this tragic epidemic

Yaakov Selavan, a former officer in the Armored Corps, speaks with a newly inducted soldier who was jailed after refusing to serve in the tank brigades, in the army's Prison 6 on November 30, 2016. (Courtesy Yaakov Selavan)

Before telling army no tanks, objectors banded together online

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his former chief of staff, Gil Sheffer, during a goodbye party for Sheffer at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff named as aide held for sex offenses

By Raoul Wootliff

Gil Sheffer questioned under caution and ordered to house arrest for 5 days following a month-long investigation

Ofek Buchris speaks to reporters outside his Galilee home after an indictment was filed against him, charging the brigadier general with rape, sodomy and other indecent acts on July 21, 2016. (Screen capture: Walla news)

Ex-IDF general must admit responsibility in sex assault plea deal, says accuser

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Complainant’s attorney insists that charge sheet not suggest there was a romance between her and Ofek Buchris

Ryerson University in Toronto (screen capture: YouTube)

University students in Toronto walk out on vote to mark Holocaust Education Week

By JTA

Members of SJP, Muslim student group leave student union meeting rather than decide on proposal offering annual Holocaust education programs

Stock image of hacker taking control of a smartphone (Manuel-F-O/Getty Images)

Over 1 million Google accounts breached by malware, Israeli firm says

Gooligan virus, which steals email details from some 13,000 people a day, infecting machines running Android 4 and 5, Check Point discovers

Illustrative photo of the United States House of Representatives (screen capture: YouTube)

US, Israel set to boost teamwork on cybersecurity

By Shoshanna Solomon

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

Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey arrives in Ankara

By Raphael Ahren

‘We have a lot of work to do,’ says Eitan Na’eh, two days after Erdogan accused Israel of increasing ‘oppression, deportation, and discrimination’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends the opening ceremony of the 7th Fatah Congress on November 29, 2016, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Credit: Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

Opening night of much-hyped Seventh Fatah Congress a perplexing snooze

Illustrative: Givat Amal residents burn tires on December 29, 2014. (Amir Levi/Flash90)

Israeli youths burn tires, block highway to protest Amona evacuation

Two arrested, Route 60 quickly reopened after demonstration against planned razing of illegal West Bank outpost

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2016. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin hopes for warmer Russia-US ties under Trump

By AP

Russian president urges improved counter-terror cooperation with DC, says ‘we have never been looking for enemies, we need friends’

Star of David necklace (image via Shutterstock)

Most Jews don’t want rabbis to determine who is Jewish — study

By JTA and ToI Staff

Participants say culture and peoplehood most significant aspects of Judaism, trumping religion and ancestry

Guy Clemens portraying Hans Knoop during filming of the drama series 'The Menten Case' in the Netherlands in 2015. (Courtesy of MAX/via JTA)

In Holland, a Jewish journalist belatedly honored for unmasking a ‘monster’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

More Headlines

A man walks inside a hall at the al-Qarawyin Library in the Moroccan city of Fez on November 21, 2016.
(AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)

In Morocco’s Fez, world’s oldest library holds gems

Soldiers wounded in combat in Gaza are led to the emergency room at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, after being evacuated from the field by helicopter, on July 25, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Army bracelet aims to save wounded soldiers’ lives

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli girls dressed up as bees, and not Knesset lawmakers, for Purim in 2010. (Illustrative photo: Nati Shohat)

No knees pleaseKnesset fashion police ban miniskirts

Doctors of the World 2016 charity Christmas cards juxtaposing the nativity scene with photographs of a war-torn Middle East (Doctors of the World)

Away in AleppoCharity Christmas cards show war-torn Mideast

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

Dylan a no-show as Obama hails ‘migrant’ Nobel winners

By AFP

Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with his father, President-elect Donald Trump, November 15, 2016 in New York. (AFP /Timothy A. Clary)

Trump's kidDonald Trump Jr. hunts down goats in Turkey

Anti-Israel message in Hebrew put up by Palestinian hackers on Channels 2 and 10 on Tuesday November 29, 2016. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Everyone's a criticIsraeli TV hacked with ‘divine retribution’ message

By AFP

A nurse carries a suspected victim of abuse by his mother, Jerusalem, July 26, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

44,000 reports of child abuse in 2015, Welfare Ministry says

Zahi Khouri, founder and chairman of National Beverage Company (Courtesy: Coca-Cola publicity)

Coca-Cola inaugurates new Gaza bottling plant

Ben-Gurion University campus, August 2014. (Dani Machlis)

Ben-Gurion University, PayPal to join forces on R&D

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force jet conducts training maneuvers in 2013. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewThe Russians are watching, the Russians are watching

By Joshua Davidovich

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