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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 4, 2016

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In Trump’s ‘global interests’ ad, echoes of overtly anti-Semitic ‘alt-right’ video?

By Eric Cortellessa

Richard Spencer says president-elect’s much-criticized TV clip may have been inspired by his own ad quoting from same speech that was slammed by ADL for anti-Jewish overtones

Richard Spencer speaks at an alt-right gathering in Washington, DC to celebrate Trump's victory, on November 19, 2016. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Nazi salutes at DC event a display of ‘fun and exuberance,’ says alt-right leader

A mobile home in the outpost of Amona. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

PM looking for Amona solution as residents vow resistance

By Raoul Wootliff

Outpost leaders threaten to ‘block bulldozers with our bodies’; Netanyahu says state will request 30-day extension on demolition deadline

Firebrand MK says sorry for doubting PM’s leadership

By Alexander Fulbright

No deal on outpost bill; Bennett, PM to meet again in morning

PM, Bennett meet in last-minute bid to reach outpost bill compromise

An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

Rouhani threatens ‘response’ if Obama extends sanctions

By AP and ToI Staff

Iran’s president urges Obama urged to veto bill that would extend penalties for 10 years, as Tehran simmers over Senate passage of measure

Iranian FM: US sanctions vote shows lack of American credibility

By AP

Iran, Russia reaffirm alliance in Syrian war

By AP

Iran’s Supreme Court confirms death sentence for tycoon

By AFP

US Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Saban Forum in Washington on Sunday, December 4, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

John Kerry lambasts Israel’s settlement policy

Austrian far-right concedes defeat in presidential race; disgraced ex-president Katsav said to close in on early release

A man walks his dog around a park where Election posters of Austrian Presidential election candidates Norbert Hofer (R) of the Freedom Party Austria FPOe, and independent Alexander Van der Bellen (L) are seen in Vienna, Austria on December 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR)

Austria far-right on cusp of power in election showdown

By Nina Lamparski

Boosted by Brexit and Trump win, Freedom Party’s Hofer vows to ‘get rid of dusty establishment,’ seek closer Russia ties

Behind the smile of Austria’s far-right presidential hopeful

By Simon Sturdee

Europe holds its breath as Italy votes for change

By Angus Mackinnon

Fireside chatsHow a flirty TV host gave France’s Fillon a leg-up

By Beatrice Le Bohec and Adam PLOWRIGHT

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas casts a vote at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah, West Bank, December 3, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/Pool photo via AP)

Palestinian Fatah party ends conference with boost for Abbas

By AP

Loyalists Marwan Barghouti and Jibril Rajoub set for key Central Committee victories as rival Dahlan kept from power

Michael Meeropol and brother Robert Meeropol outside the White House at a December 1, 2016, Washington, DC, rally aimed at clearing their mother's name. (Alan Heath/Rosenberg Fund for Children)

'Ethel Rosenberg was no spy. It's extremely clear'

Rosenberg sons seek vindication from Obama for ‘perversion of justice’ in mother Ethel’s execution

By Rich Tenorio

At the apex of McCarthyism, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were the only US civilians executed for espionage during the Cold War. Today, new doubt is cast on the validity of her indictment

David A.M. Wilensky

Haters gonna hate, I gotta wear a kippah

With an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents, he’s started wearing a yarmulka — and he thinks you should too

President Trump will bolster Israel

He and Christian Zionists like him believe Trump will strengthen US-Israel ties and Judeo-Christian civilization

World Jewry is running out of patience

As Israel tarries on pluralism — even endangering lives — it can’t expect Diaspora support to last forever

Inam Sakinah and Derek Silver

Bridging the two Americas

They work together despite their many differences, out of terror at the disintegrating civil discourse across the US

From celebrity endorsements to ad campaigns, Israel’s government is courting tourists from China and India. (Itamar Grinberg, Israeli Ministry of Tourism)

With Bollywood glamour and Chinese stars, Israel woos tourists from east

Yair Lapid casts his vote at a polling station in Tel Aviv on March 17, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

After surge in polls, Yesh Atid calls for early elections

By Raoul Wootliff

As weekend survey shows it tied with Likud, centrist party says government not serving Israel’s citizens, will present bill to disband Knesset on Wednesday

A Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli navy. (YouTube screen capture)

Lebanese, Abu Dhabi-owned yards said building Israel Navy ships

By Stuart Winer

Defense Ministry confident no classified information at risk during construction of corvettes in Germany

Illustrative: An elderly man crosses the street in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2009. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Report finds elderly tied up, restrained in old age homes

Health Ministry criticizes numerous facilities for lacking proper equipment, strapping down seniors in way that leads to injuries

Illustrative: An Israel Police patrol car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Adult, minor indicted for kicking Sudanese man to death

By Stuart Winer

Accused allegedly attacked Babikir Ali Adham-Uvdo after altercation with teenage girls; knocked victim to the ground and repeatedly assaulted him

The single best way to protect your child from predators is to simply have a talk with him or her about safe body practices and personal space, say activists. (iStock Getty Images)

With pedophiles seeking sanctuary in Israel, one way parents can protect kids

By Melanie Lidman

Best thing families can do to defend children against sexual abuse, say activists, is to talk about it

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)

Army chief on Buchris case: ‘No tolerance for sexual assault in IDF’

By Judah Ari Gross

Amid protests against percieved light sentence for former general accused of rape, Eisenkot says military will prosecute anyone regardless of position

In this Monday, September 30, 2013 file photo, a Palestinian worker rests inside a smuggling tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

Four Gazans killed in ‘flooded’ tunnel to Egypt

By AFP and ToI Staff

Bodies of Palestinians found after the Egyptian army filled the tunnel with water, leading to its collapse

Iraqi army soldiers hold a flag from the Islamic State jihadist group up-side-down on November 23, 2016, near an Iraqi army base in the outskirts of Mosul. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Carter: US, allies need to stay in Iraq after IS defeat

By Robert Burns

Defense secretary says once Islamic State is beaten, coalition will have to ensure it stays down

Alec Baldwin, playing Donald Trump, and Kate McKinnon, playing Kellyanne Conway, on a Saturday Night Live sketch aired December 3, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Smart-Alec

Mocked for his tweets, Trump fires back — on Twitter

By AFP

President-elect again goes after ‘Saturday Night Live’ over impersonation of him, microblogging that it is ‘sad’ and ‘unwatchable’

Imam Mohammad Qatanani answers a question as he joins a group of Muslim community leaders gathered in Piscataway, NJ to condemn terrorist attacks, on Nov. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)

Muslim cleric fights US deportation over undisclosed detention by Israel

By AP

Authorities say West Bank-born imam Mohammad Qatanani failed to reveal 1993 arrest for Hamas membership

Discarded food at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, on January 3, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Waste not, want not ideal drowns in Israel’s garbage heap

By Shoshanna Solomon

More Headlines

Chief fire investigator Herzl Aharon (screen capture: Channel 2)

Fire investigator: We still don’t know which blazes were arson

Firefighters investigate the scene of a overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people during a warehouse party in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP)

Up to 40 feared dead in blaze at California dance party

By Glenn Chapman and Jocelyne ZABLIT

The scene of a deadly car crash in the lower Galilee region, December 4, 2016. (Magen David Adom)

High-speed crash in Lower Galilee leaves 3 dead, 5 injured

A Bank of England employee shows the new five pound note at the Bank of England Museum in London on Sept. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Meaty money Hindus boycott UK bank notes containing animal fat

By ToI Staff and AP

Cubans pay homage to the late leader Fidel Castro during the last ceremony before his burial in Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of his revolution, on December 3, 2016. (AFP/Pedro Pardo)

Revolutionary measureCuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and Michael Weissenstein

Tabulator Claudette Moll, right, from Farmington, looks over a ballot during a statewide presidential election recount Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, West Bend, Wisconsin. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP)

Green Party drops election recount bid in Pennsylvania

Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager for US President-elect Donald Trump, arriving at a party at the home of Robert Mercer, one of Trump's biggest campaign donors, December 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans partyAt ‘Villains and Heroes’ shindig, Trump goes as self

By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace

File: Israeli Navy soldiers seen on an IDF warship off the coast of Gaza, during Operation Protective Edge on July 28, 2014 (Edi Israel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewScandals ahoy

By Ilan Ben Zion

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