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What Matters Most On Monday, December 5, 2016

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to Saban Forum on December 4, 2016 (Screenshot)

Kerry, in stinging rebuke of settlements, doesn’t rule out UN action

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Outgoing US secretary of state excoriates Netanyahu government, slams Naftali Bennett for ‘disturbing’ remarks on two-state solution

Netanyahu: Notwithstanding Obama or Trump, Israel does ‘what it wants’ on settlements

By Eric Cortellessa and Tamar Pileggi

AnalysisKerry’s parting conclusion on peace deadlock: It’s Netanyahu’s fault

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Trump expands list of candidates for US secretary

By Laurie Kellman

Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Saban Forum in Washington DC on December 4 2016. (Ralph Aswang, via JTA)

Analysis

Jeremiah Kerry laments an Israel that wouldn’t heed his warnings

By David Horovitz

A better, safer future is available, the secretary argues in a bitter valedictory appearance, but the settlers and their champions are destroying it

Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey, Eitan Na'eh, hands his credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, December 5, 2016. (courtesy Turkish Presidency)

After five frosty years, Israeli ambassador returns to Turkey

By Raphael Ahren

Israel’s national anthem echoes in Ankara’s presidential palace as Eitan Na’eh hands letter of credence to Erdogan

Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett speaks at the Knesset on December 5, 2016. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Knesset passes settlement bill 60 to 49 in preliminary vote

By Ilan Ben Zion

Poll comes after speeches see plenum descend into yelling match; most Israelis consider Trump ‘pro-Israel,’ new poll finds; Libyan troops retake Sirte from Islamic State

Anti-referendum militants gather in downtown Rome after Italian Premier Matteo Renzi conceded defeat in a constitutional referendum and announced he will resign in Rome, early Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. Banner in Italian reads "You wanted to change the Constitution? Goodby Bella". (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian populists seek quick vote to win power after Renzi quits

By Frances D'Emilio

Resignation over referendum defeat galvanizes ‘anti-establishment,’ rightist forces in Italian politics

Italy’s Renzi resigns as PM after crushing referendum defeat

By Angus Mackinnon

Relief across Europe at Austrian far-right election defeat

By Nina Lamparski and Simon Sturdee

Austria’s far-right concedes defeat in presidential race

By Nina Lamparski

Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier in the Jordan Valley, January 2, 2014. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Knesset committee moves to cut men’s IDF service to 30 months

By Judah Ari Gross

Proposal will go to plenum for final readings before becoming law; plan expected to decrease number of soldiers

Chemi Peres, son of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres, pauses in front of his father's coffin after speaking during his funeral on September 30, 2016, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

Interview

Peres’s son has lessons for a new New Middle East

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Chemi Peres, son of the late Shimon Peres, is certain, despite war and terrorism, that his father’s unquenchable faith in human agency will soon prove itself in the Arab world

Minyan in Dubai – with live music

He’s not the kind of Jew who prays much, especially when in the Gulf, but those guys in baseball caps needed him

We must do ‘Jewish’ the non-Orthodox way

Democratic Israel should recognize that the majority of Jews welcome women as equal participants in worship

Praying that the mosque reconstruction she sees in the distance is no sniper outpost, but for peaceful, soulful solace

Religion plus nationalism spawns sexism

Societal forces are unleashing the baser instincts of those in charge, making sexual harassment by higher-ups rampant

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key speaking at a press conference in Auckland, September 2, 2014. (AFP/DAVID ROWLAND)

New Zealand’s popular Prime Minister John Key calls it quits

Son of Jewish refugee from Europe says he felt it was time to go, has no immediate plans other than to spend time with family

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, center, casts his vote at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the city of Ramallah the West Bank, December 3, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Analysis

At Fatah congress, Rajoub — and Abbas — walk away with big wins

By Avi Issacharoff

In pulling off conference without a hitch and sidelining rival Dahlan, PA president has good reason to be pleased… for now

Illustrative photo of a post office in the Gaza Strip. August 17, 2016. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel allows resumption of parcel post into Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

Ban on shipment of packages was put into place after discovery of its use for illegal weapons smuggling

President-elect Donald Trump gestures toward reporters as he arrives for a party at the home of Robert Mercer, one of his biggest campaign donors, December 3, 2016, in Head of the Harbor, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump picks fight with China, rails against its currency, military policies

Two days after riling Beijing over call with Taiwan leader, president-elect takes to Twitter to slam Asian superpower

Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg in the Knesset, February 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Left-wing MK defends DNC hopeful Ellison over anti-Israel criticism

By Tamar Pileggi and Eric Cortellessa

Tamar Zandberg says Keith Ellison represents a progressive left that will include Israel in its ‘commitment to uphold certain values’

Nochi Dankner (left) and Itay Strum, both jailed for insider trading, at the Tel Aviv District Court on October 30, 2016. (Flash90)

Ex-billionaire Dankner gets 2 years for share price rigging

Co-defendent Itay Strum sentenced to 1 year for role in insider trading scheme aimed at saving cash-strapped IDB holdings

Delegates from West Africa at an agricultural conference in Israel, December 5, 2016 (courtesy Mashav)

African ministers in Israel for first-ever agricultural summit

By Raphael Ahren

Top officials from 13 West African states come to Jerusalem to discuss sustainable productivity in arid and semi-arid regions

Eli Groner, director of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, addresses journalists in Jerusalem on Sunday, December 4, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

PMO chief to Diaspora journalists: Israel can’t separate religion and state

By Raphael Ahren

At Jewish media summit in Jerusalem, Eli Groner also urges reporters to focus more on domestic issues; Rivlin: Don’t only report the bad news

Jewish residents of the unauthorized Israeli outpost of Amona, in the West Bank, seen walking on the streets of the settlement on November 17, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Coalition reportedly reaches compromise on Amona outpost

Residents to be moved to temporary housing, compensated; government to work to prevent future outpost evacuations, but legislation will likely be shelved or revised

Image of the Ecuadorean representative to the United Nations Horacio Sevilla Borja taken from a September 2, 2016 interview. (screen capture: YouTube)

Quoting Castro, Ecuador’s UN envoy compares Zionism to Nazism

By JTA and Raphael Ahren

Jerusalem demands clarification after Horacio Sevilla Borja decries ‘persecution and genocide’ committed against Palestinians by ‘imperialist’ Israel

Anas Abudaabes, released from jail November 27, 2016 after his arrest for incitement in a Facebook post (Facebook)

Bedouin man cleared over sarcastic Facebook arson post

Anas Abudaabes spent 3 days in jail due to police ‘mistranslation’ of Arabic status intended to mock online support for wave of fires

Erik Claster hopes to gather votes from the world over to win the competition to train as a dog sledder next April (Courtesy Erik Claster)

Adventurous Efrat dad dreams of dogsleds

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

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

Blowin' off the prizeBob Dylan mails in speech for Nobel ceremony

By AFP

Dr. Ben Carson speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), July 19, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. ( AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck)

Trump names former rival Carson as housing secretary

By AFP

LDS's and Ananda Scientific's Hygia Products sales kit (Courtesy)

Israeli cannabis-based nanotech droplets start US sales

By Shoshanna Solomon

El Al airplanes on the tarmac at the Ben Gurion International Airport on August 14, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

El Al management reaches agreement to end labor dispute

Illustrative: Amar’e Stoudemire is surrounded by young fans at his youth basketball camp in Jerusalem, August 8, 2016. (Andrew Tobin)

Amar’e Stoudemire’s son barred from Israeli youth basketball league

By Andrew Tobin

The entrance to the new Trump International Hotel at the old post office in Washington, DC, October 26, 2016. (Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images/AFP)

Azerbaijan’s embassy to co-host Hanukkah party at Trump’s DC hotel

By JTA

Jenna Jameson (s_bukley/Shutterstock.com)

ExxxclusiveJenna Jameson flogs David Duke over claim Jews rule porn

By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff

Former adult actress Jenna Jameson promoting her erotic novel 'Sugar' on October 25, 2013 at a Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles, California. (Valerie Macon/Getty Images, via JTA)

Jenna Jameson reveals ‘massive crush’ on Netanyahu

From Guns N' Roses reunion tour, which kicked off this fall, and will head to Israel in the summer (Courtesy Guns N' Roses)

Welcome to the jungleRock n’ roll bad boys Guns N’ Roses return to Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

The 'Scarecrow' in Pole Show Jerusalem's Sunday night, December 4 rendition of 'The Wizard of Oz' (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Brass monkey movesPole dancing down the yellow brick road

By Jessica Steinberg

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai (left) and journalist Raviv Drucker on December 14, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewLame scandals and lamer ducks

By Joshua Davidovich

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