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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 6, 2016

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the Knesset on December 5, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett hails step toward annexing parts of Judea and Samaria

Knesset okays controversial West Bank outpost bill in preliminary vote

By Marissa Newman

After raucous plenary session, legislation clears first parliamentary obstacle; opposition head warns of ‘national suicide,’ calling passage a ‘dark day’

What’s in the Israeli legislation that aims to legalize West Bank outposts?

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinians slam outpost bill, demand US recognize Palestine

Palestinians, rights group challenge plan to relocate Amona

Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon walks with party members during a campaign stop at the Carmel market in Tel Aviv, February 4, 2015 (Ben Kelmer/FLASH90)

Analysis

In taking on Amona bill, Kulanu emerges as a vocal paper tiger

By Raoul Wootliff

Moshe Kahlon waxes combative as the supposed moderate force in the coalition, but he’s a long shot from the liberal light some had hoped for

Amona settlers reject compromise, vow to resist evacuation

Attorney general says outpost bill still illegal, even without Amona

By Tamar Pileggi and Marissa Newman

Outpost bill cheered, jeered as step toward annexing West Bank

Young Israeli men build a structure in the West Bank outpost of Amona on November 28, 2016. The structure is meant to house supporters for when the state decides to evacuate the outpost, which was built on private Palestinian land. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

‘Amona residents won’t be allowed to move to adjacent plot’

By Raoul Wootliff

Claims alternative parcel is also privately owned reportedly preventing deal for residents’ resettlement; Erekat says PA will give ICC information to help investigate outpost bill

Then US secretary of state John Kerry talks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (on the phone) from his hotel room in Cairo, Egypt, on July 25, 2014. (AFP/Pool)

AnalysisHis successor would do well to take note

Wrong from the start: Why John Kerry failed to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: The indefatigable, well-intentioned secretary couldn’t have cut a deal, but he could have made progress

Full text of John Kerry’s remarks at Saban Forum 2016

IDF troops conduct a training exercise near the Gaza Strip on December 6, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Terrorists on motorcycles: IDF simulates cross-border attacks in Gaza Division drill

By Judah Ari Gross

Hundreds of soldiers take part in exercise in southern Israel to improve preparedness, ties with civilian forces

In Gaza, 2 wounded as Hamas clashes with hardliners

By AFP and ToI Staff

Caught in the actSoldiers nab would-be Molotov cocktail thrower

By Judah Ari Gross

US Muslim cleric fights deportation over Hamas conviction

By AP

The Jacob‘s sheep in quarantine in southern Israel on December 5, 2016. (courtesy The Friends of Jacob Sheep)

Baaaaack in townBaaaaack in town

Biblical sheep in Israel for first time in millennia

By Melanie Lidman

119 Jacob’s sheep, a heritage breed mentioned in Genesis, began arriving last week

A golden statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is toppled in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2016, hours after it was placed overnight by artist Itay Zalait, without permission from the Tel Aviv municipality. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Golden statue of Netanyahu toppled in Tel Aviv plaza

Artist who placed sculpture without permission in Rabin Square says he wanted to ‘test the boundaries of free speech’

Thousands of Israelis attend a march organized by the 'Peace Now' movement from Rabin Square to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on October 24, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Nearly half of Israeli Jews say left not loyal to the state — poll

By Marissa Newman

Majority say criticism during times of security conflict is illegitimate; plurality backs annexation; most unmoved by fears of growing anti-Semitism in US

Ultra-Orthodox men hold placards supporting then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at an event held by Republicans Overseas Israel in Jerusalem, October 26, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New poll finds high support for Trump among Israelis

Why I oppose evacuating Amona

It’s a human issue far beyond politics and it’s his duty as a rabbi to defend the interests of the downtrodden

Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel

Extremists on both sides are destroying the future, for Israelis and Palestinians will fall or thrive together

Shayna Abramson

Amona and place-based idol worship

The seizing of private land has precedent in the Bible’s story of Ahab, and that story’s moral lessons still apply

Plant trees in Israel now? Baaad idea

The rush to replant forests risks lasting harm to the natural ecosystem; better to faciliate healthy, diverse regrowth

Are Jews White? It no longer matters

She fears ethnic marginalization and anti-Semitism, but will use her privilege to fight the oppression of other minorities

Illustrative: Nazi-themed election graffiti was found in the upstate New York town of Wellsville on the day that Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election, Nov. 9, 2016. (Twitter via JTA)

Jews targeted most in post-election hate crime spree – NYPD

By JTA

43 incidents in New York in the month since the vote mark a ‘huge’ 115 percent increase from the previous year

A New York City police officer standing guard outside Grand Central Station in New York City, Sept. 20, 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via JTA)

Two Muslim NY women subject to hate crimes in 36 hours

By AFP

US Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Jewish head of teachers union defends Keith Ellison

By JTA and ToI Staff

Randi Weingarten blasts ‘maddening’ criticism of DNC chief candidate over his statement that US ‘governed’ by Israeli interests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touring the INS Tanin submarine, built by the German firm Thyssenkrupp, as it arrived in Israel on September 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Israel downplays Iran’s stake in company building its subs

Defense minister: No alternative to purchasing vessels from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp, Tehran’s role ‘negligible’

Likud MK Yehudah Glick embraces a Druze religious leader during an emergency meeting over the muezzin law, a bill which intends to ban loudspeakers at mosques, in the Israeli parliament on December 05, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Much sound, but few results, at interfaith summit over mosque-muffling bill

By Marissa Newman

At Knesset gathering, Jews, Muslims and Christians bid to convince government to drop legislation in favor of inter-communal dialogue

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, left, meeting with his US counterpart Ashton Carter in London on September 7, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

US defense secretary to attend F-35 ceremony — Pentagon

By Judah Ari Gross

As part of trip to Asia, Europe, Ashton Carter will stop in Israel next week to see arrival of stealth fighter, meet with Liberman

Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, appears in a Jerusalem court, January 25, 2012. (Flash90)

Netanyahu blasts Fatah for electing Barghouti to senior post

PM says appointing jailed terrorist to Central Committee ‘radicalizes the culture of incitement and terrorism’

Joint (Arab) List head Ayman Odeh addresses a question to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on July 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Top Arab MK seeks incitement probe against Netanyahu over arson claims

Ayman Odeh to ask attorney general to investigate PM’s statements that seemed to implicate Arabs in rash of blazes

Collection of 780,000 year old remains of edible plants. (Credit: Yoel Melamed)

Traces of true paleo diet emerge from muck in northern Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

On 'Younger,' Maggie (Debi Mazar), left, hosts a Shabbat dinner for her love interest, Malkie (Sally Pressman), and her friends. (Courtesy of TV Land/via JTA)

An Orthodox lesbian character — and other reasons to watch ‘Younger’

By Linda Buchwald

'The Revenge of Analog' author David Sax (Christopher Farber)

Today’s counter-culture Millennials increasingly turn off, tune in, and go analog, says author

By Renee Ghert-Zand

More Headlines

Illustrative photo of Google's homepage. (Alexey Boldin image via Shutterstock)

Don't be, erm...Google removes ‘are Jews evil’ search suggestion

By JTA

Wheelchair of Hope for $100 (Courtesy)

Hundred-buck wheelchair brings hope to disabled kids

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jeremy Corbyn at the former Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt, Dec. 3, 2016. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

UK Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn visits former Nazi camp at Terezin

By JTA

Illustrative photo of a Georgian synagogue in the city of Oni. (CC BY-SA, Susan Astray, Flickr)

Torah stolen from Republic of Georgia synagogue found destroyed

By JTA

Jared Kushner attends the premiere of “A Film Unfinished” at MOMA – Celeste Bartos Theater in New York City, Aug. 11, 2010. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images via JTA)

Jared Kushner’s parents donated tens of thousands to settlement groups

By JTA

A screenshot of SECDO's system at work. (courtesy)

Israeli cybersecurity company secures $10 million in funding

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

5 startups chosen for El Al-JetBlue tech program

By Shoshanna Solomon

Former Or Yehuda mayor David Yosef arrives at Tel Aviv District Court, December 5, 2016. (Flash90)

Ex-mayor convicted of sex offenses, naming street for mistress

By ToI Staff and AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset on December 5, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewStill life with bill pickle

By Joshua Davidovich

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