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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 8, 2016

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Jewish Home MK Shuli Moalem-Refaeli speaks during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill on December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Outpost bill passes Knesset hurdle in first reading

By Raoul Wootliff

By 58 to 51, MKs advance controversial proposal aim at legalizing thousands of settler homes built on private Palestinian land

Reporter's notebookThe night a sleepy opposition crowned Jewish Home MK Smotrich ‘prime minister’

By Marissa Newman

Fresh Amona rehousing plan envisions new West Bank settlement

EU stresses ‘strong opposition’ to outpost legalization

Illustrative image (iStock)

Overweight kids risk reduced brainpower as adults — study

By Stuart Winer

Hebrew University research also indicates that tall people are smarter and that women — but not men — who have a growth spurt in late adolescence gain a brain boost

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel trying to keep chemical arms from Hezbollah, Liberman says

By Judah Ari Gross

Comments follow defense minister’s previous statement that terror group was seeking WMDs, after Syria accused Israel of Damascus bombing

Liberman on Syria strikes: Israel keeping WMDs from Hezbollah

By Judah Ari Gross and Raphael Ahren

Assad: Despite Gulf backing rebels, Israel still Syria’s only enemy

AnalysisIn Syrian skies, Israel flies a tricky path

By Avi Issacharoff

View of the Amona outpost in the West Bank, on November 28, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

UN slams outpost bill as ‘unequivocally illegal’

Ban lifted on Ethiopian Israeli blood donors; Morsi’s son arrested in Cairo; police training for Amona evacuation; PM announces joint emergency force with Greece, Cyprus

A kangaroo jill and her joey (public domain, Tom Lind via Wikimedia Commons)

Hopping mad

MKs jump to join all-expenses-paid trip to save the kangaroos

14 lawmakers fall for TV sting, sign up for excursion at busiest time of year, offered by an organization that does not exist

Former inmate and Mengele twin, Eva Mozes Kor walks the grounds at Auschwitz in 2007, on one of her many trips there as a lecturer. (courtesy)

Interview

Holocaust survivor preaches forgiveness of Nazis as ‘ultimate revenge’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Reviled by many, Mengele twin Eva Mozes Kor is steadfast in her belief that there is no criminal who cannot be forgiven, even those who murdered her family

Holocaust survivor who fought off purse snatcher questions jail for attacker

By JTA

Holocaust survivor Adolf Burger, who was forced to forge British banknotes for the Nazis. (Wikimedia Commons/Thierry Caro/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last of Hitler’s Jewish ‘counterfeiters‘ dies

By JTA

Adolf Burger, 99, whose memoirs inspired award-winning film, was forced to forge banknotes during World War II

The election is over, now the work begins

It’s time to end the vitriol and recognize the importance of unity, compromise, critical thinking, and respect

How dare you call me a traitor

A response to a poll that found nearly half of Israeli Jews say left-wingers are not loyal to the state

A letter from Israel’s first deaf EMT

Her message: If a person with a disability tells you about their dream, think of ways to help this person succeed

Samuel J. Crystal

Then the guy said ‘Gas all of them’

He witnessed the kind of bigotry he attributes to the Trump victory, but did he handle it the right way?

A picture taken on November 27, 2016 shows smoke billowing near the northern Israeli city of Hadera following a wildfire. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

After raising $6m, JNF hits back at reforestation critics

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Mere weeks after a wave of forest fires, the NY-based organization has already transferred $2m for firefighting equipment, including 23 trucks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits scene of forest fires that broke out in Zichron Yaakov in northern Israel, on November 23, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)

Were claims of Israel’s ‘arson intifada’ overblown?

By Andrew Tobin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) hosts Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades during a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem to discuss eastern Mediterranean oil and gas on December 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON)

After fires, Israel teams with Greece, Cyprus for emergency force

Pledge comes as Jerusalem hosts second round of tripartite meetings meant to foster regional cooperation

Gray Cranes flocking at the Agamon Hula Lake in the Hula valley in northern Israel, December 7, 2016. (AFP/Jack GUez)

In pictures

Fly and feed: Tens of thousands of cranes winter, and eat, in Israel’s north

'First' women clergy discuss their challenges at a New York panel 'Breaking Boundaries, Building Communities' on December 4, 2016 (from left): Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Rabbi Lila Kagedan, Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Jewish Women's Archive Executive Director Judith Rosenbaum, and Rabbi Sally Priesand. (courtesy)

Women rabbis who waded into a sea of opposition still fighting the waves

By Cathryn J. Prince

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and other House Democrats stand in opposition to the president's trade deal during a press conference on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Victoria Burke/AP)

Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party

By Eric Cortellessa

Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to anti-Semitic figures remains

Richard Spencer, the self-styled leader of the so-called alt-right movement, speaks at Texas A&M University on December 6, 2016. (Screenshot)

Reporter's Notebook

Taking a page from Trump, white nationalist mocks critics onstage during Texas speech

By Ricky Ben-David

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the state funeral of late president Shimon Peres, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

PM says yes to Abbas talks… if France drops peace confab

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

As Netanyahu calls Hollande to say he won’t come to Mideast conference, PA president says he had no invite for Paris anyway

Manuel Valls, second from left, hosting a delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis at his office in May 2015. (Eli Itkin/Conference of European Rabbis)

Analysis

In Manuel Valls, French Jews get a presidential candidate they can trust

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Many admire the former premier, who just resigned to run in the elections, for tough stance against anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism

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)

Two Palestinians killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

At least one other injured in incident in Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, near the border fence with Israel

Security forces at the Tapuah Junction in the West Bank after a Palestinian attacker was shot dead as he tried to stab border policemen, December 8, 2016. (Police spokesperson)

Palestinian pulls knife on troops in West Bank, is shot and killed

No Israelis hurt during attempted assault at Tapuah Junction bus stop; attacker identified as Qalqilya teen

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)

Knesset to scrutinize Iranian holdings in German submarine builder

MK Tzipi Livni says answers sought on whether the defense establishment examined ramifications of Tehran’s stake in company

Locals gather outside of the Jazar Mosque in the Old City of the northern Israeli city of Acre on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, June 3, 2016. (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90)

Mosque-muffling bill on back burner as PM seeks tougher draft

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

MK Moti Yogev says two versions of controversial proposal could face initial Knesset vote as ministers negotiate differences

More Headlines

Standing Rock, North Dakota, November 26, 2016: Water Protectors gathered for a prayer circle as the sun set at the base of Turtle Island. (Getty images)

With mutual connection to water and land, Jews protest with Standing Rock Sioux

By Cathryn J. Prince

A poster in the 'House of Houdini' museum in Budapest, December 2, 2016. (AFP/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)

‘Handcuff king’ Houdini’s secrets finally unlocked

By Peter Murphy

The Chabad menorah at Grand Army Plaza, whose candles reach 33 and a half feet in the air, is technically taller than its Manhattan rival. (Facebook)

Size mattersHow a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed 2 rabbis in court

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

6 Jewish groups to skip Conference of Presidents party at Trump’s DC hotel

Trumpeter and artistic director Avishai Cohen at the Jerusalem Jazz Festival in 2015 (Courtesy Yossi Zwecker)

Curated musicJazz journey of international artists at Jerusalem festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Insulog's clip on device helps keep track of insulin doses (Courtesy)

Israel smart tracker aims to keep tabs on insulin shots

By Shoshanna Solomon

The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva investigating bribery accusations in Romania

Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, right, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau attend a New Year's ceremony of the Israel Police Command at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Chief Rabbinate promises to name Diaspora rabbis trusted for conversion

By Andrew Tobin

Former Shas MK Amnon Cohen in 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Shas veteran named as former MK held on bribe-taking suspicions

By Raoul Wootliff

Singer Justin Bieber performs onstage on December 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Mike Windle/Getty Images for iHeartMedia/AFP)

UnbeliebableJustin Bieber to perform in Israel in May

Illustrative photo of a girls' seminary in Beit Shemesh, September 2014. The school in the photo is not connected to the Jerusalem case. (Flash90)

Jerusalem rabbi arrested on suspicion of raping student

Screen shot of footage of alleged Israeli missile strike on the Syrian Mazzeh airbase near Damascus on December 7, 2016. (Credit: Twitter)

Hebrew media reviewDeath north and south

By Ilan Ben Zion

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