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What Matters Most On Friday, January 6, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara (C) and their son Yair seen with actress Kate Hudson at an event held at the home of producer Arnon Milchan (right), March 6, 2014. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s lawyer: There’s nothing criminal in accepting cigars from a close friend

By Tamar Pileggi and ToI Staff

After PM questioned for five hours over two sets of corruption allegations, his attorney says he has no cause for concern

‘Billionaire gave Netanyahus cigars, champagne worth hundreds of thousands’

By Tamar Pileggi

Netanyahu quizzed for 5 hours on costly cigar gifts from billionaire, 2nd corruption case

By Tamar Pileggi

MK gets security detail after petitioning court on Netanyahu probe

Illustrative: A joint session of the US Congress, September 9, 2009. (Wikipedia/Lawrence Jackson/whitehouse.gov/public domain)

US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

Approved with vote of 342-80, House Resolution 11 calls Security Council’s anti-settlements measure a ‘one-sided’ obstacle to peace

‘Thank you America,’ says Netanyahu, hailing House for backing Israel against UN

Pence hails House motion on Israel, ‘our most cherished ally’

US Jewish groups laud House condemnation of UN resolution on Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

Supreme Court Chief Justice Miriam Naor. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Top justice: Threats to Azaria judges imperil the rule of law

Supreme Court head Miriam Naor says attacks on IDF justices who convicted Hebron shooter ‘have no place in civilized society’

Justice minister decries threats against judges in soldier’s conviction

IDF: Incitement against army chief, judges must stop

By Judah Ari Gross and Joshua Davidovich

AG orders police investigation into threats to IDF chief

Still from BBC 2 comedy show 'Revolting' featuring Real Housewives of ISIS, January 2017 (Screen capture: YouTube)

Death cult mockery

BBC sparks a stir with IS ‘Real Housewives’ sketch

‘It’s only three days till the beheading and I’ve got no idea what to wear’: ‘Sick,’ ‘tasteless,’ ‘hilarious’ mockumentary satirizes UK women lured abroad to marry jihahdist terrorists

Elor Azaria hugging his mother and father in Jaffa military court on July 5, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 2)

I will not turn the other cheek

By Haviv Rettig Gur

He’ll go to the mat for Israel’s judges, but he won’t hand over his sons to defend a nation that doesn’t deserve it

A commercial for Sensibo, a “smart” air conditioner. (Screenshot from YouTube)

6 Israeli startups that want to change your everyday life

A wave of companies are inventing technologies to improve our daily lives; and 16 of them are presenting at a Las Vegas trade show this week

A satellite photo of Syrias Latakia airbase, which Israeli company ImageSat says shows two Russian Iskander missile launchers. (Courtesy ImageSat International)

Israeli satellite spots launchers for Russian nuclear-capable missiles in Syria

ImageSat photos show advanced ‘Iskander’ launchers, which can carry missiles up to 500 kms., at Latakia airbase

Police investigators work at the site of a suicide bombing in Ansbach, southern Germany, on July 25, 2016. (AFP/dpa/Daniel Karmann)

Analysis

2016 was deadliest year ever for suicide bombings worldwide

By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff

Israel’s INSS think tank charts 469 attacks, carried out by 800 perpetrators in 28 countries, killing 5,650 people, and warns that terror groups are redoubling their efforts

Republican guards stand outside the Hyper Cacher supermarket ahead of a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the deadly attack against the store in Paris on January 5, 2017. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)

French politicians mark two years since Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher attacks

By JTA and ToI Staff

Malynnda Littky-Porath

How is a Palestinian like a Black man?

Those who support killing a disarmed terrorist remind her of those who would do the same to her and her children

Joseph under African skies

Bible stories of Jewish saviors presage the Israelis who help repatriated South Sudanese children go to school

Hillel’s formula for excellence

Taking care of non-profit professionals will do more for the Jewish community than investing in the unaffiliated ever did

Rabbi Marvin Hier speaking at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2015 National Tribute Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 24, 2015. (JTA/Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images)

Marvin Hier says he’s ‘proud’ to be Trump’s inauguration rabbi

By Gabrielle Birkner

Founder of Simon Wiesenthal Center faces harsh criticism for upcoming participation at presidential event

US Secretary of State John Kerry lays out his vision for peace between Israel and the Palestinians December 28, 2016, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State in Washington, DC.
(AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS)

In exit memo, Kerry lauds Iran deal, laments no two-state solution

By Eric Cortellessa

With two weeks left in office, secretary of state subtly urges Trump administration to keep nuclear accord, pursue Israeli-Palestinian peace

US Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech on Middle East peace at the U.S. Department of State on December 28, 2016, in Washington, DC. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFP)

US official: Kerry’s speech signaled several ‘gains’ for Israel

By Raphael Ahren

President Reuven Rivlin meets with Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate of France, at Rivlin's residence in Jerusalem, January 3, 2017. Mark Neyman/GPO)

France says no plans for UN resolution after peace confab

By AFP and ToI Staff

Days after Netanyahu warns of further measures at the Security Council, Paris official rebuffs rumors of secret proposal

Palestinian Authority President poses for a photograph with an Israeli peace activist at the PA headquarters in Ramallah on January 5, 2017. (Dov Lieber/Times of Israel)

Abbas to Israelis: Peace will ultimately come through dialogue, not UN

In meeting with hundreds of activists and academics in Ramallah, PA president rails at critics of resolution on settlements

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, December 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jordan: Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem is a ‘red line’

By AP and ToI Staff

Scene of one of the two shootings in Haifa on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. (Magen David Adom Spokesman)

Suspect in deadly Haifa shooting turns himself in

By Judah Ari Gross

During intensive manhunt, police recover weapon they believe was used to kill one man, injure another in suspected terror attack

(From L to R) Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmad, Hamas prime minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh and Hamas deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk pose for a photo as they celebrate in Gaza City on April 23, 2014, after West Bank and Gaza Strip leaders agreed to form a unity government within five weeks. (photo credit: AFP/Said Khatib)

Hamas willing to negotiate Israelis’ release, if 60 prisoners freed — report

By ToI Staff and AFP

Terror group representatives meet with Egyptian officials to discuss swap of soldiers’ bodies, freedom for captive Israelis held in Strip

Housing Minister Yoav Gallant visits the Jewish settlement of Amona in the West Bank, on December 18, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Amona residents: Government not keeping terms of agreement

Letter to PM says construction of new homes has yet to start, warns that residents will not allow eviction of outpost if deal not honored

Tzipi Hotovely (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Interview

Fête or fight? In upcoming jubilee, deputy FM aims to redefine Six Day War

By Raphael Ahren

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A rock with an anti-Semitic epithet and a reference to a Nazi death squad was left inside a package on the doorstep of a Jewish couple in Winnipeg, Canada. (Courtesy of B’nai Brith Canada)

Swastika, ‘die Jew’ left on rock at door of Canadian couple

By JTA

A sapper transporting an old grenade discovered in Tel Aviv's Haganah Museum, January 5, 2017 (Screen capture: YouTube)

Not suitable for display90-year-old live grenade discovered in Tel Aviv museum

Illustrative: A young Jewish boy reads from the Torah at his bar mitzvah in Magen David Synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela, January 1, 2005. (Serge Attal/Flash90)

Israel denies immigration of 9 Venezuelan Jewish converts

By JTA

The Israeli Bamba peanut puff snack (CC BY Nsaum75/Wikimedia Commons)

Giving peanut-based foods to babies early prevents allergies

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

A screenshot of a meme of Pepe the Frog posted by a worker at Wendy's (screenshot from Twitter via JTA)

There's the beefWendy’s tweets image of hate meme Pepe the Frog

By JTA

Elor Azaria, an Israeli soldier who shot a Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, sits in the courtroom before the announcement of the verdict in his trial at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewA nation divided under the weight of one bullet

By Adiv Sterman

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