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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 22, 2017

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US President Donald Trump alongside Dr. Ben Carson, his nominee for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as they tour an exhibit about Carson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, February 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

In long-awaited statement, Trump says anti-Semitism is ‘horrible’

After angering Jewish community with reluctance to address hate crimes, US president vows to ‘fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms’

Netanyahu praises Trump for ‘strong stand’ on anti-Semitism

Jewish groups seek action from Trump to match his words on anti-Semitism

Anne Frank Center: Trump administration ‘infected’ with anti-Semitism

Israeli police stand next to a vehicle that crashed into police officers in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Israel Police)

Probe said to find Bedouin village incident wasn’t terrorism

Brother of Yaqoub Abu Al-Qia’an, who was shot dead as his car struck and killed an officer, demands an apology from police minister

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan attends the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister implies Bedouin village incident not a terror attack

A view of the Lawrence Family JCC in San Diego. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

Judge committee picks four new Supreme Court justices

By Ilan Ben Zion

ADL headquarters receives bomb threat in latest scare; IDF chief: No eagerness in Gaza to launch war against us; Lebanese media: Israeli troops cross border, plant ‘spying devices’

IDF Sgt. Elor Azaria, who shot dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker in the West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016, is surrounded by family and friends as he awaits to hear his sentence in a courtroom at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on February 21, 2017 (Jim Hollander/POOL)

Analysis

Elor Azaria was sentenced, but the army was the one on trial

By Judah Ari Gross

Unlike guilty verdict, which focused on the Kfir Brigade soldier’s actions, Tuesday’s sentencing was more about the IDF’s failures

A man holds an iPhone displaying the Waze app (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Drive me crazy

Traffic jam as Waze mistakenly declares J’lem-TA road closed

‘Worker error’ at navigation app sends cars to alternate route

At the Hamat Gader recreation park in northern Israel, on February 20, 2017, Druze, Circassians, Arab-Christians and Arab-Muslims shared their grief over children they've lost to terror attacks or in active military duty (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)

Israel’s diverse Arabic speakers bond as victims of Arab terror

In a get-together at the ancient springs of Hamat Gader, Israeli Druze, Circassians, Arab Christians and Arab Muslims share their grief over their fallen children

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Now, was that so hard?

The long wait for President Trump to condemn anti-Semitism highlighted how it’s being used as a complex political weapon

Bibi’s craven silence on anti-Semitism

The prime minister’s failure to condemn attacks reflects his disdain for much of US Jewry

Helen Gottstein

Want to be a disruptor in the cutting-edge world of hi-tech? Make the next big thing parity of women and men presenters

In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Linda Sarsour, director of the Arab American Association of New York, poses for photos in front of a canvas painted by the association's youth group at its headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

BDS activist raises $56,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery

Palestinian-American Linda Sarsour says she hopes crowdfunding effort will help bring ‘a sense of security’ to US Jews

Jewish Cemetery Vilnius, 1922 (Wikimedia Commons)

Lithuania reconsiders plans to build atop former Jewish cemetery — report

By JTA

Molly Hitt, of Boston, displays an American flag while standing in front of a memorial to the Irish potato famine, right, during a rally called "We Will Persist," Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Millions targeted for possible deportation under new Trump rules

By Alicia A. Caldwell

Homeland Security Department seeks to grow border protection force in order to massively boost numbers of deported

Jared Kushner listens as US President Donald Trump participates in a congressional listening session with GOP members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, February 16, 2017. (Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images via JTA)

Alumni, former staff at Jared Kushner’s yeshiva ask him to oppose travel ban

By JTA

An Israel Air Force F-15 flies overhead during an exercise in the Golan Heights on February 23, 2014. (Gu Ashash/Israel Air Force/Flickr)

Israeli jets strike outside Damascus – Syrian media

By Judah Ari Gross

Hezbollah weapons convoy reportedly targeted near Lebanese border; Israel stays mum

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, walks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, right, upon their arrival at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 (Jason Reed/Pool Photo via AP)

In Sydney, Netanyahu lauds ‘clear-eyed Australia‘ for blasting UN

By Sue Surkes and AP

Opening 4-day visit, PM meets counterpart Turnbull, who describes Israel as ‘truly miraculous,’ asserts support for two-state solution

Benjamin Netanyahu, center, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 19, 2017. (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)

US torpedoed regional peace bid by trying to impose terms, Israeli official says

Secret effort to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which saw a Feb. 2016 Aqaba summit with Netanyahu, Kerry, Sissi, Abdullah, was doomed by US, official close to PM claims

Cabinet members pose for a group picture during a special cabinet meeting at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, together with Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, on May 19, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)

Analysis

Cabinet musical chairs continues after Netanyahu’s latest reshuffle

By Raoul Wootliff

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Army chief: Azaria case tainted by ‘manipulations and lies’

Gadi Eisenkot says discourse around manslaughter trial ‘harmed the IDF, the soldier himself, and the public’

One of two rockets fired at southern Israel from the Sinai Peninsula on February 20, 2017. It struck in an open field near the Naveh community. (Israel Police)

Islamic State affiliate in Sinai claims rocket fire on Israel

By Alexander Fulbright

Jihadist group says it fired two projectiles Monday at ‘southern Palestine,’ posts photos of launch

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked with Supreme Court President Miriam Naor in the city of Beit Shemesh, on March 29, 2016 (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Divided judicial panel set to approve 4 new justices

Justice minister and members of appointments committee debate compromise deals ahead of high-stakes vote

The ammonia storage tank in the northern city of Haifa. (Courtesy of Environmental Protection Ministry)

Environment Ministry to close Haifa ammonia storage tank

Decision not to renew permit follows legal wrangling between company and city over potentially hazardous facility

The Spielberg siblings, Steven (left), Sue, Nancy and Anne with their mother, Leah Adler, at a fundraiser for Children of Chernobyl, which Nancy Spielberg founded (Courtesy Nancy Spielberg)

Leah Adler, mother of Steven Spielberg, dies at 97

By Jessica Steinberg

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MK Yoel Hasson (Zionist Union) attends a Knesset Committee meeting on September 20, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Meme misdemeanorState seeks ‘forgery’ probe after MK spoofs PM letter

By Alexander Fulbright and Raphael Ahren

An illustrative photo of a chess board (photo credit: Martin Lopatka/Flickr/CC BY-SA)

A pawn in their gameIran bans teen chess player for competing against an Israeli

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a press conference, February 21, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Far-right firebrand quits Breitbart over pedophilia remarks

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

Eddie Redmayne and J. K. Rowling attend the European premiere of 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' at Odeon Leicester Square on November 15, 2016 in London, England. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

From our partnersJK Rowling’s tweet for Muslim campaign to repair Jewish graves triples donations

Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation attempted to run this advertisement in Variety, but the magazine refused. It did run in the LA Times. (Courtesy Jewish Voice for Peace)

Excess HollywooIsrael invited 26 Oscar stars to visit. So far none has

Gauzy's glass technology allows ads to be projected on windows (Courtesy)

Israeli glass tech can help car windows show ads

By Shoshanna Solomon

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

Man killed, seven hurt in three-car pile-up outside Nazareth

Knesset staffers protest against the dress code in the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, December 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hem and hawKnesset won’t revise dress code, short skirts still out

A marquee tent where the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine planned to hold an illegal rally supporting terror, February 21, 2017. (Police spokesperson)

Police prevent Jerusalem terror group rally, arrest 6

By Stuart Winer

IDF Sgt. Elor Azaria, who shot dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker in the West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016, is surrounded by family and friends as he awaits to hear his sentence in a courtroom at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on February 21, 2017 (Jim Hollander/POOL)

Hebrew media reviewAfter Solomonic slap on the wrist, Azaria pardon looms large

By Joshua Davidovich

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