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What Matters Most On Friday, June 9, 2017

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL)

Bruised but defiant, UK’s May gets mandate to form new government

Shock election results cast dark clouds over negotiations to leave the EU, just 10 days before they are due to begin, but PM says Brexit will proceed

Democratic Unionists in Northern Ireland may be election key

By Gregory Katz

‘Hung Parliament’ in UK, as May’s election gamble backfires

By Agencies and ToI Staff

AnalysisTheresa May: The ‘steady’ leader who gambled and lost

By Alice Ritchie

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in London, February 6, 2017. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Humiliation of May, rise of Corbyn, make gloomy news for Jerusalem

By David Horovitz

Analysis: She thinks Israel is ‘remarkable’ and ‘a beacon of tolerance’; he wouldn’t want to sell arms to the Jewish state

Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a polling station sign in northeast London, June 8, 2017. (AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

Interview

UK Jewish leader: Election result a ‘loss’ for community, and Israel

By Raoul Wootliff

Board of Deputies chair Jonathan Arkush says vote may bolster ‘far-left faction’ within Labour, but rejects notion Corbyn’s gain will encourage Jews to leave Britain

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, accompanied by her husband Philip, leaves after delivering a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 as results from a snap general election show the Conservatives have lost their majority. (AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL)

Analysis

Unlike in Israel, focus on security sparked by terrorism did not aid the right

By Robert Philpot

Cuts to policing and the watering down of anti-terrorist laws when she was home secretary meant Theresa May’s own record hurt her

Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn waves as he leaves the Labour Party headquarters in central London on June 9, 2017 after results in a snap general election show a hung parliament with Labour gains and the Conservative Party losing its majority. (AFP/Paul Ellis)

Analysis

‘Corbyn surge’ in London faltered in ‘bagel belt’ suburbs with strong Jewish vote

By Robert Philpot

Had its leader not been so toxic in the Jewish community, Labour might have hurt PM May even more

Former FBI director James Comey walks through a corridor on the way to a secure room to continue his testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump claims ‘total vindication,’ calls Comey a ‘leaker’

By Eric Tucker and Erica Werner

In tweet ahead of news conference, US president slams testimony of ex-FBI head as ‘so many false statements and lies’

AnalysisDid Trump’s actions amount to obstruction of justice and could he be impeached?

By AFP and ToI Staff

Trump lawyer denies president demanded loyalty, calls Comey a ‘leaker’

By AP

In striking testimony, Comey exposes deep distrust in Trump, says administration lied

By AP

Two juvenile skeletons lie with their heads at opposite ends at the North Tombs Cemetery at Egypt's Amarna site. (Mary Shepperson/Courtesy of The Amarna Project)

In ancient mass graves, archaeologists find child slaves of biblical Egypt

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

New findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews?

A performer at the 'Wigstock Drag Queen Show' smokes a cigarette before the show at Meir Park, in Tel Aviv, as part of Gay Pride Week, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

In ‘unheard of’ trend, smoking makes comeback in Israel

By Andrew Tobin

Some are blaming government as more Israelis take to cigarettes, one of the leading causes of death in the Jewish state

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)

Qatar denies terror links, rejects ‘blockade’ by Arab states

By Malak Harb and Jon Gambrell

Gulf nation says diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and its allies based on ‘false and fabricated news’

Qatar’s Al-Jazeera says battling cyberattack

By AFP

Egypt accuses Qatar of paying huge ransom to IS-linked group

By AFP

Saudi Arabia, allies issue Qatar-linked terror blacklist

By AFP and ToI Staff

What I learned from Arnold

The late visionary entrepreneur taught him that in a world made of information, if you say it, it is no dream

Leadership beyond despair

The prophets model how to conquer feelings of personal inadequacy and get on with changing the world (Beha’alotcha)

Where is Judaism’s holiest site?

No, it’s not the Western Wall — and these days precision regarding Jerusalem’s Jewish sites matters a lot

Israelis take part the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on Friday, June 9, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Revelers throng Tel Aviv for LGBT rights, amid tight security

By ToI Staff and AFP

Road closures expected throughout the city during annual Pride Parade, which this year focuses on bisexuality

A gay couple has a symbolic wedding ceremony under a traditional wedding canopy during the annual Pride parade in Jerusalem, July 21, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

79% of Israelis back gay marriage or civil unions

Defense Minister and leader of Israel Beytenu party, Avigdor Liberman, leads the faction meeting at the Knesset on March 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Liberman: We are ‘closer than ever’ to deal with Palestinians

Defense minister says opportunities for full ties with Arab world could help sway Netanyahu government to accept arrangement

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tours a terror tunnel built by Hamas on the border of Israel with the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

Israel said set to start work on barrier against Gaza tunnels

IDF preparing for Hamas attempts to disrupt construction, which is slated to take a year and cost NIS 3 billion, TV report says

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tours a Hamas-dug tunnel near Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, June 8, 2017 with Israels envoy to the UN, Danny Danon, walking behind her. (IDF)

Haley tours Hamas-dug tunnel, towns in south, border area with Lebanon in north

Ambassador to UN speaks to residents on life under rocket threat, visits Kerem Shalom border crossing into Palestinian enclave, heads north to Kibbutz Misgav Am

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency on June 9, 2017 shows (C to R) Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, parliament speaker Ali Larijani and judiciary chief Sadeq Larijani standing among other officials the funeral of the victims of twin attacks in Tehran earlier in the week. (AFP/Iranian Presidency)

Iranians rail against US, Saudi, Israel in mass funeral for terror victims

Official calls America the ‘international’ version of Islamic State terror group, which claimed attack that killed 17

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard secure the area outside the Iranian parliament during an attack on the complex in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017. (AFP/Fars News/Hossein Mersadi)

Iran: Tehran attackers had been to IS bastions Mosul, Raqqa

By Eric RANDOLPH

Members of Hamas's military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade attending a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

Red Cross calls on Hamas to clarify fate of Israelis held in Gaza

Humanitarian organization says terror group must show families of soldiers and civilians ‘due regard under the law’

Fighters of the Shiite Hezbollah terror group attend the funeral in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Hatta of a comrade who died in combat in Syria, March 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/ Mahmoud Zayyat)

US busts Hezbollah plot to attack Israelis in New York, Panama

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Two men arrested in the Bronx and Michigan were allegedly planning to target embassy in Central America and Israeli military personnel in US

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (left) meets with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem, June 9, 2017 (Dana Shraga/Ministry of Defense)

Liberman: Top Hamas operative is now in Lebanon, plotting attacks

Defense minister urges visiting American UN ambassador to pressure Beirut to expel dangerous terrorist Saleh al-Arouri

Illustrative: 'Kahane was right' graffitied on a wall in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa overnight in a suspected price tag attack, June 9, 2017. (Police spokesperson)

Far-right vandalism suspected in Jerusalem

Tires slashed and the phrases ‘price tag’ and ‘Kahane was right’ are spray-painted in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev speaks during a ceremony at the Knesset, April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The culture minister doesn’t want nudity in art shows, but creators are defiant

By Andrew Tobin

More Headlines

Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)

Some of James Comey’s best friends are Jewish legal scholars

View of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus seen from Jerusalem's Old City, on June 10, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hebrew U ranked best Israeli school, among top 15% in world

By JTA

Israeli actress Gal Gadot signing autographs for fans during the 'Wonder Woman' premier in Mexico City, May 27, 2017. (Victor Chavez/WireImage via JTA)

Not mailing it inIsraelis kvell as Gal Gadot answers 7-year-old fan

By Andrew Tobin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a visit to the Templo Libertad synagogue in Buenos Aires, on June 8, 2017. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)

German chancellor visits synagogue on trip to Argentina

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Customers browsing at Parallel, a studio and shop run by three designers in Jerusalem's Beit Alliance (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Bargain basementSelling art in ‘parallel’ at historic Jerusalem building

By Jessica Steinberg

Microsoft signs accord to buy cyber firm Hexadite

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this Nov. 11, 2012, still image from the film "Etched in Glass: The Legacy of Steve Ross," provided by Many Hats Productions, Holocaust survivor Steve Ross, from left, displays an American flag to Brenda Sattler and Gwen Sattler Allanson at a Veteran's Day event at the Statehouse in Boston. (Tony Bennis/Many Hats Productions via AP)

In film, survivor searches for US soldier who liberated him at Dachau

By Philip Marcelo

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, visits the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 22, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)

From our partnerJewish women’s groups challenge Ivanka on birth control rollback

By Hannah Dreyfus

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

Hebrew media reviewOn Comey and UK, papers fall short in minding Ps and Qs

By Joshua Davidovich

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