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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 13, 2017

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Abu Obeida, spokesman of the Hamas military wing, speaks during a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017. (AFP/ Said Khatib/ File)

Hamas warns Gaza electricity cut will lead to ‘explosion’

Terror group’s spokesman warns of ‘disastrous’ results should Israel implement Abbas’s request to decrease power to Strip; officials warn of humanitarian catastrophe

Netanyahu: Israel not seeking escalation over Gaza electricity crisis

By Stuart Winer

Egypt said to offer Hamas electricity in exchange for 17 wanted men

US ‘strongly condemns’ Hamas tunnel found under UNRWA schools in Gaza

By Eric Cortellessa

Amid boycott of Qatar, Israel mulls expelling al-Jazeera

After similar Saudi and Jordanian moves, Netanyahu said preparing to shutter network’s Israeli bureau, but legal hurdles abound

Backing Gulf, Liberman equates al-Jazeera with ‘Nazi propaganda’

By Judah Ari Gross

Turkey’s Erdogan slams ‘inhumane’ isolation of Qatar

By AFP

Qatar foreign minister denounces ‘unfair,’ ‘illegal’ sanctions

By AFP

Rabbi Denise Eger, center, reading Torah during her installation as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, March 16, 2015. (David A.M. Wilensky)

4 out of 5 Reform rabbis are Democrats — most of any clergy

By JTA

70% of Conservative rabbis and almost 40% of Orthodox rabbis also affiliate as Democrats; Evangelical pastors are almost all Republicans

Woman on the wallIvanka Trump: Western Wall visit was ‘deeply personal’

By JTA and ToI Staff

On the agendaSchumer parodies Trump’s awkward Cabinet meeting

Et tu, Bannon?Trump-style ‘Julius Caesar’ provokes storm in NY

By Jennie Matthew

Prof. Jonathan Sarna in an interview following a lecture hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America at Jerusalem's Beit Avichai, on May 28, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Interview

Historian Sarna warns of anti-Semitic backlash in US if Kushner indicted

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

‘It’s good for Jews to worry,’ says renowned American Jewish scholar, while drawing parallels between the news and past events

Trump considering firing special counsel Mueller, friend says

By Jill Colvin and Julie Bykowicz

Trump travel ban dealt another blow, faces high court next

By Gene Johnson and SUDHIN THANAWALA

Maryland, DC sue Trump for ‘flagrantly violating constitution’

By Paul Handley

In this photo from December 16, 2016, attorney Michael Cohen arrives in Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Live updates (closed)

Trump’s lawyer Cohen to testify before Congress in September

By Tamar Pileggi

3 arrested in connection to murder of Ramle teen; Israel restores New Zealand ties after settlements resolution spat; PM to help mediate crisis at Hadassah’s pediatric cancer unit

Cricketer Naomi Eytan in action (courtesy)

Maccabiah bans leading young cricketer from Israeli team because – yikes! – she’s a girl

By Stuart Winer

Coaches and officials go to bat for Naomi Eytan, 14, after Jewish Olympics says she can’t join the boys in the under-19 squad

Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, sits at her house in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 11, 2016. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Dorit Rabinyan’s banned Israeli-Palestinian love story woos new readers

By Jessica Steinberg

After its removal from high school curricula in Israel, ‘All The Rivers’ comes to the US in fresh translation

Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

1 in 4 Israeli women and 1 in 6 men are obese, study finds

By AFP and ToI Staff

Worldwide obesity rates ballooning, putting more at risk, according to 35-year global investigation published by medical journal

Jackie Robinson in 1950. (Public domain)

'Yankel, Yankel, get a klap! Smack the ball!'

How (some) Jews across the US rooted for baseball’s first black player

By Rich Tenorio

70 years after Jackie Robinson hit the field, new books and exhibits show how the sport’s Jewish fans and players shared his pain

Iranians celebrate on the streets of Tehran early on June 13, 2017, after their national football team won the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Iran and Uzbekistan. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

Iran qualifies for 2018 World Cup, in sharp contrast to ‘embarrassing’ Israel

By ToI Staff and AFP

Monday’s win over Uzbekistan is celebrated in the streets of Tehran; Israel’s team was booed from the stadium in Haifa after losing to Albania on Sunday

The Summer 2017 collection for Select Fashion, an Israeli clothing manufacturer, included children with special needs as models; Hallel Markowitz is second from right (Courtesy Dmitriy Green)

Girl with Down syndrome is a supermodel of success

By Jessica Steinberg

Gabrielle Markowitz sees her daughter’s modeling career as a means toward normalizing awareness of people with disabilities

Teenager with Tourette explains life with tics

By Jessica Steinberg

Baruch Indig (L) and Odelia Bachar. (Facebook)

Court stays ‘double suicide’ autopsy, giving police day to show new suspect

By Raoul Wootliff

Despite suspicions of foul play, judges accept families’ request to prevent postmortem for Baruch Indig and Odelia Bachar, found dead Sunday

Police investigate second hotel room ‘double suicide’ in week

By Raoul Wootliff

18-year-old woman found dead with stab wounds in Ramle

Police seek autopsy of couple in mystery Eilat hotel ‘double suicide’

By Raoul Wootliff

The case for patrilineal descent

The reason Jewishness goes by the mother is no longer relevant — it’s time to reclaim the Biblical approach

Of false prophets and free speech

Jewish law imposes limits on what can be said in public, but it also takes issue with the policing of speech

Zachary Truboff

The Torah’s message about drug addiction

It’s time to recognize that substance abuse affects Jewish communities and reach out to those who are suffering

Did you really just say that, doctor?

There are medical health professionals who really need to lose some weight bias

Oded Revivi, the chief foreign envoy of the pro-settlements Yesha Council, at the Haaretz Peace Conference in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2017 (Tomer Appelbaum)

Interview

For one top settler leader, a single state is no solution

By Raphael Ahren

Yesha Council’s Oded Revivi warns of ‘apartheid’ should Israel annex West Bank, calls on Israelis to build bridges to Palestinians

Illustrative: Screenshot of BDS protesters in Paris, from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe.' (Courtesy)

Shunned anti-Semitism film shown for 24 hours only at Bild website

By Marc Neugroschel

MK Tzipi Livni speaks during a visit to the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumin, in the West Bank on May 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Livni says Netanyahu was ready to negotiate based on US framework

By Raphael Ahren

Former peace negotiator calls on White House to hold peace talks on basis of 2014 outline, blames Abbas for not picking up gauntlet

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein delivers a speech at the opening of the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 8, 2014 in Geneva. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

UN human rights chief: Israel, Palestinians fail to probe war crimes

In new report, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein censures sides’ non-compliance with ‘calls for accountability’ by international community

Minister of Culture Miri Regev attends the premiere of the musical show 'Evita' at Habima Theater in Tel Aviv, January 27, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Minister storms out of ceremony to protest Palestinian poem

Miri Regev assures crowd that she has no problem with other Arab poets, but says Mahmoud Darwish crosses a line

One of Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets takes off for its maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces)

US grounds dozens of F-35 jets over oxygen problem

By AFP and Judah Ari Gross

Israeli Air Force says it’s not canceling exercises or flight time, but is in contact with developers of the stealth fighter

Wissam Zabidat, convicted of joining Islamic State together with his wife, is seen at the Haifa District Court on June 13, 2017. (Flash90)

Arab Israeli man convicted for joining Islamic State

Wissam Zabidat went with his family to Iraq, fought with terror group while his wife worked in an IS hospital

London Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks at a vigil in Potters Fields Park in London on June 5, 2017 to commemorate the victims of the terror attack on London Bridge and at Borough Market that killed seven people on June 3. (AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

From our partner

London mayor sought counter-terror advice from Israel after attacks

Sadiq Khan tells Jewish News he’s been in contact ‘with Tel Aviv,’ among others, to ‘find new ways to protect ourselves,’ including concrete barriers on London Bridge

Illustrative photo of a baby playing with an iPhone. (Chen Leopold/flash90)

Older adults could use babies’ strategy to grasp objects – Israeli study

By Shoshanna Solomon

Ben-Gurion U researchers find that exploration-exploitation style used in early development may work for senior citizens too

President Reuven Rivlin hosts Muslim leaders and foreign diplomats for an iftar meal to end the day of Ramadan fasting at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 12, 2017. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

Rivlin urges cooperation to end violence in Arab towns

President hosts Muslim leaders, dignitaries at iftar meal, says Israel has a duty to provide security to all its citizens

More Headlines

Albert Einstein. (AP Photo)

Einstein letters on God, McCarthy, Israel go up for auction

By Ilan Ben Zion

Undated photo of Dan Hanegby, who was killed in a bicycle New York on June 12, 2017. (Facebook)

Former top Israeli tennis star killed in New York bicycle accident

Taxis drivers demonstrate at Ben Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv against the airport's planned 12% reduction in cab fares, June 12, 2017. The placard says 'no discount.' (FLASH90)

Taxi drivers disrupt airport services over rates dispute

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, left, Nadav Tamir and Michael Kubosh at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, June 11, 2017 (Courtesy)

InterviewHouston mayor seeks direct flights, stronger business ties with Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

Shaul Shamai, accused of molesting 10 girls while acting as a substitute teacher in Tel Aviv, seen in Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on June 13, 2017. (Screen capture: Ynet)

10 girls now accusing teacher suspected of molesting 2nd graders

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 said to block cabinet talk of building island off Gaza

Palestinian children fill jerrycans with drinking water from public taps in the southern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2017. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Hebrew media reviewGaza is suffering, but is it good for the Jews?

By Joshua Davidovich

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