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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 15, 2017

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A collage including the verso of Arad Ostracon No. 16. (A) color (RGB) image; (B) MS image corresponding to 890 nm; (C) manual drawing (facsimile) of the proposed reading. Hollow shapes represent conjectured characters. (Courtesy Tel Aviv University)

Revolutionary technology reveals dazzling ‘hidden’ text on biblical-era shard

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Pottery from almost 3,000 years ago found to feature previously unseen rare First Temple Hebrew writing; other finds from same era now also to be reinvestigated

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2017. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tillerson waters down statement that Palestinians ‘changed policy’ of terror payments

By Eric Cortellessa

Secretary now tells House members there’s an ‘active discussion’ between DC and Ramallah about ending allowances for terrorists

Tillerson retreats from pledge to fill anti-Semitism envoy post

New Zealand says it stands behind anti-settlement UN motion

By Raphael Ahren

Palestinian mayor in Hebron brushes off his murderous past

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

Palestinians walk on a dark street during a power outage in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, June 11, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Analysis

Hamas could easily solve Gaza’s electricity crisis, but prefers to finance tunnels and rockets

By Avi Issacharoff

Latest crisis over power for the Strip typifies the bleak reality of a decade’s rule by the Islamist terror group

Israeli and international groups warn of looming Gaza disaster

By AFP and ToI Staff

UN says Gazans being held hostage to Palestinian feud

By ToI Staff and AFP

Liberman backs shuttering ‘hostile’ Al-Jazeera’s Israel offices

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Fighters from the Izz-a-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas terror movement, attend a memorial service for a commander killed in an apparently accidental explosion inn the southern Gaza Strip on June 10, 2017. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Analysis

Israel and Hamas court catastrophe in high-stakes game of chicken

By Judah Ari Gross

With the PA riding shotgun and Egypt in the backseat, Israel, propelled by a tailwind from the Persian Gulf, dares Hamas to go to war

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 11, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Liberman: ‘If the Palestinians pay, they’ll get electricity’

By Tamar Pileggi

PA bans news sites critical of Abbas; El Al rated Heathrow’s dirtiest, noisiest airline; prosecutors seek criminal probe into Olmert memoir leaks; IDF wraps up extensive military exercise in Cyprus

US translator Jessica Cohen (L) and Israeli author David Grossman (R) pose for a photograph with his book A Horse Walks Into a Bar at the shortlist photocall for the Man Booker International Prize at St James' Church in London on June 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel Leal-Olivas)

In first for Israeli author, David Grossman wins Man Booker prize

By ToI Staff and AFP

‘A Horse Walks into a Bar’ snags prestigious award; judges ‘bowled over’ by novel; winnings to be split with translator Jessica Cohen

US translator Jessica Cohen (L) and Israeli author David Grossman (R) pose for a photograph with his book A Horse Walks Into a Bar at the shortlist photocall for the Man Booker International Prize at St James' Church in London on June 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Daniel Leal-Olivas)

Translator of Grossman’s winning novel to donate prize money to B’Tselem

Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team collect evidence at the site of a shooting at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park June 14, 2017 in Alexandria, Virginia. (ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Top US lawmaker wounded in shooting critical after surgery

By Erica Werner and CHAD DAY

Gunman who volunteered on Bernie Sanders campaign, is shot dead after opening fire on congressional baseball practice

Condemning Virginia shooting, Netanyahu says Israel stands with US

By ToI Staff and AFP

Trump sits by bedside of congressman wounded in shooting

By AP

Shooter of GOP lawmakers was a fan of Bernie Sanders

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, pose for a photo with pilot Nechama Spiegel Novak (right) before taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport to Greece, June 14, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

New heights

Flying PM, female ultra-Orthodox pilot breaks glass ceiling

By JTA and ToI Staff

Mother of 4 Nechama Spiegel Novak makes history taking Netanyahu to Greece for an official state visit

Outgoing Australian Ambassador Dave Sharma at a farewell reception in Tel Aviv, June 11, 2017 (Ariel Besor)

Interview

Israel is ‘in our blood,’ outgoing Australian ambassador says

By Raphael Ahren

Packing up after four years in Tel Aviv, Dave Sharma reflects on close relationships, lessons learned, and a few ‘difficult conversations’

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, December 5, 2016. (AFP/Marty Melville)

New Zealand says it stands behind anti-settlement UN motion

By Raphael Ahren

Bob Dylan speaks onstage during the 2015 MusiCares Person of The Year honoring him held at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic, via JTA)

Dylan accused of lifting passages of Nobel lecture

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Several of the musician’s references to ‘Moby Dick’ are strangely similar to those in online crib notes

Protect Israel’s academic freedom

When professors bully students for political dissent, they cripple the pride of the academy — free exchange of ideas

Kerry killed peace by coddling Israel

Newly published US proposals reveal the Americans’ doomed strategy of playing Mr. Nice Guy

Gary Rosenblatt

Child Victims Act is a Jewish imperative

Jewish Week editorial on a New York State law that would extend the statute of limitations for young victims

Time for new ideas on intermarriage

As a Conservative rabbi, his adherence to a policy against performing interfaith marriage has caused only pain

Smoke and flames rise from the Grenfell Tower apartment building in West London, June 14, 2017. (AP/Matt Dunham)

London fire death toll raised to 17, no more survivors expected

By DANICA KIRKA

Entire families missing after flames gut 120-unit Grenfell Tower; firefighters still unable to enter building due to structural problems

Daisy, a 3-year-old spaniel, died a hero. (GoFundMe via JTA)

Dog saves couple from fire at London kosher supermarket

By Josefin Dolsten

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2017 after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in nearby Alexandria, Virginia. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)

US special counsel probing Trump for possible obstruction — report

By AFP

In dramatic pivot, investigation on Russia meddling focuses on US president; senior intelligence officials agree to interviews, Washington Post says

The West Bank town of Qalqilya is seen behind Israel's security barrier. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Israeli plan to double size of Qalqilya enrages settler leaders

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Liberman-led initiative would see 14,000 new homes for Palestinian city; Samaria council head: ‘Has government… gone completely mad?’

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)

Police raid publisher over Olmert’s secret info leak

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Cops descend on offices of Yedioth Books and home of editor working on jailed former PM’s memoir

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with then Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a bilateral meeting, Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate votes to support Trump’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia

By Richard Lardner

Clearing way for deal to be finalized, US lawmakers nix bipartisan bid to reject agreement with Riyadh

Steven Nadler, left, and Ben Nadler, the father-son duo who wrote 'Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy.' (Courtesy the Nadlers)

With graphic book ‘Heretics!’ a father-son duo juxtapose sacrilege and critical thought

By Cathryn J. Prince

More Headlines

Albanian special policemen take part in a security briefing at the Elbasan Arena stadium before the 2018 World Cup group G qualifying football match between Albania and Israel, in Elbasan on November 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU

Kosovo charges 4 over terror plot at Israeli soccer game

By AFP

A BDS protest against Israel in Barcelona, Spain, June 2014. (YouTube screenshot)

Major US academic body ratifies anti-boycott resolution

By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff

Mohammed 'Moe' Sarsour poses with Izzy’s owner Sruli Edelman after winning a cooking contest. 'Who woulda thought an Arab and a Jew would make such a good team,' notes the photo’s Instagram caption. (Via briskets_and_blunts on Instagram)

From our partnerLinda Sarsour’s brother works in a NY glatt kosher restaurant

Zumba dancers, illustrative (YouTube screenshot)

dirty dancingIranian Zumba ban infuriates female fans

A GeoQuant political risk graph (Courtesy)

Israel startup aims to help investors gauge political risk

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of pharmaceutical pills. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel’s RedHill says gastroenteritis drug found safe in study

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 photo, Dr. Gal Kelmer, head of the department of large animals, unties a horse after its operation at the University's Koret School of Veterinary Medicine in Rishon Lezion, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Hebrew media reviewAll the king’s horses walk into a bar

By Joshua Davidovich

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