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What Matters Most On Monday, June 19, 2017

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Onlookers watch proceedings at the security cordon at the scene in Finsbury Park area of north London after a vehichle hit pedestrians, on June 19, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)

Van mows down worshipers near London mosque, killing 1

By ToI Staff and Agencies

8 wounded as vehicle slams into pedestrians after nightly prayers near Finsbury Park, in apparent terror attack; driver arrested

‘I want to kill all Muslims,’ London mosque attacker said, ramming worshipers

By William EDWARDS and Rosie SCAMMELL

After London attack, British PM vows to fight terror, ‘whoever is responsible’

By AFP

79 people presumed dead in London high-rise fire

By AFP

Russian fighter jets on the tarmac at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, February 16, 2016. (AFP/Stringer)

Russia threatens to shoot down US-led coalition jets over Syria

After Americans down Syrian plane, Moscow suspends coordination with Washington aimed at preventing clashes in the air

US warplane shoots down Syrian fighter jet

By AFP

Israel provides steady flow of cash, aid to Syrian rebels, says WSJ report

Iraq forces push into Mosul Old City, warn IS to ‘surrender or die’

By Jean-Marc Mojon

Illustrative: A Fateh-110 ballistic missile, displayed at an Iranian armed forces parade in 2012. (military.ir/Wikimedia Commons)

Iran says its missiles hit Islamic State targets in Syria

Revolutionary Guards warns terror group will be targeted again if it carries out further attacks in Islamic Republic

Palestinian children at home reading books by candlelight due to electricity shortages in Gaza City, June 13, 2017. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

Israel begins reducing power to Gaza, fulfilling PA request

Spokesperson for Strip’s energy company says Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave, already in crisis, will see only 2-3 hours of daily electricity

Senior political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, holds a press conference on April 18, 2017, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

Hamas says it neither wants nor expects another war with Israel

Author Ayelet Waldman, wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon. (Reenie Raschke)

Book edited by Jewish authors harnesses literary giants to criticize occupation

This file photo taken on April 27, 2017 shows White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner walking to the White House. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

Jared Kushner to travel to Mideast to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts

By Raphael Ahren

President’s son-in-law and senior adviser, along with envoy Jason Greenblatt, to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas this week

Government said to be freezing 6,000 apartments in Jewish East Jerusalem

Bennett submits bill to make it ‘impossible’ to divide Jerusalem

By Raoul Wootliff

Trump attorney says president ‘not under investigation’

By Catherine Lucey and Hope Yen

Then US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro seen at a farewell session in the Knesset, on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Trump very well-positioned for Mideast peace push, former US envoy says

By Raphael Ahren

Given good relations with both sides and sharp tongue on Twitter, US president ‘is at the point of maximum leverage,’ claims Dan Shapiro

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

Live updates (closed)

Hamas asks Europe, UN, Arabs to intercede with Abbas over Gaza’s electricity — report

London mosque attack suspect now arrested on terror grounds; car explodes in Paris after hitting police van in suspected attack

US President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Likud reportedly planned anti-Obama campaign ads in 2015

Internal party polls that helped shape Netanyahu’s election strategy revealed; only 2.5% of Israelis were deeply troubled by Iranian nuclear threat, while cost-of-living was central concern

The Spring Citadel was excavated in the City of David National Park by dozens of researchers led by Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shukrun of the Israel Antiquities Authority and dated to 3,800 years ago. (City of David)

Carbon dating undermines biblical narrative for ancient Jerusalem tower

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Fortified City of David tower was previously thought Canaanite; leading Tel Aviv U archaeologist says study’s First Temple dating not conclusive

Gal Gadot and husband Yaron Versano (via Instagram

Heart on his sleeve

Gal Gadot’s husband shows off wondrous wife

Pic of ‘my wife’ T-shirt goes viral, with ‘Wonder Woman’ on course to become biggest female-directed live-action film ever

In this Sunday June 18, 2017 photo, 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are introduced by HOF President David Baker at Kraft Family Stadium in Jerusalem. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

NFL Hall of Famers laud Israelis’ sense of family, love for their country

1,000 local fans flock to Jerusalem’s Kraft Family Stadium to meet with some of the 18 ‘Gold Jackets’

Brilliant minds, wasted resources

Official ultra-Orthodox sex-segregation in higher education is like a gateway drug to curbing other academic freedoms

My daughter’s tallit is a superhero cape

For her child, who copes with a rare disability, Judaism has become a meaningful safe place

A talmudic take on political rage

The tale of Rabbi Eliezer Hagadol asks what happens when you’re clearly in the minority — and you’re clearly right

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the IDF West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El. January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Netanyahu: Liberman withheld info on Palestinian city expansion

By Raoul Wootliff

PM denies saying he didn’t know of plan for Qalqilya, claims defense minister failed to tell cabinet it included 14,000 new homes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, June 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM’s office insists mystery Qalqilya plan was approved, amid ministers’ denials

By Raoul Wootliff

Hundreds of demonstrators march in support of Palestinians and Hezbollah in al-Quds Day March in London on June 28, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

From our partner

At London al-Quds Day protest, marchers call for Israel’s annihilation

Speaker blames Israel supporters for Grenfell Tower fire, Jewish News reports, as hundreds march in support of Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2l) and his wife Sara (l) pay a condolence visit to the home of slain Border Police officer Hadas Malka on June 18, 2017. (Koby Gideon/GPO)

Prime minister, wife, console family of slain police officer

Hadas Malka killed in Damascus Gate attack was ‘the child of us all and the hero for us all’ says Netanyahu

People take part in a protest against violence against women, in Tel Aviv, June 17, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Despite spike in killings of women, cabinet delays bill to tag abusive spouses

By Raoul Wootliff

Author of legislation, MK Aliza Lavie, says ‘next tragedy is only a matter of time,’ as Finance Ministry blocks move aimed at reducing domestic violence

Naftali Bennett speaking at a business conference in Jerusalem, June 19 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Education minister backpedals on academic ethics code

By Shoshanna Solomon

Bennett says new academic ethics code banning politics from lectures is only a basis for dialogue toward consensus

Mooly Eden (Courtesy)

Israel unprepared for the robot revolution, warns ex-Intel Israel head

By Shoshanna Solomon

Mooly Eden says automation is looming ‘tsunami’ for labor market; urges government to name a ministry to address challenge

Graffiti reading 'Arabs out' and 'price tag' is sprayed on a wall in the Arab town of Abu Ghosh, near Jerusalem, on June 9, 2016 (photo credit: Israel Police)

Security chiefs ask settler rabbis to ‘calm’ hilltop youth

Parley follows uptick in anti-Arab hate crimes seen as protests against restraining orders on far-right activists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Ehud Olmert in 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Justice Ministry denies foul play in Olmert publisher raid

By Raoul Wootliff

Opposition leader Herzog says seizing of manuscripts by Netanyahu critics is ‘unprecedented attack on Israeli democracy,’ demands special Knesset hearing

Ron Meltzer leading the “afternoon circle” at the Gan Keshet kindergarten in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, June 13, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)

Israel’s first outdoor preschool incorporates switchblades and scorpions

By Andrew Tobin

More Headlines

Demonstrators from the 'Third Position' political movement in Berlin. Screenshot from the documentary 'Chosen and Excluded -- Jew Hatred in Europe.' (Courtesy)

Controversial documentary on European anti-Semitism finally to air this week

By Marc Neugroschel

Illustrative: Tulane University production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.' (CC BY AlbertHerring, Wikimedia Commons)

New Zealand festival removes ‘Israel’ from Joseph musical

By David Sedley

View of Amigous Craft Beer, whose bottle shows an image of US President Donald Trump wearing a mariachi costume and swastika belt buckle, in Mexico City, on June 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Bernardo Montoya)

Bitter tasteBeer label shows Trump in mariachi garb with swastika

By JTA and AFP

Israeli tennis champ Dudi Sela reflects on winning Nottingham Open 2017, June 18, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Israel tennis champ wins Nottingham Open

Actor Ben Kingsley on 'The Tonight Show,' August 2015. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Ben Kingsley to play Adolf Eichmann on the big screen

Security forces at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City after a stabbing attack in which three people were injured and the assailant was shot dead by police, on April 1, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewEye in the sky or pie in the sky?

By Joshua Davidovich

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