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What Matters Most On Friday, July 14, 2017

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Master Sgt. Kamil Shnaan, left, and Master Sgt. Haiel Sitawe, right, the police officers killed in the terror attack next to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem on July 14, 2017. (Israel Police)

Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22, named as officers slain at Temple Mount

By Judah Ari Gross

Both cops were Israeli Druze; Sitawe leaves behind wife, three-week-old son; Shnaan is son of former Labor MK Shachiv Shnaan; funerals in their northern villages open to public

Police chief confirms two officers killed in Temple Mount shooting

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas, Islamic Jihad lavish praise on ‘heroic’ Temple Mount shooting

By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff

On Temple Mount, police chief says ‘exceptional’ attack of international significance

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 6, 2015 shows Jerusalems Mufti Mohammed Hussein posing in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City.
(Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Israel detains grand mufti of Jerusalem in wake of Temple Mount attack

By ToI Staff and AFP

Another prominent cleric, ex-mufti Akrama Sabari, arrested after delivering Friday sermon near site calling on Muslims to ‘liberate’ city

Jerusalem attacker on Facebook: ‘Tomorrow’s smile will be more beautiful’

Israel Police says Temple Mount closure not a change to status quo

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

After Jerusalem attack, Gabbay urges ‘heavy hand’ against terrorists

By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff

Muslim worshippers pray on a street outside the Lions Gate near Jerusalem's Temple Mount on July 14, 2017, after three Arab Israelis assailants killed two Israeli police officers there (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Analysis

Temple Mount killers aimed to set the Middle East ablaze

By Avi Issacharoff

Arab Israeli trio selected the most resonant site in the region; they expected to die, and to trigger much more bloodshed

An illustrative photo of United Hatzalah paramedics at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, in August 2016. (United Hatzalah)

Infant among 3 lightly injured in firebomb attack in Jerusalem

Molotov cocktail thrown at car transporting family near Mount of Olives, hours after 2 Israeli officers killed in Temple Mount shooting

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, where he and President Donald Trump spoke. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Abbas condemns Jerusalem attack, calls on Israel to reopen al-Aqsa

By Dov Lieber and ToI Staff

In call with Netanyahu, PA president denounces deadly Temple Mount shooting, but warns of repercussions if Israel changes status quo at holy site

President Rivlin to Arab Israeli leaders: Condemn Temple Mount attack

By Marissa Newman and Judah Ari Gross

Amid deadly Temple Mount terror attack, Netanyahu resists calls to change status quo

US, UN officials condemn deadly Temple Mount shooting

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boards a plane to go on an official state visit to Poland, on June 12, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)

In visiting Hungary, critics say, Netanyahu puts realpolitik ahead of ties with local Jews

By Raphael Ahren

Traveling to Budapest next week, Israel’s prime minister will be seen as embracing a government accused of promoting anti-Semitism

Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks during the Gush Katif conference at the Tel Aviv Museum on March 23, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Ex-defense minister says ‘corrupt’ Netanyahu should resign

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Moshe Ya’alon ‘convinced’ PM must quit over $1.5 billion German submarines affair involving his personal lawyer and cousin

Communications Ministry head allegedly sent classified documents to Bezeq boss

Netanyahu allies deny PM approved German submarine sale to Egypt

By Alexander Fulbright

Netanyahu to cut European trip short by a day

By Raphael Ahren

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after giving final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Trump: Only thing more difficult than Israeli-Palestinian peace is healthcare

By Erica Werner and Alan Fram

As Republicans try to repeal ‘Obamacare,’ US president says lawmakers facing many challenges

Officials: US expected to say Iran still abiding by nuke deal

By Josh Lederman

Trump defends son over Russian lawyer meeting

By Andrew BEATTY and Adam PLOWRIGHT

US judge expands list of relatives exempted from travel ban

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

Former inmates, who were transported by train from Bergen-Belsen, were photographed in Farsleben, Germany, shortly after their liberation by US troops on Apr. 13, 1945. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Gross)

Study shows higher cancer rate among Holocaust survivors

Research by Sheba Medical Center indicates severe trauma has consequences decades later

A scene from 'War for the Planet of the Apes.' (20th Century Fox)

Cinema review

With echoes of Moses, a cinematic simian seeks a promised land

By Jordan Hoffman

With a full-on primate Auschwitz, ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ turns to the Jews for (divine) inspiration in this newest action blockbuster that hits theaters July 14

Making aliyah was euphoric

Fulfilling his greatest dream of coming home meant he had to experience the cultural dissonance of being an immigrant

Pictures matter

She employs her artist’s eye to highlight the risk of distortion when images of women are removed from daily life

Influence and power

Moses gave Joshua his roles of king and prophet; it’s the latter that influenced the Jews through the ages (Pinchas)

Reclaiming her place

God’s agreeing to Zelophechad’s daughters’ outrageous request makes a case against treating stringency as law

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial ceremony marking three years since Operation Protective Edge at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

At Gaza war memorial event, Netanyahu, Rivlin call for return of soldiers’ bodies

By Alexander Fulbright

PM vows Israel will respond forcefully to any attack, while president says Strip will not be reconstructed as long as Hamas rules

US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt (C) sits next to Israel's Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi (L) and Mazen Ghoneim (R), head of the Palestinian Water Authority, during a news conference about a water-sharing agreement between Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

White House hopes water deal will create ‘environment’ for peace talks

By Raphael Ahren and Melanie Lidman

In statement, Trump administration reiterates an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is a ‘top priority’ for president

Amos Yadlin (Flash90)

Ex-intel chief: Israel should advance peace initiatives now, while we’re strong

By Judah Ari Gross

Barrels at an Israeli winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP/ Dan Balilty/File)

Canada backtracks on banning ‘Product of Israel’ labels for West Bank wines

By Sue Surkes and Jacob Magid

Food inspection agency says wine labeling adheres to Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and can be sold as is

Activist Linda Sarsour speaks during a 'Women For Syria' gathering at Union Square, April 13, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)

Linda Sarsour, defending cemetery allocations, lashes out at ‘right-wing Zionists’

By JTA and ToI Staff

Responding to report that she’s withheld promised money, Palestinian-American activist says cash raised for neglected Colorado Jewish cemetery will be disbursed

Musician Roger Waters performs during his 'Us + Them' tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, on June 20, 2017. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP)

Jewish group slams Roger Waters as anti-Semitic

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: IDF soldiers during an arrest raid in the Dheisheh refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Palestinian killed in clashes with IDF near Bethlehem

By Judah Ari Gross

Army says forces came under assault during arrest operation, incident comes days after two Jenin residents shot dead in similar circumstances

A general view shows people looking at the aftermath following a bomb blast which struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, north of Cairo, on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Fearing more terror attacks, Egypt churches suspend activities

By AFP

Based on specific security warnings, Coptic and Evangelical churches postpone conferences and trips for three weeks

Illustrative: Egyptian policemen in Cairo, June 29, 2015. (AP/Eman Helal, File)

Five Egyptian police officers shot dead near capital

By Samer al-Atrush

No claim of responsibility, but jihadists suspected as three gunmen open fire and flee

jGirls teen editorial board members, who live all over the US, hold meeting online in January 2017. (Screenshot courtesy of Elizabeth Mandel)

Jewish teen girl journalists are doing it for themselves with new online publication

By Renee Ghert-Zand

More Headlines

Illustrative: Rabbi Morris Allen of the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Minnesota. (Courtesy of the Masorti Foundation via JTA)

These rabbis have no idea why they’re on the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’

Top left, clockwise, Emmy Awards nominees Carrie Fisher, Vanessa Bayer, Mandy Patinkin and Tracee Ellis Ross (Getty Images via JTA)

Jewish EmmysThe 2017 Emmys have so many Jewish nominees

By Josefin Dolsten

Illustrative image of ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls studying at a Ultra Orthodox Jewish Girls school in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

UK Hasidic school faced with closure for not teaching LGBT

By David Sedley

Actor playing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about to be executed in Ali Avci's film 'Uyanis' (Awakening) in trailer released July 13, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Turkish director arrested for film of Erdogan ‘execution’

By AFP

CEO Lance Forman examines a salmon fillet at Forman and Sons headquarters. (courtesy)

From our partnerUK’s oldest smoked salmon business granted protected status

By Jenni Frazer

Gershon Leizerson and The Yiddish Blues Drifters are scheduled to perform this year at the Yiddish Summer Weimar Festival in Weimar, Germany. (Maoz Fistuch/JTA)

Lollapa-Jew-za5 Jewish cultural festivals to rock your summer

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 25, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Hebrew media reviewThe media closes in on Netanyahu

By Adiv Sterman

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