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What Matters Most On Monday, July 17, 2017

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The Roman Amphitheater in Caesarea. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Ancient Roman Amphitheater in Caesarea sold by Greek Orthodox church to mystery foreign buyer

Justice ministry calls emergency meeting over shock sale of 700 dunams of land belonging to Patriarchate in ancient port city, TV report says

Muslim worshipers who refuse to enter the Temple Mount due to newly implemented security measures by Israeli authorities pray outside the Lions Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on July 17, 2017. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Waqf urges Muslims to boycott Temple Mount over metal detectors

By ToI Staff and AP

Light clashes break out as worshipers block Old City road, obeying call to stay away from Jerusalem holy site in protest of new security measures

PA minister accuses Israel of exploiting attack to dig under Temple Mount

Temple Mount reopens to Jews as Waqf members boycott

Palestinian officials powwow to protest Temple Mount security moves

By ToI Staff and Agencies

File: Waqf officials and others prepare to pray outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, rather than enter the compound via metal detectors set up by Israel following a terror attack, July 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Muslim officials’ dangerous theatrics at the most incendiary spot in the Middle East

By Avi Issacharoff

Jerusalem police chief meant Temple Mount reopening after Friday’s terror attack to be celebratory; Waqf clerics had other ideas

Rivlin blasts silence of Arab-Israeli leaders over Temple Mount attack

By Alexander Fulbright

Jordanian parliament praises Temple Mount terrorists

Despite protests, hundreds of Muslims pray on Temple Mount

By Avi Issacharoff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris on July 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Kamil Zihnioglu)

PM opposes Syria ceasefire, says it will strengthen Iran

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Netanyahu says deal, hammered out by the US and Russia, will create a long-term threat on Israel’s northern border by cementing Tehran’s presence

Russia: Israel’s security needs were taken into account in south Syria truce

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The Iranians are at the borders

By Avi Issacharoff

US-backed forces push into Islamic State-controlled Raqqa

By AFP

Dr. Scott Stripling, head of the current excavation at biblical Shiloh, exhibits a find. May 22, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

'There are some who say the Bible is unreliable'

With Bibles and shovels, search for biblical tabernacle gathers pace at Shiloh

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

New excavation by a Christian team uncovers intriguing finds at the site where Bible says the tabernacle and Ark rested for almost 400 years

Palestinian caught trying to smuggle rare, ancient coins from Gaza

Illustrative. IDF soldiers at the Al-Aroub intersection near Hebron, July 18, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Soldiers fire warning shots as car approaches them in Hebron

By Tamar Pileggi

5 Muslim protesters said injured in Temple Mount protests; Likud whip says Netanyahu won’t resign over sub affair, even if indicted; Russia says Israel’s security considered in Syria ceasefire

Illustrative photo of a bride and groom holding hands at a Muslim wedding in Morocco. iStock photo/Getty images)

Islamic Intimacy

Muslim woman writes Halal guide to ‘mind-blowing’ sex

Umm Muladhat, an alias, says her taboo-busting book’s message is for women to enjoy and initiate physical contact

An anti-Soros billboard, with a swastika and Soros's name replaced by Viktor Orban's, seen in Budapest on July 17, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

With Netanyahu set to arrive, swastika-daubed Soros posters still up in Budapest

By Raphael Ahren and AFP

Campaign deemed anti-Semitic had reportedly been slated for removal ahead of Netanyahu trip to Hungary, but at least 6 billboards still on view; government says issue technical

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris on July 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Macron urges resumption of peace talks based on two-state solution

By AFP

Illustrative: Young students at an ultra-Orthodox school. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'I didn’t know anything about modern studies'

Will they ever learn? US ultra-Orthodox still failing to teach math and science

By Yaakov Schwartz

A group of former yeshiva students works to change a system weighted towards religious studies that neglects to prepare graduates for work — or university

Elyakim Rubinstein

Wherefore the sacred rule of law?

The world established International Criminal Justice Day as part of its ongoing fight against barbarism and atrocities

Will the promise of Avi Gabbay’s unexpected election to head Labor bear fruit?

De-nial is a river in London

Israel is not paying attention to the new political instability of the UK or its unpleasant implications for the Jews

A dead ibex found near the Ashalim stream after a massive acid waste spill on June 30, 2017. (Mark Katz/Nature and Parks Authority)

Dead Sea acid spill has turned popular hike route into long-term disaster zone

By Melanie Lidman

Despite ongoing 24-hour-a-day cleanup, the Arava’s Ashalim stream will take years to rehabilitate after toxic sludge deluge

Elor Azaria shake hands with his attorney Yoram Sheftel before the start of a court hearing at the IDF's Tel Aviv headquarters on July 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebron shooter to be released to house arrest until judges rule on appeal

By Judah Ari Gross

With his IDF service finishing this week, Elor Azaria to remain at home, except for Shabbat services

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the funeral of Israeli Druze police officer Kamil Shnaan in the northern village of Hurfeish, July 14, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Minister mulls home demolitions for Arab Israelis after Temple Mount attack

Gilad Erdan says that if terror attacks become more frequent among Arab population, move may be necessary as deterrent

Israeli pop singer Harel Skaat performs during a concert celebrating Jerusalem Day in Saker Park in Jerusalem, May 15, 2007. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)

State opposition to same-sex couple adoptions sparks ire, including key minister’s

By Stuart Winer

Gay pop star Harel Skaat calls on youth to stop serving in army, paying taxes

Illustrative: A gay couple with their daughter (monkeybusinessimages via iStock by Getty images)

Government will not allow gay couples to adopt in Israel

British actress Jodie Whittaker arriving for the British premiere of her latest film 'Attack the Block' in London, May 4, 2011. (AFP PHOTO / MAX NASH/File)

Who's who?

BBC television unveils first female ‘Doctor Who’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jodie Whittaker to be 13th incarnation of Gallifreyan Time Lord who travels the galaxy like a wandering Jew

Illustrative image of a trading room floor. (Rawpixel, iStock Images)

At least 12 under criminal investigation for binary options, forex fraud

By Simona Weinglass

Son of ex-senior cop and former mentor to at-risk youth among those suspected of defrauding Israelis and money laundering

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, left, welcomes US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Sea Palace, his official residence, in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Alexander W. Riedel/US State Department via AP)

UAE said to be behind hacking of Qatari media, sparking regional upheaval

By AP

US intelligence officials say Emirati officials discussed plan to plant quotes attributed to emir praising Iran, Hamas, hailing ties with Israel

Meyer Benzecrit, the president of the Jewish community of Carpentras, delivering a speech at the town’s synagogue, May 28, 2017. (Courtesy of the municipality of Carpentras/via JTA)

How this 650-year-old French synagogue withstood centuries of anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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Bitemojo gives travelers guided food tours in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Rome and Barcelona. (Kfir Harbi/bitemojo)

Israeli app gives travelers best tips to grab a bite

By Anna Kuritzkes

David Shimron in Tel Aviv on February 17, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s lawyer David Shimron freed from house arrest

Martin Landau, left, and Eva Marie Saint, who were fellow cast members in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film "North by Northwest," pose together at the premiere of the film "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, November 2, 2009. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89

By AP

The firearm used by a Palestinian gunman, who attempted to shoot Israeli troops who came to arrest him, before being shot and killed, on July 16, 2017. (Israel Police)

Shin Bet: Gunman shot up settlements over tiff with family

By Judah Ari Gross

Imam Muhammad bin Musa al Nasr preaching against Jews at the Dar al-Arkam mosque in Montreal, Canada, December 2016. (YouTube screenshot)

Canadian police issue arrest warrant for anti-Semitic imam

Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Man arrested for sending naked photos of daughter to child porn ring

Pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Radiohead's planned concert in Tel Aviv at the TRNSMT music Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, July 7, 2017. (AFP/Digital/Andy Buchanan)

Radiohead wins ex-R.E.M. singer’s Michael Stipe’s support for Tel Aviv gig

A Palestinian man argues with Israeli border policemen standing guard near newly-installed metal detectors at a main entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, July 16, 2017, after security forces reopened the ultra-sensitive site. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Hebrew media reviewWhoever blinks first loses Jerusalem

By Tamar Pileggi

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