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What Matters Most On Friday, August 4, 2017

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Ari Harow, former chief of staff of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a Likud meeting in the Israeli parliament, November 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff turns state’s witness

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

In key development, Ari Harow, under investigation since 2015, signs deal; said set to offer testimony in two corruption probes involving PM

Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 23, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/Pool)

In first, police say cases against PM involve bribery, fraud

By Raoul Wootliff and Tamar Pileggi

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, center, shakes hands with the committee's ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, after the committee passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate panel okays bill cutting PA funding over terrorist salaries

By Eric Cortellessa

Taylor Force Act approved by Foreign Relations Committee 17-4, will move to full vote in Senate

IDF unlikely to seek death penalty for Halamish terrorist

In first-ever statement, Hebron shooter says he will enter jail proudly

Hebron shooter asks IDF chief for leniency, but sticks to story

By Judah Ari Gross

Pedestrians walk past newly-installed concrete security bollards near the Lindt Cafe on July 17, 2017, scene of the 2014 Sydney cafe seige, in which two hostages and the gunman were killed. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)

Plan for new synagogue in Australia blocked over terror fears

In move that Jewish community says rewards terror, court upholds Sydney council decision that house of prayer poses unacceptable security risk

Jordanian security forces stand on guard as protesters wave Jordanian flags and chant slogans during a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in the capital Amman on July 28, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

Hundreds protest against Israel outside Amman embassy

By Alexander Fulbright

Protesters call for mission to be closed and gas deal nixed over security guard who shot dead 2 Jordanians at compound after being stabbed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Senegal's President Macky Sall in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Two Muslim-majority Africa states to send first-ever envoys to Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Non-resident ambassadors from Senegal and Guinea, which recently upgraded diplomatic ties, to present credentials to the president next week

Newly appointed UN chief to make first visit to Israel

By AFP

Jordanian king to make rare visit to Ramallah Monday

By Dov Lieber, Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

President calls wife of Yavneh stabbing victim, hails him as ‘hero’

Illustrative: Palestinian protesters throw rocks at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Kobar, while an army bulldozer closes the main road to the area during an operation to prepare the home of a terrorist for demolition on July 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

70 hiking Israelis enter Palestinian village, get pelted with rocks

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF uses tear gas on attackers, rescues hikers; no injuries reported; tour group reportedly asked for army’s OK for trip, were denied, and went anyway

Muslims pray at the Temple Mount on July 27, 2017.(AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Police boost presence in Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers

Anne Frank, aged 12, at her school desk in Amsterdam, 1941. (public domain)

How Anne Frank’s diary was very nearly lost forever

By Nadine Wojakovski

On the anniversary of the author’s deportation to Auschwitz, the tumultuous history behind the influential journal’s publication, as told by would-be step-sister Eva Schoss

Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shake hands after a joint statement at Los Pinos, the presidential official residence, in Mexico City this past August. (AP/Marco Ugarte)

Trump used Netanyahu to sell Mexican president on border wall

‘Bibi Netanyahu told me the wall works,’ Trump told counterpart in tense phone call, according to transcript published Thursday

Talking to the wallTrump graffiti on West Bank barrier mocks love of walls

By AP and ToI Staff

Trump says he hopes for ‘honest’ outcome of Russia probe

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

US grand jury impaneled for probe into Trump collusion with Russia

By AFP

Smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria, October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Terrorist who plotted attack on Israel soccer game killed in Syria

By AFP

IS figure Lavdrim Muhaxheri hatched plan to target Israeli-Albanian World Cup qualifier last November

Poland condemns hooligan attack on Israeli soccer team

By AP and ToI Staff

2 Israelis injured in Polish soccer hooligan attack

By AP and ToI Staff

10 Gaza soccer players barred from West Bank final, club says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rabbi Rachel Cowan with her granddaughter. (Courtesy Lisa Cowan)

Cancer-afflicted rabbi fights for her life — and for Obamacare

By Cathryn J. Prince

From Rabbi Rachel Cowan’s YouTube plea to demonstrations in Washington, DC, angry Jews are banding together to say that healthcare is a God-given right

This year's cohort of Birthright Israel Excel Ventures entrepreneurs at the final presentation evening of their projects, August 1, 2017 (Courtesy/Avishai Finkelstien)

Israel, US grads dream up ideas in Birthright Ventures program

By Anna Kuritzkes

Six teams present their startup products at event marking end of second summer of program for budding entrepreneurs

In the shadow of the Yazidi genocide

Jews have known enough intentional brutality to make it impossible to ignore the suffering of the Kurdish minority

Joseph H. Prouser

To bigotry no sanction

Trump knocked 30K Boy Scouts, implying they lack the diversity, openness, and mutual respect that are their inheritance

Philosophy or prophecy?

The 10 Commandments are read this week, but is that first one, ‘I am the Lord your God’ really a one of them? (Vaetchanan)

Likud and Jewish Home lawmakers at a ceremony at the evacuated Sa-nur settlement in the northern West Bank. (Jacob Magid/The Times of Israel)

At ruins of evacuated settlement, hundreds demand return

Amid picnics and inflatable castles, settlers call to resurrect four northern West Bank communities evacuated as part of Gaza disengagement

This February 10, 2016, file photo shows IDF soldiers keeping watch as a machine drills holes in the ground on the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip as they search for tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists planning to attack Israel. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Israel said weighing barrier to block IS tunnels from Sinai

IDF reportedly considers extending underground wall being built around Gaza Strip to avert jihadist threat from peninsula

People participate in the annual Gay Pride parade in central Jerusalem, under heavy security on August 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Thousands march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security

Police detain 12 people for questioning, one carrying a knife, as an estimated 22,000 people participate in annual march

Police guarding outside the Jerusalem Pride Parade on August 3, 2017. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)

Man arrested for threatening Jerusalem gay pride marchers

People participate in the annual Gay Pride parade in central Jerusalem, under heavy security on August 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

High Court says it’s in favor of surrogacy for same-sex couples

By AFP and ToI Staff

Assistant chief justice indicates it’s time to widen access to additional family units; ruling delayed for 6 months

Police confront rioters in Jaffa on August 3, 2017. (Israel Police)

Jaffa riots erupt after brother of man killed by cops arrested

Protesters burn garbage cans, smash windows, throw rocks at police in latest unrest since Saturday shooting; two people held

Galina Kargher, the director of the International Center for Training and Professional Development at the Jewish Community Center in Moldova showing the materials they developed for teaching about the Holocaust in Moldova. To the right, a current textbook used in Moldovan schools. (Julie Masis/Times of Israel)

Holocaust education in Moldova is about to get (slightly) better

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to President Hassan Rouhani as deputy chief of supreme leader's office Vahid Haghanian looks on in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs at left. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran says US breaching nuclear deal as Rouhani starts second term

By Eric RANDOLPH

Officials prepare 16-point document on how Tehran will respond to US punitive measures

An Israeli system engineer keeps watch over a production line at the Teva factory in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

As shares plunge, Teva sees 7,000 layoffs by year’s end

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jerusalem based drugmaker plans to shut plants, slashes dividend on disappointing quarterly results

The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New York court dismisses most of Teva claims against Mexican drugmakers

By Shoshanna Solomon

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A view of the ammonia tank in Haifa on June 30, 2017. (Flash90)

Possible solution found to stave off Haifa Chemicals layoffs

Fire is seen at the 1,105 foot tall Torch tower skyscraper, August 4, 2017 in Dubai. (AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB)

Flames engulf 86-story residential skyscraper in Dubai

By Malak Harb and Aya Batrawy

Sheila Nevins speaking at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, September 10, 2012. (Terry Rice/Getty Images)

Up close and personalHBO legend picks her 5 top Jewish documentaries

By Gabe Friedman

Screenshot from The Emoji Movie trailer.

Graphic expressionPolice seek man seen masturbating during ‘Emoji Movie’

In this April 24, 2003, photo, Jeff Brotman, Chairman of Costco Wholesale Corporation, speaks during a news conference at the University of Washington in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ralph Radford)

Jeff Brotman, Costco founder, dies aged 74

By JTA

Benjamin Netanyahu, left, rides on a camel with his sons Avner Netanyahu, center, and Yair Netanyahu on April 8, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Hebrew media reviewA crappy week for Netanyahu turns harrowing

By Joshua Davidovich

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