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What Matters Most On Monday, August 14, 2017

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US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the Presidential guest house in Cartagena, Colombia on August 13, 2017. (AFP/ STR)

Pence condemns neo-Nazis as White House scrambles to defend Trump

US vice president says no tolerance for hate groups, calling them out by name, as anger grows over president’s statements on deadly Virginia violence

AnalysisWhy won’t Donald Trump condemn white nationalism?

Ivanka Trump denounces white supremacy after Charlottesville

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Merkel condemns ‘disgusting’ Virginia far-right violence

By AFP

In this Saturday, August 12, 2017 photo, James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a white supremacist rally took place. Fields was later charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he plowed a car into a crowd of people protesting the white nationalist rally. (Alan Goffinski via AP)

Charlottesville car-ramming suspect idolized Hitler, Nazism, ex-teacher says

By Dake Kang and Dan Sewell

A high school teacher of James Alex Fields Jr., held on murder charges, claims he had keen interest in Nazi Germany, white supremacy

Family, friends mourn 3 dead in Virginia far-right rally violence

By Alan Suderman

Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally in Charlottesville

By Jennifer Peltz and Phuong Le

Charlottesville rally organizer flees news conference

By Sarah Rankin and Alan Suderman

US President Donald Trump, on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON)

Trump condemnation includes white supremacists, White House says

By AFP and AP

US president under fire for not explicitly naming neo-Nazis as responsible for Charlottesville violence

A white nationalist demonstrator with a helmet and shield walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other, after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, on August 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Reporter's Notebook

In Charlottesville, signs of a hatred that shocked a nation

By Eric Cortellessa

Emma Kaplan, 30, of New York, recalled her ancestors who were murdered in Auschwitz; Benji Buckles, 24, sees no problem with the call, ‘We will not be replaced’

GoDaddy boots the Daily Stormer after white nationalist violence

By AP and ToI Staff

How Robert E. Lee went from hero to racist icon

By Russell Contreras

Race drags Charlottesville into a fight it does not seek

By Sébastien BLANC

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz on May 17, 2007. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Diamond magnate Steinmetz arrested in money laundering case

By Stuart Winer

Billionaire is prime suspect in scheme involving use of fake documents in real estate deals abroad, police say; four others also raided, including former top banker

The offices of Bezeq, the country's largest telecom group. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Bezeq head, top Austrian official among those held in Steinmetz sting

By Alexander Fulbright and Stuart Winer

Patrick Drahi (Photo credit: Roni Schutzewr / Flash90)

Telecom tycoon said aiming to buy Yedioth Ahronoth

By Stuart Winer

The collapsed bridge on Highway 4, near Bnei Brak, August 14, 2017. (United Hatzalah)

Live updates (closed)

2 injured as truck collapses pedestrian bridge on major highway

By Tamar Pileggi

Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists as ‘repugnant’; Austria’s ruling party fires Israeli consultant arrested in fraud sting; After Virginia rally, Yad Vashem urges vigilance

Yossi Cohen, Mossad chief, speaks at a committee meeting in the Knesset on December 2, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Iran filling vacuum left by IS retreat in Syria, Iraq, Mossad chief warns

By Judah Ari Gross

Yossi Cohen tells ministers the 2015 nuclear deal granted the Tehran regime legitimacy and economic relief without curbing its hegemonic intentions

Iran official: We will never tolerate US inspections at military sites

By ToI Staff and AP

Iran denies soccer players who faced Israelis banned

By ToI Staff and JTA

Iran conservatives tighten grip on top oversight body

By AFP

An ORBITER 3 small tactical UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) model on display at the UVID 2014 Conference, at Airport city, Israel on September 17, 2014. (Illustrative photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Complaint claims Israeli drone maker tried to bomb Armenian army for Azeris

By Judah Ari Gross

Aeronautics Defense Systems denies it illegally used its suicide drone against Armenian forces during demonstration in Baku; Defense Ministry says it is investigating

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second left) and US President Donald Trump's special envoys Jason Greenblatt (left) and Jared Kushner (center) meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the PMO in Jerusalem, June 21, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

Analysis

The terrible timing of the newest American peace delegation

By Avi Issacharoff

Kushner, Greenblatt and Powell are coming to ‘restart the peace process’ — even as the leaders of all sides face unprecedented crises of political legitimacy

3 East Jerusalem residents indicted for planning terror attack

Soldier lightly hurt by rock throwers in West Bank raid

By Judah Ari Gross

Netanyahu prepares to strengthen role of security cabinet

Family photos of working in the diamond-polishing factories of Havana from the documentary 'Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels.' (Courtesy)

A tropical story of diamonds and Holocaust survival in ‘Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels’

By Larry Luxner

New film explores the forgotten era when the Caribbean island became a temporary gem hub after opening its doors to thousands of European Jews fleeing the Nazis

Can the lame ducks make peace?

If this push for an agreement is just a mask for the leaders’ troubles, it may at least ease others’ future success

Belle Jarniewski

Charlottesville and moral audacity

It’s time for faith leaders to take action against hate, for in their passivity, fanatics and violence proliferate

Jerusalem of bread

On dumpster diving and a profound respect for the staff of life that crosses the divide between Arabs and Jews

Giraffes are vegans, but what are we?

On safari, watching the animals doing what animals are born to do

Cranes and other machinery are seen on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza Strip, on September 8, 2016. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Hamas denies existence of tunnels under civilian buildings

By Dov Lieber and Judah Ari Gross

Though IDF provided exact coordinates for entrances into passageways, terror group says claim is part of plan to legitimize targeting innocents

Supporters of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah watch a video screening of a speech by the group's head, Hassan Nasrallah, to mark the 11th anniversary of the end of the 2006 war with Israel, in the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon, August 13, 2017. (AFP/Mahmoud ZAYYAT)

Hezbollah chief threatens Dimona reactor, says Israel fears a fight

At event marking 11 years since end of Second Lebanon War, Hassan Nasrallah warns against Israeli invasion

Kenji Kikuchi plays with his son Hideki in Ypao Beach, Tumon, Guam Monday, Aug. 14 2017. (AP Photo/Grace Bordallo)

Missile threats can’t keep tourists from tropical Guam

By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA

Already threatened by North Korean nukes at home, visitors from Japan and South Korea continue to flock to lush Pacific island, site of US military bases

US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo during their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, August 14, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

US says military ready for N. Korea as China tightens noose

By AP

Army chief warns he is ready to use all capabilities to defend allies; China to stop importing coal, iron and fish in keeping with new UN sanctions on Pyongyang

Man charged for urging ‘Holocaust on Arabs’ online

By Stuart Winer

Petah Tikva man indicted for Facebook posts in 2014 declaring his willingness to burn, torture Arab people

Likud MK Yehuda Glick speaks during an event at Jerusalem's Old City, calling Jews to be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount, July 31, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Protesting ban on visits, lawmaker to set up office outside Temple Mount

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Likud MK Yehudah Glick to work for one day near the Gate of the Tribes to call attention to ongoing restriction imposed by Netanyahu

Burkina Faso gendarmes and army forces patrol the streets on August 13, 2017, as soldiers launch an operation against suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso after gunmen attacked a cafe in the capital Ouagadougou. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Ouoba)

Searches continue after suspected jihadists kill 18 in Burkina Faso

Security forces kill 2 gunmen behind deadly assault on Turkish restaurant in Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou

Tweeted instructions on how to halt the Remcos RAT (Cybereason)

Israeli firm fights off new generation of cyberattacks

Remote access attacks are easier and cheaper than ever for hackers to perpetrate – and for victims to defend themselves against

More Headlines

Jewish Voice for Peace representative Scout Bratt speaks at the SlutWalk Chicago rally on August 12, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Zionist group shunned at SlutWalk Chicago

By JTA

Hollywood Sign. (Shutterstock)

Mad manHollywood agent under fire for sexist emails

Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox man erecting an eruv wire, near the Gilo neighborhood in south Jerusalem, on August 14, 2009. (Nati Shohat / FLASH90/File)

Orthodox group sues US town for ordering ‘eruv’ removal

By JTA

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the commencement address at the Alumni Exercises at Harvard's 366th commencement exercises on May 25, 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images/AFP)

UnfriendedFacebook bars artist over anti-Zuckerberg posters

Kenji Kikuchi plays with his son Hideki in Ypao Beach, Tumon, Guam Monday, Aug. 14 2017. (AP Photo/Grace Bordallo)

Guam with the wind

By Tamar Pileggi

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