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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 5, 2017

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IDF's goal in drill: 'Vanquish' Hezbollah

Thousands of troops to stage mock war with Hezbollah in largest drill in years

By Judah Ari Gross

Tens of thousands of soldiers as well as ships and aircraft will take part in 10-day exercise from Tuesday; army says timing unconnected to current Iran tensions

IDF soldiers prepare for the 'Light of the Grain' exercise, the army's largest in 20 years, on September 4, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

Russia threatened to veto UNIFIL mandate if Hezbollah mentioned — report

Aid workers: Israel not granting work visas for new employees

By AFP and ToI Staff

Syrian army nears regime enclave besieged by Islamic State

By Sara Hussein

An empty battery gauge on a Better Place Renault Fluence. (Brian Blum)

First person'It was like being in a secret society'

The electric car lovers who kept plugging along after Better Place died

One of Israel’s biggest startup flops left behind a community of people who refused to end their flirtation with gas-free driving. I should know. I was one of them

Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Malcolm Hoenlein (left), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Jerusalem Day celebration at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, on May 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'A different approach' is required

Top US Jewish leader urges PM: Rethink Western Wall prayer, or risk wider chasm

By David Horovitz

10 weeks after government froze deal for formal pluralistic prayer area, Malcolm Hoenlein warns: ‘We cannot afford to alienate significant portions’ of US Jewry

Argentine Jews to fund $100,000 of PM’s Buenos Aires trip — report

By Alexander Fulbright

Ahead of trip, Netanyahu declared honored visitor by Buenos Aires legislature

By JTA

AnalysisNetanyahu sheds statesmanlike persona as scandals mount

Nazi doctor Josef Mengele (Wikimedia Commons)

Honeytraps and birthday calls: Secret file reveals Mossad efforts to net Mengele

Documents detail break-ins, wiretaps, and one close encounter in agency’s failed attempts to catch Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’

German neo-Nazi candidate vows to ban Arabic numerals

Poland seeks ‘serious talks’ with Germany on WWII payout

By AFP

Israeli satirist pranks German nationalist party on Facebook

By David Rising

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with former minister and World Chair of Keren Hayesod, Eliezer Sandberg, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 24, 2010. (Amos Ben GershomGPO)

Case 3000

Ex-minister Eliezer Sandberg named as suspect in widening submarines probe

By Raoul Wootliff

World Chair of Keren Hayesod held over corruption-tainted multi-million-dollar deal with German shipyard

Case 3000Shay Brosh identified as ex-naval commandos head suspected in submarine affair

By Stuart Winer

Hebrew media review20,000 suspects under the sea

By Joshua Davidovich

Likud minister to provide testimony in naval corruption case

By Raoul Wootliff

Ilana Kurshan and jacket cover of her book, 'If All the Seas Were Ink.' (Debbi Cooper/Courtesy Ilana Kurshan)

Interview'The last thing I ever wanted to do was write a memoir'

Divorced and battling illness, rabbi’s daughter finds her lifeline in the Talmud

By Mitch Ginsburg

Ilana Kurshan’s Talmudic commentary/memoir is a striking account of a contemporary life lived alongside an ancient text

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer left, shakes hands with Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar following a meeting in Gaza City, September 5, 2017. (AFP/MOHAMMED ABED)

In Hamas talks, Red Cross chief asks to visit missing Israelis

By Stuart Winer

Peter Maurer meets with terror group chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza Strip, laments situation of civilian population

Jailed Palestinian leader’s wife said barred from prison visits until 2019

By AP and ToI Staff

Palestinian policeman arrested for incitement, praised Hitler on Facebook

Palestinian security arrests activist for urging Abbas to resign

By AP

High Holiday menu for Max's Deli restaurant in Chicago. (Facebook)

Jewish Chicago-area deli owner apologizes for Nazi cartoon on High Holiday menu

By JTA

Asking customers for ‘atonement,’ Greg Morelli says he was wrong to include image attacking alt-right, wanted to encourage ‘robust conversation’ on rise of white supremacy

Illustrative: A Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protest at University of California, Riverside (screen capture: YouTube)

California Israel boycott activists sanctioned for disrupting pro-Israel event

By JTA

German midfielder Julian Draxler at the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification match between Germany and Norway in the south German city of Stuttgart, September 4, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

‘Beautiful’ German soccer fan response praised after prior game saw Nazi chants

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Portrait of the Jerusalem Supreme Court Judge, Esther Hayut, on May 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Esther Hayut unanimously elected next Supreme Court president

Top justice to assume post on October 26, when incumbent Miriam Naor retires

Arnon Milchan, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu on March 28, 2005. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu suspected of taking bribes from producer Milchan – report

Defense Ministry reveals futuristic military tech; former Netanyahu adviser testifies in submarine affair; PA policeman arrested for incitement, praised Hitler on Facebook

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Netanyahu suspected of taking bribes from producer Milchan - report
6:04 pm

Detained Palestinian activist begins hunger strike
5:22 pm

Former finance minister chief of staff suspected of taking bribe - report

Israeli Yemeni sister trio A-WA will be performing at TLV in LDN. (tlvinldn/Instagram)

Festival

Everything but the heat: Tel Aviv hits London streets for four days only

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

That’s it. I. Am. Done.

‘Let me see your eyes,’ he says. ‘Why don’t you smile?’ And that’s when I lose it.

Yakir Englander

Letter to a US Jewish college student

To those interested in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, first, figure out why you care

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Illustrative: Members of the UK's neo-Nazi National Action group rally in York, June 9, 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

4 UK soldiers arrested over neo-Nazi activity, terror charges

Shakeel Begg (Screen capture: YouTube)

From our partnerUK synagogue hosts Muslim cleric who urged ‘jihad against the Jews’

Israeli policemen evict a member of the Palestinian Shamasneh family from the home in which they have lived for over half a century, in the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, September 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Palestinian family evicted from East Jerusalem home after decades

By AFP and ToI Staff

The display case holding four objects taken from an Egyptian home in 1973 by an Israeli soldier, who later became an artist, and unintentionally inspired one of his students to create an exhibit based on her works and that of the anonymous artist (Courtesy Noam Preisman)

Yom Kippur War booty makes artist yearn for missing links

By Jessica Steinberg

106-year old Afghan refugee Bibihal Uzbeki lies in bed in Hova, Sweden, September 3, 2017. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

106-year-old Afghan woman faces deportation from Sweden

By david keyton

Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush at the opening of the ministry's crisis center, in preparation for the opening of the school year, August 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deputy education minister testifies for Haredi teacher charged with sexual abuse

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative view of Tel Aviv at night, August 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Startup cityTel Aviv seeks to draw global tech firms with tax breaks

By Shoshanna Solomon

Screen capture of a Denny's restaurant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. (Google Maps)

Pig, outMichigan Jewish woman sues Denny’s over bacon in omelet

By Stuart Winer

A woman waits at a traffic light in one of London's busiest streets. (Photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Daimler joins forces with Israel-founded Via to bring ride-sharing to Europe

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of a Jewish cemetery (Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland)

Belarus defends construction project atop Jewish cemetery

By JTA

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