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What Matters Most On Friday, October 13, 2017

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US President Donald Trump and US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speak during a meeting on United Nations Reform at the United Nations headquarters on September 18, 2017, in New York. (AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY)

In June, she warned UN Human Rights Council it had to reform

After UNESCO bombshell, US envoy Haley warns UN of more trouble ahead

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Slamming cultural agency’s ‘outrageous’ anti-Israel decisions, Trump’s ambassador says ‘all agencies within the UN’ are under similar scrutiny

As US and Israel bow out of UNESCO, its leadership vote comes down to two

UN chief will work with US despite UNESCO pullout

By AFP

Israel ‘to prepare’ for UNESCO withdrawal alongside US, says Netanyahu

By Agencies and ToI Staff

'Khan sold a package to Libya and he sold a package to Iran'

Expert warns: If Trump scraps nuke deal, Iran could quickly build the bomb

By Eric Cortellessa

US physicist Jeremy Bernstein says Pakistani proliferator A.Q. Khan likely sold a nuclear design to Tehran. Without the accord in place, he says, it could ‘break out’ very fast

US President Donald Trump leaves after a Hispanic Heritage Month event in the East Room of the White House October 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

Lapid: Iran thinks it can lie its way to the bomb

Iran says designating IRGC a terror group ‘a terror act’ in itself

Iran’s speaker: If US walks away from deal, Tehran may follow

By ToI Staff and AFP

US President Donald Trump speaks on tax reform inside a hangar at the Harrisburg International Airport on October 11, 2017 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)

In new strategy, Trump to focus on Iran’s non-nuclear provocations

By Eric Cortellessa

Hours before US president is expected to decertify the nuclear deal, White House says it will work to deny Tehran and IRGC funding for their malign activities

Israeli experts: Trump won’t kill nuke deal, but expect the unexpected with Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

US officials: Trump won’t scrap Iran deal in Friday speech

By Andrew BEATTY and Dave Clark

4th small quake detected since North Korea’s nuclear test

By Hyung-Jin Kim

Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri, after signing a reconciliation deal with senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Hamas: Unity deal is so we can all ‘work together against Zionist enterprise’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)

PM: Israel to oppose Palestinian unity gov’t unless Hamas disarms, stops terror

By ToI Staff and AFP

Khaled Fawzi, center, head of the Egyptian Intelligence services, arrives with Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad, left, and Hamas' Saleh al-Arouri, right, before signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/ KHALED DESOUKI)

Key points of the Hamas-Fatah Palestinian reconciliation deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Analysis

Appearances aside, Abbas hasn’t given up on disarming Hamas

In deal reached Thursday, the two estranged Palestinian factions agreed on the straightforward issues, but the celebrations will likely be brief

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 30, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) is greeted by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

UN chief congratulates Abbas on unity deal with Hamas

By AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinians watch on TV the signing of a reconciliation deal in Cairo between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on October 12, 2017, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Gazans happy but cautious amid signing of Hamas-Fatah reconciliation deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Fatah-Hamas unity: Rub your eyes in disbelief

Thursday’s reconciliation deal is full of holes, and leaves key questions unanswered. But it’s a deal that Egypt wanted, and Cairo proved capable of bending the sides to its will

Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, center right, and Hamas' representative, Saleh al-Arouri, center left, sign a reconciliation deal during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, October 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

AnalysisWhat’s behind Jerusalem’s tepid condemnation of Palestinian unity

By Raphael Ahren

Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

With Palestinian reconciliation, West faces Hamas dilemma

By AFP and ToI Staff

Khaled Fawzi (3rd-L) head of the Egyptian Intelligence services, shares a laugh with Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq (2nd-L) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (C) following the signing of a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

Hebrew media review

Little faith, lots to say

By Joshua Davidovich

The Hamas-Fatah deal and plans for the US and Israel to pull out of UNESCO are big news, but not everyone believes they will come to fruition

Actress Rose McGowan at a film premiere in Los Angeles on April 15, 2015. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

‘HW raped me,’ says actress Rose McGowan, Harvey Weinstein accuser

The embattled producer reportedly paid film star a financial settlement of $100,000 in 1997 over an incident in a hotel room

In retraction, Oliver Stone says he’s ‘appalled’ by Weinstein allegations

Jane Fonda knew of Weinstein claims, says she ‘should’ve been braver’

By AFP

NY, London police looking into Weinstein assault claims

By Colleen Long

Clockwise, from left: Israeli comedians Yossi Tarablus, Shachar Hasson, and Yohai Sponder. (Courtesy)

'We wanted to touch an international audience'

Israel exports laughs to London as comedians take the stage in Covent Garden

By Jenni Frazer

Funnymen Yossi Tarablus, Shachar Hasson, and Yohai Sponder translate the perils and pitfalls of Israeli life at two English performances in the British capital

Leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache arrives for a TV debate on October 12, 2017 in Vienna ahead of Austrian Parliamentary elections on October 15. (AFP PHOTO / APA / GEORG HOCHMUTH)

Head of Austria’s far-right party dismisses neo-Nazi past as ‘naiveté’

By Simon Sturdee

Tipped to become deputy chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache rejects extremism, says teenage ‘Hitler Youth’ membership was ‘stupid’

Polish Deputy Justice Minister Patryk Jaki addresses parliament on December 22, 2015. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Poland to partially compensate Jewish, private-owned looted property

By JTA

Josh Gad, left, and Chadwick Boseman in a scene from 'Marshall.' (Barry Wetcher/via JTA)

Films'I wish my grandparents were alive to see this'

Josh Gad honors his Holocaust survivor grandparents with role in ‘Marshall’

By Curt Schleier

In movie opening Friday, actor plays an attorney in a racist, anti-Semitic town who helps a black fellow lawyer — and eventual Supreme Court Justice — defend an innocent man

Laura Ben-David

Dancing with a Torah was never my thing

This year, I spent Simchat Torah in Jerusalem and it was transformative

Love, marriage and…genetic testing

Undergoing screening for genetic diseases needs to become one of the “automatics” for young Jews

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Illustrative image of Shai Agnon Boulevard in Givat Oranim (CC BY Gilabrand, Wikipemedia commons)

Church sold Jerusalem neighborhood in 2012 for $3 million — report

Jews visit the Temple Mount during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Jordan condemns ‘provocative’ Jewish visits to Temple Mount

Screen capture from video of secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee and senior Palestinian negotiator in peace talks with Israel, Saeb Erekat, during an interview with Palestinian television in which he revealed he is waiting for a lung transplant. (YouTube/Pal TV)

Top Palestinian official Saeb Erekat receives lung transplant in US

By Stuart Winer

The swastika daubed on the Jewish Community Center in northern Virginia, April 11, 2017. (Screenshot from NBC Washington via JTA)

Thousands of neo-Nazi flyers sent to Pennsylvania residents

Israeli border policemen stand guard outside Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, on July 15, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Arab man said injured as Jewish youths riot in Jerusalem

Sally Jones (Screen capture YouTube)

UK will not confirm drone death of IS ‘White Widow’ recruiter

By AFP

Illustrative: Israeli security officers run past burning tires during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the Issawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem on October 24, 2014. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)

Three arrested as East Jerusalem rioters hurl firebombs at cops

Illustrative: Egyptian police inspect cars at a checkpoint in North Sinai on January 31, 2015. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / STR)

Egypt: 6 police officers killed in Sinai checkpoint attack

By AP

Scary mask allegedly worn by 13-year-old boy to scare passers-by on October 12, 2017. (Israel Police)

Police detain Jerusalem teen, 13, for spooking residents with scary mask

Iraqi army reinforcements drive down a road, linking Hawija to Kirkuk, near the village of Khabbaz on October 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Marwan IBRAHIM)

Iraq launches Kirkuk operation as Kurdish fighters mobilize

By Abdallah Ibrahim

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