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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 15, 2017

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Somalis gather and search for survivors by destroyed buildings at the scene of a blast in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, October 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

189 people killed in truck bombing in Somalia’s capital

Government blames al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab for deadliest attack ever in the Horn of Africa nation, declares 3 days of mourning

Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad, right, and Saleh al-Arouri of Hamas shake hands after 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)

In deal with Fatah, Hamas said to agree to halt attacks from West Bank

Terror group reportedly accedes to ‘implicit consensus’ on freezing all violence against Israelis, as negotiations continue

Tony Blair laments boycotting Hamas after 2006 PA election

Translation of leaked Hamas-Fatah agreement

Top Israeli minister to demand PM cut all ties to PA after Hamas unity deal

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a signing ceremony for an agreement to build thousands of new apartments in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh, April 3, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Coalition MKs lash Netanyahu for attack on police chief

Three Kulanu party lawmakers say PM was wrong to imply Alsheich has been leaking details of the investigations against him

Police hit back against ‘baseless’ Netanyahu claim of leaking chief

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Police minister urges AG to investigate leaks after Netanyahu blames top cop

By Raoul Wootliff

PM in unprecedented attack on police chief after report of widening graft probes

By Raoul Wootliff

Hagi Ben Artzi. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

InterviewLeaders of the past didn't smoke cigars. They lived modestly

Sara Netanyahu’s estranged brother not impressed with PM’s glitzy lifestyle

Hagi Ben Artzi says his sister and brother-in-law may fear a leftist takeover, but they aren’t right-wing enough

Leader of the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache and his wife Philippa Beck greet the audience during his final campaigning event ahead of the parliamentary elections on October 13, 2017 in Vienna. (AFP/JOE KLAMAR)

Austria heads to polls as Israel warily eyes another boost for far right

By Raphael Ahren and AFP

Anti-migrant FPOe, founded by Nazis but with views aligning with Netanyahu’s Likud, expected to place high enough for senior spot in ruling coalition under wunderkind Kurz

Riding wave of anti-migrant feeling, far-right gains across Europe

By AFP

Idea of Muslim holiday sparks uproar in Germany

By AFP

‘Merry Christmas’ to replace ‘happy holidays,’ says Trump, wooing evangelicals

By Jonathan Lemire and Ken Thomas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to members of the Christian press at the Israel museum in Jerusalem on October 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

PM to Christian journalists: World leaders must stop Iran ‘devouring’ Mideast

By Raoul Wootliff

Netanyahu praises Trump’s ‘courageous’ speech on Iran which he says is trying to establish regional base in Syria

6:26 pm

Liberia's Weah, Boakai face presidential runoff next month
6:24 pm

Iraqi Kurds deny PKK forces posted in Kirkuk
6:02 pm

PM to Christian journalists: World leaders must stop Iran 'devouring' Mideast

This file photo taken on September 24, 2009 shows British actress Lysette Anthony during a rehearsal for a Tennessee Williams play entitled 'Talk To Me Like The Rain' at the New End theatre, Hampstead, North London, England. (AFP/ MAX NASH)

British actress fifth woman to accuse Weinstein of rape

Lysette Anthony of ‘Hollyoaks’ says producer forced himself upon her in New York in 1980s, as allegations of sexual misconduct mount

Harvey Weinstein expelled by Oscars Academy

Weinstein film studio facing sale or shutdown — report

By AFP

Weinstein: the Svengali who demanded a high price for Oscar glory

By Aurélie Mayembo and Nicolas Pratviel

Esther Kustanowitz

The 6 confirmed GA speakers were all men

No matter how many women present, these are poor optics, and we must work harder to prevent them

Alcee L. Hastings

It’s obvious that BDS doesn’t want peace

My bill in the US Congress encourages Arab and Muslim-majority states to improve bilateral relations with Israel

File: This July 16, 2013, photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Years on, creators of Facebook ‘Like’ button give idea thumbs down

Justin Rosenstein and Leah Pearlman say feature they helped design encourages overuse of social media, ‘like eating bad potato chips’

Avi Yaron, CEO of Joy Ventures, left, with chief operating officer Idan Katz at their offices in Herzliya in Sept. 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/TimesofIsrael)

Israel-Japan VC fund invests in bringing joy to our stressful lives

By Shoshanna Solomon

Samuel Maoz, the director of 'Foxtrot,' the film that swept the 2017 Ophir Awards, here at the Venice Film Festival ((AFP PHOTO / Tiziana FABI)

Interview'It's a struggle for freedom of speech and expression'

Samuel Maoz choreographs Israel’s cycle of trauma in ‘Foxtrot’

Ahead of two TOI Presents events, a conversation with the director behind the prize-winning film that’s set to compete at the Academy Awards

Analysis

With new Iran strategy, Trump rips page out of Netanyahu’s playbook

US president not only adopts PM’s ‘fix it or nix it’ approach to nuclear deal, but also has identical demands for countering regime’s conventional aggression

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US President Donald Trump, right, speak at Ben Gurion International Airport prior to the latter's departure from Israel on May 23, 2017. (Koby Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu: Trump created ‘opportunity’ to fix Iran nuke deal

By Alexander Fulbright

Trump ‘playing into Iran’s hands’ with threat to nix deal — Clinton

By AP

Liberman: Trump’s Iran speech brave, Europe ‘burying head in sand’ like pre-WWII

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after giving final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hebrew media review

The art of (unmaking) the deal

By Joshua Davidovich

Pundits agree Trump was in lockstep with Netanyahu in his opening salvo against the Iran nuclear pact, but diverge when it comes to praising, parsing or protesting the move

More Headlines

Labor chairman Avi Gabbay (right) is interviewed at a cultural event in Beersheba on October 14, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Labor chairman: We will not sit in coalition with Joint Arab List

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a press conference in Berlin on June 27, 2017. (John Macdougall/AFP)

‘Iranians are all IRGC, standing against terror and aggression,’ says Zarif

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 file photo, a portrait of US President Donald Trump is set on fire by Iranian mourners during the state funeral of Mohsen Hojaji, a young Revolutionary Guard soldier beheaded by the Islamic State group in Syria, in Tehran, Iran. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Coup, revolution and mistrust: Key moments in Iran-US relations

By Jon Gambrell

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from right) presides over the weekly cabinet meeting at the PM's office in Jerusalem, October 15, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Cabinet approves controversial expansion of political appointments

Visitors are pictured at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on October 11, 2017. (AFP/Amelie QUERFURTH)

Far-right politician sparks protests at Frankfurt book fair

By AFP

An object found on a Palestinian teenager outside a military court in the West Bank that police said appeared to be a pipe bomb, on October 15, 2017. (Police Spokesperson)

Palestinian teen stopped with suspected bomb in West Bank

Alibaba founder Jack Ma announces the launch of a global research program, called DAMO, October 11, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)

Alibaba announces multibillion dollar research project with Israeli R&D center

Disabled activists block a road in Jerusalem as part of their campaign for better benefits, October 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF veterans join campaign for higher disability benefits

Illustrative: A Gazan man looking at a pro-Palestinian post on Facebook on April 7, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Arab Israeli indicted for social media posts supporting terror

Israeli pop singer Kobi Peretz (C) and his wife arrive for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pop star Kobi Peretz begins prison term for tax evasion

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