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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 29, 2017

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Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside advocate Yossi Cohen (right) in the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court, October 29, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Ex-staffer testifies in new abuse lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff

Police say they took testimony regarding the former employee’s complaints, but also probed other witnesses in order to corroborate her story

7:40 pm

Yisrael Beytenu MK slams Ben Gurion University fast-track entry for Arab sector
7:37 pm

WWII veteran laid to rest in Illinois, 73 years after death
7:31 pm

Witness in case against PM's wife offered job as aide by Netanyahu family adviser -- report

Israeli judo chief Moshe Ponte, left, with IJC head Marius Vizer, second left, and two Emirates sports officials meeting in Abu Dhabi on October 28, 2017, (IJF)

UAE apologizes to Israel for judo handshake snub

International Judo official expresses hopes Israeli symbols will be allowed next time, after row over Abu Dhabi refusing anthem, flag

Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik celebrates after winning a bronze medal at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on October 28, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Two more bronze medals for Israeli judokas in UAE, Israeli symbols still banned

Multiple 100 Yuan bills. (Illustrative image: iStock)

Exclusive

Israel gave taxpayers’ money to key binary options firm to expand into China

By Raoul Wootliff

Even as regulator worked to ban binary options, Economy Ministry secretively paid $273,000 to SpotOption, the main provider of trading platforms in the now-outlawed industry

Reuven Schmerling, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Elkana, who was murdered and his body discovered in a storage facility in the Israeli Arab town of Kafr Qassem, October 4, 2017. (Courtesy)

2 Palestinians indicted for terror slaying of Israeli man

By Judah Ari Gross

Suspects stabbed Reuven Schmerling to ‘avenge’ their friend, who was killed while attempting a terror attack, Shin Bet says

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman visits the construction site of the new West Bank settlement of Amichai on October 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Liberman calls for razing homes of terrorists who wound Israelis

By Alexander Fulbright

Illustrative: Border Police officers guard a checkpoint in the West Bank on January 26, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Suspected Hamas member arrested at West Bank checkpoint with pistol

British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a meeting of the Party of European Socialists in Brussels, on October 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/John Thys)

Corbyn to skip Balfour centennial dinner with Netanyahu

By Alexander Fulbright

Coalition chairman David Bitan (Likud) at a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2017. (Flash90)

Coalition whip: Jerusalem bill delayed over US pressure, annexation fears

By AP and ToI Staff

David Bitan says Washington sees the legislation as an effort by Jerusalem to extend its sovereignty to settlements near the capital

Netanyahu rules out immunity law that affects ongoing probes

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Likud moves to stall all legislation as PM immunity bill hits roadblock

Poll: Likud is top party despite PM probes, but could struggle to form coalition

By Alexander Fulbright

Max Rose, speaking with a constituent during his 2018 campaign. (Courtesy of Rose)

2018 US midterm elections'People have lost their faith in the system'

Back from Afghanistan, Jewish veteran faces fresh battle for Congress

By Cathryn J. Prince

30-year-old Purple Heart recipient Max Rose says his drive to serve is also driving his bid to unseat Staten Island’s incumbent Republican representative next November

A flag with the text in Catalan "The people lead" is held up as people gather to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, on October 27, 2017. (AFP/Pau Barrena)

Hebrew media review

Fake freedom, real freak-dom

By Joshua Davidovich

Catalonia’s independence is seen as little more than a joke in Israel’s press, while the emotional ‘problems’ plaguing Sara Netanyahu are taken seriously

Tova Du Plessis opened Essen in South Philadelphia last year. (Ellen Scolnic/JTA)

'I only knew about babka from Seinfeld,' says one customer

South Philly’s hippest bakery has a Yiddish name

By Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic

Essen brings a Jewish, Eastern European accent to a traditionally blue collar Italian neighborhood with its specialty chocolate halva babkas and range of challahs

I’ve never been so ashamed to be a religious Jew

How dare Haredi Jews disturb a Shabbat Project event in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Where did all the women go?

Publishing images of women in a brochure on the importance of Rachel’s Tomb should be a no-brainer

Welcome back, Orthodox Union

The Department of Women’s Initiatives explicitly affirms the importance of women as community leaders

Fertile soil for authoritarianism

America’s long history of intolerance enables the rise of a Steve Bannon’s extremism

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano delivers a speech during a meeting at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome on October 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI)

In Tehran, UN atomic chief says Iran sticking to nuke deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Head of the IAEA meets with Iranian president after Trump decertifies Islamic Republic’s compliance with pact

Defying US, Rouhani vows continued missile development

By Alexander Fulbright

Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of blocking Yemen peace

By AFP

Iran says it foiled plot involving tomb of Cyrus the Great

By AP

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Nationalist activists protest with Spanish and Catalan flags during a mass rally against Catalonia's declaration of independence, in Barcelona, Spain, on October 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Hundreds of thousands rally in Barcelona for Spanish unity

By Aritz Parra, Elena Becatoros and Joseph Wilson

Israeli actress Gal Gadot signing autographs for fans during the 'Wonder Woman' premier in Mexico City, May 27, 2017. (Victor Chavez/WireImage via JTA)

Gal Gadot pulls out of event for Brett Ratner amid sexual assault scandals

Screen capture from video showing supporters of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club and ultra-Orthodox protesters throwing stones at each in Jerusalem, October 29, 2017. (YouTube/Hadashot Kol HaOlam Kulo)

Ultra-Orthodox protesters, soccer fans clash in Jerusalem

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Paul Singer, founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation, speaking at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner, in New York on May 12, 2014. (AP/John Minchillo)

Trump dossier triggered by website funded by Jewish GOP mega-donor

By AP and ToI Staff

A mikveh, or Jewish ritual bath, in a Jerusalem neighborhood. (illustrative photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Jerusalem man indicted for assaulting 3 brothers in mikveh

By Stuart Winer

Skiers and snowboarders in the resort city of la Plagne, in the French ski area of the Alps, July 26, 2016. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)

Israel startup wants to ‘revolutionize’ ski vacations

Actor Paul Newman in undated photo. (AP Photo)

Time is MoneyPaul Newman’s watch auctioned for record $17.8 million

By AFP

A picture taken on October 21, 2017 shows an Egyptian policeman standing guard in the new city of el-Alamien, west of Alexandria (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)

Egypt shakes up security brass, week after deadly attack

Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen man a heavy machine-gun mounted on the back of a pickup truck as they ride in the recently retaken desert town of Al-Qaryatain on October 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

73 said dead in clashes between Syrian army, Islamic State

By AFP

Annabella Sciorra arrives at the 65th annual Tony Awards, in New York on June 12, 2011. (AP/Charles Sykes, File)

‘Sopranos’ actress alleges she was raped by Weinstein

By AFP

Likud MK David Bitan is seen at a Likud rally near Ben Gurion International Airport on August 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Likud MK says Sara Netanyahu abuse allegations ‘political,’ meant to hurt PM

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)

Summer's goneWinter has come: Israel to turn clocks back

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