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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 16, 2017

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'Saudi Arabia has never been our enemy; we've never fought'

In first-ever Saudi interview, IDF head says ready to share intel on Iran

Eisenkot tell Arab press Jerusalem and Riyadh in complete agreement on Islamic Republic, which he calls ‘the biggest threat to the region’

Then-IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkott attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 26, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman (left) and Miss Iraq Sarah Idan pose for a picture at the Miss Universe pageant in 2017. (Instagram)

Miss Iraq defends her joint pic with Miss Israel as a message of peace

Amid criticism, Sarah Idan apologizes to those who feel selfie hurts Palestinian cause, says it doesn’t mean she supports Israeli government, but doesn’t delete post

American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attends a meeting of the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset, July 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US ambassador ‘confident’ Trump will move embassy to Jerusalem

President is expected to postpone the move again on December 1

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Ed Royce (left) and Congrerssman Eliot Engel during the committee's hearing on Iran, September 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US House committee unanimously passes Taylor Force Act

By Eric Cortellessa

Swedish Parliament speaker Urban Ahlin, left, with Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2017 (Jorge Novominsky)

InterviewSwedish parliament speaker: We seek better ties with Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Grape seeds found in the Abbasid refuse pit in Jerusalem's City of David excavation, November 2017. (Eliyahu Yannai, courtesy of the City of David)

Past perfect

What was for dinner in Jerusalem 1,100 years ago? A massive refuse pit tells us

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

YIVO announced last month the discovery of 170,000 Jewish documents that were thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images for YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via JTA)

Uncovered Lithuanian trove shines new light on lives of Europe’s Jews

By Josefin Dolsten

Christie's employees take bids for Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" at Christie's New York on November 15, 2017. (AFP/TIMOTHY A. CLARY)

Da Vinci Christ painting sells for record $450 million

By AP

Illustrative: Israeli high school students in a classroom. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Teachers union threatens to shutter Israel’s high schools in wage dispute

Finance Ministry, union leaders at odds over scale of wage increase amid accusations of government ‘foot-dragging’ in negotiations

7:35 pm

Criticism of US sanctions returns in Iran after earthquake
6:56 pm

Lebanese PM Hariri accepts invitation to France
6:34 pm

Amid gifts probe, Netanyahu presents photos to show friendship with Milchan

Head of the Zionist Union party Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on October 23, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Analysis

With Jewish jab at left, Gabbay may be signaling he hasn’t forgotten Shas

A comment by the Labor leader mimicking Netanyahu may not have been aimed at Likud voters at all, but rather at stealing support from the troubled ultra-Orthodox party

Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Labor chief clarifies: ‘Left is no less Jewish than anyone else’

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, at the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Ehud Barak: No one more qualified to run Israel than I

Illustrative: Leader of Britain's Unite trade union Len McCluskey. (Public domain)

Analysis

Propping up UK’s Labour is a staunchly anti-Israel, influential trade union

By Robert Philpot

Unite leader and key Corbyn ally Len McCluskey downplays and denounces anti-Semitism in Labour — while harshly criticizing Israel

Josh Rivers (Facebook photo)

New editor of UK’s Gay Times fired for anti-Semitic, sexist, racist tweets

A lake in Regent’s Park, where a Jewish teen was seriously injury in a stabbing by a group of men on November 14, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Jewish teenager stabbed 12 times in London park

By JTA

Illustrative: Kosherfest, the world's largest kosher trade show. (Josefin Dolsten/ JTA)

The 5 weirdest kosher foods you’ll be eating in 2018

By Josefin Dolsten

Divorcing Louis C.K.

What do we lose if we close ourselves off to the comedian’s insights about human struggles?

Hilary Faverman

My working mama mojo

Put a bunch of career-minded, English-speaking mothers in Israel together, and the energy is invigorating

Laura Ben-David

PHOTO ESSAY: Neighborhood under threat

Israel’s Supreme Court should have ordered targeted remodeling of 17 homes that touch on Palestinian land

Andrew Silow-Carroll

At GA, a vexing focus on rifts with Israel

Federations would much rather stick to inspiration than dwell on crisis and fear

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Actor Gal Gadot, left, takes selfies with fans during the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Justice League' at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images/AFP)

Gal Gadot confirms accused producer Ratner out of ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel

A Palestinian walks on a newly-made section of a road that was financed by the European Union, on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Taqoa, near Bethlehem, January. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Hebrew media reviewPaving the way, but where?

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: Amish people in Pennsylvania. (Andrea Izzotti/iStock via Getty images)

Rare Amish genetic mutation may point way to anti-aging treatment

Members of the Reform movement and the Hebrew Union College confront ultra-Orthodox protesters and security guards while trying to enter the Western Wall plaza, in Jerusalem's Old City, November 16, 2017. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox clash with Reform worshipers at Western Wall

By Stuart Winer

Avraham Avera Mengistu, who is believed to be held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Facebook)

Family of Avera Mengistu pleads his case at White House

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair Netanyahu is seen at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on September 17, 2013. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Police said probing link between friend of PM’s son and Australian billionaire

By Stuart Winer

IDF soldier Ariel Harush, 21, is killed in a car accident in northern Israel on November 15, 2017 (IDF spokesperson)

Soldier killed, officer seriously hurt in northern Israel crash

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab during her performance at the 45th session of the International Carthage festival in Tunisia, July 20, 2009. (AFP/STR)

Sent up the riverEgyptian diva up the creek for disparaging Nile River

Daimler AG chairman, Dieter Zetsche, center, with Ola Källenius, the head of group research at Mercedes-Benz Cars Development (left) at the launch of the Mercedes-Benz Tel Aviv Tech Center; Nov. 16, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/TimesofIsrael)

Self-driving revolutionMercedes-Benz opens tech hub in Tel Aviv to secure lead in connected cars

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Israeli police and aid workers search the scene of a suicide bomb attack in a bus on September 19, 2002 in Tel Aviv. (Rahanan Cohen/Israel Defense Forces/Getty Images via JTA/File)

Firebrand Jordan MP backs suicide bombings in Israel

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

ZAKA head Yehuda Meshi-Zahav walks with lions in South Africa, November 15, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter)

ScarZaka emergency service founder clawed by lioness in Africa

A car in flames after a loud blast in Tel Aviv on November 16, 2017. (MDA)

One killed as car explodes on Tel Aviv highway

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