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What Matters Most On Monday, November 20, 2017

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A Syrian mother, carrying her young child, crosses the border into Israel, in a TV report broadcast on November 19, 2017. (Hadashot News screenshot)

Filmed crossing into Israel with sick kid, mother says all Syrians want to come

Israeli TV shows unprecedented footage of army opening the border gates to Syria, ushering in a group of mothers and children for medical treatment

Iran is only in Syria to fight ‘terror,’ says Russia’s Israel envoy

By Raphael Ahren

IDF again fires at Syrian forces in Golan demilitarized zone

By Judah Ari Gross

Lebanon under ‘total control’ of Hezbollah, Bahrain says

By Bassem Aboualabass

A doctored image of President Reuven Rivlin wearing a keffiyeh seen on social media on November 20, 2017, following the president's refusal to grant Hebron shooter Elor Azaria a pardon (Facebook)

Police probe depiction of Rivlin in a keffiyeh

By Tamar Pileggi

President’s decision not to pardon Hebron shooter draws sharp criticism from senior politicians and social media users

Rivlin rejects pardon request from Hebron shooter

Stop ‘inciting’ against soldiers, Breaking the Silence spokesman’s mother urges

By Raphael Ahren and Jacob Magid

Indictments dropped against 5 minors over far-right ‘hate wedding’

Holocaust survivor Eliahu Pietruszka, right, embraces his nephew Alexandre Pietruszka as they meet for the first time in Kfar Saba, Israel, November 16, 2017. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

102-year-old Holocaust survivor reunites with newly discovered nephew

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi (YouTube screenshot)

Iran slams Saudi Arabia for ‘following Zionist policies’

Tehran dismisses ‘worthless’ Arab League resolution accusing it of ‘aggression’ against Arab states

Energy minister: We have secret ties with ‘many’ Arab states

By AFP

2 years on, Palestinian arrested for stabbing Israeli

By Judah Ari Gross

For first time in 18 years, Jews pray at biblical tombs in Palestinian village

By AFP

Star Wars filmmaker J.J. Abrams (left) offers to leak the plot of the ninth episode to the highest donor for HBO's autism benefit, 'Night of Too Many Stars,' hosted by Jon Stewart on November 18, 2017. (YouTube screenshot)

Autism awareness

Jon Stewart hosts night of too many Jew jokes to support autism programs

Jeffrey Tambor accepts the award for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for “Transparent” at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, September 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Jeffrey Tambor says he can’t return to ‘Transparent’ amid harassment claims

By ToI Staff and AP

In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons presents the Vanguard Award on stage at the 46th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Woman says Brett Ratner stood by as Russell Simmons assaulted her

By Lindsey Bahr

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir speaks during a press availability with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, October 22, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Live updates (closed)

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister denies ties with Israel

By Marissa Newman

Nasrallah says Hezbollah sent missiles to Hamas, did not send weapons to Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait

7:16 pm

BBC host apologizes for ‘fat Jewish guy’ comment
7:01 pm

Saudi FM denies ties with Israel
6:14 pm

French Socialist politician may be ousted over anti-Semitic tweet

An advert for UK bakery chain Greggs showing the Three Wise Men worshiping a sausage roll. (Taylor Herring/Greggs/PA)

Pigs in blankets

UK bakery chain rapped for replacing baby Jesus with sausage roll

‘Greggs’ spokesperson says ‘really sorry to have caused any offence, this was never our intention’ after Christian groups protest pork-filled nativity scene

Shoshana Schwartz

‘How could I not have seen this coming?’

As an addictions counselor, I’ve learned that no matter what my child wants to tell me, I must listen

5 steps to combat sexual abuse in Israel

Men and women alike must recognize that this societal issue requires a categorical collective response

Patrons eat at a communal table in the Soul Cafe in West Bloomfield, Michigan. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)

Feel-good eats

Feed body and soul at Detroit’s kosher restaurant-art gallery combo

By Yaakov Schwartz

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the lobby for encouraging Bible study, at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, January 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu tells police she didn’t request gifts — report

By Raoul Wootliff

PM’s wife said to deny couple had strict system in place to order high-end cigars, champagne and jewelry from billionaire benefactor

Police interrogate Netanyahu for 4 hours in graft probes

Police seek to enlist Netanyahu confidant as state witness in submarine affair

Hebrew media reviewBad news Likud

By Joshua Davidovich

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci poses for a photograph after an interview with the Associated Press in Jerusalem, on November 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Interview

In Israel, Scaramucci says he sees himself working for Trump again

By Josef Federman

Ousted White House communications director is in the country to scout out high-tech sector for possible opportunities

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Illustrative. Israeli soldiers launch a Spike anti-tank guided missile during a training exercise. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)

India cancels $500 million deal for Israeli missiles — reports

By Judah Ari Gross

Caves of Qumran (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Boys clubNew skeletal evidence could put decades-old debate over Qumran settlers to rest

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Yonatan Heilo arrives a the Supreme Court to hear the decision on his appeal on May 31, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

President commutes sentence of man convicted of killing his rapist

The cover of Ringo Starr's new studio album, 'Give More Love.' (Courtesy Ringo Starr)

Let It BeFans hope Ringo Starr gives some more love to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

Lior Horev arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem to testify in a case against former prime minister Ehud Olmert on September 8, 2011. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90)

Slammed by PM, controversial police media adviser steps down

By Raoul Wootliff

Avi Issacharoff, one of the co-authors of Israeli TV drama "Fauda", or chaos in Arabic, poses for a photograph on March 8, 2017 in Tel Aviv. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Chaotic times‘Fauda’ 2 to air in Israel on New Year’s Eve

By Jessica Steinberg

Likud MK David Amsalem leads the Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bill could see journalists jailed for publishing police leaks

By Tamar Pileggi

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against the army draft, at the entrance to Jerusalem, November 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

22 arrested as ultra-Orthodox block roads after military jails draft dodgers

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Illustrative. Turkeys. (bazilfoto; iStock by Getty Images)

Fowl fuelTurkey poop a great coal alternative, Israeli study finds

Illustrative photo of Sudanese school children in Juba, South Sudan. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Reaching outIsraAID helps set up science and tech center in South Sudan

By Shoshanna Solomon

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