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What Matters Most On Saturday, December 2, 2017

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US President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran deal from the Diplomatic Reception room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2017. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in Wednesday speech — report

By Eric Cortellessa

A White House official will not confirm the Axios report, saying only that president ‘is still considering options and we have nothing to announce’

In DC, Barak says moving the embassy won’t be ‘a consequential event’

By Eric Cortellessa

Palestinians warn of violence if Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By AFP

Trump has until Monday to decide on moving embassy to Jerusalem

By Eric Cortellessa

Illustrative photo of an IAF F-16 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Israeli missiles said to hit Iranian military base being built near Damascus

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Media reports say target struck by IAF was facility 50 kilometers from Israeli border which was revealed in satellite pictures three weeks ago

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri greets supporters upon arriving at his home in Beirut on November 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Lebanon’s Hariri says Damascus wants him killed

By AFP

Illustrative: A Syrian military helicopter flys over the outskirts of the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, September 10, 2017. (AFP/George Ourfalian)

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter near Israel border

By AFP

Illustrative: An Israel Air Force F-16 fighter jet fires off flares during a demonstration on December 31, 2015. (Hagar Amibar/Israel Air Force/Flickr)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

With reported airstrike, Israel puts Syria, and Iran, on notice

Foreign reports of strike on base near Damascus suggest Jerusalem prepared to act on its warnings against a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Thomas Peter)

Kushner reportedly told Flynn to contact Russians over anti-Israel UN resolution

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The quickly deposed ex-White House adviser has admitted to lying to the FBI over his contacts with Kremlin officials during Trump administration transition

Flynn timeline: It all began with a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements

Michael Flynn: Disgraced former spy chief undone by Russia entanglement

By Paul Handley

‘Let justice roll down like waters,’ says Comey as Flynn pleads guilty

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Ehud Barak attend a press conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem, November 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Barak: Netanyahu government’s ‘whims and illusions’ threaten Israel’s future

In fiery NYT piece, former PM castigates current premier, says coalition has ‘declared war’ on the Supreme Court, the free press, civil society, IDF ethics

Comic Jerry Seinfeld (right) with his old friend and fellow comedian Mark Schiff. (Courtesy Mark Schiff)

Jerry Seinfeld’s best friend is always along for the ride

By Jessica Steinberg

A manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on September 26, 2011 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

German government refuses to certify Dead Sea scrolls belong to Israel

By JTA

Polish interior minister orders investigation into naked video at gas chamber

By JTA and ToI Staff

German far-right meets to pick new leaders amid pro-refugee protests

By Deborah Cole

Austria’s nationalist ‘frats’ prepare for government

By Sophie MAKRIS

The Friedmans in their home library, 1957. (George C. Marshal Foundation)

History behind WWII’s great unsung female codebreaker is finally unravelled

By Rich Tenorio

Entrance to Migdalim settlement. (Courtesy)

Deadly Qusra clash exacerbates secular-religious divide at West Bank settlement

Some Migdalim residents say community is being taken over by a group of ‘religious extremists’ who try to provoke their Palestinian neighbors

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (AFP/SPUTNIK/Mikhail KLIMENTYEV)

Russia gears up to build its own ‘independent internet’

This file photo taken on September 7, 2017, shows Britain's Prince George arriving for his first day of school at Thomas's school in southwest London. (AFP/Pool/Richard Pohle)

Royal prayerScottish priest hopes for gay Prince George

By AFP

Henny Goudeketing, left, and Anne van de Geest at the main hall of the Immanuel Jewish hospice in Amsterdam, November 1, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/via JTA)

End of life choicesEurope’s only Jewish hospice gives Holocaust survivors a dignified farewell

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Hundreds of white supremacists and far-rightists on the outskirts of Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/JTA)

Jewish Democrats raise money using Trump’s Charlottesville remarks

Former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt (CC BY Heden en verleden in het Torentje, Wikimedia Commons)

Dutch Jews say former prime minister peddles anti-Semitism

By JTA

Egyptians listen to a Muslim cleric at the Al-Hussein mosque in Cairo during celebrations of the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, known in Arabic as "al-Mawlid al-Nabawi", on December 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

Worshippers pack Egyptian mosque a week after massacre

By AFP

Illustrative photo of the United States House of Representatives (screen capture: YouTube)

Critical victory for Trump as US Senate passes historic tax reform

By Michael Mathes

People walk by an advertisement for McDonald's in Nottingham, England, on November 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Oli Scarff)

Cover upMcDonald’s apologizes for ordering UK Muslim to remove her headscarf

Livry-Gargan Town Hall in the suburbs of Paris. (Marianna/Wikipedia)

Five arrested in France over alleged anti-Semitic home invasion

By JTA

Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (recep-bg/iStock by Getty images)

High school teachers cancel planned strike against student violence

The God of our ancestors

Jacob is the biblical model for today’s seekers of the true self before finding the Divine

Learning from Itamar and the rabbit

The simplicity of a children’s book reminds us that fearing each other makes the world more dangerous

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