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What Matters Most On Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a press conference in Istanbul, December 13, 2017. (AFP/Yasin Akgul)

'If no Palestinian state with Jerusalem, no peace in world'

Abbas says no future US role in peace process, threatens to void past agreements

By Agencies and Dov Lieber

PA president blasts Trump’s decision to recognize Israel’s capital; Turkey’s Erdogan calls on all Islamic states to declare East Jerusalem capital of Palestine

Netanyahu told Macron he’d make ‘concessions’ within Trump peace plan — report

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Islamic leaders urge recognition of East Jerusalem as ‘Palestine’s capital’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

AnalysisTrump’s Jerusalem move seen to impede regional alliance against Iran

Israeli security forces recover a pistol that was allegedly going to be used to abduct an Israeli in a Hamas kidnapping plot, which was foiled by the Shin Bet security service in October 2017. (Shin Bet)

Israel foils Hamas kidnapping plot planned for Hanukkah

By Judah Ari Gross

Sheikh Hassan Yousef is arrested in his home by IDF troops, October 20, 2015. (Screen capture from YouTube)

Senior Hamas leader among dozens arrested overnight in West Bank

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Rescue personnel attend the scene of a stabbing attack in the A-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem on August 11, 2016 (photo credit: United Hatzalah)

Jerusalem court convicts Palestinian for stabbing yeshiva student

File: Riyad Mansour, right, addresses the UN Security Council on October 19, 2016. (Kim Haughton/UN)

Live updates (closed)

Palestinians at UN push for resolution on Jerusalem

Egypt-sponsored resolution expected to oppose Trump’s recognition as Israel’s capital, diplomats say

7:24 pm

Palestinians at UN push for resolution on Jerusalem
7:15 pm

Third rocket launched from Gaza, lands in unpopulated area
6:58 pm

Several residents treated for shock in Sderot

Protesters wearing masks featuring Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock Mosque and holding OIC countries flags take part in a protest against the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on December 13, 2017 near the venue of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul.
Turkish President opened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world's main pan-Islamic body the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), seeking to marshal Muslim leaders towards a coordinated response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE

Saudi king: Palestinians have right to East Jerusalem as capital

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Making no mention of city’s western areas, Salman’s remarks in Riyadh coincide with Islamic summit in Turkey addressing Trump’s recognition of capital

Tillerson says US embassy unlikely to move to Jerusalem before 2020

Female terrorists in Gaza threaten intifada after Trump announcement

IDF strikes Hamas position in Gaza after rocket launch

Spoiler alert!Watch for one adorable, wrinkly rabbi

New ‘Star Wars’ movie goes where no Jedi has trod before

By Jordan Hoffman

Opening Wednesday, director Rian Johnson’s ‘The Last Jedi’ walks a fine line for fans, creating a solid standalone film that shines within the franchise canon

Amazon gifts us 8 marvelous episodes of Jewish dramedy like we’ve never seen

By Jordan Hoffman

On Jerusalem, a response divorced from reality

To Mahmoud Abbas: It’s time you accept that recognizing Israel’s capital is a step toward, not away from, peace

Not just Beit Shemesh: Take back the public space

The Supreme Court’s ruling against no-go zones for women is a call for action throughout Israel

What every entrepreneur must know about the sharing economy

The sharing economy is about far more than being able to order a cheap cab, have your parcels shipped the ‘same day’ by Amazon or rent a room on Airbnb

Andrew Silow-Carroll

What we talk about when we talk about Jerusalem

Opinions on Israel’s capital are strongly divided, including over the meaning of ‘undivided’

Doug Jones (L) and Roy Moore (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP, Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

Democrat Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in Alabama race upset

By AFP and AP

In blow to Trump, Jones will be state’s first Democrat elected to Senate in a quarter-century; Republican candidate had been mired by accusations of sexual harassment

Trump: ‘I was right’ Roy Moore could not win Alabama race

By AFP

Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule

By Kim Chandler

In Alabama Senate race, Jews become an issue — not a first for the South

African migrants take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2017,against the 'Deposit Law,' which requires them to deposit 20% of their salary in a fund which they can only take back after they leave the country. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

As Israel prepares to deport African migrants, deportees divulge dangers

By Melanie Lidman

A male soldier from the co-ed Caracal Battalion applies camoflage paint to a female soldier's face before an exercise in 2011. (Ori Shifrin/Israel Defense Forces/Flickr)

Female politicians fume, rabbis rejoice as IDF updates its gender policies

By Judah Ari Gross

Few substantive changes are made to Joint Service Order, but softened language, subtle tweaks seen as reinforcing separation of men, women

Likud seethes as Zionist Union unveils anti-corruption platform

By Marissa Newman

Police recommendations bill clears final committee vote

By Raoul Wootliff and Marissa Newman

In the face of graft evidence, coalition whip mulled resigning — report

Centuries-old books and documents from the Iraqi Jewish archive await preservation. (photo credit: Courtesy The National Archives)

Now-dispersed Iraqi Jewish community fights for access to its legacy

By Reut R. Cohen

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People attend the funeral of top spiritual authority for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel and around the world, Rabbi Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman, in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak on December 12, 2017.(AFP PHOTO / Menahem KAHANA)

Hebrew media reviewAs a roused rabble rises, a reticent rabbi gets an unsought-for farewell

By Joshua Davidovich

Thomas Buergenthal. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Holocaust-surviving judge: N. Korean camps may be worse than Auschwitz

By ToI Staff and AP

(JTA collage/8 Books for Hanukkah)

Stuff the stockingsGreat books for eight Jewy nights

By Victor Wishna

The Spotted Pig restaurant in New York. (Google maps)

Prominent New York restaurateur accused of sexual misconduct

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Haredi, Arab parents seeking better education for children, report shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Yinon Reuveni, suspected of vandalizing the church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, is seen at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court on July 29, 2015. (Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Galilee ‘Loaves’ church arsonist sentenced to 4 years

Chairman of Israel Securities Authority Shmuel Hauser attends a conference in Jerusalem on June 19, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Top financial regulator calls for keeping bitcoin off Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

By Shoshanna Solomon and ToI Staff

Observation tower at Ben Gurion International Airport. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Wayward drone briefly grounds flights at Ben Gurion Airport

Arab Israelis take part in a protest outside the American embassy in Tel Aviv against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital on December 12, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

Arab Israelis protest US Jerusalem move outside Tel Aviv embassy

View of the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel, April 19, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Shrinking Sea of Galilee sees rising salinity, endangering water quality

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