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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 14, 2017

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Employees of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries protest against the company's plan to lay off 1,700 employees, in Kiryat Shmona, December 14, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Israel’s ailing Teva to cut 25% of global workforce in recovery effort

By Shoshanna Solomon

Hebrew media reviewTeva layoffs leave Israel sickened

By Joshua Davidovich

A show of solidarityStartup CEOs invite Teva workers to join their ranks

By Shoshanna Solomon

Union calls strike over thousands of expected Teva layoffs

By ToI Staff and Shoshanna Solomon

Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Islamist terror group, in Gaza City on December 14, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

At 30th anniversary rally, Hamas vows to force US reversal on Jerusalem

By Dov Lieber and AP

Terror group’s leader calls for weekly protests across the region until Trump retracts his declaration recognizing Israel’s capital

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman inspects a sight on a rifle at a weapons manufacturing plant in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on December 14, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

In Sderot, defense minister tells everyone to ‘relax’ about rocket attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

AnalysisEmpty threats from Istanbul, but in Gaza things are heating up for real

By Avi Issacharoff

White House: Abbas’s rhetoric ‘has prevented peace for years’

After PA chief says US peace role is over, Washington insists Trump ‘remains as committed to peace as ever’; Netanyahu says Israel unimpressed by Palestinian threats

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a press conference following a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) about US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, on December 13, 2017, in Istanbul. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

US Jewish leaders: Abbas sounded death knell for peace, distorted Jewish history

Nazareth cancels Christmas celebrations to protest US move on Jerusalem

AnalysisErdogan and Abbas bark about Jerusalem, but their threats have no bite

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative: Royal Jordanian Airlines Airbus A320 in March 2009. (CC BY-SA Björn Strey - IMG_0499 X, Wikimedia Commons)

Not on the map

Jordan pilot announces ‘Jerusalem, capital of Palestine’ during flyover

Yousef Dajah’s flight recap receives cheers from passengers on board, is shared widely on social media

37 Palestinian rioters arrested in East Jerusalem police raids

By Stuart Winer

In rare remarks to Saudis, minister says Riyadh could broker peace deal

Undercover troops infiltrate, break up violent Ramallah protest

By Judah Ari Gross

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with previously classified missile segments she says prove Iran violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, during a press conference at Joint Base Anacostia in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

Live updates (closed)

Iran says US evidence on Yemen missiles is ‘fabricated’

Statement comes after US envoy Haley unveils missile parts as evidence Iran arming Houthis

7:12 pm

Major US internet providers hail 'net neutrality' rollback
6:54 pm

US regulator orders rollback of 'net neutrality' rules
6:13 pm

Iran says US evidence on Yemen missiles is 'fabricated'

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

Miss Israel: Iraqi contestant’s family forced to flee country over joint selfie

Hanukkah on social media. (Times of Israel collage)

Andy Cohen to Sadiq Khan

Social media lights up with celebs’ Hanukkah hashtags

By Tracy Frydberg

Don’t say the Chosen People don’t get their share of love: Influencers from all circles take to Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to wish all a happy Festival of Lights

Over 500 students from Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus, New Jersey, broke the world record for the largest human menorah on December 13, 2017. (Screenshot: JTA via NorthJersey.com)

Branching outNew Jersey students break world record for largest human menorah

By JTA

Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber Stambler lights the hannukah candles in Polish Parliament on December 12, 2017. (Screen capture/Facebook)

Hanukkah candles lit in Polish parliament

By JTA

Memorial to Jewish partisans and soldiers who fought in World War II, at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, December 11, 2017. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Rescue or revolt?

Jews who saved other Jews from Nazis faced dilemmas too difficult for Solomon

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Slawomir Debski

The myth of an eternally anti-Semitic Poland

If your enemy lays down his arms, it’s time to stop shooting and pursue genuine reconciliation

Male and female rabbis praise US embassy move

Welcoming America’s recognition of Israel’s capital, progressive Orthodox leadership calls for peace

What I learned at the Trump Hanukkah party

As perhaps the only liberal rabbi there, the aim was to engage constructively with decision makers

For a little girl in an American suburb, December was the beautiful season

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Screen capture from video of a suspected murder-suicide involving an Israeli man and his daughter in Travis County, Texas, December 11, 2017. (YouTube)

Israeli man kills daughter, 9, in Texas murder-suicide

By Stuart Winer

US Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Muniz National Guard Air Base, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Pence’s visit to Israel delayed over US tax reform vote

By Eric Cortellessa, Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

Joint (Arab) List party chairman Ayman Odeh reacts during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, January 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arab MKs to skip Pence’s Knesset speech over Jerusalem moves

By Marissa Newman

Senate candidate Roy Moore seen after casting his vote in Gallant, Ala., Dec. 12, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images via JTA)

With Roy Moore defeat, US Jews breathe a sigh of relief

By Eric Cortellessa

Actress Salma Hayek attends the HFPA and InStyle celebration at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Season in West Hollywood, California, November 15, 2017. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Actress Hayek recounts ‘Frida’ nightmare after rebuffing Weinstein

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to supporters at a party rally in Glasgow, Scotland, May 28, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)

Labour head Corbyn ‘doesn’t support BDS,’ but would boycott settlements

Illustrative: Local Jewish communities in the Bay Area show their support for the LGBTQ community at the San Francisco pride parade. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash 90/File)

Liberal NY Orthodox synagogue to stop announcing LGBT weddings after complaints

By JTA

Iraqi Kurdish security forces escort a suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested the previous day during clashes in the southern suburbs of Kirkuk, October 22, 2016. (AFP/Marwan IBRAHIM)

Iraq hangs 38 members of Islamic State, al-Qaeda for terrorism

By AFP

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