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What Matters Most On Saturday, June 9, 2018

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King Hazael? A detailed figurine of a king's head on display at the Israel Museum, dating to biblical times, and found near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)

'We're guessing here... It's like a hello from the past'

King who? Rare sculpted head of mystery biblical ruler found in northern Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

Is the monarch represented by the exquisitely preserved 3,000 year-old statue Ben Hadad or Hazael of Damascus, Ahab or Jehu of Israel, or Ithobaal of Tyre?

Susanna Feldman, 14, a German Jewish schoolgirl, whose body was found buried on the outskirts of the western German city of Wiesbaden on June 6, 2018. (via Facebook)

Suspect said to confess to rape, killing of German Jewish teen Susanna Feldman

Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Outrage in Germany, and questions for police, after murder, rape of Jewish girl

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour addresses the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday May 15, 2018 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Palestinians turn to UN General Assembly to condemn Israel over Gaza deaths

By AP and ToI Staff

Non-binding vote set for Wednesday following US veto in the Security Council; Danon slams countries ‘looking to satisfy their domestic political needs by bashing Israel’

Palestinians protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops on the Israel-Gaza border, Friday, June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas’s Gaza protests have ‘failed,’ top IDF official says

Palestinians gather to perform the last Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem on June 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER)

Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem end peacefully, in stark contrast to Gaza violence

Flowers and a photo of Anthony Bourdain are seen at a make shift memorial outside the building that once housed Le Halles restaurant on Park Avenue, Friday, June 8, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Prosecutor: No evidence of any foul play in Anthony Bourdain’s death

By AP and ToI Staff

Investigators carrying out toxicology tests on body of celebrity chef, who used the belt of his hotel bathrobe to take his own life

Two Palestinians help fly a 'fire kite' from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory during mass demonstrations along the security fence on June 8, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Five fires caused by flaming kites near Gaza fence extinguished

Since March 30, Palestinians in the Strip have launched hundreds of flying devices with flammable materials into Israeli territory, starting over 200 blazes

Palestinian protesters fly a kite with a burning rag dangling from its tail to during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Defense contractor Rafael ‘working on solution’ to Gaza’s incendiary kites

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) holds a joint press conference with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2017.(Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu said to snub EU foreign policy chief, causing her to nix Israel visit

Patrons at the Synagoga Cafe in Trnava, Slovakia, September 13, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Synagogues become nightclubs in Eastern Europe, sparking anger at desecration

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative image of a tank flying the Hezbollah terror group's flag seen in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)

To avoid Israeli strikes, Iran-backed fighters said disguising selves as Syrians

Rebel commanders tell Wall Street Journal that Hezbollah and other militias have left areas near Israeli border, only to return under Syrian regime flag, with rockets and missiles

Rouhani says ‘Israel can never feel safe’ as thousands in Iran mark Quds Day

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens Israel: ‘The day of the great war is coming’

Iran ‘can’t wait forever’ for confirmation of nuclear deal, Tehran official says

By Vaidotas Beniusis

People take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Over 250,000 revelers flood Tel Aviv for Israel’s biggest ever Gay Pride parade

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israelis and visitors celebrate freedom and tolerance at 20th annual event in self-styled ‘most gay-friendly city’ in world

Kenneth Jacobson

Feeding Palestinian illusions

The international community needs to stop supporting armed struggle and help the Palestinians get real about peace

The American Jewish Committee stands with Israel

We once were ambivalent about Zionism, but no longer

Actor Adam Sandler attends the 'You Don't Mess With The Zohan' premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan’ was Adam Sandler’s liberal Zionist manifesto

By Stephen Silver

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundation, at a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2017. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

Billionaire George Soros tosses well-monied hat into Brexit ring

By Robert Philpot

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at a campaign really in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on April 6, 2018. (Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images/via JTA)

Mean streets?

Was Israeli diplomat cynical when he praised Hungary for fighting anti-Semitism?

Viktor Orban’s ‘illiberal democracy’ has cracked down, leading to record low numbers on hate crimes — but residents say the Jew-hatred is far from gone

Illustrative: A monument at a Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Poland is found desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti, March 2012 (Jedrzej Wojnar/AP)

Anti-Semitic incidents drop sharply in Poland and Hungary, watchdogs say

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Picture taken on April 12, 2018 in Berlin shows German rappers Kollegah (L) and Farid Bang posing with their Echo trophies they were given in the 2018 Hip-Hop/Urban category. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Jens Kalaene0

German rappers criticized for anti-Semitic lyrics visit Auschwitz

By JTA

Benny Briga concocts another carbonated elixir at Cafe Levinsky in the Levinsky Market, this one with tahini, for a slightly sweet, milky and satisfying drink (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Tahini is all over Tel Aviv, from the raw to the cooked

By Jessica Steinberg

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Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz in May 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Report: Former IDF chief Gantz in talks to be Zionist Union’s candidate for PM

Screen capture from video of an interview given by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the BBC in London, and broadcast June 7, 2018. (BBC)

Poll: Likud would win 31 seats if new elections held

Charles Krauthammer (YouTube screenshot)

Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer says he has weeks to live

By JTA

Gena Turgel (YouTube screen cap)

‘Bride of Belsen’ Holocaust survivor who treated Anne Frank dies aged 95

Demonstrators wave Jordanian flags and hold up their lit mobile phones as they face Jordanian police officers during a protest near the prime minister's office in Amman, Jordan, on June 5, 2018. (AFP/Khalil Mazraawi)

Jordan faces tough economic path, after protests scupper tax hikes

By Mussa Hattar

'Stop the agricultural terror,' found graffitied in Hebrew in the Palestinian village of Burin, in the northern West Bank, on June 8, 2018. (Yesh Din, courtesy)

Palestinian crops torched in latest suspected anti-Arab hate crime

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Embattled MSNBC host Joy Reid (Photo illustration by Charles Dunst/Source: Getty Images via JTA)

MSNBC host Joy Reid criticized Jews, Ariel Sharon in old blog posts

By Charles Diringer Dunst

IfNotNow protesters demonstrating at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, March 26, 2017. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)

US Conservative camps defiant after criticism of counselors on left-wing course

Illustrative: New immigrants from North America land at Israel's Ben Gurion airport after a Nefesh B'Nefesh chartered flight from New York, July 19, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Social media groups are helping new immigrants navigate life in Israel

A view of the Modernisme Plaza of the City Hall of Valencia on 17 July 2010.
(CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons/PMRMaeyaert)

Spain’s third-largest city votes to boycott Israel

By JTA

William Paterson University professor Clyde Magarelli. (Twitter/via JTA)

Social problemsAre NJ sociology prof’s conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes free speech?

By Larry Yudelson

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) addresses J Street's 2018 national conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC on April 16, 2018 (Screen capture).

J Street PAC now endorses over half of Democratic Senators

By JTA

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