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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 26, 2018

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John McCain (with Joe Lieberman) visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. (Nati Shohat /FLASH90)

Israelis across political spectrum salute McCain as man of values, true friend

By Raoul Wootliff and Agencies

Lawmakers honor late Republican senator for his deep integrity, patriotism, longstanding commitment to the security of the Jewish state

John McCain (R-AZ) addresses the media at the end of his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, March 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Marco Longari/POOL)

John McCain remembered as defender of Israel, principled hero

By ToI Staff and JTA

In this Jan. 30, 2000 file photo, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, smile as confetti falls on them at the end of their 114th New Hampshire town hall meeting with voters at the Peterborough Town House in Peterborough, N.H. (AP/Stephan Savoia)

From captivity to electoral candor, 9 moments that defined John McCain

By Laurie Kellman

Obituary

Jewish leaders mourn McCain for his bipartisanship, fierce commitment to Israel

His close friendship with Joe Lieberman, a liberal Orthodox Jew he considered running with, was not without trials: ‘Why in every f***ing kosher menu do we have to have salmon?’

US Senator Joseph Lieberman (L) and US Senator John McCain arrive for the 50th Munich Security Conference in the Bayerischer Hof hotel on January 31, 2014 in Munich, Germany. (Joerg Koch/Getty Images via JTA)

Senator John McCain, left, with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on March 19, 2008. (Matty Stern/US Embassy/Flash90)

Israel media reviewMemorial for a maverick: 8 things to know for August 26

By Joshua Davidovich

Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona) receives the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

John McCain, US war hero and maverick Republican senator, dies at 81

Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky)

Minister hails US for reportedly planning to reject ‘fictitious right of return’

After Israeli TV report says Trump administration will oppose longstanding Palestinian demand, Naftali Bennett chimes in: ‘Refugee status doesn’t pass by inheritance’

Illustrative: Border Police officers take aim at Palestinian rioters during clashes near the West Bank Qalandiya checkpoint, on the outskirts of Ramallah, on December 15, 2017. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Live updates (closed)Border Police to be stationed along Ashkelon coast amid Hamas infiltration fears

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks while US President Donald Trump listens before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

US set to announce it rejects Palestinian ‘right of return’ — TV report

By ToI Staff and Eric Cortellessa

An injury suffered by one of three victims in an alleged attack by Jewish suspects on Arab residents of Shfaram near a Haifa beach on August 23, 2018. (Screenshot/Mako)

3 Arabs assaulted at Haifa beach meet the Jewish man who saved them

President condemns ‘extremism’ after Jewish group allegedly beats up trio; second suspect sent to house arrest after denying involvement

Illustrative: View of a beach near Haifa (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Three Arabs hospitalized after alleged beating by Jews at Haifa beach

An injured left-wing activist being escorted by IDF soldiers, near the West Bank settlement of Mitzpeh Yair, August 25, 2018. (B'Tselem)

Left-wing activists injured in reported assault by settlers

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Illustrative image of a patient with Parkinson’s disease (Obencem, iStock by Getty Images)

New breathalyzer can flag early onset Parkinson’s, Israeli researchers say

By Shoshanna Solomon

Technion team also identifies breath signatures of 17 other ailments that could be detected by the handheld breath analysis device, including Alzheimer’s and gastric cancer

Construction at the Jerusalem station of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train, December, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

First responders warn of rescue concerns for Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express train

Experts call for opening of rail link to be delayed as lack of vehicles needed to reach inside tunnels, large numbers of passengers could hamper rescue efforts in major disaster

(Illustrative image of a hacker; supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)

Hackers sold personal data of thousands of IDF soldiers, investigation finds

Probe by Securities Authority uncovers years-long scam by soldiers and civilian contractors who worked in recruitment administration unit

Campers at Camp Sunrise, August 9, 2018. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

At Jewish-Arab summer camp, children declare color war on cancer

By Jacob Magid and Video by Luke Tress

The future of eastern Syria and the Israeli interest

A recent visit to an enclave controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces confirmed its importance as a bulwark against Iran

Why we chose a ’democratic’ school for our son

Because education does more these days than prepare kids to be good factory workers

Members of the pro-Syrian government forces ride on a tank as it drives down a street in the Syrian border town of Albu Kamal, on November 20, 2017. (AFP/ STRINGER)

Pro-Iran militias turn on Assad, try to establish land corridor to Mediterranean

By Avi Issacharoff

Israel worriedly follows developments around key border crossing in eastern Syria, where battles between longtime civil war allies have been reported for first time

Rouhani’s woes mount as Iran’s economy minister impeached

By Eric RANDOLPH

Zarif accuses US of waging ‘psychological warfare’ against Iran

By Michael Bachner

Two dead, 241 injured in Iran earthquake

By Eric RANDOLPH

US President Donald Trump salutes his supporters after speaking at a political rally at Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia on August 21, 2018. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

In fresh rant, Trump takes aim at Mueller, Sessions, FBI, and Clinton

By AP and ToI Staff

US president accuses federal bureau of ‘ignoring’ emails by former rival candidate, says he ‘may have to get involved’

Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, march during a protest in downtown Phildelphia on July 24, 2016, ahead of the Democratic National Convention there. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Democrats strip superdelegates of role choosing 2020 candidate

By AFP

Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, departs following his appearance in Federal Court on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, in New York. (AP/Kevin Hagen)

For Trump and Cohen, a bond defined — and soured — by money and loyalty

By Jonathan Lemire

Peter Riegert and Amy Irving starred in “Crossing Delancey.” Riegert played a pickle shop owner on the Lower East Side. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

‘Crossing Delancey,’ now 30 years old, was the ultimate Jewish rom-com

By Stephen Silver

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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives to face the media at the Edinburgh Television Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 23, 2018. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

Formal complaint filed with UK Labour party over Corbyn’s remarks on ‘Zionists’

Illustrative: Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seekers in Glasgow, Scotland, August 22, 2018. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images via JTA)

UK Labour’s Jewish MPs, delegates to receive bodyguards for party conference

By JTA and ToI Staff

Israeli sailor Roy Erez. (Facebook)

Israeli sailor held in Colombia accused of smuggling 234 kilograms of cocaine

By Michael Bachner

Supporters of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement chant slogans during a demonstration at the Kungsholmstorg square in Stockholm, Sweden on August 25, 2018. (AFP/ TT News Agency / Fredrik Persson)

Hundreds of neo-Nazis rally in Stockholm, met by counter-protests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Transportation Minister Israel Katz, center, and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 30, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister says Israel hasn’t considered any proposal to topple Hamas in 3 years

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

An activist hangs from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran, January 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Iran criticizes Saudi plans to execute human rights activists

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this July 26, 1971 file photo conductor Leonard Bernstein tells reporters in Washington that the work he is preparing for the 1971 opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a "labor of love." (AP Photo/Charles Harrity, File)

Musical tribute marks 100 years since Leonard Bernstein’s birth

By AP

Turkish riot police detains protesters of Saturday mothers group demonstration on August 25, 2018 in Istanbul. (AFP/Yasin AKGUL)

Istanbul police break up landmark Turkish mothers’ protest

By AFP

Head of the Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub speaks during a press conference in front of Argentinian representative office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinian soccer chief to appeal FIFA ban for his incitement against Messi

By AP and ToI Staff

A pocket watch with Hebrew letters on its face that belonged to a Jewish Russian immigrant who died aboard the Titanic. (Twitter via JTA)

The depths of timeTitanic victim’s Hebrew-letter watch sells for $57,500

By JTA

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