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What Matters Most On Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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Rona Ramon, left, and her daughter Noa, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on January 15, 2003, a day before the launch of the space shuttle Columbia. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Rona Ramon, widow of astronaut killed in Columbia shuttle disaster, dies at 54

By Michael Bachner

Politicians mourn ‘inspirational’ woman, who turned to grief counseling and education when her tragedy was compounded with the death of her son — an IDF pilot — in 2009

Rona Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, speaks at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, on May 9, 2013. (Flash90)

Rona Ramon to be cremated to spare her kids another funeral — report

A Delta IV rocket, carrying the Parker Solar Probe, lifts off from launch complex 37 at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 12, 2018. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Trump said planning to launch US Space Command

By AP

Analysis

Deficiencies in desalinated water could lead to increase in heart attack deaths

Disagreements between the Health Ministry and the Water Authority have delayed implementation of a pilot to add magnesium, an essential mineral, to desalinated water for two years

A worker at the Sorek desalination plant, south of Tel Aviv, on November 1, 2015. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as they prepare to deliver joint statements, after a meeting and a lunch in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem residence, June 25, 2012. (AP/Jim Hollander, Pool/File)

Live updates (closed)

Israel complained to Russia for inviting Hamas leader to Moscow — report

By Michael Bachner

Russia said to dismiss request, saying that Jerusalem is also holding talks with Palestinian terror group

7:43 pm

Megiddo shooting likely a botched robbery -- reports
7:42 pm

Trump's Mideast envoy slams Abbas's Fatah for 'vile' glorification of terrorists
7:34 pm

Three people injured in shooting in northern Israel, motive unclear

Hezbollah said plotting to send motorbikes through tunnel

IDF: Hezbollah likely attempting to close off its attack tunnels

By Judah Ari Gross

Military releases footage of one of the border-crossing passages it uncovered in recent weeks, which peacekeepers say violate UN resolution

A picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Meiss al-Jabal on December 16, 2018, shows Israeli soldiers watching as United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers speak with Lebanese soldiers in front of a Hezbollah flag. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

UNIFIL: At least 2 two tunnels crossed Israel border, violating UN resolution

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel reportedly asking US to lean on Lebanon over Hezbollah tunnels

US no longer bids to oust Assad, accepts Iran will have diplomatic role in Syria

By AFP

An Airbnb listing in the settlement of Kfar Adumim, accessed on January 12, 2016. (Screen capture: AirBnB)

Israel says Airbnb walking back settlement boycott; company denies it

Vacation rental site asserts it rejects BDS and is committed to its business inside Israel, says it is still developing tools to implement policy

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky speaks during an event in San Francisco, on February 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Israel media reviewBlunder ‘n’ bereavement: 8 things to know for December 18

By Joshua Davidovich

Texas speech pathologist Bahia Amawi, who filed a federal lawsuit after her school district refused to renew her contract unless she signed a pro-Israel oath. (screen capture: The Intercept)

Texas speech pathologist files federal lawsuit over anti-BDS law

A Hamas training facility in Gaza city destroyed on July 14, 2018, by the air force (IDF spokesperson)

Rights group says IDF ‘non-lethal’ warning missiles killed two Gaza teenagers

By Stuart Winer

B’Tselem claims army video of July ‘roof-knocking’ procedure edited out the fatal strike; army denies allegation as ‘totally baseless and false’

Amid West Bank tensions, PA official and Shin Bet head said to meet

Gantz: Solving conflict with Palestinians must be the top priority

UN launches aid appeal for Palestinians amid US funding cuts

By AFP and ToI Staff

Priced in: Here’s how I took charge of Jewish education

When doing Jewish is too expensive — here’s one way you can do it yourself

Miriam Burstein

Searching for chametz on the 10th of Tevet

If I don’t find that missing sandwich, will it fester, grow mold, and attract ants? And what other decay is lurking beneath the surface?

Jerome Robbins dancing in his living room in 1959. (Philippe Halsman/ Halsman Archive/ New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

Before ‘Fiddler,’ iconic ‘West Side Story’ choreographer lived as a closeted Jew

By Rich Tenorio

Nidal Fakih, who was attacked last week while driving a bus last week, speaks to the media during a protest of Kavim bus drivers against violence directed at them near the Knesset, December 17, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Beating of Palestinian bus driver ruled road rage, not a hate crime

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Judge says ‘no evidence’ Nidal Fakih’s assault nationalistically motivated, slams police handling of the investigation

Graffiti daubed on a car in the northern West Bank village of Yasuf reads 'The people of Israel lives,' December 18, 2018. (Muhammad Itiani)

Mosque vandalized, tires slashed in West Bank village

Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on December 17, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Netanyahu says he’s doing ‘everything’ to destroy terrorists’ homes

Comment comes amid criticism of current policy by bereaved families, who demand more sweeping and swift demolitions

Netanyahu: Israel developing missiles ‘no other country has’

Despite protests, Knesset confirms Netanyahu as permanent defense minister

By Raoul Wootliff

PA believes Hamas terrorist released in Shalit deal behind West Bank shootings

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a Channel 12 News conference in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG: Bill to expel terrorists’ families infringes human rights, defames Israel

By Raoul Wootliff

Mandelblit announces official opposition to legislation that would forcibly relocate relatives of Palestinian attackers to other areas of West Bank

Trump administration mum as Israel mulls legalizing 66 outposts

By Eric Cortellessa

Australian Labor party says it will recognize Palestinian state if in power

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

AnalysisIn 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down

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In this photo taken August 19, 2017, government soldiers cross over to the west bank of the Nile in order to patrol the front lines, in the town of Kuek, northern Upper Nile state, South Sudan. (AP/Sam Mednick)

South Sudan, Israeli ex-general deny arms deals, reject US sanctions

By Tamar Pileggi

Illustrative: A parking lot in Tel Aviv (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Israeli experts aim to ease parking squeeze with premium pricing for prime spots

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: The heavily Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green, London ((Cnaan Lipshitz)

In London’s Jewish hub, Brexit jitters are causing a housing slump

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Intel Corp.'s 8th-Gen-Intel-Core-i3-8100 chips (Courtesy)

Intel prepares to expand manufacturing in Israel as part of global plan

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tim Kalkhof plays a German man who falls in love with a married Israeli man in 'The Cakemaker.' (Strand Releasing/via JTA)

Israeli Oscar submission fails to make foreign film shortlist

By JTA and ToI Staff

Israel Railways CEO Shahar Ayalon, center, with Israeli Minister of Transportation Israel Katz, right, during a test drive of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express train in central Israel, January 16, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

End of the line for Israel Railways chief amid mounting service failures

Jair Bolsonaro gestures to supporters during the second round of the presidential elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 28, 2018. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP)

Netanyahu to visit Rio, Brasilia in unprecedented trip to Brazil

By Raphael Ahren

A woman places a flower on the Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, during a protest against its desecration, on July 4, 2018. (AFP/ Sakis Mitrolidis)

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized for 4th time this year

Suspicious letters reported at 3 Baltimore County synagogues, December 18, 2018 (Screen grab via CBS WJZ)

Suspicious letters sent to 3 Maryland synagogues; no hazardous materials found

Illustrative: This Tuesday, April 15, 2014, file photo provided by ISNA, a semi-official news agency, shows blindfolded Iranian convicted man Bilal being escorted by officials and security to be prepared for his execution in public in the northern city of Nour, Iran. (AP/ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)

UN condemns ‘severe’ human rights violations in Iran

By AP and ToI Staff

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