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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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A screenshot of C-Span at the end of a tally of a US House of Representatives vote to condemn the boycott Israel movement on July 23, 2019.

US House overwhelmingly passes anti-BDS resolution

By Eric Cortellessa

After some Democrats expressed concern the measure could cause infighting, it is approved by a vote of 398-17, with five abstentions

President Hassan Rouhani (r) and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano shake hands ahead of their meeting at the Presidency office in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2016. (Iranian Presidency Office/AP)

Iranian news agency blames Israel for death of UN nuclear watchdog chief

Government-linked Tasnim claims Yukiya Amano was killed for refusing to bow to pressure from Jerusalem and Washington; IAEA dismisses report

Shin Bet says it thwarted Iranian operation to recruit Israeli assets

Israel: Iran smuggling dual-use items for Hezbollah arms by sea into Beirut port

Syria says Israel attacked posts held by its military, allied militias

By ToI Staff and Agencies

New Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative party headquarters in central London on July 23, 2019. (Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

In Johnson’s new government, resignations and firings galore

Incoming PM sweeps into office with a fresh team at the top, clearing out May’s top ministers and Cabinet members

6:35 pm

Johnson names Brexit hardliner Dominic Raab new UK foreign minister
6:30 pm

Mueller condemns Trump praise for WikiLeaks: 'Problematic is an understatement'
6:23 pm

Suspected shoplifter jumps from 2nd-story balcony during pursuit with mall security

New Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Boris Johnson leaves the Conservative party headquarters in central London on July 23, 2019. (Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)

5 Jewish things to know about Boris Johnson

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Britain’s new prime minister has spoken up for the community as well as for Israel, but some view his record as a mixed bag

Mayor of London Boris Johnson rides an electric scooter during his visit to Tel Aviv, Israel, November 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israel congratulates new British PM Johnson, thanks May for friendship

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Stunning 8th century BCE staircase and paved entrance hall at Tel Hazor. (The Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin)

Archaeology

Large 3,500-year-old staircase hints at conquered Canaanite kingdom’s grandeur

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

First-ever female president Harriet Schleifer addressing an American Jewish Committee meeting, (Courtesy AJC)

Interview

AJC’s first female president takes on the Israel-Diaspora gap

By Cathryn J. Prince

Union of Right-Wing Parties leader Rafi Peretz (left) and New Right leader Ayelet Shaked. (Flash 90)

Right-wing parties puff chests as they seek dominance in merger deal

By Raoul Wootliff

With Netanyahu nudging, New Right and URWP accuse each other of making ‘unjustified demands’ in talks to form union; Zehut and Otzma Yehudit threaten separate unity deal

No anonymous surveys, Central Elections Committee chair warns pollsters, media

Netanyahu said once again pushing right-wing union with racist party

By Tamar Pileggi

Barak apologizes for deaths of Arab protesters during October 2000 riots

A young woman walks by a mural in a Yerucham garden on June 28, 2014. (Zoe Vayer/Flash90.)

Sleepy Israeli town wants to reach new highs with medical cannabis

By Shoshanna Solomon

We’ll perform a Jewish divorce in a Starbucks if we have to

The Beth Din of America has helped hurting couples sever ties in stranger locations. It’s a mitzvah and a worthy cause

Balancing religious freedom and respect for tradition IS doable

Just because Blue and White is a centrist party does not mean it is timid, wishy-washy, or paralyzed by its moderate inclinations

’Your dad gave us the will to live’

My father was a male Scheherazade, but it took a couple of his old friends to tell the story that helped me understand his life

In the clash between traditionalists and innovators, those who adapt to the new reality are more likely to succeed — just ask the silent film stars (Matot)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (unseen) meets with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March 14, 2017. (Flash90)

Greenblatt: Palestinians have aspiration, not right, to East Jerusalem capital

By Raphael Ahren and Agencies

At UN, Trump envoy notes Israel ‘has already conceded 88% of territory’ it captured in defensive war of 1967, says US plan won’t be based on ‘fictions of international consensus’

PA’s top diplomat: Another country will recognize Palestine by end of month

Hamas says ‘real opportunity’ for prisoner swap if Israel gets serious

Ahead of peace plan rollout, Jared Kushner applies big data to Arab media

A mule walks into the Ben Gurion Airport departures hall on July 24, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Pegasus

A mule walks into Ben Gurion Airport terminal

Equine guest found to be in good health, taken to Agriculture Ministry facility; nobody knows where the animal came from

Yemeni-American woman with flag hijab. (Adam Zucker)

Interview

Jewish filmmaker charts how American-Muslim life has deteriorated under Trump

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Former finance minister Yair Lapid (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when the last government was in power, in Jerusalem on July 3, 2013. (Flash90)

The 'conundrum' conundrum

Yair Lapid’s English skills mocked by Netanyahu

Blue and White co-leader is ridiculed for his pronunciation in new campaign ad, as Twitter users learn to appreciate the finer differences between T’s and D’s

More Headlines

Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with then-Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor during a welcome ceremony for Ohana at the ministry in Jerusalem on June 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewReplacement theory: 6 things to know for July 24

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative image of a dematologist checking a mole on a patient for signs of melanoma (AlexRaths; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli researchers say fat cells under skin help melanoma turn lethal

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustration of bacteria (Courtesy)

Treatment with gut microbes may slow progression of ALS – Israeli study

By ToI Staff and AP

Illustrative photo of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, New York. (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Study: Americans don’t know much about Jews, but love them anyway

US President Donald Trump (left) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, in the central Vietnamese city of Danang, on November 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev)

Putin’s lies scrubbed from Russian edition of Yuval Noah Harari’s book

By Michael Bachner

Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar speaks at the 15th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 12, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90/ File)

ADL condemns Jerusalem chief rabbi’s ‘hateful comments’ on homosexuals

Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

HRW chief says Israel adopting Iran-like policies in treatment of NGOs

Palestinian journalists take part in a protest after the killing of fellow journalist Yaser Murtaja, near the Israel-Gaza border, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

Press freedom group chides Israel for wounding Palestinian journalists

A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)

Court orders review of Canadian election date that falls on Sukkot

By ToI Staff and JTA

Justice Minister Amir Ohana (L) with then-Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor during a welcome ceremony for Ohana at the ministry in Jerusalem on June 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG said to okay termination of Justice Ministry head, amid calls to block move

Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at the Economic Club of Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Cabinet set to okay extending term of ambassador to US for seventh year

A speed camera seen on Route 1 highway from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Police throw out all speeding tickets from past 13 months

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