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What Matters Most On Friday, July 26, 2019

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The scene of a stabbing near the Beit Dror LGBT youth hostel in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2019. (Screen capture/Channel 13)

Teen seriously hurt in stabbing at Tel Aviv LGBT youth hostel; brother suspected

Rights group calls incident a hate crime; victim reportedly says he was stabbed by his brother, had been under pressure from family to be more religious

Despite opposition, Beit Shemesh holds its first gay pride event

Suspect in stabbing of 6-year-old in Rehovot remanded for 4 days

Disabled man dies after allegedly being beaten by caregiver

Volunteers at the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project, July 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Iron Age Philistine city was the New York of the Levant

Colossal ancient structures found at Gath may explain origin of story of Goliath

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Newly unearthed, unusually large fortifications from the 11th century BCE could be the genesis of the biblical tall tale, says Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project director

Jon Bon Jovi performs in Tel Aviv, July 25, 2019 (Courtesy Live Nation)

Concert review

He don’t run: Bon Jovi’s rocking return to Tel Aviv more welcome than elections

By Benji Lovitt

Elizabeth Pipko feared that her support of Donald Trump could negatively impact her modeling career. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Interview

Orthodox millennial model heads the drive to poach Jewish Democrats for Trump

By Joseph Wolkin

Elizabeth Pipko feared her support of the president would hurt her career, but now that she’s come out conservative, she’s the face of an effort to change the Jewish vote

US President Donald Trump (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold up a Golan Heights proclamation outside the West Wing after a meeting in the White House March 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Human Rights Watch: Trump emboldened Israel to target local director

By AFP

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and daughter Ivanka Trump, left, and senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, attend a summit at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC May 18, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

House Dems back subpoenas for Ivanka, Jared private emails

By AP

Danielle Stella in a video posted to her Facebook page. (Facebook screenshot)

Congressional candidate trying to oust Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft

Pro-Trump Republican Danielle Stella allegedly shoplifted 279 items from a Target in Minnesota and a bottle of tick spray for cats, according to The Guardian

Central American asylum seekers wait as US Border Patrol agents take them into custody near McAllen, Texas, June 12, 2018. (John Moore/Getty Images/via JTA)

Over 1,400 US Jewish clergy sign letter supporting asylum seekers

In this July 17, 2019 frame grab from video, a migrant rests in a detention center in the city of Sabha, about 650 kilometers, or 400 miles, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli. (AP Photo)

Scores of migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya

Meretz party chairman Nitzan Horowitz (right), former prime minister and leader of Israel Democratic party Ehud Barak and MK Stav Shaffir hold a press conference announcing their newly formed Democratic Camp political alliance, in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Polls predict solid showing for Democratic Camp, but blocs remain unchanged

New alliance seen securing 8-12 seats in three TV surveys; Labor sinks to 5; Netanyahu remains unable to form a government without Liberman

Israel media reviewSame bloc, different day: 8 things to know for July 26

By Joshua Davidovich

New left-wing alliance vows to counter Netanyahu’s ‘racism, corruption’

Op-edOne small step for Stav Shaffir, one large step for Israeli politics

By Biranit Goren

Analysis

Ira Tolchin Immergluck

Russians are coming… to the polls. Israeli politicians are finally waking up

Stats show that a strong but overlooked demographic is beginning to wield some clout at the ballot box, but if leaders want their vote, they’re going to have to give something back

Russian immigrants attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the major wave of aliya from the former Soviet Union to Israel, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, on December 24, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Smotrich says ‘no way’ religious right-wing parties won’t merge

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Liberman pulls clip calling for Haredi enlistment but featuring Six Day War vet

By Michael Bachner

Third Arab-majority party backs proposal to resuscitate Joint List

Illustrative: An anti-Semitic tweet by Mohammed Elshamy, an Egyptian photojournalist who was hired by CNN. (Twitter)

Egyptian photo editor quits CNN after anti-Semitic tweets surface

By Cnaan Liphshiz

In 2011, Mohammed Elshamy praised the killing of ‘Jewish pigs’ in Palestinian terror attack, along with a series of more racist posts

French city official Djamel Boumaaz in a video posted to his Facebook page. (Facebook screenshot)

French city official celebrates his birthday with a swastika cake

Illustrative image of marijuana plant. (CC BY-SA Jennifer Martin, Wikimedia commons)

Future Boston-area pot shop vandalized with anti-Semitic, racist graffiti

An Iranian Shahab-3 missile launched during military exercises outside the city of Qom, Iran, in June 2011. (AP/ISNA/Ruhollah Vahdati)

In fresh challenge, defiant Iran tests medium-range missile — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Tehran said to fire Shahab-3 ballistic missile, believed to be capable of carrying nuclear warhead, violating Security Council resolution

6 Iranians among 9 dead in Israeli strike on Syria, monitor says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pompeo says he would ‘happily’ go to Tehran, ‘to speak directly to the people’

By AFP

Iranians manage to surf the web despite tide of censorship

By MEHDI FATTAHI

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Something’s rotten in the state of Orthodoxy

When sex offenders are treated as innocent and women are rendered invisible, the Orthodox community needs deep and wide repair

The lasting legacy of Bram’s violin

It’s a tribute to how connections — friendship and music and even Facebook — triumphed over not only the Nazis, but also the destructive effects of time

A crowdfunding campaign raised over $2 million dollars for Eliana Cohen to treat a rare disease. (YouTube screenshot)

Crowdfunding effort raises $2.2 million in 5 days to save Florida toddler’s life

2-year-old Eliana Cohen, diagnosed with rare spinal disease, now doing well after pioneering gene therapy treatment

More Headlines

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 25, 2019. (Wafa news agency)

Abbas says Palestinians will stop implementing agreements with Israel

A view of the outside of Israel's embassy in Helsinki, Finland. (Screenshot via Google Street View/via JTA)

Israeli embassy in Finland attacked for 15th time in 18 months

A man cools off in a beach shower during a hot summer day at the beach in De Haan, Belgium, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Europe melts, temperature records shatter under Sahara heat wave

By Angela Charlton and Kirsten Grieshaber

Two of the 12 Israelis suspected of gang raping a British tourist cover their faces with their shirts as they arrive at the Famagusta courthouse in the town of Paralamni, Cyprus, on July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus court remands 7 Israeli suspects in gang rape

President Reuven Rivlin speaking at the opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival, July 25, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

President announces cinema prize in memory of his wife, Nechama Rivlin

Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac, center, celebrates with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, left, and Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos at the end of the Europa League semifinal soccer match between Valencia and Arsenal in Valencia, Spain, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

2 soccer stars targeted in London by ‘knife-wielding car-jackers’; 1 fights back

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: MGM Cotai Resort is seen in Macau Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

MGM to remove six-pointed star from security uniforms after complaint

By AP

Malka Leifer (YouTube screenshot)

Medical board set to rule that Malka Leifer is feigning mental illness

People hiding under tables during a shooting at a cafe in Mexico City, July 24, 2019. (screen capture: YouTube)

Israeli shot dead by female assassin in Mexico was prominent underworld figure

In this July 25, 2019, photo provided on July 26, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a missile test in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says missile test was ‘solemn warning’ to South Korea

By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim

A Jewish ceremonial wedding ring, inscribed “mazel tov,” made of gold and enamel, from the Colmar Treasure, circa 1300-1347. (Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY via Metropolitan Museum of Art/via JTA)

Photo essayStunning finds from the Met’s exhibit on medieval Jewish treasure

By Josefin Dolsten

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-defense minister Ehud Barak attend a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

A matter of imageNetanyahu, Barak engage in Photoshop battle on Twitter

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