Abbas wants to work with Trump 'on Palestine'; Abbas is Israel's No1 enemy: top minister; Portman's Xmas tree; Israeli Arabs give wood for burned shul

Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser] [The Times of Israel] The one-stop news site covering Israel, the region and the Jewish people worldwide THE DAILY EDITION WHAT MATTERS MOST ON » THU, DEC 1, 2016 Share This: [Facebook] [Twitter] [More...] [Visit the timesofisrael.com - updated 24/7. The Jewish world's fastest-growing website. Click here!] [Minister: Abbas ‘No. 1 enemy of Israel,’ worse than Arafat] [Yuval Steinitz, a close confidant to Netanyahu, says Palestinian leader never recognized Jewish rights to a state, or Israeli cities Haifa, Tel Aviv] By STUART WINER [Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at PM Netanyahu's office, Jerusalem, October 30, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg)] [Palestinian president delivers a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress on November 30, 2016, at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Flash90)] [Abbas looks forward to working with Trump, hopes he’ll solve ‘Palestine issue’] By DOV LIEBER [US President Barack Obama answers questions during his news conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Lima, Peru, November 20, 2016. Obama (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)] [US officials: Obama has nearly ruled out UN action on Israel] By JOSH LEDERMAN [US Secretary of State John Kerry delivering remarks at the Women’s Foreign Policy Group Conference in Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2016. (State Department)] [John Kerry: There are ‘things we can do’ to preserve two-state solution] By RON KAMPEAS --------------------------------------------------------------- [Screenshot from 'Two Trains Runnin'.' The three Jewish boys from New York City had no idea what they were in for. (Courtesy Avalon Films)] [How ‘three Jews in a Volkswagon’ braved the KKK to find a lost Mississippi blues legend] [Director Sam Pollard’s ‘Two Trains Runnin’ follows white college students from the North as they hunt for art and equality during the violent Freedom Summer of 1964] By JORDAN HOFFMAN --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wiesel’s son decries Trump rhetoric, urges political reconciliation] [At memorial for Holocaust survivor, Elisha Wiesel invokes father’s legacy, biblical commandments in plea to end post-election rancor] By JTA [Elisha Wiesel speaks at a memorial for his father, Elie Wiesel, at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 30 November 2016. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum via JTA)] [Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria speaks during a weekly briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File).] [Pakistan says Trump declared its PM ‘a terrific guy’ in call] By KHURRAM SHAHZAD [Eli Miller, Chief Operating Officer of the Trump campaign, left, with Steve Mnuchin, national finance chairman for the Trump campaign, arriving at Trump Tower, in New York City, Nov. 29, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)] [Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin was mentored by two of Trump’s ‘global’ villains] By RON KAMPEAS [Donald Trump holds a question-and-answer session with Jewish reporters at his offices at Trump Tower, New York, April 14, 2016. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)] [Jewish leaders call on Trump to uphold human rights] By JTA --------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE UPDATES Latest: Buchris ‘takes full responsibility’ in statement [General accused of sexual assault ‘takes full responsibility’ in statement] [Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside attorney Yossi Cohen at the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court on October 29, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)] [Ofek Buchris says he admits fully to charges against him in letter released as part of plea agreement, does not appear to issue apology to accusers; Sara Netanyahu grilled over allegations she misused public funds] By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH --------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS [First reported IAF strikes in months hint at importance of targets] [Israel said to act on declared ‘red lines’ with overnight air raids on Syrian military base, Hezbollah weapons convoy] By JUDAH ARI GROSS [An F-15I fighter jet performs an acrobatic display during a ceremony in the Hatzerim Air Base near Beersheba on June 23, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)] [Smoke billows in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha neighborhood on November 28, 2016, during Syrian pro-government forces assault to retake the entire northern city from rebel fighters. (AFP PHOTO/GEORGE OURFALIAN)] [Syrian army assault leaves bodies strewn in Aleppo streets] By KARAM AL-MASRI [Civil Defense workers carrying a victim on a stretcher after artillery fire struck the Jub al-Quba district in Aleppo, Syria, November 30, 2016. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)] [Turkey and Russia want ceasefire in Syria — Turkish official] By AP [Participants run along Israel's security barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the 4th Palestine Marathon on April 1, 2016. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)] [Israeli justices sued in Chile over West Bank security barrier] By AP and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF --------------------------------------------------------------- [Torah scrolls unrolled to dry in the great synagogue of Rome. (Courtesy of Opera del Tempio)] [50 years ago, ‘mud angels’ came to flooded Florence to save centuries of Jewish history] [Residents mark the anniversary of the 1966 disaster which decimated the city, damaging 90 Torah scrolls and 15,000 holy texts] By ROSSELLA TERCATIN --------------------------------------------------------------- O Tannenbaum [Natalie Portman to put up first Christmas tree] [A pregnant Natalie Portman talks with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, November 29, 2016. (YouTube screenshot)] [With Hanukkah and Christmas coinciding this year, pregnant actress and her Jewish family make exception to tradition] By RENEE GHERT-ZAND --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rabbi Dov Hiyon in the fire-devastated rubble of the Haifa Conservative Synagogue (Facebook)] Olive branch [Israeli Arabs donate wood to rebuild burned synagogue] [‘I had tears in my eyes when I heard what was happening,’ rabbi of Conservative congregation in Haifa says of timber suppliers] By SUE SURKES Related article: [Police minister: Nearly half of fires were arson] [A man walks inside a hall at the al-Qarawyin Library in the Moroccan city of Fez on November 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)] [In Morocco’s Fez, world’s oldest library holds gems] [The Qarawiyyin library, built in 9th century, is home to priceless treatises in Islamic studies, astronomy and medicine] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Shlomo Riskin] [Who can be our peace partners?] [SHLOMO RISKIN The relationships between Abraham, Isaac and Avimelekh offer a crucial message for the Israeli government] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yaakov Berg] [Message in a bottle] [YAAKOV BERG A harvest time letter from the hills near Jerusalem on reaping the blessings of an ancient tradition] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Andrew Baker] [To fight anti-Semitism define it] [ANDREW BAKER The OSCE won’t be able to do its job of boosting Jewish security in Europe without agreeing on what to look for] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ori Golan] [AIDS: Our journey is not done] [ORI GOLAN Remember those who, like him, carry the pain of loss, and support those working to end this tragic epidemic] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Soldiers wounded in combat in Gaza are led to the emergency room at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, after being evacuated from the field by helicopter, on July 25, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)] [Army bracelet aims to save wounded soldiers’ lives] [IDF cadets have created a prototype of digital jewelry to help track treatments wounded soldiers undergo] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israeli girls dressed up as bees, and not Knesset lawmakers, for Purim in 2010. (Illustrative photo: Nati Shohat)] [Knesset fashion police ban miniskirts, short dresses] [Revised dress code for visitors and employees in the parliamentary building is enforced by guards at the entrance] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Doctors of the World 2016 charity Christmas cards juxtaposing the nativity scene with photographs of a war-torn Middle East (Doctors of the World)] [Charity Christmas cards show war-torn Mideast] [Fundraiser by Doctors of the World highlights conflicts of the region, juxtaposing nativity scenes with missiles and drones] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bob Dylan accepts the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award at the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year show in Los Angeles, Feb. 6, 2015. (Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)] [Dylan a no-show as Obama hails ‘migrant’ Nobel winners] [Singer, who will also snub Stockholm ceremony, leaves the president ‘Blowin in the Wind’] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Donald Trump Jr. arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with his father, President-elect Donald Trump, November 15, 2016 in New York. (AFP /Timothy A. Clary)] [Donald Trump Jr. hunts down goats in Turkey] [Son of president-elect reportedly killed two goats during his stay; previously he has hunted elephant and leopard] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Anti-Israel message in Hebrew put up by Palestinian hackers on Channels 2 and 10 on Tuesday November 29, 2016. (Screen capture: Twitter)] [Israeli TV hacked with ‘divine retribution’ message] [Anti-Israel hackers take over live broadcasts on Channels 2 and 10, write recent wave of fires was punishment for muezzin bill] --------------------------------------------------------------- [A nurse carries a suspected victim of abuse by his mother, Jerusalem, July 26, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)] [44,000 reports of child abuse in 2015, Welfare Ministry says] [Three out of four alleged perpetrators are family members, report says; one in five victims has special needs] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Zahi Khouri, founder and chairman of National Beverage Company (Courtesy: Coca-Cola publicity)] [Coca-Cola inaugurates new Gaza bottling plant] [$20 million investment will provide 270 jobs; beverage company to donate $1.3 million to provide water, employment to locals] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ben-Gurion University campus, August 2014. (Dani Machlis)] [Ben-Gurion University, PayPal to join forces on R&D] [The online payment system’s first partnership with Israeli academia to focus on big data, machine learning, and cybersecurity] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hebrew Media Review] HEBREW MEDIA REVIEW THU, DEC 1, 1:34 PM [Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force jet conducts training maneuvers in 2013. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)] [The Russians are watching, the Russians are watching] [With Syria now sporting Putin-supplied air defenses, Israel’s reported strike there takes on extra meaning] [Yaakov Selavan, a former officer in the Armored Corps, speaks with a newly inducted soldier who was jailed after refusing to serve in the tank brigades, in the army's Prison 6 on November 30, 2016. (Courtesy Yaakov Selavan)] [Before telling army no tanks, objectors banded together online] [Former 188th Brigade officer meets with 86 recruits who refused Armored Corps, tries to convince them to give tanks a try] By JUDAH ARI GROSS --------------------------------------------------------------- [Netanyahu’s ex-chief of staff named as aide held for sex offenses] [Gil Sheffer questioned under caution and ordered to house arrest for 5 days following a month-long investigation] By RAOUL WOOTLIFF [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his former chief of staff, Gil Sheffer, during a goodbye party for Sheffer at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)] Related article: [Jewish Home MK denies online rumors of sexual harassment] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ex-IDF general must admit responsibility in sex assault plea deal, says accuser] [Complainant’s attorney insists that charge sheet not suggest there was a romance between her and Ofek Buchris] By STUART WINER and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Ofek Buchris speaks to reporters outside his Galilee home after an indictment was filed against him, charging the brigadier general with rape, sodomy and other indecent acts on July 21, 2016. (Screen capture: Walla news)] --------------------------------------------------------------- [University students in Toronto walk out on vote to mark Holocaust Education Week] [Members of SJP, Muslim student group leave student union meeting rather than decide on proposal offering annual Holocaust education programs] By JTA [Ryerson University in Toronto (screen capture: YouTube)] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Stock image of hacker taking control of a smartphone (Manuel-F-O/Getty Images)] [Over 1 million Google accounts breached by malware, Israeli firm says] [Gooligan virus, which steals email details from some 13,000 people a day, infecting machines running Android 4 and 5, Check Point discovers] By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Related article: [US, Israel set to boost teamwork on cybersecurity] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israel’s new ambassador to Turkey arrives in Ankara] [‘We have a lot of work to do,’ says Eitan Na’eh, two days after Erdogan accused Israel of increasing ‘oppression, deportation, and discrimination’] By RAPHAEL AHREN [Israel's ambassador to Turkey Eitan Na'eh, whose appointment was announced on November 15, 2016. (courtesy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends the opening ceremony of the 7th Fatah Congress on November 29, 2016, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Credit: Flash90)] [Opening night of much-hyped Seventh Fatah Congress a perplexing snooze] [REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Ramallah event quickly lost momentum with drawn-out addresses by non-Palestinian politicians, and hit a wall when Abbas decided not to speak] By DOV LIEBER --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israeli youths burn tires, block highway to protest Amona evacuation] [Two arrested, Route 60 quickly reopened after demonstration against planned razing of illegal West Bank outpost] By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Illustrative: Givat Amal residents burn tires on December 29, 2014. (Amir Levi/Flash90)] Related article: [MK wants to revoke citizenship for flag desecration] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Putin hopes for warmer Russia-US ties under Trump] [Russian president urges improved counter-terror cooperation with DC, says ‘we have never been looking for enemies, we need friends’] By AP [Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2016. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)] Related article: [House Democrats re-elect Pelosi as leader] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Most Jews don’t want rabbis to determine who is Jewish — study] [Participants say culture and peoplehood most significant aspects of Judaism, trumping religion and ancestry] By JTA and TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF [Star of David necklace (image via Shutterstock)] Related article: [Rivlin apologizes for proposing changes to religious status-quo] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Guy Clemens portraying Hans Knoop during filming of the drama series 'The Menten Case' in the Netherlands in 2015. (Courtesy of MAX/via JTA)] [In Holland, a Jewish journalist belatedly honored for unmasking a ‘monster’] [Despite being ostracized, blacklisted, and threatened with death, Hans Knoop didn’t stop his investigation until the murderer of hundreds of Polish Jews was behind bars] By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ [Forward this email to a friend] This email was sent to [{EMAIL}] [why did I get this?] [unsubscribe from this list] [update subscription preferences] The Times of Israel · 4 George Washington St. · Jerusalem 9418704 · Israel