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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 19, 2017

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in New York on September 19, 2017 (Avi Ohayun)

Netanyahu meets with Egypt’s Sissi in first public talks

By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright

Egyptian president expresses his 'desire to assist in efforts to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians and the region'

AnalysisEgyptian leader Sissi is showing his mettle by posing with Netanyahu

By Avi Issacharoff

Bahrain’s king opposes Arab boycott of Israel, Jewish leader says

US envoy hails administration’s ‘unorthodox’ approach to peacemaking

By Raphael Ahren

A Patriot missile. (Israel Air Force)

IDF Patriot intercepts apparent Hezbollah drone from Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Army says it 'will not allow' Iran and its allies near the Golan Heights to violate Israeli sovereignty

Brig. Gen. Tzvika Haimovitch, the head of Israel's Aerial Defense Command, left, plants a tree with Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, commander of the US 3rd Air Force, to mark the establishment of the first American military base in Israel inside the Mashabim Air Base in southern Israel on September 18, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

In first, US establishes permanent military base in Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a cornerstone laying ceremony for a new IDF campus in Jerusalem on September 18, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Liberman says IDF ‘more prepared than ever’ for war

By Alexander Fulbright

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands prior to their meeting at the Palace Hotel in New York City ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

On the Palestinians, 'not much to report,' Netanyahu says

Netanyahu says Trump willing to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal

By Raphael Ahren

PM presents US president with plan on how to go about changing the agreement, argues that other world powers will likely follow US's lead

White House: Trump, Netanyahu discussed countering Iran’s ‘malign influence’

By Eric Cortellessa and Raphael Ahren

We must ‘address terrible nuclear deal’ with Iran, Netanyahu tells Trump

By Raphael Ahren

Hebrew media reviewIran on the brain

By Joshua Davidovich

EnvironmentalismJews have a responsibility to take care of the planet

Jewish beekeepers in Toronto offer Rosh Hashanah sweetness by the jar

By Dana Wachter

Honeymakers at the Shoresh environmental project wax profound about Judaism and keeping the earth healthy as they distribute natural honey for the New Year's rituals

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu on Iran deal: ‘Fix it or nix it’

At UN General Assembly, PM says 'sunset clause' in 2015 agreement will allow Iran to produce 'as many nuclear weapons as they like as soon as the deal expires'

10:30 pm

Netanyahu ends UN speech with New Year greetings
10:27 pm

Netanyahu says Israel committed to achieving peace with neighbors
10:25 pm

Netanyahu to Iranian people: 'You are our friends'

An illustrative photo of a gray wolf (Carlos Delgado/Wikimedia Commons)

Wolves in Israel are raiding campsites to try to snatch children, experts warn

By Stuart Winer

Predators have apparently lost their fear of humans, as shown by 10 attacks in the last 4 months

Capt. Jon Cutler shakes the lulav and etrog with Jewish soldiers on the Sukkot holiday. (Courtesy)

Gays in the military'I wasn't judged on what I accomplished, but on who I loved'

How a high-ranking gay Navy chaplain retired with pride

By Rich Tenorio

On the anniversary of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal, a career Jewish Navy man shares about serving in secrecy -- and finally breaking the news to his friends

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, a day after the Israeli general elections, March 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu defends freezing Western Wall deal, Israel’s religious status quo

By Raphael Ahren

PM says politicians who loudly condemn him for folding to ultra-Orthodox pressure are quietly offering to do the same after the next election

A woman praying during a Women of the Wall service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Oct. 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis, poll shows

By Andrew Tobin

Screen capture from video of David Myers, executive director of New York’s Center for Jewish History. (YouTube/The University of Scranton)

Center for Jewish History board backs new head after right-wing attacks

By JTA

Newborn babies at the EMMS Hospital in Nazareth on October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israel’s population tops 8.7 million on Rosh Hashanah eve

Growth rate stands at 1.8% for the year, with Jews now numbering over 6.5 million and Arabs over 1.8 million

US President Donald Trump walks across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey on September 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)

Happy holidaysTrump wishes Jews ‘sweet, healthy’ New Year

By JTA

Graffiti bearing the name of Rogozin High School in the northern city of Migdal Haemek that was recently discovered at Auschwitz. (Screen capture: Channel 2)

Israeli teenagers suspected of daubing graffiti at Auschwitz

Name of high school from northern city of Migdal Haemek found written at death camp following recent trip by students

French teens get suspended sentences for vandalizing Jewish gravestones

By JTA

Polish nationalist party head denounces anti-Semitism, praises Israel

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

3 injured at Athens march held in memory of musician killed by neo-Nazi

By AP and AFP

Piles of ruined books from United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. The congregation lost many of its prayer books and replenished them through donations. (Courtesy of United Orthodox Synagogues via JTA)

How Houston’s synagogues are handling the High Holidays after Harvey

Jewish houses of worship suffer flooding, million of dollars in damage, but community buoyed by donations, finding makeshift solutions

Jewish Agency volunteers help Mexico recover from earthquake

By JTA

Category 5 Maria makes landfall in ‘potentially catastrophic’ hurricane

By Amandine ASCENSIO and Jean-Philippe LUDON

My week as a Miami ‘refugee’

Leaving Florida in a minivan with snacks vs. roaming Tel Aviv because you have nowhere to be? No comparison

The Alpha and Omega of Artificial Intelligence

Israel is home to some of the worlds finest research and development centers in AI. These startups will contribute a lot to Israeli and US economy

The mystery of the missing shofar

Can a cellphone replace a ram's horn for those piercing cri de coeur blasts?

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

New meanings to the ‘simanim’ of old

What it means to craft personal symbolic tokens of longing and worry and hope for the coming year

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Raoul Wallenberg (Wikimedia Commons)

Russia court rejects family bid for Wallenberg files

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat (left), Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (on bicycle in middle) and Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev, with Giro d'Italia organizers and winners celebrating the announcement of the 2018 Giro d'Italia bike race, whose 'Big Start' will take place in Israel in May 2018 (Courtesy 'Big Start')

Next year, premier cyclists will ride more than 400 km around Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: The Jordan River (Chen Leopold
/Flash90)

Father drowns in Jordan River while saving teenage daughter

Terrorists from the military wing of the Hamas terror group take part in a parade against Israel in Gaza City on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas fighter dies in Gaza tunnel incident

Shiri Sobol seen during a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 29, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Man sentenced to 20 years for murder of girlfriend’s twin sister

The Nuclear Research Center NEGEV, located in Dimona. (screen capture: YouTube, via Channel 10)

Government has no plans to close aging Dimona nuclear facility

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish clash with Israeli police near the army recruiting office in Jerusalem, September 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem police chief says ultra-Orthodox provoked cops to violence

By Stuart Winer

American television host, comedian and producer Conan O'Brien visits at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017. to film an episode of his travel series 'Conan Without Borders.'(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Comedy for ConanConan O’Brien’s Israel special set to air September 19

By Yaakov Schwartz

A computer screen cyberattack warning notice reportedly holding computer files to ransom, as part of a massive international cyberattack, at an office in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017. (Oleg Reshetnyak via AP)

Ohio boot camp touts Israeli cybersecurity experts to draw students

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Three killed, two seriously injured as truck plows into cars on Route 4

By Stuart Winer

A general view of TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem, Israel, October 11, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

InterviewTeva should ditch generics, focus on branded drugs, activist investor says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of a psychologist talking to a patient (KatarzynaBialasiewicz/Getty Images)

Study debunks myth that OCD is related to higher IQ levels

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rabbi Tuly Weisz (left) with MK Rabbi Yehuda Glick at Prophecy in the News Conference, Jerusalem, June 5, 2017 (Courtesy Israel365)

'We are pioneering a new genre of biblical journalism'

Jewish media company puts biblical spin on news for evangelical Christians

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Defying journalistic conventions, Breaking Israel News publisher Rabbi Tuly Weisz taps into vast market hungry for stories of prophecy that are playing out in the Holy Land

Facebook may be facing a new ‘era of accountability’

By Barbara Ortutay

Social media giant could be reined in after allowing targeted anti-Semitic ads, selling Russia-backed ads prior to US elections

Protesters shout before conservative Jewish pundit Ben Shapiro speaks, on the campus of the University of California Berkeley, on September 14, 2017 (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)

Campus environment increasingly hostile to pro-Israel students – report

By Eric Cortellessa

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