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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 2, 2014

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The Givat Hamatos neighborhood, Jerusalem (photo credit: Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)

US-Israel ties in crisis over East Jerusalem building plans

By ToI Staff and AP

Implying that Netanyahu’s talk of peace is insincere, Washington warns new project will ‘distance Israel from closest allies’; PM says he rejects US criticism

Jerusalem mayor defends new construction in city’s east

By Stuart Winer

US warns East Jerusalem housing plans will ‘distance Israel from even its closest allies’

By Adiv Sterman and AP

Israel okays 2,610 homes for Jews and Arabs in E. Jerusalem

An Israeli police officer stands guard at the scene of a stabbing attack on the light rail in Pisgat Zeev in 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/FLASH90)

On Jerusalem’s light rail, anxiety trumps coexistence

By Elhanan Miller

Passengers on both sides of the national divide report a heightened sense of insecurity since the summer’s hostilities

Joan Rivers’ High Holy Day Sermon

The late comedienne had many smart words about Israel — the most powerful one was ‘we’

Donniel Hartman

New year, new Selichot

A Yom Kippur prayer for when prayer is not enough

Where were the New York University student protests when Mahmoud Abbas drew a large welcoming crowd?

The only treatment for advanced heart disease today is a transplant (photo credit: Heart image)

Israelis test gold-plated ‘cardiac patch’ to treat heart attacks

By Andrew Tobin

Researchers hope ‘cardiac patch’ powered by nano-gold can reverse damage from heart attacks for first time

President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush are distant cousins of A.J. Jacobs. They plan on being at the Global Family Reunion via video message. (Courtesy)

A family reunion with 7 billion of your closest relatives

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 26, 2014, in New York. (photo credit: AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Palestinians submit statehood plea to UN, want Israel out by 2016

By AP and Marissa Newman

Security Council petition calls for West Bank withdrawal, ‘a just resolution’ to the refugee problem, and an end to all military and settlement activity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Barack Obama in the White House, October 1, 2014 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Analysis

Netanyahu seeks new paths to a Palestinian state he’s not sure he wants

By Raphael Ahren

He called on Obama to help engage the Arab world in peace efforts, but would the PM ever actually sign off on a State of Palestine?

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaking at a meeting in the Knesset to discuss Operation Protective Edge, on August 4, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Liberman pans Palestinian UN statehood bid

By Adiv Sterman and ToI Staff

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (Flash 90)

IDF chief: Long-term calm in Gaza requires ‘carrots’

By Gavriel Fiske

Hamas doesn’t want to renew hostilities now, Benny Gantz says, but economic conditions in the Strip must be improved

Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran. (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)

Terror victims a step closer to ‘owning’ Iran’s Internet

By David Shamah

US net administrator ICANN says the web belongs to ‘no one,’ but Israeli attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner disagrees

Atlantic City at night (Photo credit: CC-BY Ron Miguel/Wikimedia Commons)

Car explodes at Atlantic City synagogue, arson suspected

By JTA

Police discover flaming vehicle outside Congregation Rodef Sholom on Saturday morning

Samantha Vinik: 'If even one child locks the volume on their iPod, it’s worth it to me.' (Courtesy of Samantha Vinik/JTA)

Jewish teen helps youth protect hearing — and pass it on

By Suzanne Kurtz Sloan

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American beauty queens visit the Knesset, on October 2, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy)

Spin-deepAmerican beauty queens visit Knesset

Actress Mila Kunis playfully pulls down the hat of actor Ashton Kutcher before a Los Angeles Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, January 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP/Mark J. Terrill)

Kabbalah cutieKunis and Kutcher welcome daughter

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Illustrative: People watch a board showing price fluctuations at the Tel Aviv stock exchange. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

War or not, Israel’s a great place to invest: Moody’s

By David Shamah

An ad published by coffee chain Cofizz did not include the West Bank or the Golan (screen capture: Facebook)

Tempest in a coffee cupCafe’s map of Israel sparks outrage

Prisoners de GuerraComing soon: Spanish ‘Homeland’

Illustrative photo of bagels. (CC-BY-SA, Rattfink Press/Ellen Arnstein, rattfinkpress.blogspot.com)

Break the fast with bagels and homemade schmears

By Shannon Sarna

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as US President Barack Obama speaks during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, October 1, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jim WATSON)

Hebrew media reviewEast Jerusalem fury resounds in (some of) Israel’s press

By Joshua Davidovich

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