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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 2, 2015

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Democratic senators Bob Casey, left, and Chris Coons both expressed support for the Iran nuclear deal on September 1, 2015. (AP Photos/Andrew Harnik)

Two senators join Iran deal camp, leaving Obama one shy of win

By Tamar Pileggi and AP

As Chris Coons and Bob Casey back deal, talk shifts from whether Obama can sustain veto to whether he will need to use one at all

What America will offer Israel after the nuclear deal

InterviewBattle against Iran deal far from over, US senator vows in Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Kerry to outline US assurances to Israel, Gulf to lawmakers

By Matthew Lee and Erica Werner

Outgoing Knesset members Shai Piron (left) and Sharon Gal (Yonatan Sindel/Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Two opposition lawmakers call it quits

Shai Piron of Yesh Atid to teach at college in Sderot; Yisrael Beytenu’s Sharon Gal resigns after only 6 months on the job

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on August 5, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90/Pool)

Knesset to vote on biggest-ever state budget

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

‘Clear majority’ of lawmakers oppose Iran deal, say sources close to PM

By Adiv Sterman

After 34th senator backs agreement, ensuring landmark win for Obama, John Kerry says plan ensures Islamic Republic won’t get bomb

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, No. 33 on the Likud list, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on August 19, 2015. (Courtesy: Yehuda Glick)

Interview

Netanyahu agrees things must change on Temple Mount, says Likud activist

By Elhanan Miller

PM is unhappy with current arrangements at powder-keg holy site, says Yehudah Glick, whose bid to enable Jewish prayer there led to an attempt on his life last year

Netanyahu says willing to meet Abbas for peace talks ‘right now’

By Itamar Sharon

How to stay happily married for 40 Years

Ten simple rules for keeping it going, including: Spend time together, fight fair, no one’s perfect

Andrew Silow-Carroll

After Congress passes the Iran deal

American Jews must be prepared to start fixing the damage done by turning Israel into a right-wing cause

Arnold D. Samlan

I’m Jewish and I vote

Republican or Democratic, American Jews have some common core values — above all, they want to be inspired

(Auschwitz image via Sutterstock)

Auschwitz removes offensive outdoor showers after uproar

Administrators take away cooling-off sprinklers from entrance to death camp, citing drop in summer temperatures, not critical reaction

The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran (photo credit: AP/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour/File)

Fearing Israeli attack, Iran boosts nuke defenses, TV report claims

Israel’s Channel 10 says regime raised alert at key facilities, tested anti-aircraft missiles, introduced new radar systems

Mohsen Kazzemeini (Courtesy)

Iran official: We’ll bolster our military until Israel is overthrown

2-day security drill said underway in Tehran, day after reports Iran raised defense alert at nuclear facilities for fear of Israeli attack

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 1, 2015. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Analysis

Abbas’s resignation from the PLO would be largely symbolic

By Avi Issacharoff

The PA leader may be signaling he won’t be around forever, but stepping down from the executive body won’t affect his powers

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference, June 10, 2015 (AP/Darko Vojinovic)

Abbas to sit out PLO, Fatah elections despite party objections

Clinton confidant: Netanyahu driven by desperate need to please father

By Itamar Sharon

In declassified email, Clinton seems to agree with Sid Blumenthal that Mavi Marmara was ‘Bibi’s Entebbe in reverse,’ in which he tried to emerge from slain brother’s shadow

A view of tombstones vandalized in the Mount of Olives cemetery on June 23, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mount of Olive graves smashed, trees set on fire

Police searching for desecrators of 3,000-year-old Jewish burial site

Israeli navy vessels patrolling near Zikim, July 9, 2014 (Edi Israel/Flash90)

IDF shoots unarmed Palestinian swimming in from Gaza

By Stuart Winer

Man hit in the leg after ignoring navy’s warning shots; motive for attempted infiltration unknown

Italian energy company Eni SpA's Bouri Offshore oil terminal is seen off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea, August 1, 2015. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Monster Egypt gas find sparks panic about Israeli reserves

By Daniel Estrin

Investors and lawmakers squabbling over red tape and counting on offshore cash cow face a new reality, sending energy shares plummeting

The Knesset on July 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Knesset expected to advance sweeping anti-terror bill

Critics say the legislation, which enjoys opposition support, is ‘totalitarian,’ significantly broadens the definition of terrorism

(L) Roni Friedman and (R) Valentin Kaplan hold Skylake SoCs; (C) Shlomit Weiss holds a "fresh from the factory" sheet of Skylake chips (Intel)

Intel’s ‘game changing’ tech another Haifa milestone, says firm

By David Shamah

One of the tech giant’s biggest announcements ever has its roots in work done by its Israeli teams

Jinan, 18, an Iraqi Yazidi, survivor of the Islamic State jihadist group and co-writer of a book detailing her experience poses on August 31, 2015, in Paris. (Alain Jocard/AFP)

‘I want a blue-eyed Yazidi’: Teen describes IS slave market

By Michel Moutot

Yazidi girl writes memoir about torture and sex abuse at hands of jihadi group

A shopper stands in front of televisions broadcasting a speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an electronics shop in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Is Israel’s state broadcaster doomed to be a state mouthpiece?

By Marissa Newman

More Headlines

Norwegian bank issues anti-Semitic credit card, apologizes

Ahava bought by Chinese conglomerate in midst of BDS concerns

By JTA

A Swissair Boeing 777. (Screen capture/Swissair website)

The unfriendly skiesSwissair flight boots Israeli family over autistic child’s cries

This June 24, 2015 photo shows the Netflix Apple TV app icon. (Dan Goodman/AP)

Netflix testing waters ahead of likely entry into Israeli market

Matisyahu will come to Israel for a special, one-time appearance at the Sacred Music Festival held in Jerusalem (Courtesy)

Call to prayerMatisyahu’s not gonna forget Jerusalem

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative. US currency. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Old moneyMom ordered to pay $5K bar mitzvah gift from 2007

By JTA

An Israeli soldier wearing a mitznefet helmet cover (Wikimedia Commons/ Matanya/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

Bozo to the bunkerUkraine to get Israeli ‘clown hat’ helmet covers — report

By Josefin Dolsten

A FSBO sign on a lawn (Courtesy)

Home sellers get a helping hand from Israeli start-up

By David Shamah

Benjamin Netanyahu in a school on September 1 pointing to another type of green line in a crudely-made photo illustration. (Nir Keidar/POOL/composite)

Hebrew media reviewWhose Green Line is it anyway

By Joshua Davidovich

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