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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 15, 2015

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A screen capture from Palestinian TV shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech on October 14, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Palestinian TV/AFP)

Abbas accuses Israel of ‘executing’ teen Pisgat Zeev stabber

PA head says Israeli settlements and ‘rejection of peace’ to blame for round of violence, calls for peaceful resistance; PM: Abbas is lying

AnalysisA toothless speech from a defanged Abbas

By Avi Issacharoff

Terrorist Abbas said was ‘executed’ by Israel shown alive in hospital

Israeli politicians slam Abbas lies about boy’s ‘execution’

IDF soldiers and police block a road near the Azrieli Towers in Tel Aviv as police searched for two East Jerusalem suspects on October 15, 2015. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu: ‘Perfectly open’ to meeting with Abbas

By Ilan Ben Zion

Kerry denounces ‘outrageous’ attacks on Israeli civilians; Shin Bet frees 2 suspects nabbed in Tel Aviv manhunt

In this July 29, 2013 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry, left, sits across from Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at the State Department in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak, File)

Kerry heading to region, looking to convene Netanyahu, Abbas summit

US hoping to ease tensions amid escalating violence, said planning to tell Israel to curb settlements; Jerusalem indicates willingness for meet

US official retracts comment blaming Israel for terror wave

Top ministers criticize US officials over terror comments

AnalysisIn war on terrorism, Netanyahu takes a short-term approach

By Raphael Ahren

An employee at a gunsmiths and indoor shooting range in Tel Aviv shows pepper spray to a customer on October 13, 2015 (Jack Guez/AFP)

From rolling pins to selfie sticks, Israelis get creative for protection

By Simona Weinglass

Pepper spray is best, says self-defense expert, followed by tactical batons. If they’re sold out — improvise

Donniel Hartman

He’ll pull the trigger if he must in order to save a life, but he knows this won’t bring true, longterm safety

A starving nation needs peace

To the givers, the healers, the educators and those who build what many are trying to destroy: Don’t give up

E. Noach Shapiro

Please, don’t write that 2nd paragraph

Now is a time for Jews to condemn the slaughter of innocent Israeli civilians, no ifs, ands or buts

Police and security after a stabbing attack outside Jerusalem's central bus station on October 14, 2015 (Police spokesman)

Terrorist stabs woman, 70, outside Jerusalem bus station

By Ilan Ben Zion

Attacker shot dead by police on site; victim moderately wounded; police end search for possible second suspect

Israeli police stand around a Palestinian shot after he tried to stab a person at Damascus Gate of the Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, October 14, 2015. (AP/Oren Ziv)

Palestinian killed during stabbing attempt in Jerusalem

Gazan demonstrators approach the border fence with Israel during clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops on October 9, 2015. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

IDF to beef up Gaza border fence as protests persist

New barrier equipped with surveillance cameras, sensors to be modeled on large fence constructed along Egypt border

A view of the Palestinian neighborhood of Sur Baher from one of the main streets leading out of Armon Hanatziv. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

In terror-struck southern Jerusalem, few venture out

By Jessica Steinberg

A walk through Armon Hanatziv, 24 hours after two Israelis were killed on a bus, reveals a neighborhood on edge

Author Anna Bikont (Marcel Lozinski)

Polish author reopens minefield of who killed Jedwabne’s Jews

By JP O’ Malley

Israeli Border Police close the entrance to the Arab town of Sur Baher, near the location of the deadly attack against Alexander Levlovitz, on Sept. 16, 2015. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Rock throwers who caused driver’s death indicted for manslaughter

5 residents of East Jerusalem neighborhood avoid murder rap; Alexander Levlovitz was killed in crash after his car was stoned

The Kesher Israel Synagogue in Washington, DC (AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia Commons)

US Jewish movements come together in support of Israel

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Reform, Orthodox, Conservative and Reconstructionist groups put aside differences for ‘Solidarity Shabbat’

Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (YouTube screenshot)

Analysis

Iran’s Soleimani visits Syrian Golan as Tehran bolsters war effort

By Avi Issacharoff, ToI Staff and AP

Powerful head of Quds Force is in Syria to oversee new push against anti-Assad rebels, visits near border to boost troop morale after setbacks

Illustrative image of airstrikes on the town of Talbiseh in the Homs province, western Syria, September 30, 2015. (Homs Media Centre via AP)

Syrian troops backed by Russian planes launch major offensive

By AFP

A ballistic missile is seen in what Iran says is an underground base, in an undisclosed location in the country. The base is said to be buried 500 meters below ground. (Screen capture PressTV)

Iran shows off underground base with long-range missiles

By AP and ToI Staff

Revolutionary Guards say secret facility is just ‘tip of the iceberg’, comes days after Tehran test-fires new rocket

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (L) and ISA Director Menachem Kidron sign the agreement at the 66th Annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), October 13 2015 (Yair Zrika)

An Israeli astronaut by 2020? New deal with NASA makes it feasible

By David Shamah

Agreement includes wide range of cooperation plans – including manned missions, says Israel Space Agency head Menachem Kidron

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, speaking at Republican Party headquarters in Washington, DC, July 22, 2015. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/via JTA)

DC Jews flip through their Rolodexes as Congress searches for a speaker

More Headlines

The town of "Bezek" as reported erroneously by French newspaper Liberation (Facebook photo)

Poor receptionPaper mistakes phone company for terrorist’s hometown

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during the first official visit to Israel of an Indian leader, October 14, 2015 (Photo by Mark Neyman/GPO)

Indian president condemns terrorism during historic Israel visit

By Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative: Lt. Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt, preparing to carve a swastika into the forehead of Col. Hans Landa, played by Christoph Waltz, in Quentin Tarantino's Holocaust-themed spaghetti western "Inglourious Basterds." (Screen capture)

Masked attackers carve swastika into Austrian’s forehead

By AFP

Matisyahu, Jewish-American reggae rapper and alternative rock musician performs at the Sultan Pool in Jerusalem on October 10, 2015. (Flash90)

Hasid-beenLeaving Orthodoxy one of ‘hardest things’ for Matisyahu

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Stamford Hill section of London. (CC BY-dcaseyphoto/Flickr)

Hush hushWatchdog to Jewish school: Don’t ask parents about sex

By JTA

Illustrative photo of anti-Semitic graffiti in Europe (CC BY-SA Beny Shlevich/Flickr)

US says anti-Semitism a growing problem in Europe

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Danny Cohen, director of BBC Television (photo credit: Courtesy)

BBC chief Danny Cohen stepping down

By JTA

Illustrative: Steve Gutow, right, with Michele Jawando, vice president of legal process at the Center for American Progress, and her husband, Will Jawando, a Democratic candidate for Congress. Michele Jawando took part in an October 12 discussion about race relations organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis. (Jewish Council for Public Affairs/via JTA)

No ‘kumbaya’ moment for outgoing JCPA head

File: Mahmoud Abbas speaks with journalists at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 6, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Hebrew media reviewLies, damned lies and stabbings

By Adiv Sterman

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