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What Matters Most On Friday, October 16, 2015

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File: Screenshot from the fire started by Palestinian rioters at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, in the West Bank, on October 16, 2015.

Palestinian rioters set fire to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus

PA forces douse the flames and disperse some hundred rioters, who caused heavy damage to the West Bank holy site

Abbas condemns ‘irresponsible’ torching of Joseph’s Tomb

Foreign Ministry: Only Israel can protect holy sites

Foreign Ministry: Only Israel can protect holy sites

A Palestinian man posing as a journalist stabbed a soldier, moderately wounding him before being shot dead by IDF forces outside Hebron on October 16, 2015. (screenshot: Quds TV)

Palestinian posing as journalist stabs IDF soldier in Hebron

By Tamar Pileggi

Victim moderately injured in attack, assailant shot dead; Foreign Press Association condemns ‘worrying development’

Bomb-sniffing Labrador thwarts possible terror attack in E. Jerusalem

AnalysisPA arrests 19 Hamas members, suspects planning stabbing attacks

By Avi Issacharoff

Security Council to hold emergency talks on Jerusalem violence

By AFP

A file picture taken on January 29, 2015, shows Palestinian youth showing their skills during a graduation ceremony as part of a training camp run by the Hamas movement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)

Live updates (closed)

Hamas said ‘planning large scale terror attack’

Terror group may be seeking to further escalate violence, according to TV report. Fatah’s military wing also said to be planning attacks

Mark Halawa converted to Judaism in an independent ultra-Orthodox court in 2013 and now lives as an observant Jew in Jerusalem. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/The Times of Israel)

How a Kuwaiti Muslim made a Jewish home in Jerusalem

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Born to a Palestinian refugee family in Kuwait City, Mark Halawa went on a journey that has taken him through continents and cultures

Nechama Eisenman

Living in terror transforms daily acts, coloring everything a special shade of paranoia

Riding around with armed Arabs

He was in a jeep with Jamaal, Hussein and Mohammad — all of them doing their job of protecting Israel

A single person with a single heart

This is a time to seek inspiration from Jacob, the patriarch who rescued hope from the depths of despair

Ahmad Manasra, one of two cousins who went on a stabbing frenzy in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015 is seen at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on October 15, 2015. Manasra was hit by a car while fleeing from the scene of the attack. (Courtesy)

Terrorist teen ‘executed by Israel’ said to confess to attack

By Raoul Wootliff

‘I went there to stab Jews,’ Ahmed Mansara, 13, reportedly tells police from his Israeli hospital bed, a day after Abbas charged Israel killed him in cold blood

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the release of the 2014 International Religious Freedom Report at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2015 (AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB)

Kerry blasts ‘reprehensible attacks’ on civilians

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Amid firestorm over State Department comments on Israel, US secretary doubles down on condemnation of terrorism

An anatomical chart posted on Facebook by Gazan Zahran Barbah on October 8, showing which parts of the body to aim for when stabbing a victim. (Courtesy of MEMRI)

Videos teach would-be Palestinian attackers ‘how to stab’

By Raoul Wootliff

Graphic photos and footage posted to social media include detailed instructions for maximizing bodily damage

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman on November 13, 2014. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm/Pool)

Kerry warns Abbas against inciting violence

By AFP

Secretary of state says Palestinians ‘need to understand’ that ‘no amount of frustration is appropriate to license any violence’

File: Iran's Parliament during a session in Tehran on October 13, 2015 in which the parliament approved its nuclear deal with world powers, paving the way for the historic agreement curbing Tehran's atomic program to take effect and for the eventual lifting of sanctions. ( AFP / Tasnim / Meghdad Madadi)

Iran meets IAEA deadline, opens path to adoption of nuclear deal

Ruling by UN atomic agency could end decade-long probe into claims Iran worked on nukes

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)

WATCH: Threatening enemies, Iran shows off secret ballistic missiles

By AP and ToI Staff

Weapons ‘across provinces and cities’ are ‘stationed and ready,’ says commander of Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace branch

Israeli Border Police officers guard a checkpoint in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, on October 15, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Israel’s anti-terror strategy is ineffectual. It’s also crucial

By Judah Ari Gross

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the 'Celebrate the 2nd Amendment Event' in Johnston, Iowa, on June 20, 2015. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Cruz: Kerry must disavow spokesman’s remarks — or resign

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

GOP senator says comments that Israel is ‘guilty of acts of terror’ display administration’s antagonism toward Israel

Former US president Barack Obama, right, with then Israeli president Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the grave of Theodor Herzl during Obama's visit to Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

For Israel’s early leaders, burials were all about location

By Jessica Steinberg

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Actress Sarah Silverman (Robyn Von Swank)

InterviewA (mostly) serious shmooze with funny lady Sarah Silverman

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee addresses the Knesset during the first official visit to Israel of an Indian leader, October 14, 2015. (Courtesy of Knesset Spokesman)

Food for thoughtHamas vs hummus: Indian president raises MKs’ eyebrows

Bernie Sanders shimmies onto 'Ellen' (YouTube screenshot)

Bernie boogiesSanders shows off his bar mitzvah dance moves on ‘Ellen’

By Gabe Friedman

Former US astronaut and the second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin speaks at the International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015. (screen capture: Newzulu)

Star ManBuzz Aldrin touches down in Jerusalem

Former Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland. Kaczynski said Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, that migrants who have arrived recently in Europe are carrying diseases that could hurt the local populations. Some of his left-wing opponents said his language is racist and reminded them of the scare tactics used against Jews in Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Right-wing Polish leader: Migrants carry diseases to Europe

By Vanessa Gera

File: Claire Danes stars in 'Homeland.' (Courtesy/Showtime)

Silent protestArabic artists sneak anti-‘Homeland’ graffiti into episode

Cybereason team (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Cybereason snags second huge investment in six months

By David Shamah

Ahmad Manasra, one of two cousins who went on a stabbing spree in Jerusalem on October 12, 2015 is seen at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on October 15, 2015. Manasra was hit by a car while fleeing from the scene of the attack. (Courtesy)

Hebrew media review Caught in a lie, cast as a villain

By Adiv Sterman

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