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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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Illustrative. Palestinian youth throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron on October 4, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Israeli father of 7 run over and killed near Hebron after stoning attack

Avraham Hasano hit by truck in southern West Bank when getting out of car to inspect damage; truck driver hands himself in to PA police

IDF razes Hebron home of terrorist in fatal 2014 West Bank attack

By Joshua Davidovich

IDF officer lightly injured in West Bank stabbing

Ban Ki-moon making surprise Israel trip to calm tensions

By Raoul Wootliff

Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's meeting in Amman, Jordan, on October 20 2015. (Foreign Ministry)

Live updates (closed)

Palestinians call for strike, ‘day of rage’ in Hebron

By Ilan Ben Zion and Jonathan Beck

Soldier hurt, 2 Palestinian terrorists killed in attack near Hebron; pro-Iran faction in Gaza says IDF killed its member; Israeli civilian killed, four Israelis injured in earlier incidents

Hamas spokesman and MP Mushir al-Masri calls for more knife attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, October 9, 2015, during a televised speech in Gaza. (Screenshot/MEMRI)

Analysis

Not an uprising against occupation. An uprising against Israel

By David Horovitz

Op-ed: In bloody, unmistakable capital letters, the perpetrators of this new round of evil mayhem proclaim to Israelis: We don’t want to live alongside you. We want to kill you

Police and rescue workers at the scene of a shooting and stabbing attack at the central bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)

Some Beersheba attack casualties may have been hit by friendly fire

Police investigation sheds light on chaotic gun battle as security forces sought to end Muhanad Alukabi’s shooting spree

AnalysisSoul-searching in Israel after mob beats Eritrean misidentified as terrorist

By Josef Federman

Joint List says government responsible for ‘cruel lynching’ of Eritrean

By Tamar Pileggi

Ya’alon calls to bring attackers of Eritrean national to justice

Maybe it’s time for less talking

Israel should stop rebutting absurd claims and stick to one simple message: It’s ours, but we’ll share with you

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

This intifada is in your social media feed

How to help fight the good digital fight: Push internet providers to block incitement and spread counter-speech

Masimba Musodza

South Africa, BDS’ frontline state

In aligning itself with Islamic expansionism, the ANC has further alienated itself from the country’s Black majority

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 37th World Zionist Congress, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, October 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: Settlement construction slowed on my watch

By Raphael Ahren

Since he took office in the spring of 2009, the number of new units has dropped to 1,500 per year, PM says

Illustrative: Hundreds of ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray near the compound of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus early on June 10, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90/File)

At Joseph’s Tomb, a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Melanie Lidman

The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, among the holiest sites respectively for Jews and Muslims, are covered in snow, December 13, 2013. (AP/Dusan Vranic, File)

Israel slams UNESCO vote on calling Western Wall Muslim

By Raphael Ahren and Joshua Davidovich

Muslim states’ proposal ‘an attempt to distort history,’ Foreign Ministry says in biting statement

Sheikh Hassan Yousef is arrested in his home by IDF troops, October 20, 2015. (Screen capture from YouTube)

Analysis

Hassan Yousef is not the problem, and Israel knows it

By Avi Issacharoff

Hamas may be an easy target, but arresting its leaders while leaving Palestinian Authority officials untouched won’t change much

Hamas official Hassan Yousef at his office in Ramallah, July 30, 2015. (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)

Senior West Bank Hamas leader arrested for incitement

Hamas officials at a press conference with officials of South Africa's ANC party, in Pretoria on Monday, October 19, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)

Jerusalem fumes as South Africa hosts Hamas chiefs

By Raphael Ahren

Foreign Ministry summons deputy ambassador for dressing-down after Jacob Zuma hosts Khaled Mashaal in Johannesburg

Police and rescue workers at the scene of shooting and stabbing attack at the Central Bus Station in the southern city of Beersheba, on October 18, 2015. (Meir Even Haim/Flash90)

Beersheba terrorist ‘believed in the Islamic State’

Friend who worked with Muhanad Alukabi, 21, recalls him saying jihadist group ‘will come here and conquer’

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)

Jerusalem teen-terrorist retracts confession, claims innocence

Ahmed Manasra, 13, now says his elder cousin convinced him to commit stabbing attack, but he backed out at the last minute

The bicycle a 13-year-old boy was riding before he was stabbed in the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood of Jerusalem on October 12, 2015. (Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit)

Israeli boy, 13, wounded in Jerusalem stabbing, wakes up

A week after he was critically wounded in stabbing by Palestinian boy, victim starts communicating with family

Peanut browser in action (Courtesy)

In Android browser competition, Peanut offers secret sauce

By David Shamah

Competing with Chrome, new Israeli-developed social browser for smartphones allows users to share comments on web pages with others in the Peanut gallery

Canadian Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, center, clowns around with campaign team members Tommy Desfosses, left, and Adam Scotti after landing in Montreal, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. (Andy Blatchford/The Canadian Press via AP)

Son of late PM Pierre Trudeau becomes Canada’s new PM

Canadians vote for sharp change after nine years with Stephen Harper of the Conservative party

Actors Anne Gottlieb and Jeremiah Kissel starred in an October 2015 production of Arthur Miller’s ‘Broken Glass,’ produced by Boston’s New Repertory Theatre. The production was staged in honor of the 100th anniversary of Miller’s birth on October 17, 1915. (Andrew Brilliant/NRT)

For Arthur Miller’s 100th: To Jew or not to Jew?

By Matt Lebovic

More Headlines

Illustrative photo of a plate of hummus (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

ChickpeaceHummus joint gives Jewish-Arab tables 50% off

By Ilan Ben Zion

In 1948, people gathered outside the Jewish Agency building in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the birth of the Jewish State (Screenshot of newsreel footage from YouTube)

Reel Nostalgia, Clip #26WATCH: The new Jewish state is formed

By Ramona Tausz

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. (Courtesy Core18)

InterviewJews must ‘stop navel gazing’ to fight extremism, says former UK chief rabbi

By Uriel Heilman

Matisyahu performing at the Rototom Festival in Benicassim, Spain, August 22, 2015. (YouTube/via JTA)

ADL honors Matisyahu for standing up to anti-Israel boycott

By JTA

Mendel Hurwitz in a scene from “Episode 1: The Seekers” in Oprah Winfrey’s new “Belief” series. (Part2Pictures)

Simha SensationOrthodox boy is breakout star of Oprah’s new show

By Gabe Friedman

Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old who was arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, for allegedly bringing a hoax bomb to school, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Student arrested for homemade clock visits White House

By AP

Haftom Zarhum, 29, died of his wounds on October 19, 2015, a few hours after he was shot and beaten by a mob that mistook him for an assailant in the terror attack in Beersheba on October 18, 2015. (Courtesy)

Hebrew media reviewThe Beersheba dead

By Ilan Ben Zion

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