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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 21, 2015

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, upon boarding their flight at Ben Gurion International Airport to Berlin, October 21, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu blames Jerusalem mufti for Holocaust, is accused of ‘absolving Hitler’

By Adiv Sterman and Raphael Ahren

PM says he never intended to imply that in 1941 a Palestinian religious leader convinced the fuhrer to exterminate Jews; Israeli and Palestinian leaders castigate him for ‘shameful’ comment

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

Israeli security forces seen near the body of the Palestinian terrorist after he stabbed and severely wounded an Israeli soldier near the Adam junction, north of Jerusalem. The stabber was shot and killed by security forces at the scene, the IDF said. October 21, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Female soldier severely wounded in West Bank stabbing

Doctors battle to save her life; attacker shot and killed by security forces at the scene, near Adam junction north of Jerusalem

Israeli injured in suspected West Bank car-ramming attack

By Raoul Wootliff

Palestinian teen tries to infiltrate settlement with knife, is shot

By Raoul Wootliff

IDF soldier lightly hurt in Hebron stabbing; teen assailants killed

By Judah Ari Gross and Adiv Sterman

Memorial candles at a ceremony in Tel Aviv on October 21, 2015 to honor Haftom Zarhum, an Eritrean national who was killed in the Beersheba bus station attack. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Live updates (now closed)

Four arrested for mob attack against Eritrean migrant

By Jonathan Beck

2 Israel Prison Service employees among detainees who ganged up on Haftom Zarhum, mistaking him for terrorist

Avraham Hasano carries a large stick and walks toward an approaching truck driven by a Palestinian man at Fawar junction near the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Hasano had gotten out from his car after it was it by Palestinian stone throwers. He was run over by the truck and later died (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Images show moment Israeli was hit and killed by Palestinian truck

Photos depict Avraham Hasano carrying large stick and approaching oncoming truck; driver claims he hit Hasano by accident (warning: graphic content)

Parents protest the need for more security guards at Jerusalem's schools (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

As parents demand secure schools, Arab staff eyed suspiciously

By Jessica Steinberg

With many East Jerusalem residents employed as cleaners at Jewish schools, proximity to kids causes rising tide of concern

East Jerusalem school staff in hot water over ‘incitement’

9 more Jewish symbols for UNESCO to vote on

Why stop at claiming the Western Wall for another religion? Here are some ideas for the world body to consider

10 reasons BTTF can’t happen in Israel

Back To The Future Day here in the Holy Land? Not any time soon

The City of Sisterly Love

Jews and Arabs need to pull together to protect Jerusalem’s colorful diversity from the effects of terror

Palestinian women argue with Israeli policemen during a protest against Jewish groups visiting the Temple Mount, which houses Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on September 16, 2015. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Analysis

Palestinians, Jordan reject Israeli offer to limit non-Muslims on Temple Mount

By Avi Issacharoff and ToI Staff

Netanyahu proposes to curb Jewish access in bid to help quell wave of terror and violence; Amman and Ramallah demand full Waqf oversight of all visits

A group of religious Jews escorted by Israeli police visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 28, 2015. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

UNESCO condemns Israeli ‘aggression’ on Temple Mount

By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren

Resolution drops bid to name the Western Wall an ‘integral part’ of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

A young Palestinian-Jordanian girl holds knife, says: "I Want to Stab a Jew" (MEMRI screenshot)

WATCH: ‘I want to stab a Jew,’ young girl tells her teacher father

‘Allah willing, my dear,’ Jordanian-Palestinian educator tells his daughter in clip he posted on Facebook

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)

Eritrean mistaken for terrorist was killed by gunfire, not beating

Haftom Zarhum died after being shot by security forces, then kicked in head repeatedly, during Beersheba bus station attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hold a joint presser at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)

UN chief warns of religious war as PM says Abbas ‘fanning the flames’

By AFP, Raphael Ahren and AP

On snap visit to Jerusalem, Ban Ki-moon cautions against misuse of force and slams ‘heinous attacks’ on Israelis

A masked man instructs Palestinians on how to sharpen knives for stabbings (MEMRI/YouTube clip)

Video shows Palestinians how to sharpen knives for stabbings

Masked and uniformed man instructs would-be assailants on ways to prepare and then use weapon against Israelis

Illustrative photo of a a pro-Palestinian demonstrator waving the Palestinian flag outside the gates of Downing Street in London on September 9, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Sweden chant ‘slaughter the Jews’

By JTA

Israeli envoy insists that ‘incitement’ at Malmo demonstration ‘must be dealt with by the full force of the law’

Seumas Milne, strategy and communications director to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. (YouTube screen capture)

Corbyn appoints terror apologist to top advisory post

Seumas Milne, who has spoken in support of Hamas as well as Iraqi ‘resistance,’ is UK Labour chief’s new communications director

MassiveImpact CEO Sephi Shapira (L) in an interview at Mobile World Congress, February 25, 2013 (Courtesy)

Entrepreneur reveals his secrets of Chinese mobile success

By David Shamah

MassiveImpact, an Israeli performance advertising firm for smartphones, is doing massively well in China despite the stock market woes there

Russian-German pianist Igor Levit (Felix Broede)

Variation is the spice of life for young ‘pianist of the century’

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Bernard Madoff arrives at Manhattan federal court, Thursday, March 12, 2009, in New York. (photo credit: AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Many Madoff victims to get all their money back

By JTA

Screenshot of maps labled "Palestine" displayed during MSNBC coverage of ongoing unrest in Israel, October 15, 2015 (YouTube)

'It's very complex to accurately cover the Middle East'MSNBC apologizes for ‘completely wrong’ maps of Israel

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin addresses the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, October 24, 1995. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

Yitzhak Rabin’s murder: US public radio examines the holes left behind

By Brian Schaefer

Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran, arrives to speak the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2015. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

From the webRouhani to visit Italy, Vatican next month

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks through a covered pair of binoculars along the Gaza frontier, October 20, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)

Tunnel VisionPM’s Gaza binocular gaffe evokes Peretz blunder

Illustrative photo of Chabad. (Chabad.org)

Unshakable FaithCubs fans turn to rabbi for World Series help

By Gabe Friedman

File: IDF soldiers stand guard south of the West Bank city of Hebron, October 20, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Hebrew media reviewBack to the terror

By Joshua Davidovich

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