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What Matters Most On Monday, September 19, 2016

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Paramedics and police at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 police hurt, one seriously, in Jerusalem stabbing; assailant shot

By Judah Ari Gross

Female officer badly wounded after being knifed in neck outside Old City’s Herod’s Gate, second cop listed in moderate condition; attacker in critical condition

Two Palestinians shot dead in alleged Hebron stabbing attempt

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel shows Jordan proof its national carried out attack

Netanyahu: Israel boosting security for Jewish holidays

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli medics carry an injured man following a Palestinian stabbing attack outside the Old City of Jerusalem, on September 19, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)

Live updates (closed)

Abbas’s Fatah party blasts Israeli ‘executions’ of stabbers

Suspect in NY, NJ bombings arrested after shootout; stabbed policewoman in ‘very serious’ condition after surgery

A detail of an FBI poster, released September 19, 2016, calling on the public to help locate Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, wanted in connection with bombings in New York and New Jersey. (screenshot)

NY police seek American of Afghan descent over bombing that injured 29

By AP

De Blasio says Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, could be ‘armed and dangerous,‘ as Cuomo admits possible international terror link

Clinton condemns spate of ‘apparent terrorist attacks’

By Catherine Lucey

Islamic State claims Minnesota mall stabbing

By AFP

Device found near New Jersey train station explodes as FBI investigates

By AP

US President Barack Obama (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 9, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Netanyahu, Obama to meet in New York on Wednesday

By Raoul Wootliff and AFP

Washington, Jerusalem confirm confab; leaders will probably meet at US president’s hotel, in what is likely to be their last face-to-face session

Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts

By Raphael Ahren

Jewish Home ministers give up on bill to stop outpost demolition

Liberal pro-Israel groups to Congress: Don’t obstruct Iran deal

By JTA

The group of Himalayan trekkers from 'My Hero Brother,' a documentary about siblings (Courtesy 'My Hero Brother')

He ain’t heavy, he’s my sibling

By Jessica Steinberg

‘My Hero Brother,’ Yonatan Nir’s latest film, looks at a trek through the mountains by special needs adults and the siblings who help them along the way

Shimon Peres: Realist for peace

Praying for the recovery of the ‘father of possibilities’

Mental illness is as real as cancer

Yes it’s a disease, yes it affects Jews, and yes it’s critical to show kindness and sympathy to those dealing with it

Shaul Rappeport

Homeschooling’s not what you think it is

Why his Orthodox Jewish family made the surprising choice to go the DIY route for their kids’ education

Give up the guilt

Consider all the good you did last year, and remember your ability to make the right choices

Where China meets Israel

China, with the world’s second largest economy, is increasingly looking to tiny Israel for everything from innovative ideas to investment opportunities to cutting-edge technologies; total venture capital investment in Israeli high-tech deals involving Chinese businesses is expected to reach around $500 million by the end of 2016

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech on his party's plans for Britain, in central London on September 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)

In first, Corbyn says Israel ‘has right to exist’ under ‘1948 agreement’

By Raoul Wootliff

At Jewish community hustings, UK Labour leader tries to moderate perceived anti-Israel stance, but shrugs off questions on rising anti-Semitism in the party

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) , while Bolivian President Evo Morales looks on, after the opening ceremony of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, on September 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT)

Abbas blames Palestinian attacks on despair, but Hamas credits ‘resistance’

Amid renewed wave of stabbings and car-rammings, PA president says ‘martyrs and youths’ behind assaults ‘have lost hope’

Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal, left, and Gaza's former Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh wave during a news conference in the Gaza Strip in 2012. (AP/Suhaib Salem, Pool)

Analysis

The arcane pathway to Hamas’s top post, and who might win it

By Avi Issacharoff

File: Israel's Dudi Sela during a Davis Cup match. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

No boycott as Tunisia’s Jaziri defeats Israel’s Sela for Istanbul tennis title

By AFP

International Tennis Federation previously banned Tunisia from Davis Cup after Jaziri refused to play against an Israeli in 2013

Likud MK Yehudah Glick speaks to police officers outside the entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on September 19, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)

Turned away by cops, Likud MK denies trying to break Temple Mount ban

By Tamar Pileggi

After suggesting he would defy prime minister’s directive keeping lawmakers off holy site, Yehudah Glick is seen being blocked as he approaches entrance

Elor Azaria at a court hearing at a military court in Jaffa, August 28, 2016 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Terrorists must be killed, ex-deputy IDF head tells Hebron shooter trial

At hearing for manslaughter suspect Elor Azaria, Uzi Dayan expresses support for killing attackers even if they don’t pose danger

Work being carried out between the Herzliya rail station and Tel Aviv on September 4, 2016. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Traffic, commuters snarl as rail work closes Tel Aviv stations

First of eight days of expected disruptions causes jams, confusion around shuttles as three of four stops shuttered to make way for Jerusalem line

Ivri Lider performs during at an outdoor street party in downtown Jerusalem on July 5, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash90)

Settlement residents slam show by gay singer, demand ‘pervert’ be disinvited

Amid claims upcoming performance in Elkana amounts to ‘blasphemy,’ Ivri Lider decries campaign against him as ‘hurtful’

Comedian Jackie Mason isn't shy about sharing his political opinions. (Courtesy)

On the streets of New York with Jackie Mason

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands at a press conference in Geneva on September 9, 2016, where they announced a new plan for a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war and the foundation of a peace process. (AFP/Kevin Lamarque/Pool)

Syria truce set to expire Monday night, Damascus official says

By AFP

7-day ceasefire brokered by US, Russia marred by allegations of breaches; unclear if it will be extended

Investigators take samples from sand near a part of a missile that was suspected of carrying chemical agents, according to activists, in the countryside of Ain Terma, Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen, File)

Traces of purportedly relinquished chemical weapons found in Syrian regime lab

International inspectors find evidence that Sarin and VX nerve agents were placed in warheads as ‘insurance policy’ by Damascus regime

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Actress Gaby Hoffmann (left), writer/director Jill Soloway (center) and actress Alexandra Grey (right) attend the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on in Los Angeles, California, on September 18, 2016. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP)

Jewish Emmy winner calls Trump the next Hitler

File: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. (Wikipedia/Lonnie Tague, United States Department of Justice/public domain)

New York’s Jewish AG: Trump opened door to anti-Semitic rhetoric

By JTA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a joint statement with the French President after the European Union Summit of 27 heads of state or government in Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 16, 2016. (AFP/Joe Klamar)

Far-right gains as Merkel party takes hit in Berlin state vote

By Frank Zeller

Former SS medic Hubert Zafke, 95, accused of aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz in 1944, attends his trial on September 12, 2016 at the court in Neubrandenburg, Germany. (AFP/dpa/Bernd Wüstneck)

Charges of foot-dragging as Auschwitz medic, 95, set to return to court

By Coralie Febvre

Tel Aviv's Rothschild Blvd. holds innovation events in 2015 (Courtesy: Municipality of Tel Aviv Yafo)

Rothschild Blvd to become Innovation Blvd for a day

By Shoshanna Solomon

The signing of the US-Israel military aid deal in the State Department on September 14, 2016 (screen capture: State Department livestream)

From the webSmall Israeli defense cos fear closure after US aid deal

People who were stranded in Jerusalem during the major snowstorm that hit the capital arrive at the Tel Aviv Merkaz train station on December 14, 2013. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Hebrew media reviewProphets in a pissing contest

By Joshua Davidovich

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