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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 21, 2016

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US President Barack Obama, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In meet with Netanyahu, Obama will raise, but not force, two-state issue

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

President will again critique settlements, but not planning ‘a new initiative at this point,’ says adviser Ben Rhodes, although the idea hasn’t been ruled out entirely

Accept Palestine or face ‘sea of hatred,’ Jordanian king warns Israel

At UN, Sissi urges Israel to ‘move toward peace’

By AP and AFP

Hollande: France still wants peace conference this year

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US president Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2016 in New York City (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Obama: Israel cannot ‘permanently occupy, settle Palestinian land’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In final, wide-ranging UN address, US president also says Palestinians must reject incitement, recognize ‘legitimacy of Israel’

Erdogan at UN: World must push for ‘independent Palestine’

By Raoul Wootliff

UN chief: One-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict would ‘spell doom’

PM may meet Chad president at UN to push renewed ties

Homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo on December 17, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

East Jerusalem building plans postponed ahead of Obama-Netanyahu meet

By Raoul Wootliff

City denies any link, but officials confirm political pressure led to calling off meeting to approve new units in Gilo

Illustrative: Police officers examine the scene outside the Israeli embassy in Ankara, Turkey where an attacker was shot and wounded, September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Knife attacker shot outside Israeli embassy in Ankara

By AFP and Raoul Wootliff

Perpetrator wounded by security forces after trying to storm building; no Israelis injured in incident

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with US President Barack Obama before their meeting in New York, September 21, 2016. (Times of Israel/Raphael Ahren)

Live updates (closed)

Obama expresses ‘profound US concerns’ over settlements to Netanyahu

By Ilan Ben Zion

After cordial chat before cameras, US president reportedly clashes with Netanyahu over role of West Bank construction in eroding two station solution

From left: Sarah Jessica Parker, Woody Allen, Rachel Bloom and Jeffrey Tambor all star in fall premieres that Jewish viewers should watch. (Lior Zaltzman/via JTA)

MOT TVMOT TV

The 8 ‘Jewish’ must-see shows for fall

By Lior Zaltzman

From Woody Allen’s premiere to Sarah Jessica Parker’s return to HBO, this is the TV everybody is going to be talking about at the (synagogue) watercooler

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform with the concert 'The River Tour' at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

The rabbi, the wedding, and Springsteen’s romantic songs on ‘The River’

By Eric Cortellessa

As The Boss winds down his world tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of a landmark album, here’s how a rabbi’s remarks at the marriage of a friend helped prompt him to tackle the traditional love songs he’d previously avoided

#Ozraeli: Rocking a new diplomacy

Australia has a new protocol for celebrating ties with Israel, and it doesn’t include speeches, flags or anthems

Jason Dov Greenblatt

The Days of Awe and Donald Trump

Just as the High Holidays stir hearts and minds toward meaningful, positive change, the Republican nominee means hope

Stuart Eizenstat

No better friend than Hillary Clinton

The Democratic candidate is a staunch Israel supporter: she stands against terror, fights BDS, and helps survivors

Holy, holy, holy

If only the zealots trying to protect the Kotel and the Sabbath grasped that neither needs help holding on to sanctity

A wealth of friendship

The US defense aid package signed last week sends a clear signal about American commitment to Israel’s security

Security guards shoot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in the leg as she refused to halt at the Eliyahu Crossing in the West Bank, on September 21, 2016. (Defense Ministry)

Palestinian girl rushes guards in apparent suicide attempt

By Judah Ari Gross

Unarmed 13-year-old shot in the leg after entering checkpoint’s vehicles-only lane, ignoring warnings; ‘I came to die,’ she says

A passenger has his luggage checked by security personnel at Ben Gurion Airport. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel doesn’t do ethnic profiling the way Trump thinks it does

Iran's chief of staff General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri speaking at a military parade September 21, 2016 (Screen capture: Press TV)

Iran ‘determined’ to boost its military after US-Israel deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Top general says his ‘peace-seeking’ country is capable of foiling those who seek to ‘destroy’ Muslim states

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In nod to Israel, US eyes rapprochement with Sudan

By AP and ToI Staff

State Department praises Khartoum for joining fight against Islamic State; officials note pivot away from Iran

Manfred Lindenbaum, a kindertransport survivor speaks out in support of refugees. (Gili Getz/HIAS)

Kindertransport survivor fights at UN to bring Syrian refugees to the US

By Cathryn J. Prince

First American Fried Chicken, which is owned by the family of Ahmad Khan Rahami, was closed and cordoned off a day after he was arrested for a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey, Sept. 20, 2016. (Ben Sales/JTA)

NY bombing suspect’s Orthodox neighbors seem resigned to backyard terror

Another attack is not far off, say Jews of Elizabeth, New Jersey, with some comparing spate of attacks to situation in Israel

New York City police commissioner James O'Neill holds up a picture of Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey, at a news conference at New York City on September 19, 2016 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

FBI looked into New York bombing suspect 2 years ago

By Eric Tucker, JAKE PEARSON and Jennifer Peltz

Ayman Odeh. (Courtesy Odeh’s office via JTA)

Arab lawmaker Ayman Odeh wants to save the Israeli left, not join it

By Andrew Tobin

To topple Netanyahu, Arab factions are ready to join forces with other opposition parties, says their leader in the Knesset

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hold a news conference about military assistance to Israel at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Republican senators push to expand military aid to Israel

By ToI Staff and AP

Lawmakers slam ten-year agreement, which forbids Jerusalem from accepting extra funds from Congress, as curtailing their powers

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 photo, American-Israeli Arie Hasit, center, is ordained a rabbi at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Ex-roommate of Facebook founder becomes rabbi in Israel

By Daniella Cheslow

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Screenshot from footage showing Israeli spy Eli Cohen placed in a coffin after his execution by hanging in Damascus, Syria on May 18, 1965.

‘Disturbing’ footage emerges from famed Israeli spy’s execution in Syria

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved inaugurates the company's Herzliya office, June 26, 2016. (Courtesy)

OurCrowd raises $72 million in Series C funding round

By Shoshanna Solomon

David Bernstein (right) and Yoni Mendel at the 10th anniversary of protests against Israel's security barrier in the Palestinian village of Bil'in, February 2015

UK donor to Israel says he was detained for two hours at airport over Bil‘in visit

Zohar Fresco at a practice session in Jerusalem, September 20, 2016 (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Jerusalem festival drums up ancient sounds of a forgotten instrument

Actor Brad Pitt and actress/director Angelina Jolie attend the 15th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 9, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

BrangelexitPitt and Jolie to divorce: 5 reasons it’s Jewish news

By Gabe Friedman

Etzion Regional Council head Davidi Perl, October 6, 2014 (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)

Settlement council to mull ousting chair over sex-assault allegations

By Raoul Wootliff

A woman stands in front of the painting 'Potsdamer Platz' from 1914 by artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner displayed at the 'Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for Contemporary Arts' in Berlin, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Iconic works by expressionist Kirchner go on show in Berlin

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Barack Obama, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2013. (Pete Souza/The White House/File)

Hebrew media reviewFor history’s greatest frenemies, fake smiles for a freighted farewell

By Joshua Davidovich

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