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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 22, 2016

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 30, 2015. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

After world urges two-state solution, PM to present ‘Israel’s truth’ to UN

By Raoul Wootliff

Amid uptick in violence by Palestinian attackers, Netanyahu will address the GA on Thursday shortly after Abbas, Iran’s Rouhani

Then US president Barack Obama, right, talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a bilateral meeting in New York, September 21, 2016. (AFP/Jim Watson)

In final meeting with PM, Obama says two-state solution must be kept alive

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, Raphael Ahren and Joshua Davidovich

President urges ‘stable, secure Israel’ alongside ‘Palestinian homeland’, raises ‘profound concerns’ over settlements; Netanyahu thanks US for military aid, says Israel will never give up on goal of durable peace

AnalysisWhy Netanyahu remains unfazed by Obama’s settlement critique

By Raphael Ahren

Israeli minister slams ‘naive and messianic’ Obama

By Raoul Wootliff

Obama and PM patched up ties, avoided Palestinian ‘elephant,’ Israeli official says

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flanked by security guards (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Security leak

In NY, Netanyahu goes to the bathroom with 20 guards

Prime minister shocks A-lister diners with his dozens-strong detail, as he and Sara enjoy a meal in a fancy restaurant

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US President Barack Obama in New York, on September 21, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

AnalysisAnalysis

Six takeaways from another smiling display of mutual Obama-Netanyahu frustration

By David Horovitz

Netanyahu hails ‘Barack,’ as Obama hails Shimon Peres; Netanyahu focuses on ‘unremitting fanaticism,’ while Obama worries about settlements

US President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after addressing Israeli students at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 21, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

After almost 8 years, Obama’s view of Israel no less unsettled

By Eric Cortellessa

Since taking office, the US president has continued to focus on his discomfort with Israeli settlement in the West Bank, viewing the enterprise as an impediment to peace

Representatives of the Jerusalem Open House march in the city's 2016 Gay Pride Parade, July 21, 2016. (Adi Eddie)

In Israel, Modern Orthodoxy embraces the religious LGBTs — partly

By Ronit Bezalel

After murder at 2015’s Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, members of gay community see increased acceptance even as some spiritual leaders double down on rejection

Donniel Hartman

It’s time to take the road not taken

The absence of a peace partner makes changing the impossible status quo challenging — and all the more necessary

Noble goals, poor execution

MK Bennett’s costly plan to strengthen the Diaspora’s Jewish identity ignores the needs of the Diaspora Jews

Julie R. Sissman

Even children can change the world

Giving circles not only develop kids’ sense of responsibility,but push them to explore and develop their own values

Gerald M. Steinberg

Unraveling the Belgian BDS knot

The aid officer denied entry to Israel uses public funds to wage political warfare against the Jewish state

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waiting for government ministers to join him before a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Analysis

With no designated deputy, Netanyahu keeps spotlight to himself

By Raoul Wootliff

In the US for 5 days and without a permanent stand-in, the PM has appointed Yuval Steinitz as the latest Likud understudy to wield no power

South African International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. (US Department of State/Wikimedia Commons)

In sign of thaw, Israel’s top diplomat meets S. African foreign minister

By Raphael Ahren

On sidelines of UN assembly, Dore Gold discusses bilateral ties with Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who in 2013 said Pretoria ‘curtails senior leadership contact’ with Israelis

Palestinian students who support the Hamas movement take part in an election campaign rally for the student council at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 26, 2016 (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Top EU lawyer says Hamas should be dropped from terror list

By AFP and ToI Staff

Advocate general says decision to blacklist Palestinian Islamist group shouldn’t have been made based on ‘media reports and the internet’

A promotional image for Season 4 of "Homeland," based on the Israeli series "Prisoners of War." (Promotional image)

In search for next big hit, Israel hosts first TV franchise confab

By Ronit Bezalel

Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the Samsung Electronics Co. Unpacked launch event ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016. (JTA/Pau Barrena/Bloomberg)

Facebook’s Zuckerberg pledges $3 billion to banish all disease

By AFP

Social media pioneer says goal to cure sickness, or at least turn catastrophic illnesses from terminal to manageable or preventable within century

IDF soldiers conducting early morning arrest raids in the West Bank on September 21, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Dozens of Palestinians rounded up in two days of raids

By Judah Ari Gross

Army, police each detain 23 suspects in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, following a sharp rise in attacks on security forces

Video made by supporters of UK's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn September 19, 2016 (Screen capture: Facebook)

UK Jews cry foul over Corbyn video on anti-Semitism

Community leaders condemn dismissive approach to deep-rooted Labour issue; clip remains on Facebook despite promises to remove it

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria in a photo released by the Syrian presidency on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (Syrian Presidency via AP)

Assad blames US for Syria truce collapse

By ian phillips and Zeina Karam

In interview, Syrian president takes no responsibility for atrocities, accusing enemies of the state of all killings

In this Monday, July 20, 2015 photo, Israel baseball team pitcher Dean Kremer pitches during training near the city of Petah Tikva, Israel. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel’s World Baseball Classic team expects to feel at home playing in Brooklyn

By Hillel Kuttler

General view of the board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, March 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Arab states said ‘revising’ strategy against Israeli nuclear secrecy

Nations drop their yearly bid for a UN resolution to force Israel’s hand on the matter, citing lack of material results

Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)

Lebanese TV backs off claim that Israeli spy’s body will be returned

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

After initially saying Eli Cohen’s body was in hands of rebel group, broadcaster removes story from its website

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Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Hebrew U study finds genes that link anxiety to binging

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of a police officer holding a pair of handcuffs. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Man with guilty conscience cops to years-old murder

By Judah Ari Gross

Former Israeli president Shimon Peres at the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Peres showing slight improvement after stroke, doctors say

Illustrative view of the Bedouin town of Hura, in the southern Negev Desert, on August 27, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Police find second man chained to pole in Negev

Exploring the public and private interiors of Jerusalem's better and lesser known buildings during the 2016 Houses from Within tour (Courtesy Houses from Within)

Sneak peekJerusalem plays host to city-wide open house

By Jessica Steinberg

Waze system operation engineer Gil Disatnik holds a Waze beacon in Pittsburgh, where the beacons have been installed in two tunnels, September 8, 2016. (Meghan Kelleher/Courtesy of Waze via AP)

Waze finds way to keep drivers on track in tunnels

By Michael Liedtke

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech to parliament in the capital, Tehran, on January 17, 2016, after sanctions were lifted, under Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. (AFP/Atta Kenare)

With Rouhani at UN, museum looks to press Iran over Holocaust denial

By Eric Cortellessa

Tikkun Olam Maker's team who worked with Ben (Courtesy)

Near-blind boy gets dream skateboard in Tikkun Olam challenge

By Shoshanna Solomon

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi interviewed on PBS in September 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)

Deja viewEgypt TV news boss fired for airing old Sissi interview

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US President Barack Obama in New York, on September 21, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Hebrew media reviewMuppet political theater

By Ilan Ben Zion

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