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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 27, 2017

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Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, June 20, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

White House: PM’s land swap proposed in ‘context of peace agreement’

PM calls for Halamish terrorist to be executed; Over 100 said injured as fresh clashes erupt at Temple Mount; Israeli guard questioned by police over Amman embassy shooting

Muslims celebrate in Jerusalem's Old City, following Muslim leaders announcing it is OK to return to pray at the Temple Mount (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Bennett slams 'surrender' to terrorism

Jerusalem mufti, Abbas announce return to prayers in Al-Aqsa

By Dov Lieber and Raoul Wootliff

After police roll back all security measures implemented in wake of Temple Mount attack, Muslim leaders tells faithful it’s OK to return

Jerusalem police chief threatens casualties if protests continue

By Raoul Wootliff

Thousands attend funerals of terrorists who killed two cops at Temple Mount

Israel removes more security installations outside Temple Mount

By ToI Staff and AFP

Muslims celebrate outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, following Muslim leaders announcing a return to pray at the Temple Mount, after Israeli police removed all security measures it had implemented in wake of a terror attack at the holy site two weeks ago. July 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Analysis

Temple Mount crisis saw PM failing under pressure and showed Abbas ready to go to war

By Avi Issacharoff

Israeli sovereignty on the Temple Mount has clear limits. The dismal events of the past weeks underline that is smarter not to try to cross them

Israeli security forces remove metal detectors at the Lions' Gate, near a main entrance to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 24, 2017. (AFP/ Ahmad GHARABLI)

The metal detectors are gone, so how does Temple Mount security work now?

By Judah Ari Gross

Netanyahu wants cops to use hand-held wands to check all worshipers. The police say they’ll check suspicious entrants. In practice, almost nobody is going in

Saudis say they urged Trump to sort out Temple Mount spat

By Stuart Winer

Hamas declares Temple Mount ‘victory,’ calls new ‘day of rage’

Mobilizing militia, Abbas approves mass protests Friday over Temple Mount

By Avi Issacharoff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 25, 2017 meets with security guard 'Ziv,' who shot dead two Jordanians as he was being stabbed by one of them at the Israeli Embassy compound in Amman on July 23. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Jordan says embassy staff can’t return unless guard is tried – report

Amman fuming over incident that saw security officer, who killed 2 Jordanians when under attack, receive hero’s welcome upon return to Israel

Jordan FM: Hero’s welcome in Israel for guard who killed two a ‘disgrace’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Jordan king calls Abbas to urge calm after PA chief approves mass protests

By Tamar Pileggi

Hezbollah chief hails Palestinian ‘victory’ at Temple Mount

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes his way by helicopter to the Etzion Bloc in the West Bank on November 23, 2015 (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu backs major expansion of Jerusalem to include nearby settlements

By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff

130,000 more Israelis would be categorized as Jerusalemites; 100,000 Jerusalem Palestinians living beyond security barrier would come under a new municipality

Squatters of the Machpela House in Hebron sit outside the building as Border Police look on, July 26, 2017. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

Despite army order, Hebron squatters confident they’re staying put

The settlers who moved into the Machpela House claim to have legally purchased the disputed property, but no final approval of the acquisition has been given

Survivors gathered around the Exodus memorial, July 18, 2017. (Laura Ben-David)

Photo essay

In pictures, the 70th anniversary of the SS Exodus in Haifa

By Laura Ben-David

Israelis honor the sacrifice made by over 4,500 Holocaust survivors and potential immigrants who were sent back to Germany by the British

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

How ordinary passers-by along a Jerusalem promenade allowed her to escape the feeling that the city is about to ignite

POTUS, here’s how the military works

When he was in the IDF, the soldiers took care of each other; they did not worry about each other’s sexual orientation

Lawrence Grossman

Two states for two peoples

Israel stands by its historic connection to the land, despite Palestinian lies that are so brazen they make the world blase

Muslims at a prayer service celebrating Eid-al-Fitr in Stamford, Conn., June 25, 2017. (John Moore/Getty Images, via JTA)

US Muslims intermarry way less and are far more religious than US Jews

Pew survey also shows Muslim population growing faster, feels more discriminated against, is less liberal than Jews

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 26, 2017. (AFP/SAUL LOEB)

US seeks to test Iran deal with its new inspections

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee

A refusal by Tehran to allow monitors in military sites could give Trump the excuse he wants to cancel the nuclear agreement

US State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks to reporters during a press conference in Washington, DC on June 8, 2017 (screen capture)

State Department defends controversial terrorism report

By Eric Cortellessa and JTA

Spokeswoman says document claiming various Israeli policies spur Palestinian extremism ‘consistently’ highlights terror attacks against Israelis

Leader of Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2017. (Flash90)

Lapid calls for more aggressive stance on Turkey

By Raphael Ahren

Opposition figure urges recognition of Kurdish state and Armenian genocide, says Jerusalem and Ankara won’t restore past friendly ties

In this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, staff members of Al-Jazeera International work at the news studio in Doha, Qatar. Ahmed Mansour, a prominent Al-Jazeera Arabic journalist, was detained Saturday, June 20, in Germany over an Egyptian arrest warrant, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported. (AP/Osama Faisal)

Netanyahu demands al-Jazeera offices in Israel be shut down

PM accuses Qatar-owned station of fomenting violence, says he will pass legislation to have it shuttered if necessary

A picture taken on July 17, 2017, shows the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)

Amid tensions, bill to stymie East Jerusalem pullout moves ahead

By Marissa Newman

As Knesset closes up shop for the summer, proposal requiring two-thirds Knesset support to relinquish any portion of the city clears first reading

Likud Knesset Member Amir Ohana leads a House committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lawmaker suspended from committee for boycott over gay adoption

Openly gay Likud MK Amir Ohana punished for skipping key Knesset votes in protest at government’s discriminatory policy

Graffiti found in the English county of Sussex November. 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)

Anti-Semitic incidents hit record high in UK

By JTA

Watchdog counts 767 cases in first half of 2017, the highest six-month figure since monitoring began in 1984

A musical performance at the Tower of David Museum, during the 2016 Mekudeshet (Courtesy Noam Shognovsky)

Looking for a sacred connection in Jerusalem summer season

By Jessica Steinberg

A view of the Topics bookstore in Berlin. (Topics)

Israeli-owned Berlin bookstore closes amid accusations of leftist pressure

By JTA

More Headlines

Chef Michael Solomonov. (courtesy Michael Persico)

Sharing economyIsraeli-owned US eatery settles tip-sharing lawsuit

By AP

Muslims pray as Border Police officers stand guard during Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, July 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police investigate possible arson near Old City in Jerusalem

Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, upon his arrival in Baku after being extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan, February 7, 2017. (AFP Photo/Tofik Babayev)

Blogger jailed in Azerbaijan seeks extradition to Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Macbook (photo credit: Sophie Gordon/Flash90)

Starved tech sector to be fed by programmer boot camps

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, suspected of sexual abuse against several women, is seen at the courtroom of the Kiryat Shmona Magistrates Court on July 8, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Safed rabbi convicted of rape for ‘sex therapy’

Yaron Fishelson, left, and Gur Yalon in the ACT.IL offices in Herzliya. (Times of Israel)

Student startup gives pro-Israel advocates a unified voice

Feel the enthusiasmLarry David reveals family ties to Bernie Sanders

By Stuart Winer

Cotton field (CC BY Mike Beauregard, Flickr)

Israeli startup maps genome of cotton, sweet potato for better crops

By Shoshanna Solomon

Police at the scene of a stabbing in Jaffa, July 27, 2017. (Israel Police spokesperson)

Man stabbed to death in Jaffa

By Raoul Wootliff

Muslims celebrate outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on July 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Hebrew media reviewThe storm before the calm

By Joshua Davidovich

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