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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 25, 2018

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters at Ben Gurion Airport on September 25, 2018, before boarding a flight to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. (Avi Ohayun/GPO)

Security cabinet tells IDF to keep striking Iran in Syria

Netanyahu: We’ll keep acting in Syria, and meet Russian officials to heal ties

By Judah Ari Gross and Raphael Ahren

Boarding flight to US amid crisis over downed Russian plane, PM says Israel has been largely successful in countering Iran in Syria; military talks ‘scheduled’ with Moscow

An Israeli Air Force F-16, front, and F-15, rear, prepare to take off from the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Russian electronic warfare system arrives in Syria — report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-Mossad head Yossi Cohen during a toast for the Jewish new year on October 2, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO/File)

Mossad head flies to US with Netanyahu to discuss Russia crisis

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

The true threat of S-300s is not that they’re powerful, but that they’re Russian

The Israeli Air Force likely has the means to work around Russian electronic warfare and Syrian air defenses, but doing so risks inflaming the growing Jerusalem-Moscow crisis

In this illustrative photo taken on August 27, 2013, a Russian S-300 air defense system is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

File: Russian S-300 air defense missile systems drive during a Victory Day military parade marking the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

‘Major mistake’: Israel, US warn Russia against giving S-300 missiles to Syria

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A computer simulation released by the Russian Defense Ministry September 23, 2018, purports to show Israeli jets near a Russian reconnaissance plane, in red, off Syria's coast before it was accidentally shot down by Syria forces responding to the Israeli air strike. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

The Russian plane’s downing, minute by minute — according to Moscow

Live updates (closed)

Iran’s Rouhani says Israel ‘the most daunting threat’ to world peace

By Alexander Fulbright

Iranian president accuses Trump administration of plotting regime change in Tehran, calls US sanctions ‘economic terrorism’

6:34 pm

Rouhani: Israel 'the most daunting threat' to world peace
6:21 pm

Iran's Rouhani defends nuclear deal, calls US sanctions 'economic terrorism'
6:14 pm

Rouhani accuses US of plotting regime change, rejects Trump offer of talks

This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on February 6, 2018. (AP Photo)

Trump says he has no plans to meet ‘lovely’ Iranian President Rouhani

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

Top adviser to Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei rejects US Secretary of State Pompeo’s suggestion of possible meeting with US leader for talks

US President Donald Trump, right, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2018, in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump meets Egyptian leader, says ties have never been stronger

By AP and ToI Staff

US National Security Adviser John Bolton (L) gives a press briefing in New York on September 24, 2018, on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

US vows ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but says it’s not seeking regime change

By AFP and AP

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks to the press after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ludovic Marin)

Abbas said planning UN event aimed at thwarting Trump’s peace plan

Israel working to undermine meeting on sidelines of General Assembly that will include envoys from over 40 states and international groups, Channel 10 reports

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 72nd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York, September 19, 2017. (AFP/Jewel SAMAD)

Netanyahu heads to New York for UN speech, Trump meeting

By Raphael Ahren

A Russian-made S-300 air defense system on display for the annual Defense Week, marking the 37th anniversary of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, September 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel media reviewKremlin crock: 8 things to know for September 25

By Joshua Davidovich

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) takes part in a bilateral meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif in the French Mission to the United Nations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2018. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)

Defying Trump, powers agree to evade Iran sanctions, keep nuke deal alive

By AFP

EU to set up legal entity allowing European businesses to continue trading with Tehran while avoiding penalties from US aimed at pressuring Islamic Republic

This picture taken on September 22, 2018 shows the long-range Iranian missile "Khoramshahr" being shown during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Iran video threatens missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to reporters at the Pentagon September 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP / Thomas WATKINS)

As Iran mourns parade dead, US pushes back on ‘ludicrous’ accusations

Composite photo of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and British Prime Minister Theresa May, at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, September 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

British Conservatives under fire for defense of ‘anti-Semitic’ Orban government

By Robert Philpot

Even as Orban sends a thank-you note, a rare rebuke emanates from UK Jewish community groups for Theresa May’s party, which has strong record on tackling hatred against Jews

Israeli-born British Labour Party activist Moshe Machover. (Screenshot from YouTube)

UK Labour Marxists hand out papers at party conference comparing Israel to Nazis

Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrives to speak to the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit September 24, 2018 a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York. AFP/ Don EMMERT)

UK’s May to press Rouhani on jailed British-Iranian woman

By AFP

Illustrative: A father waits while hospital staff attend to his baby, brought to Israel for life-saving heart surgery by Shevet Achim NGO. (Screen capture: Vimeo)

Iraqi-Kurdish baby heads to Israel for urgent surgery after minister intervenes

On eve of Sukkot, Interior Ministry approves emergency arrival of newborn with congenital heart condition for life-saving treatment

Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. (Gilles San Martin, CC-BY-SA, via wikipedia)

A bit player in human history, the mighty louse is important — and here to stay

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative image of sliced pineapple (Anusorn Sutapan; iStock by Getty Images)

US seeks to adapt Israeli pineapple-based burn gel to treat mustard gas victims

By Shoshanna Solomon

Preparing for mass casualty event, Biomedical Advanced R&D Authority to pay Yavne-based MediWound up to $43 million to further develop its flagship burn treatment

Israeli author Gad Shimron speaks during an interview with AFP in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

Hollywood dives deep into 1980s Israeli spy ‘resort’ in Sudan

By Clothilde Mraffko

Arous was billed as a divers’ paradise — but was actually cover for the Mossad’s Operation Brothers to bring 7,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Ben Kingsley plays notorious SS officer Adolf Eichmann in 2018's 'Operation Finale.' (Screen capture: YouTube)

Movies inspired by Mossad operations

By AFP

Andre Gantois (L), 72, a resident of Ludres, in eastern France, and Allen Henderson, 65, of Greenville, South Carolina, walk past graves at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial on September 24, 2018, in Colleville-sur-Mer. (AFP PHOTO / Damien MEYER)

Brothers in arms

DNA tests bring together French son of WWII soldier, US half-brother

By Laurent GESLIN

Andre Gantois, 72, said he was bowled over after discovering his father’s identity, after a search he was told was impossible

Demolishing Khan al-Ahmar is a war crime

The ruling by the Supreme Court justices attests to a fake reality masking a truth that is morally and legally repugnant

Stephanie Z. Bonder

Victims of drunken sexual assault don’t forget it

Can Kavanaugh’s accuser be heard by the members of an all-white-older-male Senate committee in a society that continues to disrespect women?

More Headlines

A partial view of the train platform at the new high-speed train station between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, at the Yitzhak Navon Railway Station in Jerusalem on September 20, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

Jerusalem’s new high-speed train starts regular trips to Ben Gurion Airport

South African Ambassador to Israel Sisa Ngombane. (Screen capture: YouTube)

South Africa now says envoy’s return to Israel is not permanent

By Raphael Ahren

A fake bomb found in an Israeli man's carry on, in a picture released September 5, 2018. (TSA)

Charges dropped against Israeli security expert who sparked US airport panic

Palestinians sell fish at the Fras market in Gaza City on January 21, 2018. (AFP/ MAHMUD HAMS)

World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in ‘free fall’

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative image of a police car. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Family members suspected in murder of 22-year-old Bedouin woman

Illustrative: A Hezbollah flag is waved during an Al-Quds rally in London (Steve Winston/via Jewish News)

Nearly 170 charged in Bahrain with forming local Hezbollah branch

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jorge Cuadros, left, gives a demonstration of a robotic retinal camera to a reporter at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, California, on May 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

At 20, Google looks to the future with AI, driverless cars and more

By Glenn Chapman

Saudi Arabia's first nightly newscaster Weam Al-Dakheel (screenshot)

Good newsSaudi woman first to anchor nightly bulletin on state TV

Jimmy, the robot developed by researchers at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) was able to interact with humas through simple motoric gestures (Courtesy)

People can interact socially even with distinctly non-humanoid robots – study

By Shoshanna Solomon

View of Jerusalem's Paris Square, the intersection of Agron, King George, Ramban, and Azza streets (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Foreign journalist arrested, confesses to Jerusalem hit-and-run

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks to the press in Stockholm after he was ousted in a vote of no-confidence by Sweden's parliament on September 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund)

Swedish parliament ousts PM in no-confidence vote

Police raid a brothel whose owners are suspected of human trafficking on August 28, 2018. (Israel Police)

Police charge 7 with human trafficking, running brothels

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