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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 12, 2019

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US President Donald Trump, left, welcomes visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Report says US thinks Israel planted spy devices near White House; Israel: Lies

Netanyahu denies Politico story that Israel is surveilling Trump administration, says it’s ‘a complete lie’; Washington refrains from rebuking Jerusalem on matter

US President Donald Trump, right, and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Netanyahu says he’s confident Trump will continue to press Iran

By Raphael Ahren

Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at an event in Detroit, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya/File)

As Bolton goes, Israel’s envoy urges US to ‘stay the course’ on pressuring Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)

Netanyahu: War in Gaza to topple Hamas likely inevitable

By Michael Bachner

Days after being rushed off stage due to rockets from enclave, premier says operation to be launched ‘at the right time’; admits he can’t prevent Trump-Rouhani meet

Hamas lauds rocket attack as spooking Netanyahu, shaking Israel’s image

AnalysisGaza rockets are battering Netanyahu’s image, but Hamas isn’t seeking his ouster

By Avi Issacharoff

False alarms triggered north of Gaza as IDF bombs Hamas sites in reprisal raids

By Judah Ari Gross

Analysis

PM’s Jordan Valley map was error-strewn, but is his vow worth taking seriously?

Netanyahu said no Palestinians will be annexed, but over 4,000 live in area where he showed the plans to enact sovereignty and 20% of the land is owned by Palestinians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea area, in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Netanyahu: I tried to annex Jordan Valley before election but AG said I couldn’t

Jordan Valley settlers hail Netanyahu annexation pledge

By AFP and ToI Staff

Attorney general warns caretaker cabinet not to legalize outpost before election

Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Vladimir Putin meeting in Sochi, Russia on September 12, 2019. (courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu meets Putin, claims Iran ramping up efforts to attack Israel

By Joshua Davidovich

PM plays up personal ties with Russian leader, but Putin, showing up over two hours late, says only that he hopes whoever is elected will move bilateral relationship forward

6:31 pm

Baltimore gets giant inflatable rat ready for Trump visit
6:24 pm

New poll has Blue and White passing Likud
5:53 pm

AG repeats warning to ministers against legalizing outpost

Joint List party leader Ayman Odeh filming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a discussion on the cameras bill at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 11, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Facebook suspends Netanyahu’s chatbot for hate speech against Arabs

Social media giant says Likud violated its policies with claim Arab politicians want to ‘annihilate us all’; top Arab MK cheers penalty

Fighting for his life: 7 things to know for September 12

By Tamar Pileggi

Son of Shas former spiritual leader: Lapid should go to hell, with his dad

Doomed Likud camera bill falls at first Knesset hurdle

Illustrative image of a spy. (cyano66; iStock by Getty Images)

Top Arab official has been unknowingly spying for Israel for 5 years — report

By Michael Bachner

IDF’s human intel unit unveils one of Jewish state’s most important assets in an unspecified Arab state, a spy known as ‘Torpedo,’ including details of his remarkable recruitment

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Outed CIA operative Valerie Plame recalls Jewish roots in campaign ad

It’s the turnout, stupid!

If Tuesday’s election leaves Netanyahu and the right in charge it will be because of Israeli Arabs and lazy leftists

Elchanan Poupko

You think forgiving an enemy is hard? Try forgiving a friend

The worst kind of betrayals are from those who are close to us; the simple and profound lesson is: Be kind (Ki Teitzei)

Debra Orenstein

Top ten ways to prepare for the High Holidays

Rosh Hashanah is around the corner: Start cooking, learning, healing, setting spiritual goals, or just doing nothing

Dexter Van Zile

Once upon a time in our time

Despite an historic rejection of anti-Semitism, Christians remain hostile toward Jewish power, success and happiness

An illustration of the sports center that will be part of Israel's new rehab hospital in the ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran 2007 village (ALEH)

Cutting-edge rehab center takes root in Negev Desert oasis for the disabled

By Shoshanna Solomon

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on September 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Trump warns Iran on uranium enrichment, but open to lifting sanctions

By AFP

US president says he believes Tehran wants a new deal as economic pressure is ‘getting tougher and tougher’; Rouhani tells Macron talks ‘meaningless’ unless sanctions eased

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on September 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Trump mulls $15b bailout plan for Iran if complies with nuclear deal – report

By ToI Staff and AFP

US President Donald Trump, with First Lady Melania Trump, speaks to the press in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on September 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Trump said to mull easing Iran sanctions to secure Rouhani meeting

Participants on the British chief rabbi's Ben Azzai program play with Indian orphaned boys during a trip to Kolkata in December 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

In India, young British Jews struggle to avoid ‘poorism,’ learn how to help

By Judah Ari Gross

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Archimandrite Tikhon, head of the Russian Orthodox mission in Jerusalem, and Jordan's Prince Ghazi, visits the Jordan River at the official baptism site of Jesus in the Jordan Valley during a visit to the holy Christian site, February 13, 2007. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

Ahead of Sochi trip, Russia scolds Netanyahu over Jordan Valley annexation vow

By AFP and ToI Staff

Moscow says move could lead to a ‘sharp escalation of tensions’ in the Middle East, harm chances for peace

Amman warns Jordan Valley annexation pledge puts peace treaty ‘at stake’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Saudis call emergency summit after Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley sovereignty pledge

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hezbollah blames Gulf states for Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley sovereignty plan

By AFP

Peter Jacobson portrays a rabbi and Alexa Nisenson plays a girl who seeks shelter at his synagogue in 'Fear the Walking Dead.' (AMC/via JTA)

Taking sanctuary

On ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ zombies attack my childhood synagogue

By David A.M. Wilensky

More Headlines

Illustrative: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist organization's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (AP)

In 9/11 speech, al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks on Israel, West

By AP

The 9/11 Living Memorial Monument in Jerusalem is the scene of an annual commemoration. (Haim Versano via JTA)

Israeli families commemorate loved ones lost on 9/11

Tiny 500,000-year-old flake from Revadim site: reconstruction of hand-grip during use. (Dr. Flavia Venditti and Prof. Ran Barkai/Tel Aviv University)

ArchaeologyDainty 500,000-year-old blades show man used finesse to chow down on elephants

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/POOL/AFP)

Poll: 25% of Arab Israelis think Netanyahu should be prime minister

By Amir Ben-David

View of the oil refineries in Haifa Bay, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90/File)

Ex-chief scientist: Bid to cut emissions regulations could endanger lives

Joel C. Rosenberg, left, is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 10, 2019 (courtesy Saudi Embassy in Washington)

US-Israeli Christian leader discusses peace process with Saudi crown prince

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative photo of security prisoners in an Israeli prison (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

23 security prisoners put in solitary confinement for hunger strike threat

The family of Avraham Abera Mengistu protests near the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, June 26, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Abbas meets family of Israeli held in Gaza, offers to help

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent of Vermont, speaks during the National Education Association Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum, July 5, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

How the Holocaust shaped Bernie Sanders’s politics

By Eric Cortellessa

House of Arches, one of the Eclectic Style buildings being toured during Tel Aviv's upcoming Houses from Within weekend, September 19-21, 2019 (Courtesy Amit Giron)

Houses from WithinIt’s all about Bauhaus at this year’s open house tours in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

A man verbally assaults a gay Jewish activist in New York City. (Twitter screenshot via JTA)

Subway stranger demands NY gay Jewish activist remove his pink kippa

Illustrative: One of five Netzah Yehuda soldiers convicted of beating two Palestinian detainees arrives for a court hearing at the Jaffa Military Court, on January 10, 2019. (Flash90)

Ex-military policemen charged after their informant apparently commits suicide

By Judah Ari Gross

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