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What Matters Most On Monday, September 27, 2021

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses leaders of the North American Jewish community, hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America, in New York on September 27, 2021 (Facebook screenshot)

Live updates (closed)

Bennett tells US Jewish leaders his diverse coalition is working ‘and beautiful’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

After 1st speech to General Assembly, in which he didn’t mention Palestinians, PM also meets UN chief, discusses peace process

7:03 pm

Israel's Erdan warns of 'growing voices' in US that threaten Jewish community
6:37 pm

Bennett to US Jews: I'd like to import your ability to listen
6:24 pm

Bennett tells US Jewish leaders his diverse coalition is working, and 'it's beautiful'

Speech

Full text of Bennett’s UN speech: Iran’s nuclear program at a ‘watershed moment’

In first speech at General Assembly, PM brands Iran president ‘the Butcher of Tehran,’ hails US ally and Abraham Accords, says his coalition drove Israel from ‘cliff… to safety’

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2021, at UN headquarters in New York. (John Minchillo/Pool/AFP)

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks to a group of American Jewish community leaders in New York, on June 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)

Israeli ambassador says world mulling ‘plan B’ to stop Iran’s nuclear program

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) meets with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalifa al-Marar, (R) and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani (L) at his hotel in New York on Sunday evening. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Bennett tells UAE, Bahrain ministers: Jordan and Egypt are ‘delighted’ with ties

By Lazar Berman

Meeting with senior Gulf officials in New York ahead of his UN speech, prime minister promises stability and continuity in relations; UAE expects trade to top $1 billion this year

Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, a press conference in Moscow, Russia, July 12, 2021. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Sudanese FM downplays Israel ties, says no plans for Israeli embassy in Khartoum

US President Joe Biden (right) meets with then-prime minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2021. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Exclusive

Bennett tells settlers he said no 3 times to Biden, on Iran, consulate, building

By Shalom Yerushalmi

At recent meeting, PM assured settler leaders he won’t bend to American pressure to rein in construction in West Bank, said he resisted specific US request related to Tehran

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett to urge action on Iran in UN speech, won’t focus on Palestinians — aide

By Lazar Berman

The alleged Karaj centrifuge parts plant near Karaj, Iran, seen in a photo posted online by Google user Edward Majnoonian, in May 2019. (Screenshot/Google Maps)

EU, US urge Iran to let nuclear watchdog access site allegedly struck by Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian ambassador to IAEA denies Tehran blocking UN inspectors from Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing facility in violation of recent agreement

Revolutionary Guard troops attend a military parade marking the 39th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says 2 members killed in fire near Tehran

By AP

The alleged Karaj centrifuge parts plant near Karaj, Iran, seen in a photo posted online by Google user Edward Majnoonian, in May 2019. (Screenshot/Google Maps)

IAEA: Violating deal, Iran denies access to site it says was sabotaged by Israel

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Hamas cell hit in West Bank raids planned massive Jerusalem terror attack – TV

By Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross

Well-organized network was reportedly planning a series of kidnappings and murders across the country

Palestinians gather at the site where three Hamas members were killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Beit Anan, in northwest Jerusalem on September 26, 2021. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

A Border Police vehicle damaged in clashes outside the West Bank city of Nablus while escorting Jewish pilgrims early on September 27, 2021 (Israel Police)

Two Israeli soldiers lightly hurt in clashes near West Bank shrine

Analysis

Baghdad is not about to make peace, but Israel can back Iraqis’ right to dissent

Furious official reaction to normalization conference was predictable, as Abraham Accords have yet to attract new members after Trump-Netanyahu era

Iraqis attend a conference of peace and reclamation organized by US think tank Center for Peace Communications in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous region, on September 24, 2021. (Safin Hamed/AFP)

Iraqis attend a conference of peace and reclamation organized by US think tank Center for Peace Communications in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous region, on September 24, 2021. (Safin Hamed/AFP)

US military official distances himself from Iraq event urging ties with Israel

Muqtada Haider turns the switches to transfer electricity to private homes in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, September 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Shadow contracts and corruption keep the lights out in Iraq

By SAMYA KULLAB

Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister and SPD candidate for Chancellor, waves during the election party at Willy Brandt House in Berlin, September 26, 2021. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)

Social Democrats narrowly beat out Merkel’s bloc in German elections

By Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson

Merkel stays on in a caretaker role until a successor is sworn in; Greens and pro-business Free Democrats will likely determine who forms next ruling coalition

Voters stand in front of a European, German and Berlin flag at a polling station to cast their votes in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. German elect a new national parliament. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP)

Germany heads into unknown as rivals scramble to lead next government

By Michelle Fitzpatrick

Marcel Goldhammer visits the Acorpolis in Athens, Greece, in 2015. (Courtesy of Goldhammer)

Former IDF soldier on far-right German list fails to win parliament seat

By ToI Staff and Agencies

ToI Podcast

Daily Briefing Sept. 27 – Behind the scenes of the Iron Dome vote

US correspondent Jacob Magid on Thursday’s vote and Bennett’s upcoming Monday speech to the Jewish Federations, and Jessica Steinberg on shmitta customs this year

Shemini Atzeret: The holiday of follow-through

After the seasonal emotional roller coaster that takes us from self-critical introspection to unbridled joy, we must transition back to regular life – with care

Menachem Bombach

Thou shalt love your child who leaves religion

Just as God accepts us regardless of our weaknesses, so must we ultra-Orthodox accept our children when they choose a different way of life for themselves

'Our parents struggled to recover it and we're continuing'

Family’s battle to recover Nazi-looted art paints auction house into a corner

By Robert Philpot

Vienna-based seller im Kinksy is at the center of a dispute between grandchildren of a couple murdered in the Holocaust and a 2008 buyer whose anonymity it is sworn to maintain

Rasha Muklasha, who was allegedly murdered by her son Muad Hib on August 5, 2021 (Israel Police)

Man charged with murdering his mother because she converted to Christianity

Indictment says 27-year-old Muad Hib from Zarzir hid 46-year-old Rasha Muklasha’s corpse near the Jordan River last month

A medic administers a COVID-19 rapid antigen test at a Magen David Adom testing center in Jerusalem, on September 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Coronavirus cabinet to convene Sunday, for first time in month

Bennett to oppose fresh restrictions and limits on gatherings; since high-level forum last met in late-August, over 600 have died of COVID

Kids at a school in Tel Aviv hold up antigen coronavirus testing kits, on August 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Children recovered from COVID exempted from antigen tests when schools resume

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, in Portage, Michigan, February 19, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Pfizer CEO: Vaccine data on ages 5-11 to be filed in days for FDA approval

By AP and ToI Staff

Zebulon Simantov (right), Afghanistan's last Jew, seen with one of his rescuers, after fleeing to a neighboring country. (Screenshot/Kan)

Last Jew to leave Afghanistan divorces wife after refusing for over 20 years

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Zebulon Simantov, 62, grants a ‘get’ in a Zoom conversation with Sydney- and Istanbul-based rabbis, businessman who organized his rescue

Tomer Bar picked as next head of the Israeli Air Force

By Judah Ari Gross

In coming months, Bar will replace Amikam Norkin, who’s served in the role since 2017; four other promotions announced for the IDF General Staff

Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar at a ceremony at the Rabin military base, on June 20, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF disabled veteran Itzik Saidyan. (Facebook)

Army vet with PTSD wakes from coma 5 months after setting himself on fire

Palestinian media publicizes the personal information of the incoming Shin Bet chief, redacted here (screenshot)

‘Wanted’: Palestinian media leaks photo, address of incoming Shin Bet chief

More Headlines

An oil tanker docks at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company port in Eilat in southern Israel, on May 4, 2021. (Shmulik Taggar)

Environment Ministry limits tankers allowed into Eilat under UAE pipeline deal

Walking across a hanging bridge in the Tower of David Museum ropes course, open in August 2021. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Man seriously injured in fall at Jerusalem’s Tower of David

Protesters against an oil deal with an Israeli -UAE consortium demonstrate outside Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's house in Ramat Aviv on September 25, 2021. (Coalition Against the EAPC deal)

Israelis take to streets, bridges to protest secret UAE oil deal

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is greeted by supporters near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, on June 3, 2016. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Israel releases senior PFLP member Khalida Jarrar after 2 years in prison

By Aaron Boxerman

A resident passes next to a damaged Greek Orthodox chapel after a strong earthquake in Arcalochori village on the southern island of Crete, Greece, on September 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Harry Nikos)

Strong quake hits Greek island of Crete; 1 dead, 9 injured

By Elena Becatoros

Israelis wear protective face masks in Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv, on August 17, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli unemployment rate dips slightly but still well above pre-pandemic level

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in Tunisia's capital Tunis, on September 26, 2021, against President Kais Saied's recent steps to tighten his grip on power. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)

2,000 Tunisians rally against president’s ‘coup’ after power grab

By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri

Illustrative: Israelis wear protective face masks near the Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv, on October 25, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Tel Aviv slips to 7th place in annual list of best global tech ecosystems

By Ricky Ben-David

IDF Major Keren Hajioff (via Twitter)

Bennett appoints Keren Hajioff as international spokesperson

In this file photo taken on September 26, 2020, Sudan's Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks during the opening session of the First National Economic Conference in the capital Khartoum. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP)

Chief of Sudan’s ruling body pledges reforms to army following attempted coup

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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