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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett strolls down 5th Avenue in Manhattan on September 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)

Reporter's notebook

For Bennett, Sukkot in NYC is a time to stroll down memory lane, and 5th Ave.

PM and his massive security entourage walk 25 blocks through midtown after celebrating Shemini Atzeret festival at the synagogue that welcomed him and his wife two decades ago

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool)

Analysis

Neglecting Palestinians at UN, Bennett hopes that those who matter don’t mind

PM believes Biden, friendly Arab leaders understand peace negotiations are currently not feasible and won’t press him, while left-wing of his coalition lacks real influence

AnalysisSpeaking to a world demanding global action, a tepid Bennett misses opportunity

By Lazar Berman

People take pictures in the Israel pavilion during a media tour ahead of the opening of the Dubai Expo 2020 in the Gulf Emirate on September 27, 2021 (AFP)

‘Very happy to be here’: Israel readies its pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai fair

By AFP

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)

Iranian nuclear program at a 'watershed moment' -- PM

At UN, Bennett hints at action on Iran: ‘Words don’t stop centrifuges spinning’

By Lazar Berman

In first address to General Assembly, PM says Israel ‘pioneered’ COVID booster shots, hails his government as model for ‘debate without hate’; no mention of Palestinians

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

Iran dismisses Bennett’s UN speech as ‘full of lies’

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Mohammad Eslami, walks in the presidency compound, April 7, 2021, in Tehran, Iran (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran spurns calls to allow inspection of nuclear site allegedly struck by Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Op-Ed

Netanyahu the elephant in Bennett’s UN room, even when it comes to Palestinians

The new prime minister’s maiden address to the General Assembly was marked by two glaring omissions, both of them carefully planned, neither of them particularly wise

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

In this photo provided provided by his office, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the UN General Assembly on September 27, 2021, at UN headquarters in New York. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Empty speech to empty hall: Bennett UN address mocked by Likud, rapped by Meretz

Analysis

In warm, empathetic talk to US Jews, Bennett sounds very different to Netanyahu

Israel’s new leader embarks on a charm offensive with community leaders, seeks points of commonality, is rewarded with laughs and warm applause

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks to American Jewish leaders in New York City on Sept. 27, 2021. (Courtesy of the Jewish Federations of North America/Sara Naomi Lewkowicz)

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)

Bennett focuses on Jewish, Israeli unity in address to US Jewish leaders

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

A sign at the entrance to a shop in Jerusalem, allowing entry to Green Pass holders only, and regulations concerning masks, social distancing, on August 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Over 1 million Israelis who haven’t had 3rd dose to lose Green Pass on Sunday

Many won’t be able to access certain public places and gatherings without a negative virus test after policy change requiring booster shot six months after 2nd COVID-19 vaccine

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

Bennett jabs at experts over COVID approach: ‘They don’t see the full picture’

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

InterviewWhen the Gestapo caught her, she had a ticket back to the US

A courageous American woman led the largest resistance group in Nazi Germany

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In the bestseller ‘All The Frequent Troubles of Our Days,’ author Rebecca Donner recounts the true story of her great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack, who gave her life to fight fascism

Former Nazi death camp secretary, 96, faces landmark trial in Germany

By Yannick Pasquet and Sebastien ASH

Ruth Abusch Magder

Like America, Genesis has 2 creation stories. Simchat Torah lets us tell them both.

Jews know how to hold on to complexity. In the fight over US history — as embodied by the ’1619 Project’ – we need to advocate for teaching both stories

3 ways to reduce the Israeli-Palestinian divide

The conflict is already roiling, so, Bennett’s plans for the status quo notwithstanding, both sides should start exploring just, equitable ways to share the land

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) talks to members of the press in the media centre on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference at The Brighton Centre in Brighton on the south coast of England, on September 27, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

UK Labour members approve motion accusing Israel of ‘ongoing Nakba in Palestine’

Opposition party leader Keir Starmer said set to condemn resolution okayed at annual conference that notes ‘unequivocal’ reports claiming Israel heading toward ‘crime of apartheid’

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer sits on stage during the opening day of the party's annual conference in Brighton, on the south coast of England, September 25, 2021. (Justin Tallis/AFP)

UK Labour approves new review process for antisemitism complaints

By JTA and ToI Staff

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 suggested Biden reopen consulate in Ramallah or Abu Dis, US said no

By Shalom Yerushalmi

PM touts plan similar to that previously proposed by predecessor Netanyahu, but White House demurs

A police officer confiscates an Israeli flag from a woman on the Temple Mount, September 27. 2021. (Video screenshot)

After Israeli flags waved at Temple Mount, Islamic Movement warns of ‘red line’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This photo shows a scene after an Israeli army operation in the West Bank village of Beit Anan near Bidu, in which a number of Hamas gunmen were killed, September 26, 2021 (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Large explosives cache belonging to Hamas cell said found in West Bank town

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi is seen at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, on Sepetmeber 27, 2021. (Video screenshot)

IDF chief says troops hurt in West Bank raid foiled imminent attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

Angry demonstrators carry pictures of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, and chant anti-PA slogans during a rally protesting his death, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian Authority said to arrest main witness in trial for critic’s killing

By Aaron Boxerman

Family says Nizar Banat’s cousin, who alleges seeing Abbas’s security officers beat the PA critic to death, was detained Monday; 14 indicted officers arraigned at Ramallah court

An Israeli receives the COVID-19 vaccine on September 20, 2021 in Jerusalem (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Pfizer submits initial COVID vaccine trial data to FDA for children aged 5-11

By ToI Staff and AP

Pharmaceutical company files information from study involving over 2,000 children; says not yet requesting emergency use authorization, but expected to do so in weeks

Pfizer starts large trial for anti-COVID pill

By AFP

US President Joe Biden receives a COVID-19 booster shot during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden gets booster shot, urges Americans to get vaccinated

A man gets swapped during a nuclei test for COVID-19 in Beijing Sept. 18, 2021 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Explainer

Early research shows even mild COVID-19 impacts brain, but unclear for how long

By jessica bernard

Findings, not yet peer-reviewed, show people infected with coronavirus had a loss of brain volume even when the disease was not severe enough to require hospitalization

Illustrative: Medical personnel move a deceased patient to a refrigerated truck serving as a makeshift morgue at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, April 9, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

COVID causing biggest life expectancy drop since WWII in US and western Europe

Illustrative -- Police officers jog toward an entrance at the Westfield Southcenter Mall after the shopping center was evacuated following a reported shooting, May 1, 2021, in Tukwila, Washington, south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

'This seems to be an errant solution in search of a problem'

After struggle, Seattle won’t bar local police from training with Israeli forces

Council narrowly opposes divisive motion whose lead sponsor calls Israel a human rights abuser; it’s the 3rd such proposal voted down by a US city since May’s Israel-Hamas conflict

94 dead in apparent homicides since beginning of year

Bennett to head panel on killings in Arab community; first meeting on Sunday

By Emanuel Fabian

Deputy police minister Yoav Segalovitz to organize action plan; member of PM’s New York entourage says Shin Bet will be involved

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

Iyad Dabdoub (courtesy)

Arab Israeli shot to death in northern town; another seriously hurt

By Emanuel Fabian

This image captured from the Daily Stormer website shows part of a February 21, 2021, post by Andrew Anglin with instructions on how to send him money via the cryptocurrency Monero. (AP Photo)

'Jews and their minions control the global financial system'

Far-right networks harder to track as they go underground with cryptocurrency

By Erika Kinetz and Lori Hinnant

Lawyer for watchdog says it has grown more difficult to find and stamp out hate groups via the legal system now that they operate with online networks and use virtual money

US Jewish security organization opens command center to monitor antisemitism

More Headlines

First responders are seen the site of the collapse in Kafr Kanna, September 28, 2021. (Magen David Adom)

At least 6 injured, 2 seriously, as wall collapses at Kafr Kanna building site

By Emanuel Fabian

Police find bags of an illegal cannabis synthetic cannabinoid in the Haifa area, on September 26, 2021. (Israel Police)

Haifa man dies after taking illegal synthetic cannabinoid drug; 3 arrested

Olaf Scholz, top candidate for chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), holds a bunch of flowers after a press statement at the party's headquarter in Berlin, Germany, Monday, September 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leunter)

Uncertain start to post-Merkel era after tight German vote

By Geir Moulson

In this January 6, 2021, photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trials over US Capitol riot slowed by case load, COVID-19

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Aleksey Burkov attends an appeals hearing against his extradition to the United States at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, November 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Scammer tied to Naama Issachar case deported from US to Russia — reports

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Illustrative: Explosions are seen in the Syrian town of Salamiyah on June 24 after an airstrike (video screenshot)

Strikes said to target Iran-backed forces in eastern Syria

In this August 5, 2020 photo, a drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla/File)

Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for 2nd time; families allege obstruction

By Hashem Osseiran

A SPYDER surface-to-air missile is fired in a test in an undated photograph. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.)

Czech Republic to procure Israeli-made air defenses to replace old Soviet gear

By AFP and ToI Staff

This image from video made available by Lyonmag.com shows an egg thrown toward French President Emmanuel Macron, left, to hit him on the shoulder as he walks through the restaurant trade fair in Lyon, France, September 27, 2021. (LYONMAG.COM via AP)

Hard boiledFrance’s Macron hit by egg thrown at food trade fair

By AP

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Man dies after he was stabbed in brawl in northern Israel; 2 arrested

By Emanuel Fabian

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