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What Matters Most On Friday, September 2, 2022

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The painting at center, 'The Rape of Tamar,' was sold by a Jewish family under duress in Germany in the 1930s. Seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, August 20, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

ToI investigates

New York law on Nazi-looted art aims to shine light on lesser-known Holocaust evil

Amid widespread ignorance about genocide, state law requiring museums to label plundered art will inform public and pressure museums, but implementation remains unclear

Israeli soldiers and police officers are seen at the scene of a stabbing attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, September 2, 2022 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Israeli soldier stabbed near Hebron, moderately hurt; attacker shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Attacker emerged from a taxi and pulled a knife out of a plastic bag; clashes erupt at scene near West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba

Featured Image: Elisha Yered, leading activist of the illegal settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, stands amid the ruins even as activists in the background rebuild the razed homes, August 16, 2022. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

'If they destroy it again we'll build again, even 100 times'

Raze, rebuild, repeat: The relentless settlers of Ramat Migron

By Jeremy Sharon

The illegal outpost has been torn down again and again, but activists and residents, aided by goats and MKs, refuse to quit their quest to seize and settle as much land as they can

Weeping relatives of the Munich massacre arrive at the Lod Airport for a memorial service, ahead of the funeral processions at local cemeteries, September 1972. (Government Press Office)

Germany confirms $28 million settlement with families of Munich massacre victims

Berlin to also acknowledge failures made during terror attack at 1972 Olympics, as part of deal reached with relatives of slain Israelis after initial compensation offer rejected

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, which killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)

Inside storyWrath of God: How Israel’s response to Munich murders molded targeted killing policy

By Guillaume LAVALLÉE

A member of the terrorist group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where they held members of the Israeli team hostage in Munich, September 5, 1972. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)

‘The hostages are dead’: How Munich Olympics massacre was reported 50 years ago

By Pascale Juilliard

German soldiers search rubble in Westerplatte for Polish survivors in Danzig, Poland on September 2, 1939. (AP Photo)

Germany rebuffs Polish demand for huge WWII reparations: ‘Issue is closed’

By Bernard OSSER

Berlin points to 1953 decision by Warsaw to renounce claims against East Germany; Polish opposition parties dismiss government’s claim as a domestic political ploy

President Isaac Herzog speaks at Lohn Manor, the official estate of the Swiss Federal Council, outside Bern, August 29, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

After families reach compensation deal, Herzog to attend Munich massacre memorial

By ToI Staff and AP

A US Air Force Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling plane connects to a F-35 fighter jet over California, January 22, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

US inks deal to sell Israel 4 refueling planes needed for potential Iran strike

By Emanuel Fabian

Boeing KC-46’s to arrive in 2025 at the earliest; deal to cost Israel nearly $1 billion, with funds coming from military aid Washington provides to Jerusalem

In this Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo made available by US Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to US military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. (US Navy via AP)

Iran briefly seizes two US Navy drone vessels in Red Sea

By AFP

Illustrative: A dark plume of smoke rises up from a main oil refinery south of Tehran, Iran, June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Explosion rocks key oil refinery in southwest Iran

By AFP

US says Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal ‘not constructive’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Washington confirms draft pact to revive JCPOA sent via EU mediators, will study it and respond, after Tehran said its reply was ‘constructive’

Iranian women form a human chain at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility in support of Iran's nuclear program, outside the city of Isfahan, south of the capital Tehran, Aug. 16, 2005, (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow, August 31, 2022. (Maxim Shemetov / Pool / AFP)

Iran says ‘constructive’ response sent to US nuclear deal proposal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Legislated uncertainty

To be human is to have questions – they drive creativity and curiosity, and are the cornerstone of humility. Plus, they’re built into the system. (Shofetim)

Kenneth S. Stern

Yes it may hurt, but campus groups have the right to exclude Zionists

Universities should set a tone of inclusion and remind students of the importance of academic freedom, but they must let them define their politics

Invited by Zionists: Egyptian teachers in Mandatory Palestine

Some tensions between Arabs and Jews were already palpable in educators’ exchange visits in 1926, but their interactions also suggest a path to peace

The Straw Hat Riots

Who would have quelled the September attacks against those donning summer head attire if not the police? We’re lucky the Torah commands a police force (Shofetim)

Russia said to tell Iran to leave Syrian sites amid rise in apparent Israeli strikes

By Emanuel Fabian

Saudi-owned paper quotes Syrian officials as saying Moscow ordered Iran to leave bases in areas Russia sees as important, as it seeks stability

File: A fire is seen after an alleged airstrike near the Syrian city of Masyaf, on August 25, 2022. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

This satellite photo released by Planet Labs PBC shows the damage after an Israeli strike targeted the Aleppo International Airport, September 1, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite image shows damage to Aleppo airport after reported Israeli raid

By Emanuel Fabian

Then Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to reporters in Damascus, Syria, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria warns Israel ‘playing with fire’ after alleged nighttime airstrikes

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Underage TikToker running for Knesset eyes groundswell of support for protest party

Fiery Youth leader Hadar Muchtar, 20, is leading a grassroots campaign harnessing anger over cost of living and state of politics, despite being too young to be elected herself

Hadar Muchtar, seen in a video posted to social media. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Likud MK David Amsalem attends a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Likud MK says if party wins election he’ll reform ‘crooked’ judiciary, replace AG

By Alexander Fulbright

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former activist claims Liberman offered him $100,000 to kill a cop; he vows to sue

Illustrative: Keshet high school students take an examination in Jerusalem on May 20, 2019 (Courtesy Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: What back to school looks like for two Israeli teachers

Educators from Jerusalem’s Hartman and Keshet schools talk about their students and classrooms

Making sandwiches for kids in need at Nevet, which is currently launching a campaign for the 2022-2023 school year. (Courtesy: Nevet)

Two local charities care for kids with sandwiches and school supplies

By Jessica Steinberg

Edmond J. Safra, at age 16, eating breakfast in Geneva in 1948. As a teenager in the late 1940s, he lived out of hotels and conducted business for his father in Europe. (Edmond J. Safra Foundation)

Interview'He could sleep at night knowing loans were guaranteed'

New biography delves into mysterious backstory of billionaire banker Edmond J. Safra

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Few truly knew the private Safra, who died tragically after scaling up his family’s small Beirut business into a hugely successful global financial operation on four continents

Composite image shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right. (AP/Andrew Kravchenko, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

After first call with Lapid, Zelensky says expects Israel to join Russia sanctions

By Sara Serfaty and ToI Staff

Ukrainian leader also seeks ‘practical assistance’ for war effort; Lapid highlights support for war-torn nation, warns again against visiting Uman for Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage

Fighting rages near Russian-held nuclear plant in Ukraine as IAEA visits

By YESICA FISCH

Ukraine children return to studies amid the sound of war

By Thibault MARCHAND

UN team says Ukraine nuclear plant has been ‘violated,’ will stay on site

By AFP

Interview

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Cost of living can be solved by right-wing economics ‘with humane face,’ says key MK

Alex Kushnir, the Yisrael Beytenu MK who chairs the Knesset Finance Committee — overseeing the budget, taxes, customs and banking — discusses economic inequalities and solutions

Alex Kushnir, head of the Finance Committee, leads a meeting in the Knesset, February 28, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pro-Palestinian YouTuber called antisemitic for video baiting Haredi Jews on Israel

Abdullah Almasmari’s bid to get ultra-Orthodox in NYC to answer for allegations against Israel draws widespread criticism; Hasid who shrugged him off hailed as ‘expert level troll’

Abdulla Almasmari, otherwise known as YouTuber Dulla Mulla, left, interviewing Orthodox men in Brooklyn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in a video deemed antisemitic. (Screen capture: YouTube)

An aerial view shows the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kafr Aqab near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on August 29, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

‘It’s a jungle’: Jerusalem neighborhood across security barrier racked by anarchy

By Majeda El Batsh and Claire Gounon

Resident whose husband was shot dead says ‘there is no authority, no police, no law’ in Kafr Aqab, a no man’s land caught between Jerusalem municipality and Palestinian Authority

US President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, September 1, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Biden warns ‘democracy under assault’ from pro-Trump extremists

By Zeke Miller and Josh Boak

President sounds alarm against MAGA Republicans as he looks to reframe midterms as fight for America’s soul, in sharp shift from unifying messages at start of presidency

A photo contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on August 30, 2022, shows documents seized during the August 8 search by the FBI of former president Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Department of Justice via AP)

Trump, US government lock horns in court over seized secret files

By Marco Bello and Frankie TAGGART

New beach resort in Zanzibar, August 2022 (courtesy RM Group)

As tropical Zanzibar eyes a comeback, Israeli investors see a paradise in the making

By Danielle Nagler

Asset management fund focusing on real estate is putting a big chunk of money into the Tanzanian archipelago, betting its brilliant beaches will be the next big tourist destination

Housing snapshot: Apartment sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

Number of mortgage loans down, as average borrowing goes up

By Danielle Nagler

More Headlines

This still image taken from a video provided by Television Publica Argentina shows a man pointing a gun at Argentina´s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during an event in front of her home in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Television Publica Argentina via AP)

Man holds gun to head of Argentine VP in apparent failed assassination attempt

By Debora Rey and Almudena Calatrava

Head of the endocrinology department at the University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Nelly Pitteloud poses in Lausanne, ahead of the publication of a study in Science academic journal, in collaboration with a team from Inserm (within the Lille neuroscience and cognition laboratory), on September 1, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

Study: New treatment increases cognitive function in Down Syndrome patients

By Isabelle TOURNÉ and Daniel Lawler

A suspect stabbing a woman with a broken glass bottle at a gas station in Rishon Lezion, central Israel, August 29, 2022. (Screen capture/Israel Police)

Gas station shopkeeper accused of stabbing woman after she asked to warm up coffee

Judge Elizabeth Scherer holds up documents as she considers arguments from the defense that the jury should be prevented from seeing the swastikas on the pages (circled in red) during the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Judge allows jury to view swastikas drawn by Florida school shooter

By TERRY SPENCER

Illustrative photo of a motorcycle after an accident (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Motorcyclist killed in crash on northern highway; man hurt by Jerusalem light rail

French soldiers on patrol after an incident at the police headquarters in Paris, October 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

France warns of elevated terror attack threat by jihadists from Iraq, Syria

By AP

Illustrative: In this image released on July 15, 2022, by the Iranian Army, an Iranian warship carries drones during a drill in the Indian Ocean. (Iranian Army via AP)

Iranian navy reports thwarting pirate attack on merchant ship in Red Sea

By AFP

Taliban fighters block a road after a blast during Friday prayers at the Gazargah mosque, in Afghanistan's western city of Herat on September 2, 2022. (AFP)

Senior cleric among 18 killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan’s Herat

By AP

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Oil Company Lukoil Ravil Maganov attends an awarding ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 21, 2019. (Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Chair of Russian oil company that criticized invasion dies in unclear circumstances

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, left, with his lawyer Daniel Kinzer arrives at a courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, August 29, 2022. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

‘I never corrupted anyone,’ Israeli diamond magnate tells Swiss court

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