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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 20, 2023

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Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press conference at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Longest wait for president to meet a new-term PM since 1964

Biden to push Netanyahu on concessions for Palestinians in bid to boost Saudi deal

As he readies for meeting with US president on UN sidelines, PM constrained by far-right partners and expected to try to limit gestures to economic aid for PA, official says

US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP)

Biden: Israel normalization delivering results amid ‘tireless’ 2-state solution push

By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

US Jewish leaders push Biden to include moves toward 2 states in Saudi normalization

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

File: Benjamin Netanyahu (right) during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP/File)

Live updates (closed)

Saudi crown prince: Israel and Saudi Arabia moving closer to normalization ‘every day’

Mohamed Bin Salman makes comments to Fox News, while stressing Palestinian issue is important; his remarks come as Netanyahu and Biden also talk up potential deal

8:07 pm

Senior US official: Netanyahu understands he'll 'have to do some very hard things' for Saudi deal
7:37 pm

MBS says Israel and Saudi Arabia moving closer to normalization 'every day'
6:31 pm

EU says diplomats harassed by settlers during West Bank tour

In a video clip released September 19, 2023, Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech addresses a fundraising event on behalf of Amiram Ben Uliel, a Jewish extremist convicted of killing three members of the Palestinian Dawabshe family in a 2015 firebombing (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Far-right coalition MK calls Israeli killer of Palestinian family ‘holy righteous man’

By Alexander Fulbright

Limor Son Har-Melech claims innocence of Amiram Ben Uliel, who is serving life for 2015 arson attack, says at fundraiser for him that he’s ‘suffering for all the people of Israel’

Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Bat Yam man convicted over 2021 mob assault on Arab driver

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Netanyahu discusses potential Saudi deal in first known meeting with Erdogan

By Lazar Berman

Sitting down on UN General Assembly sidelines, leaders agree to arrange mutual visits; Erdogan is looking to tour Al-Aqsa Mosque soon, to mark 100th anniversary of Turkish Republic

Old world map without Ukraine nearly derails meet before start

PM holds ‘friendly’ UN sidelines meet with Zelensky against backdrop of tensions

By Lazar Berman

Netanyahu vows to maintain humanitarian aid to Ukraine, but doesn’t respond to request for missile defense help, a sticking point for Kyiv; also meets leaders of Germany, Paraguay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky meet on the UN General Assembly sidelines on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid speaks to the press ahead of his Yesh Atid party's parliamentary faction meeting in Tel Aviv, September 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

'We are approaching a violent, multi-front confrontation'

Lapid: Netanyahu has ‘lost control of his ministers,’ is a threat to security

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Opposition Leader says PM’s coalition partners ‘each pursue their own dangerous policies,’ exacerbating security woes at critical time

President Isaac Herzog at an award ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

At Selichot event, Herzog urges forgiveness and unity to overcome national crisis

Hundreds protest overhaul in New York as Netanyahu meets with world leaders

Israelis from an array of protest groups gather in Times Square and outside PM’s hotel after he arrives for UN General Assembly, meeting with Biden

Israelis protest the judicial overhaul in New York City's Times Square as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the city to meet with world leaders at the UN's General Assembly, September 19, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ehud Barak warns some overhaul opponents could die but predicts no civil war

ToI Presents

Webinar: Diaspora Jews & Israel’s judicial overhaul: Differing stances

REGISTER NOW: Join former United States ambassador to Israel David Friedman, former MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh and Prof. Gil Troy on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Israel / 12 p.m. ET. Hosted by ToI’s Amanda Borschel-Dan.

My prime minister accused me of siding with Iran

Netanyahu should learn from Mandela’s generous leadership, when it comes to handling those who oppose him

Abdulaziz Alkhamis

Abbas holds onto the past as the Palestinian future slips away

His controversial remarks have damaged the image of Palestinians on the world stage and hindered potential peace efforts

Illustrative: Female soldiers during training, in an undated photography published by the military on June 7, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF to open its top commando unit to female recruits for first time

By Emanuel Fabian

Starting in late 2024, women can try out for Sayeret Matkal; pilot scheme also to open in elite mobility unit; chief of staff sees low chance of program starting in Armored Corps

UN security briefly holds Erdan outside chamber after protest

Addressing UN, Iran president calls on US to show ‘goodwill’ and revive nuclear deal

By ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid

Raisi also accuses Washington of worsening Ukraine war; Israeli envoy stages walkout for second straight year, holding sign reading, ‘Iranian women deserve freedom now’

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi holds up a Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, September 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran MPs advance bill to toughen penalties for women who violate Islamic dress code

By AFP

'In South Africa as well, the whites eventually lost'

Arguing overhaul still ‘good,’ Likud minister likens opponents to apartheid regime

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Breaking with remarks made by Netanyahu a day earlier, David Amsalem says judicial shakeup ‘critical’ and Levin’s initial far-reaching package of proposals is only ‘the beginning’

Minister David Amsalem at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In the streets of Uman, a day after Rosh Hashanah, September 18, 2023 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 20: A minister’s outburst; Uman, not just for adults; PM in US

Ron Cobi, a former mayor of Tiberias and a candidate for the job, stands atop a hill overlooking his city in Israel on August 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

'This city has received a shot of adrenaline'

Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash

By Canaan Lidor

Haredi and secularist extremism, as well as the alleged involvement of a former politician with a criminal record, are muddying the lakeside city’s political waters

Israeli troops operate in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp in the West Bank, early March 6, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

Troops arrest 12 suspects, seize weapons in overnight ops

Palestinian killed during clashes with IDF near Jericho, bringing daily toll to 6

PA health ministry reports death of 19-year-old from Aqabat Jabr, where Israeli forces have carried out numerous raids since February terror shooting by resident of camp

Smoke rises following a reported Israeli strike in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, September 19, 2023. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

4 Palestinians killed during clashes with IDF in Jenin refugee camp

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian rioters clash with Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 19, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Palestinians say 1 killed by Israeli forces during rioting on Gaza border

By Emanuel Fabian

'The heart of European Jewry beats in Bavaria'

Orthodox European rabbinical group finds a home in Munich, with new funding

By Canaan Lidor

After decamping post-Brexit UK, the Conference of European Rabbis becomes first major international Jewish group to open its headquarters in Germany since the Holocaust

Pinchas Goldschmidt, the president of the Conference of European Rabbis, affixes a mezuzah to the doorframe of the Centre for Jewish Life in Munich, Germany on September 19, 2023. (CER)

Salt beef sandwich on a bagel from Deli 613 in Dublin. (Courtesy)

Ireland just got its first kosher restaurant in decades and it’s getting rave reviews

Author Mike Rothschild and his new book, 'Jewish Space Lasers.' (Terican Adkins)

InterviewIt's 'not just another travelogue of Jewish suffering'

A Rothschild wrote a book about antisemitic Rothschild conspiracy theories

In ‘Jewish Space Lasers,’ journalist Mike Rothschild – no relation – plumbs 200 years of outlandish and harmful material to try and discover how one family became an unending target

This handout photo from September 19 2023, shows stoneware found at an ancient stonemasonry workshop discovered during work to a highway in the West Bank near Jerusalem. Civil Administration)

Archaeologists find ancient stonemason’s workshop in Jerusalem outskirts

Defense Ministry unit that uncovered site, which includes several adjacent quarries, says it likely was a ‘center for quarrying, production and distribution of stoneware’

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This composite image made from pictures sent out by the Shin Bet on September 20, 2023, show Arafat Natash and Muhammad Abu Awwad, who the security agency accused of orchestrating an attempt to smuggle explosive material out of the Gaza Strip on behalf of Hamas. (Shin Bet)

Shin Bet accuses Hamas of recent attempt to smuggle explosive material from Gaza

Founders of cybersecurity startup Legit Security (right to left): Liav Caspi, Roni Fuchs, and Lior Barak. (Omer Hacohen)

Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup raises $40m to help mitigate threats to AI apps

By Sharon Wrobel

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank, September 30, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

IDF officer given 10 days in military prison over shooting of Palestinian motorist

By AP and ToI Staff

In this photo taken from video released by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan on September 20, 2023, smoke rises over an area which Azerbaijan says hosts Armenian forces' positions in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. (Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan via AP)

Azerbaijan halts operation in breakaway region as Armenian separatists vow to disarm

By AFP and ToI Staff

Palestine's Ataa Jaber (R) and Indonesia's Asnawi Mangkualam Bahar fight for the ball during the international friendly football match between Indonesia and Palestine at Gelora Bung Tomo stadium in Surabaya on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)

Israeli captain playing for the Palestinians: ‘Can’t separate politics from sports’

By Gianluca Pacchiani

An illustrative photo of a hacking concept. (Sergey Shulgin on iStock via Getty Images)

US cyber giant CrowdStrike snaps up Israeli-founded cloud security startup Bionic

By Sharon Wrobel

MK Ahmad Tibi, right, during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Arab MK includes Israeli boy killed by Gaza fire in montage of slain Palestinian kids

The entrance to Tuba-Zangariyye, northern Israel, on January 10, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Man shot dead in Tuba-Zangariyye, taking Arab community toll to 176 this year

A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of "The Diary of Anne Frank," by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris on September 18, 2017. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students

By Andrew Lapin

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria’s Assad to visit China as Beijing boosts reach in Mideast

By Albert Aji and BASSEM MROUE

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