UN SPEECH 

Prime Minister Yair Lapid came out in support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, saying Israel had only one condition – “That a future Palestinian state will be a peaceful one. That it will not become another terror base from which to threaten the well-being and the very existence of Israel.” In response, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu accused Lapid of “endangering” Israel’s future by renewing the discussion of Palestinian statehood. “Lapid is bringing the Palestinians back to the forefront of the world stage and putting Israel right into the Palestinian hole,” Netanyahu said.

HOLON ATTACK 

Shulamit Rachel Ovadia, 84, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in Holon on September 20. After an extensive manhunt, the terrorist was found dead after he hanged himself in central Tel Aviv the next day. Police identified him as Musa Sarsur, 28, from Kalkilya and said he had a valid permit to work in Israel although he had been detained twice in the previous two weeks by police officers. On September 28, the IDF said soldiers killed four Palestinian gunmen in a raid on the Jenin refugee camp. Two of them had been responsible for a series of shooting attacks in recent months, and had been planning “more significant attacks in the future.” The army said the wanted gunmen detonated a large bomb as troops were about to enter a home, but there were no Israeli casualties.