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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 25, 2018

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then education minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) attend an award ceremony hosted by the Trump Foundation, at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, on December 25, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Sources close to Netanyahu double down on allegation

Ex-Likud minister demands PM prove accusations of ‘putsch’ or retract claim

Gideon Sa’ar protests he’s been branded an ‘enemy of the regime,’ likens himself to slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a birthday celebration at his office in Jerusalem on October 24, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershon/GPO)

Netanyahu lambastes ex-Likud minister for alleged plot to oust him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem along with Likud minister and Jerusalem mayoral candidate Ze'ev Elkin on October 24, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewPutsch paranoia: 7 things to know for October 25

By Joshua Davidovich

Actor and director Robert De Niro at the Nobu Shoreditch hotel in London, May 15, 2018, attends a press conference at the hotel's official launch. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Suspicious packages sent to Joe Biden, actor Robert De Niro

By AP and ToI Staff

As wave of bomb threats against prominent Democrats and Trump critics continues, president tweets against ‘mainstream media’

US President Donald Trump at a rally at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on October 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump blames media for ‘anger’ after pipe bombs

An officer keeps watch in front of the Time Warner Building, where NYPD personnel removed an explosive device Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

‘Words matter’: CNN slams Trump, White House after bomb sent to its NYC bureau

By David Bauder

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, speaks during a news conference after touring in the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Why would a bomber try to implicate Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

The high-profile Jewish Democrat was listed as the sender on at least four explosive devices sent to four prominent targets this week

After bomb scares, George Soros’s son says Trump is fueling demonization

By JTA

US bomb threats put spotlight on vitriolic political rhetoric

By Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas

House majority leader deletes tweet saying Soros buying elections

By JTA

Reporter's notebook

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Was there real communication at the 2018 GA? Yes, but not as part of the program

At the close of the three-day conference, TOI’s Jewish World editor reflects on lessons learned, from unexpected sources

US envoy says he’s an ‘unapologetic right-wing defender of Israel’

By Raphael Ahren

Diaspora activists protest at GA to force talk about Israel-Palestinian conflict

By Steven Davidson

Liberal Jewish leaders sound skeptical note on PM’s Western Wall promises

Illustrative: Missiles rise into the sky as Israel hits an air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, May 10, 2018. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Liberman rejects Russian ‘restrictions’ on Israeli strikes in Syria

Defense minister says Jerusalem ‘will not accept’ Moscow’s demands for additional warnings ahead of raids on Iranian and Iran-linked targets

Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 fighter jet. (Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash90)

Russia said demanding more notice before Israeli strikes in Syria

By Alexander Fulbright

Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, center, is driven out of the immigration center in Antakya, Turkey, October 24, 2018. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Freed from Syria, Japanese reporter happy to go home after 3 years in ‘hell’

By Mari Yamaguchi

Mayor of Ashkelon Itamar Shimoni, seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrates Court on January 12, 2016 (Flash90)

Local elections 2018

Out of the interrogation room, into the mayor’s office?

Among the candidates for local leadership in the October 30 elections are officials and ex-officials convicted, indicted, or under criminal investigation

Ze'ev Elkin attends a debate between candidates for the Jerusalem municipal elections, Jerusalem, October 21, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Oligarchs pumping money into Elkin Jerusalem mayoral campaign, filing shows

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (L) speaks with Moshe Lion (R) during a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem day in Ein Lavan spring in Jerusalem on June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Haredi support for Jerusalem mayor candidate said to be part of draft law deal

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative: A picture taken on August 8, 2018, shows an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

After rocket fire, Israeli aircraft bomb Hamas targets in Gaza Strip

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF fires Iron Dome interceptor, but does not hit target; projectile falls in open area of southern Israel; residents rush to bomb shelters after alarms sound

IDF: Iron Dome wasn’t meant to intercept Gaza rocket heading for open field

By Judah Ari Gross

Senior Egyptian intelligence officials hold talks with Hamas in Gaza

Rocket fired from Gaza after week of relative calm

By Judah Ari Gross

Madonna performs in Tel Aviv during her Sticky and Sweet Tour in September 2009. (Amir Meiri/Flash90)

Soul food

Madonna advertises for private chef who cooks kosher

By JTA

Singer offering salary of $142,000 for a culinary artist who can prepare meals for her and her brood of six children

Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump's special representative for international negotiations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 14, 2017. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

US peace envoy to arrive in Israel next week as Trump readies peace plan

By Alexander Fulbright

White House official confirms Jason Greenblatt visit, says it ‘reflects the administration’s commitment to productive engagement’

6:38 pm

US peace envoy to arrive in Israel next week as White House readies peace plan
6:11 pm

Poll: Likud would still be biggest party if Netanyahu rival heads party
5:19 pm

State news agency: 10 Jordanians killed in Dead Sea flash floods

Asaf Zamir, running for mayor in Tel Aviv, speaks to young voters at his campaign headquarters, on October 14, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Analysis

After 10 years in his shadow, Asaf Zamir wants to replace Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai

Deputy mayor, 38, running in long-shot campaign, promises to breathe new life into the city that never sleeps

Taxis in Tel Aviv, known as a 'sherut,' wait to take people to Jerusalem and other cities throughout Israel (Rachael Cerrotti/Flash90)

Days before elections, Tel Aviv mayor unveils public transportation on Shabbat

By Michael Bachner

A hologram image of late Shimon Peres delivers a speech at the Prime Ministers Innovation Summit; October 25, 2018 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Late president Peres delivers hologram message at Israel Innovation Summit

By Shoshanna Solomon

Peres Center for Peace inaugurates its innovation center; as an image of its founder warns that ‘technology without values will endanger humanity’

Jack Ma, Chairman of Ali Express, speaks at the Israel - China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation in at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv, on October 25, 2018.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Alibaba founder says in Israel, innovation is as natural as water

By Shoshanna Solomon

China's Vice President Wang Qishan, right, laughs as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a face as they tour the Israeli Innovation Summit in Jerusalem, October 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)

Co-hosting trade conference with Netanyahu, China’s VP hails Israeli technology

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A hacker in action. (BeeBright; iStock by Getty Images)

Interview

Is digital technology leading us into a new dark age?

By Simona Weinglass

Why I’m voting for ‘the Arab party’ in Tel Aviv

I care deeply about Israeli democracy, and these local elections give me the chance to help Jaffa get a fair shake

Alcee L. Hastings

The importance of the US-Israel relationship

I am a staunch Democrat, and, like nearly all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I support Israel

Rabbis, when it comes to elections, just say…nothing

In the likely event the candidate you endorsed turns out to be a crook, it’s a desecration of heaven and Torah

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Why did you laugh, Sarah?

A mother? At her age? Just when her dream had finally dried up? Hah!

More Headlines

A drone films a giant statue of the pharaoh Ramses II as it is relocated at the Grand Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2018. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Chair manArchaeologists find famous pharaoh’s seat

By AP

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 24, 2018. (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP)

Again changing stories, Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi murder was ‘premeditated’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Flooding in the Judean Desert due to heavy rain, which hit Israel over night, on January 19, 2018. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Thunderstorms, flooding, and strong winds set to batter Israel

Israel Police officers restrain a Coptic cleric during a protest against safety maintenance work at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, October 24, 2018. (Patriarchate of the Orthodox Copts in Jerusalem/Facebook)

Police forcibly remove Coptic priests blocking workers from Holy Sepulchre

By Stuart Winer

This September 30, 2018 photo shows a general view of the area near the West Bank town of Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to which the Bedouin villagers of Khan al-Ahmar are slated to be evacuated. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

IDF to investigate soldier who reportedly threw rocks at journalists

Illustrative: Early commuters drive as the sun rises over the Chicago skyline Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)

Tel Aviv University to partner in new Chicago innovation, entrepreneurship hub

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: A customer shops at a kosher butcher shop in North Miami Beach, Florida, on Nov. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Swiss kosher butcher vandalized 4 times in month

By JTA

Actor David Schwimmer (L) and his lookalike suspected in a store theft (Screencapture)

Ross is innocentDavid Schwimmer posts alibi after lookalike wanted for UK beer theft

Illustrative: In this photo from August 12, 2017, white supremacist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

White supremacists arrested for inciting Charlottesville riot

By AP

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations as he arrives for a meeting in Brussels, April 27, 2017.
(AFP/OLIVIER HOSLET)

Dutch public broadcaster calls Soros a Jew who has ‘tentacles’ in US politics

By JTA

This photo provided on October 24, 2018, by the Museum of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau, shoes the wood-and-ivory baton of Franciszek Nierychlo, Auschwitz prisoner and controversial organizer and first conductor of the inmates' orchestra, in Oswiecim, Poland. (Museum of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau/Marcin Inglot via AP)

Auschwitz museum gets baton of Nazi death camp ‘kapo’

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA

Mathew Haberkorn confronting Jacqueline Kent Cooke after she allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks and hit him around the head with a glass purse. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Hurry up, Jew: Daughter of ex-NFL team owner found guilty of disorderly conduct

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