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What Matters Most On Sunday, December 30, 2018

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Education Minister Nafatli Bennett (R) and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announce the establishment of the New Right (HaYamin HeHadash) party at a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 29, 2018 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

It's the start of their bid to lead Israel -- Jewish Home MK

Bennett, Shaked quit Jewish Home, announce formation of ‘The New Right’

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

Two ministers say they felt hobbled by their party’s acquiescence to PM’s edicts, seek to forge full, equal ‘partnership between secular and religious’ with new right-wing party

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, in the Knesset plenum, on November 16, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett, Shaked may have planned split from Jewish Home for months

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel speaks during a conference of the National Union Political party in Jerusalem on March 6, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jewish Home says it will stay together after Bennett, Shaked take off

Analysis

Burned by religious Zionist old guard, Bennett seeks a new kind of right-winger

Leaving Jewish Home, Netanyahu’s former aides Bennett and Shaked hope to challenge the PM by reaching new audiences, particularly those who won’t abandon them under pressure

Education Minister Naftali Bennett taking selfies with students at Bleich High School in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, Feb. 12, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announce the establishment of the New Right party, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, on December 29, 2018. (Jack Guez AFP/File)

Politicians left, right and center unite in savaging new Shaked-Bennett party

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, left, and Education Minister Nafatli Bennett announce the establishment of the New Right (HaYamin HeHadash) party at a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 29, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Bennett, Shaked said to plan to reunite with Jewish Home after elections

Volunteer paramedic Razan Najjar, 21, center, is seen before she was killed, running with protesters to take cover from tear gas fired by Israeli troops, in the Gaza Strip, near the border with Israel, during a violent demonstration east of Khan Younis, June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Live Updates (closed)

IDF says it is probing killing of Gaza medic after report raises questions

By Joshua Davidovich

Army says it is looking into reasons behind June 1 shooting death of Razzan al-Najjar after New York Times investigation finds issues with both sides of narrative

7:59 pm

Former top US general urges rethink of Afghanistan pullout
7:57 pm

Evangelicals accused of links to Zionists arrested in Iran
7:53 pm

'Savior' Netanyahu speaks to Evangelicals, presented with stamp

Amos Oz and his cat, in his Tel Aviv living room in September 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

First person

Remembering the wise, gracious Amos Oz, and his cat snoring softly on my lap

By Jessica Steinberg

The celebrated writer turned the tables on me during a 2016 interview

Amos Oz takes part in the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 3, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Death of a prophet: 8 things to know for December 30

By Tamar Pileggi

Amos Oz takes part in the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 3, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Fellow writers, Natalie Portman mourn death of ‘brave’ ‘mensch’ Amos Oz

Jordan's minister for media affairs and communications and government spokesperson, Jumana Ghunaimat (R), stepping on the Israeli flag at the entrance to the trade union headquarters in Amman, December 2018. (Screen capture: Jamuna TV)

Israel protests after Jordan minister steps on flag on way to government meeting

By Michael Bachner

PM Razzaz avoids angering Jerusalem, by contrast, by entering trade union HQ in Amman via side entrance, is criticized by local media and activists for ‘supporting Zionist entity’

A view of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on October 18, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Government said set to approve long-stalled Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project

Nir Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit inspector, with the pair of limestone funerary busts, which were discerned by a hiker after early December heavy rains in the Beit She'an region. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Two rare 1,700-year-old funerary busts unearthed in Beit She’an cemetery

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

After a rain, a local hiker discerned an unusual object popping out of the ancient graveyard: the only two such limestone statues — unique to the region — ever found in situ

Analysis

The PM is again warning settlers of a ‘real threat.’ This time it may not work

Like in 2015, Netanyahu insists that only Likud can safeguard their homes — even if it won’t build more — but a new generation of farther-right West Bank leaders isn’t so sure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (c) meets with settler leaders in his office on February 25, 2018. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/File)

Illustrative: A member of the 'hilltop youth' rides a donkey at an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank. (Credit: Zman Emet, Kan 11)

Three Israeli teens arrested in Jewish terror probe

Activist Eldad Yaniv in Tel Aviv on February 8, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)

Anti-corruption protest leader forms new party ahead of elections

Eldad Yaniv, an anti-Netanyahu campaigner and former Labor activist, calls for ‘new, honest people to lead the country’

Netanyahu said set to lower electoral threshold to protect right-wing majority

By Michael Bachner

Ex-president’s brother and former PM’s son vying for same spot on Likud slate

By Michael Bachner

Arab MK, head of controversial Balad party, confirms he won’t seek reelection

Amos Oz — in memoriam

How dear was your clear perspective, with its tenderness and sharp focus, to the State of Israel, Israeli society, and the world of literature!

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

What’s the bravest thing you did in 2018?

People found many varied beautiful ways to act on their courage this year, and their words will inspire you

Betsalel Steinhart

‘Sir? Please, can you report this to the army?’

The day an old Arab man hovering at the site of a vandalized memorial took me by surprise

Laura Ben-David

Do you need to go on a nature hike?

My recent ramble through Israel’s hilly countryside is just what the doctor would have ordered, so I’ve turned it into a self-help guide for you too

In this December 12, 2014, file photo, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greets supporters during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas terror group, at the main road in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas chief will meet Russian FM in Moscow next month, official says

Kremlin’s intention to advance reconciliation between terror group and Fatah said to be a ‘major reason’ behind Haniyeh’s rare trip abroad

From the webWhen a medic was killed in Gaza, was it an accident?

Saudis give $50 million to cash-strapped UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Liberman: ‘Only a matter of time’ before more rocket attacks from Gaza

US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 26, 2018 in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. (AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm)

Analysis

Eric Cortellessa

2018, the year Donald Trump upended the US-Israel relationship

Twelve months ago, the US embassy was in Tel Aviv, the Iran deal was humming along, Palestinians were enjoying aid, and a peace plan was just a twinkle in Jared Kushner’s eye

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint statement at the military base Fort Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. (Leo Correa/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli source insists Brazil embassy move to Jerusalem ‘a matter of time’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Mexican migrant child Kevin Andres, from Guerrero state, crosses the US-Mexico border fence from Tijuana to San Diego County in the US, as seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on December 28, 2018. (Guillermo Arias / AFP)

Trump blames Democrats for migrant child deaths amid wall impasse

By AFP

Illustrative image of a trading room floor. (Rawpixel, iStock Images)

Israel files first-ever indictment against alleged binary options operatives

By Simona Weinglass

Utrade Premium Services Ltd. owner Aviv Talmor and senior analyst Roy Cuzin accused of defrauding hundreds of Israeli investors out of tens of millions of shekels

More Headlines

The Algalafel developed by graduate students of the Technion, is a new kind of falafel enriched with spirulina -- a biomass of blue-green algae which in its dried form contains about 60% protein (Courtesy)

Technion students develop algae-based falafel to battle protein hunger

By Shoshanna Solomon

French Jews arriving at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, November 2, 2016. (JTA/IFCJ)

Spike from Russia drives 5% boost in Jewish immigration to Israel in 2018

Georges Loinger during a ceremony to mark Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Place de la Nation, outside the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 20, 2009 (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children dies aged 108

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this September 26, 2018, file photo, Colombia's President Ivan Duque addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Israel said helping protect Colombia leader as possible plot to kill him exposed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Golden State Warriors players celebrate after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland, California, June 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

NBA teams that come from behind don’t win more in overtime, Israeli study finds

By Michael Bachner

Illustrative image of a handshake (iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli tech exits decline as ecosystem matures, global uncertainty weighs

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, officials and journalists gather outside the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. (SANA via AP)

As Assad nears victory, Arab world readies to bring him back into fold

By Layal Abou Rahal and Rouba El Husseini

Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

One dead, another badly hurt by fumes from grill left burning indoors overnight

Yante Teller (left) and Chaim Teller. (New York State Police)

Children kidnapped by Hasidic cult found safe in Mexico, leaders charged

By AP

Louise Deser Siskel (YouTube screenshot)

Belle of the bowlRose Parade queen says she’s first to be Jewish, LGBTQ

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