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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 26, 2019

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman at a meeting in the Knesset, on November 25, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud floats possible coalition compromise in attempt to avert new elections

But agreement to ‘preserve status quo’ on religion and state currently doesn’t include Avigdor Liberman, who refuses to join coalition if Haredi draft law isn’t passed unchanged

House Committee Chairman MK Miki Zohar leads a discussion on canceling the 2013 law limiting the number of ministers, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud prepares bill to dissolve Knesset as coalition talks snag

Then-Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the IDF's West Bank Division, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, on January 10, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewGame of Thrones, the Bibi-Liberman edition: 7 things to know for May 26

By Tamar Pileggi

An off duty soldier stands in a Palestinian field in the northern West Bank moments before bending down and lighting brushes on fire. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Live updates (closed)

Settler filmed torching Palestinian field an off duty soldier, army confirms

Footage from rights group shows Israeli armed with IDF weapon bending down and starting brush fire in what led to clashes with neighboring Palestinians

11:33 am

Lapid says Netanyahu 'obstacle' to national unity government
6:32 pm

Le Pen's far-right party seen topping EU election in France, exit polls show
6:18 pm

Huge victory for Orban's party in European vote, opinion poll shows

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, walks through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2019, a day ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Ex-justice, AG: If Netanyahu is above the law, Israel is not a civilized country

By David Horovitz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an event marking one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Coalition deadline expires Wednesday night. But Netanyahu may yet have more time

With clock ticking down, PM may seek to exercise never-before-used provision to secure another 2 weeks for negotiations if no deal is reached when supposedly final deadline expires

Amid standoff with Liberman, Likud says it’s bracing for snap elections

By Marissa Newman and ToI Staff

Liberman pledges not to budge on Haredi draft law, warns of new elections

Overnight coalition talks fail to yield breakthrough as deadline looms

Lapid appeals to Erdan, Dichter, Folkman, Barkat, Edelstein

At rally, Gantz and Lapid vow they won’t let Netanyahu turn Israel into Turkey

Speaking to thousands gathered for Tel Aviv protest to safeguard democracy, opposition leaders accuse premier of behaving like ‘sultan,’ deceiving voters

Reporter's notebookAt Tel Aviv rally, Turkey’s Erdogan and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ loom large

By Simona Weinglass

Blue and White Knesset members Yoaz Hendel (L) and Zvi Hauser seen on April 29, 2019, ahead of the opening Knesset session after elections. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

2 Blue and White MKs boycott opposition rally over speech by Arab party leader

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Israeli protesters take part in a mass rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the banner 'Stopping the Immunity Law — A Defensive Shield for Democracy,' in Tel Aviv on May 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

At Tel Aviv Museum, a curious opposition alliance is born. Will it hold?

Gantz would have been more at ease at IDF headquarters, but he acted wisely in the run-up to Saturday’s large anti-Netanyahu, pro-democracy protest, and promised more to come

Likud derides rally protesting Netanyahu immunity drive as a ‘joke’

Arab MK at rally against immunity for PM: Without equality there’s no democracy

Thousands gather for mass rally to ‘safeguard Israeli democracy’ from Netanyahu

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Israeli firefighters check a house that was badly damaged by a fire amid an extreme heat wave in the village of Mevo Modi'im, in central Israel on May 24, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Authorities suspect arson behind fire that gutted central Israel village

Fire services previously blamed faulty power line for blaze that destroyed 40 of the 50 homes in Mevo Modi’im

Firefighters at the scene of a fire in an apartment in the northern city of Safed, May 25, 2019 (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Toddler killed in apartment fire in northern city of Safed

An Israeli flag is pictured in front of vehicles that were badly damaged by a fire amidst extreme heat wave in the village of Mevo Modi'im, in central Israel on May 24, 2019. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Over 1,000 fires ravage Israel over 3 days, forcing evacuation of thousands

A billboard for the GoForIsrael conference at a train station in China. (Courtesy GoForIsrael)

Israeli firms fly out to woo China investors despite myriad of potential hazards

By Joshua Davidovich and Shoshanna Solomon

In this July 5, 2016, file photo, visitors pass outside the front of a replica Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park during a media preview day, in Williamstown, Kentucky. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Noah joke

Owners of Kentucky Noah’s Ark attraction sue over heavy rain damage

By AP

Owners demand bailout after storms caused nearly $1 million in property damage

What if Netanyahu fails to form a coalition?

If the PM can’t cobble together a majority government by Wednesday, Israel could find itself heading to new elections

What happened in Chicago

When the anti-Semitic attack doesn’t take place because the terrorist is inept, the community gets a little tense anyway

Musician Moby (L) poses at the premiere of the film "Suspiria" at the ArcLight Hollywood, October 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Natalie Portman (R) arrives at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Moby apologizes after Natalie Portman says he was ‘creepy’ with her years ago

After initially claiming ‘it hurts to be lied about’ when Israeli-American actress denied his book’s claim that they dated, US singer says much of the criticism is ‘very valid’

Naomi Wolf. (YouTube screenshot)

Naomi Wolf critiqued for apparent misunderstanding at heart of her new book

Historians say author misinterpreted law and thus made false assessment that dozens of men were executed in Victorian England for sodomy; publisher ‘discussing corrections’

Debra Katz, left, looks on as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/via JTA)

How Debra Katz became one of America’s top #MeToo lawyers

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, May 25, 2019 (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Europe’s voters elect new parliament as right-wing nationalism mounts

Illustrative photo of police at a crime scene in the central city of Ramle, June 1, 2015. (Flash90)

Woman shot dead in Ramle in apparent botched hit on her son

President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Israel's ambassador to Germany, Yakov Hadas-Handelsman (L) take part in a wreath laying ceremony at the 'Gleis 17' (platform 17) memorial of the deportation of Jews from Berlin to concentration camps at the Grunewald railway station in Berlin on May 11, 2015. Photo credit: Odd Andersen/AFP)

After kippa warning, Rivlin urges Berlin: Avoid defeatist response to Jew hatred

By Raphael Ahren

Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on May 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

600 join Jerusalem SlutWalk against sexual violence

Mohammed, a Lebanese roaming barber, better known as 'Abo Tawila,' rides his bicycle in a street on the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp Burj al-Barajneh, south of the capital Beirut on May 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)

Hezbollah: Trump plan could end hope for Palestinian ‘right of return’

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in the southwestern city of Ahvaz during his tour to Khuzestan province, Iran, March 29, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran’s president says country could hold referendum over nuke program

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar clash with security forces during a demolition of an illegal structure on June 25, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Police: Settlers hurl rocks and slash tires of response force in West Bank

In this July 18, 1998, file photo, Karl Wolf raises his arm in a Nazi salute as he marches through the streets of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where scores of police in riot gear stood between parading white supremacists and protesters who jeered at the Aryan Nations marchers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Years after neo-Nazi group was shuttered, hate on the rise again in US northwest

By Nicholas K. Geranios

Florida Gov. Ron Desantis gives his State of the State address on the first day of the legislative session, March 5, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Florida governor, Cabinet begin trade mission in Israel

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON

In this April 23, 2018, file photo, Stan Lee, left, and Keya Morgan arrive at the world premiere of 'Avengers: Infinity War' in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Stan Lee’s former manager arrested on elder abuse charges

By AP

Choreographer and Israel Prize winner Ohad Naharin, seen speaking on stage during the final rehearsals for Batsheva's 50th Anniversary performance at the Tel Aviv Opera, June 21, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel Prize-winning choreographer says he supports BDS agenda

Illustrative: The headquarters of the Israel Police's Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit in Lod. (Flash90)

Ex-soccer player among 9 held on suspicion of laundering millions

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