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What Matters Most On Friday, September 6, 2019

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Illustrative photo of a ballot box (Uri Lenz/Flash90)

Early vote by Israeli diplomats and emissaries worldwide sees drop in turnout

Polls at missions close with 69% of 5,086 eligible voters casting their ballots — a 7% dip from April and a possible harbinger of lower participation in the national vote

AG says cameras could endanger integrity of elections, cause chaos

By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff

Gantz says Netanyahu priming public to reject election results

Polls: Likud, Blue and White stuck in tight race at top as Liberman clutches key

From left: Villagers from Agoudal with gear purchased with money raised by the GoFundMe page managed by Martha Rettig and Denise Marie; A Jewish-Amazigh workshop in the Atlas mountains in the 1950s; Amazigh women cross a river bearing loads on their backs. (Courtesy)

Exclusive: ToI in Morocco

Moroccan villagers with a hazy Jewish tie get a financial lifeline from Israelis

By Yaakov Schwartz

American billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson (R) and his wife Miriam meet Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem, May 13, 2008. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90/File)

‘Miriam Adelson: Sara Netanyahu said it would be my fault if Iran nuked Israel’

In reported transcripts from police graft probe, Israel Hayom publisher Miriam Adelson details souring of ties with Netanyahus, with PM’s wife blaming her for not protecting him

Likud’s Sa’ar says PM should not ask potential partners for immunity backing

By Raoul Wootliff

Bennett says Shaked has agreed to give him first choice of portfolio

Youth at the boothLikud turns to pop stars for catchy jingle

Spanish UN peacekeepers patrolling along the Lebanese-Israeli border pass a Hezbollah flag, in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, September 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US nixes Security Council statement that fails to condemn Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

Washington rejects text that puts terror group and Israel on equal footing following exchanges of fire along border, diplomatic sources say

A 'wounded' IDF soldier, in a staged evacuation, at the scene of an APC that was struck by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile on the Lebanon border on September 1, 2019. (Screen capture/Twitter)

IDF spokesman boasts staged ‘rescue’ of troops duped Hezbollah

UN peacekeepers and IDF officers visit the site of a Hezbollah missile attack on IDF positions in northern Israel on September 4, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

UN peacekeepers inspect sites of Hezbollah attack

By Judah Ari Gross

Analysis

20 years after moving to Israel, I would have no other home

Standing on Mt. Herzl I asked myself, would I be willing to sacrifice my life, my future husband, or any children we may have?

Trump peace plan architect Jason Greenblatt to quit administration

By Raphael Ahren

Special envoy to stay on until finally completed plan released, expected in coming weeks; will return to New Jersey to spend time with family; Kushner spokesman to take over role

US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt speaks at a conference in New York City, June 16, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Who is the longtime Kushner aide set to replace Trump envoy Jason Greeblatt?

By Eric Cortellessa

Israel media reviewPeace (envoy) out: 8 things to know for September 6

By Joshua Davidovich

Palestinian official calls US envoy’s resignation an ‘admission of failure’

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this photo from August 28, 2019, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

US defense chief says Iran ‘inching toward that place’ where talks can be held

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Mark Esper says Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign is aimed at compelling Tehran to negotiate a new deal that would ‘forever’ prevent it from having nuclear weapons

Netanyahu on possibility of Trump-Rouhani talks: ‘I don’t tell him who to meet’

Iran reportedly set to halt its commitments on research and development

By AP

Washington in talks with Iran-backed Yemeni rebels, US official says

People of the Pod

LISTEN: Heads of ToI and AJC launch partnership podcast

Episode #2: AJC CEO David Harris and ToI Founding Editor David Horovitz discuss the future of the Jewish people and the Israel-Diaspora relationship; Also, judo: Good for the Jews?

The Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz (left) and David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. (courtesy)

Behind the scenes at podcast ‘People of the Pod,’ a partnership of ToI and AJC

Former head speechwriter for Michelle Obama and author of the new book, 'Here All Along,' Sarah Hurwitz, left pictured with the former first lady. (Chuck Kennedy/White House)

Interview

Former Obama speechwriter turns her pen to a new book on reconnecting to Judaism

By Rich Tenorio

Climate change is knocking coral mating dance out of sync, Israeli study finds

In groundbreaking research, Tel Aviv University academics discover changes to mass spawning events that may lead to extinction of some species of reef builders

A branching coral spawns pinkish bundles of eggs and sperm that are carried away by the currents. (Tom Shlesinger/Courtesy)

In this May 25, 2014, photo, a seven-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah called 'Koushki,' crouches at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Deadly tradeGulf Arabs’ demand for cheetahs as pets ‘fuels their extinction’

Analysis

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The wicked storm and the tiny life raft

My daughter is at the age when nothing fits — just when you need everything to fit the most

Exhibit photo of Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru wearing the 'Jaffa Sun' glasses he created as part of his ongoing C-Stunners series. (Courtesy of Serge Tiroche and the Africa First Collection)

After Tel Aviv residency, African artists paint new picture of Israel back home

By Bernard Dichek

The ecological imperative

’Take care,’ says God in a midrash, ’that you do not destroy My world, for if you do, no one will be left to mend what you have destroyed’ (Shofetim)

Israel: Where religious themes go mainstream in ’secular’ music

In a land so often divided over matters of religion, the unifying power of popular tunes with holiday themes blasting on the radio is remarkable

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The macabre scene at the Barbie Death Camp at this year's Burning Man. (Courtesy of J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)

Burning Man festival site features Holocaust camp-themed Barbie exhibit

By JTA

Dvir Shnerb receives shoulder epaulets from his father Rabbi Eitan Shnerb and his grandfather Zvi Wisbert, at the graduation ceremony of the MDA Medics Course. (Madagascar Photography via JTA)

2 weeks after surviving terror attack, Israeli teen becomes a medic

By JTA

Death row inmate Randy Halprin sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, December 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer)

Jewish groups call to halt execution of inmate who says judge was anti-Semitic

By Josefin Dolsten

A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Fast train completes first trial run of direct line between Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

Medics treat a man at the Amud Stream nature reserve after his 11-year-old son directed them to the scene (Magen David Adom)

Israeli child calls paramedics from hiking trail, helps save father’s life

Illustrative: Members of the Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers pose during a media opportunity in London, August 3, 2016. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

Rarely seen elite UK counter terror police secures Netanyahu’s visit to London

By Stuart Winer

Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich speaks during a Channel 12 TV conference in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Flash90)

Ex-police chief: Cops hobbled by failure to name permanent successor

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

The three sisters of A-WA performed for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert this week (Courtesy A-WA Facebook page)

Eastern PromisesIsraeli trio A-WA performs for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’

By Jessica Steinberg

Leif Olson (Twitter photo)

Trump official who left over false anti-Semitism allegations is reinstated

By JTA and ToI Staff

Then-independent MP Luciana Berger leaves Milbank Studios near Parliament in London on February 21, 2019. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)

Pro-Corbyn politician says Jewish lawmaker slept her way into British parliament

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The Sorek A desalination plant, located south of Tel Aviv, on November 22, 2018. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Company advances in tender for plant despite security concerns over China ties

Shawn Green, playing for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998, was one of three outfielders named to an all-time Jewish baseball team. (Jonathan Kirn/Allsport/Getty Images via JTA)

Hall of nachesThe all-time Jewish baseball team roster?

By JTA

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