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What Matters Most On Monday, September 16, 2019

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Countdown to September 17

Raoul Wootliff, Marissa Newman, Jacob Magid and Adam Rasgon

Round two: ToI’s guide to the 30 parties that want your vote, again

Everything you need to know about the front-runners, the new alliances, the parties in danger of stumbling under the electoral threshold, and the earnest yet hopeless unknowns

The remaining ballots from soldiers and absentees being counted at the Knesset on April 10, 2019, a day after the general elections, (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Voting guideHow to cast your vote, the second time around

By Raoul Wootliff

West Bank, Gaza crossings to be closed for Palestinians on election day

By Judah Ari Gross

On last day of campaign, politicians savage each other, urge voters to show up

Netanyahu says he is planning on annexing parts of Hebron

By ToI Staff and AP

PM says the small community located in the heart of the Palestinian city will become an official part of the Jewish state

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 4, 2019. (EMIL SALMAN / Haaretz POOL / AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Jordan Valley on September 15, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Netanyahu: After Jordan Valley and settlements, I’ll annex other ‘vital areas’

A convoy of cabinet ministers drives off after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held the weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, on September 15, 2019. (Amir Cohen/Pool via AP)

After Israeli meet, PA to also hold cabinet summit in Jordan Valley

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Analysis

Vowing annexation, charging voter fraud, ‘King Bibi’ looks poised to extend rule

If polls are in the ballpark, Netanyahu’s tactics will have worked and next Knesset will represent more hawkish Israeli electorate, undeterred by his attacks on media, cops, judges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks in the Knesset on September 15, 2019, two days before elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Organization of Islamic Cooperation ‘totally rejects’ Netanyahu’s annexation vow

By AFP and ToI Staff

Times of Israel PresentsDemocratic Camp’s Horowitz: West Bank annexation would mean ‘kind of apartheid’

By Raoul Wootliff

Times of Israel PresentsBennett won’t promise immunity for PM; will weigh ‘stability of Israel’

By Raoul Wootliff

Campaign ads line one of the main roads in Tira, an Arab town just north of Kfar Saba, on September 15, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

Will Israel’s Arab citizens turn out to vote?

By Adam Rasgon and Simona Weinglass

Yohanan Plesner

Post-election scenarios and the case for unity

The other possibilities — a third round of voting or a narrow, right-wing government — carry exorbitant price tags

Imagine a new reality

Our coalition is here to buckle down and work: to reduce the cost of living, to rebuild the Foreign Ministry, to improve relations with Diaspora Jewry, and much more

Voting Liberman, for heaven’s sake

If you want to see religious reform in the next Knesset, you need Yisrael Beytenu to continue blocking the formation of a rightist-Haredi coalition

What if you don’t vote?

Planning to skip voting? Don’t. Planning to vote strategically rather than your conscience? Don’t do that either

Likud MK Nir Barkat attends a faction meeting ahead of the swearing-in of the new Knesset on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Interview

Likud’s Barkat: Both sides have crossed the line in overly hostile campaigns

By Raoul Wootliff

Focusing on rival party’s economic plans rather than mudslinging, former Jerusalem mayor claims ‘socialistic’ Blue and White will take Israeli economy backwards

Yamina party leader Ayelet Shaked speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Airport City on September 15, 2019.(Flash90)

Shaked: Netanyahu ‘irrationally loathes’ me, wants to keep my party small

By Alexander Fulbright

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz speaks at a campaign rally in Tel Aviv on September 15, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Gantz urges Rivlin to help ensure Israel does not go to third election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement in the Knesset on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Netanyahu alleges ‘rampant’ Arab voter fraud scandal, but his claim is unfounded

PM insists law enforcement not properly probing ballot infractions in Arab sector; official says Likud’s officials endured threats, but those cases did not amount to voter fraud

With cameras banned, new right-wing patrol seeks to ‘prevent Arab voter fraud’

Elections panel to send observers with cameras to problematic polling stations

Prosecutors to indict Shas polling official for election fraud

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) is seen with security chiefs at the IDF's Tel Aviv headquarters on September 10, 2019, hours after a rocket attack on Ashdod forced him to run for shelter during a campaign rally (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

PM planned ‘extraordinary’ Gaza op after speech interrupted by rockets — report

Newspaper says mooted retaliation for Ashdod attack was opposed by some security chiefs; Netanyahu shelved idea after attorney general told him cabinet approval was needed

Blue and White head Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Noam Revkin Fenton, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewI’m whatever you want me to be: 6 things to know for September 16

Shas leader Aryeh Deri in synagogue, September 14, 2019 (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Shas could throw the elections a curve ball

The leaders of the Sephardi Haredi party have warned voters that their very redemption depends on Tuesday’s election results. This could win Shas nine seats or more

At huge rally, Haredi MK said to liken Lapid, Liberman to biblical enemy Amalek

Shas rains on Tel Aviv’s get-out-the-vote parade

Shas MK: Liberman mocks us by shopping on Shabbat at store that sells pork

By Alexander Fulbright

Demonstrators outside of the Dayton City Hall protest a planned visit of President Donald Trump on August 6, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)

Interview

Maven who engineered Democrats’ first blue wave spots another on the horizon

By Robert Philpot

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) is seen with security chiefs at the IDF's Tel Aviv headquarters on September 10, 2019, hours after a rocket attack on Ashdod forced him to run for shelter during a campaign rally (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Live updates (closed)

Defense chiefs stymied Netanyahu plan to hit Gaza before elections – report

One source quoted as saying the prime minister was ‘playing with’ national security with bid that could have started a war

6:31 pm

NATO chief 'extremely concerned' after attacks on Saudi
6:24 pm

Gantz names his picks as defense, education ministers if he wins elections
6:20 pm

Russia offers Saudi missile defenses after attack

Iranian military personnel ride in a patrol boat as they take part in the 'National Persian Gulf Day' in the Strait of Hormuz. (ATTA KENARE / AFP/File)

Iran seizes new boat near Strait of Hormuz as tensions spiral

By AFP and ToI Staff

Officials say vessel, reportedly UAE-flagged, was being used to smuggle fuel; 11 crew members arrested

Trump: US locked and loaded for response to attack on Saudis

By Jon Gambrell and Zeke Miller

Trump denies willingness to meet Iran leader with ‘no conditions’

By ToI Staff and AP

Iran says ‘no plans’ for Rouhani-Trump meeting on UN sidelines

Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch with the Krumbach Torah Ark. (Courtesy of Guernsey's)

Post-WWII Torah ark built by US soldiers in DP camp sparks battle between rabbis

By Renee Ghert-Zand

More Headlines

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei at an undisclosed southern city of Germany, September 12, 2019 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

InterviewHiding out in Germany, judoka who defied Iran says he’s now ‘a free man’

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH

Graffiti reading 'German money kills Jews' and 'EU get out' is seen on the entrance to the European Union's diplomatic mission in Ramat Gan, on September 15, 2019. (Twitter)

‘EU get out’: Right-wing activist vandalizes European Union mission in Israel

Israel's national baseball team at the European Championships in Germany. (Israel Association of Baseball Facebook page via JTA)

Israel’s national baseball team advances to Europe-Africa Olympic qualifier

By JTA

Roman Griffin Davis (L), Taika Waititi (C), and Scarlett Johansson (R) in 'Jojo Rabbit' (Fox Searchlight)

Nazi comedy ‘Jojo Rabbit’ wins Toronto film fest prize

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A screen shot from a Foreign Ministry video showing a preview of the Israeli pavilion at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai (courtesy MFA)

Israel offers preview of its pavilion at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai

By Raphael Ahren

Family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, August 17, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP)

Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy as part of opiod settlement

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) is interviewed by Rina Matsliah on Channel 12, September 14, 2019. (Channel 12 screenshot)

In TV gaffes, Netanyahu errs on rockets, Gantz says he’s ‘against entire public’

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

The Adas Israel Congregation in Duluth, Minnesota, burned down on September 9, 2019. (Duluth News Tribune Screenshot via JTA)

Minnesota police say synagogue torching not a hate crime

By AP

Incoming IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman speaks at a ceremony in which he took over for outgoing spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis on September 15, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman replaces Ronen Manelis as IDF spokesperson

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, center-right, meets with senior officers from the Northern Command amid concerns of potential Iranian missile strike against northern Israel on May 9, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Officer who lost an eye in storied 2006 war battle to lead Golani Brigade

By Judah Ari Gross

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