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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 19, 2019

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Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz arrives to give a statement for media in Tel Aviv, September 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Lapid: 'If PM steps aside, we’ll have a unity government'

Gantz says he should lead unity government, rejects coalition led by right

Blue and White chief urges ‘broad, liberal’ coalition, declares he won’t be dictated terms after PM conditions government on inclusion of religious parties

President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz shake hands at the memorial ceremony for the late president Shimon Peres, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 19, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu locks in right, Haredi parties, then urges unity coalition with Gantz

Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz at party headquarters on elections night in Tel Aviv, early on September 18, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Updated tally shows Blue and White increase lead over Likud 33-31

Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (left) with Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, at a 2013 Knesset committee meeting (FLASH90)

Liberman said to tell aides he intends to recommend Gantz for prime minister

By Michael Bachner

Yisrael Beytenu leader blasts Netanyahu ‘deception’ in conditioning unity government on inclusion of religious parties; as potential kingmaker, his support could be crucial

Norwegian Foreign Ministers Ine Eriksen Soreide welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for a dinner in Oslo, Norway, on Septmeber 18, 2019. (Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix/AFP)

Abbas says he’s ‘against’ possible new Netanyahu government

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during his Likud party meeting in Jerusalem on September 18, 2019. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

As Netanyahu’s position weakens, liberal US Jews root for an end to his reign

By Eric Cortellessa

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Analysis

As Netanyahu offers Gantz a hand in unity, his fingers are crossed

PM calls on Blue and White to negotiate ‘without preconditions’ — immediately after he signs an agreement that would make that impossible

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a faction meeting of his Likud party in Jerusalem on September 18, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Likud members said open to unity government, but scared to oppose Netanyahu

Labor-Gesher party leader Amir Peretz speaks to the media after casting his ballot at a voting station in Sderot, during the Knesset elections, on September 17, 2019. (Flash90)

Labor chief tells Netanyahu not to bother calling, can’t be lured into coalition

Israeli workers hang a large billboard with pictures of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of the Likud election campaign, in Jerusalem on September 4, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Trump says he hasn’t spoken to Netanyahu: ‘Our relationship is with Israel’

US president appears to distance himself from a PM weakened after Tuesday’s election, says race is ‘very close’ and ‘we’ll see what happens’

Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt (l) meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

Trump’s outgoing peace envoy heads to Jerusalem; to meet Netanyahu, Gantz

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the 72nd UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Netanyahu to skip UN gathering, forgo Trump meet, to battle for new coalition

By Alexander Fulbright

Arab Israelis at a polling station in Kafr Manda near Haifa on election day, September 17, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

A surprised right discovers the rising cost of making Arabs their punching bag

Likud may long rue the day it turned on the Arab electorate, just as the left still laments its mistreatment of Mizrahim; plus, the limits of annexation and of the campaign chiefs

Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi seen at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem asking to disqualify the Joint List from running in the September elections, August 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ahmad Tibi thanks ‘magician’ Netanyahu for driving up Arab vote

Aaed Kayal, the Joint List's campaign manager, on September 17, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

‘Netanyahu’s incitement boomeranged,’ Joint List campaign manager exults

Once there was a coalition of 102 MKs

It was made up of left, right, center, religious, secular, Jewish and Arab parties, and David Ben-Gurion sat in the opposition

Everything changed when Ari was killed

I was the only brother who didn’t speak at the funeral. Me, the brother who makes a living from talking. But I couldn’t.

Robert Kagan’s illiberal attack on Israel

Israelis have not abandoned liberal ideals; they have learned that ’land for peace’ was always a myth

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Any U.S.-Iran talks must address the elephants in the room

If Trump meets Rouhani, he mustn’t ignore the wide scope of Iran’s belligerent policies, starting with its anti-Semitism.

Live updates (closed)

In U-turn, ultra-Orthodox may drop opposition to Blue and White’s Lapid

United Torah Judaism leaders reportedly set to consult with their rabbis on move, which could pave way to joining coalition with centrist party

6:17 pm

President to consult with parties over 2 days, beginning with largest
5:51 pm

Drone reportedly downed outside Damascus
5:36 pm

Reports of explosions in Damascus area

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, at a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 19, 2019. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP)

Israel media review

Unify or die trying: 7 things to know for September 19

By Joshua Davidovich

Likud and Blue and White have some serious differences to overcome, but unity is seen as the only path forward, or we can always turn this country around and go back to the polls

An Israeli man casts his ballot during Israel's parliamentary elections at a polling station in Rosh Haayin, on September 17, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Police arrest teen suspected of asking friend to vote on his behalf

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A member of the Israeli Druze community casts her ballot during Israel's parliamentary elections on September 17, 2019, in Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Likud supporter caught ballot stuffing in Arab village

The Saudi military displays what they say are an Iranian cruise missile and drones used in recent attack on its oil industry at Saudi Aramco's facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais, during a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Iran’s top diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

Zarif tells CNN his country won’t ‘blink to defend’ its territory, warning of consequences if there is retaliation for assault on Abqaiq oil facilities

France: Yemen rebel claim over Saudi oil attacks ‘lacks credibility’

By AFP

Airstrike on Iran-backed militia near Iraq-Syria border said to kill at least 5

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Trump says he’d give Iranian leaders visas to attend UN

By AP

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz takes a selfie with his colleagues during the swearing-in ceremony the 21st Knesset following the April elections, April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Who are the 120 MKs?

21st Knesset, we hardly knew ye. Meet the (almost identical) 22nd

After April’s election, an all-time high of 49 new MKs were sworn into the most rookie parliament in Israel’s history. The next Knesset will, conversely, be the most familiar

AnalysisA look at Judaism’s place in Israeli politics

By Ilan Ben Zion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud party faction meeting in Jerusalem on September 18, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Netanyahu: It’s either my right-wing bloc, or a dangerous Arab-backed government

By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff

Illustrative: In this October 4, 2018 file photo, a Trump supporter holds up a T-shirt reading 'You Are Fake News' before a rally by President Donald Trump in Rochester, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Interview

Fake news makes headlines today, but has ancient anti-Semitic roots

By Robert Philpot

Excavations of ancient copper mines as part of Tel Aviv University’s Central Timna Valley Project. (E. Ben-Yosef and the Central Timna Valley Project)

Archaeology

Bible-era nomadic Edomite tribesmen were actually hi-tech copper mavens

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

An angle of SkyVille, a Singaporean high-rise project that combines a hotel, office space and vertical public parks, featured in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art's current exhibit, 'Solar Guerrilla,' through December 2019 (Courtesy Skyshot Pte Ltd.)

Tel Aviv exhibit examines sustainable living solutions from around the world

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Amar'e Stoudemire, tallest, is leading an initiative to connect Jewish and African-American students at Florida International University. (Courtesy of FIU Hillel via JTA)

Net gainFormer NBA All-Star shooting for better black-Jewish ties

By Josefin Dolsten

Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser, attends a meeting with Jujuy state Governor Gerardo Morales in Purmamarca, Argentina, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Gone mane-streamIvanka Trump’s haircut prompts speculation of political hopes

Illustrative: In this photo from August 17, 2018, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Purdue Pharma asks judge to stop lawsuits against Sacklers

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in a composite photo. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu lawyers submit defense arguments ahead of pre-indictment hearing

Illustrative. A picture taken from the Gaza Strip on November 12, 2018, shows missiles being launched toward Israel. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza fall short, wounding 7 Palestinians

By Judah Ari Gross and AP

Patrick Little (Twitter via JTA)

Ex-Senate candidate to run for city council in Idaho to ‘challenge Jewish power’

A Palestinian man rides a donkey on a main road in the Jordan Valley, near Tubus, in the West Bank, September 11, 2019. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

Liquidity blockage choking Palestinian economy, World Bank says

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn attends the launch of his party's European election campaign in Chatham, southeast England on May 9, 2019 (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)

UK Labour Party denounced over anti-Semitism conference scheduled for Shabbat

In this July 30, 2019, file photo, Robert O'Brien, then-US Special Envoy Ambassador, arrives at the district court where U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky is to appear on charges of assault, in Stockholm, Sweden. (Erik Simander/TT via AP)

Trump names new US national security adviser after Bolton’s ouster

By AP and ToI Staff

An illustration of a steak prototype produced in an Aleph Farms Ltd. lab out of cow cells (Courtesy

Israel food tech firms on track for record funding year, report says

By Shoshanna Solomon

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