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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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President Reuven Rivlin (center) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Rivlin said set Wednesday night to tap Netanyahu to try to form coalition

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Likud and Blue and White leaders meeting for dinner with president as his unity push appears hopeless

Rivlin hails Arab Israelis’ increased participation in elections

By Raphael Ahren

Shas leader encourages Gantz, Netanyahu to build ‘wide’ government

Netanyahu said to suggest he serve first as PM, but Gantz get more time at helm

Central Election Committee chairman Hanan Meltzer presents the official results of the elections to the 22nd Knesset to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Count is officially over

Elections Committee publishes final results, hands them to president

By Raoul Wootliff

Presenting tally after week-long count, Justice Melcer says commission proved a ‘steadfast protector of Israeli democracy’; Rivlin praises ‘free elections… without fear or favor’

Likud wins extra seat at expense of UTJ as election panel adjusts results

UTJ plans to appeal final vote count after losing seat by a reported 68 votes

Knesset member’s son suspected of tampering with elections

Analysis

Rivlin may need more than charm to break post-election standoff

The ever-affable president is facing a quandary that has forced him to jump into the middle of a fierce battle for control

President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019, after holding consultation meetings with political leaders to decide whom to task with trying to form a new government. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Israel media reviewWhen I said this, I actually meant that: 5 things to know for September 25

Shaked warns Netanyahu against selling out right-religious allies

Gantz and Olmert in contact during coalition talks – report

President Reuven Rivlin, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a press conference to give Netanyahu the mandate to form a new government, held at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

As Netanyahu urges unity, Gantz says won’t partner with PM facing indictment

Likud leader gets presidential mandate, calls for ‘joint leadership’ with Blue and White; Rivlin lays out proposed electoral reforms

6:04 pm

TV: West Bank-based Islamic Jihad cells building rockets
5:49 pm

Gantz: We still back unity gov't, but Likud can't hinge it on right-wing bloc
5:38 pm

President's electoral reform could see PM step aside to fight charges, then return

President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At UN, Trump calls on Mideast nations to fully normalize ties with Israel

By Eric Cortellessa

President says sanctions against Iran will be tightened, not lifted, until it changes behavior, ends ‘fanatical quest’ for nukes; also stresses US wants ‘partners, not adversaries’

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani waits for the bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarter on September 24, 2019, in New York. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Day after Trump blasts Iran’s ‘bloodlust,’ Rouhani to address UN

By Edith M. Lederer

Members of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), United Arab Emirates' astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri (left), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and US astronaut Jessica Meir pose during a press conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 24, 2019. (Vyacheslav OSELEDKO / AFP)

First Arab astronaut set for International Space Station voyage, alongside a Jew

By AFP

UAE’s Hazzaa al-Mansoori ready for takeoff Wednesday with Jessica Meir, whose father is Israeli

What it meant to sound the shofar in Auschwitz

In the camps, every mitzvah was a miracle — done hurriedly, under fear of discovery, as a one-shot deal. Every mitzvah was an act of resistance

Who needs science, anyway?

Or how Christopher Columbus saved his men using a Jewish astronomer’s secret knowledge about a lunar eclipse (Nitzavim)

Breaking the social media echo chamber

Aren’t you tired of hearing the same old tropes? Making the same old arguments? What does it take to refresh, and hear those old sounds anew?

Bradley Shavit Artson

Holy forgetting

If we hold on to each and every offense and slight, we will be consumed in anger, useless, and isolated. Rather, we must cultivate the ability to let it go

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds up a map of Israel since 1947 showing what he says are expanding Israeli borders while speaking to the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 24, 2019 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Israel angrily rejects Holocaust-Gaza comparison from Turkey’s Erdogan

Turkish leader makes comments on sidelines of General Assembly; displays map at UN showing what he claims are Israeli expansionist aims

Screen capture from video of Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hadami. (YouTube)

Israel arrests PA minister for conducting political activity in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in an interview with The Associated Press in Putrajaya, Malaysia, August 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)

Outcry as Malaysia’s anti-Semitic PM to speak at Columbia University

By Josefin Dolsten

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint press conference with Turkish and Russian counterparts following a trilateral meeting on Syria, in Ankara on September 16, 2019. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Iran’s president says Israel ‘undoubtedly’ backing Islamic State in Syria

On sidelines of General Assembly, Rouhani accuses US, Israel of ‘terrorist’ policies, says Jewish state targets Palestinians and neighboring countries ‘on a daily basis’

‘Iran did it, A to Z’: Netanyahu blames Tehran for attack on Saudi oil

By ToI Staff and AP

Pakistani prime minister says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran

By AFP

Iran announces second round of ‘Trumpism’ cartoon contest

By ToI Staff and AP

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)

Interview

Netanyahu may be weakened, but authoritarian threat isn’t, warns Russia expert

By Simona Weinglass

Lt. Col. Gimel takes command of the Israeli Air Force's Nachshon Squadron on September 24, 2019, making her the first woman to serve as a leader of a flight squadron. (Israel Defense Forces)

Air Force’s first ever female flight squadron leader takes command

By Judah Ari Gross

Maj. ‘Gimel’ to head the IAF’s Nachshon Squadron, which operates surveillance aircraft; ‘you are a role model and an inspiration,’ air force chief says

Howard Jacobson's latest novel is titled 'Live a Little,' and centers on two 90-year-olds. (Keke Keukelaar/via JTA)

Interview

Howard Jacobson on his new novel, dwindling irony and anti-Semitism in the UK

The acclaimed British author laments both Brexit and bigotry in Corbyn’s Labour party, but hangs on to his sense of humor in his latest book about two 90-year-olds in love

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the 74th United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Johnson shelves Brexit for UN speech about limbless chickens and killer robots

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he departs from Hudson Yards, in New York, September 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

UK’s Johnson renews call for election after legal reverse, rebuffs calls to quit

By AFP

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi announces impeachment inquiry of Trump, who slams ‘Witch Hunt garbage’

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO

2020 candidates also likely to give cautious support to proceedings; US president says he will release ‘unredacted’ transcript of controversial call with Ukraine leader

AnalysisThe Trump-Ukraine controversy, and the Jews involved, explained

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., leaves a House Democratic Caucus meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., where Pelosi was persuaded to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s Ukraine episode crosses ‘red line’ for Democratic freshman lawmakers

By Laurie Kellman

More Headlines

Mahatma Gandhi (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Gandhi wished Jews ‘era of peace’ on day WWII began, newly released letter shows

A picture taken during a guided tour with the Russian army shows Syrian elite soldiers taking part in an instruction session with Russian military trainers at an army base in Yafour, some 30 kilometers west of Damascus, September 24, 2019,(Maxime POPOV / AFP)

Russian military ‘advisers’ train new Syrian battalion

By Maxime Popov

Satellite image showing ongoing construction at an alleged Iranian military base in Syria's Boukamal region, near the Iraqi border, on September 21, 2019. (ImageSat International)

Photos show ongoing work at Iran-linked Syrian base despite reported IDF strikes

By Judah Ari Gross

The Gulf of Eilat. (Dr. Ilan Malster, Environmental Protection Ministry)

Eilat coral reefs robust despite warming Red Sea — government report

SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum (l) and PepsiCo’s CEO Ramon Laguarta at the SodaStream factory in Israel’s Negev Desert next to the city of Rahat on August 20, 2018. (Eliran Avital)

SodaStream’s Birnbaum suspected of insider trading linked to 2018 PepsiCo deal

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks at a conference in Airport City, outside Tel Aviv, on September 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Mandelblit urged to scrap Netanyahu hearing and proceed with indictments

Adam Neumann, co-founder and CEO of WeWork, attends the opening bell ceremony at Nasdaq, in New York, January 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WeWork founder out as CEO as company looks to win back investors

By ToI Staff and AP

Comedian Louis C.K. performs at the David Lynch Foundation Benefit for Veterans with PTSD in New York City, April 30, 2016. (Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Louis C.K. to perform in Tel Aviv in November

Mika and Maureen Velasco being arrested in August. (United Children of Israel, courtesy)

Israel’s crackdown on Filipino workers is driving some families into hiding

This undated booking photo from the St. Louis (Minnesota) County Sheriff’s Office shows Matthew James Amiot, who was arrested, September 13, 2019, in connection to a fire at the Adas Israel Congregation, in Duluth, Minnesota. (St. Louis (Minnesota) County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Homeless man pleads guilty to starting Minnesota synagogue fire

By AP

A high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Israel stubs out flavored tobacco, mulls total ban of e-cigarettes

Simona Mori (C) seen after her release from Neve Tirza prison in Ramle, on September 25, 2019 (Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90)

Woman who assisted in killing abusive husband gets early release

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