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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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In this October 29, 2018, file photo, a person pauses in front of Stars of David with the names of those killed in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

9 out of 10 US Jews worry about anti-Semitism, and most think it’s getting worse

By Yaakov Schwartz

Overwhelming majority in AJC poll among over 1,200 Jewish respondents across political and religious lines see Jew-hatred as a problem

Prominent DC synagogue vandalized with ‘anti-Israel and hate-filled messages’

Pennsylvania flags to fly at half-staff on anniversary of Tree of Life attack

Swastika drawn on sign outside Jewish attorney’s office in California

The Eagle, symbol of the Byzantine Empire, discovered at a Byzantine-era church complex in Ramat Beit Shemesh, October 2019. (Asaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Opulent 1,500-year-old church to mystery ‘glorious martyr’ found at Beit Shemesh

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Gantz to be tasked with forming government at official ceremony Wednesday

In second round of coalition talks, kingmaker party Yisrael Beytenu declines to endorse any candidate for PM, while Netanyahu’s right-wing allies reiterate their support for him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman sign a coalition agreement in the Knesset on May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Liberman says Likud MKs already ‘eulogizing’ Netanyahu behind the scenes

By Michael Bachner

Blue and White head Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Flash90)

Third election won’t break political deadlock in Israel, poll finds

Analysis

Gantz does have a path to the prime ministership. But does he want to walk it?

Here’s how the Blue and White leader can muster the votes to oust Netanyahu. Like so much of what has played out in Israeli politics since April, it largely hinges on Liberman

Blue and White party chairmen Benny Gantz carries a Torah scroll as he dances during Simhat Torah celebrations in Kfar Chabad, on October 21, 2019. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Blue and White party leaders, from the left, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya'alon greet their supporters at party headquarters after the first results of the elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Blue and White said weighing bill requiring Netanyahu to step down if indicted

Likud MK David Bitan attends a meeting of the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on March 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

PM ally: Parties will ease up on demands after Gantz fails at forming coalition

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘You are great!’: Trump’s handwritten praise for ally Netanyahu on 70th birthday

In warm letter, US president thanks embattled Israeli PM for his ‘strong leadership and loyal friendship,’ says he looks forward to ongoing work with him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends reunion of team he commanded in the IDF General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, 22 October, 2019 (Koby Gideon/GPO)

Bibi b-dayPM’s former IDF ‘Team Bibi’ celebrates his 70th birthday at 50th reunion

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

Poll: Most Israelis think Netanyahu should quit as Likud head over legal woes

A 93-year-old Holocaust guard is tried in juvy court

When a neo-Nazi Holocaust denier sets out to murder Jews in Germany on Yom Kippur, the belated trial of Stutthof Nazi Bruno Dey takes on new importance

Khalil El-Halabi

From a father in Gaza: My son deserves justice

He has sat in Israeli prison for nearly 3 and a half years, accused of aiding Hamas. I promise you he didn’t. My son is opposed to violence

Chelsea Garbell

After Halle, fear and joy (yes, both) in Berlin

On our solidarity visit to Jews in Germany, alongside the tragedy and thoughts of leaving, we found a desire to celebrate and build

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, please respect Israel’s democracy

There must be a way for the US to put pressure on a right-wing Israeli government that doesn’t harm the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself

(From L-R) Dassi Erlich, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Nicole Meyer in Canberra on October 23, 2019. (Courtesy)

Australian PM calls for Malka Leifer extradition case to be wrapped up quickly

After meeting with alleged victims of former principal wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse, Scott Morrison vows to continue raising issue with Israeli counterpart

Illustrative: Iran says it successfully tested the Hoveizeh cruise missile on February 2, 2019 (Screen grab via Tasnim)

Israel said bracing for direct cruise missile or drone attack by Iran

Security cabinet to meet next week as Army Radio cites sources saying Tehran may respond to strikes against its regional proxies attributed to Israel

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei reacts after losing to Belgium's Matthias Casse in the semifinal fight in the men's under-81 kilogram category during the 2019 Judo World Championships in Tokyo, on August 28, 2019. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)

Iran barred indefinitely from world judo over refusal to face Israelis

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian beauty queen Bahareh Zare Bahari. (Facebook)

Iran beauty queen seeks asylum in Philippines, calling government ‘terrorist’

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz (right) meets with Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman on September 23, 2019. (Elad Malka)

Live updates (closed)

Gantz, Liberman to meet amid push for unity government

Blue and White chief underscores efforts to form broad coalition; Yisrael Beytenu says party not bound by any political alliance; ultra-Orthodox UTJ snubs Gantz offer to join talks

6:25 pm

Litzman turns down Gantz request to discuss unity government
6:20 pm

UN expert calls for ban on Israeli products from settlements
6:18 pm

Gantz, Liberman agree to meet amid push for unity government

Children in the pre-K class play the Israeli card game 'Melech HaFelafel' on September 4, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Not your Savta’s Hebrew school: Israelis in US create their own language program

By Melanie Lidman

Soldiers from the IDF Netzah Yehuda battalion argue with Bedouin men before fighting with them at a gas station in southern Israel on October 17, 2019. (Screen capture)

14 soldiers arrested for allegedly attacking Bedouin men at gas station

By Judah Ari Gross

Servicemen facing charges of assault, illegal use of weapons; representatives of the troops say they acted in self-defense after the men threatened them

After informant’s death, IDF to probe military police’s recruitment methods

By Judah Ari Gross

Arab Israeli man sentenced to 16 years for aiding Temple Mount terrorists

Israel media reviewYour friendly neighborhood outpost: 8 things to know for October 23

A caricature of an Orthodox Jew distributed by organizers ahead of the Aalst 2020 carnival. (Courtesy of FJO via JTA)

Belgian parade mired in anti-Semitism prints Jewish caricatures for participants

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Some ribbons for 2020 event feature images of Orthodox Jews with hooked noses, gold teeth; designer says they target UNESCO’s criticism of previous display, are ‘not against Jews’

The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery in Rochester, UK, in late September 2019. (Dalia Halpern-Matthews via JTA)

Headstones smashed at UK Jewish cemetery in apparent anti-Semitic attack

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Screen capture from video of UK Labour Party city councilor Aysha Raza. (YouTube)

UK Labour party shortlists for Parliament two members reported for anti-Semitism

By Stuart Winer

A Lebanese man holds an Israeli drone that he allegedly shot down near the border on October 23, 2019. (Twitter)

IDF drone crashes in southern Lebanon, apparently after it was shot down

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says device was conducting operations along the border; video appears to show it being shot down with a hunting rifle

Members of the Izz-a-din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamist terror group Hamas, take part in a march in Gaza City, July 25, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

US lawmakers call out Twitter for allowing Hamas and Hezbollah on the platform

By JTA and ToI Staff

Lebanese demonstrators take part in a protest against dire economic conditions in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon on October 21, 2019. (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing balance faces challenge after 30 years

By AFP and ToI Staff

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Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. (Courtesy Soroka Medical Center)

Ashkelon baby dies of injuries allegedly inflicted by mother’s boyfriend

Illustrative: Night view of the Castle and Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic (CC BY-SA 3.0 Jorge Royan/Wikipedia)

Czech lawmakers pass resolution condemning BDS movement

By Raphael Ahren

Eliane Jabbour was traveling with her toddler son in a suburb south of Beirut on October 19, 2019 when anti-government protesters spontaneously began singing "Baby Shark" to help calm him down.. (Eliane Jabbour Facebook)

Troubled watersLebanon protesters soothe spooked toddler with ‘Baby Shark’

A UK police forensic tent is seen in front of a truck, believed to have originated from Bulgaria, and found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at the scene where it was discovered at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of London, on October 23, 2019. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

39 bodies found near London in truck container

By AFP

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 co-founder pushed aside in $5b SoftBank takeover

By Alexandra Olson

Convicted murderer Roman Zadorov in the courtroom of the Supreme Court, Jerusalem, December 23, 2015. (Gili Yohanan/POOL)

Convicted murderer requests retrial in grisly 2006 killing of teen

Arabic version of Hitler's Mein Kampf on sale in Amman, March 26, 2015 (photo credit: Avi Lewis/Times of Israel, Benyamin Loudmer)

Northern Israel bookstore owner apologizes for selling ‘Mein Kampf’ in Arabic

Israeli windsurfer Katy Spychakov (R) and her coach Pierre Loquet. (Israel Sailing Association)

Israeli Olympic windsurfing hopeful in choppy waters over affair with coach

Snoop Dogg performs in concert during his “The High Road Tour” at the BB&T Pavilion on August 5, 2016, in Camden, New Jersey. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Lion of ZionSnoop Dogg to promote Israeli pot-growing machine

By AP and ToI Staff

Tunisia's new President Kais Saied takes the oath of office at the parliament in Tunis, October 23, 2019. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)

New Tunisia president sworn in after rout in runoff vote

By AFP

Ronan Farrow attends the 78th annual Peabody Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 18, 2019, in New York. (Brad Barket/Invision/AP)

Book ReviewNew Ronan Farrow book on Weinstein is meticulous and devastating

By RASHA MADKOUR

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump likens US House impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JAY REEVES

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