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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 27, 2019

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference after the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the French mission to the United Nations in New York, September 24, 2019. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Macron says final defeat of IS the ‘priority’ after Baghdadi’s death

French president calls death of jihadist leader in US raid a ‘hard blow’ for the terror group, vows fight will continue until it is ‘definitively defeated’

7:20 pm

Pittsburghers lay flowers outside synagogue for shooting victims
6:50 pm

After meeting PM, Gantz vows to continue pursuing unity coalition, avoid 3rd election
6:41 pm

Syrian Kurds say Islamic State spokesman killed in fresh raid

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

Islamic State leader’s death is important, but not a game changer

Killing of Abu Bakr al-Bahgdadi by US special forces is symbolic blow, but doesn’t mean end of Islamic terrorism or portend significant change in how IS operates

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's al-Nuri mosque in Iraq during his supposed first public appearance, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Kurdish commander: ‘Historic’ Baghdadi op was result of joint intel work with US

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israel media reviewBombs over Baghdadi: 7 things to know for October 27

By Joshua Davidovich

IS terror chief Baghdadi believed killed in major US raid in Syria

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on October 27, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP)

Ahead of Gantz meeting, PM urges broad unity government for sake of security

Netanyahu says coalition must be swiftly formed to make ‘tough decisions’ on military matters

Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman speaks during an event in Givatayim, on September 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Liberman: Likud, Blue and White must put egos aside, form unity government

Blue and White coalition negotiators Yoram Turbowicz (L) and Shalom Shlomo (second from R) along with Likud's negotiators Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (second from L) and Michael Rabello (R) meet in Kfar Maccabiah on October 27, 2019. (Elad Malkah)

Likud refuses to exclude religious slates in its talks with Blue and White

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at an election event in Tel Aviv, September 18, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

A hit compilation

The supporter closest to home: Yair Netanyahu’s most incendiary tweets

By Raoul Wootliff

Members of the Likud party youth movement protest outside the offices of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Dramatic recordings shine light on alleged Netanyahu bid to deal with newspaper

In audio aired by Channel 13, PM heard both threatening to come after Yedioth publisher Arnon Mozes and promising to work together on hobbling Israel Hayom

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, during the former's surprise visit to Amman on January 16, 2014. (AP/Yousef Allan/Jordanian Royal Palace/File)

Jordan mulled downgrading ties after PM vowed to annex Jordan Valley: report

Israeli official says King Abdullah II considered recalling ambassador, relented after concluding Netanyahu’s pledge was an election stunt

In this illustrative photo from July 1, 2016, members of the Iran-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq paramilitary group take part in a Quds Day march in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Pro-Iran militias blame Israel and US for offices torched in Iraq protests

By AFP

From the blogs

Jonathan Perlman

A state of repressed shock in Pittsburgh

I’m a rabbi who lost congregants in the Pittsburgh shooting. Here’s how we’ve grown this year — and where we still need help

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog welcomes members of the Falashmura community as they arrive at the Immigration offices at Ben Gurion Airport on February 4, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

At 90, Jewish Agency for Israel to rebrand as hub for entire Jewish world

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Ahead of annual board meeting, agency announces new strategic plan that includes emphasis on connecting between Diaspora communities and increased education against anti-Semitism

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

Homeless man given 3 months in jail for starting Minnesota synagogue blaze

By AP

Flower pots, each with a name of one of the 11 worshippers killed on Oct. 27, 2018, when a gunman opened fire as worship services began at the Tree of Life Synagogue, line the fence surrounding the synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

One-year commemoration of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre to be marked worldwide

Bernie Sanders with Remaz Abdelgader, a Muslim student, during a National Student Town Hall at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, October 28, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/via JTA)

Analysis

Josefin Dolsten

How Bernie Sanders became a favorite among Muslim Americans

While it’s far from unanimous, the 78-year-old Jewish Socialist from Brooklyn enjoys wide support among an often conservative base, partly due to his open backing for Palestinians

This file photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows US President-elect Donald Trump meeting with retired Marine Corps general John Kelly at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP/Don Emmert)

Former White House chief of staff says he warned Trump on impeachment

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton (R) listens to US President Donald Trump on April 9, 2018 former
. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America/AFP)

John Bolton said to be in talks to testify before impeachment inquiry

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Violent white supremacy is on the rise – how do we stop it?

The hatred is overt and pervasive, but we can take some solace in knowing we’ve managed to foil more than a few murderous plots

It’s not crazy to fear a West Bank pullout

Many Israelis who view the occupation as a moral calamity that threatens democracy also see a real danger of being annihilated

Footage from Hezbollah's Al-Manar television network showing a September 1, 2019, missile strike against an Israeli military vehicle near the northern border, broadcast on September 2. (Twitter, screen capture)

IDF chief censures officers over Hezbollah strike, but finds army operated well

By Judah Ari Gross

Military releases results of investigation into September 1 attack by Lebanese terror group, in which anti-tank missiles were fired at military vehicle, base, causing no injuries

Anti-government protesters form a human chain as a symbol of unity, during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government, on the Mediterranean waterfront promenade, in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 27, 2019 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon protesters to form nationwide human chain to symbolize newfound unity

By Jean-Marc Mojon and Anwar Amro

Fighters from the Islamic Jihad terror group march during a military drill near the border with Israel, east of the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 27, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Jailed Islamic Jihad leader ends more than 80-day hunger strike

From 'I Am Ahmad,' the Ram Loevy film reworked for the new trilogy, 'The Voice of Ahmad' (Courtesy Gohi Barnard)

New anthology of short films charts trajectory of Arab-Jewish relations

By Jessica Steinberg

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey takes a tour of Capitol with Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, and Tina Smith, D-Minn., on Thursday, January 24, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via JTA)

Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor opens up about Trump feud and becoming a sex symbol

By Josefin Dolsten

More Headlines

Aya Maasarwe pictured in a Melbourne cafe, October 1, 2018. (Instagram)

Family of Israeli slain in Australia starts medical scholarship in her name

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Christian Marclay's installation 'The Clock' at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2018. (Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art)

Fall backWinter time blows in, turning clocks back an hour

Lightning striking the Ramon Airport in southern Israel on October 27, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter/Ofer Lefler)

Storms buffet region, bringing power cuts and flooded roads

Yulia Sachkov (R) celebrates after winning a gold medal at the world kickboxing championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia, October 26, 2019. (Ayelet Federation on Non-Olympic Sport in Israel)

Israeli wins gold at world kickboxing championships

Ukrainian Neo-Nazi band Sokraya Peruna in concert in 2018. (sokrayaperuna.com)

Ukrainian PM, minister attended neo-Nazi concert in Kyiv

In this photo from July 19, 2017, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (R) whispers to US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin during a US and China comprehensive Economic Dialogue at the Treasury Department Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

Mnuchin, Kushner to visit Israel during Middle East trip

By AFP and ToI Staff

A car in which two people were killed and three wounded in a crash near Kiryat Gat on December 7, 2018. (Police Spokesperson)

Man killed in Beit Shemesh as rash of road fatalities persists

Illustrative: Israelis take cover during rocket attack siren warning in kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Israel and Gaza border, Israel, December 29, 2017. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

In false alarm, sirens sound in Israeli town north of Gaza Strip

By Judah Ari Gross

Different election campaign posters are fixed in a street in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on October 24, 2019. (Christof STACHE / AFP)

Far-right AfD looks for gains in Germany despite synagogue attack

By AFP

Danilo Medic (Screen capture: YouTube)

Local Serbian Jews deny leader’s claim of far-right raid on synagogue

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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

Boyfriend suspected of murdering woman’s baby in Ashkelon

Police attend the scene of a brawl between two families in the village of Tur'an, October 27, 2019 (Israel Police)

19 arrested after brawl between 2 families in northern village

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