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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 31, 2019

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Stock images purporting to be immigrants to Israel used in a social media campaign by the Absorption Ministry. (Collage by Times of Israel)

Ministry rushes to delete posts after ToI inquiry

To push aliyah, the Absorption Ministry is making up fake immigrants

By Judah Ari Gross

Office responsible for encouraging and assisting in immigration apparently routinely invents success stories, using fictitious names and stock image photos

A test of the David's Sling missile defense system. (Defense Ministry)

All air defense systems on alert amid Iran attack fears — general

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel hails US, Gulf states for sanctioning Iran Guards, Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

Frozen in time, US embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis

By MEHDI FATTAHI and Jon Gambrell

Iran hopes new UN nuclear chief will act ‘neutrally’

By AFP

Anthony Julius. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Exclusive

Lawyer for Princess Diana and Deborah Lipstadt advising Netanyahu on cases

By Raoul Wootliff

Leading British litigator Anthony Julius providing legal counsel to PM, who’s facing criminal charges over alleged quid pro quo to sway media coverage

Liberman appears to rule out minority government: ‘Unity only option’

Blue and White, Likud trade blame for political impasse, warn 3rd elections near

Premier premiereTV series on Netanyahu’s life said in the works

US Marine Corps General Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, speaks as a picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen during a press briefing October 30, 2019 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Pentagon releases first video, photos of Delta Force raid on Baghdadi compound

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns

Gen. McKenzie says Baghdadi blew up 2 children when he detonated suicide vest; 4 women, 2 men wearing suicide vests killed when refusing surrender; US on alert for ‘retribution’

Wag the dogMilitary pooch wounded in al-Baghdadi raid to visit White House

By AP

Informant who led US to IS leader likely to receive up to $25 million – report

By AFP

Iraqi soldier killed as rockets fall near US embassy in Baghdad

Illustrative - An Israel Air Force Hermes unmanned aerial vehicle flies over Israel on June 28, 2011. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Hezbollah shoots at Israeli drone over southern Lebanon

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF denies claim that UAV was downed over Nabatieh

Anti-government protesters lie on a road, as they scream and hold each others while riot police try to remove them and open the road, in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 31, 2019 (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Roads blocked, sit-ins continue in Lebanon as protests enter third week

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Lebanon's then Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks to an unidentified man during a press conference at his residence in downtown Beirut, November 13, 2018. (Joseph Eid/AFP)

Hariri said open to returning as Lebanese PM, under certain conditions

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this photo from February 11, 2014, Israeli workers inspect barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot. (AP/Dan Balilty)

Israel frets as imminent EU ruling expected to force settlement labeling

By Raphael Ahren

Court of Justice on November 12 likely to make it legally binding for all member states to label West Bank goods; decision ‘could harm Israeli food exporters,’ official warns

Head of the Blue and White party Benny Gantz speaks to supporters at a party rally in Tel Aviv on October 31, 2019. (Avshalom Shoshoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Gantz warns dreaded third elections might be ‘inevitable’

In jab at Netanyahu, Blue and White chief says efforts to form broad unity government being stymied by ‘reluctance’ of some party leaders

7:23 pm

Israel said to strike Hamas outpost after projectile launched from Gaza
7:15 pm

Judge waits to set trial date in Pittsburgh synagogue attack
7:02 pm

IDF: Iron Dome activated after projectile fired at southern Israel

Byzantine-era church near Ramat Beit Shemesh which was dedicated to a 'glorious martyr,' October 23, 2019. (Cathy Rossi Borschel)

Reporter's notebook

Tales from a crypt: Shedding light on a mysterious – female? – ‘glorious martyr’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

The mitzvah of Halloween

The dress-up day has become a true American holiday, offering Jewish kids a chance to put ’love thy neighbor’ into practice

Restoring a place for God to dwell among us

A revived Tree of Life Synagogue — this one in Greece — brims with life, shows the power of resilience and community

The Second Spanish Inquisition

Spain’s citizenship offer for Jews with Marrano ties costs applicants $10K each. That’s a huge potential windfall for the government

Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Jews

As a Turk who believes in facing my dark history, I’m offended by the US Congress’s exploitation of the Armenian genocide

Justice Minister Amir Ohana delivers a statement to the press, at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice minister mulling investigative panel into conduct of state prosecutors

Amir Ohana doubles down after Tuesday press conference, saying he wants to ‘cleanse’ the system which he says determines politics through the interrogation schedule

Court approves ‘surgical’ police searches of PM’s aides’ phones

Israel media reviewMistakes were made: 6 things to know for October 31

Supreme Court president warns of ‘unprecedented’ attacks on justice system

Analysis

Polls: Despite mixed opinions on Brexit, 93% of UK Jews won’t vote for Labour

Though not all Jewish Brits are crazy about ‘Leave’ proponent PM Johnson, accusations of anti-Semitism leading vast majority to avoid opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn at any cost

Illustrative: MP Jeremy Corbyn leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party and his wife Laura Alvarez leaves a polling station after voting in the European Elections in London, May 23, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, walking along the promenade, arrives for the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 21, 2019. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

UK Jewish Labour group won’t campaign for Corbyn-led party in December elections

In this grab taken from video, Speaker John Bercow gestures during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, April 3, 2019 (House of Commons/PA via AP)

End of an Orderrrr! UK Commons speaker John Bercow bows out

By AP and ToI Staff

Israeli referee Lilach Asulin takes a selfie with retired Brazilian soccer star Kaka after giving him a yellow card during the Shalom Game in Haifa, October 29, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

No harm, yes foul

Israeli referee books Brazilian soccer star to snap selfie

By ToI Staff and JTA

After appearing confused as to why Kaka received yellow card, players in Israel-Brazil friendly game laugh over Lilach Asulin’s gag

American Jewish baseball player Alex Bregman reacts in the dugout after hitting a home run in the second game of the American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians at Minute Maid Park in Houston, October 6, 2018. (Bob Levey/Getty Images/via JTA)

Out of the parkJewish player Alex Bregman breaks a World Series home run record

By Gabe Friedman

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A model in a dilapidated Romanian synagogue. (Edy Rosen/Facebook via JTA)

Lingerie photos taken in dilapidated former synagogue in Romania show up online

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Yigal Amir, appearing in court in 2004. (Yoram Rubin/Flash90/File)

Poll: 1 in 5 Israelis think Rabin’s killer should be pardoned

ISignthis exhibited its services at the ifxexpo conference for the online trading industry in Limassol, Cyprus, in May 2019 (Facebook)

Australia stock market probe hints at magnitude of alleged Israeli scam industry

By Simona Weinglass

Illustrative: Far-right groups protest in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, September 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Germany to tighten hate speech, gun laws following synagogue attack

By AFP

One of two suspects (center) in the the killing of a man in Petah Tikva at the beginning of the year, arrives in Israel after the pair were extradited from Russia, October 31, 2019. (Israel Police)

Two murder suspects, one a minor, extradited from Russia

By Stuart Winer

Aleksey Burkov during a court hearing in Israel (Channel 13 news)

Justice minister signs order to extradite Russian hacker wanted by US

The robotic arm developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev that uses an algorithm to calculate the shape of objects and allows it to grasp objects with a variety of geometries (Courtesy)

One robotic arm to grasp them all is developed at Ben-Gurion University

By Shoshanna Solomon

Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Beth Israel Sinai in Racine, Wisconsin, September 22, 2019. (Joyce Placzkowski via JTA)

US Senate launches bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 20, 2017. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

Under pressure from US, Israel forms panel to examine foreign investments

Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military officer at the National Security Council, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 29, 2019. (AP /Manuel Balce Ceneta)

In US, dual loyalty allegations against Jewish NSC staffer spark widespread ire

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Nazi flag seen is seen in a window of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (Screenshot from video uploaded to Imgur by California Department of Corrections via JTA)

Nazi flag seen hanging in California parole office

By Gabe Stutman

Illustrative: Cannabis leaves (Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)

Cannabis incubator, US firm seek to bring Israel weed-tech to California

By Shoshanna Solomon

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