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What Matters Most On Thursday, November 21, 2019

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President Reuven Rivlin (R) and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

President decries 'this miserable political situation'

‘A time of unprecedented darkness’: Rivlin passes coalition-building buck to MKs

By Raoul Wootliff

After Gantz and Netanyahu fail to build government, never-before-used electoral law opens last window for any lawmaker to win majority backing — or new elections will be triggered

The plenum hall of the Knesset during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Making unhappy history, Knesset enters 21-day grace period for forming coalition

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, on October 27, 2019. (Elad Malka)

Netanyahu again calls on Gantz to hold one-on-one coalition talks

Illustrative: French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a grave vandalized with a swastika during a visit at the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, on February 19, 2019, on the day of nationwide marches against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks. (Frederick Florin/Pool/AFP)

ADL survey: 25% of Europeans anti-Semitic, East European bigotry rises sharply

By Yaakov Schwartz

US Jewish man stabbed, critically hurt, outside synagogue in upstate New York

By ToI Staff and JTA

Elderly man beaten by teen in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin, police say

By Toby Axelrod

British climate activist leader engulfed in row after downplaying Holocaust

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 12, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Poll shows 46% think Netanyahu should resign due to criminal charges against him

By Michael Bachner

Survey by Channel 12 — conducted before indictment was announced — says 30% thought PM should remain in his position if charged; 17% say he should take leave of absence

12:53 pm

Former police top brass defend law enforcement from Netanyahu attacks
8:01 pm

Shas party says it is confident Netanyahu will be proven innocent
7:46 pm

Pre-indictment hearing said to have worsened charges against Netanyahu

Senior Likud party lawmaker MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks during the conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Likud’s Sa’ar calls for leadership primaries, declares bid to unseat Netanyahu

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Premier’s chief rival in the party says he will succeed in forming government, ‘uniting country’; Netanyahu supporter Elkin says internal vote will only waste time and energy

Report: Mandelblit wraps up Netanyahu indictments, could unveil charges Thursday

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

Yesh Atid cancels primaries, extends Lapid’s chairmanship

Defying Netanyahu, Likud lawmaker calls for early leadership primaries

Our daughter, Malki Roth, with her friends, in a photograph found in a disposable camera, after Malki was killed by the bomb set by Ahlam Tamimi at the Sbarro's pizzeria in Jerusalem, on August 9, 2001. (courtesy)

From the blogs

Frimet Roth and Arnold Roth

A tribute unfit for a king who harbors our child’s killer

OP-ED: Jordan’s monarch won’t extradite the woman behind the horrific Sbarro massacre. Why is he getting the royal treatment at a New York gala?

Blog10 fiery factors deeply dividing Israel and American Jews

By Shmuly Yanklowitz

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Benny Gantz gives a statement in Tel Aviv after giving up his coalition-building bid on November 20, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Analysis

Accusing Netanyahu of trying to steal election, Gantz opens campaign for another

Contrasting his own outlook with Netanyahu’s, the Blue and White chief paints a picture of two different leaders – one selfless, the other self-obsessed – and two different Israels

As Gantz gives up, PM urges ‘immediate’ unity talks without preconditions

Gantz said to blame Lapid, right-wing flank in his party for coalition failure

Gantz concedes failure to form coalition, all but assuring new elections

By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff

Illustrative picture of an old map and compass. (12963734/iStock by Getty Images)

Israel media review

Here be elections: 7 things to know for November 21

By Joshua Davidovich

Israel is grumpily sailing into uncharted waters, and everyone is pretty sure we’ll soon be wrecked on electoral terra all-too-cognita, unless a mutiny on the Bibi forms

Netanyahu lashes Liberman for casting ultra-Orthodox as ‘anti-Zionist’

Bennett pitches direct PM election proposal to avert 3rd Knesset vote

By Nati Yefet and ToI Staff

AnalysisAs clock winds down on Gantz, Netanyahu breathes a sigh of relief

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Children play in a water fountain on a hot summer's day near the Tower of David in Jerusalem, July 30, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israelis should prepare for 50-degree Celsius summer days, climate expert says

James Salinger, a lead author on a Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN report on climate change, warns that the Middle East and North Africa are likely to suffer most from global warming

Illustrative: Palestinian security prisoners in Ofer Prison, north of Jerusalem, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)

Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries

By JTA and ToI Staff

Dutch government, which gives several millions of dollars a year to PA, says talks to end wages to those who carried out attacks on Israelis ‘did not lead to the desired outcome”

Israel at UN says Europe’s ‘automatic’ support for Palestinians harming peace

By ToI Staff and AP

Arab League to meet on US shift on Israel settlements

By AFP and ToI Staff

Vatican says US decision on settlements ‘undermines regional stability’

By AP and ToI Staff

An Israeli soldier stands on a Merkava tank deployed on the Golan Heights on November 20, 2019. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Rocket attack on Golan was response to IDF strike on Syria-Iraq border – report

By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon

Russia claims Israel violated Jordanian and Iraqi airspace in recent Syria attacks, expresses ‘concern and resentment’

Photos show alleged Quds Force headquarters destroyed in IDF strikes

By Judah Ari Gross

Nuclear agency tells Iran to explain uranium particles at site flagged by Israel

By Julia ZAPPEI

Iran jails conservationists for ‘espionage’ for trying to save Asiatic cheetah

By Jon Gambrell

Golda Meir. (David Levy/GPO)

Director interview

Israeli documentary may knock Golda Meir off her pedestal — and into your heart

By Jordan Hoffman

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Sanders gets applause at debate for call to treat Palestinians with dignity

At Democratic debate, asked whether they would take a tougher stance on Saudi Arabia, considering its human rights abuses, Sanders volunteers he would also be tougher on Israel.

Sondland invokes family’s escape from Holocaust in Trump impeachment hearing

By JTA

Democrat debate exposes divides despite united front against Trump

By Nicholas Kamm and Michael Mathes

Jewish Democratic Council ad calls Trump the ‘biggest threat’ to Jews

By JTA

More Headlines

The Ashdod coastline. (Ashdod Municipality)

Ashdod scoops up UN award for most environmentally friendly Mediterranean city

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai poses for a photograph at a launch event for new public transportation buses, November 20, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Breaking religious restrictions, buses to roll on Shabbat in Tel Aviv

By JTA and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of Riad Rushrush, sentenced to 19 years in prison for killing Tehila Nagar, seen at the Nazareth District Court, November 21, 2019. (Wallas News)

Uproar in court as man sentenced to 19 years for killing girlfriend

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri, after signing a reconciliation deal with senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Hamas deputy chief praises ‘political paralysis’ in Israel

A picture taken on November 18, 2019, shows Israeli activists (L to R) Esti Shushan, Rachel Morgerstern, Hila Hassan Lefkowitz, Esther Twersky, and Yael Elimelech of the Nivcharot foundation, an Ultra-Orthodox feminist group, during a work meeting in the central city of Kfar Saba, on November 18, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Israeli ultra-Orthodox women launch anti-domestic violence campaign

By Alexandra Vardi

from left: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia, and Natan Schottenfels arrive at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

From Jerusalem to KyivGrammy nod goes to Israeli directors, producer for Swedish pop song

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative picture of a #MeToo supporter of the online campaign against sexual abuse and harassment (nito100/Getty Images/iStock)

9 out of 10 rape cases in Israel closed without charges — study

Shipping containers at the Haifa port, November 14, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

OECD: Though ‘robust,’ Israel’s economic growth expected to slow in coming years

By Stuart Winer

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer addressing a session at Watec in Tel Aviv, November 19, 2019 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Michigan eyes Israeli tech to tackle water, mobility, cybersecurity challenges

By Shoshanna Solomon

Master baker Uri Scheft in his 'Chef Mentor' video (Courtesy Chef Mentor)

Online cooking course aims to turn kitchen amateurs into culinary pros

By Jessica Steinberg

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference at the InterContinental Hotel in London, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Jeremy Corbyn mispronounces Jeffrey Epstein’s name, and critics have a field day

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A British Airways A350 at London Heathrow on July 29, 2019 (Nick Morrish/British Airways)

British Airways crowns Tel Aviv as a top vacation destination for 2020

By Shoshanna Solomon

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