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What Matters Most On Tuesday, October 18, 2022

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Chairman of the Religious Zionism party MK Bezalel Smotrich presents his party's 'Law and Justice' program during a press conference in Kfar Maccabiah in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Lapid: This gang is out to destroy Israeli democracy

Smotrich launches bid to neuter judiciary, potentially halt ally Netanyahu’s trial

By Jeremy Sharon

Religious Zionism leader’s legal reforms would abolish offense of ‘fraud and breach of trust,’ let MKs ignore court rulings on laws, give gov’t control over selection of judges

MK Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit political party, campaigns in Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in northern Israel, October 6, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Netanyahu refuses to get onstage at holiday event until Ben Gvir steps down – report

Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a briefing to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on October 12, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jerusalem mayor: Announcement does 'not contribute at all'

Lapid slams Australia for dropping recognition of W. Jerusalem; ambassador summoned

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Foreign Ministry says it is ‘disappointed’ by decision made for ‘shortsighted political considerations’; Palestinian Authority welcomes Canberra’s walkback

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, left, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Oct. 18, 2022. (Lukas Coch/Pool via AP)

Israel tells Australian envoy that reversal of Jerusalem recognition is ‘wretched’

By Lazar Berman

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, left, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra, Oct. 18, 2022. (Lukas Coch/Pool via AP)

Australia officially drops recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital

By ToI Staff and Agencies

12 key themes, claims and revelations in the autobiography

In Netanyahu’s new book, Obama’s disrespect, an Afghan invite, the annexation fiasco

Former and would-be PM also dishes on Clinton, Biden and Barak, thanks an army colleague for saving his life, and admits he wrote part of his memoir in the Knesset during debates

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, pen in hand, at his Knesset seat during a plenum session on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz hold a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2020. (Tal Shahar/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu vows not to partner with Gantz’s National Unity party

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

File: A campaign poster for then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, chairperson of the Likud party, in the Bedouin town of Tarabeen near the southern city of Beersheba on March 7, 2021, ahead of the election. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Netanyahu spending more on Arabic-language Facebook posts than Arab parties combined

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House on October 17, 2022, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

‘Antisemitic and insulting’: White House denounces Trump’s attack on US Jews

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Ex-president told Jewish Americans to ‘get their act together’ and to ‘appreciate what they have in Israel before it’s too late,’ also claimed he’d easily be elected Israel’s PM

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with President Isaac Herzog (R) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)

Herzog to meet Biden at White House next week on ‘first official visit’ to US

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Asra Panahi, 16, was killed after Iranian regime forces entered her Ardabil high school and demanded students sing a pro-regime anthem, then beat and arrested students who refused, October 13, 2022. (Wikipedia)

Iranian schoolgirl killed by regime forces for refusing to sing pro-Khamenei anthem

Asra Panahi beaten by security forces during raid of her high school in Ardabil; women and girls have been at forefront of Iranian protest movement following death of Mahsa Amini

Elnaz Rekabi competes without a hijab at the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Asia Championship in Seoul, October 16, 2022 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Fears mount for missing Iranian climber who competed without hijab in Seoul

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iranian women shout slogans to protest over the death of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Rights groups urge UN probe of Iran’s ‘harrowing’ crackdown on protests

By AFP

In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, October 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia. (Australia Pool via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Israel said to fear Australia could recognize Palestinian state next

Senior official says Israel reacted forcefully to Canberra’s decision to walk back recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in bid to deter further Australian steps

6:30 pm

Iran says ready for talks with Ukraine over 'baseless' drone claims
6:20 pm

Troops arrest 'Lion's Den' member in northern West Bank raid
6:12 pm

Russia preparing to evacuate civilians from Kherson: top commander

Laura Ben-David

Simchat Torah revolution

My eyes were misty as I was handed a Torah scroll and danced, with so much joy, surrounded by my daughters and granddaughters

Ukraine is not new

Despite their country’s undeniable historical record, Ukrainians have been told they don’t exist, have never existed, and, more alarmingly, should not exist

IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Vetting panel okays Herzi Halevi as next IDF chief, but government vote still needed

By Emanuel Fabian

Current deputy head expected to take up post in January, when Kohavi’s tenure ends; Gantz says cabinet approval likely to take place Sunday

Police arrest 8 Palestinians suspected of aiding escaped gunman who killed soldier

By Emanuel Fabian

Clashes erupt as officers detain relatives and acquaintances of Udai Tamimi, accused of killing Sgt. Noa Lazar in shooting attack in Shuafat earlier this month

Officers detain a Palestinian man in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, October 18, 2022. (Israel Police)

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers are seen near the scene of a shooting attack, near the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, on October 11, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Palestinian gunmen fire at northern West Bank settlement, hitting two homes

By Emanuel Fabian

File: Israeli security forces at the entrance of the Salem base near the West Bank town of Jenin, following an attack by Palestinians who opened fire and were killed by Israeli security forces, May 7, 2021. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Shots fired at northern West Bank military post; no injuries

By Emanuel Fabian

A photograph shows Kyiv late on October 11, 2022, during a rolling blackout of parts of districts of the Ukrainian capital following rocket attacks on critical infrastructures in the evening, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Eugene KOTENKO / AFP)

Zelensky: Russian strikes destroyed around 30% of Ukraine’s power stations in a week

By Emmanuel PEUCHOT

Ukrainian president says repeated targeting of energy infrastructure is a form of terror attack; some hospitals running on backup generators

In this handout photo released by Kooperativ Telegram Channel, flames and smoke rise from the scene after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, October 17, 2022. (Kooperativ Telegram Channel via AP)

Russian warplane crashes into residential area in Sea of Azov city, killing 4

By AP

Local residents walk past police officers after a drone attack in Kyiv on October 17, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

US warns of sanctions over Iran drone ties after Kyiv strikes

By AFP

A Shahed-136 drone is seen in the sky seconds before it hit buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Warily eyeing Kyiv strike, Israel said to fear it will be next target of Iran drones

An Iranian Shahed-136 drone is launched during a military exercise in Iran, December 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

ExplainerThe Iranian-made killer drones vying for supremacy in Ukrainian skies

By AP

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai attends the Jewish People's Lobby, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli sources say minister’s call to arm Ukraine doesn’t represent government

Clockwise from top left: Editor David Horovitz, political correspondent Tal Schneider, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur, deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan, settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon and political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn. (Ariel Jerozolimski and courtesy)

ToI@10 event

TONIGHT: Join us in Jerusalem for a live elections event in which you set the agenda

On October 19 at the Train Theater, our team of political experts are ready to answer your burning questions ahead of the November 1 elections — plus interactive polling

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn speaks at the Women for America First March for Trump Rally at Freedom Plaza, Dec. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Former White House adviser goes grassroots to spread Christian nationalism

By Michelle R. Smith

Kanye West on the "Drink Champs" podcast, October 16, 2022. (Youtube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘The Jewish media blocked me out,’ Kanye West says in latest antisemitic rant

By Michael Horovitz and AP

Controversial hip-hop star claims Jews ‘have owned the Black voice,’ blames ‘Jewish Zionists’ for publicizing details about ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s relationship with Pete Davidson

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A girl wearing a face mask crossing a road in front of Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysian forces free Gazan after alleged Mossad abduction in Kuala Lumpur – report

Walid Shahab (Courtesy)

14-year-old boy dies days after being hit by stray bullet while out for pizza

Illustrative: Jewish people visit the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp after the March of the Living annual observance, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland maintains ban on armed guards for Israeli school groups

By AFP and ToI Staff

Christian nationalist Free Patriotic Movement head Gebran Bassil, who is allied with the Hezbollah terror group, gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 17, 2022. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah-linked Lebanese MP says Ukraine War sped up maritime border talks

Hundreds of families take part in the annual Katzrin and Golan nature walk in different trails of the Katzrin forest, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, on October 13, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Record 1.5 million Israelis visit national parks during Sukkot break

By Michael Horovitz

Staff Sgt. Ido Baruch, 21, killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank on October 11, 2022, in an undated photo released by the military. (Israel Defense Forces)

2 Israelis regain sight after family of soldier killed in attack donates his corneas

By Michael Horovitz

Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Investments in Israeli startups drop by 36% in third quarter of 2022 — report

By Ricky Ben-David

Gauthier Dance brings 'Swan Lakes' to the Tel Aviv Opera house October 20-22, 2022 (Courtesy Gauthier Dance)

4 scores & a performanceFour ‘Swan Lake’ homages swim onto Tel Aviv stage

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood waves his hand from a defendants cage in a courtroom in Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt, August 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Some US military aid to Egypt blocked after senator’s human rights objections

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee

This photo provided by Cyprus press and information office, European Union's energy commissioner Kadri Simson speaks during the East Mediterranean Gas Forum conference at the presidential palace in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Andreas Loucaides/Cyprus Press and Information Office via AP)

Cyprus, EU launch project to link island to European grid

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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