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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 30, 2022

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Victim in Kiryat Arba shooting named as Ronen Hanania; wounded son recounts horror

Deceased to be laid to rest Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem; son says he he was ‘lucky to witness his final moments’

Ronen Hanania, shot dead in a terrorist attack near the Kiryat Arba settlement in the southern West Bank, on October 29, 2022. (Courtesy)

Israeli troops map out the home of Muhammed Kamel al-Jabari in the West Bank city of Hebron ahead of a potential demolition, early October 30, 2022. Al-Jabari killed an Israeli man and wounded four others in an attack hours earlier. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF prepares to demolish Hebron home of terrorist who killed Israeli man

By Emanuel Fabian

The Palestinian perpetrator of a shooting terror attack near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank is seen in CCTV footage, moment before he is rammed by a security officer and shot dead by an off-duty soldier, October 29, 2022. (Screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli killed, 4 hurt in West Bank terror shooting; medic shot while trying to help

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli security forces at the scene of a vehicle-ramming attack at the Almog Junction in the West Bank, October 30, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

IDF: 5 soldiers hurt in ramming attack near Jericho; Palestinian assailant shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Ambulance service says two victims in moderate condition, another three lightly wounded; attack comes day after deadly terror shooting in Hebron

Analysis

Ultra-Orthodox parties battle to keep their voters from switching to Ben Gvir

The Haredi political leadership is focusing its election campaign on cost-of-living concerns, and the imperative to keep its community loyal rather than drifting to the far-right

File: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks near a billboard describing a picture late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, as part of Shas election campaign, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 28, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

An ultra-Orthodox man holds a poster bearing a portrait of former prime minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, during a Likud party campaign rally on October 20, 2022, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem ahead of the November general elections. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

AnalysisWill Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox allies ditch him after the election?

By Michael Blum

An anti-Netanyahu protester rises from the floor after being pushed by a counter-protester during a rally in Netanya, October 29, 2022. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-Netanyahu protesters assaulted in Netanya; police arrest 3 over violence

Israeli far-right MK and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir visits Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv during his campaign ahead of the November election, October 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ben Gvir says he’ll demand law that will cancel Netanyahu’s corruption trial

Far-right MK claims opposition leader may opt for Gantz in coalition in his stead; Likud leader blames media for rise of Ben Gvir, whose entrance to Knesset he orchestrated

Israeli far-right MK and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir visits Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv during his campaign ahead of the November election, October 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 30: MK Ben Gvir’s policies match those of neo-fascists in Europe

Labor party leader Merav Michaeli speaks at a memorial rally for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at Zion Square in Jerusalem, October 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

At Rabin rally in Jerusalem, Labor chief rips Netanyahu, Ben Gvir over 1995 protest

Reporter's notebook

Damned if you vote, damned if you don’t: Despair a deciding factor in Arab turnout

Even generous forecasts cap neglected minority’s turnout at 50%, but Balad’s breakaway from Hadash-Ta’al offers those who refuse to cooperate with government a new political home

A man walks by an election campaign billboard showing Sami Abu Shehadeh, head of the nationalist Balad party, in the northern Israeli city of Umm al-Fahm, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

State of the campaign

Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman

The final countdown: What could change the election in the last days

If none of the wobbling parties falls below the threshold, the result may hinge on a seat or two; but if any of Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al, Labor or Meretz fails, Netanyahu wins easily

Prominent Israeli politicians ahead of the 25th Knesset election: Top row, left to right: Itamar Ben Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Aryeh Deri, Moshe Gafni; middle row, left to right: Zehava Galon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Liberman, Merav Michaeli; bottom row, left to right: Ayelet Shaked, Sami Abou Shahadeh, Mansour Abbas, Ahmad Tibi, Ayman Odeh. (Flash90, GPO)

Israelis cast their votes at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the elections for the 24th Knesset, March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Election explainer

Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday. Here’s how to cast your ballot

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

From how to find your polling station to what to do once you get there, ToI walks you through how to vote on November 1

Workers prepare ballot boxes for the upcoming elections, at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, October 12, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Experts warn Israel vulnerable to online threats, including from Iran, ahead of vote

By Jonah Mandel

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, October 25, 2022 (courtesy Ukraine Presidential Office)

Natan Sharansky ’embarrassed’ by lack of Israeli support for Ukraine

After meeting with President Zelensky, former minister and Soviet political prisoner says it’s a ‘disgrace’ that ‘not even a Knesset delegation’ has visited Kyiv

In this file photo taken on August 14, 2022, the first UN-chartered vessel MV Brave Commander loads more than 23,000 tons of grain to export to Ethiopia, in Yuzhne, east of Odesa on the Black Sea coast (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP)

Russia suspends participation in deal that allowed Ukraine grain exports

By AFP

An Israeli soldier checks cars at the "tunnel" checkpoint, near Jerusalem, October 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

No intel indicating terror attack plans on election day — report

Public broadcaster reports that Palestinian car-rammer visited West Bank junction every day over past month, but was thought to be ‘weird’

7:34 pm

Pro-Kyiv site adds Liberman to list of people accused of harming Ukraine's interests
7:22 pm

German FM says EU weighing blacklisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards as terror group
7:10 pm

Palestinian car-rammer reportedly visited junction every day over past month

What’s at stake is a Judaism that binds us together

The extremists of the Religious Zionist party have fought any attempt to improve Jewish religious services and sown contempt for leading rabbis in Israel

Govern the Jewish state with righteousness

To live up to what it means to a religious Zionist state, Israel must protect the marginalized and vulnerable, and not only those in power

Prime Minister Yair Lapid tours the Karish natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, off Israel's northern coast, October 30, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

As gas begins to flow, Lapid tours Karish, hailing implications for Israel’s economy

By Lazar Berman

After signing maritime border deal with Lebanon days before election, prime minister says natural gas will help lower cost of living for Israelis

US President Joe Biden (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid shake hands after signinig the Jerusalem Declaration before the start of a joint press conference in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Biden drafts letter guaranteeing Israel’s rights in Lebanon maritime deal

By Lazar Berman

Lebanese Druze politician Wiam Wahhab speaks to Al-Jadeed TV, October 28, 2022. (Screenshot/File)

Lebanese politician close to Hezbollah: ‘We went for sustainable peace’ with Israel

Two Barak 8 missile launchers and an Elta radar system are seen south of Abu-Dhabi, UAE, in a satellite image taken in September 2022. (Screenshot: Google Earth)

Citing satellite image, analysts say UAE deploys Israeli-made air defense system

By Emanuel Fabian

Joint Israeli-Indian Barak-8 launchers and Elta radar seen south of Abu Dhabi, following wave of missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis

A view shows the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on October 29, 2022 ahaead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup football tournament. (Vincent Amalvy/AFP)

Qatar evicts hundreds of migrant workers as World Cup looms — residents

By AFP

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, right, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, talk to reporters October 25, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)

Israel’s president denounces ‘vicious’ assault on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Attacks on elected officials and their families are attacks on democracy itself,’ Herzog says after Paul Pelosi targeted at home

Speaker of the US House Nancy Pelosi, and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, December 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

In 1st comment, Pelosi says she’s ‘heartbroken, traumatized’ over attack on husband

By AFP

US Deputy Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism Aaron Keyak, right, meets with Western Wall Chief Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch in the latter's office in Jerusalem on October 6, 2022. (US State Department)

Interview

In Israel, US monitor defends pressing government on ‘antisemitism’ at Western Wall

By Judah Ari Gross

Antisemitism envoy Aaron Keyak says Jerusalem understands Washington wanting to keep Jews safe at prayer; tells ToI Kanye comments are fair game for office, but not Trump’s

File - Rapper Kanye West, attends the Givenchy Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on October 2, 2022. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)

Israeli ex-COO of Yeezy calls for understanding over Kanye West’s antisemitism

By ToI Staff and AFP

Udi Avshalom says ‘mental health is no joke’ and that he believes the music and fashion mogul ‘knows he talkin nonsense’

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving looks for help against Indiana Pacers guard Buddy Hield during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Oct. 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Brooklyn Nets’ Irving defends promoting antisemitic movie: ‘Did I harm anybody?’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Brooklyn Nets' Kyrie Irving tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks' George Hill during the first half of an NBA basketball game, October 26, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

After linking to antisemitic film, NBA’s Irving says he respects all religions

By AFP

A demonstrator dressed in the colors of the Brazilian flag performs in front of a street vendor's towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates, current President Jair Bolsonaro, center, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 27, 2022. (Eraldo Peres/AP)

'It's not who's good for the Jews, but who's less racist'

Many Brazilian Jews feel the election is a choice ‘between the cross and the sword’

By Marcus M. Gilban

In Sunday vote, community torn between far-right incumbent Bolsonaro, who loves Israel and ultranationalists, and Lula, a far-left social activist sympathetic to Palestinian cause

Polls open in Brazil for polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula presidential runoff contest

By DIANE JEANTET

South Korean police officers stand guard at the scene of a deadly crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea in shock, grief after 153 die in ‘hell-like’ Halloween crowd surge

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Hyung-Jin Kim

Week of mourning declared across country after accident that occurred as 100,000 gathered in Seoul for annual outdoor festival

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, students of Sharif University of Technology holding banners saying: 'No to mandatory hijab' and 'Dear Zhina, (Mahsa Amini's nickname), you won't die, your name will become a symbol,' during a protest sparked by the death of 22-year-old Amini in the custody of the country's morality police, in Tehran, October 7, 2022. (AP Photo)

Iranian journalists decry arrests of colleagues, call for their release

By AFP

Over 300 journalists sign statement denouncing arrests and lack of civil rights, with more than 20 reporters said still in detention across country

Iranians protest 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)

Iran opens trial of 5 facing death penalty over protests roiling country

By AFP

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Hossein Salami addresses during the funeral ceremony for five members of the Guard killed in Syria, in Tehran, Iran, August 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

As Iran protests swell, IRGC chief warns demonstrators: ‘Don’t come to the streets’

More Headlines

Illustrative: Female soldiers of the Bardelas Battalion during training, July 13, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

IDF begins to draft female recruits to elite units previously closed off to women

By Emanuel Fabian

Twitter headquarters is seen in San Francisco, October 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

AnalysisTwitter’s new owner Elon Musk gets chance to defeat site’s many fake accounts

By Matt O'Brien

Gerald Stern speaks to the audience during the National Book Awards in New York November 18, 1998. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda, File)

ObituaryGerald Stern, prize-winning US poet who explored ‘the idea of a Jew,’ dies at 97

By Hillel Italie

FILE - State Senator Doug Mastriano, Republican gubernatorial candidate, stands as the national anthem is sung during a campaign event at the Deja Vu Social Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September, 30, 2022. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Jewish and Christian faiths contrast in Pennsylvania governor race

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