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What Matters Most On Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on November 2, 2022, with his wife Sara at his side, as votes are counted in the general elections. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

2022 electionsLapid said preparing for prospect of power transition

With 86% of votes tallied, Netanyahu headed for decisive comeback victory

By Michael Bachner

Near-complete results give Likud leader’s bloc 65 seats, with far-right set to gain unprecedented sway; landscape could change if Meretz, Balad cross threshold, but seen unlikely

United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus at a conference organized by the Srugim news website ahead of the Knesset elections, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 30, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2022 electionsHaredi member of Netanyahu bloc tells political rivals: ‘We’re not animals like you’

Head of the Likud party MK Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara celebrate election returns in Jerusalem on November 2, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

2022 electionsNetanyahu heralds ‘cusp of victory,’ Lapid urges patience as votes are counted

Supporters call him 'next PM,' chant 'Death to terrorists'

‘We’ll reassert ownership of this state,’ Ben Gvir vows as exit polls show big gains

Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir vowed to "reassert ownership" of the country late Tuesday night in his address to supporters soon after the release of exit polls that showed significant gains for his party and indicated the pro-Netanyahu bloc would be able to form a majority... Continue Reading

Head of the Otzma Yehudit party Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to supporters at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem after the November 1, 2022 elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud party supporters celebrate at the party headquarters on election night, November 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

2022 ElectionsRight-wing lawmakers celebrate exit polls as opposing bloc urges wait for results

Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Nov. 2 – The day after: Winners, losers and where do we go from here?

Meretz party supporters react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Jerusalem November 1, 2022. (Flash90)

‘This is the abyss’: Left reacts with horror to election results

By Jeremy Sharon

Meretz minister Esawi Frej says Labor leader Merav Michaeli’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ brought about the center-left’s electoral downfall

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to supporters as the results of exit polls in national elections are announced, in Tel Aviv, on November 2, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Coalition official: ‘Cannibalistic pig’ Lapid felled allies, gave Netanyahu victory

From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)Exit polls show clear win for Netanyahu and allies; Lapid: We’ll wait for vote count

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Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

However the election shakes out, US Jewry will have to deal with Israel’s far-right

The already difficult task of advocating for Israel is poised to get significantly more difficult for American Jews, as they will likely be forced to either defend and excuse politicians whose beliefs are anathema to them or publicly criticize Israeli elected officials, neither of which is a particularly enticing option. While the votes in Tuesday's... Continue Reading

L-R: MKs Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich at a rally of their Religious Zionism party in the southern city of Sderot on October 26, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP)

A panel discussion at the JFNA General Assembly in Chicago on October 30, 2022. (Jewish Federations of North America)

US Jewish leaders express quiet concern about potential rise of Israeli far-right

By PHILISSA CRAMER

The leaders of the new National Unity party at the party launch on Sunday night, August 14, 2022, in Kfar Maccabiah, from left to right: Gadi Eisenkot, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar. (Elad Malka)

Gantz’s National Unity party says it will go to opposition, with Likud win projected

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

After meeting of three top leaders, party warns of ‘extremist elements’ in the right-religious government Netanyahu is expected to form

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) and Culture Minister Chili Tropper visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, October 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz heckled as ‘murderer’ at Western Wall during election eve visit

Explainer

Why the remaining ballots are likely to sink Balad, confirm Netanyahu’s victory

As the vote tallying in this week's Knesset election nears its final stages, and with the bloc of parties loyal to right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu on course for a convincing victory, all eyes are on the over 600,000 so-called double-envelope ballots, which will determine the fate of two parties opposed to the Likud chairman... Continue Reading

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara cast their ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem in the country's fifth election in less than four years on November 1, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

2022 electionsExit polls show win for Netanyahu and far-right allies, as vote count gets under way

A man and his son vote during elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 1, 2022. (AP/ Oded Balilty/ File)

2022 ElectionsTurnout high as parties project tight contest to drive final votes

MKs Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich at a rally of their Religious Zionism party in the southern city of Sderot on October 26, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Mainstream US Jewish groups hint at unease with rise of Israeli far right

Weighing in on election for first time, AJC notes problematic remarks of potential cabinet members, while JFNA says it looks forward to working with incoming gov’t

11:38 pm

Likud claims elections czar's caution tape causing miscount
11:12 pm

Updated vote tally pushes Meretz further from threshold
9:36 pm

Iran orders probe into 'shocking' police brutality video

Soldiers at the scene of a car-ramming attack at the 'Bell' checkpoint, near Modi'in on November 2, 2022. (Flash90)

Officer seriously wounded in West Bank car-ramming; attacker shot dead — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Footage shows assailant running over victim at checkpoint near Modiin, then getting out and trying to attack him with pickaxe before injured soldier shoots him

Screen capture from video shows Muhammad Zahran, left, falling to the ground after allegedly being hit by one of a mob of Jewish Israelis in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, on October 31, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Two Jewish men suspected of terror, racial assault of Arab Israeli in Jerusalem

Hannah Pressman

Seattle’s climate is changing, and so are our (cough, hack) Jewish rituals

After the smokiest Sukkot in memory, a frightening week of diminished rather than increased joy, my corner of the country was crying out for wind and rain

Were things bad for Jews in Poland? Who’s to say?

Well, you know, everybody suffers. Everyone has their own narrative. I have mine. You have yours.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses supporters of his Yesh Atid party at its campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv, early on November 2, 2022, after the announcement of exit polls. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Lapid pulls out of UN climate conference after apparent election loss

By AFP

Prime Minister’s Office says President Herzog will represent Israel instead at the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh next week

Hadash-Ta'al party leaders at their headquarters in the northern town of Shefaram, as the results of the Israeli general elections are announced, November 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

2 of 3 Arab factions predicted to enter Knesset, vow to oppose far-right ‘fascism’

Exit polls show Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al crossing electoral threshold and Balad just below as some voice fear over Religious Zionism’s strong showing

Israelis cast their ballots in the Israeli general elections, at a voting station in Jerusalem,on November 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Election czar rebuffs Netanyahu allegations of Arab fraud, says vote went smoothly

Reporter's notebook

Voters in mixed Jewish-Arab city Lod choose between far-right and radical left

LOD -- In May 2021, the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod became one of the focal points of the worst intercommunal violence ever witnessed in Israel, during which two residents -- one Arab, one Jewish -- were killed and dozens were injured. Arab residents rioted in the city and burned Jewish property following violence... Continue Reading

A Lod marketplace on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook

On Israel’s northern fringes, support for Netanyahu strong among minorities

GHAJAR and BUQ'ATA -- Israel likes to imagine itself as a country with borders, a clear and permanent line demarcating where the Jewish state ends and an Arab neighbor begins. But in many places, the edges of Israeli-controlled territory would be more accurately described as a frontier, a permeable region in constant flux that is mostly, but not, entirely Israeli;... Continue Reading

Druze residents of the village of Buq'ata in the Golan Heights on October 21, 2018. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

Cate Blanchett stars in 'Tár.' (Screenshot from YouTube/ via JTA)

Warning: Spoilers

Critics sing praises of ‘Tár,’ a surprisingly Jewish new film about classical music

By Andrew Lapin

While the brilliant and terrifying fictitious protagonist played by Cate Blanchett isn’t explicitly shown to be Jewish, the world around her is undeniably influenced by Jews

In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on October 26, 2022, a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber is seen on a training mission as part of Russia's nuclear drills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Senior Russian leaders said to discuss using nuclear weapon in Ukraine

Alarm in Washington as intelligence shows top generals examined various scenarios for a strike, officials tell NY Times — but Putin was not involved

Illustrative: In this February 20, 2020, file pool photo, a member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

US officials say Saudis warning Iran may attack the kingdom imminently

By AAMER MADHANI, Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor

Iranians protest the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (Photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Middle East Images/AP)

Iranian protesters return to the streets in defiance of regime crackdown

By Stuart Williams

More Headlines

Staff Sgt. Nathan Fitoussi in an undated photograph published by the military on August 16, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier who shot Nathan Fitoussi in friendly fire incident removed from combat duty

By Emanuel Fabian

File - The scene of the suspected murder of a woman in an incident of domestic violence in Haifa, October 1, 2022. (Israel Police)

Woman falls to her death from window in Haifa; ex-husband and landlord arrested

An aerial vide of Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)

5 Israeli universities feature among top 50 producers of entrepreneurs

By Ricky Ben-David

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives to speak from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct. 30 presidential runoff. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro declines to concede defeat, but authorizes transition process

By DIANE JEANTET and Carla Bridi

Shaima Dallali (formerly president of City Students’ Union) takes over as president of the UK National Union of Students. (Screenshot via YouTube)

From our partnerHead of national UK student group fired following antisemitism probe

Security guards stand in front of the gate near the migrant processing centre in Dover, England, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP/Kin Cheung)

UK counterterror police takes over probe of migrant center firebombing

By AFP

Fans wearing matching "Fight Antisemitism" shirts watch Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP/Jessie Alcheh)

Courtside NBA fans wear ‘fight antisemitism’ shirts at Kyrie Irving game

By Denis P. Gorman

Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) reacts during her first address to Senate, ahead of a confidence vote at Madama palace in Rome on October 26, 2022. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Politician once seen wearing Nazi armband is handed government post in Italy

By AFP

A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's military exercise during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea threatens South, US with ‘most horrible price in history’

By Hyung-Jin Kim

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro block Castelo Branco highway, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 1, 2022. (Caio GUATELLI / AFP)

As Bolsanaro remains mum on election loss, protests in Brazil hit high gear

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