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What Matters Most On Friday, November 4, 2022

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Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu on November 2, 2022 (left); Outgoing prime minister Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov; Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

PM instructs his office to prepare for transfer of power

Conceding defeat, Lapid wishes Netanyahu luck ‘for the sake of the Israeli people’

Final election results show Likud leader to head 64-strong right-religious bloc in 120-seat Knesset despite only narrow lead in overall vote, as Meretz, Balad fall below threshold

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets with Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Blinken calls outgoing PM Lapid to thank him, warn of spiraling West Bank violence

By ToI Staff and AFP

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)

More US Jewish groups publicly fret over far-right showing in Israeli election

By Judah Ari Gross

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Israel poised to have its most religious government; experts say no theocracy yet

Barring an unexpected turn of events, for the first time in Israel's history, the government will be made up primarily of religious parties, with 33 seats in the projected 64-strong coalition going to the Religious Zionism Party, Shas and United Torah Judaism, two more than the Likud. This is expected to have major implications on... Continue Reading

Illustrative image of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting outside the Meah Shearim neighborhood on June 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thousands of people take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, June 3, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Newly ascendant anti-LGBT MK says he will seek to ban Jerusalem Pride Parade

By Michael Horovitz

Sapir and Gili Zeelon get married over Zoom through a wedding officiant in Utah in January 2021. (Courtesy: Sapir Zeelon)

Government turns to High Court to challenge recognition of Utah ‘Zoom weddings’

By Judah Ari Gross

Labor party leader Merav Michaeli casts her ballot at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the Knesset elections on November 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Labor leader Michaeli, who refused Meretz merger, blames Lapid for left’s demise

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Poor election showing shrinks left-wing representation from 13 to 4 seats in 25th Knesset; Michaeli accuses PM of ‘irresponsibly’ pushing Yesh Atid in front of bloc

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

Meretz wiped out of the Knesset after falling just below electoral threshold

Stream hit Israeli drama ‘Unchained’ starring Aviv Alush

Watch Aviv Alush (The Beauty & the Baker) as Yosef, a rabbi-investigator helping women obtain a ‘gett’ while dealing with a crisis of faith in his own home.

Analysis

Netanyahu won 8-seat majority over his opponents despite near-parity in raw votes

With the publication of the final election results Thursday night, the scale of the anti-Netanyahu political parties' self-exacerbated defeat was thrown into sharp relief, as the final vote tallies showed just 30,293 votes separating the opposing political camps. Although this gap represents less than one Knesset seat based on the total number of valid votes cast in the election, the... Continue Reading

File: Meretz leader Zehava Galon, left, speaks to thousands of Israeli Left wing activists during a rally in Tel-Aviv on May 27, 2017; Labor leader Merav Michaeli attends a conference in Rishon Lezion on July 19, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90); (Flash90)

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to supporters of his Yisrael Beytenu party as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Modiin, November 1, 2022. (Flash90)

Liberman says he rebuffed Likud approach to join coalition; not till Netanyahu quits

Outgoing finance minister refuses to consider partnership with ultra-Orthodox parties, predicts US will put ‘physical pressure’ on expected right-wing religious coalition

Shas chair Aryeh Deri, right, and United Torah Judaism chair Yitzchak Goldknopf meet in Jerusalem, November 4, 2022. (United Torah Judaism)

Deri and Goldknopf meet, agree to cooperate after Netanyahu-bloc victory

By Michael Horovitz

Then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, with then-Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

Bennett announces resignation, hopes incoming government ‘will act responsibly’

Construction in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the city of Hebron, on April 2, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90)

13-year-old girl breathing independently after being shot in West Bank’s Kiryat Arba

Family of Tamar Aharon thanks doctors and nation’s prayers, hopes for full recovery after she was hit in the head, apparently by errant fire from Palestinian city of Hebron

Palestinian farmers picking olives after clashes between farmers, activists and Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Tawanah, near the west bank city of Hebron, October 22, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinian family harvesting olives say they were beaten up by settlers

Screen capture of CCTV footage purportedly showing Israeli settlers vandalizing cars in the Palestinian village of Beit Iska, northwest of Jerusalem, November 3, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Settlers accused of vandalism in Palestinian village near Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with then-US vice president Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2016, during Biden's official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Analysis

Allies may worry over far-right’s election gains, but few can afford to shun Israel

US, UK express concerns over rise of Ben Gvir, set to be minister, and some may prefer not to work with Netanyahu, but shared core interests will likely rein in diplomatic fallout

File: US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides (L) and opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Knesset on December 9, 2021. (US embassy in Israel)

US envoy congratulates Netanyahu on win, says he will enjoy ‘working together’

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh holds a briefing with foreign press at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 10, 2021. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Palestinian Authority PM: Israeli power swap is ‘difference between Pepsi and Coke’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

All the prime minister’s men

As Netanyahu returns, it is his primarily male, religious and nationalist partners who will set the new government’s tenor; could they give the left a fresh flag to rally around?

Sara Shapiro-Plevan

Your co-workers should know your salary. You should know theirs too

Americans are private about their earnings, but that sensitivity perpetuates unfair incomes and discrimination. With shared numbers, we can all be better off

A ceremony to open an Israeli field hospital in Mostyska, Ukraine, on March 22, 2022 (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

Russia said to threaten retaliation if Israel supplies defense aid to Ukraine

US media reports Moscow will respond if military equipment is supplied directly or through third party; separate report says Iran asked Russia for help on nuclear program

Russian Security Council deputy chairman and head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting outside Moscow, Russia, October 3, 2022 (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik Pool Photo via AP)

Medvedev: Russia waging sacred battle against ‘Satan’ and ‘Nazi drug addicts’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving looks out during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in New York. (AP/Jessie Alcheh)

Nets suspend Kyrie Irving over refusal to disavow antisemitism

By AP and ToI Staff

Brooklyn basketball team says player ‘unfit to be associated’ with it after he declines to apologize for promoting anti-Jewish film; ADL backs removal, rejects promised donation

Kanye West at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California, February 9, 2020. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Kanye paid settlement to ex-employee in 2018 after antisemitic remarks – report

By Andrew Lapin

Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, New Jersey, Thursday, November 3, 2022, after the FBI warned of a 'broad threat' to Jewish places of worship in the state. (AP/Ryan Kryska)

FBI warns of ‘broad threat’ to synagogues in New Jersey, sparking alarm

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen in Gaza City, November 4, 2022 in response to rocket fire Thursday evening from the Palestinian enclave. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

Israel strikes ‘rocket factory’ in Gaza after rockets launched at south

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF says air strikes target underground Hamas facility in central Strip in retaliation for four rockets lobbed toward Israel hours earlier

Illustrative: Rockets are launched toward Israel from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas terror group, on May 18, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

4 rockets fired from Gaza; one intercepted, others fall short in Strip — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Demonstrators flash the victory sign in front of an anti-US banner during an annual demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran stages rallies to mark 1979 US Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests

By Jon Gambrell

Demonstrators wave placards depicting Iranian drones being used in Ukraine, and of atoms, alluding to Tehran’s uranium enrichment; chant ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the crowd during an annual demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president mocks Biden for pledge to ‘free’ Iran

By AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi talk to each other during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. (Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

AnalysisIran-Russia alliance serves Tehran’s interests as nuclear deal crumbles

By Didier Lauras

Attendees of a Morningstar investment conference walk beneath banners at the McCormick Center in Chicago, on June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Investment ratings giant Morningstar to step up efforts to weed out anti-Israel bias

Company says it will stop referring to ‘occupied’ territory and sourcing from UN Human Rights Council after campaign by Jewish groups and GOP officials

Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir shows his ballot in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba during Israeli elections, November 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

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Israeli, Moroccan and French medical experts at a conference in Morocco, October 30, 2022. (Sheherazade Boyer Tami)

‘Medicine and peace’ conference in Morocco features Israeli docs and Shabbat songs

By Nathan Jeffay

The event, with 60 medical professionals from Morocco, Israel and France, focuses on spurring medical cooperation following 2020 diplomatic normalization

Booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are displayed during a vaccine clinic in Townshend, Vt., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Pfizer says study shows updated COVID shots gives major protection boost

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

Kristallnacht in Germany and a synagogue in Malmo, Sweden, participating in 'Light from the Synagogue' (public domain and Dalia Yohanan)

Holocaust

Israeli initiative asks synagogues to honor Kristallnacht by keeping their lights on

By Matt Lebovic

‘Light from the Synagogue’ organizers expect hundreds of synagogues and churches outside Israel to commemorate ‘Night of Broken Glass’ this year

Israeli artist’s vast, colorful murals bring city buildings to life

By Danielle Nagler

Moti Shemesh uses large, bold patterns to transform otherwise uninspiring public spaces across the country

More Headlines

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks at a gathering of fellow UN envoys in New York on June 29, 2021. (Shahar Azran)

Israeli envoy protests UN refusal to classify murdered woman as terror victim

By Sara Serfaty

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted from the courtroom after his sentencing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Nov. 2, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Victims’ parents weep as Parkland school shooter handed 34 life sentences

By TERRY SPENCER

Rabbi A. James Rudin, a longtime interfaith activist, will be knighted for his work in Catholic-Jewish relations. (Screenshot via YouTube)

Reform rabbi to be knighted by pope for his work on Jewish-Catholic relations

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Supporters of outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro giving what appears to be a Nazi salute at a rally along a highway in the southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, November 2, 2022. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Bolsonaro backers in Brazil allegedly give Nazi salute, triggering uproar

By AFP

AnalysisVowing to lower prices, new government could target Israel’s untamed rental market

By Danielle Nagler

(L-R) Lt. Col. Yedidya Atlas, chief of special projects for the IDF Rabbinate; Col. Avner Cohen, Chief of Staff of the IDF Rabbinate; Rabbi Elie Estrin, Aleph Military Liaison; Chaplain (Captain) Elisar Admon, US Army Reserve; Rabbi Yonatan Rubin, Director of Casualty Affairs for the IDF; and Cmdr. Ofir Tubul, Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Navy, outside the IDF Chief Rabbinate offices in Tel Aviv, September 2022. (Courtesy)

Orthodox nonprofit teams up with IDF to aid religious troops stationed in US

By Emanuel Fabian

Beigel's Bakery in New York City, November 3, 2022. (Youtube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Employee found dead in freezer at famous New York kosher bakery

Illustrative: A child looks at local police forces in north Jaffa, May 16, 2021. (Elie Bleier/Times of Israel)

23-year-old man shot and killed in Jaffa in apparent local criminal dispute

The crowd at a soccer game between A-League side Macarthur FC and semi-professional Sydney United 58, Commbank Stadium, Sydney, Australia, October 1, 2022. (YouTube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Australian soccer club fined after fans make Nazi salutes at match

By AFP

Two newborn lion cubs (right) next to their mother, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, November 3, 2022. (Guy Kashi/ Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)

Pride of JerusalemJerusalem zoo welcomes second litter of rare Asiatic lions

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