‘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

Making unhappy history, Knesset enters 21-day grace period for forming coalition By Jacob Magid   Netanyahu again calls on Gantz to hold one-on-one coalition talks By TOI staff

ADL survey: 25% of Europeans anti-Semitic, East European bigotry rises sharply By Yaakov Schwartz A global poll of 9,000 adults in 18 countries shows significant numbers believe age-old tropes about Jews, including that they seek world domination

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

Live updates Likud minister says Sa’ar should learn ‘lesson on loyalty’ after challenging PM By Michael Bachner David Amsalem accuses PM’s chief rival within ruling party, who declared bid to unseat Netanyahu in leadership primaries, of ‘ego and personal aspirations’

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 By TOI staff   Defying Netanyahu, Likud lawmaker calls for early leadership primaries By TOI staff

Analysis Raoul Wootliff Accusing PM 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 By TOI staff   Gantz said to blame Lapid, right-wing flank in his party for coalition failure By TOI staff   Gantz concedes failure to form coalition, all but assuring new elections By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff

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’ By TOI staff   Bennett pitches direct PM election proposal to avert 3rd Knesset vote By Nati Yefet and TOI staff   Analysis / As clock winds down on Gantz, Netanyahu breathes a sigh of relief By Shalom Yerushalmi

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?

Shmuly Yanklowitz 10 fiery factors deeply dividing Israel and American Jews

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   FM urges international community to issue ‘military threat’ against Iran By Raphael Ahren   Iran jails conservationists for ‘espionage’ for trying to save Asiatic cheetah By Jon Gambrell

Director interview Israeli documentary may knock Golda Meir off her pedestal — and into your heart By Jordan Hoffman

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

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