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Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid is the settlements correspondent for The Times of Israel.
Otzma Yehudit supporters watch the exit poll results at the campaign headquarters in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2019, 1:02 am
Broken by exit polls, extremist Otzma Yehudit bitterly casts blame everywhere
With all TV surveys determining party of Kahanist disciples hasn’t crossed electoral threshold, Itamar Ben Gvir blasts PM and Yamina for having campaigned against his slate
By Jacob Magid
Blue and White activists canvas the Tel Aviv boardwalk, September 17, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 17, 2019, 3:42 pm
Tel Aviv beachgoers hope their ‘bubble’ big enough to burst Bibi’s chances
Anti-Netanyahu bathers recognize they aren’t representative of whole country, but still hope to influence results in secular city seen as key to Blue and White victory
By Jacob Magid
'Expel or evict' graffitied on the wall of a home in the Palestinian village of Duma targeted in a price tag attack on September 16, 2019. (Yesh Din)
September 16, 2019, 7:37 pm
‘Expel or kill’ graffitied in Palestinian town in apparent hate crime
Tires slashed on five cars in West Bank village of Duma, which is within Jordan Valley area that PM says he plans to annex after election
By Jacob Magid
Blue and White head Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Noam Revkin Fenton, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 3:30 pm
I’m whatever you want me to be: 6 things to know for September 16
With less than 24 hours until polls open, party leaders throw out lofty promises in an effort to get out the vote for an election that few are excited about
By Jacob Magid
The remaining ballots from soldiers and absentees being counted at the Knesset on April 10, 2019, a day after the general elections, (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 6:39 am
Round two: ToI’s guide to the 30 parties that want your vote, again
Everything you need to know about the front-runners, the new alliances, the parties in danger of stumbling under the electoral threshold, and the earnest yet hopeless unknowns
By Raoul Wootliff, Marissa Newman, Jacob Magid and Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement in the Knesset on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 16, 2019, 6:09 am
Netanyahu alleges ‘rampant’ Arab voter fraud scandal, but his claim is unfounded
PM insists law enforcement not properly probing ballot infractions in Arab sector; official says Likud’s officials endured threats, but those cases did not amount to voter fraud
By Jacob Magid
An Arab Israeli man prepares to vote in Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, at a school-turned-polling station in the northern Israeli town of Taibe. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 15, 2019, 10:13 pm
With cameras banned, new right-wing patrol seeks to ‘prevent Arab voter fraud’
Election czar set to rule on new initiative by settler leaders that would see dozens stand outside polling stations to provide ‘feeling of security’ for ballot officials inside
By Jacob Magid
(From L-R) Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman David Elhayani, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman applaud after the government authorized the legalization of the Mevo'ot Yericho outpost at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Jordan Valley Regional Council, September 15, 2019 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
September 15, 2019, 4:47 pm
Meeting in Jordan Valley, cabinet votes to start legalizing wildcat outpost
Presented with new information underlying urgency of step for Mevo’ot Yeriho, attorney general withdraws his opposition; final move will only be green-lighted by next government
By Jacob Magid
Israeli security forces demolish a building near Beit Jala in the West Bank, August 26, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
September 12, 2019, 8:41 pm
Israeli outpost goes up on JNF land where Palestinian buildings were razed
Civil Administration says it’s aware of structures illegally erected at site near Bethlehem just days after demolitions, will remove them ‘in accordance with its priorities”
By Jacob Magid
Th East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on September 9, 2019. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
September 12, 2019, 6:03 pm
Palestinians see bump in East Jerusalem building permits, still lag behind Jews
Data shows Arab residents were granted more than twice annual average of approvals last year, but have only received 30% of permits since 1991
By AP and Jacob Magid
The Jordan Valley outpost of Mevo'ot Yeriho in 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 12, 2019, 2:52 pm
Attorney general warns caretaker cabinet not to legalize outpost before election
As ministers set to vote to regulate Mevo’ot Yeriho, Mandelblit and Defense Ministry legal adviser say they haven’t been presented with any information justifying a hasty move
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea area, in Ramat Gan on September 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
September 12, 2019, 6:05 am
PM’s Jordan Valley map was error-strewn, but is his vow worth taking seriously?
Netanyahu said no Palestinians will be annexed, but 9,000 live in area where he showed the plans to enact sovereignty and 20% of the land is owned by Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
The Jordan Valley outpost of Mevo'ot Yeriho in 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 11, 2019, 4:27 pm
Topping off annexation pledge, PM moves to legalize Jordan Valley outpost
Speaking at Knesset hearing , Netanyahu says he will submit decision to regulate wildcat community of Mevo’ot Yeriho for ministerial vote on Sunday
By Jacob Magid
Neria Zarog (c) with his wife and child in front of their home in the Kipa Sruga outpost, a neighborhood of the Yitzhar settlement in the northern West Bank. (Avraham Shapira)
September 11, 2019, 11:18 am
Hardline settlement’s residents warn IDF of ‘unrest’ if it evicts their neighbor
Yitzhar locals receive support from Yamina minister Bezalel Smotrich, who urges PM not to issue administrative order barring Neria Zarog from West Bank for 3 months
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event marking the 50th anniversary of settlements in the Jordan Valley, in Patzael, on October 19, 2017. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
September 10, 2019, 10:43 pm
Settler leaders lionize Netanyahu for ‘historic’ Jordan Valley annexation pledge
Local authority heads, many of whom hail from PM’s Likud party, rejoice over move, but others express skepticism, call for government to go further
By Jacob Magid
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