TOI staff

Images of Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman (L), Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (C) and Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid from a video Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted to his social media accounts on October 20, 2019, alleging they are planning on forming a minority government with the backing of Arab parties. (Screen capture: Twitter)

October 20, 2019, 8:28 pm

Blue and White, Liberman hit back at Netanyahu for ‘secret scheme’ video

PM repeats claim that his political rivals are planning to form minority government with Arab backing; Gantz: Stop ‘wasting time’ making videos and let us assemble coalition

By TOI staff

An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

October 20, 2019, 4:49 pm

El Al flight canceled in NY, forcing passengers to spend holiday there

Part of Dreamliner reportedly breaks as luggage loaded onto plane; flight will depart for Israel after end of Simchat Torah

By TOI staff

New Right party leader Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Expo Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

October 20, 2019, 4:26 pm

Bennett accuses judiciary of seeking to ‘topple’ Netanyahu, intimidate the right

New Right party leader says whether or not Netanyahu should be replaced, this must be done by ‘the voters’ ballots and not through an indictment’

By TOI staff

US Middle East Peace Envoy Jason Greenblatt at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards gala at Carnegie Hall, in New York, on March 28, 2019. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

October 20, 2019, 2:32 pm

US peace envoy Greenblatt said set to leave post at end of October

Architect of Trump peace plan had planned to stay on until its unveiling, but amid political deadlock in Israel appears to confirm early departure

By TOI staff and Raphael Ahren

October 20, 2019, 1:17 pm

Driver suspected of killing boy in Yom Kippur crash released to house arrest

Amir Abu Laben, accused of fatally hitting 8-year-old Itay Margi, freed on bail until November 7, has driver’s license revoked for 30 days

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 25, 2019, when Rivlin tapped Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90

October 20, 2019, 10:59 am

Netanyahu won’t seek more time to form coalition, says Likud MK

PM has until Wednesday to clinch government or tell president he failed; David Bitan says ‘no point’ in requesting additional 14 days with negotiations stalled

By TOI staff

Ori Ansbacher, who was murdered in Jerusalem on February 7, 2019 (Courtesy)

October 20, 2019, 8:58 am

Prosecutors believe Ori Ansbacher murder wasn’t a terror attack — report

Despite charging Palestinian Arafat Irfaiya with terror offenses over brutal rape-murder, officials said to accuse Shin Bet of leading suspect to confess to nationalistic motive

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

A military jeep is damaged in riots by settlers near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar on October 20, 2019 (Courtesy)

October 20, 2019, 8:03 am

IDF soldier lightly injured by rock as 30 settlers attack troops, puncture tires

Security forces fire in air to disperse riot near Yitzhar; protesters hurl stones, slash tires of military vehicles; settler leader condemns incident

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

Tourists observe sarcophagi displayed in front of Hatshepsut Temple in Egypt's valley of the Kings in Luxor on October 19, 2019. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

October 20, 2019, 2:29 am

Egypt reveals details of ancient coffins – biggest such find in over a century

Discovery is the latest in a series that Cairo has sought to publicize in hopes of reviving its key tourism sector

By AP and TOI staff

Lebanese demonstrators wave national flags on a highway linking Beirut to north Lebanon, in Zouk Mosbeh on October 19, 2019, a day after demonstrations swept through the eastern Mediterranean country in protest against dire economic conditions. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

October 20, 2019, 12:18 am

Tens of thousands protest for third day against taxes, corruption in Lebanon

Demonstrators demand sweeping overhaul of country’s political system, cite grievances ranging from austerity measures to poor infrastructure

By AFP and TOI staff

Supporters call for the release of Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman imprisoned in Russia on drug offenses, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

October 19, 2019, 10:57 pm

Rallies held in Tel Aviv, New York for release of Israeli jailed in Russia

‘We are not political people — we just want her to come home,’ says Naama Issachar’s friend as hundreds of supporters attend simultaneous protests

By TOI staff

Two women light candles among others and flowers next to the entrance of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019 two days after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue in Halle. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)

October 19, 2019, 6:39 pm

Social media networks withhold livestream data of Halle synagogue attack

US tech companies decline to release info on online spread of footage, which would show impact of new measures they vowed to take to prevent amplification of violent content

By TOI staff

The scene of a deadly car crash on Route 6 near Ben Shemen, October 19, 2019. (Magen David Adom)

October 19, 2019, 6:01 pm

Pregnant woman and 12-year-old daughter killed in car crash

Newborn in critical condition after delivered by doctors at 32 weeks; 8 others injured, including 2 in moderate condition after collision near Ben Shemen in center of country

By TOI staff

October 19, 2019, 5:18 pm

Our brains are wired to prevent us thinking about our own death — Israeli study

While our brains may recognize the notion of death, they shield us from thinking about it as something that can happen to us, but rather only to others, Bar-Ilan researchers find

By TOI staff

Israelis visit Naharayim, October 19, 2019 (Courtesy of Naharayim)

October 19, 2019, 4:13 pm

Last chance? Record Israeli group tours Naharayim, set to be reclaimed by Jordan

Site manager at parcel of land worked by Israeli farmers for decades, including ‘Isle of Peace,’ believes 150-strong convoy of visitors took what may be final opportunity

By TOI staff