Likud ex-minister in ’putsch’ claim likens self to Khashoggi * Convicts & suspects run for mayor * Madonna seeks kosher chef * Peres the hologra m * Pharaoh’s seat found

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, October 25, 2018 [Ex-Likud minister demands PM prove ‘putsch’ claim or retract it]( By [TOI staff]( [Gideon Sa’ar protests he’s been branded an ‘enemy of the regime,’ likens himself to slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi]( [Netanyahu lambastes ex-Likud minister for alleged plot to oust him]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / Putsch paranoia: 7 things to know for October 25]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Suspicious packages sent to Joe Biden, actor Robert De Niro]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [As wave of bomb threats against prominent Democrats and Trump critics continues, president tweets against ‘mainstream media’]( [Trump blames media for ‘anger’ after pipe bombs]( By [Agencies]( [‘Words matter’: CNN slams Trump, White House after bomb sent to its NYC bureau]( By [David Bauder]( [Why would a bomber try to implicate Debbie Wasserman Schultz?]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [The high-profile Jewish Democrat was listed as the sender on at least four explosive devices sent to four prominent targets this week]( [After bomb scares, George Soros’s son says Trump is fueling demonization]( By [JTA]( [US bomb threats put spotlight on vitriolic political rhetoric]( By [Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas]( [House majority leader deletes tweet saying Soros buying elections]( By [JTA]( Reporter's notebook [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Was there real communication at the 2018 GA? Yes, but not as part of the program]( [At the close of the three-day conference, TOI’s Jewish World editor reflects on lessons learned, from unexpected sources]( [US envoy says he’s an ‘unapologetic right-wing defender of Israel’]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Diaspora activists protest at GA to force talk about Israel-Palestinian conflict]( By [Steven Davidson]( [Liberal Jewish leaders sound skeptical note on PM’s Western Wall promises]( By [TOI staff]( [Liberman rejects Russian ‘restrictions’ on Israeli strikes in Syria]( By [TOI staff]( [Defense minister says Jerusalem ‘will not accept’ Moscow’s demands for additional warnings ahead of raids on Iranian and Iran-linked targets]( [Russia said demanding more notice before Israeli strikes in Syria]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Freed from Syria, Japanese reporter happy to go home after 3 years in ‘hell’]( By [Mari Yamaguchi]( Local elections [Marissa Newman]( [Out of the interrogation room, into the mayor’s office?]( [Among the candidates for local leadership in the October 30 elections are officials and ex-officials convicted, indicted, or under criminal investigation]( [Oligarchs pumping money into Elkin Jerusalem mayoral campaign, filing shows]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Haredi support for Jerusalem mayor candidate said to be part of draft law deal]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After rocket fire, Israeli aircraft bomb Hamas targets in Gaza Strip]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [IDF fires Iron Dome interceptor, but does not hit target; projectile falls in open area of southern Israel; residents rush to bomb shelters after alarms sound]( [IDF: Iron Dome wasn’t meant to intercept Gaza rocket heading for open field]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Senior Egyptian intelligence officials hold talks with Hamas in Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( [Rocket fired from Gaza after week of relative calm]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Soul food [Madonna advertises for private chef who cooks kosher]( By [JTA]( [Pop singer offering salary of $142,000 for a culinary artist who can prepare meals for her and her brood of six children]( Live updates [Second Gaza power turbine goes online after fuel deliveries resume]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [UN peace envoy says electricity output at highest level since January as flaming balloons launched from Strip start 3 fires in south]( local elections [Melanie Lidman]( [After 10 years in his shadow, Asaf Zamir wants to replace Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai]( [Deputy mayor, 38, running in long-shot campaign, promises to breathe new life into the city that never sleeps]( [Days before elections, Tel Aviv mayor unveils public transportation on Shabbat]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Late president Peres delivers hologram message at Israel Innovation Summit]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Peres Center for Peace inaugurates its innovation center; as an image of its founder warns that ‘technology without values will endanger humanity’]( [Alibaba founder says in Israel, innovation is as natural as water]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Co-hosting trade conference with Netanyahu, China’s VP hails Israeli technology]( By [AP and TOI staff]( Interview [Is digital technology leading us into a new dark age?]( By [Simona Weinglass]( Top Ops [Tehila Wenger]( [Why I’m voting for ‘the Arab party’ in Tel Aviv]( [I care deeply about Israeli democracy, and these local elections give me the chance to help Jaffa get a fair shake]( [Alcee L. Hastings]( [The importance of the US-Israel relationship]( [I am a staunch Democrat, and, like nearly all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I support Israel]( [Shuki Friedman]( [Rabbis, when it comes to elections, just say…nothing]( [In the likely event the candidate you endorsed turns out to be a crook, it’s a desecration of heaven and Torah]( [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [Why did you laugh, Sarah?]( [A mother? At her age? Just when her dream had finally dried up? Hah!]( More Headlines [Chair man / Archaeologists find famous pharaoh’s seat]( By [AP]( [Again changing stories, Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi murder was ‘premeditated’]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Thunderstorms, flooding, and strong winds set to batter Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Police forcibly remove Coptic priests blocking workers from Holy Sepulchre]( By [Stuart Winer]( [IDF to investigate soldier who reportedly threw rocks at journalists]( By [TOI staff]( [Tel Aviv University to partner in new Chicago innovation, entrepreneurship hub]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Swiss kosher butcher vandalized 4 times in month]( By [JTA]( [Ross is innocent / David Schwimmer posts alibi after lookalike wanted for UK beer theft]( By [TOI staff]( [White supremacists arrested for inciting Charlottesville riot]( By [AP]( [Dutch public broadcaster calls Soros a Jew who has ‘tentacles’ in US politics]( By [JTA]( [Auschwitz museum gets baton of Nazi death camp ‘kapo’]( By [MONIKA SCISLOWSKA]( [‘Hurry up, Jew’: Daughter of former NFL team owner found guilty of assault]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List](