PM scrambles as elections loom * What really happened on that El Al flight from NY * Hijabs & kippas in Congress? * Beit Shemesh mayor hopes her city will be ray of light

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, November 18, 2018 [Netanyahu says ‘no need for elections’ now, in apparent bid to save coalition]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Citing ‘period of sensitive security,’ PM slams junior partners in government for threatening to bring it down]( [As elections loom, Netanyahu ally slams Bennett’s ‘unprecedented chutzpah’]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu set for last-gasp bid to save coalition as budget battle brews]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Thanking US, Netanyahu says Israel to remain in Golan forever]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [PM says plateau ‘will always remain in our hands’ following Trump administration vote against UN resolution condemning Israeli presence]( Israel media review [Netanyahu throws up a Hail Moshe: 8 things to know for November 18]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [The prime minister’s hopes of avoiding his government’s collapse are pinned on a meeting with Kulanu chief Kahlon, with few giving it much chance of succeeding]( [Bennett, Kahlon said pushing for elections on March 26, but PM still resisting]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [After bitter debate, cabinet approves budget cut to raise cops’ salaries]( By [TOI staff]( [Special forces were apparently trying to install spying gear in Gaza, Hamas says]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Terror group claims IDF soldiers were seeking to boost Israel’s eavesdropping capabilities, in incident that touched off an intense round of fighting]( [Kahlon: We knew Gaza truce would be unpopular, but security chiefs unanimous]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel denies reported progress on prisoner swap with Hamas]( By [TOI staff]( [Religious passengers push back against claims of violence on El Al flight]( By [TOI staff]( [Passenger claims carrier lied and told ultra-Orthodox they would be let off in New York before taking off; airline says it is filing complaints against passengers who used violence]( [El Al diverts flight after religious passengers cause uproar over Shabbat scare]( By [TOI staff]( blogs [Yehuda Stark]( [10 lessons from that El Al flight to Athens]( [I’m a transatlantic frequent flyer, and these are my take-aways from a travel experience like no other]( [Ben Chafetz]( [El Al, here’s a Shabbos marketing idea for you]( [Betsalel Steinhart]( [I’m one of those ‘violent’ religious passengers on El Al #002]( [Deborah Lipstadt wrote a new book on anti-Semitism. Then Pittsburgh happened]( By [Ben Sales]( [Hijabs and kippas may be allowed in Congress for first time since 1837]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Female Muslim representative Ilhan Omar, who wears a headscarf, pushing to end ban on head coverings in House of Representatives]( [Fashion statement / Saudi women mount ‘inside-out’ abaya protest]( By [AFP]( Interview [Beit Shemesh’s first female mayor wants her city to be a ray of light for Israel]( By [Marissa Newman]( [US mulling ‘consequences’ after Palestinians join international bodies]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [State Department calls move by Abbas to sign on to UN agency and 10 conventions ‘counterproductive’; Washington had already planned on cutting funds to UN body]( [Netanyahu said worried Trump peace plan could hurt Likud in elections]( By [TOI staff]( [US Jewish day schools ‘not immune’ to e-cigarette epidemic among teens]( By [Ben Zehavi]( [Jerusalem Jewish film fest offers chance to schmooze about food, art and more]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Six days and 40 screenings bring into sharp focus such trailblazing characters as the first Haredi female judge in the US, a Nuremberg prosecutor, and an Israeli rock music pioneer]( [Listening to a world of adventures, one magic book at a time]( By [Federico Maccioni]( More Headlines [In rare criticism, IDF officer says army ‘failing its mission’ in West Bank]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Man convicted on reduced charge in lynching of Eritrean mistaken for terrorist]( By [TOI staff]( [Ex-officer convicted in 2010 IDF scandal, won’t go to jail]( By [TOI staff]( [Jewish man said accidentally attacked by left-wing protesters in Philadelphia]( By [TOI staff]( [Jordanians angered by Netflix project filming Amman as Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers confirm Amir Yaron as next Bank of Israel governor]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved