Zionist disUnion: Gabbay ditches Livni as she watches unwarned * PM: I won’t resign if AG announces indictment * Israel, US bolt UNESCO * Louis CK jokes about Auschwitz

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, January 1, 2019 [Zionist Union disbands as Gabbay ends partnership with Livni without warning her]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [In humiliating announcement, as Livni looks on, Labor chairman questions Hatnua head’s loyalty, says the two have failed to maintain ‘mutual support’]( [After shock ouster, Livni derides Gabbay’s ‘me, me, me’ political approach]( By [TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff]( [After dropping Livni, Gabbay said to seek union with Gantz]( By [Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff]( [Netanyahu: I won’t resign if attorney general announces intention to indict]( By [TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff]( [‘Imagine if ultimately the case was closed, and a prime minister had been ousted,’ Netanyahu says. That would be ‘a terrible blow to democracy’]( [Facing ‘leftist’ alliance, Netanyahu probes idea of uniting the right]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Opposition lashes PM for saying he won’t quit if AG announces indictment]( By [TOI staff]( Dispatch from '67 [Mitch Ginsburg]( [In forgotten article after Six Day War, Amos Oz warned of ‘eternal annexation’]( [Recently returned from the battlefield, the writer, then 28, penned a bitter denunciation of Moshe Dayan’s settlement policies: ‘The shorter the occupation, the better for us’]( [Palestinians pay homage to Amos Oz, ‘supporter of peace’]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Accompanied by melancholy songs, writer Amos Oz buried on kibbutz of his youth]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [In blow to Shin Bet, court quashes minor’s confessions in Jerusalem church arson]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Judge labels interrogators’ conduct ‘offensive and threatening;’ attorney says far-right activist was harassed for four straight days in elaborate jailhouse informant exercise]( [Minors arrested in Jewish terror probe denied permission to see their lawyers]( By [Jacob Magid]( [69 years after joining, Israel formally leaves UNESCO; so, too, does the US]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [‘We aren’t going to be a member of an organization that deliberately acts against us,’ Israeli envoy says]( Live updates [Netanyahu lands in Brasilia for Bolsonaro inauguration, Pompeo meeting]( By [TOI staff]( [PM will also meet with Chile’s president during festivities for Brazil’s new leader, attended by 12 world leaders]( Top Ops [Tracey Shipley]( [When our adult kids move back home]( [Be firm, employ ’reflective listening,’ and be sure you know the difference between communicating and nagging]( [Daniel Chamovitz]( [Losing our humanities: It’s a national security issue]( [It would be a mistake to sacrifice literature, history and art on the altar of engineering and science.]( Appreciation [Michael Avishai, founder of Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, inspired generations]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Soccer player stabbed, hundreds require treatment during New Year’s Eve]( By [TOI staff]( [Lior Inbrum of Beitar Jerusalem hospitalized, with doctors saying his wounds are superficial; 17 others injured in violent incidents, 68 treated for alcohol consumption]( [Israelis usher in 2019 with New Year’s, Sylvester and Novy God celebrations]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [UK counter-terror police probe Manchester knife attack]( By [Agencies]( [German police: Man intentionally drove into crowd, injured 4]( By [AP]( [US will gradually pull troops from Syria over 4-month period]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [New York Times report on new timetable comes after Israeli official says Netanyahu asked Trump to slowly taper the withdrawal]( [IDF intel chief: Iran could use Iraq as springboard for attacks on Israel]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [India said to hand Iran $637m tax break for oil import deal]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Netanyahu says Arab countries see Israel as ‘ally’ against Iran]( By [AFP]( Times of Israel Presents [Through the glass ceiling: Meet Alice Shalvi, mother of Israeli feminism]( By [Matthew Kalman]( [Doubling down on Israel, Park Avenue Synagogue brings huge group to Holy Land]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [‘Clueless’ creator on being Jewish and how men have it easier in Hollywood]( By [Curt Schleier]( More Headlines [Knesset stubs out ads for cigarettes with ‘historic, life-saving’ law]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Knesset approves penalties for prostitution clients]( By [TOI staff]( [Louis CK scorned for stand-up set with jokes on Auschwitz, shooting survivors]( By [Ben Sales]( [Israel’s Gaza sea barrier nears completion]( By [TOI staff]( [As he leaves Kulanu, Gallant appointed immigration minister]( By [Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff]( [Moldova president said to ‘very seriously consider’ moving embassy to Jerusalem]( By [JTA]( [French institute removes photo of ‘Netanyahu’ with bloody hands]( By [JTA]( [Family surprised by life sentence for Palestinian-American over land sale]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [In Israel, university graduates earn more than college graduates, study shows]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Ohio hospital fires doctor who said she would give Jews ‘the wrong meds’]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Cautious optimism as annual road deaths drop for the first time in 5 years]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Israeli tech firms raised $6.47 billion in 623 deals in 2018 – report]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved