ISRAEL VOTES ON TUESDAY: How pro-pot Feiglin hit the heights * ToI’s 39-party guide * Netanyahu claims Gantz is ahead * Trump’s Vegas honeymoon * Nazi guide to occupation

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Monday, April 8, 2019 The kingmaker [Up in smoke: How pro-pot Feiglin has won over voters, unfazed by his extremism]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [He’d build the Third Temple, annex the West Bank, encourage Palestinians to leave. But he also vows to legalize marijuana. And that’s why Moshe Feiglin is the hit of the elections]( [Countdown to April 9 / Enjoying his election kingmaker potential, Feiglin may recommend himself for PM]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Rivlin speaks out against fear-mongering on campaign trail]( By [TOI staff]( Countdown to April 9 [Marissa Newman, Raoul Wootliff, Jacob Magid and Adam Rasgon]( [Who’s running and what for? ToI’s guide to the 39 parties that want your vote]( [Capitalists, socialists, anarchists, one-staters, two-staters and potheads are vying for support with a mixture of serious and silly policy proposals; here’s what you need to know]( [Israel media review / Poll positions: 7 things to know for April 8]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Likud cancels Sunday right-wing rally in Jerusalem over fears of poor turnout]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Live updates [Netanyahu tours Jerusalem market, warns elections not ‘in our pocket’]( By [Michael Bachner]( [PM claims Blue and White ‘has the edge’ on Likud, accuses media of trying to put right-wing voters ‘to sleep’]( [Day before election, Gantz says ‘the right is not in danger — Netanyahu is’]( By [TOI staff]( [Blue and White leader dismisses PM’s pledge to extend Israeli sovereignty to West Bank settlements as ‘an electioneering stunt,’ vows to form ‘a cabinet of reconciliation’]( [Netanyahu calls ‘crisis meeting’ to warn faction members Likud could lose power]( By [TOI staff]( [Benny takes the wheel / Gantz revs up support from bikers in final campaign push]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Raphael Ahren]( [PM likely seeking to annex right-wing votes, not West Bank land]( [Netanyahu always veers right on election eve, skeptics say, noting last year he fought plan he’s now proposing to apply sovereignty to settlements. But things have changed since]( [PA top diplomat: Netanyahu will face ‘real problem’ if he annexes settlements]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Blasting PM’s sovereignty pledge, Erdogan says West Bank ‘Palestinian territory’]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz blasts PM’s settlement sovereignty pledge as ‘irresponsible’ bid for votes]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Israel advances largest batch of settlement homes since Trump took office]( By [Jacob Magid]( [As PM makes pre-election promise to apply sovereignty to settlements, Defense Ministry body green-lights plans for over 3,600 units beyond Green Line; 1,226 of them get final OK]( [Palestinians shelve prison hunger strike amid ‘ongoing dialogue’ with Israel]( By [Tamar Pileggi]( [Animal welfare group evacuates 40 animals from Gaza zoo]( By [AP]( [Top Jordanian politician: We hope elections mark the end of Netanyahu]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Faisal al-Fayez, speaker of the Senate and a former prime minister, says his nation wants to see Gantz make peace efforts if he becomes Israel’s next leader]( [Combat engineering troops kick off IDF’s vote for 21st Knesset]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF to close West Bank, Gaza crossings to Palestinians on election day]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Moovit offers help navigating to ballot box, plus a gentle nudge]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [In special election service, Israeli app provides routes and schedules of free intercity public transportation Tuesday to get to the polling station and reminds users to go vote]( [Israel’s OrCam to help blind people cast vote independently]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [It’s a Las Vegas honeymoon, of sorts, for Trump and Republican Jews]( [Celebrating wave of major pro-Israel moves from the US president, the Republican Jewish Coalition welcomes him in an about-face, despite his continued use of Jewish tropes]( [Democratic presidential candidate pans PM’s ‘harmful’ comments on settlements]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Democratic White House hopeful O’Rourke calls Netanyahu ‘racist’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Top Ops [Tobias Gisle]( [Odd how no party’s platform is to save the earth]( [The entire political spectrum would do well if Israel were to take the lead in halting the rising temperatures that bode ill for the future of humanity]( [Dan Perry]( [The case for Gantz – and a return to decency]( [Benjamin Netanyahu’s brand of pessimism politics has undermined Israeli society’s capacity to dream]( [Yedidia Z. Stern]( [The one holiday a divided Israel can celebrate together]( [Voter’s Day, between vicious campaigning and brutal coalition cobbling, lets us appreciate the great equalizer of ’one person, one vote’]( [Dov Lipman]( [Agenda item for the next Knesset: Electoral reform]( [The average Israeli has no say about who represents them, and that’s not only a shame, it’s a failure in democracy]( [Name that mitzvah: Students flock to Newark for cutthroat Jewish ‘Jeopardy!’]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Secret Nazi guide to occupying a country found at Israel’s National Library]( By [TOI staff]( [Captured by the British in 1941, booklet gives instructions for SS soldiers in Norway on arresting locals, responding to local political parties, and silencing the press]( [A forgotten hit 1877 Yiddish romance novel has just been translated to English]( By [Penny Schwartz]( More Headlines [UK’s Jewish Labour Movement passes motion of no confidence in Corbyn]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel holds first ‘White Card Day,’ joining UN’s global sports-for-peace push]( By [TOI staff]( [New Dead Sea mall lures tourists, Israelis with VAT-free shopping]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Beresheet spacecraft succeeds in latest maneuver, bringing it closer to moon]( By [TOI staff and Melanie Lidman]( [Stiff competition / Israeli election ads said to appear on porn website]( By [TOI staff]( [Ombudsman reportedly says PM never got permission to buy shares in cousin’s firm]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel jails French consulate worker for Gaza gun smuggling]( By [AFP]( [Palestinian convicted of killing IDF soldier with stone slab last year]( By [AFP]( [British BDS promoter jailed for 6 months for racist rant on Air India flight]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar’s phone hacked — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Stars of Turkish TV show brave death threats to perform in Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel arrests brother, cousin of Palestinian teen protest icon Ahed Tamimi]( By [Jacob Magid and AP]( [Aspiring Lithuanian politician smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved