Rivlin opens talks on who to let build coalition * Will Likud give Gantz 1st try? * Klein Halevi: Netanyahu, the end * Gaza aid worker ’denied f air trial’ * Putin’s aliya

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, September 22, 2019 [Likud said weighing not recommending anyone for PM so Gantz will get first shot]( By [TOI staff]( [TV report says Netanyahu believes it will be easier for him to form government if Blue and White leader first fails to do so]( [In talks with party heads, Rivlin to float options ‘not yet heard by the public’]( By [TOI staff]( [Rivlin to begin consultations on tasking next potential PM to form coalition]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Live updates [Labor-Gesher backs Gantz for PM; Shas, UTJ sticking with Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Joint List to vote on whether it’ll recommend Blue and White party leader ahead of consultations with Rivlin; no official word from Liberman on whom he’ll support]( from the blogs [Yossi Klein Halevi]( [Netanyahu, the end]( [On the overdue demise of a leader who turned power for his people into his only real ideal and who confused their well-being with his own]( [Israel media review / All eyes on thee: 5 things to know for September 22]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Joint List of Arab parties seen leaning toward recommending Gantz for PM]( By [TOI staff]( [10 of 13 MKs said in favor after hours of talks; Arab parties have not endorsed a mainstream leader since Rabin in 1992; Odeh: ‘Without our backing, Netanyahu cannot be defeated’]( [Joint List to present list of demands to Gantz in return for backing him as PM]( By [Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid]( [Balad said opposed to endorsing Gantz amid bid to woo Joint List in secret talks]( By [Jacob Magid]( Nationwide results [Polls apart: Central Israel goes for Gantz while the south sticks with Netanyahu]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Results highlight geographical polarization with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to Likud and others opting overwhelmingly for rival Blue and White]( [Barak warns ‘opposite of liberal’ kingmaker Liberman angling to crown himself PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud minister Tzachi Hanegbi vows to vote against new elections]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [David Breakstone]( [The day the Arabs saved Zionism]( [The Joint List’s surge is a leap toward fulfilling Herzl’s vision of a Jewish state as tolerant, inclusive and democratic]( [Daniel Treiman]( [Is ‘Seinfeld’ still ‘fresh’ in 2019, like Netflix says it is?]( [All the characters were plausibly Jewish, but the fact that their Jewishness was also deniable was so 1990s]( inside story [Adam Rasgon]( [Charged with helping Hamas, Gazan aid worker says he’s being denied a fair trial]( [In process that has dragged on for 3 years, attorney for World Vision staffer Mohammed Halabi contends Israel has repeatedly compromised his client’s right to prove his innocence]( [Did the Carter administration cover up a 1979 Israeli nuclear test?]( By [TOI staff]( [Noting Israeli accusations against Iran, Foreign Policy magazine slams ‘humiliating role’ US president allegedly played in hiding purported Israeli test from the world]( [IDF says armed drone captured by Syria near Golan was Iranian, not Israeli]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [A military spokesman blames IRGC General Soleimani and notes incident occurred in same area where Israel foiled Iranian drone attack last month]( [Airstrikes said to target Iran-backed militia base in Iraq]( By [TOI staff]( [After US sends troops to Mideast, Rouhani warns foreign forces to ‘stay away’]( By [AFP]( [Syria says it captured explosives-laden drone near Golan border]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [In breakaway Transnistria, the few Jews left eye an escape]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Linoy Ashram qualifies for Olympics with all-around bronze at world championship]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli rhythmic gymnast snags a total of 6 medals throughout competition; 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