Rivlin calls in PM, Gantz * Liberman: Flip coin for who goes 1st as PM * Film on Rabin’s killer is Israel’s Oscar hope * Olympic baseball for Is rael * Amazon Israel opens

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Monday, September 23, 2019 [Kicking off unity bid, Rivlin invites Netanyahu and Gantz to meet]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [After receiving 55 recommendations to Blue and White chair’s 54, PM says ‘broad unity government’ the only option]( [As Rivlin concludes talks with parties, Netanyahu wins 55 backers to Gantz’s 54]( By [Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff]( [Yamina, United Torah Judaism back Netanyahu for PM, confirming 55-MK bloc]( By [TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff]( [Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox allies stick loyally by his side]( By [TOI staff]( [Only 10 Joint List MKs back Gantz; Netanyahu on course to attempt coalition 1st]( By [TOI staff]( [President Rivlin accepts Arab-majority alliance’s clarification that its three-member Balad faction won’t support anyone for PM]( [Arab Israeli lawmaker: Election results a ‘slap in the face’ for Trump]( By [TOI staff]( [As Joint List backs Gantz, Netanyahu says: I told you so]( By [TOI staff]( [In dramatic shift, Joint List recommends Gantz for PM, seeks Netanyahu’s ouster]( By [Raoul Wootliff and Adam Rasgon]( [Liberman says Netanyahu, Gantz should ‘flip a coin’ for who serves first as PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Yisrael Beytenu leader, whose party is not recommending either candidate, to meet Gantz on Monday; says ‘childish argument’ over who’ll start out as premier is preventing coalition]( [Israel media review / Silent minority no more: 7 things to know for September 23]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Liberman won’t recommend either Netanyahu or Gantz for PM]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Gantz meets secularist Liberman in ‘exchange of views’ ahead of unity talks]( By [TOI staff]( [President Rivlin seen pushing hard for unity in fractured parliament, where Blue and White holds more seats but Likud’s Netanyahu won more recommendations]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Israel’s opposition still wants to oust Netanyahu… just not yet]( [Blue and White won more seats than Likud in last week’s elections. Its leader Gantz has the support of more MKs than Netanyahu. But in a risky gambit, it wants to bide its time]( [Blue and White said to prefer Likud get first crack at building coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [President's consultations / Blue and White backs Gantz, Likud taps PM; both promise to ‘return mandate’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Can Rivlin magic up a solution?]( Top Ops [Mark Lavie]( [Let Arab parties into the ruling coalition]( [One day we’ll look back on the old days when Arab parties were automatically excluded from government and wonder why]( [Evie Litwok]( [Needed: A Jewish response to mass incarceration]( [I know what it’s like to get out of jail homeless and penniless — my Jewish values inspired me to help others like me]( [Larry Luxner]( [My crazy week in Uzbekistan]( [Planning SNAFUs aside, the visit offered close encounters with history, culture, and what’s left of an ancient Jewish community]( [Vivi Kelman]( [The singles are not in crisis]( [Take pride in the engineers, therapists, architects, and all-around thriving community members who rock not being married in a world focused on spouse-finding]( [Minister slams academy as film on Rabin’s killer set to be Israeli Oscars entry]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Incitement’ wins best picture at Ophir Awards; Culture Minister Miri Regev, who hasn’t seen it, rips movie for implying Netanyahu helped stir up hatred before 1995 assassination]( [Alex Borstein hails Holocaust survivor grandmother in Emmy win for ‘Mrs. Maisel’]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Sunrise, sunset / ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish makes a match]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Israel congratulates Saudi Arabia on its 89th national day]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [‘We ask God, the exalted, that your efforts to develop, prosper and advance will be successful,’ Foreign Ministry tweets in Arabic]( [UAE to open synagogue, part of interfaith compound, in 2022]( By [TOI staff]( [Rouhani may be willing to meet Trump at UN General Assembly, CNN says]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [In first, Israel qualifies for Olympic games in baseball]( By [Stuart Winer]( [National team routs South Africa 11-1, earning a place in Japan, where it will face five other squads at the Tokyo 2020 summer games]( [Court stalls Leifer extradition, orders new panel to rule on her mental fitness]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Judge forgoes decision on alleged pedophile wanted in Australia, further extending legal process that’s lasted over five years; defense says it’ll petition for her release]( [Confident Jews will fill pews, Hungary’s Chabad opens two synagogues in one day]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Amazon launches Israel site, but won’t spell doom for malls… yet, analysts say]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [The e-commerce giant’s dedicated site for Israel activates ‘ships locally button’ and includes Israeli stores like Crazy Line, Newpan]( [Troops honored for rescue mission after failed Gaza raid]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF releases redacted radio chatter from helicopter sent into Khan Younis to evacuate special forces troops caught in firefight with Hamas last year]( [Woman dies a year after she was injured in Gaza rocket attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Soldier dies of electrocution in ornamental pool]( By [TOI staff]( [Soldier seriously injured in accident on base in northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( More Headlines [British PM under fire for bringing model on work trip to Tel Aviv while mayor]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Police recommend former bar association head stand trial over sex scandal]( By [TOI staff]( [Raoul Wallenberg’s family demands Sweden press Russia for news of his fate]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Memorial erected to Joachim Gans, the first Jew in North America]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Wave of killings continues as man shot dead in Nazareth]( By [TOI staff]( [Gaza reopens zoo despite horrifying conditions for animals]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Kiryat Gat kindergarten shuttered after allegedly segregating Ethiopian children]( By [TOI staff]( [Bad call? / US vet: Proposed suicide prevention hotline number glorifies Hitler]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Smell the money / Israel’s world champion dog has nose for illegal cash]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Israel begins cutting Palestinian electricity in West Bank, citing debts]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved