Signaling 3rd elections, Liberman slams PM, Gantz * 23 dead as Israel hits Iran in Syria * Left, right denounce Liberman’s ’anti-Semitic’ speech * Canada backs Palestine

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Wednesday, November 20, 2019 [Signaling 3rd elections, Liberman accuses Gantz and Netanyahu of thwarting unity]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Yisrael Beytenu leader claims he received ‘innumerable offers’ – including to be PM under rotation deal – but says ‘we will not sell our values for seats’]( [Blue and White officials: We’ll try for unity government ‘until the last moment’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [PM seeks to nix primaries if 3rd election held, in bid to avoid defections]( By [TOI staff]( [23 killed as Israeli strikes in Syria, 16 of them likely Iranian – war monitor]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Identities of foreigners killed in attacks not immediately confirmed; Russia denounces Israeli strikes, calling them a ‘wrong move’]( [Russia: Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria a ‘wrong move’]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [‘You aren’t immune:’ Defense minister threatens Iran leaders after Syria strikes]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [IDF girds for response after attacking dozens of Iranian, Assad targets in Syria]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Left and right unite in denouncing Liberman’s ‘anti-Semitic’ speech]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After Yisrael Beytenu leader called the ultra-Orthodox ‘anti-Zionists,’ Haredi MKs slam ‘horror show’ and liken it to Kishinev pogrom; others accuse him of leading to 3rd election]( [Rivlin rebukes Netanyahu for ‘ugly’ comments branding Arab lawmakers a ‘threat’]( By [TOI staff]( [Last-ditch unity meeting appears to fail, with PM and Gantz trading accusations]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Explainer [Jacob Magid]( [Assuming Gantz fails to form a government, what happens next?]( [If Blue and White chairman can’t build coalition by day’s end, all 120 MKs will have a chance to jockey for support of a majority in final effort to prevent a 3rd election]( [Israel media review / Stuck between Iran and a Liberman: 7 things to know for November 20]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Rivlin meets party leaders as coalition chances fade]( By [TOI staff]( [In sudden switch, Canada backs pro-Palestine UN resolution]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [After decade of voting no, Ottawa now wants to reiterate commitment to two-state solution and ‘equal rights and self-determination of all peoples’; Israel ‘very disappointed’]( [Budapest blocks joint EU statement condemning US shift on settlements]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Dutch parliament passes motion against mandatory labeling of settlement products]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [US envoy Sondland says he followed Trump orders in Ukraine quid pro quo]( By [TOI staff]( [EU ambassador entangled in impeachment inquiry testifies that senior administration members were aware that president was withholding military aid to Ukraine]( Top Ops [Nasreen Hadad Haj-Yahya]( [Where were you when Netanyahu called us enemies of Israel?]( [When the PM smeared Arab Knesset members, those ’allies’ who urged us to go and vote had a responsibility to protest. They didn’t]( [Jake Emen]( [I’m proudly Jewish and when I travel, I get tattooed]( [How better to experience a new culture than to let it get under your skin]( [Richard L. Cravatts]( [In fact, the Israeli settlements were never illegal]( [The ­old effort to legitimize Palestinian claims to the land with a false historical account erases Jews’ right to their ancestral terroritory won in a modern defensive war]( [David Newman]( [Another nail in the coffin of peace]( [This week’s US declaration on settlements is a victory for the swelling ranks of a movement many once believed would disappear]( [As campus anti-Semitism morphs, bullied Jewish students counter-organize]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [A 42% drop in classic acts of bigotry at universities in 2018 is offset by a 70% rise in anti-Israel related harassment; a flurry of recent events highlight insidiousness of issue]( [Frat functions on hold as reports of racism shake Syracuse University]( By [CAROLYN THOMPSON]( [Israeli university heads call U of Toronto kosher scandal ‘theater of absurd’]( By [Marcy Oster]( [White supremacist manifesto reportedly shared at Syracuse University]( By [AP]( [Amnesty: At least 106 killed as Iran forces get ‘green light to crush’ protests]( By [AFP]( [Rights group warns real death toll could be closer to 200 with video showing snipers firing into crowds; UN urges Tehran to stop using live ammunition against demonstrators]( [Rouhani says ‘enemy conspiracy’ defeated in protest-hit Iran]( By [AFP]( [US believes Iran will seek new fighter jets, tanks as 2020 arms embargo lifts]( By [Lolita C. Baldor]( [UN confirms Iran stockpiling heavy water in latest breach of nuclear deal]( By [TOI staff]( [US officials to Israeli TV: New settlement policy not green light for annexation]( By [TOI staff]( [Administration figures add the move also should not be seen as support for ‘unrestrained building’; US ambassador to Israel said behind shift in American approach]( [Netanyahu vows unity government’s 1st move will be Jordan Valley annexation]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After US settlement shift, PM said backing push to quickly annex Jordan Valley]( By [Michael Bachner]( [UN dismisses US policy change, says Israeli settlements still illegal]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Abbas: Netanyahu tried to prevent me attending Peres’s funeral]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [In interview with Israeli radio, PA president also assails US, says it has no ‘legal authority’ to deem settlements not illegal]( Analysis [Jacob Magid]( [With softened US settlement policy, is annexation train leaving the station?]( [With Israeli towns in West Bank no longer illegal in the eyes of superpower, it’s easier for the right to advance sovereignty plans and harder for the left to come out against them]( [US envoy Friedman let Gantz know beforehand of settlement policy change — report]( By [TOI staff]( [In West Bank settlement, bottles uncorked to toast Trump’s policy change]( By [Michael Blum]( [Hezbollah calls US settlement policy shift ‘invalid and illegal’]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved