Knesset has 21 days to find a PM * Decision on indicting Netanyahu due in hours * ADL: 1 in 4 Europeans anti-Semitic * Blog: Don’t hail Jordan’s king * A more human Golda

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, November 21, 2019 [‘A time of unprecedented darkness’: Rivlin passes coalition-building buck to MKs]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [After Gantz and Netanyahu fail to build government, never-before-used electoral law opens last window for any lawmaker to win majority backing — or new elections will be triggered]( [Making unhappy history, Knesset enters 21-day grace period for forming coalition]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Netanyahu again calls on Gantz to hold one-on-one coalition talks]( By [TOI staff]( [ADL survey: 25% of Europeans anti-Semitic, East European bigotry rises sharply]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [A global poll of 9,000 adults in 18 countries shows significant numbers believe age-old tropes about Jews, including that they seek world domination]( [US Jewish man stabbed, critically hurt, outside synagogue in upstate New York]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Elderly man beaten by teen in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin, police say]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [British climate activist leader engulfed in row after downplaying Holocaust]( By [AFP]( Live updates [AG to say within hours whether he’ll indict Netanyahu in criminal cases]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Press conference called for 7:30 p.m.; if, as expected, charges are announced, it will be the first time Israel is led by a premier facing a criminal indictment]( [Likud’s Sa’ar calls for leadership primaries, declares bid to unseat Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff and Raphael Ahren]( [Premier’s chief rival in the party says he will succeed in forming government, ‘uniting country’; Netanyahu supporter Elkin says internal vote will only waste time and energy]( [Report: Mandelblit wraps up Netanyahu indictments, could unveil charges Thursday]( By [TOI staff and Raphael Ahren]( [Yesh Atid cancels primaries, extends Lapid’s chairmanship]( By [TOI staff]( [Defying Netanyahu, Likud lawmaker calls for early leadership primaries]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Frimet Roth and Arnold Roth]( [A tribute unfit for a king who harbors our child’s killer]( [OP-ED: Jordan’s monarch won’t extradite the woman behind the horrific Sbarro massacre. Why is he getting the royal treatment at a New York gala?]( [Shmuly Yanklowitz]( [10 fiery factors deeply dividing Israel and American Jews]( [CRM]( Israel media review [Here be elections: 7 things to know for November 21]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israel is grumpily sailing into uncharted waters, and everyone is pretty sure we’ll soon be wrecked on electoral terra all-too-cognita, unless a mutiny on the Bibi forms]( [Netanyahu lashes Liberman for casting ultra-Orthodox as ‘anti-Zionist’]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett pitches direct PM election proposal to avert 3rd Knesset vote]( By [Nati Yefet and TOI staff]( [Analysis / As clock winds down on Gantz, Netanyahu breathes a sigh of relief]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Israelis should prepare for 50-degree Celsius summer days, climate expert says]( By [Sue Surkes]( [James Salinger, a lead author on a Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN report on climate change, warns that the Middle East and North Africa are likely to suffer most from global warming]( [Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian Authority over terrorist salaries]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Dutch government, which gives several millions of dollars a year to PA, says talks to end wages to those who carried out attacks on Israelis ‘did not lead to the desired outcome”]( [Israel at UN says Europe’s ‘automatic’ support for Palestinians harming peace]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Arab League to meet on US shift on Israel settlements]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Vatican says US decision on settlements ‘undermines regional stability’]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Rocket attack on Golan was response to IDF strike on Syria-Iraq border – report]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon]( [Russia claims Israel violated Jordanian and Iraqi airspace in recent Syria attacks, expresses ‘concern and resentment’]( [Photos show alleged Quds Force headquarters destroyed in IDF strikes]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Nuclear agency tells Iran to explain uranium particles at site flagged by Israel]( By [Julia ZAPPEI]( [Iran jails conservationists for ‘espionage’ for trying to save Asiatic cheetah]( By [Jon Gambrell]( Director interview [Israeli documentary may knock Golda Meir off her pedestal — and into your heart]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Sanders gets applause at debate for call to treat Palestinians with dignity]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [At Democratic debate, asked whether they would take a tougher stance on Saudi Arabia, considering its human rights abuses, Sanders volunteers he would also be tougher on Israel.]( [Sondland invokes family’s escape from Holocaust in Trump impeachment hearing]( By [JTA]( [Democrat debate exposes divides despite united front against Trump]( By [Nicholas Kamm and Michael Mathes]( [Jewish Democratic Council ad calls Trump the ‘biggest threat’ to Jews]( By [JTA]( More Headlines [Ashdod scoops up UN award for most environmentally friendly Mediterranean city]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Breaking religious restrictions, buses to roll on Shabbat in Tel Aviv]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Uproar in court as man sentenced to 19 years for killing girlfriend]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Hamas deputy chief praises ‘political paralysis’ in Israel]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Israeli ultra-Orthodox women launch anti-domestic violence campaign]( By [Alexandra Vardi]( [From Jerusalem to Kyiv / Grammy nod goes to Israeli directors, producer for Swedish pop song]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [9 out of 10 rape cases in Israel closed without charges — study]( By [TOI staff]( [OECD: Though ‘robust,’ Israel’s economic growth expected to slow in coming years]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Michigan eyes Israeli tech to tackle water, mobility, cybersecurity challenges]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Online cooking course aims to turn kitchen amateurs into culinary pros]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Jeremy Corbyn mispronounces Jeffrey Epstein’s name, and critics have a field day]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [British Airways crowns Tel Aviv as a top vacation destination for 2020]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved