Religious-right parties merge, isolating Kahanists * Noah Feldman on impeaching Trump * Iran: We’re enriching more * Gaza ’Train to J’lem * Podc ast: Tabernacle at Shiloh?

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Thursday, January 16, 2020 [At 11th hour, Jewish Home drops Kahanist far-right slate to merge with New Right]( By [Jacob Magid]( [National religious parties return to nearly identical formula from September election, as Rafi Peretz caves to pressure and breaks pact with Otzma Yehudit]( [Netanyahu pressures spurned extremist party to drop out of race]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Jewish Home No. 2 quits in anger as last-second merger roils political landscape]( By [Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid]( Analysis [Raoul Wootliff]( [Flailing merger leaves divided right playing catch-up with united left]( [Two alliances and two very different final registration days for March elections]( [Israel media review / Kosher knives out: 6 things to know for January 16]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Bennett vows Yamina will stick together after elections this time]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Women’s group says parties are pushing female candidates to ‘the back benches’]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel Women’s Network notes dearth of women in top spots on slates for March elections, laments ‘significant erosion’ of female representation]( [Campaign notebook / From powerhouses to Pirates, parties file for March vote just under the buzzer]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Snubbed by Labor and Meretz, Shaffir announces she won’t run in March election]( By [TOI staff]( [Rouhani says Iran enriching more uranium than before nuclear deal]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Islamic Republic president says his government working to prevent confrontation or war; dialogue with world powers difficult but ‘possible’]( [UK envoy leaves Iran for ‘brief trip,’ amid anger over protest appearance]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [UK envoy to Israel warns Iran has ‘last opportunity’ to comply with nuclear deal]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran crown prince predicts regime collapse as protesters ‘smell opportunity’]( By [AFP]( [Gaza theme park’s new train ride simulates the ‘return’ journey to Jerusalem]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [‘The Train of Return to Jerusalem’ brings visitors across a valley to a partial mock-up of Old City, including a small building representing the Dome of Rock]( [IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza in response to rocket fire, as sustained calm tested]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Fatah official: Arafat hinted for us to launch Second Intifada after Camp David]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [As impeachment moves ahead, prof who helped make case sees ‘archetype of abuse’]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [Harvard’s Noah Feldman, who explained ‘impeachability’ to House Judiciary Committee, says Founders backed mechanism out of fear leaders would do exactly what Trump is accused of]( [Warren accuses Sanders of calling her a liar on national TV after Iowa debate]( By [Will Weissert]( [Pelosi names Schiff, Nadler as prosecutors for Trump trial]( By [LISA MASCARO]( [House leaders march Trump impeachment articles to Senate for trial]( By [AP]( Live updates [Liberman: Government after March election ‘essentially a done deal’]( By [TOI staff]( [‘I don’t want to go into details, but there won’t be 4th vote,’ Yisrael Beytenu chief says; asked if he means unity coalition, he answers: ‘Not unity — all Zionist parties’]( [Spotlight on Ibero-Jewish films at Miami festival celebrates influx of Sephardim]( By [Rich Tenorio]( Top Ops [Pinchas Goldschmidt]( [Lithuania wants to erase its Holocaust role. 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