Netanyahu aide: Hate unites our camp * Israel envoy at AIPAC: Sanders ’ignorant fool’ * Anger at Trump plan may boost Arab vote * Israelis told safe to vote despite virus

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, March 1, 2020 [Netanyahu aide in leaked recording: ‘Hate is what unites our camp’]( By [TOI staff]( [Natan Eshel heard saying negative campaigning works well with ‘non-Ashkenazi’ voters and that the ‘animal’ Miri Regev is particularly effective at it]( [After knocking ‘non-Ashkenazim,’ Netanyahu aide says he has Mizrahi grandkids]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu, Shas leader chide Likud aide Eshel for saying base ‘united by hate’]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Health Ministry urges Israelis to vote, says no need to worry about coronavirus]( By [TOI staff]( [‘The situation is under control,’ director-general of ministry says; special voting stations to be set up for the 5,630 Israelis under home quarantine]( [Israel’s UN ambassador tells AIPAC Bernie Sanders is an ‘ignorant fool’]( By [TOI staff]( [‘We don’t want Sanders at AIPAC. We don’t want him in Israel,’ declares Danny Danon of US Democratic frontrunner, who had called Netanyahu a ‘reactionary racist’]( [A beleaguered AIPAC looks to prove it’s a home for progressives]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [Biden wins South Carolina, aims for Super Tuesday momentum]( By [Steve Peoples, MEG KINNARD and Bill Barrow]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu saw Trump plan as asset, but now polls show surge of angry Arab voters]( [A euphoric PM thought the US deal would help ensure election victory. But a clause suggesting Arab towns could be placed in a future Palestine has galvanized some key opponents]( [Joint List leader Odeh: We’ll win 16 seats, prevent Netanyahu forming coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu pledges ‘immediate’ annexation steps if reelected]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [For both major parties, it isn’t about winning – it’s about staying in the ring]( [Likud and Blue and White have proven unexpectedly resilient in a race that will likely be won not by a knockout but by grueling attrition, and both are preparing for round 4]( [Gantz: Likud spreading false reports about coronavirus to hurt Blue and White]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Campaign notebook / Hardened by year-long campaign, Gantz makes final push with mix of hope, outrage]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [In TV interviews, Netanyahu and Gantz each insist the other is unfit to be PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right party says it would have dropped out, but Netanyahu reneged on deal]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Otzma Yehudit says it’s staying in the race after PM walked back agreement to raze Bedouin hamlet, amend law barring racists from Knesset]( [20 Israelis sue Likud over app breach that led to massive data leak]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu appears to invent reports that the judges in his case are ‘leftists’]( By [TOI staff]( [Yair Netanyahu ordered to pay $81,000 to journalist in libel suit]( By [TOI staff]( Israel media review [A fight at the end of the tunnel: 7 things to know for March 1]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [The parties are revving their campaigns into overdrive, hoping to gain an inch or two over their rivals, even if it means throwing a tantrum on TV or getting muddy for a leak]( [Election Day 2020 / Bolstered elections committee staff to again prowl polling stations with cameras]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Israel to close West Bank, Gaza crossings to Palestinians on election day]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Tehilla Katz]( [If at first you don’t succeed, vote, vote again]( [I took my voting responsibility very seriously by planning a beach day in minute detail. 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