ELECTION EVE: Party profiles * Results could take days * Horovitz: Why this win would be different * UK: Assault on pregnant Jewish woman * ’Lif e-saving’ virus nose spray

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, March 22, 2021 Presented by Leket Israel Israel votes [Here we go again: ToI’s guide to the 37 parties still seeking your vote]( By [TOI staff]( [From Netanyahu apparatchiks to those dead-set on ousting him, plus anti-vaxxers and cult wives, everything you need to know about the factions running in Tuesday’s election]( [Passover, COVID restrictions could see clear election results delayed by days]( By [TOI staff]( [20,000 cops to be deployed to secure Tuesday’s election]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [A mandate to remake our democracy: Why this Netanyahu victory would be different]( [The only coalition he could possibly build would be the most hawkish in Israel’s history, committed to curbing the authority of its judges, bolstering the power of its politicians]( [Deri says he won’t support Knesset efforts to cancel Netanyahu trial]( By [TOI staff]( [Labor leader called a ‘lesbian’ by Netanyahu supporters during Tel Aviv tour]( By [TOI staff]( [Shas leader defends absence of female candidates: ‘It isn’t their natural place’]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Netanyahu courts settler vote at inauguration of new West Bank neighborhood]( By [Michael Bachner]( [In Revava a day before elections, PM reiterates his support for legalization of unrecognized outposts, says Gantz blocked move in current government]( Times of Israel Podcast [Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 22 – What you need to know on eve of 4th election]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Protest encampment outside Netanyahu’s residence dismantled before elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Ethiopia-born minister on immigration amid COVID: ‘Even in wars, we didn’t stop’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Settlement factory’s Palestinian workers print Israel’s election ballots]( By [Jacob Magid]( [They can’t vote, but Palphot employees play key election role; factory owner says staff unmoved by political undertones; worker says doesn’t have luxury to pick and choose jobs]( [Lapid downplays Bennett’s pledge not to join his government: ‘We will see’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Bennett signs pledge not to join government with Lapid as prime minister]( By [TOI staff]( Message from Leket Israel [Help put a meal on their Passover table]( [Over the past year, thousands of Israeli families joined the circle of poverty. You can provide a hot meal for vulnerable Israelis in time for the Passover holiday.]( [‘Life-saving’ nose spray that kills 99.9% of viruses begins production in Israel]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Health Ministry-approved labeling says antiviral is effective within 2 minutes; can save many lives in countries without access to vaccines, says inventor]( [9,000 pass through Ben Gurion, mostly departures, as travel rules eased]( By [TOI staff]( [Virus czar: 4th wave of infection unlikely, mask mandate to continue]( By [TOI staff]( [Positive test rate for virus drops to lowest level since November]( By [TOI staff]( [London police probe assault, attempted suffocation of pregnant Jewish woman]( By [TOI staff]( [Footage shows assailant following victim and pulling a bag over her head from behind before delivering blows; woman lightly injured; no arrest made]( Top Ops [Shira Pasternak Be'eri]( [Picturing the plight of agunot]( [How can we explain that Judaism lets men withhold divorce as a kind of weapon, a means of extortion? Why aren’t men helping fight this stain on our religion?]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Elections 2021: What change for Israel?]( [The country’s circumstances are different this time around, but will the outcome be?]( Meat and greet [Jerusalem zoo tries damage control after kids see lion eat bunny]( By [Ben Sales]( [Wildlife park explains big cats are usually fed dead animals behind closed doors but in this case, the lion dragged its food out into public view in front of visiting families]( [CRM]( [Former top Saudi adviser: No Israel normalization before Palestinian statehood]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Editorial by Nawaf Obaid seen as open message to Israel; ex-official says Saudi public won’t currently accept an agreement, countering signals from Netanyahu that deal is emerging]( [Jordan publicizes defense deal that allows US forces free entry into kingdom]( By [AFP]( [Palestinian Authority begins West Bank coronavirus vaccine campaign]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [So far, enough shots have arrived in Ramallah to inoculate about 1% of the West Bank’s Palestinian population]( [In trial, AstraZeneca 100% effective against severe cases, no raised clot risk]( By [Agencies]( [EU commissioner says Europe could achieve herd immunity by July]( By [AFP]( [Israel cancels PA foreign minister’s travel documents after visit to ICC]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Riyad Al-Maliki’s delegation questioned upon return from The Hague; PA Foreign Ministry charges move is retaliation for war crimes probe]( [IDF chief condemns ICC probe, implies judges unfamiliar with terror tactics]( By [TOI staff]( [3 Israeli nanosatellites blast into space to test new method for rescue beacons]( By [Nathan Jeffay and TOI staff]( [Trio of shoebox-sized, fuel-sipping spacecraft aim to provide emergency location services usually supplied by much larger satellites]( [Israel launches 2-year pilot, preparing the sky for network of delivery drones]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [First investments by VC funds in Israeli tech soar to 7-year high in 2020]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [US synagogues don’t rush to reopen, even as vaccines make gatherings safer]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Iran threatens Washington army base, top US general — intelligence officials]( By [JAMES LaPORTA]( [NSA said to have intercepted Revolutionary Guard chatter on mounting ‘USS Cole-style attacks’ against Fort McNair, a reference to deadly 2000 suicide attack in Yemeni port of Aden]( [Sons of slain Iranian nuclear scientist describe gunfire attack on unarmored car]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran’s Khamenei insists on US sanctions relief before return to nuclear deal]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Iran holding UK-Iranian man in ‘prolonged solitary confinement’ — rights group]( By [AFP]( [Folk guitarist makes experimental soundscapes from old Jewish phonograph records]( By [Daniel Bromfield]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Egyptian feminist icon and author Nawal el-Saadawi dies at 89]( By [AP]( [Prosecutors won’t charge ex-head of Israel Bar Association over sex scandal]( By [TOI staff]( [Green organizations call on John Kerry to stop trans-Israel Gulf oil deal]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Hoopah / Charles Barkley ‘had a blast’ doing hora at daughter’s wedding]( By [Ben Sales]( [Public database shows Netanyahu, son have stocks in Disney and EA]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Cybersecurity startup SCADAfence raises $12 million to boost growth]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Australia lists neo-Nazi Sonnenkrieg Division as terrorist group]( By [AP]( [Manslaughter charge for teen in attack on Arab driver who then fatally hit man]( By [TOI staff]( [3 Sudanese migrants detained, returned to Lebanon after trying to cross border]( By [TOI staff]( [Improvised ‘Borat’ sequel wins top honors at Writers Guild Awards]( By [Jake Coyle]( [Banned from Twitter, Trump plans return to social media with ‘his own platform’]( By [AFP]( [Pride of plate / Kamala Harris’s husband to speak at LGBT Seder]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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