ToI’s weekly deep dive: 4th election rehash as the 5th election cometh? * COVID-killing nasal spray * Charming ancient Beersheba * Podcast: Refo rm prayer for coming out

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Monday, March 29, 2021 Op-ed [The man who divided Israel]( By [David Horovitz]( [PM had so many advantages this time, but had alienated so much of the electorate. Attracted and repelled, voters denied him a clear win. But only his rivals can force his defeat]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Is a fifth election now a self-fulfilling prophecy?]( [Israel’s leaders can form a government and end the deadlock. All they need is a bit of trust and a willingness to compromise. Or: Why another snap election is inevitable]( [Times of Israel Podcast / Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 23 – Election day diary: Voting ‘first’ in Modiin]( By [TOI staff]( [Times of Israel Podcast / Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 25 – Ties that bind (and gag) Kahanists & Islamists]( By [TOI staff]( Inside story [Entering Knesset, far-rightists want to legalize outposts, fight ‘LGBT agenda’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Religious Zionism will be most extreme party in parliament in decades, with lawmakers who back expelling ‘disloyal’ Arabs and vow to ‘put the Torah first’]( [Who's who, who's new / Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies]( By [Raoul Wootliff and Jacob Magid]( [Explainer / How Islamist Ra’am broke Arab politics and may win the keys to the government]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( From the blogs [Burning the hametz on Balfour StreetÂ]( By [Yossi Klein Halevi]( Inside story [Did the US downgrade its Palestinian ties by ‘upgrading’ its Jerusalem mission?]( By [Jacob Magid]( [The Trump administration said merging the capital’s consulate into the embassy was more efficient. But diplomats claim it badly hampered their ability to reach out to Palestinians]( COVID-19 [‘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]( [Israeli-made oral COVID vaccine found to generate antibodies in pigs]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [3 Israeli nanosatellites blast into space to test new method for rescue beacons]( By [Nathan Jeffay and TOI staff]( [In COVID wards, patients in pajamas take long trip down the corridor to vote]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( From the blogs [Solving the water crisis is a job for philanthropy]( By [Ronald S. Lauder]( StartUp Israel [Waze founder teams up with Dan Rather to make paywalled content more accessible]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Through a system of micropayments, entrepreneurs hope to get media consumers to pay for content they want to read from a variety of outlets, not just those they subscribe to]( [Startup developing ‘world’s first’ synthetic cornea raises $25 million]( By [Jake Epstein]( [Piloting El Al simulator, four people with disabilities touch the sky]( By [Jake Epstein]( [Google to set up chip team in Israel led by former Intel exec]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Rabbi, is there a blessing for coming out of the closet? There is now]( By [TOI staff]( [A new Israeli Reform prayer book, ‘Tefillat HaAdam,’ includes inclusive communal rituals and breaks down as many gender barriers as the Hebrew language allows]( [Behind the Headlines / Join ToI Community to meet the producer-director duo behind hit series ‘Shtisel’]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( Holocaust history [Forgotten pre-war Nazi girls school on UK coast inspires chilling new spy film]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Eddie Izzard co-writes and stars in ‘Six Minutes to Midnight,’ screening from March 26, set in Bexhill-on-Sea, where daughters of Hitler’s officers studied to gain soft power]( [Holocaust / Sewing for survival: The last of Auschwitz’s forgotten ‘dressmakers’ dies]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Holocaust film / Using rare archival films, Ukrainian director forces viewers to face Babyn Yar]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Germany funds plan to help Holocaust survivors around world access vaccines]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Interview [Life is a miracle: Eclectic LA musician belts thankful song after COVID struggle]( By [Dave Gordon]( Israel Travels [Ancient charm is revived in Beersheba’s new Old City]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [Artistic, cultural and commercial renewal sprout from longstanding Ottoman institutions, making biblical Abraham’s one-time hometown an oasis of tourism in the Negev Desert]( [With an exodus from COVID rules underway, this Passover offers events galore]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( From the Blogs [The Passover sacrifice of Temple times holds life lessons for today]( By [Avi Weiss]( [Here are 14 ways to extrapolate from the obscure details of the holiday’s animal offering and improve our own behavior]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved