Netanyahu loses key Knesset vote; Likud whip predicts stint in opposition * Abused by PM’s backers, MK’s wife goes to cops * Sanders, Warrren: ’ Restrict’ US aid to Israel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Presented by ‘Unstoppable’ [After defeat in key vote, Likud whip concedes Netanyahu won’t form government]( By [TOI staff]( [At inaugural session of Arrangements Committee, Miki Zohar says Likud chief will lead right-wing parties into opposition, ‘heads held high’; adjourns panel after losing first vote]( [Likud lashes out at Bennett, Smotrich after shock Knesset defeat]( By [Stuart Winer]( [In blow to Netanyahu, Ra’am gives Lapid’s bloc control of key Knesset panel]( By [Tal Schneider]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Did a dry, procedural Knesset vote just signal the end of the Netanyahu era?]( [The PM has failed 4 times to win an election. On Monday, he lost control of a parliamentary committee that may have offered his best chance at an alternate path to cling to power]( [Lashing Bennett’s ‘absurd’ ambition, Netanyahu urges direct vote for PM]( By [TOI staff]( [Ra’am says it could back direct premiership vote, derides far-right ‘incitement’]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [‘Traitor, stinking Russian’: Abused by PM’s backers, Elkin’s wife goes to police]( By [Nurit Chinn]( [Pro-Netanyahu demonstrators gathered outside New Hope MK Ze’ev Elkin’s Jerusalem home, called Maria Elkin ‘a disgusting gentile’; similar incident occurred last week]( [Netanyahu threatens ex-PM Olmert with lawsuit for calling family mentally ill]( By [AP and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Sara Yael Hirschhorn]( [Whither Israel education without Israel?]( [The pandemic-induced travel ban offers a chance to consider whether ​Israel trips offer not just profound feeling, but deep knowledge]( [Gil Troy]( [Israel education as a personal journey toward meaning]( [The pedagogy of ‘Identity Zionism’ offers a richer and more affirmative lens through which to view Israel education]( [Shai Bazak]( [What price democracy in the Palestinian territories?]( [With Hamas still sworn to Israel’s destruction, Europe must warn the PA it won’t fund a government that includes terrorists]( [Judith Margolis Friedman]( [A story of a thousand runs: Why I love my Christian neighbor]( [We both are focused on family, we both believe in personal responsibility and free will, and we both believe that ultimately our fate is in God’s hands]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing Apr. 20 – Did you blink? Likud may have lost its coalition chance]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Netanyahu trial / Walla CEO told to scrap article on PM son’s non-Jewish girlfriend ‘at any cost’]( By [TOI staff]( [AG says ‘currently’ no reason to remove Netanyahu from his role]( By [TOI staff]( Sponsored [Unstoppable: The Incredible True Story of Siggi B. Wilzig]( [Unstoppable is the riveting, must-read story of Siggi B. Wilzig, who survived the Shoah to become one of America’s most beloved and unstoppable personalities. 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Sanders, Warren call for ‘restricting’ US aid to Israel at J Street confab]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Progressive lawmakers urge Israel to help vaccinate Palestinians, say foreign assistance shouldn’t be used to advance policies that ‘violate Palestinian rights’]( [Citing Israel’s military edge, top Democrats aim to slow sale of F-35s to UAE]( By [Ron Kampeas]( Binary options fraud [SEC charges Israel’s main binary options firm, and its 2 chiefs, with vast fraud]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Complaint says SpotOption and owners Pini Peter and Ran Amiran defrauded US investors out of at least $100 million; firm was at heart of scam banned by Knesset after ToI reporting]( [Cops clash with Jaffa Arabs for 2nd straight night as tensions flare]( By [TOI staff]( [3 detained, including a minor, at protest in solidarity with mixed city’s Arab residents; comes day after assault on rabbi looking to move yeshiva into Arab area]( [Colleague of assaulted rabbi says Jaffa yeshiva promotes ‘good neighborliness’]( By [TOI staff]( [Abbas adviser: Palestinian elections ‘very likely’ to be postponed]( By [TOI staff]( [Nabil Shaath says parliamentary vote scheduled for next month will be pushed off if Israel doesn’t allow ballot boxes in East Jerusalem]( [Palestinians say most in East Jerusalem can vote, regardless of Israeli approval]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Rivlin, PA’s Abbas share Ramadan phone call, discuss ‘regional issues’]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Sudan officially annuls 63-year Israel boycott law]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Removal of 1958 legislation barring ties with Jewish state approved in joint vote of ruling sovereignty council and cabinet]( Interview [Meet the 27-year-old amplifying the sounds of the Borscht Belt]( By [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [CRM]( More Headlines [5 die on roads in 24 hours; woman injured in crash with IDF chief’s motorcade]( By [TOI staff]( [After 30 years in power, Chad’s president killed while fighting rebels]( By [Agencies]( [Monument unveiled to remember Warsaw Ghetto’s buried archive of anguish]( By [Bernard OSSER]( [Obituary / Walter Mondale, Carter VP who played key role in Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 93]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Bank of Israel leaves rate unchanged as nation sees ‘rapid’ economic recovery]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Minneapolis braces for conclusion of George Floyd trial as it heads to jury]( By [Robin LEGRAND]( [Microsoft says new Israel cloud data center to start operations in early 2022]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Foreign national stabbed and killed in fight in south Tel Aviv]( By [TOI staff]( [Feds charge extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor with exploiting, kidnapping children]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Syria faces sanctions from chemical weapons watchdog, rejects attack claims]( By [Danny Kemp]( [Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital after US, EU threaten ‘consequences’]( By [Jonathan Brown and Max Delany]( [Israeli startup begins selling cocoa spreads in US, touting 50% less sugar]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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