Bennett working with ’friend Lapid’ on gov’t * Threats to Yamina ’traitors’ * US antisemitism ’worse than reported’ * Blogs: What was wrong with NYT on children’s deaths

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, May 31, 2021 Presented by Israel Policy Forum [Saying Netanyahu-led effort futile, Bennett opts for unity government with Lapid]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina leader portrays move as only alternative to more elections; Netanyahu accuses him of scamming voters and claims right-wing MKs can still defect and torpedo ‘left-wing’ bid]( [Negotiations advance, with Lapid said set to announce government within 1-2 days]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Planned Lapid-Bennett security cabinet would have right-wing majority]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Lapid acknowledges ‘obstacles’ to coalition as Gantz, Liberman tussle]( By [TOI staff]( [Blue and White and Yisrael Beytenu are both demanding agriculture portfolio; Yesh Atid, Yamina say gaps in negotiations can be bridged]( [Shaked to get extra security amid threats to Yamina ‘traitors’ for joining Lapid]( By [TOI staff]( [Knesset Guard to boost protection for party No. 2 as she, Bennett face harassment and threats from right-wingers; brother of Netanyahu’s wife accuses Yamina lawmakers of treason]( [Gantz: Right-wing threats to Yamina show lesson of Rabin’s killing not learned]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [If Netanyahu is not careful, there will be blood]( [He is uniquely capable of calming the hotheads, of delineating the line between legitimate political struggle and darkness. He owes it to himself, and to all of Israel, to do so]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing May 31 – The ‘far-fetched’ PM: Bennett says he wants a revolution]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Who is Naftali Bennett, the man who could be Israel’s next prime minister?]( By [AFP]( From our sponsor [Special Briefing: A New Government?]( [Will a Bennett-Lapid government end the Netanyahu era? Join Israel Policy Forum for an exclusive conversation with Channel 12 Chief Political Analyst Dana Weiss.]( Top Ops [Robert Satloff]( [What was wrong with the NY Times’ report on children’s deaths? So much]( [The article obscured whether Hamas was an information source, and which deaths were caused by ’friendly fire,’ and why Israel used force at all. That makes it a blood libel]( [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [I will not be a lamb on the altar of your purity]( [Once I felt if only I explained more, if only I explained better, surely you would understand that I’m fighting for my life. Not anymore.]( [Gidon Bromberg]( [Water supplies, once an obstacle, can now be an impetus for peace]( [Ecological interdependence between Palestinians and Israelis is not just a fact, it’s potentially the basis for a roadmap to end the conflict]( [Aaron Klein]( [Anti-Israel liars are inciting antisemitism]( [Hamas decided to launch a murderous terror campaign targeting Israelis. Somehow, that got left out of the story.]( [US antisemitism far worse than reported, say Conference of Presidents leaders]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Vast majority of incidents go unreported, argues Malcolm Hoenlein; intersectionality seen as major driver of latest wave of attacks]( [Police chief in Michigan apologizes for liking pro-Israel Facebook post]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Bill Maher defends Israel’s Gaza operation on his HBO show]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Lapid’s great gamble: Once the government is in place, the Haredim will join]( [A narrow, fractured coalition needs the ultra-Orthodox parties to survive. Bennett is trying a conciliatory approach to achieve that, while Lapid opts for blunt force trauma]( [Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi tells UAE envoy Temple Mount shouldn’t concern Jews]( By [TOI staff]( [Shas party spiritual leader Shalom Cohen and Emirati ambassador Al Khajah meet, agree that recent violence at Jerusalem holy site is ‘crazy’]( [3 of Israel’s most-hyped initial coin offerings were scams, ex-employees allege]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [An assistant to the Beitar Jerusalem owner sues his boss, claiming that Moshe Hogeg and his associates stole $250 million raised through Stox, Sirin Labs and Leadcoin ICOs]( [CRM]( [Israeli-Arab-Palestinian tech-pitch night brings sliver of hope to fraught ties]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [A Jerusalem tech event hosted by venture fund JVP brings together, some by Zoom, 60 entrepreneurs from Jerusalem, Gaza, Nablus, Rahat and the UAE]( [Chief justice slams Knesset speaker’s attacks on High Court, warns of ‘anarchy’]( By [TOI staff]( [Esther Hayut rails against ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ comments by Yariv Levin, who accused justices of a ‘coup’ after they rebuked Knesset for amending Basic Law]( [Jewish extremists reportedly attempted major firebomb attack on Palestinians]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Group gathered Molotov cocktails and arranged to target bus stop used by West Bank workers near Afula this month; attack didn’t happen since they failed to find the hidden weapons]( [Four Jews charged with terrorism after allegedly stabbing Arab in Jerusalem]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [IDF moves to demolish home of suspect in deadly West Bank terror shooting]( By [TOI staff]( [Security officer tells of life-or-death struggle with knife-wielding Gazan]( By [Stuart Winer]( [‘I understood that there is a terrorist with me in the car,’ recalls Andrea Dustov of moment a Palestinian lunged at his head with a blade]( [Netanyahu meets Egyptian spy chief, demands return of captives in Gaza]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Security officer stabbed in south by man who entered Israel from Gaza]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Exiting Mossad boss urges expansion of activity against Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Yossi Cohen, a close confidant of Netanyahu, says Tehran needs to be taught consequences of ‘crossing the line’]( [Iran says ‘good atmosphere’ in talks with Saudi Arabia on restoring ties]( By [AFP]( [Documents show US seized Iranian crude oil off UAE coast, sold it for $110m]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Rabbi Stephen Slater credits his Baptist missionary parents for his spirituality]( By [Ben Harris]( [While he’s not the only Jew by choice serving as a pulpit rabbi, he’s the only one whose parents spent decades bringing Jesus to the Ivory Coast — and his devotion reflects it]( [Israel reportedly set to ease export quotas of natural gas]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [An inter-ministerial committee recommends increasing exports from 40% to 52% of total yearly production and imposing no export curbs on fuel from new fields]( [From the web / Israeli insurtech co Novidea raises $30 million]( [Migdal Capital Markets becomes first investment house to track new green index]( By [Sue Surkes]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Vaccination of children aged 12-15 reportedly expected to start next week]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel-China medical fund to raise $300m for joint drug development ventures]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israeli gymnast Ashram snags gold, two silvers at Italy World Cup]( By [TOI staff]( [Non-Jewish man wearing kippah in solidarity with Jews is assaulted in Sweden]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Report on alleged rape of minor slams administrators of quarantine hotel]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Nashville hat shop sorry for selling ‘Not Vaccinated’ yellow Jewish stars]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [US reported to have spied on Merkel, European allies with Danish help]( By [AFP]( [In new film, director Polanski revisits the horrors of his Holocaust boyhood]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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