Arab-led Joint List splits, likely boosting Netanyahu * Chile president rejects Israel ambassador * Parkinson’s, a new approach * Chips from Queen’s crown in Israeli ring

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, September 16, 2022 [Arab-led Joint List splits into 2 factions, shuffling political deck at last minute]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Drama over rotation deal splinters party into Hadash-Ta’al and Balad, in move that could help Netanyahu back to power; Labor and Meretz finalize independent runs, rebuffing Lapid]( [Depleted Arab alliance embraces potential kingmaker role after breakup of Joint List]( By [TOI staff]( [Deputy FM: Israel won’t get US backing if Ben Gvir, Smotrich manage the country]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Jeremy Sharon]( [Joint List breakup deepens Lapid’s nightmare of anti-Netanyahu votes going to waste]( [While ex-PM united key factions of his bloc to minimize risk of wasted votes, caretaker PM failed to do likewise for those opposed to Netanyahu. Then came a Joint List hammer blow]( [Upstart Fiery Youth files election slate, vows to ‘make life difficult’ for rivals]( By [TOI staff]( [Yesh Atid takes flack for Russian site calling Likud a ‘sectoral Sephardic party’]( By [TOI staff]( [UAE foreign minister tours Yad Vashem; meets Lapid, Herzog on 1st Jerusalem visit]( By [TOI staff]( [‘A privilege and an honor’: Emirati FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan marks 2 years to Abraham Accords by laying wreath at Holocaust memorial and speaking to Israeli leaders]( [Herzog says planning to soon visit Bahrain, hopes normalization with Sudan advances]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [In grave breach of protocol, Chile’s president refuses credentials of Israeli envoy]( By [TOI staff]( [Gabriel Boric reportedly spurns new ambassador over Israel ‘killing children in Gaza,’ threatening profound harm to relations between the countries]( [Israeli envoy says Chile apologized after its president refused his credentials]( By [TOI staff]( [Fixing weak electric current in part of brain may treat Parkinson’s — Israeli lab]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [University of Haifa scientist says her peer-reviewed study could open up a new approach to fighting the disease, enable detection when people are young]( [Hospital embroiled in fertility debacle previously lost another embryo — report]( By [Michael Horovitz]( Times of Israel Podcast [Podcast: 2 years post-Abraham Accords signing, who’s got Israel’s back against Iran?]( By [TOI staff]( [In a special Daily Briefing, editor David Horovitz and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman assess the accords’ successes and failures, and how the region’s alliances have shifted]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Two years after Abraham Accords, worrying trends emerge amid achievements]( [While trade and diplomatic ties continue to expand, polls show public support in nations that normalized ties has plummeted — and it is unclear whether others will sign on]( Top Ops [Dan Perry]( [Why we must root for Ukraine]( [With the violent elimination of opposition and a gratuitous destruction of the ongoing war, Putin has brought the evil of a cartoon villain back into style]( [Matty Lichtenstein]( [How New York City’s Hasidic yeshivas gained legitimacy]( [The Hasidim avoiding state educational requirements argue that yeshiva students are doing just fine, but the maneuvers they need to make the case suggests otherwise]( [Ukraine: Mass burial sites, ‘torture centers’ found in areas retaken from Russia]( By [Emmanuel Parisse]( [Officials say 450 graves counted at single site near strategic city of Izyum, following lightning Ukrainian counteroffensive in east]( [Russia says it can’t protect Uman pilgrims, denies claim it plans to attack them]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Zelensky rails at Israel, other countries for failure to deliver defensive weapons]( By [TOI staff]( From the blogs [Guy Lieberman]( [When Abraham lost Israel: The saga of a missing child]( [The incredible story of a Jewish family’s journey from Europe to South Africa, a mother who never gave up on her child, and the 7-year-olds who are his descendants]( [Chips from British crown jewels set in Israeli engagement ring — report]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Journalist says fragments from Cullinan diamond passed down by her ancestor, who was commissioned by King Edward VII to polish huge African gemstone]( [CRM]( [Israel set to connect offshore rig threatened by Hezbollah to gas grid]( By [AFP]( [Energy Ministry says tests planned at Karish platform in ‘the upcoming days’ to include transfer of gas from field claimed by Lebanon to national network]( [Senior officer: Iranian-backed forces withdrawing from Syria due to IDF strikes]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Rabbi says yeshiva student was in a study session when hit in shooting at settlement]( By [TOI staff]( [Natan Ofner of Carmel’s Yeshiva Reuta recalls not initially understanding loud bangs were gunshots until 18-year-old ‘noticed he was soaked in blood’; manhunt continues for gunman]( [Israeli injured in suspected terror shooting at settlement of Carmel]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Video suggests recent West Bank clash was sparked by settlers, not Palestinians]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [US Capitol rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt gets 75-day prison term]( By [Michael Kunzelman]( [Robert Packer also wore a Nazi SS shirt underneath his death camp hoodie, prosecutor says; defendant offended by white supremacist label, wants to sue Pelosi]( [Biden says ‘no place in America’ for hate-fueled violence]( By [Colleen Long and DARLENE SUPERVILLE]( [Congressional group urges Biden to prioritize release of US citizens jailed in Iran]( By [Michael Horovitz]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Counting Crows frontman says Israel ‘tugs at me a lot’]( By [TOI staff]( [Adam Duritz returns after 40 years to perform, recounts time as teen in Israel, working on a kibbutz and in Jerusalem; NEW: Transcript included]( [Jewish partisans recount struggle against Nazis in new documentary ‘Four Winters’]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Film features archival images and interviews from eight fighters who fled from persecution to battle German occupiers, countering narrative that Jews did not resist regime]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Defying ministry, rabbis tell school to put transgender boy in female-only class]( By [TOI staff]( [Poll shows concerns over abortion, democracy driving US Jewish turnout for Democrats]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Inflation pressures cool in August but housing prices soar further]( By [TOI staff]( [2 workers die from electrocution in central Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Sea of Galilee thriving, at near maximum capacity]( By [TOI staff]( [University of Vermont vehemently rejects federal probe into antisemitism complaints]( By [AP, JTA and Luke Tress]( [2022 elections / Yamina MK Nir Orbach quits politics, urges Israeli right to ‘wake up’]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanon sees wave of bank heists as desperate citizens try to claim frozen savings]( By [AFP]( [Man with Nazi tattoo, girlfriend charged for attempted assassination of Argentine VP]( By [AFP]( [Israel belatedly looks to green construction for concrete fix to polluting buildings]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Israel climbs to 1st spot worldwide in digital quality of life survey]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Probe closed into policeman who shot and killed Arab teen in car during riots]( By [TOI staff]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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