Israeli killed in Hebron terror * Ben Gvir to demand law that would cancel Netanyahu trial * Election key: Arab turnout * ’Antisemitism’ at Kotel? * Lapid tours gas field

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, October 30, 2022 [Victim in Kiryat Arba shooting named as Ronen Hanania; wounded son recounts horror]( By [Ash Obel]( [Deceased to be laid to rest Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem; son says he he was ‘lucky to witness his final moments’]( [IDF prepares to demolish Hebron home of terrorist who killed Israeli man]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli killed, 4 hurt in West Bank terror shooting; medic shot while trying to help]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF: 5 soldiers hurt in ramming attack near Jericho; Palestinian assailant shot]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Ambulance service says two victims in moderate condition, another three lightly wounded; attack comes day after deadly terror shooting in Hebron]( Analysis [Jeremy Sharon]( [Ultra-Orthodox parties battle to keep their voters from switching to Ben Gvir]( [The Haredi political leadership is focusing its election campaign on cost-of-living concerns, and the imperative to keep its community loyal rather than drifting to the far-right]( [Will Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox allies ditch him after the election?]( By [Michael Blum]( [Anti-Netanyahu protesters assaulted in Netanya; police arrest 3 over violence]( By [TOI staff]( [Ben Gvir says he’ll demand law that will cancel Netanyahu’s corruption trial]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right MK claims opposition leader may opt for Gantz in coalition in his stead; Likud leader blames media for rise of Ben Gvir, whose entrance to Knesset he orchestrated]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Oct. 30: MK Ben Gvir’s policies match those of neo-fascists in Europe]( By [TOI staff]( [At Rabin rally in Jerusalem, Labor chief rips Netanyahu, Ben Gvir over 1995 protest]( By [TOI staff]( [MK Ben Gvir’s policies match those of neo-fascists in Europe]( [listen to the podcast]( Reporter's notebook [Jacob Magid]( [Damned if you vote, damned if you don’t: Despair a deciding factor in Arab turnout]( [Even generous forecasts cap neglected minority’s turnout at 50%, but Balad’s breakaway from Hadash-Ta’al offers those who refuse to cooperate with government a new political home]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [The final countdown: What could change the election in the last days]( [If none of the wobbling parties falls below the threshold, the result may hinge on a seat or two; but if any of Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al, Labor or Meretz fails, Netanyahu wins easily]( Election explainer [Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday. Here’s how to cast your ballot]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [From how to find your polling station to what to do once you get there, ToI walks you through how to vote on November 1]( [Experts warn Israel vulnerable to online threats, including from Iran, ahead of vote]( By [Jonah Mandel]( [Natan Sharansky ’embarrassed’ by lack of Israeli support for Ukraine]( By [Ash Obel]( [After meeting with President Zelensky, former minister and Soviet political prisoner says it’s a ‘disgrace’ that ‘not even a Knesset delegation’ has visited Kyiv]( [Russia suspends participation in deal that allowed Ukraine grain exports]( By [AFP]( Live updates [LIVE - ‘Gevalt’: Rival parties ratchet up pressure to vote for them Tuesday]( By [TOI staff]( [With elections less than 48 hours away, factions in opposing camps seek to gin up support after final polls predicted Netanyahu’s right-religious bloc 1 seat shy of majority]( Top Ops [Matan Kahana]( [What’s at stake is a Judaism that binds us together]( [The extremists of the Religious Zionist party have fought any attempt to improve Jewish religious services and sown contempt for leading rabbis in Israel]( [Yosef Blau]( [Govern the Jewish state with righteousness]( [To live up to what it means to a religious Zionist state, Israel must protect the marginalized and vulnerable, and not only those in power]( [As gas begins to flow, Lapid tours Karish, hailing implications for Israel’s economy]( By [Lazar Berman]( [After signing maritime border deal with Lebanon days before election, prime minister says natural gas will help lower cost of living for Israelis]( [Biden drafts letter guaranteeing Israel’s rights in Lebanon maritime deal]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Lebanese politician close to Hezbollah: ‘We went for sustainable peace’ with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Citing satellite image, analysts say UAE deploys Israeli-made air defense system]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Joint Israeli-Indian Barak-8 launchers and Elta radar seen south of Abu Dhabi, following wave of missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis]( [Qatar evicts hundreds of migrant workers as World Cup looms — residents]( By [AFP]( [Israel’s president denounces ‘vicious’ assault on Nancy Pelosi’s husband]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [‘Attacks on elected officials and their families are attacks on democracy itself,’ Herzog says after Paul Pelosi targeted at home]( [In 1st comment, Pelosi says she’s ‘heartbroken, traumatized’ over attack on husband]( By [AFP]( Interview [In Israel, US monitor defends pressing government on ‘antisemitism’ at Western Wall]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Antisemitism envoy Aaron Keyak says Jerusalem understands Washington wanting to keep Jews safe at prayer; tells ToI Kanye comments are fair game for office, but not Trump’s]( [How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli ex-COO of Yeezy calls for understanding over Kanye West’s antisemitism]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Udi Avshalom says ‘mental health is no joke’ and that he believes the music and fashion mogul ‘knows he talkin nonsense’]( [Brooklyn Nets’ Irving defends promoting antisemitic movie: ‘Did I harm anybody?’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [After linking to antisemitic film, NBA’s Irving says he respects all religions]( By [AFP]( [Many Brazilian Jews feel the election is a choice ‘between the cross and the sword’]( By [Marcus M. Gilban]( [In Sunday vote, community torn between far-right incumbent Bolsonaro, who loves Israel and ultranationalists, and Lula, a far-left social activist sympathetic to Palestinian cause]( [Polls open in Brazil for polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula presidential runoff contest]( By [DIANE JEANTET]( [South Korea in shock, grief after 153 die in ‘hell-like’ Halloween crowd surge]( By [KIM TONG-HYUNG and Hyung-Jin Kim]( [Week of mourning declared across country after accident that occurred as 100,000 gathered in Seoul for annual outdoor festival]( [Iranian journalists decry arrests of colleagues, call for their release]( By [AFP]( [Over 300 journalists sign statement denouncing arrests and lack of civil rights, with more than 20 reporters said still in detention across country]( [Iran opens trial of 5 facing death penalty over protests roiling country]( By [AFP]( [As Iran protests swell, IRGC chief warns demonstrators: ‘Don’t come to the streets’]( By [Agencies]( [CRM]( More Headlines [IDF begins to draft female recruits to elite units previously closed off to women]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk gets chance to defeat site’s many fake accounts]( By [Matt O'Brien]( [Obituary / Gerald Stern, prize-winning US poet who explored ‘the idea of a Jew,’ dies at 97]( By [Hillel Italie]( [Jewish and Christian faiths contrast in Pennsylvania governor race]( By [Peter Smith]( [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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