ISRAEL VOTES: Turnout high as Netanyahu seeks comeback; Arab vote seen lagging * Analysis: How Smotrich & Ben Gvir led an uprising * Zelensky’s Israel TV plea

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Live updates [LIVE: High turnout as Israel votes for fifth time since 2019, though Arab vote seen lagging]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu bidding to return to power; far-right Religious Zionism on the rise; PM Lapid urges vote ‘for the future of our children’; TV exit polls at 10 p.m. Israel time]( [Midway through voting, turnout highest since 1999 in 5th election day in 4 years]( By [TOI staff]( [Party leaders cast their ballots and encourage citizens to do the same before voting ends at 10 p.m.; Beit Shemesh polling station attacked by extremists]( Analysis [How Smotrich and Ben Gvir led an uprising, wrapped in a bear hug, against Netanyahu]( By [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [At the ex-PM’s urging, Israel’s extreme-right factions united into an electoral juggernaut that feeds off right-wing discontent with Netanyahu himself]( [In a Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, Religious Zionism party is rising force]( By [Ash Obel]( [While Haredi parties remain dominant, one voter in Har Nof say ‘there is power’ in the far-right party: ‘What they say they’ll do, they do. No ifs or buts’]( [From labor to Labor: At hospital, woman casts ballot shortly after giving birth]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Netanya resident detained for holding tefillin against his crotch near voting booth]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Herzog to US Jews: Respect Israel’s election results even if you don’t like them]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Addressing Federations’ General Assembly, president acknowledges concerns over far-right parties rising to power, but says Israel-Diaspora ties can weather it]( [Israeli elections 2022 / ‘Incapable of a true word’: Gantz lashes Netanyahu for claim he risked troops’ lives]( By [Tobias Siegal]( Reporter's notebook [It took 4 voting rounds to normalize Ben Gvir. By the end of the 5th, he’s a star]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Once-fringe candidate stirs up election-day excitement in towns that have long been strongholds for other right-wing parties, indicating growing extremism within Netanyahu’s bloc]( Reporter's notebook [Jack Mukand]( [Casting ballot, long-shot Balad head Sami Abou Shahadeh predicts ‘election surprise’]( [With fate hinging on Arab turnout, leader of hardline anti-Zionist party confident he will return to Knesset as other Arab voters in Jaffa seek ‘change’ by sticking with Lapid]( [Far-left MK: Kiryat Arba shooter not a terrorist, settlers aren’t innocent civilians]( By [TOI staff]( 2022 Elections [As Israel votes for fifth time since 2019, these 5 factors could break the deadlock]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [From minority voting patterns to disaffected, undecided voters, to the weather, here’s what may shift the balance — giving Netanyahu his comeback or thwarting him again]( [ToI Podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 1: Election Day redux; Herzog’s White House visit]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [Praying for rain at the polls]( [This election day, I’m learning from the talmudic sages’ prayer for Israel’s rainy season to vote past sectors and keep all of Israel in mind]( [Todd Berman]( [The topsy turvy beat of the Israeli elections]( [When you feel down because of Israel’s 5-elections-in-4-years, watch the high-production dance videos (er, political ads), especially by the Haredim, to cheer up]( [Election Day redux; Herzog’s White House visit]( [listen to the podcast]( [Amid Russia-Iran cooperation, ‘now I hope Israel will help us,’ says Zelensky]( By [TOI staff]( [In Israeli TV interview, Ukrainian president says Moscow ‘used’ ex-PM Bennett’s desire to mediate to ‘buy time,’ reveals Israel finally agreed to supply radio systems]( [UN nuclear watchdog begins probe of Russia’s dirty bomb claim]( By [ANDREW MELDRUM]( [US Iran envoy: We’re not wasting our time on the nuclear deal]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Robert Malley says administration focusing on Iran protests and Tehran’s decision to get ‘involved in a European war’ by supplying drones to Russia]( [Iran’s Guard Corps video threatens drone strikes on Israeli, US, dissident targets]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Nationwide protests persist in Iran in defiance of violent crackdown]( By [Stuart Williams]( Q&A [Lazar Berman]( [Lula looking to rule as centrist, unlikely to harm Israel ties, Brazil scholar says]( [Latin America expert James Green predicts moderate policies from incoming president, whom half the country’s Jews supported]( [Brazilian Jews offer President-elect Lula conciliatory message after rocky past]( By [Marcus M. Gilban]( [How Israel's dysfunctional electoral system still can be fixed]( [listen to the podcast]( Interview [Nearly 80 years on, the fight for Holocaust restitution continues in many countries]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Mark Weitzman, who helped develop the now ubiquitous IHRA definition of antisemitism, is gearing up to meet European officials this week to negotiate reparations for survivors]( [‘Extremely disturbed’: US Jewish groups condemn Nazi Halloween costumes]( By [Luke Tress]( [Holiday incidents in New York City and Wisconsin spark outrage amid national concern over antisemitism]( [CRM]( [Man arrested for alleged kidnapping attempt in Tiberias; terror motive suspected]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [51-year-old from Yafia is handed over to Shin Bet after woman in her 20s says he tried to force her into his vehicle]( [Woman stabbed to death in Herzliya; husband arrested]( By [TOI staff]( [Police dispatched to scene after passerby reports looking through a window and seeing a woman lying on floor and walls sprayed with blood]( [Man shot in Kiryat Ata under unclear circumstances]( By [TOI staff]( More Headlines [Without a president, Lebanon fears power vacuum amid ongoing crises]( By [Rouba El Husseini]( [Families of Parkland shooting victims address killer as sentencing hearing begins]( By [TERRY SPENCER]( [Response to crowd surge at Seoul Halloween party was ‘insufficient,’ police admit]( By [Cat Barton and Sunghee Hwang]( [Ashkelon to overhaul one of its oldest neighborhoods, expand housing]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Security forces foil bid to smuggle 25 handguns from Jordan to West Bank]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Ukrainian soccer federation urges FIFA to remove Iran from World Cup]( By [AP]( [Israel’s only glass company will get raw materials from its own CO2 emissions]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Iran frees eight journalists after they were arrested amid mass protests]( By [AFP]( [Evangelical GOP House candidate in Texas wrote novel about Anne Frank finding Jesus]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Pelosi suspect tells police he wanted to hold speaker hostage, break her knees]( By [LISA MASCARO, STEFANIE DAZIO and TERRY CHEA]( [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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