Outcry as Smotrich says Shin Bet encouraged Rabin assassination * Rettig Gur: Left lost more than election * Herzog COP27 op-ed: How to save Earth *Zeldin woos NY Haredim

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, November 7, 2022 Presented by [Other Israel Film Festival]( [At Rabin memorial event, Smotrich claims Shin Bet ‘encouraged’ assassination]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Sources in security agency decry ‘conspiracy theories’ that promote ‘extremist discourse’; Netanyahu strikes rare conciliatory tone, urges unity after divisive election campaign]( [‘No conspiracy’: Smotrich doubles down on blaming Shin Bet for Rabin assassination]( By [TOI staff]( [Smotrich comes under fire after blaming Shin Bet for Rabin killing]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Herzog meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah on sidelines of COP27 climate confab]( By [TOI staff]( [After sitting down with UAE president in Sharm El-Sheikh, Israeli president discusses energy and water cooperation with Jordanian ruler]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [The Israeli left has lost more than an election]( [Israel’s left has been in freefall for 3 decades. It didn’t lose ground in the election; it simply woke up to the mismatch between its political institutions and the electorate]( from our sponsor [Other Israel Film Festival]( [The Other Israel Film Festival takes an in-depth look into Israeli and Palestinian societies. Join us in person at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Nov 3–10, or stream films Nov 3–13]( State of the campaign [Simon Davies and Joshua Hantman]( [How Netanyahu and his allies won by a knockout: The data]( [Turnout was up overall, but especially for Netanyahu’s bloc, and most of all among Haredim. And while he optimized his bloc to beat the threshold, his opponents emphatically didn’t]( [Jordan said to warn incoming government against touching Temple Mount status quo]( By [TOI staff]( [Source tells Israeli network ties will suffer, threatens that Ben Gvir visiting flashpoint site as a minister would be seen differently by Amman than when he went there as an MK]( [A month late, Allenby crossing launches pilot of Biden-promised plan to run 24/7]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Hamas claims to arrest two Gazans who fired rockets at Israel]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Analysis [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Netanyahu may have no choice but to give Ben Gvir the Public Security Ministry]( [Incoming PM is also facing Smotrich’s demand for the Finance Ministry; meanwhile, Likud MKs, particularly Israel Katz, see their negotiating power for top jobs reduced]( [Ben Gvir said to eye education portfolio for his party, secular school reform]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Anti-LGBT party to demand law banning ‘gender studies’ in elementary schools]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Lapid, Herzog say Israel at critical juncture and must calm political waters]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Addressing Rabin memorial days after elections, outgoing PM says he will fight for democracy from the opposition, president calls for national reconciliation]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 7: Smotrich on Rabin’s murder; UK jailed Jewish refugees in WWII]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Rivka Ravitz]( [It’s time to promote advancement of ultra-Orthodox working women]( [The government encourages Haredi men who are absent from the employment pool to join it, but what if it offered incentives for training to the women instead?]( [Barry Rosen]( [Blood money: Western countries should expel the kids of Iran’s elites]( [Why are the scions of those who held me hostage allowed to study and work in the US, Canada and Europe? Visas should go to the Iranian regime’s victims]( [Herzog arrives at COP27, touting vision of regional cooperation on climate change]( By [TOI staff]( [President meets world leaders, opens first-ever Israeli pavilion at UN environment confab, though he arrives without government backing for net zero carbon emissions by 2050]( [UN chief to COP27: World must cooperate or perish on ‘highway to climate hell’]( By [Seth Borenstein]( [More than 100 world leaders will speak at summit, but experts say it may have limited impact because of those who aren’t showing up, are coming late, or are dithering]( [UN climate report: Last 8 years the hottest on record]( By [Ash Obel]( [Loss and damage: Counting human costs of climate change seen as key to COP27 success]( By [Seth Borenstein]( From the blogs [Isaac Herzog]( [To save the planet, encourage Middle Eastern partnerships]( [Skeptics may call the ’Renewable Middle East’ a dream, but this pipeline will carry the green energy that will help to liberate the world from its fossil fuel dependence]( [Republican challenger Zeldin rallies Haredi voters in New York governor’s race]( By [Luke Tress]( [Jewish candidate draws backing from city’s religious communities with vows to protect yeshivas and crack down on crime, as Democrats enlist big names to shore up support]( [Smotrich on Rabin’s murder; UK jailed Jewish refugees in WWII]( [listen to the podcast]( Interview [TikTok influencer Montana Tucker makes Holocaust docu-series for Gen Z]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [After losing thousands of followers for posting about her family’s Holocaust story, social media star Montana Tucker pushes back against haters with ‘How to: Never Forget’ series]( [UK’s Sunak congratulates Netanyahu on election win, looks forward to cooperation]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [British PM, himself only recently installed, says two countries have a ‘huge amount’ to work on together in trade, security and technology]( [Macron congratulates Netanyahu on election win, invites him to Paris]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Bennett officially steps down as alternate prime minister]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Jack Mukand]( [Balad’s solo run showed what may be possible, but it came up fatally short this time]( [Turnout was still down from the Joint List unity years, but the results of the election suggest that staying together for the votes may no longer be necessary for Arab parties]( [Under shadow of far-right’s rise, Jewish Agency head extols Jewish unity]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [In first major speech since taking on job, Doron Almog says organization aiming to strengthen ties with Diaspora communities and Israelis abroad]( [Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq’s mighty river is drying up]( By [Aymen HENNA]( [Drought has shrunken the watercourse that is crucial to the region’s agriculture; ecological awareness remains low among Iraq’s general public]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Friends of settler teen killed in 2020 car chase to be charged for rock attack]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter finishes 2nd in NY Marathon]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [As Russia pounds infrastructure, Kyiv readies for winter without heat, water, power]( By [SAM MEDNICK]( [Morocco opens first university campus synagogue in Arab world]( By [Ash Obel]( [Good sport / Iranian soccer player mimics hair-cutting in solidarity with protests]( By [Stuart Williams]( [Student, 16, arrested for stabbing school principal in the leg]( By [TOI staff]( [Amy Schumer jabs Kanye West with ‘Nazi’ reference on ‘Saturday Night Live’]( By [TOI staff]( [Fresh protests erupt at Iranian universities, in Kurdish region]( By [Stuart Williams]( [Boy, 4, killed by falling cupboard in home in south]( By [TOI staff]( [Man charged with murdering wife by stabbing her 10 times, setting her body on fire]( By [TOI staff]( [Birmingham, Alabama, rabbi says synagogue fire not an antisemitic attack]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Ancient harmony / Sounds of Sufism combine with Persian music in Oud Festival]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [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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