Biden, Zelensky congratulate Netanyahu * Ben Gvir after talks: ’Full right’ coalition on way * Israel, enemies discuss climate action * Smotrich seeks Shabbat soccer ban

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Presented by [Inbal Hotel]( [Biden congratulates Netanyahu on election win: ‘We’ll make history together’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Likud leader also takes phone call from Ukraine’s Zelensky, who reportedly invites him to Kyiv; tells US president he believes they’ll ink additional peace deals]( [Herzog meets Mideast leaders, new British PM at UN climate conference]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Herzog’s office denies he asked Lapid, Gantz to join Netanyahu coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [Ben Gvir after talks, 1st picture with Netanyahu: ‘Full right’ coalition on its way]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right Otzma Yehudit leader with criminal past aiming to be public security minister; police chief: ‘Whatever is decided, we’ll go with the flow’]( [Netanyahu meets far-right anti-LGBT party head after threat to boycott coalition]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Police chief says he’ll work with Ben Gvir, whom he reportedly blamed for 2021 riots]( By [TOI staff and Emanuel Fabian]( [Israel joins Mideast nations, including Iraq, Lebanon, to agree on climate action]( By [Sue Surkes and AP]( [Meeting chaired by Egyptian and Cypriot presidents is culmination of 3-year regional process; Lebanese PM’s office downplays significance of appearance alongside Israel]( [Israel, Jordan, UAE sign new MOU on deal to swap solar energy for desalinated water]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Jerusalem misses you too]( [Experience the charm of winter in Jerusalem at the newly renovated Inbal hotel in the heart of Jerusalem]( [Election day arrives for US midterms; Biden agenda at stake, Trump in the wings]( By [Andréa Bambino and Sebastian Smith]( [As predecessor eyes comeback, president admits it’ll be ‘tough’ to retain Democrat control of House; several close Senate races could decide if Biden is left basically a lame duck]( [Biden, Trump clash on eve of midterm elections set to upend Washington]( By [Sebastian Smith]( [Musk’s partisan tweets call Twitter neutrality into question ahead of midterms]( By [Barbara Ortutay]( [3 Jewish immigrants say fear of oppression drives their run as Republican candidates]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Karina Lipsman in Virginia, Yuri Dashevsky in Brooklyn and Angela Grabovsky in Indianapolis are all House hopefuls and highlight the different politics of former Soviet Jews]( [Doug Emhoff chews over antisemitism during stop at Iowa kosher deli]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Rabin’s killer said Shin Bet ‘didn’t know anything’ about plot, refuting Smotrich]( By [TOI staff]( [In uproar over far-right MK blaming security service for encouraging 1995 assassination, TV airs old clips from Yigal Amir probe in which he says Shin Bet ‘never could have known’]( From the blogs [Lior Akerman]( [Where’s the outrage over Smotrich’s outrageous Shin Bet conspiracy claims?]( [As a former Shin Bet agent, I know the claims are baseless. So do our political leaders, but they’re too busy handing out jobs to condemn the falsehoods]( [Smotrich says Shabbat soccer games ‘disregard’ religious public, sparking backlash]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [MK attacks decision to move matches to earlier hours during winter, though this happens every year; opponents say comments portend restrictive policies he plans to enact]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 8: What’s in store on religious matters and rental prices]( [UTJ insisting no government without High Court override commitment first — reports]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli man dies of wounds two weeks after terror stabbing in West Bank village]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Shalom Sofer, seriously injured on October 25, was released from the hospital, but dies from blood loss after wound opens; Palestinian suspect was arrested following manhunt]( [Guard seriously wounded in Jerusalem shooting released to rehab facility]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Palestinians say settlers destroy dozens of olive trees, harass farmers]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( Top Ops [Todd Berman]( [Choosing a kinder, gentler religious Zionism]( [With the ascent of parties that uphold a harsh version of Judaism, I worry for the soul of my religion and seek a Torah whose ’ways are ways of pleasantness’]( [Elliott Abrams]( [What to think about Religious Zionists, Netanyahu, and tales of doomsday]( [Predictions about the consequences of Israel’s election are overwrought. Some of the proposed legal reforms would bring Israel’s system closer to the US model]( [Herzog: Mideast faces climate catastrophe, Israel ready to lead efforts to help]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Quoting from the Quran in Arabic in speech at UN COP27 climate conference in Egypt, president pledges to personally spearhead ‘regional ecosystem of sustainable peace’]( [In Egypt, Herzog inaugurates Israel’s first pavilion at a COP climate event]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Amazon under pressure to remove antisemitic film promoted by Irving as sales soar]( By [Asaf Elia-Shalev]( [ADL, American Jewish Committee call on company to take action against movie shared on social media by NBA player after it becomes site’s top-selling documentary]( [Stoudemire defends Black Hebrew Israelite ideology amid West, Irving controversy]( By [jacob gurvis]( [‘F*** antisemitism,’ says John Mellencamp at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [What’s in store on religious matters and rental prices]( [listen to the podcast]( Live updates [LIVE: Goethe-Institut postpones Nakba event on Kristallnacht anniversary after criticism]( By [TOI staff]( [German cultural association’s Tel Aviv branch pushes off ‘panel discussion on the Holocaust, Nakba and German Remembrance Culture’ after denunciations by Foreign Ministry, others]( [Israeli scientists: Breast cancer relapse in mice down 88% by adding drug to chemo]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Tel Aviv University researchers say anti-inflammatory medicine can prevent cancer cells from ‘hiding’ and growing in tissue inflamed by the original treatment]( [Pharmacists appeal to government to intervene amid shortages of Ritalin, other drugs]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Romania’s ornate and sometimes crumbling synagogues get new access via virtual tours]( By [MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ]( [Through the Stories of the Synagogues website, visitors can view the beautiful houses of worship that stand where few, if any, of their previous congregants remain]( [Israel to test self-driving public bus systems in two-year national pilot]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Innovation Authority taps four consortiums made up of Israeli bus companies as well as local and global tech startups for trial of autonomous public transport]( [Nvidia said to establish autonomous driving units in Israel]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [CRM]( [Musk tweets meme with soldier of Nazi Germany, mocks fleeing users]( By [TOI staff]( [Twitter CEO posts picture of Wehrmacht soldier towing carrier pigeons, with caption ‘How times have changed’]( [BBC report on antisemitic Hanukkah attack had ‘significant’ failings, regulator says]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Italian soccer officials investigate antisemitic chants by Lazio fans]( By [AFP]( More Headlines [Haredim, Arabs trail other Israelis on climate awareness — survey]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Old hosts new / Festival at ancient Jerusalem citadel melds tech, AI and art]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [IDF opens new probe into dead intel officer affair; may list him as fallen soldier]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [30-year-old shot dead in Taybeh, becoming year’s 97th Arab homicide victim]( By [TOI staff]( [Cigar shop owners, private chefs testify at Netanyahu corruption trial]( By [TOI staff]( [Man in intensive care after motorcyclist attacks him with helmet on Tel Aviv highway]( By [TOI staff]( [PA media accuses Jerusalem of demolishing bakery operated by family of terrorist]( By [Jack Mukand]( [Israel’s Keshet appoints new CEO, brain behind Apple TV’s ‘Echo 3’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [EU lawmakers say bloc failing to address use of Israeli spyware at heart of scandal]( By [Samuel Petrequin]( [North Korean hacker attack on Israeli crypto firm said thwarted]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Flooding in some cities as north and center are hit with winter storms]( By [TOI staff]( [Everything will flow / Nineties British band Suede plans June return to Tel Aviv]( 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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