Ex-IDF chief warns of chaos if Smotrich made defense minister * Analysis: The Haredi bid to limit Law of Return * Twitter in turmoil * Fleeing the mafia: A graphic memoir

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, November 12, 2022 [Former IDF chief says making Smotrich defense minister would be a worrying ‘gamble’]( By [TOI staff]( [Eisenkot warns far-right MK’s inexperience, hardline views would ‘create chaotic environment’; ex-Shin Bet man describes Smotrich’s potentially dangerous bid to thwart Gaza pullout]( [UN panel asks Int’l Court of Justice to urgently weigh in on Israeli ‘annexation’]( By [Luke Tress]( [ICJ to issue ‘advisory opinion’ on ‘occupation, settlement of Palestinian territory’; Israel says ‘only purpose is to demonize,’ raps panel for ignoring Jewish ties to Temple Mount]( [Israeli envoy lashes Kyiv for backing UN panel call on ICJ to opine on ‘annexation’]( By [Luke Tress and TOI staff]( [UN rights council to hold special session on Iran amid protest crackdown]( By [AP]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [Bid to scrap Law of Return grandchild clause likely to fail, but part of wider fight]( [Proposal by Netanyahu’s religious allies to limit immigration to those with a Jewish parent and converts unlikely to go ahead, though struggle over who is a Jew just heating up]( [Likud, religious allies said to agree on near-doubling stipends for yeshiva students]( By [TOI staff]( [Report says likely new coalition to raise monthly handouts to $380, slightly more than soldiers in non-combat units receive, costing taxpayers an additional $439 million a year]( [$2.3 million plan to improve ties with non-Orthodox Jews uncertain after election]( By [Asaf Elia-Shalev]( [US Democrats one seat away from Senate control after Arizona win]( By [JONATHAN J. 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Isn’t there more to Israel’s ’essential Jewish character’?]( [After 4-year gap, Turkey appoints new ambassador to Israel amid rapprochement]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [New envoy named as Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, who was previously Turkish consul general in Jerusalem; appointment comes after Erdogan insisted Israeli election wouldn’t impact ties]( [Decade-old testimony from PA probe into Arafat’s death leaked to Palestinian press]( By [TOI staff]( [Outlets unveil accounts from top PA officials convinced of unproven claim that ex-leader was poisoned; source says leak aimed at settling scores amid Ramallah succession fight]( [70,000 bullets, 70 grenades stolen from Golan Heights army base in latest theft]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Suspects involved in burglary at Tznobar military site reportedly arrested, as Military Police, Shin Bet probe matter; last month, 30,000 rounds stolen from base in south]( [IDF nabs wanted Islamic Jihad member in daylight raid near Jenin]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Officials say Muhammad Abu Zina worked to finance and arm PIJ operatives in northern West Bank after being freed from prison in August]( Israel Travels [Tour the well-fortified Tel Gezer, the biblical Canaanite holdout that wouldn’t fall]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( [One of the rare sites with written evidence matching it to its Bible location, the massive 32-acre park is free for all and boasts layers of history down to King Solomon’s time]( [Ukrainian FM says West on way to ‘joint victory’ over Russia after Kherson retaken]( By [AFP]( [Meeting Blinken at summit in Cambodia, Dmytro Kuleba hails military aid from US and others that enabled recapture of occupied city]( [Ukraine features prominently as far-right Poles stage Independence Day march]( By [Michel VIATTEAU]( [Photographer’s images of Ukraine bear witness to war zone]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Russian-born Israeli Pavel Wolberg’s new exhibit in Haifa of Russia’s previous incursion foreshadows the 2022 war]( [Iran charges 11 for killing militiaman at ceremony for slain protester]( By [AFP]( [Indictments filed against suspects for allegedly taking part in deadly assault on Basij member in Karaj last week]( [British FM summons Iran envoy over threats to journalists]( By [AFP]( [Germany’s Scholz warns Iran that more EU sanctions coming]( By [AP]( [New digital platform seeks to connect region’s business with climate opportunities]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Climeatech MEA, brainchild of two lawyers who met at State Comptroller’s office, looks to build network of climate change actors working in energy, water and food security]( [Netafim to introduce carbon credits for rice growers using drip irrigation]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Israel’s DeserTech partners with UN to help African nations build ‘Great Green Wall’]( By [Sue Surkes]( Interview [Hunted by the mafia, Italian author teams up with Israeli artist in graphic memoir]( By [Giovanni Vigna]( [In new cooperative work ‘I’m Still Alive,’ Roberto Saviano and Israeli Asaf Hanuka depict the author’s life on the run since famously exposing the Camorra crime syndicate]( [CRM]( More Headlines [At COP27 in Egypt, Biden says climate efforts ‘more urgent than ever’]( By [Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN]( [Hezbollah chief says doesn’t believe maritime deal at risk after Netanyahu win]( By [TOI staff]( [Iran-born brothers indicted by Sweden over spying for Russia]( By [JAN M. 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