Netanyahu won’t give Defense job to Smotrich * Israeli-owned tanker hit off Oman; Iran blamed * No Javanka as Trump runs again * Israel at heart of US medical supply plan

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Presented by [For Heaven’s Sake podcast]( [Netanyahu said to tell Smotrich he won’t get defense job, because of US objections]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Likud party cancels all planned meetings with Religious Zionism; Smotrich said ‘furious’ with prime-minister-designate and vowing not to relent on his demand for the position]( [Far-right vows upped security under new gov’t; Liberman warns of ‘ayatollah regime’]( By [Jeremy Sharon and Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Report: Netanyahu plans radical legislative blitz to enable Deri to become minister]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Israeli billionaire’s oil tanker hit by bomb-carrying drone off Oman; Iran blamed]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Shipping firm ultimately owned by Ilan Ofer says attack caused minor damage to Pacific Zircon, no injuries or spillage; Israeli official, US military accuse Iran, which is silent]( [Hosting CENTCOM chief, Kohavi says Israel and US forming joint abilities versus Iran]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Iran drones said to contain many Western-made parts, possibly Israeli lenses too]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud, Lapid and Gantz deny report that they’re in unity government talks]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [As coalition talks with far-right partners hit a bump, Likud says reports it is quietly negotiating with centrist rivals Yesh Atid and National Unity are ‘fake news’]( [As 25th Knesset sworn in, president urges MKs to end ‘addiction’ to toxic discourse]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( [ToI Podcast / Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Mixed reactions for 25th Knesset; MDs use new tumor tech]( By [TOI staff]( From OUR SPONSOR [What’s Next for Liberalism in Israel?]( [On ‘For Heaven’s Sake’ from the Shalom Hartman Institute: How do Jews who oppose the values of the coming governing Israeli coalition make themselves heard? And can Israel learn from Americans’ experience under Trump?]( Live updates [LIVE: Victims of Ariel terrorist attack laid to rest in separate ceremonies]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Russian immigrant Michael Ladygin buried in Holon; grandfather Motti Ashkenazi eulogized in Yavne; father-of-six Tamir Avihai laid to rest following ceremony last night]( [Ambitious plan sees Israel as heart of Middle East medical supply chain for US]( By [Lazar Berman]( [US faith-based group leads ‘near-shoring’ Abraham Accords push to open regional FDA office with bipartisan support in Washington, but health agencies yet to give public backing]( [Iran’s Quds Force tried to kill Israeli businessman in Georgia, Jerusalem says]( By [Lazar Berman]( [IRGC directed Pakistani terror cell to assassinate Israeli-Georgian businessman Itzik Moshe in Tbilisi, government sources say]( [Israeli targeted by Iran in Georgia not surprised: Some people don’t like what I do]( By [Lazar Berman and Tobias Siegal]( [US expresses alarm over Israeli, Palestinian civilians killed in West Bank]( By [Jacob Magid]( [State Department issues relatively rare statement offering condolences for those killed in past 48 hours, highlighting Ariel terror attack while urging sides to restore calm]( [Palestinian gunmen fire at settlement, causing damage to home]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF prepares to raze home of terrorist who killed three Israelis near Ariel]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Mixed reactions for 25th Knesset; MDs use new tumor tech]( [listen to the podcast]( [Trump announces 2024 White House run amid midterm setbacks, legal peril]( By [Gerard Martinez and Chris Lefkow]( [Former president tells supporters Biden will ‘not receive 4 more years,’ but poor election results have weakened his hand, setting stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle]( [‘Like Christmas’: Trump fans embrace 2024 candidacy announcement]( By [Gerard Martinez]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [Donald Trump is running for president again. Here’s what American Jews need to know]( [Republican is seen as one of the most pro-Israel presidents ever, but not all of party supports his comeback bid, and liberal Jews believe he has emboldened antisemitism]( [Ivanka skips Trump’s 2024 announcement, says she’s done with politics]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Florence Berkowitz-Siegelberg]( [Shpilkes at shul: A confession]( [I’d like to rein in my wandering thoughts and gain proficiency in the prayers that have inspired Jewish people for centuries, but I just don’t love the synagogue]( [Ari Goldwag]( [I was a Miami Boys Choir soloist for 6 years. Now I make music in Israel]( [It took years of planning and dreaming and songwriting, but after I was married and settled in Israel, I released my own album. You may know my songs…]( [Ukraine’s envoy blasts Israeli ‘summons’ as ties deteriorate]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Amid rising tensions, Yevgen Korniychuk expresses anger over barriers for citizens trying to enter Israel, disappointment over recent UN vote]( [Biden says ‘unlikely’ missile that hit NATO ally Poland fired from Russian territory]( By [Agencies]( [US pledges support for investigation after Poland says ‘Russian-made’ projectile killed 2 near Ukraine’s border, raising fears Western alliance could be drawn into war]( [NATO holds emergency talks after Russian-made missile kills 2 in Poland]( By [LORNE COOK]( [Moscow says Kyiv responsible for Poland missile blast that killed 2]( By [AFP]( [Running reduces chance of some cancers by 72%, Israeli scientists find]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Peer-reviewed study from Tel Aviv University shows aerobic activity conditions organs to snatch sugar away from tumors, impairing their ability to grow and spread]( [Lapid on FBI probe of Abu Akleh death: No foreign body will interrogate our troops]( By [Jacob Magid]( [PM rejects US investigation into reporter’s killing; Defense Minister Gantz also speaks out in opposition: ‘IDF investigations are deep and thorough’]( [Israeli Arab teen indicted for affiliation with Islamic State, plans to make bombs]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [New NASA moon rocket carrying Israeli experiment lifts off, 50 years after Apollo]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [First mission in Artemis project carries mannequins — one of them nicknamed Zohar and wearing Israeli protective suit — ahead of planned manned mission expected as early as 2025]( [Two Israeli companies join $545m innovation program in Abu Dhabi]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Animator’s award-winning debut mixes mediums for a Holocaust film about a savior pig]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Tal Kantor’s Ophir Prize-taking animated short ‘Letter to a Pig,’ which came from a dream she had in high school, will screen at Jerusalem’s upcoming AniNation Festival]( [CRM]( [At a Jewish museum, a non-Jewish artist’s use of the Palestinian flag sparks debate]( By [Andrew Esensten]( [After seeing Tosha Stimage’s piece in the ‘Tikkun’ exhibit, visitors to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco are asking questions, including whether it belongs there]( More Headlines [Shops in Iran, including Tehran’s central Grand Bazaar, close over protests]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Supreme Court throws out Yair Netanyahu’s appeal against $80,000 libel verdict]( By [TOI staff]( [Housing prices jump almost 20% in 2022, costs of consumer goods up 4.9%]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Iran rejects Western IAEA motion censuring it for blocking nuclear probe]( By [AFP]( [Musk gives Twitter staff ultimatum to decide on keeping their jobs]( By [AP]( [Kuwait sentences 7 inmates to death in rare mass execution]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Convicted French Holocaust denier arrested in Scotland after 2-year search]( By [AP]( [Hezbollah exploiting diplomatic loopholes to finance terror, investigation finds]( By [Ash Obel]( [Romania passes ‘landmark law’ guaranteeing right to kosher slaughter]( By [MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ]( [Ben & Jerry’s board decries sales of brand in West Bank, East Jerusalem]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Plans to build $15m amusement park, hotel complex in Negev move forward]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Tuned in / From Doja Cat to Mel Brooks: This year’s Jewish Grammy nominees]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [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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