You Must Be Kidding: 
Some 58% of Jewish Israelis support stripping voting rights from Arab citizens who are not Zionists - which is most of them.*

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News Summary:
Developments in the corruption investigations that involve or surround close associates of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continue to make headlines. Yesterday it was Cases 3000 (submarines) and 4000 (Bezeq Telecom), today it’s Cases 1000 (gifts for Netanyahu family) and 3000 (submarines). In addition, the state is threatening to legislate a law forcing the Jewish National Fund to fork over some 2 billion shekels a year - 80% of its annual income and the two more women gave testimonies to the Israeli media against Keshet TV President Alex Giladi (also a former NBC executive and Israel’s International Olympic Committee member) - this time that he raped them, making top stories in today’s Hebrew newspapers.

In a police-initiated confrontation, state witness Miki Ganor met Netanyahu’s personal lawyer and accused him of acting not as attorney but a lobbyist for the German submarines acquisition deal, saying Shimron was set to receive a 20% cut from its profits. And in a confrontation with Netanyahu’s close confidant and diplomatic envoy, attorney Isaac Molcho, Ganor accused the latter of agreeing to promote the deal with the Germans. Molcho reportedly didn’t deny meeting Ganor, but said he didn’t deal with Europe.

And in case 1000, Israel's US Ambassador Ron Dermer testified to the police regarding alleged efforts to get then-US Secretary of State John Kerry to renew Israeli tycoon and Hollywood producer, Arnon Milchan’s US visa. Milchan allegedly supplied the Netanyahucouple with gifts worth hundreds of thousands of shekels.

DIPLOMACY:
Haaretz revealed that British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel visited the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, in breach of protocol, during her controversy-sparking visit in August, for which she may be sacked today. Patel apologized for holding 12 meetings with Israeli ministers and politicians during a private trip to Israel without approving them in advance.

At a Knesset session commemorating the Balfour Declaration, Netanyahu said Israel was working to make peace with moderate Arab states who in the past supported the Balfour Declaration. Netanyahu said that the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict was the “100-year refusal to recognize Zionism, to recognize the Jewish national home in the Land of Israel, to recognize the State of Israel within any borders." (Note: Even the Arab neighbors, Jordan and Egypt, who made peace with Israel never declared that they accept Zionism and Israel’s 'right' to exist in Palestine. Only that they accept Israel as existing. - OH] With Israel’s prime minister making such remarks, it should come as no surprise then that a new poll found that most Israeli Jews would deny voting rights to Arab citizens who reject the Zionist narrative.

In Egypt, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said it was the Israelis who needed convincing to make peace. “The Arabs should convince the Israelis of the advantages of peace.” Indeed, former US Secretary of State John Kerry said he believed that Israel’s leaders don’t want peace. In an audio recording obtained by Channel 10 News and aired on Tuesday Kerry was heard saying that "Israel doesn't have leaders who want to make peace." Kerry said the Palestinians were engaged in non-violent resistance. "If this doesn't change, I'll be surprised if a new and young Palestinian leader doesn't emerge within the next 10 years and says: 'We tried nonviolence for 30 years and it didn't get us anywhere.”
 

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Features:

How did the vegan lifestyle that is conquering the world become a hot trend in the Arab sector
Vegan recipes that are spread on Facebook and traditional foods in which the vegetables, grains and hummus replace the meat: "You can certainly say that there is an awakening.” (Ilana Stutland, Maariv Magazine supplement)

Commentary/Analysis:
Trapped by the Israeli Navy, Gazan Fisherman Are Just Glad to Make It Home Alive(Mohammed M., Haaretz+) Limited by an Israeli nautical cordon, fishermen catch fewer, smaller fish. Policed by the Israeli navy, every sailing risks their boats, even their lives. And they can’t sell up, because, unsurprisingly, there are no takers.
The kings of Netanyahu's swamp (Nahum Barnea, Yedioth/Ynet) The involvement of the prime minister’s most intimate confidants, Isaac Molcho and David Shimron, in two of the affairs being investigated by the police points to their blindness. Their law firm handled the state’s most sensitive issues, Likud affairs, family matters and government-related business interests. All the warnings signs were there, but they didn’t see them because they didn’t want to see them.
Netanyahu’s virtual reality provides consistent alibis for policy failures and personal failings (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) All-encompassing conspiracy theories combat awareness that something is rotten in Bibi’s Kingdom.
Who Wants a War in the Middle East? (Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz+) Practically everyone, but no one wants to fight it themselves.
Lebanon’s last chance to save itself (Giora Eiland, Yedioth/Ynet) Hariri’s resignation and his harsh words against Iran create an opportunity to try to change the reality in the country before Iran and Hezbollah complete their takeover. This requires both international pressure and brave Lebanese decisions, as well as indirect Israeli action.
Do not compromise over our sons (Dr. Leah Goldin, Israel Hayom) The government has yet to follow through on its decisions to pressure Hamas. Now, after Israel seized a cross-border tunnel and holds on to the bodies of its diggers, it must not hand them back until its own fallen are properly buried.
Israel's Syrian Minefield (Haaretz Editorial) The army has pledged to protect a Druze village on the other side of the border, but military intervention could unleash worse threats.
Understanding anti-normalization in Palestinian society (Rami Elhanan, Yedioth/Ynet) As far as many Palestinians are concerned, a public dialogue with Israelis is a false representation of normalcy, yet many Israelis find it difficult to accept this strong opposition. It must not stop us, however, from working together to build immensely important bridges between the two peoples.
Let's be practical here (Itzhak Levanon, Israel Hayom) There is no benefit to our obstinacy and to allowing the diplomatic crisis with Jordan to linger; it is time to opt for effective diplomacy.