Menachem Begin’s son urges MKs: Block PM’s ’corrupt’ immunity bid * Eurovision: Holland wins; Israel celebrates; Madonna’s Palestine flag divide s * Why 30,000 Gazans left

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, May 19, 2019 [Veteran former Likud MK blasts Netanyahu’s ‘corrupt’ immunity bid]( By [TOI staff]( [Benny Begin, who didn’t run for reelection in April, says PM ‘intends to misuse his leadership power for personal gain,’ urges lawmakers to oppose him]( [200 lawyers threaten to shut down legal system over PM’s bid to curb High Court]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Politics (mostly) kept off center stage as Israel hosts Eurovision]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [As expected, Netherlands wins contest and hometown crooner Kobi Marimi finishes close to last, but fears of pro-Palestinian protests taking over largely fail to materialize]( [Netherlands wins Eurovision Song Contest as Tel Aviv pulls off major event]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israel media review / Puttin’ on the glitz: 7 things to know for May 19]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Live updates (closed) / Netherlands wins Eurovision; Iceland, Madonna bring Palestine messages to show]( By [Joshua Davidovich and Jessica Steinberg]( [Madonna politicizes Eurovision with 2 dancers wearing Israeli, Palestinian flags]( By [TOI staff]( [Singer, whose song ‘Future’ featured a call to make peace, rapped by European Broadcasting Union; other critics slam her singing]( [Israel’s Eurovision chief: Madonna slipped Israeli, Palestinian flags into show]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [BDS rejects Icelandic group’s pro-Palestinian Eurovision protest]( By [TOI staff]( Reporter's notebook [Fans sing along to most pro-LGBT Eurovision, though winning song isn’t kitschy]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Audience love France for embracing difference, Iceland for counterculture message, Russia for putting its singer in a shower, and Azerbaijan for hooking up to a heart machine]( [Israel’s Eurovision entry celebrates performance, despite disappointing finish]( By [TOI staff]( [WATCH: The 63-year-history of Eurovision in three minutes]( By [TOI staff]( [Four killed after crane collapses at construction site in Yavneh]( By [TOI staff]( [Three killed by concrete slabs falling on them, fourth trapped atop the crane; labor minister appears to blame workers]( ToI investigates [Who is behind Israel’s Archimedes Group, banned by Facebook for election fakery?]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [Website of company that boasted it would ‘change reality’ for clients was registered by Grey Content, an ad firm that creates public service TV spots for Israeli ministries]( [Ministers okay expanding cabinet as Netanyahu bemoans coalition talks impasse]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Measure would cancel 2013 law limiting the cabinet to 18 ministers; PM expected to hand out 26-28 portfolios to members of his new government]( [Gabbay won’t run to keep Labor leadership, will stay in Knesset]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Liberman hints entry into coalition won’t be conditioned on harsher Gaza policy]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Harold Ohayon]( [Eurovision’s two political protests: Contrast and compare]( [The Iceland delegation and Madonna both interjected pro-Palestinian messages: The difference between them was night and day]( [Karen Galatz]( [My mother’s minks: Her pelts, my punishment]( [I had nightmares of baby minks being captured, clubbed, and screaming my name as they took their last bloody breaths; I knew I would never ever wear fur]( Live updates [No Israelis among injured in Egypt bus blast — Jerusalem]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Explosion goes off next to bus carrying South Africans outside pyramids in Giza; Haifa junctions reopens after gas leak clears]( [High Court rules nationalist Jerusalem Day march can pass through Muslim Quarter]( By [TOI staff]( [Justices reject petition by Ir Amim organization to change route of annual parade, say police committed to preventing violence and incitement]( [Supreme Court okays house arrest for teen accused of killing Aisha Rabi]( By [Jacob Magid]( [35,000 Palestinians left Gaza in 2018 via Egypt and Turkey – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Hamas said to impose restrictions after young, educated Gazans exited for ‘vacations’ through reopened Rafah Crossing to escape and seek better lives in Europe]( [Hamas prisoners said to refuse to move to new ward, amid spat over phones]( By [TOI staff]( [Suspected incendiary device tied to balloon cluster lands in IDF base]( By [TOI staff]( [Syria says air defenses intercept Israeli missiles, in 2nd incident in 24 hours]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [State TV says military shot down ‘hostile targets coming from direction of occupied territories,’ a day after explosions heard in vicinity of Iranian and Hezbollah facilities]( [Saudi Arabia, Iran Revolutionary Guards chief say not seeking war]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Zarif plays down tensions as IRGC chief says Iran, US in midst of intel war]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( More Headlines [Al Jazeera pulls video claiming Jews exploited Holocaust to create Israel]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Australia’s ruling Conservative coalition elected to surprise third term]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Love Jewish food? 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