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What Matters Most On Monday, May 13, 2019

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Law would wholly dismantle Court oversight of Knesset, gov't

Netanyahu said to plan bill to override High Court, safeguard his immunity

By Raoul Wootliff

Legislation would reportedly elevate decisions of elected officials above those of the court and protect PM from prosecution

Blue and White party head Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019 (Flash90)

Opposition slams PM’s reported plan to override Supreme Court in immunity bid

By Raoul Wootliff

Detained African migrants inside the Holot detention center, located in Israel's southern Negev desert near the Egyptian border, on February 4, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Likud plans to revive bids to expel migrants, terrorists’ families – report

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A statue depicting Supreme Court Justice Miriam Naor, placed illegally near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on August 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media review

Overturn this: 9 things to know for May 13

By Joshua Davidovich

A report that Netanyahu plans on backing legislation that would make the Knesset all powerful has many up in arms about the future of democracy, and it may be just the start

President Rivlin grants Netanyahu more time to negotiate new government

By ToI Staff and AFP

Netanyahu’s lawyers, Permits Committee in standoff over funding of legal defense

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Op-edWith immunity gambit, Netanyahu endangers his legacy and our democracy

By David Horovitz

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on April 14, 2019. (RONEN ZVULUN /AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu says reports about his plan to override Supreme Court are ‘distorted’

By Michael Bachner

PM claims media is featuring ‘tendentious leaks that include false proposals’ in bid to prevent any judicial reform; backs death penalty for terrorists, expelling their families

6:22 pm

Tel Aviv University condemns Nakba Day posters attached to Holocaust memorial
6:01 pm

If PM skips hearing charges will be filed the next day, official said to warn
5:26 pm

Netanyahu lawyers may resign within days if no solution to payment dispute -- TV

Israelis visit the northern West Bank settlement of Peduel on April 22, 2019. (Flash90)

Settlers hail ‘historic opportunity’ after report Trump won’t oppose annexation

Channel 12 news says imminent US peace plan will recognize that all Israeli-settled areas in West Bank ‘will remain in Israeli hands under a permanent accord’

US President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, after signing a proclamation formally recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Israel TV: US won’t oppose extension of Israeli law to all West Bank settlements

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, is interviewed by Amos Yadlin at the Institute for National Security Studies annual conference in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2019. (INSS)

Ex-IDF chief said to warn Trump envoy of West Bank violence over peace plan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, is greeted by Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in central London, May 8, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

US-Iran conflict could break out ‘by accident,’ Britain warns

By AP and ToI Staff

UK foreign secretary says he’s ‘very worried’ about unintended escalation, calls for period of calm so both sides can understand each others’ mindsets

In this September 24, 2017 file photo, surface-to-surface missiles and a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed by the Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says US doesn’t dare attack for fear of provoking assault on Israel

In this Sept. 21, 2016 photo, an oil tanker approaches to the new Jetty during the launch of the new $650 million oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

US issues warning as Saudi Arabia says 2 oil tankers damaged by sabotage attacks

By Jon Gambrell

Far-right demonstrators protest against the US Senate's 447 Holocaust Restitution bill, in Warsaw, on May 11, 2019. (Alik Keplicz/AFP)

Poland cancels Israeli officials’ trip over Holocaust property restitution row

By ToI Staff and AFP

Warsaw says composition of delegation set to visit from Jerusalem suggested talks would focus on restoring Jewish assets

A Palestinian man holds a $100 bill, part of $480 million in aid allocated by Qatar, in Gaza City on May 13, 2019. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Banks in Gaza start handing out Qatari grants to impoverished Palestinians

Under the supervision of Doha’s Gaza Reconstruction Committee, 109,000 families in the Strip are slated to receive $100 payouts

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv. August, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)

2 East Jerusalem men charged with planning Tel Aviv beach shooting for Hamas

From Sderot to Qalandiya: A possible path to peace

To those who want a realistic peaceful solution, a modern, efficient checkpoint represents a step in the right direction

Israeli-Palestinian cooperation IS possible

If only the government understood that working together is how to stop the internal unraveling of Israeli society and its increasingly fragile democracy

The real danger of not winning in Gaza

Israel’s underwhelming response to Hamas rockets projects weakness: Hezbollah and the Iranians are watching closely

Israel Democracy Institute

It’s the Knesset, not the Court, that has potentially dangerous, unchecked power

A close look at 10 key assertions advanced by champions of legislation to override the Supreme Court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, on March 26, 2018. (GPO / Kobi Gideon)

Germany vows to back Israel at UN, in apparent break from past record

By Raphael Ahren

Israel’s envoy to Berlin welcomes statement as ‘clear signal’ of country’s determination to enhance Jerusalem’s standing in international fora

Israel's Netta Barzilai, the winner of last year's Eurovision contest, poses for a picture during the Orange Carpet ceremony of the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, at Expo Tel Aviv, on May 12, 2019. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Photo essay

Contestants from 41 countries stroll down orange carpet, as Eurovision kicks off

Participants arrive for contest’s opening ceremony in Tel Aviv, with backdrop of recent Gaza rocket fire and boycott calls

Workers prepare the stage ahead of the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, on April 15, 2019. (Flash90)

Worker seriously injured when lighting rig falls on him at Eurovision venue

Kobi Marimi, Israel's contestant, walks on the Orange Carpet, during and opening event of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on May 12, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Politics takes center stage as Israel hosts Eurovision

Acclaimed American author Joyce Carol Oates will be the recipient of the 2019 Jerusalem Prize, to be awarded at the May 2019 Jerusalem International Book Forum (Courtesy Dustin Cohen)

Interview

On first Israel visit, Joyce Carol Oates laments family’s denial of Jewish roots

By Isabel Debre

A general view of TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem, Israel, October 11, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

Shoshanna Solomon

Price-fixing lawsuit deals another blow to already fragile Teva, experts say

The drugmaker, struggling to cut costs in order to meet debt repayments, may face billions of dollars in fines

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Illustrative. Passengers wait at the entrance to the departure hall at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on April 22, 2013. (Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)

Transportation Ministry approves major expansion plan for Ben Gurion Airport

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Model Bar Refaeli poses for photographers upon arrival at the Dior ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection in Paris, February 26, 2019. (Thibault Camus/AP)

Court verdict: Bar Refaeli to pay NIS 8 million over unreported income

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Lithuanian presidential candidate Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, his wife Silvija Skverneliene and their children cast a ballot during the presidential election in Vilnius on May 12, 2019. (Photo by Petras Malukas / AFP)

Lithuanian PM, who backed moving embassy to Jerusalem, loses presidential bid

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative image of a patient taking asthma medication (Remains; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli chest strap keeps tabs on pulmonary patients’ breathing

By Federico Maccioni

Illustrative: Iranian police officers close the door of the court compound in Tehran, Iran, July 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran sentences Iranian national to 10 years for spying for Britain

By AFP and ToI Staff

Ghassan Manduri, 36, from the Bedouin village of Tuba-Zangariyye in the Galilee, in court on suspicion of poisoning eight rare griffon vultures, May 13, 2019. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Court remands suspect in poisoning of Golan Heights vultures

Jessica Meir is seen in her official NASA portrait. (NASA/Robert Markowitz)

Rivlin thanks American astronaut for plan to take Israeli flag with her to space

Israelis in Tel Aviv react after watching the Beresheet spacecraft fail to land safely on the moon on April 11, 2019. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Genesis Prize Foundation grants $1 million toward Beresheet 2 spacecraft

Illustrative: An ambulance drives past the main entrance of the Vila France de Xira hospital, near Lisbon, Portugal, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Israeli woman killed, three hurt in traffic accident in Portugal

In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, gives his State of the State address as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, left, listens in the House Chamber in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas governor limits scope of state law against Israel boycotts

By JTA

The original Israeli posters for 'The Beauty and the Baker' (Courtesy Keshet)

Screen timeTV’s Keshet inks deals with US networks ABC and NBC

By Jessica Steinberg

The South Side Sandwich Shop in Lakewood, New Jersey. (Facebook)

NJ Restaurant says kosher certification at risk for flying Israeli flag

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