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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)

Netanyahu aide: Claims status quo was defied are 'baseless'

Wave of international criticism after Ben Gvir visits flashpoint Temple Mount

Jordan summons envoy; condemnations from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt; calls to maintain status quo from US, Europe; Palestinian Authority PM: Plot ‘to turn Al-Aqsa into Jewish temple’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (2nd from left) visits the Temple Mount on January 3, 2023. (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount for 1st time as minister, despite indicating he’d delay

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 3: What is Minister Ben Gvir signaling with Temple Mount visit?

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk speaks during a conference in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

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Ukraine’s envoy criticizes new Israeli FM for phone call with Russia’s Lavrov

Yevgen Korniychuk says Eli Cohen’s conversation with counterpart represents a change in Israeli policy, criticizes Jerusalem for ‘silence’ amid ‘mass shelling of our civilians’

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IDF says Gaza rocket fired at Israel fell short of border
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US State Department warns Ben Gvir's Temple Mount visit could 'provoke violence'
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Military investigating reports of rocket fired from Gaza at south

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a joint news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2022. (Evgenia Novozhenina/ Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Lavrov congratulates new Israeli FM Cohen in phone call that may anger Kyiv

Top diplomats discuss Jewish community in Russia, bilateral and regional issues; Ukraine may snub Israeli minister in retaliation for not speaking with Kyiv first

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Cohen passed US messages to Russia’s Lavrov during phone call — Israeli diplomat

By Lazar Berman

US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to journalists in Jerusalem during his visit to Israel, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

GOP senator pans new government’s plan to ‘stay quiet’ on Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Illustrative: New immigrants from North America arrive on a flight arranged by the Nefesh B'Nefesh organization at Ben Gurion Airport, on August 14, 2019. (Flash90/ File)

'Any change on such sensitive issues could threaten our ties'

Leaders of top Zionist bodies warn Netanyahu against altering Law of Return

By Judah Ari Gross

In highly irregular letter, heads of Jewish Agency, Jewish Federations, WZO and Keren Hayesod say they have ‘deep concern’ about plans by certain members of Israel’s new government

Illustrative. A traveler enters Israel through a new passport control terminal in Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel on May 20, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

New immigrants will need to prove they’ve settled in Israel before getting passports

By Judah Ari Gross

Historian and author of 'The World: A Family History,' Dr. Simon Sebag Montefiore. (Marcus Leoni/ Folhapress)

Interview'Family life can be affectionate; it can also be murderous'

New world history by pop-historian Simon Sebag Montefiore is a family affair

By Robert Philpot

‘The World: A Family History’ charts a millennia-long epic from the Caesars to the Trumps. Sir Moses’ descendent explains how PM Netanyahu may have just made a historical blunder

AG opts not to attend meeting, amid tensions with coalition

Netanyahu says he’ll revert to ‘openly’ opposing Iran deal, names security cabinet

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he would change Israel's strategy toward countering Iranian nuclear ambitions, promising to bring the fight back to the court of public opinion. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said that it was still a "possibility" that Western powers would resuscitate efforts to sign a nuclear deal... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Tzahi Braverman (2nd L) National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (2R) and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (R) at a cabinet meeting on January 3, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and members of his new government look on as the government is sworn in at the Knesset, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Jerusalem. (Amir Cohen/Pool via AP)

Netanyahu set to pack security cabinet with loyalists alongside far-right ministers

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. (Collage/AP, Flash90)

Blinken tells Israel’s new FM: US will oppose steps that undermine 2-state solution

In first call with Eli Cohen, secretary also discusses American commitment to Israel’s security, Abraham Accords and Iran nuclear threat

A government that uses Torah as a spade to dig with

With Israeli democracy under assault in the name of Judaism, we – rabbis from across the denominational spectrum – are compelled to speak out

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Our food system’s resilience is cracking

Note to the new government: Israel discards millions of tons of food a year at a cost of billions of shekels – policies and plans are urgently needed

Israeli troops operate in Kafr Aqab, to measure the home of Eslam Froukh, accused of a twin bombing attack in Jerusalem, early January 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian teen killed in clashes; IDF maps bombing suspect’s homes for demolition

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says troops opened fire at suspects hurling Molotov cocktails in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem; one soldier lightly hurt in clashes in Jenin

Samira, the 55-year-old mother of Palestinian Yunis al-Shaer, one of eight young Palestinian men who drowned two months prior off the coast of Tunisia in a clandestine migration attempt to Europe, walks past a framed picture of him at her house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2022. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Palestinians from Gaza risk death at sea dreaming of a better life in Europe

UN condemned Israel more than all other countries combined in 2022 — monitor

NEW YORK -- The United Nations General Assembly passed more resolutions critical of Israel than against all other nations combined in 2022, contributing to what observers call an ongoing lopsided focus on the Jewish state at the world body. The General Assembly approved 15 anti-Israel resolutions last year,... Continue Reading

Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan attends a meeting of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee at UN headquarters on Friday, November 11, 2022. (AP/Jeenah Moon)

Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrives for a group picture of the new government at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin said set to name aide with no legal qualifications as Justice Ministry chief

New minister will reportedly tap former adviser Itamar Donenfeld as director general, despite his lack of law degree and experience — reportedly triggering backlash in ministry

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (left) in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2022; Shas head Aryeh Deri in Jerusalem, September 12, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG said set to tell High Court she opposes Deri’s appointment as minister

Bank of Israel main offices in Jerusalem, on August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel hikes interest rates to 3.75%, highest since 2008

By Sharon Wrobel

The scene of a crash between a bus and a truck on Route 1 near Latrun, January 3, 2023 (Hatzalah)

Girl seriously injured, dozens of kids lightly hurt as bus, truck collide on highway

10-year-old suffers head wound in crash involving bus carrying schoolchildren; police reopen Route 1 after it was closed for a number of hours at Latrun toward Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with new Knesset speaker Amir Ohana and Ohana's children after the swearing-in ceremony of the new Israeli government at the Knesset, on December 29, 2022. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Likud MK urges colleagues to defend new Knesset speaker from homophobic attacks

As Bitan speaks out, Ohana says he prefers to hold his tongue and not criticize rabbis; Deri claims Netanyahu tricked him with appointment; ex-Shas MK: Ohana should marry a woman

MK Gila Gamliel, right, arrives for a group picture of the new government at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); MK Meir Porush arrives to coalition talks at the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 10, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Gamliel and Porush approved as ministers, bringing cabinet to 31 members

Benjamin Netanyahu holds his first cabinet meeting since returning as prime minister, hours after his coalition was sworn in, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 29, 2022. (Ohad Zwigenberg/ POOL)

TV poll says Netanyahu’s bloc would lose majority if fresh elections held

New Culture Minister Zohar vows to withdraw funding for art that ‘defames Israel’

New Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar vowed on Monday to withhold state funding for art that "defames the State of Israel within the country and around the world." Speaking at a handover ceremony alongside his predecessor Chili Tropper, Zohar said no taxpayer dollars would be spent on... Continue Reading

New Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at a handover ceremony with outgoing minister Chili Tropper in the background, at the ministry offices in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud's Miri Regev at a ceremony at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Regev: I’ll weigh scrapping highway public transportation lanes, congestion fee plan

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at the Knesset on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Communications minister dials back ‘kosher phone’ reforms opposed by ultra-Orthodox

The Emirati and Israeli flags fly overhead as Israeli President Isaac Herzog gives a speech at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Israel’s Gulf tourism hopes fall short as visitors remain scarce

By Isabel Debre

The lack of Emirati and Bahraini tourists reflects Israel’s long-standing image problem in the Arab world and reveals the limits of the Abraham Accords, experts say

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Israelis protest outside the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling to release information about a Military Intelligence officer who died in prison, on June 7, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)

In rare move, IDF to list former intel officer who died in jail as fallen soldier

By Emanuel Fabian

Cpl. Baruch Kabarta, who was killed by the accidental discharge of another soldier's gun at a military base near Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldier killed by suspected accidental discharge at base near Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

Chinese passangers wait in a line to have their COVID-19 vaccination documents examined as a preventive measure against coronavirus, after arriving at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

China decries ‘unacceptable’ COVID restrictions on nation’s travelers

By Laurie CHEN and Hector RETAMAL

Illustrative: Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade, marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (AFP/STR)

UK media: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be named terror organization ‘within weeks’

Screen grab of video apparently showing aftermath of Ukrainian strike on Russian military target in the occupied city of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine on December 31, 2022 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Russia says dozens of its troops killed in Ukrainian strike; Kyiv: Toll far higher

By AFP and ToI Staff

Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, then-outgoing IDF deputy chief of staff during a ceremony July 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Former deputy IDF chief Eyal Zamir picked as Defense Ministry director

By Emanuel Fabian

An undated picture of Mohammad Boroghani, a protester whose death sentence was upheld by Iranian authorities on December 6, due to his role in protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in mid-September. (Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran upholds death sentence for protester charged with ‘enmity against God’

By AFP

A picture taken early January 3, 2023 in Riyhad, shows a billboard welcoming the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo to Arabia's Al Nassr club. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)

Jubilant Saudis celebrate arrival of soccer star Ronaldo

By Haitham el-Tabei

Fans look on as the ambulance leaves carrying Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills, who collapsed after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter at Paycor Stadium on January 02, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio (Kirk Irwin / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

NFL player in critical condition after collapsing on field during primetime game

By AFP

Restaurant OCD Tel Aviv won the award for best restaurant in the Israeli Kitchen Awards 2022 (Courtesy OCD Tel Aviv)

Beyond falafelKasha popcorn, shakshuka tartlets spoon up Israel Kitchen Awards

By Jessica Steinberg

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