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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 5, 2023

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President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut (center) and colleagues hold a hearing on petitions demanding they block the return of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a minister due to his recent conviction and suspended sentence for tax offenses, at the High Court in Jerusalem, January 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lawyer: More than 2 million voters want Deri in government

Court to Deri: ‘You can’t quit Knesset in plea bargain, then get appointed minister’

By Jeremy Sharon

Attorneys representing Shas leader challenge High Court’s authority, spar with justices as they argue that he should be allowed to hold office despite his recent conviction

Supreme Court Chief of Justice Ester Hayut (C) attends a hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister due to his recent conviction on tax offenses at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 05, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Under threat, High Court hears petitions against Deri’s ministerial appointment

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her inauguration ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG: Deri’s appointment as minister ‘unreasonable in the extreme’

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice Minister Yariv Levin unveils his plan for overhauling the judicial system during a press conference at the Knesset on January 4, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Lapid: 'Gang of criminals' threatening to destroy democracy

Justice minister unveils plan to shackle the High Court, overhaul Israel’s judiciary

By Jeremy Sharon

Levin announces sweeping proposals to severely curtail judges’ powers; claims court’s intervention in decisions, Knesset laws harms democracy; opposition warns of ‘political coup’

A composite image of Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Yair Lapid during their respective Likud and Yesh Atid faction meetings at the Knesset, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Lapid says judicial overhaul plans will destroy Israel’s ‘constitutional structure’

Op-ed

Justice minister sounds death knell for Israel’s inadequately protected democracy

Unveiling proposals to "reform" Israel's judiciary, Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday night sounded the death knell for our thriving but inadequately entrenched democracy. A Likud ally of newly returned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the hardline coalition that took office only last Thursday, Levin described his plan as bolstering democracy, strengthening the judicial system and "rebalancing the three branches... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with one of the architects of the government's judicial overhaul Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum, December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense Minister Benny Gantz during a vote in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz urges Netanyahu to form joint team to shape judicial reform

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rotיman attends a Knesset Constitution Committee meeting, June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

New chair of Knesset law committee: Israel’s Basic Laws are not a constitution

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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

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US blasts ‘unilateral actions’ during UN session on Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit

Move by new national security minister has been widely decried by Western, Arab allies; Israel pushing body to not issue a joint statement censuring the Jewish state

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At UN Security Council, US says opposes all ‘unilateral actions’ against status quo
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Erdan: UN giving credence to Palestinian 'lies' by debating Ben Gvir's Temple Mount visit
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Shas leader Aryeh Deri with Likud's Yariv Levin during a meeting of right-wing parties in the Knesset on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri confidants fear court will nix his appointment, blame Levin’s legal ‘bombshell’

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Sources close to Shas leader accuse justice minister of antagonizing court by announcing far-reaching reforms to undercut their power on eve of crucial hearing

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The Jewish path back to Israeli democracy

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Terror convict who murdered IDF soldier released after 40 years, says he’s ‘proud’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Karim Younis, the longest-serving prisoner jailed for security-related offenses, was released from prison Thursday after serving 40 years behind bars. Younis, an Arab Israeli, was convicted of terrorism offenses for the murder of an Israeli soldier in 1980. He was freed from Hadarim Prison, north of Tel Aviv,... Continue Reading

Arab Israeli Karim Younis is carried by friends and relatives following his release after 40 years in an Israeli prison for kidnapping and murdering an Israeli soldier, on January 5, 2023, in the northern Israeli town of 'Ara. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Palestinian French-lawyer and activist Salah Hamouri talks to reporters as he arrives at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after his extradition from Israel to France, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Palestinian lawyer deported to France vows to ‘continue my struggle’

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

Palestinians urge UN Security Council to rap Israel over Ben Gvir Temple Mount visit

Israel lobbying council members not to adopt joint statement after Thursday session; US has blocked such measures in past, but diplomat speculates this time could be different

Tourists visit the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 5: The UN and its anti-Israel bias; NY’s Haredim vs. the NYT

File: The scene where a car was hit by a anti-tank guided missile fired from the Gaza Strip on the Route 34 highway, May 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Israel to build wall along Gaza border highway to foil anti-tank missile attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

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Making the anti-discrimination law discriminatory

Here’s how to make the law protecting vulnerable populations meaningless: Add 3 amendments that infringe on the right to human dignity and the value of equality

‘Our hands have shed this blood’: We must tell the full story of Rabbi Druckman

Those of us who revere the late rabbi must learn from his failures too, and resolve to never again accept as leader an unrepentant protector of sexual criminals

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, right, speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the government is sworn in at the Knesset, December 29, 2022 (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)

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Ben Gvir is a pyromaniac, but it’s Netanyahu who has given him the matches

The PM could have simply told the far-right leader that his Temple Mount visit was counterproductive to Israel’s interests. Here’s why he didn’t

Left: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a ceremony at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 1, 2023; Right: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, November 16, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90; AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US defense chief Austin warns Gallant not to ‘undermine’ West Bank stability

By Emanuel Fabian

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks during a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023; Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks to the media during a press conference in Istanbul, November 3, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90; AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkish FM to Israeli counterpart: Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit was ‘unacceptable’

By Lazar Berman

Settlers at the illegal West Bank outpost Evyatar before evacuating it as part of a deal with the government, July 2, 2021 (Courtesy)

New coalition stance emboldens settlers, who plan to reestablish flashpoint outposts

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Thousands intend to spend Seder night in Homesh and Evyatar this Passover and then stay on, taking advantage of the hardline government’s policy reversal they see as a watershed

Yeshivat Homesh students pictured in their study hall that lies on top of the evacuated settlement of Homesh. (Courtesy: Yeshivat Homesh)

‘Illegal even under Israeli law’: US urges Israel not to legalize settler outpost

Illustrative: Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at al-Alam palace in the capital Muscat, February 21, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Oman, once thought to be next Abraham Accords signer, criminalizes ties with Israel

By David I. Klein

Gulf state long had closer ties to Jerusalem than its neighbors, but is now likely pushing back against Netanyahu government, trying to placate Iran, experts say

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early January 5, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian teen gunman killed during clashes with Israeli troops near Nablus

By Emanuel Fabian

Amer Abu Zaytoun, 16, shot in the head as Lion’s Den members claim to open fire at Israeli forces operating in Balata refugee camp

Illustrative: An IDF soldier with a Skylark drone during a drill at the Tzelim army base, August 5, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Small IDF drone crashes in northern West Bank, cause unknown

By Emanuel Fabian

A view of the West Bank village of Masafer Yatta on June 26, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

IDF razes homes, water tanks in disputed West Bank ‘firing zone’

By AP and ToI Staff

Incoming Benjamin Netanyahu with fellow Likud MKs in the Knesset, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Likud plans to expand ‘Norwegian Law’ to increase number of politicians in office

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Ruling party has 17 ministers among its 32 MKs; is seeking legislation that would allow up to 10 of them to quit Knesset, making way for fresh lawmakers

New Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (top) and new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulate each other as the new government is sworn in, in Jerusalem, December 29, 2022. (Amir Cohen/Pool/AFP)

TV report: Netanyahu, Ohana seeking to oust apolitical Knesset secretary-general

Proud Boys leader Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio during a rally in Portland, Oregon, September 26, 2020. (Allison Dinner/AP)

Extremist Proud Boys go to trial for US sedition as January 6 probe heats up

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Michael Kunzelman

Group leader Enrique Tarrio and 4 of his lieutenants face up to 20 years in prison on charges of seditious conspiracy in high-profile case against Capitol insurrectionists

US House Representative Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, returns to his office after a break on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Stalemate in Washington: Deadlock deepens in US House speaker showdown

By Frankie TAGGART

'In God We Trust' is engraved in stone above a U. flag in the House of Representatives chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.(Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Christians, Jews punching above demographic weight in US Congress, Pew finds

Thousands pour into St. Peter’s Square for funeral of Benedict XVI

By Nicole Winfield, Giada Zampano and Frances D'Emilio

Pope Francis presides over Vatican ceremony for deceased former pontiff; small number of heads of state, royal delegations join service

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Illustrative: An aerial view of Rishon Lezion, on December 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

First of Zion: Rishon is Israel’s best city to live in, statistics bureau finds

By Danielle Nagler

A woman looks after her elderly relative lying on a stretcher as patients receive intravenous drips in the emergency ward of a hospital in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as China COVID surge continues

By AP

Illustrative: Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita takes part in a virtual meeting with his US and Israeli counterparts, at his office in the capital Rabat, on December 22, 2021. (AFP)

Morocco said delaying Tel Aviv embassy amid demands Israel back Western Sahara claim

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with members of the Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran closes French institute to retaliate for Khamenei cartoons

By AFP

The 20cm nanosatellite developed by Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)

Israeli quantum communication nanosatellite launched into orbit by SpaceX rocket

By Sharon Wrobel

Rabbi Abraham Levy speaks to students at Naima Jewish Preparatory School, which he founded, in the early 2010s. (Courtesy of Rabbi Joseph Dweck via JTA)

Rabbi Abraham Levy, influential leader among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, dies at 83

By James Martin

View of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on December 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Neighbors fuming over Netanyahu’s temporary Jerusalem residence

Illustrative: A public toilet (Phanithi Siriwong; iStock by Getty Images)

Police officer suspected of hiding camera in women’s bathroom at station

A police officer walks through garbage left behind by revelers at Times Square after the New Year celebrations on January 1, 2023 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP)

Man who attacked cops in Times Square allegedly motivated by US support of Israel

By AFP

People queue up for gasoline in Idlib province, Syria, Sunday Dec. 15, 2022 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

ExplainerWhy Syria’s economic crisis has hit a new low, bringing country to a standstill

In this Oct. 21, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft points to fans as his team warms up before an NFL football game against the New York Jets in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

In good faithRobert Kraft’s donation for stricken NFL player has Jewish meaning

By jacob gurvis

Israeli troops are seen wearing a new combat uniform, set to be distributed to all of the IDF's Ground Forces, in an image published by the IDF on January 5, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Improved war-drobeFight couture: IDF orders sweat-wicking, flame-retardant garb

By Emanuel Fabian

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