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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 12, 2023

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Benjamin Netanyahu, right, embraces Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Less than two weeks after Netanyahu took power

Levin unveils bills to remove nearly all High Court’s tools for government oversight

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice minister’s draft legislation radically limits court’s capacity to strike down laws, bars it from intervening on Basic Laws, gives coalition control of appointment of judges

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice committee, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bill would allow ministry legal advisers to make only non-binding recommendations

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

AnalysisWho heads the court, and 2 other overlooked core components of the judicial overhaul

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: Antisemitic vandalism on the wall of a New York synagogue, August 17, 2022. (Courtesy)

'Antisemitism in its classical fascist form emerging again'

ADL: Number of Americans believing antisemitic stereotypes nearly doubled since 2019

By Stuart Winer

Poll finds that 85% of people in US agree with at least one racist trope about Jews, while 20% believe at last six; 20% think Jews have ‘too much power’

FILE - Doug Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a roundtable discussion with Jewish leaders about the rise in antisemitism and efforts to fight hate in the United States, at the White House Campus in Washington, December 7, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Doug Emhoff to visit Poland and Germany to combat rise in global antisemitism

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, left, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, in Sydney, Australia, September 14, 2022. (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Australian state leader admits wearing Nazi uniform, says he’s ‘deeply ashamed’

By AFP

Supreme Court justices arrive for a hearing over the legality of Shas leader Aryeh Deri's appointment as a minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court head Hayut expected to slam overhaul in speech

Ex-AGs and state attorneys issue unprecedented warning reforms may destroy judiciary

Legal advisers and top prosecutors since 1975 assail planned overhaul; current AG Baharav-Miara says PM spreading false claim she sought to fabricate probes into coalition members

Op-ed

Here comes the new regime in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘democratic dictatorship’

An earlier version of this Editor’s Note was sent out Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. Yariv Levin has been formulating proposals to curb the powers of the High Court of Justice for 20... Continue Reading

Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with incoming Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

Ben Gvir: Israel a democracy, but I understand calls to lock up opposition chiefs

Orit Strock, now National Missions Minister, seen at the Religious Zionist party headquarters in Modi'in on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Doctors union takes aim at minister who claimed faith is grounds to deny treatment

By Nathan Jeffay

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut speaks at a conference in Haifa on January 12, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Hayut accuses government of launching ‘unrestrained attack on the justice system’

Supreme Court Chief Justice tells conference that planned moves are not ‘reform,’ but attempt to end judicial independence, silence courts and impose tyranny of majority

7:30 pm

PA says second Palestinian dies of wounds from West Bank clashes with Israeli troops
7:24 pm

Lapid calls on police chief not to use force against anti-government protest
7:10 pm

US Attorney General Garland appoints special counsel to investigate Biden docs

A mosaic floor uncovered in a Byzantine era church found near Jericho. (Civil Administration)

Spectacular Byzantine church mosaics uncovered near Jericho

Building appears to have been large house of prayer that survived iconoclasm during early Islamic period and later earthquake; to be relocated for preservation, display

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces his plans to combat cost of living, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Defending judicial remake, Netanyahu hints at limits on protests against government

PM insists legal overhaul will be advanced responsibly, equates far-right coalition MK’s call to arrest opposition chiefs with signs by protesters likening government to Nazis

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a constitution committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 12: Netanyahu coalition rapidly delivers judicial shakeup bill

File: Benjamin Netanyahu sits in his car after the inauguration ceremony of a new neighborhood in Beit El, in the West Bank, July 12, 2022. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Deputy AG orders reinstatement of drivers who are witnesses in Netanyahu’s trial

Israelis protest against the government, in Tel Aviv, on January 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Anti-government protest group seeks to ‘lower flames’ in fight versus legal overhaul

By Judah Ari Gross

An organizer of a demo planned for Saturday night in Jerusalem says his group is looking to avoid divisive issues, like the occupation, to get centrists, right-wingers on board

A protester holds a Palestinian flag in Tel Aviv at a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, January 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)

Ben Gvir asks to meet with AG amid push to prevent display of Palestinian flags

Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ra’am leader urges Arabs to protest government, but without Palestinian flags

David Ben Moshe holds his newly received immigrant visa in the Population Authority on January 12, 2023. (Courtesy/David Ben Moshe)

'Now I can get to building my life in Israel'

After five years of waiting, American convert finally granted Israeli citizenship

By Judah Ari Gross

David Ben Moshe, born David Bonett, first applied for citizenship in 2018 and spent years fighting against the unyielding world of Israeli bureaucracy

A Jewish child immigrant from Casablanca, Morocco, is seen with luggage at Lod Airport, September 24, 1955. (ELDAN DAVID/GPO)

Israeli immigration records dating back to 1919 now accessible online

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (center), Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (right), and COGAT head Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian (left) hold a meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2023. (Courtesy)

‘Civil responsibility’ in West Bank handed to Smotrich after meeting with COGAT head

By Emanuel Fabian

Finance minister was given power to fill sensitive posts in territories; he is slated to meet with incoming IDF chief Herzi Halevi later Thursday

The scene of a suspected stabbing attack at the West Bank outpost of Havat Yehuda on January 11, 2023 (Magen David Adom)

Israeli man stabbed and wounded at West Bank outpost; attacker shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli troops are seen surrounding the body of Samir Aslan, 41, in the Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem, early January 12, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops in refugee camp near Jerusalem

By Emanuel Fabian

Ilana Fodiman-Silverman

What the thieves left behind

The holy Torah scrolls lay strewn around the room. Their silver ornaments were gone, their coverings torn. But the community got busy, and I knew we would endure

Jeremy Issacharoff

Israeli politics must not be allowed to override Iran policy

With the growing need for a diplomatic strategy on the Iranian threat, now is no time to alienate allies

Deputy Minister Avi Maoz, right, meets with Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, center-left, in the latter's office in Jerusalem on January 11, 2023. (Avi Maoz's Office)

Maoz looks to involve Rabbinate in determining Jewishness of would-be immigrants

By Judah Ari Gross

As head of Nativ, which checks citizenship eligibility in FSU, far-right lawmaker seems to be trying to make process harder so as to keep out those who are not halachically Jewish

Transportation Minister Miri Regev (right) sits with Israel Railways CEO Michael Maixner (left) and Moshe Shimoni, chairman of the Israel Railways board of directors, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Transportation Minister's Office)

Regev says Shabbat train work to be reduced, answering Haredi party’s demands

Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Facing pushback, transportation minister compromises on pick for ministry chief

Likud MK tells US envoy that Israel will continue to push for settlement expansion

Likud MK Yuli Edelstein told US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides on Wednesday that the new Israeli government plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, despite the Biden administration's objections. "I expressed to the ambassador my clear position regarding the need for construction in the areas of... Continue Reading

Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein, right, meets with US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides at the Knesset on January 11, 2022. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich announces plans to reduce the cost of living, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Government unveils ’emergency’ economic plan to reduce utility, gas and tax hikes

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Despite being central election promise, government yet to present comprehensive cost of living plan; PM says triage measures will be like ‘putting sticks in the wheel of inflation’

New Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, left, shakes hands with outgoing minister Avigdor Liberman at a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, January 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

For first time in 35 years, Israel posts budget surplus driven by higher tax revenue

By Sharon Wrobel

A man shops for disposable plastic tableware in Osher Ad Supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021, shortly after new taxes on disposables went into effect in Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Inside story

Why Israel’s new right-wing leaders immediately made plasticware inexpensive again

By Deborah Danan

Archaeology

8 ostrich eggs over 4,000 years old found near excavated firepit in south

Israel Antiquities Authority says campsite discovery can shed light on lives of nomadic desert population; experts believe eggs were used for food as well as decoration

Illustrative: A giant stone figure of Ramses II stands in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, August 4, 2019. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Criminal de-NileEgypt foils theft of 10-ton ancient Ramses II statue

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A medical worker at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem treats a patient in the coronavirus ward on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Most long COVID symptoms are gone in a year for mild cases — Israeli study

By AFP

Researcher says ‘small number of people’ still suffer from shortness of breath or weakness 12 months after infection, but ‘vast majority’ are OK

Dozens of people line up outside of 7-Eleven's first store in Israel, at Dizengoff Center in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israelis flock to taste iconic Slurpee as 7-Eleven opens first store in country

By Michael Horovitz

Store offers self-service experience, promises to launch app soon; company plans to open eight stores in Tel Aviv by end of year, 30 nationwide by 2024

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP)

Brazil fires pro-Bolsonaro ambassador to Israel as part of wider shake-up

Neturei Karta members visit the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank on January 9, 2022. (Courtesy)

Police probing anti-Zionist sect members who visited Jenin, met terror operatives

The In Print art book fair will be held January 11-13, 2023 at Jerusalem's Hansen House (Courtesy Dor Kedem)

Of words and imagesThis art book publisher wants to convey what artists are trying to say

By Jessica Steinberg

Senior Minister Rev. Jacqueline Lewis, right, looks up at the burned remains of Middle Collegiate Church on April 10, 2022 (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Historic NYC church, housed by synagogue after fire, is greenlit for restoration

Illustrative: A Yeshiva University building in New York City, January 13, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NY officials: Yeshiva U must explain public funds as it won’t recognize LGBTQ group

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

Man shot dead in Nazareth is 12th victim of single criminal feud in under a year

Illustrative: Soldiers from the Givati Brigade train near Kibbutz Merom Golan in northern Golan Heights on December 27, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

IDF soldier moderately hurt in apparent training accident in south

By Emanuel Fabian

In this handout photo, IDF troops detain the Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli man in the West Bank village of al-Funduq on October 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF notifies family of alleged Palestinian stabber of impending home demolition

By Emanuel Fabian

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., departs after attending a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NY GOP says Santos ‘disgraced’ House by lying about being Jewish, should resign

By Michelle L. Price

Brian Boatright, the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, at right, swears in Gov. Jared Polis, on the left, while Polis's husband, Marlon Reis, holds a Hebrew bible, in Denver, Jan. 10, 2023. (Gov. Jared Polis Facebook page via JTA)

Bible to the rescueWhen Colorado governor needed a Tanach for swearing-in

Steven Spielberg poses in the press room with awards for best director of an motion picture and best motion picture drama for "The Fabelmans" at the 80th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, January 10, 2023, (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

A family fableSpielberg says his late mom must be ‘kvelling’ over Golden Globes win

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Dick Savitt hits a shot during a Davis Cup tennis match against Fumiteru Nakano of Japan, in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 20, 1951 (AP Photo/H.B. Littell, File)

ObituaryLegendary Jewish self-taught tennis champion Dick Savitt dies at 95

By jacob gurvis

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