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What Matters Most On Thursday, January 19, 2023

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Shas leader Aryeh Deri seen outside his home in Jerusalem, January 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG orders Netanyahu: Remove Deri from his government posts

Coalition scrambles to give Deri new role, possibly alternate PM, after court ruling

With Shas head barred from being a minister and refusing to be downgraded to Knesset speaker, some in cabinet urge Netanyahu to give him controversial job, but move would be risky

Health and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG demands Netanyahu fire Deri after High Court disqualifies him as minister

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Minister Aryeh Deri attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In bombshell ruling, High Court nixes Shas head Deri from serving as minister

By Jeremy Sharon

Aryeh Deri seen outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023, hours after the High Court ruled he cannot serve as a government minister. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cheered by backers, embattled Deri vows to finagle way around court disqualification

Coalition reportedly caught off guard by gravity of decision by High Court; considerations for way forward include naming Shas chair as alternate PM to keep him in cabinet

Shas chief Aryeh Deri seen outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023, hours after the High Court ruled he cannot serve as minister since his recent criminal conviction made his appointment as cabinet minister "unreasonable in the extreme." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Antidemocratic’: Haredi news outlets slam High Court ruling on Deri

Shas chief Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023, hours after the High Court ruled he cannot serve as a government minister. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri said likely to resign or be fired as minister while looking to bypass top court

Op-Ed

Court ruling against Deri set to escalate, accelerate coalition assault on judiciary

The High Court's almost unanimous ruling that Aryeh Deri cannot serve as a minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government was fairly unsurprising. The Shas leader is a recidivist financial criminal, who was convicted of bribery in 1999, and, having served jail time and a required seven-year withdrawal from public life for moral turpitude, was only grudgingly... Continue Reading

Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (Ronen Zvulu/Pool/AFP)

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (L) arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023; Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023. (Flash90)

Shin Bet said to up security around Supreme Court chief, justice minister

Health and interior minister Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023 (Courtesy Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 19: Does court’s ruling on Deri create a constitutional crisis?

Children and their companions from an orphanage in Odesa, Ukraine, wait for room allocation after their arrival at a hotel in Berlin, on Friday, March 4, 2022. More than 100 Jewish refugee children who were evacuated from a foster care home in war-torn Ukraine and made their way across Europe by bus have arrived in Berlin. (AP Photo/Steffi Loos)

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Thousands of people protest against the Israeli government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Organizers expect greater turnout at Tel Aviv protest this weekend after Deri ruling

Fair weather plus anger over coalition’s reaction to High Court seen likely to fuel attendance at 2 locations in Tel Aviv, as well as rallies in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba

One of the suspects caught on camera while throwing eggs at anti-government protesters outside Justice Minister Yariv Levin's home in Modiin, January 19, 2022. (Twitter/Screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-government protesters assaulted outside justice minister’s home

Protesters gather to rally against the Israeli government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on January 14, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In about face, Lapid to attend anti-government protest as Deri ruling revs up battle

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Minister of the Interior and Health Aryeh Deri during the swearing in ceremony of the new government at the Knesset, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Furious coalition vows to return Deri to office after court rules he can’t serve

Likud-led government says near-unanimous court disqualification an ‘injustice’ to convicted Shas leader; coalition members vow to push forward with plans to overhaul judiciary

Former Likud justice minister Dan Meridor attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-Likud minister Meridor says Netanyahu out to ‘destroy’ judicial system

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan sit down in Jerusalem with other Israeli and US officials on January 19, 2023. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

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US official Sullivan said to raise judicial makeover with Netanyahu

By Michael Bachner

Biden administration reportedly changes tack on issue; separate report says PM, Defense Minister Gallant have called off technical splitting of West Bank settlement, fearing US ire

7:27 pm

Fearing US ire, Netanyahu said to call off technical splitting of West Bank settlement
7:02 pm

Law bill said aimed at severely curbing protests, boosting police tools against them
6:11 pm

In 1st, White House adviser Sullivan said to raise judicial makeover with Netanyahu

The religious Zionist community has some soul-searching to do

We need to set aside the messianism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia in favor of a Jewish statehood that is rooted in Jewish identity yet suited to the modern world

Learning Hebrew brought me closer to Judaism — and alienated me from Israel

The problem was being able to read what Smotrich, Ben-Gvir and Netanyahu really believe – in their native tongue

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Meeting US national security adviser, Netanyahu stresses bid to build Saudi ties

By Amy Spiro and Jacob Magid

In 1st Jerusalem visit since new government sworn in, Jake Sullivan notes shared ‘challenges and opportunities,’ mum on Biden administration’s concern over Israeli domestic issues

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meets with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Top Biden aide Sullivan begins Israel trip aimed at syncing up with new government

Illustrative: A UN Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters in New York, January 12, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Israeli, Palestinian envoys trade jabs at UN as official warns of ‘collision course’

Maher Younis is welcomed by friends and relatives following his release after 40 years in an Israeli prison for kidnapping and murdering a soldier, in the northern Israeli town of ‘Ara, on January 19, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Arab Israeli terrorist released after 40 years; police seek to prevent celebrations

Maher Younis greeted by his mother in northern town of ‘Ara; National Security Ministry says officers told to clamp down on any public displays of jubilation, support for terrorism

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early January 19, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Two Palestinians, one of them a teacher, killed by IDF fire during clash in Jenin

By Emanuel Fabian

Police detain a Palestinian man illegally in Israel in the coastal city of Netanya, January 19, 2023. (Lior Damari/Courtesy)

Police detain two Palestinians in Netanya on alleged terror suspicions

By Emanuel Fabian

Interview'I’m a proud Israeli, I’m a proud Zionist'

Why an intern at Israel’s Mission to the UN judged this week’s Miss Universe pageant

At 21, social media star Emily Austin served as a judge at the annual beauty pageant, in between sports reporting gigs and an internship with Gilad Erdan’s team in New York

Analysis

Typically al-Aqsa’s top defender, Jordan signals it won’t dwell on spat at holy site

Jordan is working to lower diplomatic tensions after its ambassador to Israel was delayed by police while visiting the Temple Mount, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Wednesday. A letter of rebuke Jordan's Foreign Ministry handed to Israel’s envoy Eitan Surkis on Tuesday was measured and showed a desire to move on,... Continue Reading

Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Ghassan Majali (L) argues with an Israeli police officer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on January 17, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

An encased thin-cut, cultivated steak made by Israeli food tech startup Aleph Farms seen at the company's office in Rehovot, November 2021. (Times of Israel staff)

Kosher cheeseburgers? Chief rabbi rules some cultured meat may not be ‘fleishig’

By Judah Ari Gross

Rabbi David Lau says beef cultivated from stem cells could be considered ‘pareve’ if it’s marketed as a meat alternative, but not if it claims to be the real deal

A Point Blank missile developed by IAI slams into a target, in a video published by the firm on January 19, 2023. (Israel Aerospace Industries)

Israeli firm unveils new attack drone that can land back in soldier’s hand

By Emanuel Fabian

State-owned IAI says it has been awarded multi-million-dollar contract to develop variant of Point Blank loitering munition for US Department of Defense

Textile finds from the Nahal Omer site in the Arava region in southern Israel, prepared for analysis in the laboratory (Israel Silk Road Project/Nofar Shamir)

Archaeology'Imagine the volume of a Suzuki Alto made of garbage'

First evidence of unknown ancient ‘Israeli Silk Road’ uncovered in Arava trash dump

By Tobias Siegal

Results from sifting 1,600-year-old garbage during a first excavation season at Nahal Omer suggest luxury goods from East were in high demand in the 8th century CE, researchers say

A mobile billboard hired by Accuracy in Media accusing Berkeley student leaders of antisemitism, in Texas. (Courtesy/Accuracy in Media)

US group dispatches mobile ‘antisemite’ billboards to homes of anti-Israel students

Provocative political outfit Accuracy in Media targets neighborhoods of Berkeley Law School organizers whose groups banned Zionist speakers, sparking uproar

Israeli startup Verobotics develops autonomous AI-powered robots used to clean and inspect the facades of high-rise buildings. (Courtesy)

Meet the Israeli robot spiderman that will clean skyscraper facades in Hong Kong

By Sharon Wrobel

Verobotics inks $5.4 million deal for its AI-powered ‘human-like’ vertical robots to clean and inspect the exterior of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong

More Headlines

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand January 19, 2023. (Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP)

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, steps down in shock move

Illustrative: Israeli students at a high school in the southern city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020. (Flash90)

Two teens arrested for leaving stun grenade as ‘gift’ for school principal

A man stands at a cash machine of the Israel Discount Bank in Jerusalem, on July 1, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Finance minister requires Israel Discount Bank to spin off its credit card business

By Sharon Wrobel

The Knesset's Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Hebrew teacher shortages on January 18, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

MKs demand solutions to Hebrew teacher shortage that is vexing new immigrants

By Judah Ari Gross

TLV Partners is managed by (left to right): Rona Segev, Eitan Bek, Adi Yarel-Toledano, and Shahar Tzafrir. (Eyal Tueg)

VC warns: If Israel democracy is harmed, tech firms will need to flourish elsewhere

By Sharon Wrobel

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian attends a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on January 17, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Iran warns EU parliament of consequences if IRGC is put on terror blacklist

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video as police use a water cannon to disperse protesters against enforcement of a national lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2021. (Kikar Shabbat)

Ben Gvir said to ban police from using water cannons against Haredi protesters

Illustrative: Fans arrive ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on January 15, 2023. (Adrian Dennis/AFP)

England’s Arsenal soccer club probing ‘disturbing’ antisemitism involving its fans

By AFP and ToI Staff

'Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew' by Michael W. Twitty (Amistad)

Nourishing readMichael W. Twitty’s food memoir ‘Koshersoul’ named Jewish book of the year

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

From 'We Will Rock You,' the West End musical based on the music of Queen, coming to Israel in August 2023 (Courtesy Stuart Glover)

Make a big noiseMusic of Queen comes to Israel with ‘We Will Rock You’ musical

By Jessica Steinberg

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