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What Matters Most On Tuesday, January 24, 2023

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Ashmoret conference in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2023.

Twice in history, Jewish state 'collapsed before turning 80'

Herzog warns Israel’s leaders: Clash over judicial overhaul ‘could consume us all’

By Michael Horovitz

President cites ‘deep concerns’ if coalition proposals are rushed through Knesset, urges dialogue, says Israel at a fateful moment: ‘This powder keg is about to explode’

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks in support of Aryeh Deri during a Shas party meeting at the Knesset on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin said unfazed by protests against judicial overhaul, unwilling to compromise

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden speak in front of media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Legal overhaul could jeopardize Israel’s security and ties with US, think tank warns

By Tobias Siegal and ToI Staff

Coalition warns AG any move to suspend Netanyahu akin to coup; she denies weighing it

In the latest drama to unfold between the government and the justice system, the heads of the coalition sent a scathing letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday over reports she was considering ordering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a leave of absence, with party... Continue Reading

Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 24: Netanyahu’s beef with the attorney general; Shabbat culture

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021 (Haim Zach / GPO)

Blinken to visit Israel next week, in second trip by senior US official this month

Israeli F-35 fighter jets escort an American B-52 bomber through Israeli airspace on November 10, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Official: Iran will see what we're capable of doing

Israel, US kick off massive war games in apparent message to Iran

By Emanuel Fabian

Exercise, dubbed Juniper Oak 2023, involves over 140 aircraft, 12 naval vessels, and artillery systems from both nations drilling in Israel and Eastern Mediterranean

An alleged Hezbollah position overlooking the northern Israeli town of Shtula on the Lebanese border, January 23, 2023 (Channel 12 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hezbollah erects new watchtowers on Lebanon border as IDF builds defensive wall

By Emanuel Fabian

Iranians mourn in front of the coffins during a funeral for people killed in a shooting attack, in the city of Izeh in Iran's Khuzestan province, on November 18, 2022. (ALIREZA MOHAMMADI/isna/AFP)

Iran pans ‘mental inability’ of EU, UK after they impose sanctions; vows response

By AFP

A view of Imst, Austria. (Video screenshot)

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Israelis now eligible for German and Austrian citizenship based on family heritage

New laws passed in Germany and Austria regarding the victims of the Nazi persecution simplifies the threshold conditions for obtaining citizenship and passports of these countries.

Lawmakers Ayman Odeh, center right, Mossi Raz, second from right, and Ofer Cassif, right, march behind a banner reading "This is our home," in Hebrew and Arabic in Tel Aviv on Saturday, January 7, 2023. (AP/ Tsafrir Abayov)

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Coalition reportedly planning bill to ease disqualification of Arabs from Knesset

By Joshua Davidovich

Proposal by Likud MK, said agreed to by coalition heads, would expand definition of terror support to keep most Arab-led parties out of parliament, Channel 12 reports

7:59 pm

Smotrich shelves sweetened drink tax, in nod to Haredi partners
7:25 pm

Dueling protesters lock horns outside Tel Aviv home of Supreme Court president
7:15 pm

TV report claims joint US-Israel air drill to bomb 'Iranian nuke sites' in Negev

Israeli tech company employees stage a one-hour protest in Tel Aviv against judicial overhaul, January 24, 2023 (Courtesy)

Hundreds of tech workers strike, block Tel Aviv road to protest judicial overhaul

By Sharon Wrobel

Demonstrators against controversial plan warn of threat to foreign investments, impact on economy; NY-based investor in local startups says it supports action

Prof. Arie Zaban, chair of the Committee of University Heads and president of Bar-Ilan University. (Bar-Ilan University)

University chiefs warn judicial reform will spark global academic boycott

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu (center) seen after coalition talks at a hotel in Jerusalem on November 16, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AnalysisHe's built a coalition that now hems him in on all sides

Who runs Netanyahu’s Israel?

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The fight over a tiny West Bank outpost pits the PM against the radical factions in his coalition and opens a window into the inner workings of the new government

Aryeh Deri speaks during a Shas party faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hinting at plans to return, Deri temporarily fills his vacated ministerial posts

Shas’s Michael Malkieli named acting interior minister, Yoav Ben-Tzur acting health minister, as Deri’s dismissal takes effect; positions must be permanently filled within 3 months

A plenum session on forming the government in the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Expanded ‘Norwegian Law’ passes, with up to 27 fresh MKs able to swap into coalition

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Illustrative: Workers prepare matzah for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover at the 'Yehuda Matzos' plant in Jerusalem on March 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

UTJ submits bill to ban hametz from hospitals during Passover

By Judah Ari Gross

Progressive religious voices denounce proposal, say it will have a ‘boomerang effect’ and drive people away from Judaism

Illustration of an empty classroom in a school in Mevaseret Zion, August 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Transgender boy to be removed from religious school against parents’ wishes

You be the judge

‘There are judges in Jerusalem’: A famous Begin quote or misquote?

“There are judges in Jerusalem!” This quote attributed to prime minister Menachem Begin has become an oft-repeated rallying cry in Israel over the past half century. The phrase is regularly utilized by politicians across the spectrum to respond to court rulings that bolster their own viewpoints. In recent weeks, the phrase has been circulating more than... Continue Reading

Then-prime minister Menachem Begin during a debate in the Knesset on March 20, 1979. (AP Photo/Max Nash/File)

Mikhala Kaseweter

New tech not all it’s cracked up to be

Israeli gene editing tech blocks male embryos, making the egg industry humane…except for all the female chicks who live

The original sin of ‘Judicial Reform’ returns

’The king neither judges nor is to be judged,’ says the Mishnah. But that doesn’t mean what you might think it means

Probe finds group supporting Jewish extremists in Israel now also fundraising in US

By Tia Goldenberg and Uri Blau in partnership with Shomrim

AP -- An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans, according to findings by The Associated Press and the Israeli investigative platform Shomrim. The records in the case suggest that Israel’s far-right is gaining a new foothold... Continue Reading

Prison guards escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, convicted of murdering Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir in 2014, as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for his appeal, on February 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The opening roundtable at the Negev Summit in Sde Boker on March 28, 2022; A general view of the West Bank settlement of Efrat on March 10, 2022. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Maya Alleruzzo)

InterviewSenator: PA premier 'open' to Abraham Accords investments

Democratic senator says Abraham Accords can expand even if settlements do too

In ToI interview fresh off trip to the region, Kirsten Gillibrand also proposes offering F-35s to Abraham Accords countries that invest in aid for the Palestinians

US Democrat: Congress would back selling Riyadh weapons for Israel normalization

UAE embrace of Holocaust education breaks barriers but faces old prejudices, denial

By Hashem Osseiran

A woman undergoing a dental checkup (shironosov via iStock by Getty Images)

Tooth decay more widespread among obese and underweight, huge Israeli study finds

By Nathan Jeffay

Researchers say study based on 66,790 soldiers should prompt vigilance, shape policy; low or high BMI can be tied to socioeconomic status, which may also impact dental health

An Egyptian book on the history of Zionism shows hook-nosed Jews rubbing their hands together as they appear to plot against Egypt and the world. (Social media screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

As Cairo book fair opens, Israel expresses concern over persistent antisemitism

By Lazar Berman

Works at state-run event have included Mein Kampf and Protocols of the Elders of Zion, with a new book on the history of Zionism showing hook-nosed Jews on its cover

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Dermer makes secret trip to UAE to nail down Netanyahu visit

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (R) (Yonatan Sindel; Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

After clash over West Bank outpost, Gallant and Smotrich meet with Netanyahu

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister also holds meeting with West Bank settlement community leaders after ordering the demolition of illegal structures established by settler activists

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 22, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Netanyahu: We’ll fight ‘all illegal building’ in West Bank – Israeli and Palestinian

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Eric Alterman is the author of 'We Are Not One,' a history of the debate over Israel in the United States. (Maresa Patterson; Basic Books via JTA)

Interview

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In his new book ‘We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel,’ Prof. Eric Alterman examines how defending Israel has shaped Jewish – and public – discourse in the US

Analysis

Jessica Steinberg

Elevators added to Tower of David museum, making ancient citadel accessible

Jerusalem's Tower of David was never built to be accessible. The ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City dates back to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods, with earlier towers constructed by Herod, the early Muslims and the Crusaders, all to safeguard the city. Its five guard towers, as well as the winding, narrow pathways, steep, narrow... Continue Reading

Five-year-old Geffen Kan Tor explores the newly renovated Tower of David Museum in December 2022 with her father (Courtesy Ricky Rachman)

Rotem Amizur's 'The Flatland,' a series of large-scale, paper-based collages at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art through May 20, 2023. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Contemporary paper artworks form focus of Herzliya museum exhibits

By Jessica Steinberg

David Bowie, shown with his wife Angie at home in Kent, England, in 1971, is wearing a dress that he famously wore on the cover of his 'The Man Who Sold the World' album. (Peter Stone/Mirrorpix/Getty Images via JTA)

Dress for successMuseum wants David Bowie’s dress for exhibit on UK Jews in fashion

By David I. Klein

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Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, former grand mufti of Jerusalem, who is under investigation for incitement. (AP/Joao Silva)

Israel allows Palestinian cleric probed for incitement to fly to Morocco

By Michael Horovitz

Sara Netanyahu arrives to testify in a lawsuit filed by Attorney David Shimron against attorney David Artzi, at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 23, 2023. (Moti Milrod)

Testifying in libel case, Netanyahus adamant Sara not involved in decision-making

Two cars go up in flames following an explosion in the coastal city of Netanya, January 23, 2023. (Courtesy)

Car belonging to Netanya property developer blown up in apparent warning message

By Michael Horovitz

People walk past the Reichstag building while being reflected in a puddle in Berlin, Germany, September 6, 2022. (AP/Christoph Soeder)

Five Germans charged over putsch plot, plan to kidnap health minister

By AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on January 18, 2023. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)

After Stockholm Quran burning, angry Erdogan says he won’t back Sweden joining NATO

By AFP

Eggs stacked on shelves at the Osher Ad supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Heavy yolk: Government announces 16% jump in price of regulated eggs

By Michael Horovitz

Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas, leaves federal court in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, after he and three other members of the Oath Keepers were convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Four members of far-right group convicted of seditious conspiracy for Capitol riot

By Michael Kunzelman and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Congregation Emanu El in Houston is reassessing its security protocols with security nonprofits and consultants. (Jewish Herald-Voice/via JTA)

A year after Colleyville, Houston synagogue is harassed by agitated Messianic Jew

By Matt Samuels

Police tape is placed near the scene of one of two shootings where seven people were killed at a farm and a nearby location in Half Moon Bay, California, a coastal community south of San Francisco, January 23, 2023. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

7 killed in California’s third mass shooting in just over a week

By JEFF CHIU and Olga R. Rodriguez

Stamps representing European principalities, such as Monaco, found by police while searching the Netanya home of a scam artist who allegedly posed as the secretary general of the Elysée Palace, the French president's official residence, January 24, 2023. (Israel Police)

Alleged Netanya fraudster arrested for posing as head of French presidential palace

By Michael Horovitz

A Maria Lactans, or breastfeeding Virgin Mary statuette, which was returned to the heirs of Jewish-German banker Jakob Goldschmidt, on January 20, 2023. (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)

Virgin Mary sculpture sold under Nazi duress returned to Jewish owner’s heirs

By Michael Horovitz

Grigory Kanovich wrote dozens of works about the Lithuanian Jewish experience. (Courtesy of Sergey Kanovich/ via JTA)

ObituaryGrigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

By David I. Klein

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