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What Matters Most On Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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Tech workers block street to protest judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Experts also invoke risk of a 'brain drain'

Hundreds of top economists warn judicial overhaul could ‘cripple’ economy

Nobelist, former senior advisers to Netanyahu are among signatories of letter, which comes day after Bank of Israel governor reportedly informed PM of grim possible fallout of plan

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel chief said to warn Netanyahu that judicial shakeup will hurt economy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), Justice Minister Yariv Levin (3rd-R) and other ministers sit in the Knesset after the swearing-in ceremony of the new government, December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition said gunning to push judicial overhaul through Knesset by start of April

'Does it symbolize something? Or is it just a prank?'

Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat

Archaeologists baffled as they uncover new elements of Old City fortifications, including parts of a huge rock-hewn trench; discoveries made during infrastructure work

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)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu said to rule in favor of Smotrich in dispute with Gallant over West Bank

Report says PM favored coalition agreements over opinions of defense minister, top security officials and will see Religious Zionism leader in charge of Civil Administration

8:13 pm

Police: 2 Palestinian rioters shot and wounded during clashes in East Jerusalem
7:16 pm

Minister says unlikely government will act soon to change Law of Return
7:01 pm

Netanyahu said to rule in favor of Smotrich in dispute with Gallant over West Bank

Hundreds of religious, left-wing Jews attend the Smol Emuni conference in Jerusalem on January 23, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik/Smol Emuni)

Eyeing their community’s rightward shift, left-wing religious Jews form new movement

By Judah Ari Gross

Grassroots group ‘Smol Emuni’ — literally the left-wing faithful — holds its first conference in Jerusalem, attracting hundreds of people from across the religious spectrum

People enjoy a hot summer day at the Ein Lavan Spring in the Jerusalem Mountains, July 28, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Outrage over UTJ bill to gender-segregate bathing at national park springs

Illustrative: 100 shekel banknotes, seen December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Shas bill: Add ‘In God we trust’ to banknotes as ‘talisman for economic success’

Members of the Joint List alliance register their party for approaching elections at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition said planning bill to ease disqualification of Arabs from Knesset

Legislation would facilitate banning individuals from running for parliament if they express any support at all for terror or a terrorist, including visiting families of suspects

Workers from the Kan public broadcaster and supporters protest against the government's apparent intention to close the network, in Tel Aviv, January 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Cultural figures protest potential public broadcaster closure, block Tel Aviv road

File: View of the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank on July 2, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Knesset passes settler law bill, months after legislation felled previous coalition

By Jeremy Sharon

Netanyahu vows to maintain Temple Mount status quo in meeting with Jordanian king

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly promised King Abdullah II that the status quo on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem will be preserved during a previously unannounced meeting between the two in Jordan on Tuesday. According to Channel 12 news, Netanyahu made the promise more than once during the... Continue Reading

File: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II listen as President Barack Obama, not pictured, speaks on the Middle East peace negotiations in the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Netanyahu sat next to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, on his right, while the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sat next to the Jordanian king, to his left. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on January 16, 2014. (AP/ Yousef Allan, Jordanian Royal Palace/ File)

Netanyahu and Abdullah meet in Jordan, signaling they want to move past tensions

By Lazar Berman

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and police chief Kobi Shabtai hold a press conference at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Predicting more war strife, Ben Gvir vows to bolster police, raise pay

Analysis

Deri v. High Court: What did he actually pledge in his 2022 plea bargain?

The explosive High Court of Justice ruling last week barring Shas leader Aryeh Deri, a key coalition partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from serving as a cabinet minister has created a massive political headache for the new government. Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu removed Deri from his ministerial positions four days after the court ruling, both he and the... Continue Reading

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri at a Shas faction meeting in Knesset, January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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)

State attorney says Netanyahu must allow fired drivers back behind the wheel

By Jeremy Sharon

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

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jan. 25: ‘He said, she said’ in Shas leader’s legal brouhaha

When bnei anusim find their way to Judaism, we should welcome them gladly

That time the rabbi told the young woman with Jewish roots going back to the Spanish Inquisition that she feels like an imposter because she is one

The environmental art of the Burning Man festival and closer to home

The Negev Brigade Memorial remembers the fallen, yet conveys peace in the moment, or that was my experience of the interactive sculpture in its remote natural setting

Israeli security forces inspect the scene of an attempted stabbing attack, near Kedumim, in the West Bank, on January 25, 2023. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Palestinian shot dead in stabbing attempt at West Bank army post — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Footage shows suspect running, trying to attack soldiers near settlement of Kedumim; no troops injured

Police officers enter the Shuafat refugee camp to demolish the home of a Palestinian gunman, January 25, 2023. (Israel Police)

IDF razes East Jerusalem home of Palestinian gunman behind deadly checkpoint attack

By Emanuel Fabian

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

TV report claims joint US-Israel air drill will bomb ‘Iranian nuke sites’ in Negev

By Emanuel Fabian

But IDF has not confirmed this, and American officials leading maneuver say no mockups of Iranian targets during Juniper Oak 2023

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

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic member of Congress said Monday that they and others in the party would likely object to the US selling advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia, even in exchange for Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel, but acknowledged that such opposition would presumably not be enough to block an agreement. Speaking on... Continue Reading

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

A woman looks through the Book of Names at UN Headquarters in New York, January 24, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

‘Book of Names’ listing all known Holocaust victims put on display at United Nations

Yad Vashem installation marking Holocaust remembrance day contains personal information of 4.8 million people killed by Nazis, blank pages symbolizing another 1.2 million

Most Americans lack some basic knowledge about Holocaust — poll

Nearly a quarter of young adults in Netherlands think Holocaust a myth, survey finds

President Isaac Herzog attends the Ashmoret conference in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Herzog must threaten to resign as the government begins to enact a judicial overhaul

The president warned that Israelis are facing a struggle ‘that could consume us all’; with the Netanyahu coalition determined to remake the country, he will have to take a stand

President Isaac Herzog (R) and Philippe, King of the Belgians, walk into the king's private office in the Royal Palace of Brussels, January 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

Herzog welcomed by Belgian king ahead of meetings with EU, NATO chiefs

By Lazar Berman

File: President Isaac Herzog at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 6, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Herzog to deliver address on Holocaust to special session of EU parliament

By Lazar Berman

An Israeli woman receives her fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine in a private nursing home in Petah Tikva, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis should get annual COVID shots when virus cases low, vaccine panel advises

By Nathan Jeffay

Top epidemiologist hails decision as wise move to deal with coronavirus as part of ‘new normal,’ but critic says case for regular population-wide vaccination not compelling

CytoReason co-founders from right to left:
David Harel, CEO; Prof. Shai Shen-Orr, chief scientist; Elina Starosvetsky, VP Biology; Renaud Gaujoux, principal scientist and data science architect. (Fabian Koldorff)

Sanofi extends cooperation with Israel’s CytoReason for bowel disease drug discovery

By Sharon Wrobel

'My grandfather has had a looming presence until this day'

Descendants of Bielski partisans take to stage and screen to show weighty legacy

Live in LA through Feb. 6, Jordan Bielsky performs saga of brothers who saved 1,250 Jews in WWII; other family members amplify ancestors’ heroism in film, exhibit and classroom

In first, Israel loans Holocaust survivors’ heirlooms to Germany in remembrance drive

By Deborah Cole

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Congress members urge removal of UN official for antisemitism exposed by ToI

11 House representatives call on UN chief to oust Palestinian rights official Francesca Albanese for comments, saying her anti-Jewish bias ‘undermines credibility’

Palestinians carry bags of flour and other basic food products received as aid to poor families, at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) distribution center, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on January 22, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $1.6 billion amid budget shortfalls

By AFP and ToI Staff

Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’ earns 7 Oscar nods, WWI epic with anti-Nazi past gets 9

By Andrew Lapin

JTA – “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his Jewish upbringing, had an expected strong haul of Oscar nominations, picking up seven nods Tuesday morning. A remake of a movie once targeted by the Nazis, a blockbuster embroiled in a lawsuit with an Israeli family, and a... Continue Reading

(from left) Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger, co-writer/producer/director Steven Spielberg, Seth Rogen, Julia Butters, co-writer/producer Tony Kushner, Keeley Karsten and Sophia Kopera on the set of 'The Fabelmans.' (Merie Weismiller Wallace/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment via JTA)

From left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in a scene from, 'Everything Everywhere All At Once.' (Allyson Riggs/ A24 Films via AP)

‘Everything Everywhere’ tops other big-screen spectacles with 11 Oscar nominations

Lisa Edelstein, shown in a studio with some of her works. (Holland Clement via JTA)

Different strokes

TV star Lisa Edelstein’s art exhibit captures her Jewish family

By Linda Buchwald

Her first solo exhibition, titled ‘Family,’ is on display at the SFA Advisory art gallery in downtown Manhattan through January 25

More Headlines

Israeli combat engineering troops extract a teenager from a minefield near Kibbutz Meitzar, January 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Teenage boy rescued by IDF after entering minefield in north

By Emanuel Fabian

The 2023 Doomsday Clock is moved, ahead of a live-streamed event with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closest to midnight in shadow of nuclear, climate threats

By Chris Lefkow

Damaged vehicles hit by a teenager driving his father's car in the city of Elad, January 24, 2023 (Courtesy)

Boy, 15, takes father’s car out for joyride, smashes it into eight parked vehicles

Illustrative: 5-mg pills of Oxycodone, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Symposium aims to tackle addiction, stigma in US Jewish communities

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands with German army Bundeswehr soldiers at a 'Leopard 2' main battle tank during a training and instruction exercise in in Ostenholz, Germany, October 17, 2022. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP, File)

Germany to provide Ukraine with advanced battle tanks, in landmark move

By Frank Jordans

US Attorney General Merrick Garland is joined by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Doha Mekki of the Antitrust Division (left), US Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta (second from left) and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Antitrust Division (right), as he speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department to announce a new antitrust lawsuit against Google on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP)

US Justice Department sues Google over digital advertising dominance

By Barbara Ortutay, Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine corruption scandal claims several top officials, as US poised to ramp up aid

By ANDREW MELDRUM

Hassan Moukalled. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US slaps sanctions on alleged Hezbollah money man, currency exchange front

A woman walks past a window featuring a likeness of chef and social media star Salt Bae outside the Nusr-Et Boston restaurant, in Boston, September 29, 2020. (Steven Senne/AP)

Seasonal foodTurkish celebrity chef Salt Bae to open Tel Aviv restaurant

In this March 26, 2021 file photo, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the West Side Conservative Club, in Urbandale, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

In new book, Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India and Pakistan

By Shaun Tandon

A crunchy bite of yellowfin tuna scooped into a crisp lettuce leaf is one of the appetizers at Ashdod's Pescado, winner of the 2022 Israeli Kitchen award for Best Kosher Restaurant (Courtesy Pescado)

Restaurant reviewNo bones about it, this Ashdod fish restaurant deserves the accolades

By Jessica Steinberg

Guitar virtuoso Buddy Guy will play two shows in Israel in July 2023 as part as a farewell tour (Courtesy Paul Natkin)

No strings attachedBlues legend Buddy Guy plans Israel shows as part of farewell tour

By Jessica Steinberg

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