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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 2, 2023

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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)

Threat level for Baharav-Miara said raised to highest level

AG says Netanyahu can’t deal with judicial shakeup amid trial; he rejects her stance

By Jeremy Sharon

Coalition heads denounce Gali Baharav-Miara’s letter and say her position is ‘in total opposition to the unambiguous mandate the government received in the election’

Attorney David Hodek (Arielinson-Wikimeida commons CC BY-SA 4.0)

Senior lawyer tells conference he may take up arms if judicial changes materialize

Israel's Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks with Cybertech’s Shir Meir at the Cybertech Global conference in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)

Economy minister: Judicial shakeup plan won’t affect investments

By Sharon Wrobel

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) meets with Sudanese ruler Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum on February 2, 2023. (Shlomi Amsallem)

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Israel announces it has ‘finalized’ text of normalization deal with Sudan

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen returns from Khartoum after meeting with Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says signing ceremony will occur after Sudan transitions to civilian government

7:30 pm

Macron welcomes Netanyahu to Elysee Palace ahead of meeting
7:25 pm

Hosting Abdullah, Biden thanks Jordan for being a 'force for stability' in Mideast
7:13 pm

Israel announces it has 'finalized' text of normalization deal with Sudan

Matti Friedman, Yossi Klein-Halevi, Daniel Gordis: 'This is a moment for alarm'

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Matti Friedman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Daniel Gordis

An open letter to Israel’s friends in North America

Diaspora Jews have both the right and the responsibility to speak out against a government that is undermining our society’s cohesion and its democratic ethos

A group photo of the 37th Government of Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, December 29, 2022. (Avi Ohayon/Government Press Office)

169 liberal US Jewish leaders sign letter expressing concern over Israeli government

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US Jewish leader Daroff warns: ‘Crisis of divisiveness’ is tearing Israel apart

Conference of Presidents head refrains from opining on judicial overhaul, but worries about how it’s perceived: Israel must ‘continue to be seen as beacon of freedom and democracy’

Israeli protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 21, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L)) and his wife, Sara, ahead of a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris on February 2, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

With Europe seething at Iran, Netanyahu takes off for meeting with Macron

By Lazar Berman

PM’s first announced trip abroad since returning to power comes amid rising tensions with Palestinians, but Israel’s focus will be on threat from Tehran

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, speaks alongside Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, during a Security Council meeting, January 12, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Iran officially blames Israel for drone attack on defense site, vows to retaliate

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran claims UN watchdog inspector made mistake in report on centrifuge change

By AFP

Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, left, head of the military council, speaks during a military-backed rally, in Omdurman district, west of Khartoum, Sudan on June 29, 2019. (AP/Hussein Malla) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a briefing on coronavirus development at his office in Jerusalem on September 13 2020. (Alex Kolomiensky/Yedioth Ahronoth via AP, Pool)

Sudan said set to salvage elusive normalization with Israel

Reports say Khartoum now ready to sign Abraham Accords pact agreed on two years ago but held up by instability and a coup in Muslim African nation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno hold up pieces of ribbon after a ceremony opening the embassy of Chad in Israel on February 2, 2023 (Haim Zach / GPO)

Netanyahu joins Chad’s president to open new embassy in Israel

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, February 1, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow warns Israel that supplying Ukraine with arms will ‘escalate’ conflict

By AFP and ToI Staff

Members of the Hapoel Jerusalem women's soccer team at a recent game. (Berney Ardov/Hapoel Jerusalem)

Inside story'It’s frustrating if you compare it to what the men get'

End goals: The Jerusalem team trying to shake up how Israel treats women’s soccer

In just its 3rd season on the field, Hapoel Jerusalem’s women’s club has made history with its speedy advance to the Premier League – with backing from the US government

Fire and smoke rise above buildings in Gaza City during retaliatory Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave, after rockets were launched at Israel, early on February 2, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israel bombs Hamas sites in retaliatory Gaza strikes; rocket sirens sound in Sderot

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says facilities storing chemicals for missiles and for manufacturing weapons hit; small armed group claims second volley of rockets in response to sanctions against prisoners

Israeli troops detain Palestinian suspects in the West Bank, early February 2, 2023.(Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinians open fire at military post near Jenin; 17 suspects detained in raids

By Emanuel Fabian

An Iron Dome interceptor missile is seen intercepting a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip over the southern city of Sderot, February 1, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Rocket fired from Gaza at southern Israel, intercepted by Iron Dome

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian security forces rest after clashes with Palestinians following an arrest raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, September 20, 2022. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

US pushing Abbas on plan to boost PA security presence in northern West Bank

Proposal raised by Blinken would see creation of Palestinian SWAT teams to operate in Jenin and Nablus, where Israeli raids have been met with increasingly violent opposition

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards the plane to leave Israel on January 31, 2023. (State Department/Twitter)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb 2: As Blinken flies out of the region, IAF jets bomb Gaza

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, West Bank, on January 31, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/Pool/AFP)

Abbas succession battle could ‘collapse’ Palestinian Authority, think tank says

By Gareth Browne

A man fires a pistol at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course in Katzrin in the Golan Heights on January 31, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Ben Gvir announces plan to streamline gun license applications after terror attacks

By Emanuel Fabian

National security minister says licensing department to get double the personnel and work longer hours, and security officers will no longer need to be interviewed

This handout photo from the Shin Bet on February 2, 2023, shows social media profiles used by Abu Ghassan, a Lebanese man, to allegedly recruit Palestinians for terror. (Shin Bet)

Shin Bet: Lebanese man tried to recruit Palestinians for terror via TikTok

By Emanuel Fabian

Undated photo of Shimon Matuf, who was fatally injured in a terror attack in Elad on May 5, 2022. (Courtesy)

Terror victim succumbs to injuries 8 months after Independence Day attack

Jewish students’ claims about Dr. Lara Sheehi are serious

The psych professor, who has posted hateful rhetoric against Zionism and Israelis, should be suspended for now from teaching a required diversity course

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‘We’re here to stay’: Settlers say over 500,000 Israelis now living in West Bank

By AP and ToI Staff

Group predicts new government will launch massive settlement construction program, while Palestinians see another sign Israel has abandoned two-state solution

A general view of the West Bank settlement of Efrat, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

The West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, on October 21, 2018. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Government seeks extension on razing Bedouin hamlet despite far-right’s demands

By Jeremy Sharon

Day after buying Haifa port, Indian tycoon Adani rocked by plunging stock price

By AP and ToI Staff

No longer world’s third-richest man, beleaguered billionaire cancels planned share offering following short-seller report alleging massive levels of fraud

Gautam Adani speaks during a ceremony at the Haifa port on January 31, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Actors, filmmakers, executives, and celebrities attend a demonstration against the government's plans to shut-down public broadcaster KAN, in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Government said set to freeze its efforts to close Kan public broadcaster

Report says coalition putting aside plans in bid to limit distractions as it tries to push through its contentious judicial overhaul legislation

Likud lawmaker David Amsalem at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MKs said to warn Netanyahu they will block bill restoring Deri to cabinet

US tourist arrested for vandalizing statue in Jerusalem Old City church

Sculpture of Scourged Savior toppled in Church of Flagellation on Via Dolorosa Street; security guard wrestles man to floor; police checking if he has mental health issues

A US tourist, left, is led away by police on suspicion that he vandalized a statue in the Church of the Flagellation in the Old City of Jerusalem, February 2, 2023. (Israel Police)

Front view of the HaEmek Medical Center Campus, January 23, 2008. (Almog [Own work], via Wikimedia Commons)

Jewish woman refuses to share hospital room with Arab woman, who agrees to move

Illustrative: An elderly man sits next to a soda-vending machine selling Coca-Cola in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Nixing sugar tax, Israeli government dealt ‘grievous blow to health’ – world experts

By Nathan Jeffay

Responding to abolition of tariff on sweetened soft drinks, global scholars also argue move ‘seriously tarnishes Israel’s international standing’ in medical community

Human-generated refuse (mbaysan by iStock by Getty Images)

To fill vacuum, NGO seeks to create local, regional carbon trading scheme

Lily Ebert visiting Auschwitz in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

King Charles honors 99-year-old survivor for her role in UK Holocaust education

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The scene of a fatal traffic accident in Jerusalem, February 1, 2023. (Israel Police)

Passenger, pedestrian killed as car overturns, skids on quiet Jerusalem street

Undated photo of Netanel Aharon. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Five minors arrested over fatal stabbing of teenager last month

Surveillance footage shows a masked man hurling a Molotov cocktail at Temple Ner Tamid in New Jersey on January 29, 2023. (Bloomfield Police Department)

Suspect arrested, charged with firebombing synagogue in New Jersey

Rendering of proposed wine park and surrounding homes, Zichron Yaakov, January 2023. (Courtesy: Tourism Ministry).

In vino, vacationHotels okayed for Zichron Yaakov wine tourism complex

By Danielle Nagler

Illustrative: US Secret Service agents in front of US President Joe Biden's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on January 12, 2021. (Shannon McNaught/Delaware News Journal via AP, File)

FBI searches Biden beach house, finds no classified documents

By Eric Tucker, Colleen Long and Zeke Miller

Israeli startup Gem Security rolls out cyber threat platform for cloud-based services. (Courtesy)

Israeli startup Gem Security nabs $11m in seed round led by Team8

By Sharon Wrobel

US House Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP seeks Omar ouster from Foreign Affairs panel for past comments seen as antisemitic

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING

From 'Jirah,' a documentary made by local Rahat filmmaker Yosef Abu Medigam being screened at February 2023 Rahat film festival (Courtesy screenshot)

Art in the desertBedouin city Rahat to host first film festival

By Jessica Steinberg

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