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What Matters Most On Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv, February 16, 2023 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv as ministers meet

FM Cohen in Kyiv pledges Ukraine loan guarantees, help with airstrike warning system

By Lazar Berman

FM Kuleba indicates he is satisfied with Israel’s position, but says more decisions must be made; Ukrainian official unhappy Cohen didn’t mention Russia in Bucha, scene of massacre

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen lays a wreath at a mass grave of 116 civilians slain by Russians in Bucha, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

FM Cohen meets counterpart Kuleba in Ukraine, ahead of sitdown with Zelensky

By Lazar Berman

Hiding Russian army reservist Dmitry, whose name has been changed for security reasons, shows his army booklet during an AFP interview at an undisclosed location in Russia in 2023. (Romain COLAS / AFP)

Russian army refuseniks hide in fear to evade Ukraine conflict

By Romain COLAS

Knesset passes law to strip terrorists who receive PA stipends of Israeli citizenship

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Law, also blocking future entry into the country, garners rare support of 94 of the Knesset’s 120 MKs; Arab MK: ‘A populist, draconian law’

Members of Zaka Rescue and Recovery team check a body after a terror shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem, Jan. 27, 2023 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli troops demolish the home of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting attack last year, in the West Bank city of Hebron on February 16, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF razes Hebron home of terrorist who killed Israeli man last year

By Emanuel Fabian

Inside story

Invites for Netanyahu to visit US, UAE on hold as discomfort with government grows

Negev Forum summit in Morocco also in limbo as regional capitals wait to see how Ramadan will pan out, though few are optimistic following latest settlement expansion announcements

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

A Sho't tank that was taken from the Tel Saki memorial site in the Golan Heights, by veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to protest the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 16, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Yom Kippur War vets steal tank to protest planned judicial changes

A view of construction work in the Jewish settlement of Givat Ze'ev, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, in the West Bank on May 10, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabali/AFP)

Palestinians seeking Monday vote on measure

Draft Security Council resolution demands immediate halt to ‘settlement activities’

US, which opposes settlements but is also against adjudicating the conflict at the UN, is pushing members to settle for symbolic joint statement to the same effect

Illustrative: People arrive on the Jordanian side of the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan on July 19, 2022. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)

Israel says it approved economic gestures for Palestinians following talks with US

By Jacob Magid and Michael Bachner

Likud MK and Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Yuli Edelstein speaks in the Knesset plenum in favor of his bill to repeal the sections of the 2005 Disengagement law which led to the evacuation of four settlements in the northern West Bank, February 15, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson's Department)

Repeal of Disengagement Law for northern West Bank passes preliminary Knesset vote

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: An Israeli couple photographed for their wedding at a blossoming almond tree field in Latrun on February 25, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

As Jewish Israelis lose trust, fewer are marrying through the Rabbinate

By Judah Ari Gross

The number of Jews registering weddings with the state body has decreased since 2011, even as the population has grown by more than 20%, religious advocacy group finds

Channel 12 News reporter Yair Cherki reports live from the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, as tens of thousands of people arrive for a final forgiveness prayer, early on Oct. 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Cherki wins wide support from across political spectrum after coming out as gay

Opposition leader Yair Lapid in the assembly hall of the Knesset, February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid seeks 60-day overhaul pause for talks; protesters call Knesset rally next week

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Opposition head says halt would enable president to facilitate dialogue on judicial reform; coalition delays some private bills but presses ‘full speed ahead’ with main proposals

President Isaac Herzog delivers a message to the nation from his office in Jerusalem, February 12, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

400 ex-security chiefs urge Herzog not to sign laws that negate Israel’s core values

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud denies report Levin at odds with PM, will quit if overhaul markedly softened

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Once the legal barriers are cleared away, the abuse will inevitably follow

Kudos to President Herzog for his judicial overhaul compromise proposals, but if Netanyahu wanted constructive reform, he wouldn’t have pitched Israel into this crisis

President Isaac Herzog (right) shakes hands with Benjamin Netanyahu after presenting the Likud leader with a mandate to form a new government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a vote in the Knesset on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 16: No invites abroad for PM; is Israel earthquake-ready?

A man uses an ATM machine on Hillel Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 7, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Report: Bank officials believe $4 billion moved out of Israel in recent weeks

The 'Codex Sassoon' bible is displayed at Sotheby's in New York on February 15, 2023. (Ed Jones/AFP)

'A masterpiece of scribal art'

Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, set to fetch up to $50m at auction

By AFP and ToI Staff

1,000-year-old codice, likely to become most expensive book or historical document ever sold, touted as ‘undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history’

‘A beacon of light’: The Abrahamic Family House opens in Abu Dhabi

The three houses of worship are a prime example of the UAE’s commitment to a more inclusive, more peaceful region

Eliyahu Berkovits

There’s a new player in Haredi politics: Voters

Aryeh Deri is now the ’Creator’s Emissary on Earth.’ An MK invites constituents to WhatsApp him. It’s a political earthquake.

President Isaac Herzog at the funeral of former Knesset speaker Shevach Weiss on February 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Herzog reportedly asked AG to let Netanyahu take part in judicial reform dialogue

Newspaper says Gali Baharav-Miara turned down president’s request, with PM barred from involvement in matters that could impact his graft trial

7:23 pm

2 Palestinian minors held for throwing firebombs in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov
7:18 pm

Israel reports GDP growth of 6.5% in 2022
6:54 pm

White House says 'deeply dismayed' by Israeli settlement plans

Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo at a political event in Manchester, New Hampshire, September 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Pompeo, weighing presidential run, calls Palestinian president a ‘known terrorist’

Former US secretary of state says Israel has biblical claim to the land, hedges on two-state solution, dismisses concerns about judicial overhaul

Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, takes the stage as she launches her 2024 presidential campaign on February 15, 2023, in Charleston, South Carolina (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Launching presidential campaign, Nikki Haley declares support for ‘friend’ Israel

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a right wing counterprotest against a demonstration by Arab Israeli students and left-wing activists against Israeli army operations in Jenin, at Tel Aviv University, January 30, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Coalition MK calls Palestinians ‘Palestinazis,’ urges TikTok ban in East Jerusalem

By Michael Bachner

As Itamar Ben Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit reiterates disappointment with government’s policies, faction MK Almog Cohen says Palestinians have ‘Nazi culture,’ urges harsh steps

Screen capture from a video published by the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the West Bank, showing children simulating a 'martyr' funeral for one of their number who is killed in a pretend clash with the IDF, February 14, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian kindergarten films its kids play-clashing with IDF, becoming ‘martyrs’

Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shin Bet chief said to warn Ben Gvir he is inciting violence in East Jerusalem

Speaking directly with national security minister, Ronen Bar reportedly says crackdown is seen by Palestinian residents as collective harassment, could drive up terror attacks

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) and Limor Son Har-Melech speak after government allows uprooting of illegally planted orchard near Shiloh in the West Bank, February 15, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Ben Gvir pans government W. Bank policy: ‘This isn’t what we wanted, it can’t go on’

People walk through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

14 Jews rescued from devastated Turkish city of Antakya, given shelter in Istanbul

By Lazar Berman

After community leader and his wife were killed, most of city’s remaining Jews are airlifted by fundraising group Keren Hayesod

IDF medical officers treat wounded Turkish civillians at a field hospital near Kahramanmaraş, February 14, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

After treating hundreds, IDF medical delegation to quake-hit Turkey back in Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Paul Rudd and Kathryn Newton in a still from 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.' (Courtesy of Marvel)

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Mighty mensch Paul Rudd makes largely disappointing ‘Ant-Man’ a little more fun

By Jordan Hoffman

Great performances by all-star actors including Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer can’t save Marvel’s latest release – out Feb. 16 – from soulless visuals and a languid plot

An artistic rendering of the future Abrahamic Family House complex in Abu Dhabi. (Abu Dhabi Government Media Office)

UAE interfaith compound featuring new synagogue set to open Thursday

By Lazar Berman

Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi will host its first Shabbat services this weekend; Emirati president to donate Torah scroll

Yasser Biaz, CEO of Morocco's UM6P Ventures speaks at OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem, Feb. 15, 2023. (Tomer Foltyn/OurCrowd)

Morocco venture capital firm seeks more investments in Israeli tech startups

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel exports crude oil for first time, with shipment heading for Europe

Country joins ‘club of international oil exporters’ with first cargo load of hydrocarbon liquids extracted from offshore Karish natural gas field

Energean's floating production system (FPSO) at the Karish gas field in the Mediterranean Sea. (Energean)

Traffic piles up on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, July 24, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Environment group: Bill to limit objections to public works a ‘war declaration’

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New Yorkers hunt for ‘The L Train Nazi,’ caught drawing hate slogans on subway

Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station on June 22, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Woman collapses onto track in Tel Aviv, is killed by train

Illustrative: An Egyptian ambulance Oct. 31, 2015. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Six killed in Egypt road crash, including 5 Palestinians

By AP and ToI Staff

Members of the Jewish community hold a protest against Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London on March 26, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tolga Akmen)

UK Labour says Corbyn can’t run again, as supervision ends for antisemitism failings

Mayyim Hayyim is a community mikveh outside of Boston. (Courtesy Mayyim Hayyim via JTA)

Boston pluralistic community mikveh closes after pipes burst in freezing weather

By Jackie Hajdenberg

File: The Tel Aviv skyline (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Inflation higher than expected in January; housing costs keep rising

By Danielle Nagler

Israeli diva Dana International launches docu-reality show about her life, 'Viva la Diva,' from Yes Studios, starting March 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

All beauty and loveDana International shows & tells nearly all in docu-reality TV

By Jessica Steinberg

This screenshot shows the scene of a deadly shooting in the central city of Lod, February 15, 2023. (Video screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man shot dead in Lod, hours after suspected car bombing

Screen capture from video of Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau, 2022. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Barcelona council symbolically rejects mayor’s decision to un-twin with Tel Aviv

By Lazar Berman

A lion cub dubbed 'Abu Malek' was rescued by Border Police officers and Nature and Parks Authority inspectors from a central Israel apartment where the animal was being kept illegally, on February 15, 2023. (Israel Police)

Lion of ZionLion cub, a Tik Tok star, recovered from central Israel apartment

A robot prepares a bag of Nespresso coffee capsules ahead of its distribution to a customer, at the automated storeroom designed by the Israeli company 1MRobotics, in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2023. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)

Israeli startup deploys robots to boost pace of online shopping deliveries

By Jonah Mandel

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