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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Security guards ask an Israeli observer delegation headed by Sharon Bar-Li (center) to leave the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

South African charge d'affaires to be summoned for rebuke

Israeli observer delegation kicked out of African Union summit in Addis Ababa

Foreign Ministry blames South Africa and Algeria for severe diplomatic breach; Israel gained official observer status in 2021

Activists attempt to reestablish an illegal settlement outpost dubbed Or Chaim in the northern West Bank on January 22, 2023. (Courtesy)

Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico jointly condemn Israeli settlement announcements

By AFP and Jacob Magid

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares speaks to journalists during a NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania, November 30, 2022 (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Spanish FM swipes at Barcelona for cutting ties with Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Protesters march in Tel Aviv at a demonstration against the judicial overhaul, February 13, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Polls show plurality of Likud voters want talks, compromise

Protests against government plans to curtail judiciary set to renew

Tens of thousands expected at demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and many other towns as coalition gears up for first Knesset reading of legislation

A Bren Carrier APC taken from the Old Gesher museum by veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to protest the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 18, 2023. (Israel Police)

Yom Kippur War vets detained for taking old APC to protest judicial overhaul

A poster inside a newly unveiled Iranian underground Air Force base. The central silhouette appears to be that of the Sukhoi Su-35 jet, which Iran does not yet have as of February 2023. (Iranian Army via Fars)

Iran’s new underground air base seen preparing to host advanced Russian fighter jets

New York Times analysis finds several signs that Eagle 44 base will be home for Su-35 fleet, expected to arrive later this year in major boost to Iranian Air Force

File: Benjamin Netanyahu (right) during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP/File)

Israel said to boost its efforts for closer ties with Saudi Arabia to face down Iran

Illustrative: Arab Israelis protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings in their communities, in the Arab town of Umm al-Fahm, October 22, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

‘First to be harmed’: Arab Israeli leaders sign petition against judicial overhaul

Call signed by 200 urges Arab community to join mass protests: ‘We will be the first and main victims of this coup. It is our duty to be at the heart of campaign to repel it’

The Economist's February 17, 2023, cartoon criticizing Israel's judicial overhaul plans. (Economist/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Panning overhaul, Economist cartoon shows PM taking club to ‘judicial independence’

Likening Russia to Goliath, Zelensky says Ukraine needs David’s Sling from Israel

Addressing Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian president issues fresh plea for military support, says he hopes Israeli decision to hold back air defense system only ‘temporary’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a screen during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 17, 2023. (Thomas KIENZLE / AFP)

A screenshot of video showing the Campo Square oil tanker. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Tanker owned by Israeli reportedly attacked by Iranian drone in Arabian Sea

Operator says Campo Square lightly damaged when hit by an airborne object, denies report Iranian naval vessels involved in attack last week

The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran flies outside its embassy in London, February 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/ File)

Iran International moves broadcasts from UK to US amid fears for journalists’ safety

By Jon Gambrell

Corrie ten Boom shows the hiding place in her home in Haarlem, the Netherlands (courtesy: Corrie ten Boom House)

Author interview'Christians put their lives on the line for Jewish people'

How a ‘watchmaker’s daughter’ hid hundreds of Jews beneath the Nazi occupiers’ noses

By Matt Lebovic

A new book explores how, by concealing them behind a false wall, Corrie ten Boom helped rescue hundreds of Jews and Dutch resisters from German clutches during World War II

When Black Americans saved German Jews from Nazi murder

African American History Month is a good time to remember the heroes who offered sanctuary to Jewish Lives that no longer mattered in Europe

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Demos kratos or democracy?

Separation of powers, which became the default system for modern democracy, is also a principle anchored in Judaism

Television and newspaper reporters in Los Angeles interview passersby in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson following two shootings that occurred in the area in the previous two days on February 17, 2023. (Asaf Elia-Shalev)

Uneasy calm in LA Jewish neighborhood after arrest of suspect in Jews’ shooting

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

‘I didn’t feel safe walking. It affects our lives,’ one person says after alleged hate crimes

Jeffrey Abrams, Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League, ADL Los Angeles, at podium, denounces antisemitism and hate crimes at a news conference at the US Attorney's Office Central District of California offices in Los Angeles Friday, February 17, 2023. From left, United States Attorney Martin Estrada and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Suspect in shooting of 2 Jewish men in LA faces hate crimes charges

By john antczak

MK Itamar Ben Gvir, left, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at a special Knesset debate, on December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police chief vows not to resign after MK in Ben Gvir’s party warns of dismissal

Shabtai says national security minister sets policy but enforcement at discretion of officers in the field, as far-right lawmaker urges him to fall in line with government policy

(L) Yair Katz and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. (Collage/Flash90)

Karhi feuds with fellow Likud minister’s son over plans to close 3 radio stations

New York antiquities trafficking unit focuses on US patron of Israeli archaeology

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Shelby White has already relinquished two dozen items worth at least $20 million due to investigations

Philanthropist Shelby White poses for a picture on the roughly 1,700-year-old Lod mosaic, ahead of the inauguration of a new visitors center she helped fund to display the prized piece in the Israeli city of Lod, June 27, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Illustrative: Rescuers carry out search operations among the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. (Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP)

Turkish rescuers pull man from rubble, nearly 12 days after earthquake

By AFP

Three other people are also rescued, including 14-year-old boy, with search at some sites continuing around the clock following Turkey-Syria quake in which over 41,000 killed

Chelsea's Pedro, left, and Newcastle United's Christian Atsu vie for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, on, January 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Body of Ghana soccer star found under rubble after Turkey quake

By AFP

Illustrative: A seismograph for earthquake detection. (vchal; iStock by Getty Images)

Minor quake felt in Israel, West Bank; no injuries or damage

Chagall painting stolen by Nazis on display in New York after sale

By AFP

1911 painting of Russian-born artist’s father was auctioned last November for $7.4 million, capping a tumultuous history

'The Father,' Marc Chagall, Paris. (1911)

Josh Greene directed 'Waves Apart,' a documentary about the antisemitic history of surfing. (Courtesy of Greene)

Swastika boards, ‘surf Nazis’: New film explores surfing’s problematic history

By jacob gurvis

Having fallen in love with the sport as a teen, Josh Greene was dismayed to discover its past was full of Nazi imagery

Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg)

US Jewish communities gather in person and online for ‘reproductive rights Shabbat’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

More than 1,500 synagogues and Jewish communities nationwide are observing the third annual event, with the aim of getting people to engage with the issue more closely

The views from the private pools and hot tubs gracing most of the rooms at Kibbutz Maale Hahhamisha's Gordonia hotel (Courtesy Gordonia)

Private hot tubs and pools abound at Jerusalem hills hotel named for Labor Zionist

By Jessica Steinberg

Gordonia Hotel, the latest iteration of Kibbutz Ma’ale Hahamisha’s 80-year hospitality operation, draws guests who want views and pillow menus

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In this handout photo, emergency vehicles are seen at the site of a deadly car crash in Caesarea, February 18, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

4 killed in crashes on northern Israeli roads

Sagi Muki of Israel (white) reacts after defeating Vedat Albayrak of Turkey (not pictured), at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam Judo Championship on February 17, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Israeli judoka Sagi Muki wins gold at Tel Aviv Grand Slam

A man walks in a field covered with lavender-colored blooms in the town of Rafha, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, on February 13, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)

Purple rainWinter rains in Saudi Arabia cause floral bloom, turning desert purple

By Rania Sanjar

An anti-Glazer family banner is held up by members of the crowd before the English League Cup semifinal second leg soccer match between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Wednesday, February 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Qatar bids for Manchester United after reported interest from Saudi Arabia

By james robson

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in HBO's 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)

‘Helen became her on a spiritual and cellular level’; 1st clip released from ‘Golda’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Moses Elisaf, shown in 2021, was the first Jewish person elected mayor of a city in Greece and also the longtime leader of the Ioannina Jewish community. (Nikos D. Karabelas/Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

ObituaryMoses Elisaf, first Jewish mayor of a city in Greece, dies at 68

By Gabe Friedman

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