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What Matters Most On Friday, February 24, 2023

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Former PM Ehud Barak speaks at a conference hosted by Haaretz, February 23, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'I am sure we will win; we are on the right side of history'

Predicting dictatorship, ex-PM Barak says citizens may need to disobey leaders

Likud files police complaint against former premier, defense minister and chief of staff, who says danger to Israeli democracy from judicial overhaul push is ‘immediate and real’

Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog speaks to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Amit Elkayam/Conference of Presidents)

Jewish Agency chief urges US Jewry to speak out on proposed judicial overhaul

By Judah Ari Gross

A view of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. (Eddie Gerald via Getty Images via JTA)

Young Judaea expresses ‘great concern’ over judicial overhaul

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (top R) leads a cabinet meeting to discuss the annual budget on February 23, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu: ‘Those sowing hysteria of economic downfall will be proven wrong’

Ben Gvir skips cabinet budget meeting as his demand for further increasing already boosted police budget remains unaddressed; PM renews vow to provide free 0-3 education

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Central bank chief said to warn economic crisis could break out at any moment

Israeli workers stage a one-hour strike against in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial overhaul plan. (Courtesy)

Finance Ministry chief economist warns judicial shakeup poses risk to growth

By Sharon Wrobel

Left-wing groups: Deal means 'de jure West Bank annexation '

Smotrich handed sweeping powers over West Bank, control over settlement planning

By Jeremy Sharon

Agreement will allow Religious Zionism head to entrench Israel’s West Bank presence and thwart Palestinian development, though caveats appear to preserve some authority for Gallant

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Minstry Bezalel Smotrich (second from right), and with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (third from right), after they signed an agreement transferring authorities for civilian affairs in the West Bank to Smotrich, February 23, 2023. (Courtesy: Office of the Finance Minister)

IDF chief Herzi Halevi speaks at an IDF officers' graduation ceremony at the Bahad 1 base in southern Israel, February 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief says military is committed to keeping out politics, amid overhaul tensions

By Emanuel Fabian

File: An Israeli settler looks at the West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Adumim from the E1 area on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel advances plans for 7,000 new settler homes, places E1 project back on docket

Figure green-lit by panel this week is largest ever; hearing rescheduled to adjudicate objections to repeatedly delayed plan that would bisect Palestinian contiguity in West Bank

A view of the West Bank Jewish outpost of Givat Harel, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Outpost recognition boosts Israel’s hold over West Bank, deepens Palestinian despair

By Isabel Debre

A close view of the trephination procedure discovered at Tel Megiddo in northern Israel and the piece of the skull that was removed. (courtesy Rachel Kalisher)

ArchaeologyPatient was a member of the region's highest elite

Square hole in an ancient skull: Middle East’s earliest brain surgery found in Israel

By Melanie Lidman

Over 3,500 years ago, two brothers from an upper-class family survived with serious illness, and one underwent the radical procedure of trephination, discovery at Megiddo reveals

Illustrative (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Teacher suspended for leading class discussion on judicial overhaul plan – report

School administration accuses Amir Kliger of ‘incitement’; Education Ministry has warned teachers to refrain from voicing political opinions in class

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helps lay the National Library's new cornerstone, while National Library chairman David Bloomberg, speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, and Menachem Ben-Sasson, president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, look on, April 5, 2016.. (Courtesy Albatross)

National Library chair: Government moves threaten very existence of institution

Illustrative: Police and community safety vehicles at a Jewish event in Brooklyn, New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US Jews on alert as white supremacists plan antisemitic ‘day of hate’ Saturday

Extremists including neo-Nazis plan to hold rallies, distribute anti-Jewish messaging, but few expected to participate; no known violent threats or specific targets

Edvard Munch, 'Dance on the Beach.' (Reinhardt Frieze). (Courtesy of Sotheby's)

Both former owner and purchaser were close friends of Munch

Heirs of Nazi-persecuted collector hail justice in auction of Edvard Munch painting

By Robert Philpot

Prof. Curt Glaser sold ‘Dance on the Beach’ under duress in the 1930s. Now, the 1906 masterpiece is expected to fetch $15-25 million after a deal was struck with the current owner

Building God’s sanctuary with multiple intelligences

Imagine if all the fundraisers gave to their own causes first, and only then asked everyone else to contribute (Terumah)

Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. Why didn’t his obituaries say so?

Belzer did a routine about Bob Dylan’s bar mitzvah and he knew his fleishig from his milchig

Researcher and former MK Ksenia Svetlova in the West Bank. (courtesy)

ToI podcastRussia's position changed - its status, prestige, capability

A year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ‘What Matters Now’ to Ksenia Svetlova

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

This week in ‘What Matters Now,’ we speak with the former MK, a Middle East and Russo-Ukraine expert, and learn whether Israel’s policy of ‘neutrality’ is actually the best course

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (fourth from right) meets with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (fourth from left) and GOP senators in his office, February 23, 2023 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Top US lawmakers converge in Israel for talks on Iran, judicial shakeup

By Lazar Berman

Netanyahu, Herzog and others meet with Senate delegations from both parties as well as House representatives on trips sponsored by J Street and US Israel Education Association

Illustrative: Explosions seen in the Iranian city of Karaj on February 24, 2023. (Screencapture/Twitter: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Blasts, anti-air fire in Iran city with centrifuge factory said hit by Israel in 2021

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

Iran acknowledges accusation it has enriched uranium to 84%

By Jon Gambrell

Ex-Foreign Ministry head: Overhaul will leave Israel, IDF vulnerable at world court

Alon Ushpiz, who quit last month, says Israel won’t be able to claim shield of independent judiciary to protect it and its soldiers from scrutiny by International Court of Justice

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Alon Ushpiz at a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Illustrative: IDF soldiers of Palsar 401, the reconnaissance company of the Armored Corps, during training in the Golan Heights on April 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Elite IDF reservists threaten to stop showing up for duty over judicial overhaul

By Emanuel Fabian

A Palestinian gestures to Israeli military vehicles during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, February 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Deadly Nablus raid places US-organized regional security summit at risk

Ramallah threatening to withdraw, which could lead to Aqaba’s meeting’s cancellation as representatives from Jordan and Egypt won’t want to attend without PA

Palestinian youths protest near the Israel-Gaza border east of Jabalia refugee camp, on February 23, 2023. -(Mahmud Hams / AFP)

Palestinians march throughout West Bank, Gaza in mass show of support for Lion’s Den

Palestinians burn tires during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 23, 2023. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinian man shot dead in clash with IDF in southern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, arrives for a press conference following a meeting with Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at Villa Madama in Rome, Thursday, February 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

British foreign secretary: UK has no intention of working with Ben Gvir

Responding to petition from lawmakers affiliated with Council for Arab-British Understanding, James Cleverly says ‘no current plans’ to engage with far-right minister

On anniversary of invasion, Ukraine’s leader Zelensky vows to defeat Russia

By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA

Sounding defiant tone as morning breaks on day of commemorations, president congratulates compatriots on resilience in Europe’s deadliest war since WWII

Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock addresses the UN General Assembly before a vote for a UN resolution upholding Ukraine's territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities, Thursday Feb. 23, 2023 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Israel joins UN resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine

By AP and ToI Staff

A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, February 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Poland delivers first German Leopard tanks to Ukraine

By AFP

View of neighboring buildings and sites from inside the new Bezalel campus, Jerusalem, January 2023. (Courtesy SANAA Architects)

Bezalel’s new campus hopes to draw Jerusalem’s many communities into creative space

By Danielle Nagler

Israel’s oldest art and design school moves to downtown location, in bid to connect to capital’s diverse population

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

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Former US film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool/AFP)

Harvey Weinstein handed 16 more years in prison for rape of actor

By ANDREW DALTON

An illustrative image of a stack of credit cards. (alexialex; iStock by Getty Images)

Bank of Israel grants permit for Clal Insurance to take control of Max credit card

By Sharon Wrobel

A screenshot from a BFMTV newscast in August 2022 featuring anchor Rachid M'Barki. (Screenshot via YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

French news channel fires anchor linked to Israeli disinformation network scandal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Barakhat Abu Essa, 22, from Tel Sheva, was indicted on February 23, 2023 for raping a woman in front of her children in their Gedera home in the early hours of February 2, 2023. He appears in this photo at a court hearing in Lod. (Flash90)

Suspect indicted for aggravated rape of woman in front of her kids in Gedera

A person pays his respects at a makeshift memorial outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (AP/Matt Rourke, File)

US mass killings linked to right-wing extremism spiked over last decade – ADL report

By AP and ToI Staff

In this January 31, 2014 file photo released by UNRWA, shows residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, lining up to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria. (UNRWA via AP, File)

German court convicts Palestinian man for 2014 war crime, murder in Syria

By AP

Rapper NLE Choppa will perform again in Israel on May 3, 2023 (Courtesy PR)

Do it againMemphis rapper NLE Choppa returns to Israel for May concert

By Jessica Steinberg

The Backstreet Boys announced their 2023 world tour, including a performance in Israel on May 13, 2023. (Courtesy: Backstreet Boys)

All I have to giveBackstreet Boys announce Israel performance in May

By Jessica Steinberg

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