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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 26, 2023

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Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 26, 2023. Inset: Brothers Hillel (right) and Yagel Yaniv, who were killed in the attack. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90; courtesy)

Two Israeli brothers shot dead in West Bank terror attack — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Gunman opens fire at Israeli-owned car in Huwara, killing Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19; military launches manhunt

A makeshift 'Carlo' submachine gun seized in the West Bank town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, suspected to have been used in a shooting attack earlier on February 25, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Palestinian man detained for allegedly firing at settlement

By Emanuel Fabian

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (Flash90/composite image)

Shin Bet endorses unsealing terrorist’s family’s home; Ben Gvir orders police not to

By Emanuel Fabian

An aerial drone shot of anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (social media)

US Reform leader: 'Democracy will change beyond recognition'

‘Largest protests yet’: Masses around country rally against curbing of judiciary

Organizers claim 300,000 attend; ex-PM Barak: ‘Worst crisis since state’s formation,’ president must choose side; 21 arrested as protesters block Ayalon Highway, clash with cops

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Lapid: All options on the table to stop Knesset becoming ‘North Korean parliament’

Towering renovation'It was a shocking sight -- suddenly the tower has no head'

Israeli experts removed, rebuilt top of iconic Tower of David amid fears of collapse

By David Horovitz

Channel 12 TV report details complex, highly sensitive renovation at ancient site alongside Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City

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Ukrainian soldiers secure the bank of the Siverskyi Donets River near Zadonets'ke, July 29, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Reporter's Notebook

A year of war in Ukraine: A reflection

By Lazar Berman

A Times of Israel reporter looks back on his visits to the war zone in the past year, and stories he encountered along the way

Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, February 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rothman proposes ’12 or 13′ on High Court, instead of unanimous 15, to nullify a law

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition calls idea ‘spin’ and ‘tricks,’ arguing that legislation handing government control of Judicial Selection Committee undercuts judicial independence regardless

Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid mass protests, government set to keep advancing legal overhaul at full steam

Left: Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021; Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Despicable lie’: Bennett slams PM for ‘false propaganda’ on Arab community budget

A solidarity sign with the Jewish community in Nashville, ahead of a planned white supremacist 'day of hate' in the US, February 25, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Planned antisemitic ‘day of hate’ instead becomes day of unity, defiance for US Jews

Extremists, including neo-Nazis, had planned to hold rallies and distribute fliers, but ADL says no unusual incidents were reported: ‘This was a Shabbat of peace, not hate’

Milwaukee Bucks' Meyers Leonard during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat on February 24, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

2 years after antisemitism saga, Meyers Leonard ‘almost euphoric’ returning to NBA

By STEVE MEGARGEE

Chaim Bloom, Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer, talks with reporters in the dugout prior to a game against the Cleveland Guardians at Fenway Park, July 27, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Red Sox exec Chaim Bloom says he’s suffered antisemitism over baseball team’s woes

By jacob gurvis

Illustrative: Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack where two Israelis were killed in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 26, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

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Beyond the ‘Day of Hate’: A strategy for keeping US Jews safe

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Warns Iran's development of missile systems also advancing

CIA chief: Iran could enrich uranium to weapons-grade within weeks if it chooses

By ToI Staff and AP

William Burns says US doesn’t believe Iranian supreme leader has made decision to pursue weaponization, after Tehran found to have enriched uranium to 84% purity

File: US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks in a press briefing in Tehran, Iran, January 29, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Russia, Iran sending top envoys to longest-ever UN Human Rights Council gathering

By Jamey Keaten

A Palestinian faces an Israeli military vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, on February 22, 2023. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)

Military slows down West Bank raids ahead of Aqaba summit aimed at restoring calm

By Emanuel Fabian

No reports of major IDF operations in Palestinian cities since deadly Nablus raid last week; security officials say army will operate only in urgent cases

View of the Jordanian city of Aqaba, as seen from the Israeli city of Eilat. November 10, 2019. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Jordan to host Israel, Palestinians for Sunday summit in bid to restore calm

By AFP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Israeli settlers hurl stones and set fire to cars in the village of Burin, in the northern West Bank on February 25, 2023. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinians say settlers hurled stones, torched cars in northern West Bank town

By Emanuel Fabian

Chaim Grade and his wife Inna Hecker Grade, shown in the United States in 1978. The two met in Moscow in 1945. (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via JTA)

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Writer Chaim Grade’s archive digitized: A Yiddish treasure with a dramatic backstory

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

YIVO Institute and National Library of Israel make renowned author’s papers available online after they were locked away by his widow for decades, inaccessible to researchers

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

2 shot dead in suspected gangland killing in north

Two suspects reportedly arrested after shooting in Deir al-Asad; incident brings to 17 the number of Arab Israelis killed violently in February

Top investor: Economy ‘in terrible danger,’ overhaul crisis must be solved in days

Shlomo Dovrat, whose company manages over $1.3 billion in tech, says he has ‘never seen such concern among foreign investors,’ warns billions of dollars leaving Israel every day

Shlomo Dovrat speaks to Channel 12 news on February 24, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

Israelis march in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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Israeli singer Hanan Yovel, April 28, 2022. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Veteran musician Hanan Yovel declines Knesset performance, citing ‘boorish’ lawmakers

Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby (Masalai at English Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0)

Papua New Guinea to open Jerusalem embassy, Israel announces

By Lazar Berman

Port Moresby expected to make move by end of year; Fiji might follow suit after decades-long campaign by Christian organization

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Members of nationalist organizations parade with torches during a march to commemorate Bulgarian general and politician Hristo Lukov, in the center of Sofia, on February 16, 2019. (Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)

Bulgaria bans annual neo-Nazi march honoring WWII general

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Former Labour MP Luciana Berger speaks during a press conference to announce the new political party, The Independent Group, in London, February 18, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

Jewish ex-MP Luciana Berger, who left UK Labour over antisemitism, rejoins party

An honor guard, followed by bagpipers, pay their respects to victims of the 1993 bombing World Trade Center during a ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the attack, in New York, February 26, 2021. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

‘Powder keg’ for 9/11: World Trade Center 1993 bombing remembered

By Jennifer Peltz

Screen capture from video of Moshe Hazan, the real estate businessman, who was mistakenly interviewed by Channel 13 instead of Prof. Moshe Hazan, the economist, February 25, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

What's in a name?TV show invites wrong man as ex-Bank of Israel official

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 26, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Holey messRabbi Chaim Kanievsky’s pants taken off auction site

By ToI Staff and JTA

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