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What Matters Most On Monday, February 27, 2023

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Settlers look on as cars and homes burn in the West Bank town of Huwara on February 26, 2023. (Courtesy)

Labor's Michaeli condemns 'pogrom' by Jewish 'terrorists'

Palestinian killed as settlers rampage in Huwara after deadly terror attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Footage shows cars and homes set on fire in West Bank town where two Israelis were killed by Palestinian gunman; Netanyahu, Herzog urge public not to take law into own hands

Israeli security forces deploy in Huwara on February 26, 2023 following the deaths of two Israelis in a shooting attack. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Settler rioting slammed by US, Abbas as some point finger at government

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

The parents and siblings of Hallel, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, mourn during their funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

At funeral, Har Bracha rabbi calls for following the law

Brothers slain in terror attack laid to rest as parents call for unity amid the pain

‘Instead of accompanying children to the wedding canopy, we need to bury them,’ says Esti Yaniv, the mother of Hallel, 21, and Yagel, 19, as thousands attend Jerusalem funeral

A Palestinian man walks past burned cars in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

IDF bolsters forces in West Bank amid manhunt for Huwara gunman, after settlers riot

By Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

In Netanyahu’s Israel, from fiery riots to boardroom bedlam, chaos reigns

A ‘pogrom’ in Huwara and a fake state budget in Jerusalem all tell the same story of a government losing control on all fronts

Burned cars are seen through a broken window in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

View of a car burned by Jewish settlers during riots in Hawara, in the West Bank, near Nablus, February 27, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 27: After murder of Israeli brothers, a ‘pogrom’ in Huwara

Naale Elite Academy students on campus (Courtesy)

Home away from Home: Naale provides the ultimate Israeli high school experience for Jewish teens from across the world

Naale students graduate with an internationally-recognized high school diploma, a deep understanding of Israeli culture, and life-long friendships that transcend borders.

An aerial view of a scrapyard where cars were torched overnight in the Palestinian town of Huwara near Nablus in the West Bank, February 27, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

US says it ‘expects’ Israel to prosecute settlers involved in Huwara rampage

State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters that vengeance attack in Palestinian town is ‘completely unacceptable,’ thanks Herzog, Netanyahu for condemnations of incident

11:17 pm

West Bank terror victim named as Israeli-American Elan Ganeles
10:48 pm

Orthodox Union condemns Huwara settler rampage: 'Must never, ever happen again'
8:55 pm

US calls for prosecution of those responsible for Huwara rampage, compensation for property damage

Lapid says MK Zvika Fogel should go to prison over comments

‘We need burning villages’: Coalition lawmaker backs unprecedented settler rampage

By Michael Bachner

With a Palestinian man killed, cars, homes torched in revenge for fatal terror attack, National Security Committee head says: ‘A closed, burnt Huwara – that’s what I want to see’

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with the head of the Otzma Yehudit party Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ministers advance death penalty bill for terrorists who murder Israelis

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 2, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

AG: Bill that would limit ability to remove a PM creates legal ‘black hole’

In legal opinion, Baharav-Miara’s deputy says measure ‘could lead to absurd situations’ in which a clearly unfit prime minister remains in office ‘for political reasons’

MK Simcha Rothman, head of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, left, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Architects of legal overhaul likened to Hitler as posters backing them are defaced

Likud MK Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Minister Chikli rebuked by his former students for involvement in legal overhaul

Michael Rainsbury

A palace in flames

In the face of Jewish revenge-seekers praying as Huwara burned, our mission is clear: We must put out the flames

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

People of the road

In January, we drove through Huwara on our way to a bar mitzvah in Har Bracha. I’ll never think of it the same way again

Screen capture from video of security forces evacuating the illegal Evyatar outpost, February 27, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)

Security forces begin emptying Evyatar outpost, reoccupied by settlers after attack

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Hundreds spend night at hilltop location; National Security Minister Ben Gvir asks Netanyahu to allow them to stay as a response to deadly shooting of two brothers by Palestinian

Settlers in a building in the outpost of Evyatar, February 26, 2023. (Courtesy: Nachala)

Settlers return to evacuated Evyatar outpost in response to deadly West Bank attack

Interview

Judah Ari Gross

Reform Judaism head: Critics say US Jews can’t have an opinion, then seek our help

After addressing Saturday night protest in Tel Aviv, Rabbi Rick Jacobs says he was representing majority of US Jews when he spoke out against government’s planned judicial overhaul

Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs speaks at a protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Screenshot)

A driver suspected of dangerously veering toward anti-government protesters is arrested by police in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Driver who accelerated toward anti-government protesters to be kept in custody

Far-right ministers blast five-way meeting

Netanyahu rushes to deny settlement freeze announced after Aqaba summit

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Joint communiqué says Jerusalem won’t discuss new West Bank units for 4 months, authorize outposts for 6 months, but PM, Hanegbi insist ‘there is no change in Israeli policy’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the Hawara terror attack, February 26, 2023 (screenshot/PMO)

An illustrative photo of an El Al flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside Tel Aviv, October 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

First Israeli commercial flights enter Omani airspace, shortening trips to Far East

El Al planes cross Gulf sultanate’s territory en route to Thailand, days after country opened up for overflights from all countries, shaving some 2.5 hours off flight time

A stock market ticker in the lobby of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, March 15, 2020. (Flash90)

Goldman Sachs warns of continued shekel ‘risk’ premium driven by judicial turmoil

By Sharon Wrobel

Since the end of January, the shekel has ‘significantly’ underperformed global markets; investment bank sees further weakness risk for the currency in short term

File: Ultra-Orthodox children on the first day of school in Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem, August 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Haredi education budget said raised by 40%, but UTJ laments promises not fulfilled

Interview

Year into war, Ukraine’s envoy looks for Israel to scrap fence-sitting policy

Yevhen Korniychuk urges Jerusalem to shift away from balancing ties with Russia in order to allow transfers of defensive arms, says early warning system must be set up urgently

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk, interviewed at his country's embassy in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2022 (Times of Israel)

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia, February 23, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Zelensky predicts Putin will eventually be killed by his inner circle

By ToI Staff and AP

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at a ceremony in the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, January 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Petition organizer: 'We won't volunteer for a dictatorship'

As reservist rebellion grows, IDF chief said concerned it will harm operations

Over 250 members of Military Intelligence’s Special Operations Division, including top officers, have said they won’t show up if legal overhaul passes: ‘We won’t be useful idiots’

Illustrative: View of an empty school at in Tel Aviv following a strike of the Teachers Union, on June 19, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Teacher reinstated after suspension for class discussion of judicial overhaul

'We cross so many boundaries, our music gets lost'

There’s a Grammy for Christian music. These musicians want one for Jewish music, too

By Andrew Esensten

Friends Joanie Leeds and Mikey Pauker say US Jewish music is experiencing a renaissance — and as it falls between categories like global and religious, now’s the time to add it

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One killed as new quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings

By AP

Screen capture from video of the the scene where a man was found dead next to Route 85, February 27, 2023. (Channel 13. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man shot dead in north in suspected revenge killing for gangland double killing

US President Joe Biden hands one of the pens he used for signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to Michigan Representative Elissa Slotkin, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democrat Elissa Slotkin enters race for Michigan’s open US Senate seat

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: The Ktziot Detention Camp on September 13, 2022. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Soldier who developed PTSD after sex abuse during service is charged with going AWOL

A view of the reading rooms of the new National Library of Israel, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Basel (courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron, 2022)

National Library wasn’t consulted on government plan to control its board, head says

By Jessica Steinberg

A COVID-19 patient in a hospital in the city of Qom, Iran, September 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian official says schoolgirls poisoned in holy city of Qom

By AFP

Balena's slides biodegrade back into the earth without leaving harmful waste and chemicals. (Courtesy)

Designed in Italy with Israeli knowhow, startup debuts compostable footwear

By Sharon Wrobel

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Iran-hired criminal gangs spying on UK Jews for potential murder campaign — minister

By Michael Bachner

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US media drop ‘Dilbert’ comic series after creator’s Black ‘hate group’ remark

By DAVID A. LIEB

People demonstrate against Tunisian President Kais Saied's comments on migration, February 25, 2023 in Tunis. (AP/Hassene Dridi)

Hundreds of protesters denounce president’s racist remarks in Tunisia

By AP

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Damascus on February 27, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Egypt’s FM visits Syria for 1st time in decade, as isolation of Assad regime weakens

By AFP

Walter Mirisch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the organization's headquarters in Beverly Hills on September 16, 1975. (AP Photo/George Brich)

ObituaryWalter Mirisch, Oscar-winning filmmaker who produced ‘West Side Story,’ dies at 101

By AP

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