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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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Mounted police clash with people as they protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. Erik Marmor/Flash90

Cops kneel on neck of protester; another said to lose ear

As protests sweep nation, police use aggressive means to clear Tel Aviv rally

By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Clashes with stun grenades, water cannons mark 1st time these are seen at demos; at least 11 injured, 50 arrested; Netanyahu, Lapid accuse each other of stirring up anarchy

Children accompanied by their parents and guardians wave Israeli flags during a demonstration against the government's controversial judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2023. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Roads, trains blocked as thousands march in ‘day of disruption’ against overhaul

Police clash with protesters during a demonstration against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 1: Protests rage across the country in ‘day of disruption’

Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a conference hosted by The Marker on March 1, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israel should ‘wipe out’ Palestinian town of Huwara, says senior minister Smotrich

By Michael Bachner

‘Huwara needs to be wiped out. State of Israel should do it,’ top Netanyahu ally says, days after settlers rampaged through West Bank town following deadly terror attack

Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel leads the Knesset's National Security Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police to probe far-right MK for remarks backing violent West Bank settler rampage

By Michael Horovitz

National Unity party leader Benny Gantz speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘A dangerous slope’: Gantz says Smotrich seeking West Bank chaos

Knesset committee okays bill sharply limiting judicial review; opposition: ‘Putsch’

By Jeremy Sharon

The government-backed bill to radically restrict the High Court of Justice’s ability to strike down unconstitutional legislation was approved in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Wednesday morning and will now be sent for its first reading in the Knesset plenum, amid opposition outrage directed at committee chair MK Simcha... Continue Reading

Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky (right) and Yesh Atid MK Vladimir Beliak (left) remonstrate with Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee Chair MK Simcha Rothman, March 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Screen capture of Justice Minister Yariv Levin during a live interview with the Kan public broadcaster about the government's judicial overhaul, February 28, 2023. (Kan public broadcaster; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Justice minister insists judicial changes will keep Supreme Court independent

'Anna' watches Zelensky address Congress from the Jacoby Rosenfield's living room (Image: Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield)

From The Hartman Institute

From Kharkiv to New York

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield opened her Riverdale home to a family of Ukrainian refugees. She discusses what the experience may tell us about Jewish obligation, history and dignity.

Parents fly in for funeral; say he loved Israel, its people

‘A loss for the world’: Israeli-American Elan Ganeles, killed by terrorists, buried

Elan Ganeles, a 26-year-old Israeli-American killed in a terror attack near the Dead Sea on Monday, was laid to rest in a Ra'anana cemetery on Wednesday. Ganeles's family, who live in West Hartford, Connecticut, flew to Israel for the funeral, with thousands in attendance. Eulogizing her son, Ganeles's mother Caroline said, "He was the... Continue Reading

The parents of Elon Ganeles, killed in a terror attack near the Dead Sea, eulogize their son at his funeral in Ra'anana, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/Youtube; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Smoke billows from the city of Jericho in the West Bank during a raid by Israeli forces targeting gunmen who carried out a deadly terrorist attack, March 1, 2023. Inset: Elan Ganeles, who was killed in the attack on February 27, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP; Courtesy of the family)

IDF arrests suspected terrorists behind deadly Jericho attack as victim is buried

By Emanuel Fabian

Protesters against the government's planned judicial overhaul in Jerusalem, March 1, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Mass protests continue into the night in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Thousands convene for demonstrations at end of ‘day of disruption,’ with some clashing with police; in capital, hundreds march toward PM’s residence

8:41 pm

'Where were you in Huwara?': Anti-gov't protesters clash with cops at evening demonstrations
8:09 pm

US lambastes 'repugnant' call by Smotrich to 'wipe out' Palestinian town, urges PM to speak out as well
7:29 pm

Lapid slams Netanyahu for comparing Tel Aviv protests to Huwara rioters

Head of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, during a TV interview on February 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Settler extremists are sowing terror, Huwara riot was a ‘pogrom,’ top general says

Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, who oversees West Bank, also warns future clashes could end in Israeli fatalities; report says settler violence has doubled under new government

A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard, in the town of Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Feb. 27, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Police detain eight more suspects over extremist settler rampage in Huwara

By Emanuel Fabian

US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr, left, speaks to residents as he inspects damaged Palestinian property during a visit to Huwara, on February 28, 2023. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

US State Department report says Israel failing to prevent settler attacks

Rejects talks 'until legislative abominations withdrawn'

Former attorney general: High Court must strike down ‘regime coup’ laws if passed

By Jeremy Sharon

Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit described the government’s judicial overhaul program on Tuesday as “a regime coup” and insisted that if the proposed legislation is approved by the Knesset, the attorney general and the High Court of Justice would have “a duty” to strike it down. Mandelblit’s explosive... Continue Reading

Former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit speaks at the the Institute for National Security Studies annual international conference, February 28, 2023. (Yair Valer)

President Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-security chiefs urge Herzog to air ‘unambiguous’ opposition to judicial overhaul

By Michael Horovitz

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to troops of the reservist 363rd battalion at an army base in the West Bank, February 28, 2023. (Nicole Laskavi/Defense Ministry)

Defense chief: Threats to refuse service over judicial shakeup harm Israel’s security

By Emanuel Fabian

US envoy on diaspora minister: 'I don't know who he is'

Clapping back at minister, envoy Nides says US won’t stay out of Israel’s business

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides on Tuesday hit back at Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who said earlier this month that the envoy should "mind own business" after Nides called on the Israeli government to slow its controversial plan to overhaul the judiciary. "Some Israeli official -- I don't know who... Continue Reading

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides speaks at an Institute for National Security Studies Conference in Tel Aviv on February 28, 2023. (Yair Valer)

European Union spokesman Peter Stano in September 2020 (video screenshot)

Europe warns Israel against ‘game-changer’ death penalty legislation

By Lazar Berman

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, right, listens to her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen during a news conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German FM voices concerns about Israel’s legal overhaul, planned death penalty

This might top the list of 100 most precious Jewish artifacts

Last Sunday, I visited Sotheby’s to see an exhibition with a difference

Barbara Washington

Hamantaschen: The real love triangle

The day after that ’National Day of Hate,’ I entered the synagogue for my first conversion class, and found exactly what I needed

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)

EU diplomats: We’re surprised by Netanyahu’s lack of coalition control

By Lazar Berman

European officials in Israel expected premier to have more influence over far-right, will meet Wednesday to discuss rising violence, but not all see situation as particularly dire

Settlers run from a soldier hurling a tear gas grenade near al-Mughayyir in the West Bank, February 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Settlers hurl stones at Palestinians, attack soldiers and police; five arrested

By Emanuel Fabian

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents the state budget at his Jerusalem ministry, February 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New budget heads to Knesset with massive NIS 32b increase, despite inflation fears

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Finance Minister Smotrich blames swell on coalition deals, inflation and public salary increases; as for economic risks of judicial overhaul, he says: ‘I don’t see a catastrophe’

Jerusalem and Heritage Minister Meir Porush arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

In latest coalition snag, UTJ’s Porush quits as minister of Meron pilgrimage

Illustrative: A researcher shows seismograph sensor readings from an earthquake in Mexico, on July 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Minor tremor rattles Tiberias amid increase in regional seismic activity

Geological Institute says temblor’s epicenter 2 kilometers northwest of city; no immediate reports of damage or injuries

People stand by a building destroyed in recent earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, February 27, 2023. (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

Revised toll shows over 50,000 killed in Turkey, Syria earthquake

By AFP

Avi Schiffman (right) with Internet Activism team members (from left): Will Depue, Anant Sinha, and Krish Shah. Team member Adrian Gri not pictured. (Courtesy of Avi Schiffman)

Interview'When I see a need, I develop a platform'

How a young Harvard dropout and friends are set to level-up global humanitarian aid

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The ‘whiz kid’ who developed the world’s first COVID-tracking site is ramping up his organization, Internet Activism, and helping victims of Turkey’s earthquake and Ukraine’s war

Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, Iran, December 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

US official says Iran could produce nuclear material for a bomb ‘in about 12 days’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Under secretary of defense tells House lawmakers Iranian nuclear program has seen ‘remarkable’ progress, as UN watchdog says it has enriched uranium to near weapons-grade

In this photo released by the Iranian Army on Aug. 25, 2022, a drone is launched from a warship in a military drone drill in Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)

Senior IDF officer: Iran tried to drone strike two vessels in Arabian Sea last month

By Emanuel Fabian

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)

UN atomic agency confirms Iran has enriched uranium close to weapons grade

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN

A potsherd discovered in Tel Lachish with an Aramaic inscription 'Year 24 of Darius.' It was announced by the IAA as the first written evidence of Persian king Darius the Great discovered in Israel, but on March 3, 2023 was declared to not be authentic. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)

Archaeology'When I picked it up, I thought it was an elaborate prank'

Hiker discovers 2,500-year-old ancient receipt from reign of Purim king’s father

By Melanie Lidman

Eylon Levy, international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, finds ostracon at Tel Lachish with the first-ever reference in Israel to the name of Persian king Darius I

Jeff Passan on the set of 'Baseball Tonight' during the 2021 AL Wild Card game at Fenway Park. (Allen Kee/ESPN Images via JTA)

Interview'As Jews we gravitate to things with history, like baseball'

ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Hebrew school, Sandy Koufax and Jewish baseball history

By jacob gurvis

For fans of America’s favorite pastime, he’s everywhere. The ubiquitous sports reporter answers some curveballs about his time in the field

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Illustrative: A Yeshiva University building in New York City, January 13, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC official: Yeshiva University public funds at risk due to LGBTQ policy

The passport, listed as it appeared in Heritage Auctions official website on March 1, 2023 (Heritage Auctions)

Stamp of disapprovalSadat’s family angered by sale of passport used for historic Israel trip

Illustration: Antibodies attacking contagious virus cells (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel lab backed by pharma giants mints startup for computer-designed antibodies

By Sharon Wrobel

An illustrative photo of a prison. (Photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Bill to cancel statute of limitations for some sex crimes passes preliminary reading

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: The Ramle police station in an undated photo published by Israel Police on July 3, 2022. (Israel Police)

Ramle man murdered in his bed in apparent underworld revenge attack

Diana Raz, a relationship mentor who was murdered on February 5, 2021, allegedly by her husband (Courtesy)

Former cop pleads guilty to killing wife in front of tied-up kids

A Border Police officer accused of unlawfully killing a disabled Palestinian man in 2020 stands trial, February 28, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Officer on trial for slaying Palestinian with autism: ‘I feared a killing spree’

A Tel Aviv University building on campus. (Tel Aviv University)

Prestigious Dan David Prize names 9 innovative historians as winners

By AP

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