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What Matters Most On Monday, April 3, 2023

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Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Court finds Malka Leifer guilty of rape, indecent assault at Australia Jewish school

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Israeli-born former school principal convicted of 18 charges, cleared of 9 others, 15 years after she escaped arrest by fleeing to Israel; to be sentenced at a later date

Shas leader Aryeh Deri (C) confers with Justice Minister Yariv Levin (L) as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a vote in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri: Key judicial overhaul bill wouldn’t have passed — coalition would have fallen

Shas leader says government made mistakes, came to ‘nuclear war armed with a cap gun’; at the same time, he asserts that if talks fail, MKs can pass legislation ‘whenever we want’

The entrance to the offices of the Kohelet Forum, the conservative think tank deeply involved in the judicial overhaul, blockaded by protesters, March 9, 2023. (Achim B'Neshek)

Activists invade offices of think tank behind judicial overhaul

Footage from a shooting attack targeting Kibbutz Ma'ale Gilboa on April 3, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter)

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Gunfire slams into Israeli homes in suspected attack by West Bank terrorists

By Joshua Davidovich

No injuries but slight damage caused to Maale Gilboa houses; footage published by Islamic Jihad shows shots being fired at Israeli town in distance; army searching for gunmen

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Footage appears to show Palestinian attack on kibbutz from across Green Line
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Shots fired at kibbutz near Green Line, no injuries

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Matzah factory survives a Russian strike as Ukraine Jews prepare Passover under fire

By Lazar Berman

Dnipro bakery shaken by drone attack as it prepares tons of matzah for Seder; rabbis see rise in interest from unaffiliated Jews

Laniado Hospital, also known as the Sanz Medical Center, in Kiryat Sanz in the coastal city of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)

Hospital confiscates pregnant woman’s cookies as new hametz law goes into effect

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Guard at Netanya’s Laniado said to block entry over wafers, days before Passover starts; hospitals look to balance compliance with longstanding respect for all religious practices

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party faction meeting in Knesset, March 13, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Refers to civil war fears, threats to security and economy

Citing ‘national crisis,’ Netanyahu tells court he must be involved in overhaul

By Jeremy Sharon

Responding to petition calling for him to be held in contempt of court, PM denies any conflict of interest arising from his ongoing corruption trial

Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a conference in Tel Aviv on March 22, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Likud’s Regev promises overhaul push will resume after Knesset returns from break

File: Then-foreign minister Yair Lapid (left) and then-special envoy to combat antisemitism and delegitimization of Israel Noa Tishby at the Foreign Ministry on April 11, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)

Noa Tishby booted as volunteer antisemitism envoy after criticizing overhaul

By AP and ToI Staff

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar speaks at a ceremony for late president Chaim Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 2, 2023. (Amos Ben-Gershon/GPO)

Societal divisions ‘could lead to disaster,’ Shin Bet chief says in stark warning

Making rare public comments, Ronen Bar says schisms sparked by judicial overhaul could cause catastrophe ‘from which we will not be able to recover’

Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, the chief of the Israeli Air Force, at a ceremony on April 4, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IAF chief says pilots refusing service over judicial revamp opposition may be booted

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, in Jerusalem on April 2, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Pool)

Herzog’s office holding another session of overhaul compromise talks

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen speaks during an iftar meal hosted for diplomats from Muslim countries serving in Israel and local Muslim leaders, April 2, 2023. (Sivan Shachor/GPO)

UAE, Bahrain ambassadors skip Foreign Ministry iftar meal for Muslim diplomats

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Turkey, Egypt, Morocco send top envoys; amid tensions with new allies, FM Eli Cohen hails Abraham Accords as ‘Israel’s greatest achievement’ in recent years

Illustrative image: Palestinians read the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Great Al-Awda Mosque in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 1, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

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The seven-letter 10th-century BCE inscription in Ancient South Arabian script on a pithos from the Ophel. (photo: Daniel Vainstub; all rights reserved © Dr. Eilat Mazar; after Mazar 2015)

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Newly deciphered inscription gives clue to biblical Queen of Sheba’s Jerusalem visit

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Discovered at the Ophel adjacent to the Temple Mount, seven letters on clay jar sherd are written in dialect and script stemming from the Arabian Peninsula, epigrapher suggests

File: An IAF F-15I fighter jet of the 69th squadron takes off from Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel, during a pilots graduation ceremony, June 22, 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Air force downs unidentified aircraft in north amid escalating tensions with Iran

Combat helicopters and jets take out intruding vehicle believed to have crossed Syrian border, IDF says, after series of airstrikes attributed to Israel in Syria

Screen capture from a video showing the aftermath of a reported car bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus, April 2, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Car bombing rocks Syrian capital Damascus, state media says

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (second from right), during a briefing in the West Bank on April 2, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

Gallant vows to block Iran, Hezbollah in Syria after alleged Israeli airstrikes

Jordan king says Muslims have ‘duty to deter Israeli escalation’ in Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

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King Abdullah II of Jordan listens to French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) during a working lunch at the Al-Husseiniya Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman on December 21, 2022. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP)

Technicians inspect an Israeli air force F-16 jet at the Ovda airbase near Eilat, southern Israel, Nov 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

IAF fighter jet downs drone flying over Gaza

IDF officers seen at an iftar event hosted by prominent Palestinian businessmen near the West Bank city of Hebron on April 1, 2023 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Terror groups slam Palestinians who hosted iftar meal with IDF officers

People are pictured in the center of Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on December 1, 2021. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

OECD forecasts moderate growth for Israel, cautions about judicial independence

By Sharon Wrobel

GDP projected to grow at a more gradual pace, around 3%, in 2023 amid global and domestic uncertainty; unemployment rate will rise to 4.3% at the end of the year

New Passover guide aims to help families with loved ones living with dementia

By Renee Ghert-Zand

A new guide for celebrating Passover for families caring for a loved one with dementia has been released by the Tzohar and Emda organizations. It provides useful information on how to celebrate the holiday according to Jewish law and ethics, while also attending to the emotional needs of those with Alzheimer's disease... Continue Reading

Israelis attend a Passover seder in Mishmar David, April 15, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Mourners at the funeral of Mohammed Elasibi, who was shot dead in Jerusalem's Old City after allegedly stealing an officer's weapon, in the southern town of Hura, April 2, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Police say DNA found on cop’s gun proves Old City incident was terrorism

Eyewitnesses reject claim Arab Israeli man assailed cops before he was shot dead, officers say forensic evidence shores up their version; family slams ‘false, slanderous’ claims

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US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides (L) and Israel Airports Authority chair Jerry Gershon at the Allenby crossing on April 2, 2023. (Jeries Mansour, U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs)

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Minhelet Har Habayit)

Police minister: Jews must go to Temple Mount on Passover — but no animal sacrifice

Screengrab taken from amateur video showing an IDF arrest in Nablus, April 3, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF arrests 2 in Nablus suspected of attack on soldiers; 2 gunmen killed in firefight

Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern Arab city of Umm al-Fahm, April 2, 2023. (Israel Police).

Man shot dead in Umm al-Fahm, raising 2023 toll in Arab towns to 43

Once Faisel Benkhald, now Fishel, this Pakistani's Jewishness is unrecognized by his country. (courtesy Fishel Benkhald)

Pakistan denies it has trade ties with Israel after Jewish businessman touts export

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Israeli nonagenarian Mina Yuditskaya Berliner in a Tel Aviv apartment said to have been purchased by her former student, Vladimir Putin. (JTA/Ben Sales)

Oligarch Abramovich paid for Tel Aviv apartment that Putin gave his old teacher

Minister of Environmental Protection Idit Silman speaks at an Energy Conference in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Cabinet approves ministerial climate and environment committee

Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli waves fans at the end of the Europa League round of 16, first leg, soccer match between Sporting CP and Arsenal at the Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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