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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 20, 2023

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Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and May Golan in the Knesset on December 29, 2022. (Netanyahu's office/courtesy)

Ex-envoy: US Jews will see move as sign of utmost disrespect

PM offers NY consulship to far-right MK, self-styled ‘mother of politically incorrect’

Vote on May Golan’s appointment as a minister nixed at last moment as Netanyahu attempts to convince MK accused of racism to take key diplomatic position instead, sparking outcry

Likud party member Pinchas Idan arrives at Central Elections Committee meeting at the Knesset, on March 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Likud official: If airport union chief is booted from party, Netanyahu should be too

Moshe Arbel attends a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony held at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shas MK Moshe Arbel confirmed as health, interior minister after Deri ouster

IDF chief Herzi Halevi speaks to troops ahead of a military march, April 20, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Opposing blanket exemption for Haredim, IDF chief says it must remain ‘people’s army’

By Emanuel Fabian

As Netanyahu discusses proposal to exempt ultra-Orthodox men from service at a younger age, Halevi says ‘our strength is greater’ when army is united, heterogeneous

A protester shouts at Israel Police officer Meir Suissa (left), who threw a stun grenade at a Tel Aviv rally, on March 9, 2023. (Carrie Keller Lynn/Times of Israel)

Police officer who threw stun grenade at protesters gets Independence Day award

Tel Aviv station selects Meir Suissa as its outstanding officer; officials say recognition unconnected to his controversial handling of anti-government demonstrators

Israeli reserve soldiers, veterans and activists protest against National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir outside the Israel Police National Headquarters in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protesters heckle Ben Gvir at police Independence Day toast

Jonathan Halpert (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)

'Unrestricted' podcast

Jonathan Halpert on 42 years of basketball coaching

Join Steve and the legendary former coach of the Yeshiva University basketball team as they discuss education through sports

Likud MK May Golan at a House Committee meeting in the Knesset, on April 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Amid outcry, Golan says she’d ‘work with all Jewish organizations’ as consul to NYC

Nomination of firebrand lawmaker to diplomatic post has stirred concerns among some US Jews, though MK vows she is ‘completely committed to the unity of the Jewish people’

6:35 pm

After World Zionist Congress brouhaha, votes critical of government to be held online
6:25 pm

Ex-Supreme Court chief: Coalition, opposition must reach a deal on judicial overhaul
6:03 pm

Muslims declare end to Ramadan, start of Eid al-Fitr

Op-ed

How to heal a rift: Don’t exclude Haredim from IDF; include them in national service

This Editor’s Note was sent out on Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. Having plunged Israel into internal crisis with its bid to neuter the judiciary and eliminate checks on its own power, the... Continue Reading

File: Police use a water cannon to disperse a protest against the arrest of a yeshiva student who failed to comply with an IDF conscription order, at the entrance to Jerusalem, on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat, April 20, 2023 (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Turkmenistan looking to open embassy in Israel, president tells visiting FM Cohen

By Lazar Berman

Leader Berdimuhamedov expresses desire to expand bilateral ties ahead of opening of permanent Israeli diplomatic mission in Ashgabat, miles from Iranian border

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, with Turkmenistan Deputy Foreign Minister Berdyniyaz Myatiev in Ashgabat on April 19, 2023. (Shlomi Amsallem/GPO)

Top diplomat Cohen arrives in Turkmenistan to open embassy near Iran border

By Lazar Berman

Illustrative: Voters applaud dancers wearing national costume at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Apr. 20: Dispatch from Turkmenistan, a stone’s throw away from Iran

People stand still during the Memorial Day siren at Nahalat Yitzhak military cemetery in Tel Aviv on May 4, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police to boost forces at Memorial Day events but told to keep a low profile

National protest organizers say no plans to demonstrate against judicial overhaul at ceremonies, but fears persist that bereaved families could clash with coalition politicians

A woman sits next to a grave of fallen soldier in the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2023, ahead of Memorial Day next week. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF reservists protesting overhaul urge activists not to demonstrate on Memorial Day

By Jeremy Sharon and Emanuel Fabian

Left: Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90). Right: Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a conference in Tel Aviv on March 22, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Lapid to boycott Independence Day torch-lighting event to protest judicial overhaul

Screen capture from video of a pro-government demonstration outside the home of former chief justice Aharon Barak in Tel Aviv, April 19, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘May God burn you’: Pro-overhaul protesters rally at home of ex-chief justice Barak

By Stuart Winer

Demonstrators say they responded to former Supreme Court head’s call for further rallies against government’s plan to restrict judiciary; Barak defends their right to protest

Protesters against the government's judicial overhaul plans demonstrate in Rehovot, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to visit the Steakholder factory, April 19, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hundreds protest overhaul in Rehovot ahead of PM’s visit

By Michael Horovitz

To the leaders of American Jewry at the General Assembly

We US Jews allowed ourselves to be silenced on Israeli issues, but we were wrong: Israel needs our strong moral voice

How to celebrate Israel’s 75th? Read Meir Shalev

You feel the earth of Eretz Yisrael in every sentence. Every tree, every stone – and certainly every beast – even the magical ones – get their moment

Calls fears of overhaul's economic impact 'momentary fluff'

Netanyahu says peace prospects with Saudis not dented by Iran rapprochement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shrugged off concerns over the diplomatic thaw between arch-nemesis Iran and hoped-for-ally Saudi Arabia, telling US media Wednesday that Riyadh has no illusions about whom it can trust. In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC, the latest in a string of appearances on American outlets by the premier -- despite... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with CNBC's Hadley Gamble on April 19, 2023 (Screencapture/CNBC)

Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks during a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum, on October 26, 2021. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP)

After joining forces to seize power, Sudan’s army chief and his deputy now battling

By AFP

A flyer dropped by the Israeli military on the Syrian side of the border in the Golan Heights, on April 19, 2023. (Twitter)

IDF said to hit sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Syria, then drop flyers

By Emanuel Fabian

Syrian troops are warned to stop cooperating with Iran-backed group after reported artillery strikes; small military drone crashes in Syria

'70 Years of Exile' by Karen Frostig (courtesy)

Project aims to find evidence of site's 'erased' mass graves

Obscure Nazi concentration camp in Latvia put back on map by art professor

By Matt Lebovic

Karen Frostig’s ‘Locker of Memory’ project unites Jungfernhof survivors and descendants, officials in Latvia, around Holocaust ‘memory work’ including plan for on-site memorial

100 rights groups, some Israeli, lobby UN to not adopt IHRA antisemitism definition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tastes cultured fish and meat at Rehovot-based Steakholder Foods, April 19, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

In first, Israeli startup to get permit to produce cow-free milk

By Sharon Wrobel

PM says company to get go-ahead in coming days; permit said set to be granted to Remilk, a developer of cultured milk

US burger chain Shake Shack to enter the Israeli market in 2024. (Courtesy)

US burger chain Shake Shack to make foray into Israel in 2024

By Sharon Wrobel

Speedbird Aero’s DLV2 delivery drone flying in the city of Aracaju in Brazil. (Courtesy)

Brazil’s Speedbird to use Israeli drone traffic system for food delivery network

By Sharon Wrobel

Exhibition

At German embassy in Israel, Holocaust survivors reclaim their stories through photos

By Deborah Danan

Opening Wednesday, new exhibit ‘Humans of the Holocaust’ engages the public with striking and sometimes whimsical images of 25 people who triumphed over the Nazis by living well

Herzog to Polish president: Story of Holocaust must recall evil of Nazis, accomplices

By ToI Staff and Canaan Lidor

Gal Gadot hosts Holocaust survivor for remembrance event in her LA home

By Jessica Steinberg

A Magen unit police officer inspects weapons seized by Israeli security forces during a gun-smuggling attempt along the border with Jordan on April 20, 2023. (Israel Police)

Police seize 63 guns in likely largest-ever capture of weapons smuggled from Jordan

By Emanuel Fabian

Bedouin man in his 50s detained after trying to bring Glock and SIG Sauer pistols across border into Israel, south of the Dead Sea

An Israeli bus is seen damaged following a shooting attack in the West Bank near the Tapuah Junction, April 19, 2023. (Samaria Regional Council)

Israeli bus comes under fire in northern West Bank; no injuries

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians make their way through the Qalandiya checkpoint to attend Friday prayers of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, on April 14, 2023. (Flash90)

IDF to impose closure of West Bank for Palestinians on Memorial, Independence Day

By Emanuel Fabian

Naftali Bennett, second from the left, meets with Jewish Democrats at the Capitol, April 19, 2023. (Twitter via JTA. )

Former PM Bennett gives off comeback vibes during visit to DC

On diplomacy blitz in US, ex-premier defends Israel’s stability amid judicial overhaul crisis, but also offers hints he wants a hand in the country’s future

Israelis cast their votes at a voting station in Tel Aviv, during the Knesset Elections, March 23, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

October 27, 2026: Judge sets date for next scheduled elections

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks during a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/ Flash90)

Attorney general said to rule out non-binding mediation offer in Netanyahu trial

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager solar observation satellite. (NASA via AP)

Crashing back to Earth, NASA satellite named for Israeli triggers Kyiv air raid alarm

By AFP

Craft, named for scientist Reuven Ramaty, blamed for brilliant flash over bombarded Ukrainian city, days after US space agency warned retired device would fall Wednesday

More Headlines

Illustrative: Men carry humanitarian aid provided by a Kuwaiti charitable organization during a distribution to displaced Yemenis on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Marib on April 6, 2023. (Photo by STR / AFP)

At least 85 killed in stampede at Yemen aid distribution site

By AFP

An image of Israel and the US's test launch of the Arrow 3 missile defense system on July 28, 2019. (Defense Ministry)

Israel holding advanced talks with Germany on sale of Arrow 3

By Emanuel Fabian

In this undated photo, head of the makeshift Homesh yeshiva Rabbi Elishama Cohen is seen at an inauguration ceremony for a Torah scroll in the Homesh illegal outpost. (Courtesy Homesh Yeshiva)

After law change, court tosses charges against Israelis for entering illegal outpost

Screen capture from the trailer for Showtime series 'Ghosts of Beirut.' (YouTube. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Back in Lebanon‘Fauda’ creators drop trailer for new action miniseries

An Israeli passport on January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Population Authority to open new office in bid to ease passport appointment shortage

Israel Medical Association chair Prof. Zion Hagay (Screenshot from YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

HMO, hospital boycott fertility conference in Jerusalem that excludes women doctors

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)

A wanted Moldovan oligarch backs Russian interests at home from a haven in Israel

Efi Nave in Magistrate's Court in Lod, on April 28, 2019. (Flash90)

Former bar association chief who resigned in scandal seeks old job

Illustrative: Multi-story residential buildings in Ashkelon, Israel, May 2022. (rglinsky via iStock by Getty Images)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

Pianist Larissa Eliyahu (left) and her husband, Tar player Piris Eliyahu, will perform together for the first time in their 41 years of marriage on April 20, 2023 at Jerusalem's Confederation House (Courtesy Peter Vit)

Musical chairsTar player Piris Eliyahu melds East and West, with pianist wife

By Jessica Steinberg

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