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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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Hundreds of right-wing activists waving flags attempt to attend a march through Jerusalem's Old City on April 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US urges ‘calm, restraint’ ahead of contentious Jerusalem Flag March in Old City

State Department spokesperson says Washington supports right of peaceful expression, calls to ‘refrain from actions, rhetoric and activities that would inflame tensions’

Thousands of Jews wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day by dancing at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Police brace for all possibilities at Jerusalem Flag March as Hamas issues threats

By Jeremy Sharon

Subhi Emad Subhi Abu Shqeir (L) and As’ad Yousef As’ad al-Rifa’i, named as main suspects in the Elad terror attack on May 5, 2022. (Israel Police)

Two Palestinians get 4 life sentences each for deadly 2022 terror attack in Elad

Analysis

After years of dead-end air campaigns, pinpoint use of ground forces may offer way out

Two Israeli officers made the rare decision to issue a stark warning in an official IDF journal. Israel's military, they cautioned, is at a dead end. Writing in the wake of a series of three “deterrence operations,” Brig. Gen. Tamir Yadai and Lt. Col. Eran Ortal pointed out that the conflicts were part of a... Continue Reading

A soldier enters an armored vehicle at a staging area for troops on the border with Gaza, on May 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, Ofer Winter and Israeli army officers inspect the area where two officers from the Egoz commando unit were killed in a friendly fire accident outside a base on January 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former officer in elite Egoz unit charged in deadly friendly fire incident last year

By Emanuel Fabian

Author and journalist Isabel Kershner and her new book, 'A Land of Hope and Fear.' (Rina Castelnuovo)

Interview'The Israeli people care so much, there's no apathy here'

A house divided: New book explores roots of the rifts between Israel’s many ‘tribes’

In ‘The Land of Hope and Fear,’ veteran New York Times correspondent Isabel Kershner crisscrosses ‘a country on the precipice’ and comes away with ‘great faith in the people’

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Modiin Mayor and Federation of Local Authorities chair Haim Bibas, left, speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Rosh Hashanah toast event for municipal leaders at Airport City, August 30, 2018. (Flash90)

'The moment you say the truth -- you become a leftist'

Veteran Netanyahu ally: Government ‘captive of extremists’ who will wreck Likud

By Michael Bachner

In scathing attack, Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas says coalition ‘launched every move on the wrong foot’; criticizes judicial overhaul push, tax redirection plan

Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Haredi parties said to demand hundreds of millions more to back budget

By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel

MK Limor Son Har Melech attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on February 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right bills against ‘enemy’ flags, ‘racist sexual harassment’ given initial okay

By Stuart Winer

Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, January 24, 2023. (Benjamin Fanjoy/AP)

Israel accuses Elon Musk of stoking antisemitism on Twitter after anti-Soros remark

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‘The Jews’ trends on platform after billionaire says Jewish philanthropist ‘hates humanity’; Foreign Ministry pans company for taking no action

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Musk attacks ADL for saying his anti-Soros tweets will embolden antisemites

The 2,000-year-old inscription bearing the financial record discovered near ancient Jerusalem's Pilgrimage Path. (Eliyahu Yanai, City of David)

ArchaeologyEarliest inscription of this sort found in ancient Jerusalem

2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Discovered near Pilgrimage Path, inscribed chalkstone slab that appears to be ossuary maker’s accounting record adds to physical evidence of ancient Jerusalem shuk in lower city

President Isaac Herzog speaks at his official residence in Jerusalem, May 8, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

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Parties deny reports of compromise at judicial overhaul negotiations

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Jordanian lawmaker is charged with smuggling guns into West Bank

Knesset Finance Committee okays 2023-24 budget, sends it to plenum for final votes

The Knesset Finance Committee approved Tuesday the two-year budget for 2023 and 2024 after a stormy debate that lasted nearly 15 hours. The budget will move to the Knesset plenum for its final readings next week along with the accompanying Economic Arrangements Bill. The plan calls for a budget of NIS 484 billion ($132... Continue Reading

The Knesset Finance Committee votes on the national budget, in the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 16, 2023. (Danny Shem Tov/Knesset spokesperson)

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Finance Ministry cuts economic growth forecasts as tax revenue and investments cool

By Sharon Wrobel

The challenges of being an ultra-Orthodox combat soldier

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to dismiss Levin’s resignation threat: ‘Makes no impression on me’

By Michael Bachner

Likud dismisses ‘false’ account, says PM ‘fully trusts’ justice minister, amid reports of struggle over future of judicial overhaul if compromise talks fail

Then-prime minister Menachem Begin during a debate in the Knesset on March 20, 1979. (AP Photo/Max Nash/File)

Menachem Begin championed judicial review now under Likud attack, former aide says

By Jeremy Sharon

President Isaac Herzog hosts an event recognizing outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Herzog urges progress at overhaul talks as sources indicate little movement

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh seen at the party headquarters in the city of Shfaram, on election night, March 23, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Arab political leader Ayman Odeh says he won’t run for office again

By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Surprise announcement by head of erstwhile Joint List catches some colleagues off guard, as MK said looking to make room for new blood — or possibly run for Haifa mayor

MK Ayman Odeh arrives to the Israeli parliament for the opening session of the Knesset, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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Then New York State Senator Anna Kaplan is introduced during opening day of the 2019 legislative session in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany, New York, January 9, 2019. (AP/Hans Pennink)

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference on June 7, 2022, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Lawsuit claims Giuliani said: ‘Get over the Passover. It was like 3,000 years ago’

By JTA and ToI Staff

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the ceremony of signing an agreement on the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 17, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia and Iran ink deal for rail link as part of intercontinental trade route

Rasht-Astara railway will form part of International North-South Transport Corridor; leaders Putin and Raisi declare it will diversify global traffic, improve Moscow-Tehran ties

Syria's empty seat is pictured during an emergency meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Arab League to reinstate Syria amid regional disputes

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Artist Hannan Abu Hussein, originally from Umm al Fahm like her fellow prizewinner, Maria Salah Mahameed, both winners of the 2023 Rapaport Art Prize for established artist and young promising artist (Courtesy Sigal Galil)

Two Arab artists from same hometown but different generations win prestigious prize

By Jessica Steinberg

Carving a path in the Israeli art world, Hannan Abu-Hussein and Maria Salah Mahameed are recognized for their trailblazing feminist work

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. (Jason Redmond / AFP)

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law hearing on artificial intelligence, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

ChatGPT chief says AI should be regulated by a US or global agency

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Yulia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal rests on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Rare, endangered seal named Yulia causes media stir on Tel Aviv beach

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This combination picture shows Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan, arrested at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, and handguns allegedly seized from him on April 23, 2023 (Jordanian media; courtesy)

Jordanian lawmaker charged for trying to smuggle over 200 guns into West Bank

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video of the Krembo Wings 2022 summer camp. (YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Nonprofit for special needs kids says summer camp back on thanks to donations

Israeli sports startup MindFly has an agreement with EuroLeague, Europe’s top tier basketball competition, to fit players and referees with its AI bodycams and give the fans a first person view of everything they do on the court. (Courtesy)

Israeli startup to give fans a referee’s-eye view at the EuroLeague final games

By Sharon Wrobel

Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, December 17, 2022. (AP/Slim Abid)

Tunisian president says locals rescued Jews, whereas Israel kills Palestinians

By Canaan Lidor

Orthodox schoolgirls looking at posters in Beit Shemesh in June 2014. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

Beit Shemesh ad telling girls to play out of men’s view draws pedophilia accusations

IBM buys Israeli cybertech startup to automate cloud data protection management

By Sharon Wrobel

Screen capture from video of the scene where a man was shot dead in Lod, May 17, 2023. (Israel Police)

Man, 60, shot dead in Lod in suspected organized crime slaying

President Joe Biden speaks during the celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden condemns rising ‘antisemitic bile’ during Jewish American Heritage Month event

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Dead fish seen floating in the Tzalmon estuary at the Sea of Galilee on May 16, 2023. (Firas Talhami/Water Authority)

Authorities probe suspected poisoning of fish in Sea of Galilee

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