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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks at a conference hosted by the Institute for Policy and Strategy of Reichman University in Herzliya on May 23, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)

Must 'strengthen' capabilities for broad campaign against Iran

IDF chief on Iran nuke program: ‘Negative developments’ could prompt Israeli response

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Halevi says Israel’s capabilities against Iran are ‘good’ but need to be enhanced; national security adviser insists even bunker-buster-bomb-proof nuclear site can ‘be reached’

Defense Ministry Director-General Eyal Zamir speaks at the 2023 Herzliya Conference, May 22, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)

Defense Ministry to invest heavily in AI in bid to improve intel on Iran

By Lazar Berman

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, left, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, wave to journalists during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, May 23, 2023. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Iranian President Raisi visits Indonesia to deepen economic ties

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and Niniek Karmini

IDF intel chief: Nasrallah close to ‘mistake that could plunge region into big war’

Aharon Haliva warns chances of major escalation ‘not low’; Defense Minister Gallant: Iran converting merchant ships into ‘floating terror bases’ armed with drones, missiles

Illustrative: A research assistant holding a mouse used to study autism, December 15, 2021. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Israeli study reveals potential method for reducing symptoms of autism

Researchers find a direct link between levels of nitric oxide in the brain and condition in mice; reducing the amounts lowers indicators and behaviors

View of Assuta Hospital, Ramat Hahayal, Tel Aviv, May 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

Health Ministry summons top Assuta officials over IVF baby mix-ups

Sheba Global

LAB TALKS: Stem Cell Revolution at Sheba Medical Center

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid speaks at the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University, May 23, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)

Lapid accuses government of giving Haredim ‘our tax money to ensure they won’t work’

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition leader denounces Netanyahu-led coalition for failing to tackle cost of living, says budget tells ultra-Orthodox: ‘The suckers’ children will pay for your children’

Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid (left) and National Unity head MK Benny Gantz in the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Capitulation’: Opposition slams PM’s deals with Ben Gvir, UTJ to secure budget

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

Netanyahu, Ben Gvir reach spending deal, removing last hurdle to passing budget

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

Live updates (closed)

Saudis said to want US military alliance, nuclear program for peace deal with Israel

Channel 12 says Riyadh also wants US arms deals unfrozen and for Israel to begin peace process with Palestinians, while US said also demanding end to Israel’s judicial overhaul

6:27 pm

Several opposition lawmakers ejected as Netanyahu presents budget
6:11 pm

Lapid slams 'reckless' budget, says next generation will be poorer than parents
5:58 pm

Islamic Jihad chief: commanders killed because they carried their cell phones

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) receives an invitation to the COP28 climate summit in November in Dubai from Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE ambassador to Israel, May 25, 2023 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

After months of delays, Netanyahu receives invitation to visit UAE for world summit

By Lazar Berman

PM, along with Herzog, invited to attend global COP28 climate confab in November; individual visit by Israeli premier to Abu Dhabi was canceled months ago and not yet rescheduled

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) receives an invitation to the COP28 climate summit in November in Dubai from Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE ambassador to Israel, May 25, 2023 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 23: Netanyahu finally gets UAE invite, but not the one he wanted

File: Benjamin Netanyahu (right) during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on December 13, 2021; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Netanyahu said to speak with Saudi Arabia’s MBS about flights for Israeli pilgrims

Clockwise from left: Arthur Szyk, Maimonides, New Canaan,1950, Watercolor and gouache on paper. (Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, gift of Louis Werner); Moses Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah, Egypt, after 1168. (The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford); Guide of the Perplexed, Barcelona, 1347 or 1348, by Moses Maimonides. (The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen/ all images from the Yeshiva University Museum exhibition 'The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries')

'Everyone can see themselves in his work'

Legacy of 12th-century rabbi, doctor and thinker Moses Maimonides on display in NY

By Cathryn J. Prince

‘The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries,’ a Yeshiva University exhibit, shows the far-reaching impact of one of the Middle Age’s most prolific Torah scholars

Political sources deny interim overhaul deal imminent after leak of reported proposal

Sources in the coalition and opposition on Tuesday denied that an interim deal was imminent in the ongoing talks aimed at reaching an agreement on changes to the judicial system, responding to a report that the office of President Isaac Herzog has floated an agreement under which fundamental changes of this sort... Continue Reading

President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

Anti-overhaul protesters gather in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2023. (Amir Goldstein/ Courtesy)

60% of Americans back reevaluating ties with Israel if judicial reform passes – poll

Faydra L. Shapiro

This Jew is binge-watching The Chosen (maybe you should too)

The TV drama all the Christians were talking about presents the most intensely Jewish Jesus and Gospels we’ve ever had

Shavuot shakes the foundations of existence

The Exodus changed the Jewish people — but the giving of the Torah changed everything

Israeli security forces demolish the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank village of Ni'lin on May 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF razes West Bank home of terrorist in March Tel Aviv shooting

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As inflation persists, Bank of Israel hikes interest rates for 10th time, to 4.75%

By Sharon Wrobel

Central bank lifts borrowing costs by 25 basis points, citing inflation above 5% and a tight labor market; sees signs of moderation in economic activity

A branch of Bank Leumi in central Jerusalem (Maxim Dinshtein/Flash90)

Bank Leumi earns NIS 981m in 1st quarter, down 39%, after US bank value writedown

By Sharon Wrobel

Michal Cohen, director-general of the Israel Competition Authority, speaks during an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Lack of trust’: Economy minister asks Competition Authority chief to resign

Ultranationalist MK says goal of new law is to resettle north West Bank settlements

By Jeremy Sharon

The ultimate goal of a law passed in March repealing part of the 2005 Disengagement Law is to resettle four evacuated Jewish settlements in the northern West Banks, Otzma Yehudit MK and settlement activist Limor Son Har Melech said. She made the comments in the wake of a... Continue Reading

View of the illegal settlement outpost of Homesh, in the West Bank, on November 17, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

A handout photo from the Samaria Regional Council shows a bullet hole in an Israeli car that was struck in a shooting attack in the northern West Bank, May 22, 2023. (Samaria Regional Council)

Israeli car struck by gunfire in northern West Bank

Archaeology

Family building a house in northern Israel destroys 1,800-year-old burial cave

By Melanie Lidman

Inspectors raid construction site where bulldozers flattened cave, find ossuaries; owner to be indicted for failing to report antiquity discovery

An on-stage ‘Transparent’ musical looks to transcend the Amazon show’s rocky ending

By Shira Li Bartov

JTA — When the Amazon series “Transparent” premiered in 2014, America had never met a family like the Pfeffermans on TV. The hit dramedy, following a Jewish family of three adult siblings whose parent comes out as a transgender woman in her 60s, was the first scripted series... Continue Reading

From left to right: Jimmy Ray Bennett, Adina Verson and Samora la Perdida at rehearsal for 'A Transparent Musical.' (Reza Allah-Bakhshi/Capture Imaging via JTA)

Brandon Uranowitz, left, as Nathan, and Arty Froushan as Leo. The latter character is a stand-in for Stoppard. (Joan Marcus via JTA)

Spielberg for StoppardSpielberg seeking to adapt ‘Leopoldstadt’ Holocaust play for TV

By Gabe Friedman

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott delivers his speech announcing his candidacy for president of the United States on the campus of y in North Charleston, South Carolina, May 22, 2023. (Mic Smith/ AP)

Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential bid, seeking optimistic contrast to rivals

By MEG KINNARD and Will Weissert

Senate’s only Black Republican says US needs a leader who wants ‘commonsense’ solutions, but Democrats say he doesn’t offer a real alternative to Trump’s MAGA policies

US President Joe Biden meets with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) about the debt ceiling, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2023. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Biden, McCarthy call debt talks ‘productive,’ but no deal as June 1 deadline looms

By Frankie TAGGART

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Foreign Minister Eli Cohen arrives at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Members of the LGBQT community and supporters protest against Jerusalem city council member Yonatan Yosef, outside the Jerusalem Municipality town hall on May 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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In this photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Sinan Ogan, former presidential candidate from ATA alliance, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 19, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)

Erdogan wins endorsement from third-place candidate ahead of Turkish election runoff

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A fan waves a Palestinian flag in the stands of a U-20 World Cup match between Israel and Columbia on May 21, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Palestinian flag sparks tension during Israel’s U-20 World Cup loss to Colombia

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Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

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The Wikipedia page about the Holocaust in Poland. (JTA illustration)

Wikipedia bans editors but sidesteps broader action in Holocaust distortion row

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Illustrative: US pop singer Madonna performs during a concert in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2009. (Amir Meiri/Flash90)

Spiritual girlMadonna said set to visit Israel for Shavuot

Former model Karin Bauman speaks at a Knesset Health Committee hearing on January 25, 2022. (Dani Shem-Tov/Knesset)

Former model Karin Bauman dies at 35 after years-long battle with anorexia

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