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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 24, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MKs and ministers after the Knesset passed the 2023-2024 budget, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset approves 2023-2024 budget in all-night vote, patching coalition rift

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Lawmakers speed through hundreds of objections to pass fiscal roadmap decried as ‘reckless’ by critics opposed to earmarks for ultra-Orthodox

Opposition leader Yair Lapid delivers a speech in the Knesset plenum during the budget debate, May 23, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid slams ‘most destructive budget in nation’s history’; Ben Gvir hails ‘new dawn’

By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) shakes hands with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) at the Knesset, alongside other coalition party heads ahead of passing the 2023-2024 state budget vote, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MKs push budget bills through Knesset as PM boasts government will last full 4 years

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Levin during a discussion and a vote on the state budget at Knesset in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Netanyahu says judicial overhaul to return to agenda now that budget has passed

Bucking speculation he may attempt to quietly bury the plan, PM says he hopes talks will yield compromise; Lapid calls on Herzog to demand ‘immediate clarification’ from premier

File: US President Joe Biden meets then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. At left is Secretary of State Antony Blinken; 2nd-left is US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides. (GPO)

US wants Israel to shelve judicial overhaul in return for Saudi normalization — TV

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivers a video message at an Israel Air Force base on May 23, 2023. (The Ministry of Defense)

Iran official: 'Unprecedented' response if nuke sites hit

In veiled threat to Iran, Gallant says air force preparing for ‘main goal’

By Canaan Lidor

Defense chief hails recent strikes in Gaza but says IDF readying for threat that is ‘more complex, more difficult, and more significant’; PM: Israel ‘constantly surprising Iran’

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows construction on a new underground facility at Iran's Natanz nuclear site, on April 14, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran says it will work with inspectors after new tunnels near nuke site uncovered

By Jon Gambrell

This photo released November 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility near Natanz, Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 24: Tit-for-tat threats as IDF head delivers clear warning to Iran

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Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Why the new state budget both favors and hurts Haredim… and deeply threatens Israel

At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, an old Haredi myth has it, lie a million sets of tefillin, the phylacteries worn on arm and head by Jews at prayer. In the six decades that preceded the Holocaust, nearly three million Jews fled Europe westward to the Americas. According to the Haredi rabbinic leadership back in Eastern Europe at the... Continue Reading

Haredi men attend the funeral of Rabbi Moshe Shapira in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israelis protest against a budget proposal in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

Thousands in Jerusalem rally against budget, deals for ultra-Orthodox

By AFP

An infected black sea urchin dying in the Mediterranean Sea, exhibiting typical symptoms of an exposed skeleton and lost tissue and spines. (Konstantinos Kalaentzis)

Marine expert fears irreversible reef damage

Epidemic wipes out all Eilat Bay urchins; coral reefs face suffocation by algae

Experts rush to understand cause of mass die-offs in Red Sea of keystone species that feeds on algae, as pathogenic parasite spreads quickly, killing the creatures within 48 hours

A child in Malawi enjoys clean water thanks to the work of Innovation Africa. (Innovation Africa)

Three clean water startups win contest to pilot their technology in Africa

Beitar Jerusalem fans storm the field at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, May 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Beitar J’lem fans storm pitch after Cup win, Herzog evacuated; team may lose trophy

President rushed away under heavy security as awards ceremony canceled due to chaos on field, sparking threat from soccer association to strip team of first tourney win in 14 years

President Isaac Herzog at an event at which he presented Beitar Jerusalem soccer team with the State Cup, at his official residence in Jerusalem on May 24, 2023. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)

President awards Beitar soccer trophy after fan chaos on field mars Cup ceremony

By AP and ToI Staff

Amid signs of expansion, Israel assures US it’s not planning to double settler numbers

WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle sought to assure the Biden administration on Tuesday that Israel was not pursuing a major expansion in West Bank settlements, amid signals to the contrary from the IDF and one of the government's most senior members. The messages from Netanyahu's... Continue Reading

Israelis gather at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank on April 10, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Christiane Amanpour participates in the 'Amanpour and Co.' panel during the TCA Summer Press Tour on July 30, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

CNN anchor Amanpour apologizes for calling terror attack on Dee family a ‘shootout’

Rabbi Leo Dee says he does not accept reporter’s apology for causing him ‘further pain,’ calling it ‘too little, too late’ six weeks after journalist’s original comments

Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh is seen being detained in Umm al-Fahm over an alleged Hamas bombing plot, early on April 2, 2023. (Israel Police; Shin Bet)

Shin Bet says it foiled Hadera bus bombing by Umm al-Fahm man recruited by Hamas

By Emanuel Fabian

Agency alleges Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh was suffering financial pressure and mental distress before he was directed by Gaza-ruling terror group to carry out attack

Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziyad al-Nakhalah in 2022. (Wikimedia Common/Erfan Kouchari)

Islamic Jihad chief: Gaza commanders were killed because they carried cellphones

By Canaan Lidor

What Haredi mothers want

By law, my son receives 55% of the state funding allocated to Israel’s non-ultra-Orthodox students, and we’re the ’bloodsuckers’?!

A US default would put both American and Israeli security at risk

An end to global economic dominance would create an opportunity for Russia, Iran, ISIS, and China to step into the breach

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

Live updates (closed)

Settlers, Palestinians clash in disputed incident near Homesh outpost

Yesh Din claims extremist settlers attacked Palestinians in village of Burqa, harming several, while Samaria Regional Council says Palestinians threw rocks at settlers, hurting one

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Saudi Arabia, Canada to restore full diplomatic ties
6:15 pm

Israeli man stabbed to death in Dubai
6:02 pm

Hamas-affiliated bloc wins student vote at Birzeit University near Ramallah

Shikma Bressler attends an anti-judicial overhaul rally at the gates of the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Interview

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Protest leader says ‘grassroots’ initiative raised NIS 50m to fight judicial overhaul

20 weeks in, Shikma Bressler says movement’s highly organized but loose structure allows multiple strategies to counter coalition’s plans; acknowledges lack of positive goals

Interview'We've been told where to live, we've been put in ghettoes'

Unsettled by Jewish history, a California lawmaker takes on his state’s housing woes

By Louis Sallerson

Co-chair of Sacramento’s Jewish Caucus, State Senator Scott Wiener cites his upbringing as inspiring legislation that will allow religious institutions to build homes on their land

Likud MK David Amsalem (left) reacts during a discussion and a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu gives Amsalem responsibility for sensitive atomic energy authority

While PM maintains ultimate control of Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Likud colleague will reportedly be his representative; opposition MK raps putting firebrand minister in role

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen attends a Knesset Finance Committee meeting in Jerusalem, January 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir sanctions his party MK for insubordination on budget vote boycott

Miami staircase designed by Adam Steel 2022. Courtesy Adam Steel.

Israeli metal man Adam Steel rocks design world with luxe works from aluminum to zinc

By Danielle Nagler

A wunderkind of metal interior architecture, Steel is creating unique, high quality fixtures like stairs and doors for private clients and large corporations around the world

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia extends detention of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on March 27, 2023. (Denes Erdos/AP)

Hungary’s Orban says Ukraine can’t win against Russia, calls for negotiated peace

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara (C) and their son Yair seen with actress Kate Hudson at an event held at the home of producer Arnon Milchan (right), March 6, 2014. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu given okay to be present in London as Milchan testifies remotely

Illustration: Jaguar Land Rover electric vehicle. (Courtesy)

Jaguar Land Rover launches Israeli hub to scout for local startups, mobility tech

By Sharon Wrobel

An IDF soldier being held by the Shin Bet on suspicion of a racially motivated attack on an Arab man in Israel. (Courtesy/Honenu)

Soldier questioned by Shin Bet for alleged racist attack on Arab minors

By Emanuel Fabian

A box truck is seen crashed into a security barrier at a park across from the White House, Monday night, May 22, 2023 in Washington. (Benjamin Berger via AP)

US police find Nazi flag in truck used for alleged ramming attempt near White House

By AP

A demonstrator wrapped in a flag of the German empire stands opposite riot policemen standing guard in front of the Reichstag building, which houses the Bundestag lower house of parliament, after protesters tried to storm it at the end of a demonstration called by far-right and COVID-19 deniers to protest against restrictions, in Berlin, on August 29, 2020. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Germany clears anti-vaxxer who called Israel worse than Nazis

By AP

The Empire State Building in New York City, November 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Hezbollah sleeper who photographed US landmarks for possible attacks gets 12 years

By AP and ToI Staff

A picture published by Turkish media of Selçuk Küçükkaya, an alleged ringleader of a Mossad cell in Turkey on May 23, 2023 (Twitter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Turkey said to bust Mossad ring operating against Iranian targets

By Canaan Lidor

Illustrative: Human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor shows Associated Press journalists a screenshot of a spoof text message, used to attempt to hack him, in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, August 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Report: Israel nixed QuaDream’s spyware deal with Morocco, leading to firm’s closure

Bara'ah Jaber Masarwa (right) and her sons Amir and Adam, murdered overnight in Taibe on May 1, 2023. (Courtesy)

Man indicted for murdering wife, 2 young children by stabbing them to death

Screen capture from undated video of Chas Newby performing at a concert. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

No regretsChas Newby, briefly bassist for The Beatles, dies aged 81

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