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What Matters Most On Monday, May 29, 2023

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Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan (right) afixes a mezuzah to the new yeshiva in Homesh, May 29, 2023. (Roi Hadi)

Yeshiva gets new home in north West Bank outpost as legalization efforts gather steam

By Jeremy Sharon

Homesh yeshiva moves from its old site on private Palestinian land to state land, with government planning to legalize the outpost despite opposition from the US

Illustrative: Visitors walk by the water tower on the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh on August 27, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 29: Overnight pop-up West Bank yeshiva signals settlers’ strategy

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)

Opposition infighting heats up over seat on judge selection panel

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Lapid tries to push a candidate from his own party, while a National Unity official accuses the opposition leader of ‘putting the cart before the horse’

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)

Coalition said to propose freezing key parts of judicial overhaul for a year

Israelis opposed to the government's judicial overhaul protest outside the Tikvah Fund's offices in New York City, March 8, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Israelis in NYC to protest coalition lawmakers in town for Celebrate Israel Parade

Analysis

Why Netanyahu has put a halt to a handful of radical coalition measures – for now

Immediately following the approval of the two-year state budget last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the inauguration of a new era of political stability which, he vowed, would last the full four years of his government’s term in office. Netanyahu is certainly no stranger to bombast, and his rush to announce political tranquility during... Continue Reading

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

David Bitan, chairman of the Knesset Economic Committee, heads a committee hearing, March 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Likud MK says Netanyahu won’t bring back overhaul since he knows he ‘made a mistake’

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration marking the annual Land Day in the northern Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin on March 30, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Bill to ban waving Palestinian flags on campuses temporarily shelved by ministers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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In this file photo taken on March 11, 2009, Haredi men gather at a yeshiva in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

At Haredi demand, contentious resolution will list Torah study among Zionist values

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Ultra-Orthodox parties objected to original text, fearing their community might not get benefits if priority is given to those who serve in IDF; cabinet may vote on text this week

Noam chair Avi Maoz speaks during a function at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Cabinet approves Maoz’s return to role overseeing school programing, Jewish identity

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

MK Simcha Rothman being escorted by police into a panel at Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023 (Screenshot from Twitter used in accordance with section 27A of the Copyright Law 2007).

MK Rothman evacuated by police from Tel Aviv University event amid protest

Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a cabinet in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin said to call for judges who ‘understand’ why Jews don’t want to live near Arabs

Justice minister reportedly makes comment on High Court to cabinet; report says coalition plans to stick with custom, naming only one member to judicial appointments panel

Lila Corwin Berman

Calling your definition of antisemitism ‘mainstream’ doesn’t make it so

The very designation gives select organizations the power to normalize their own agenda, and exclude those seeking solidarity between Israelis and Palestinians

This plan of national suicide is already underway

Doubling West Bank settlement, crushing the PA, gutting the courts: Smotrich, Ben Gvir and Netanyahu have a frightening vision for Israel

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early on the morning of May 29, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian killed, 7 wounded in IDF raid in Jenin; no arrests made

By Emanuel Fabian

Army says troops came under ‘massive gunfire’ in overnight op, vehicles damaged by bombs; fatality was member of Al-Aqsa brigade terror group; 6 detained elsewhere in West Bank

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early on May 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Palestinian placing explosive device on West Bank highway shot by troops

By Emanuel Fabian

Damage is seen caused to a home in the northern town of Gan Ner (left) and a Palestinian owned car outside the West Bank settlement of Mevo Dotan, in shooting attacks by Palestinian terrorists, May 28, 2023. (Courtesy)

Jenin-based terrorists open fire at West Bank settlement, northern town; no injuries

By Emanuel Fabian

Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan (right) visits the new yeshiva in Homesh, May 29, 2023. (Roi Hadi)

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‘Deeply troubled’: US assails Israeli efforts to legalize settlement of Homesh

State Department says government’s moves to recognize outpost are ‘inconsistent’ with previous Israeli commitments to the US

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Police open murder investigation after man killed in southern town
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Herzog speaks with Erdogan, congratulates him on election victory
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Health Ministry rebukes Elon Musk for ‘fake news’ about COVID-19

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during an award ceremony in Minsk, Belarus, on July 2, 2021. (Vladimir Martsul/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

‘Nuclear weapons for all’: Belarus leader invites others to join Russian alliance

Lukashenko and Putin recently announced deal to transfer Russian nuclear warheads to neighbor’s territory

Firefighters extinguish a fire caused by fragments of a Russian rocket after it was shot down by air defense systems during a Russian rocket attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry via AP, File)

Kyiv residents terrorized by Russia’s nighttime air raid campaign

By SAMYA KULLAB

An illustrative photo of Nvidia's HGX supercomputing platform. (Courtesy)

Nvidia taps into Israeli innovation to build generative AI cloud supercomputer

By Sharon Wrobel

Chip giant says Israel-1 supercomputer valued at several hundred million dollars is a ‘major investment’ that will boost next-generation AI workloads

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)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman to visit Tel Aviv next week as part of worldwide AI tour

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel's XJet develops technology for 3D printing for metal and ceramic parts. (Courtesy)

Israel’s 3D printing firm XJet seeks to raise $10m from Nasdaq IPO

By Sharon Wrobel

Tirtza Carmi, a resident of Harish, and a friend wear t-shirts reading, 'Freedom fighter' to a demonstration against religious coercion in Harish, Israel, on May 27, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

'What example would I be setting by saying I’m too afraid?'

Play center in Harish becomes unlikely battleground for Haredi and secular residents

By Canaan Lidor

Fast-growing and diverse, the city that started out as an army outpost is seen as a test case for coexistence, after an altercation over Shabbat observance makes national news

Israeli women dressed as characters from 'The Handmaid's Tale' television show protest against disadvantages for women in the state rabbinical courts and against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Tel Aviv Rabbinical Court, May 4, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel ranked lowest of all OECD countries in gender equality index

Jewish state scores worse than Turkey, and over twice as bad as UK and France; director of government group to advance women’s rights urges thorough examination by relevant bodies

Jewish activists clash with police during a protest against a conference of Christians outside the Davidson Center in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 28, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/ Flash90)

Foreign Ministry condemns 'any attacks on religious figures'

Near the Western Wall, Jewish radicals shout at Christian Evangelicals to ‘go home’

By Canaan Lidor

Violent protest, attended by Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King, underlines theological strains on the two movements’ political partnership

Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Ben Gvir said to reject plea for him to sidestep Jerusalem Pride Parade security

Far-right national security minister reportedly says he will oversee police activity to secure LGBTQ event, despite long history of protesting it before he entered government

Members of the LGBT community and supporters participate in a protest march in support of the transgender community, in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Protesters decry Hebrew edition launch of book criticizing ‘transgender craze’

Composite photo: Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (right) speaks during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on May 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly cabinet meeting, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir sues Ya’alon for claiming he supports chants of ‘Death to Arabs’

Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to supporters at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (AP/Ali Unal)

World leaders congratulate Erdogan on reelection victory in historic runoff

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Biden, Zelensky, Herzog, Putin offer messages of congratulations to long-time Turkish president who now extends rule into third decade

A participant waves a rainbow flag during a Pride march in Istanbul, on June 26, 2022 (KEMAL ASLAN / AFP)

‘I feel deeply afraid’: Turkey’s LGBTQ community dreads future under Erdogan

Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrate outside his residence in Istanbul, Turkey, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco)

Erdogan’s historic victory: Turkey’s undisputed titan enters third decade of rule

By Imran MARASHLI

Protesters wave an Israeli flag at a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Protester with Israeli flag rushes stage at Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt

By ToI Staff and AP

Demonstrators wave flags from crowd at controversial act of former Pink Floyd frontman; Waters under investigation in Germany for incitement after donning Nazi garb onstage

A woman holds a sign as she takes part in a protest against a Roger Waters concert later in the day in the Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Jewish, local groups hold memorial, protest at Roger Waters gig in Frankfurt

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Illustrative: An Iranian police officer walks at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, February 25, 2019. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran claims to nab 14 members of ‘terrorist team’ linked to Israel

Judicial official says squad planned to carry out assassinations of ‘various individuals,’ without providing details

A locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Hackers post photos of Iranian opposition leaders on government websites

By Jon Gambrell

A copy of the Hammihan newspaper, featuring on its cover a drawing of Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi and a statement by the Tehran Journalists' Association criticizing their detention by authorities on October 30, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iranian journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini’s death brought to court for trial

By AFP

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Illustrative. This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near the international airport in Damascus, Syria, January 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)

Israeli airstrikes said to hit targets in Syrian capital

By Emanuel Fabian

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a conference of the Makor Rishon newspaper at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is ‘absolutely possible,’ says ex-Mossad chief

By Lazar Berman

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Appropriations hearing on the president's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Russia issues arrest warrant for US Sen. Graham over Ukraine military aid comments

By AP

This is a locator map for Saudi Arabia with its capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo)

Saudi Arabia executes two Bahraini men convicted of belonging to militant group

By AP

Screen capture from video of Efi Nave at the Lod District Court, May 28, 2023. (Walla. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Court rejects ex-bar association chief’s appeal to overturn passport scam conviction

Arnold Horween, right, and Ralph Horween, left, in 1919. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

InterviewHow Arnold Horween, an unsung Jewish Harvard hero, changed American sports

By jacob gurvis

Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister Donald Tusk watches lawmakers vote to approve a contentious draft law in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president seeks experts’ advice on controversial bill targeting opposition

By AP

In this image released by the Italian firefighters, a helicopter searches for missing passengers after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region, May 28, 2023. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

Israeli man among 4 killed as tourist boat overturns in Italy

By ToI Staff and AFP

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