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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 11, 2023

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Police fire water cannons to disperse a protest against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on July 11, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Protests ramp up with roads blocked, dozens detained; thousands converge on airport

Water cannons, mounted police disperse protesters in major cities after ‘reasonableness’ bill passes 1st vote; minister: ‘Won’t give in to this terror’; labor leader may intervene

Demonstrators block a road and clash with police during a protest against the judicial overhaul on Route 1, near Ein Hemed, July 11, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Protesters block highways as they kick off ‘day of disruption’ against overhaul

By ToI Staff and AP

Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators protest against the judicial overhaul in Haifa, on July 11, 2023 (Photo by Shir Torem/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 11: Day of Disruption protests pop up ‘like mushrooms after rain’

Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Police clear out Tel Aviv protesters, ending day of mass rallies against overhaul

Remaining demonstrators pushed onto sidewalk as street opens back up to traffic; Ben Gvir reportedly claims cops used reasonable force despite abuse complaints

9:43 pm

Army officer arrested at protest released -- IDF
9:37 pm

Hundreds rally against overhaul in New York
9:15 pm

Most Tel Aviv protesters dispersed as rallies sputter out

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Juztice Minister Yariv Levin and other coalition lawmakers celebrate after the Knesset approves the first reading of the 'reasonableness' bill, early on July 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition MKs cry 'Shame' as 64-56 vote is announced

Bill to erase judicial ‘reasonableness’ test for politicians passes 1st reading

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Beset by protesters, and firmly encouraged by Netanyahu, coalition advances legislation that bars courts from reviewing reasonableness of elected officials’ decisions

MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset floor, July 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Not over’: Opposition vows to keep up fight after government advances judicial bill

Anti-judicial overhaul activists are removed from the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Protesters forcibly removed from Knesset ahead of vote on ‘reasonableness’ bill

Promoted Content

New Israeli TV Series: The Lesson

Fauda star Doron Ben-David leads ‘The Lesson’, winner of Israel’s Best Drama Series Award 2023, now streaming exclusively on Jewish streaming platform ChaiFlicks.

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas R. Nides, right, speaks at the annual National Leadership Mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2023. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo/File)

Nides: US working to stop Israel from ‘going off the rails’ with judicial overhaul

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

In interview with Wall Street Journal, departing US envoy says he told Netanyahu to ‘tap the brakes, slow down’ efforts to remake judiciary, and to seek broad consensus

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli at the Knesset, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Likud minister claims Biden coordinating overhaul criticism with Lapid, Ehud Barak

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Knesset faction meeting of his far-right Religious Zionism party, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Smotrich, Ben Gvir respond to Biden: Jews have right to build everywhere in West Bank

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Knesset panel chair says he’s unwilling to change essentials of ‘reasonableness’ bill

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Hours after first vote, Rothman reconvenes panel on bill to nix judicial oversight tool; claims it will only apply to cabinet and ministers despite its mention of ‘other officials’

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman (R) chairs a hearing of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on the "reasonableness" bill, preparing it for its final Knesset reading, amid widespread national protests, hours after it passed a first reading, July 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)

300 cyberwarfare reservists say they won’t volunteer for duty, as overhaul advanced

By Emanuel Fabian

Gallant quoted warning ministers IDF ‘will not be able to withstand’ certain number of key reserve members quitting service

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on July 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid calls for talks as he slams coalition for seeking to appoint ‘obedient puppets’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jeremy Sharon

How will the world end? Not with a bang (that’s too loud)

Environment Minister Silman seems to think Israel’s biggest climate problem is noise pollution from demonstrators

CUNY activists add ‘dehumanization’ to Sharansky’s ‘3 Ds of antisemitism’

A faculty-and-staff union dubbed CUNY’s critique of a commencement hate speech betrayal; now our faculty group is speaking truth to power

In bid to cure rare disease, scientists discover treatment for statin side effect

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Ben Gurion University and Soroka Medical Center genetic researchers focus on commonalities between a type of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and the cholesterol synthesis pathway

Dr. Loren Schechter (center), one of the United States' foremost experts on transgender surgery, with teams from Galilee Medical Center and Sheba Medical Center, July 2023. (Roni Albert)

Gender-affirming surgery performed at Galilee Medical Center for first time

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Until now, all such operations were done at Sheba Medical Center; expert from Chicago guides teams from both hospitals in three male-to-female procedures

UN report: Israel’s West Bank policies are undermining international legal order

By Lazar Berman

Francesca Albanese, who has been accused of antisemitism, calls on PA security cooperation with Israel to cease over ‘settler-colonial apartheid’ crimes

File - UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese addresses the UN, October 2022. (Screenshot/ YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A screenshot from a video published on July 10, 2023, shows a rocket that a Palestinian group calling itself the Al-Ayyash Batallion claimed to have fired from Jenin at the northern West Bank settlement of Shaked. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian group attempts to fire rockets from Jenin area at nearby settlement

By Emanuel Fabian

A screenshot from a video posted by Ichilov Hospital on July 10, 2023 of Saba Gavriyot, 31, who was seriously hurt in the Tel Aviv car-ramming attack on July 4, 2023, and miscarried as a result of her wounds. (Screenshot from Walla, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘I lost my baby’: Woman badly hurt in Tel Aviv terror attack speaks from hospital bed

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Via AP)

US intelligence says Iran not currently developing nuclear weapons

Assessment says Tehran is ramping up activities that could lead to nukes, and improving its missiles, but not working toward weapons of mass destruction at the moment

Fawzan Mosa Khan, an Afghan arrested in Azerbaijan on suspicion of planning an attack on Israel's embassy. (Screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Azerbaijan arrests Afghan man for planning attack on Israel’s embassy

By Lazar Berman

Fawzan Mosa Khan under interrogation for potentially deadly plot in Baku; security forces searching for members of cell

Gili Yalo (left) and Ester Rada (right) perform in 'Tazeta,' ('Nostalgia' in Amharic), a concert melding the sounds of jazz and pop from Ethiopian music, with conductor Tom Cohen and his East-West Orchestra on July 10, 2023 (Courtesy Israeli Opera)

Ester Rada, Gili Yalo and Tom Cohen offer soulful sound of Ethiopian jazz and pop

By Jessica Steinberg

Cohen’s Jerusalem Orchestra East West add strings, drums and keyboard to performers singing Amharic and English

US rockers The Black Keys bring intense energy to first Israel show

By Jessica Steinberg

Guitarist Buddy Guy cancels Israel shows, citing ‘military operations’

By Jessica Steinberg

A swollen River Beas following heavy rains in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India, July 9, 2023. (Aqil Khan/AP)

Foreign Ministry says around 200 Israelis still unreachable as monsoons lash India

By ToI Staff and AP

With communications down after floods, officials striving to make contact with travelers; no indications of any Israelis injured

More Headlines

A previously submerged tree stump is pictured on the dry bed of Woodhead Reservoir, revealed by a falling water level, near Glossop, northern England on July 10, 2023. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Last week was the hottest worldwide on record, says UN climate agency

By Kelly MacNamara

Arab Israeli actor Hisham Suliman seen during the final of the VIP season, of the Big Brother reality show at Neve Ilan studio outside Jerusalem, March 2, 2019. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

Ben Gvir bans Arab ‘Fauda’ star from event, citing 2015 remarks

Screen capture from video of Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, who is a fugitive from US authorities over alleged illegal ties with China and arms dealing, July 7, 2023. (YouTube, (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

US-Israeli analyst charged in New York with being covert China agent, arms dealing

By AFP and ToI Staff

This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

Pittsburgh synagogue trial: Expert says antisemitism spurred shooter, not delusions

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem on January 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel holds rates for now, warns about judicial risk to economy

By Sharon Wrobel

Team Morocco files into the Haifa International Convention Center at the opening ceremony for the 41st JCC Maccabi Games, July 9, 2023. (JCC Association)

‘Build bridges of understanding with fellow Jews,’ Herzog tells young JCC athletes

The damage caused to a Palestinian home by Jewish settlers in the West Bank village of Turmus Aya, on June 21, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

5th suspect placed under administrative detention over settler riots last month

A 3D printer prints a heart with human tissue during a presentation at Tel Aviv University, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, April 15, 2019. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Robotic deliveries, 3D-printed organs: Israel seeks to bring the future closer

By Sharon Wrobel

Screen capture from video of a man approaching an underground garbage bin where he was later found dead, July 9, 2023. (Channel 12. used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Elderly man found dead in underground garbage bin two days after falling in

Spain closes probe into Pegasus spyware over Israel’s ‘complete lack of cooperation’

By AFP

Fulham's Manor Solomon celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage stadium in London, February 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Israeli soccer star Manor Solomon joins Premier League’s Tottenham

By jacob gurvis

Virginia's Jake Gelof hits a home run during the eighth inning against Duke in Game 2 of an NCAA college baseball tournament super regional game, in Charlottesville, Virginia, June 10, 2023. (John C. Clark/AP)

Jewish baseball star Jake Gelof selected in second round of MLB Draft

By jacob gurvis

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