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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 16, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from the Sheba Medical Center, July 15, 2023. (Courtesy)

Netanyahu leaves hospital following dehydration; doctors implant heart monitor

After all-night hospitalization, Sheba Medical Center says premier’s heart is ‘completely normal’ and that doctors used a subcutaneous Holter monitor ‘as is customary’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara during a vacation near the Sea of Galilee on July 14, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu remains in hospital overnight, set to be released Sunday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, where he is hospitalized, and says he feels 'very good,' July 15. 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

Netanyahu says he’s feeling ‘very good’ after hospitalized with apparent dehydration

Explainer

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Netanyahu hasn’t designated an acting PM. What would that mean if he’s out of action?

Keeping with his past policy, Netanyahu didn’t tap an automatic successor upon taking office in December. However, his health scares and legal woes may end up affecting his tenure

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset session on July 10, with Likud ministers Yariv Levin (left) and Israel Katz seated either side of him. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Israeli forces at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack, near the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, July 16, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israeli man seriously injured, 2 daughters lightly hurt in West Bank terror shooting

By Emanuel Fabian

Children hit by shrapnel in attack near Tekoa settlement; alleged gunman arrested in Bethlehem after manhunt, identified as Hamas activist from Hebron

Connect2Innovate Bahrain opening gala:

Left to Right: Ambassador Steve Bondy (Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Bahrain), Ambassador Eitan Na'eh (Ambassador of Israel to the Kingdom of Bahrain), Avi Hasson, H.E. Minister Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro (Minister of Industry and Commerce), H.E. Khalid Yusuf Ahmed Al Jalahma, (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Israel) and H.E. Khalid Humaidan (CEO of EDB)

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Exploring Innovation Initiatives Between Israel and Bahrain

Learn how the latest collaborations between Israel and Bahrain have the potential to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life for all people in the MENA region.

Members of the Brothers in Arms protest group demonstrate against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the home of Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana in Tel Aviv, on June 6, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ex-commander of elite navy unit suspends reserve service

As overhaul advances, 4,000 reservists in key roles threaten to end volunteer duty

By Emanuel Fabian

Hundreds of pilots, commandos, cyberwarfare experts included in growing list of military reserve members protesting against changes to judicial system

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, sits with former prime minister Ehud Barak, left, as former IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz walks during a press conference at the Tel Nof Air Force base, October 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 16: Elite IDF unit that spawned three PMs faces off with Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) embraces Likud activist Itzik Zarka during a party faction meeting at the Knesset on July 9, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Likud seeks to oust member who said ‘6 million’ anti-overhaul protesters should burn

Itzik Zarka, who is close with senior politicians including Netanyahu, calls demonstrators ‘Ashkenazim, traitors, whores, cancer’; ruling party members condemn, police open probe

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, July 15, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Protesters stage 28th weekly mass rallies ahead of ‘critical week’ in overhaul fight

Israel's Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog. (Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu said to bash Israeli envoy to US over his lack of invite to White House

‘You should be doing more to obtain an invitation,’ PM reportedly complains to Mike Herzog amid strained ties with Biden administration

6:13 pm

Protesters rally outside home of Tel Aviv police chief who resigned, in show of support
5:51 pm

Mounted officer investigated on suspicion of assaulting protester
5:39 pm

Netanyahu said to bash Israeli envoy to US over his lack of invite to White House

No longer a tourist

On the heels of the 2,000-year-old dream, I have a new one: To foster respect in Israel and help close the gaps in our society

Jenin operation was successful, but Israel needs a strategy

Claims the operation was a paradigm shift are baseless – those who believe Israel can annex millions of Palestinians are clueless

File: IDF soldiers guard the northern border with Lebanon, during a demonstration on the Lebanese side of the border marking the 17th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, July 12, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Top IDF officer tells mayors chance of conflict with Hezbollah appears low

Council heads express concern over rumors of war after recent border clashes, but head of Northern Command says residents can go about their business as normal

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a press conference at the Knesset on July 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ben Gvir says he doesn’t want Shin Bet’s ‘advice’ on fighting crime, only its tools

Police minister makes remark in response to report that his ministry hasn’t taken up security agency’s offer to supply advisers for countering violent crime wave in Arab community

Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)

Man shot dead in Ramle, 124th member of Arab community killed this year

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, center, speaks to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir after a Knesset vote in Jerusalem, February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gallant said to slam bill enabling Ben Gvir to jail criminal suspects without charge

The Israeli U-20 national basketball team following their victory over Germany in the quarterfinals of the European Championship in Crete, Greece, July 13, 2023. (FIBA)

Israeli U-20 basketball team defeats Belgium at Euro semifinal, clearing path to gold

National team heads to tournament’s final match for sixth time in history, after 67-46 win; will face France on Sunday

File: Raz Hershko celebrates after defeating China's Xu Shiyan (not pictured) during the women's +78Kg bronze medal bout at the World Judo Championship in Doha, Qatar, on May 13, 2023. (KARIM JAAFAR/AFP)

Raz Hershko tops women’s international judo rankings, in historic first for Israeli

By Michael Horovitz

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

Beitar Jerusalem docked 4 points for next season after supporters’ riot at cup final

Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot summer day in Tel Aviv, June 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Drownings in first half of beach season nearing total for entire period last year

By Stuart Winer

A snail hides in his shell as it hangs to a dry stalk while the sun rises over a field in Hadera, July 13, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis flock to national parks amid scorching heat

By ToI Staff and AFP

A screen shot from a video showing a forest fire near Kibbutz Heftziba, near Afula, in northern Israel, July 15, 2023. (Channel 13, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Firefighters bring blaze near kibbutz in northern Israel under control

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign event at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 2023. (AP/Josh Reynolds)

RFK Jr. suggests COVID-19 was ‘ethnically targeted’ to avoid Ashkenazi Jews

By Michael Horovitz

Democratic presidential hopeful cites ‘argument’ that Chinese people are also among the ‘most immune’ to virus ‘targeted to attack Caucasians and black people’

Participants in chevruta, or partnered study, during Azara's summer orientation. (Ben Schwaub via JTA)

'There's so much need here for something that goes deeper'

A non-denominational yeshiva opens in Scotland, inspired by models in US and Israel

By Jackie Hajdenberg

While such programs have existed for more than a decade, Azara is perhaps Europe’s first, hoping to offer a pluralistic space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books

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A road is inundated with water from the swollen river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Piyush Nagpal)

Foreign Ministry: We’ve reached all Israelis who were missing due to India flooding

By ToI Staff and AP

An undated image of Jacob Daskal, the president of the Shomrim Brooklyn South Safety Patrol. (screen capture: New York Daily News)

Ex-leader of Shomrim patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sexual abuse of teen girl

By AP and ToI Staff

An anti-aircraft bullet found in the bag of an IDF soldier as she entered Tel Aviv's Savidor station, July 16, 2023. (Israel Police)

Off the railsSoldier tries to board train with part of anti-aircraft munition

Murder and rape suspect Sami Abu Al-Asal, left, in 2023, and right in 2002. (Israel Police)

20 years on, man charged with sexual assault and murder of woman in Eilat

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 14, 2023. (Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

As Ukraine gets US cluster bombs, Putin says Russia also has controversial munition

By Elise Morton

Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during a welcome ceremony in Damascus, Syria, July 16, 2023. (SANA via AP)

Iraqi PM meets Assad in Syria to discuss ties, in first visit in over a decade

By AP

A Twitter headquarters sign is shown in San Francisco, November 4, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Musk says Twitter losing cash amid advertising revenue drop of nearly 50%

In this file photo taken on July 23, 2007, an Iranian policewoman looks on from the back of a police vehicle before the start of a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in the capital Tehran. (Behrouz MEHRI/AFP)

Iran brings back ‘morality police,’ says women without headscarf will be detained

By AP

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