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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks during a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/ Flash90/ File)

Live updates (closed)

11 Likud MKs submit bill to split up, limit powers of AG; party swiftly disavows it

Proposal argues attorney general faces conflict of interest when called upon to investigate cabinet members; ruling party quickly says it’s ‘not on the agenda’

7:44 pm

Likud party on bill to split AG role: It's not on the agenda
7:34 pm

Senate GOP leader briefly leaves news conference after freezing up mid-sentence
6:57 pm

11 Likud MKs submit bill to split up, limit powers of attorney general

Israeli military reservists line up to sign a declaration of refusal to report for duty to protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

IDF says battle-readiness is weeks from being impacted as reservists decamp en masse

By Emanuel Fabian

Military’s ‘competence’ could be damaged if troops continue to suspend volunteer duty to protest government; IDF chief appeals for unity, tells reservists: we need you

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference at Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, File)

Former IDF chief calls on defense minister to resign over judicial overhaul

Hamas terrorists take part in a military parade marking the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 19, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Iranian, Hamas officials discuss response to upheaval in Israel — report

Police officers place a demonstrator in a chokehold during an anti-overhaul protest on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Complaint said filed over police violence toward 18-year-old

Amid widespread claims of brutality at anti-overhaul rallies, police defend conduct

Over 30 protesters sought medical treatment, with police saying 14 officers were wounded Monday; Shabtai: ‘We are working to the best of our abilities, and sometimes make mistakes’

Members of Israel's security forces use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking an entrance to the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Protests ‘not going anywhere’ as activists keep up pressure after overhaul setback

By Isabel Debre and Julia Frankel

Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Labor court orders doctors back to work after day-long strike to protest overhaul

By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff

Netanyahu and Smotrich dismissive: 'A momentary response'

Moody’s after overhaul law: Israel faces negative economic fallout, significant risk

By Sharon Wrobel

Morgan Stanley cuts Israel sovereign credit to ‘dislike stance’; Citi cautions investors about ‘constitutional crisis’ scenario over legislation approved despite lack of consensus

A protester stands in front of a police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Illustration of Israeli currency, July 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 26: Economic instability and IDF uncertainty follow overhaul law

Anti-overhaul activists clash with police during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul, near the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

28% of Israelis considering leaving the country amid judicial upheaval — poll

More than half of respondents say they fear civil war, security deterioration due to political schisms, Channel 13 survey finds

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Several top nuclear scientists said to weigh resigning to protest judicial overhaul

Staff prepare food at the Shila restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2019. (Courtesy of Shila)

Dozens of restaurants to stay open illegally on Tisha B’Av, some to protest overhaul

By Canaan Lidor

Analysis

A time for reason: Will the High Court strike down government’s reasonableness law?

Justices have developed 2 doctrines to potentially block a Basic Law. Does the new legislation limiting the courts’ use of reasonableness justify resorting to this doomsday weapon?

Israelis protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the government's judicial overhaul, March 27, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (second from left, flanked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to his right, and National Infrastructure Minister Yisrael Katz during a vote on the reasonableness limitation bill in the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Petitions demand High Court force Levin to convene judge selection panel

By Jeremy Sharon

Is Israel tech’s doom-and-gloom crowd wrong?

No, a mass talent exodus is not in the cards. As for the end of democracy as we know it? Also, no

I don’t want Jewish unity

Israel doesn’t need me to shake hands with those whose views I abhor (though I do it). Israel needs moral governance that leads by example

Behind the headlinesToI Community event

LIVE tonight — Knesset chaos and societal divisions: This Israeli moment explained

On Tisha B’av, ToI’s top political analysts answer your questions during an intense, in-depth discussion. Join the ToI Community to participate

File: US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel in a briefing, 2023. (Video screenshot)

US stresses it will not cut aid to Israel due to judicial overhaul

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

State Department reiterates Biden administration’s commitment to Israeli security despite tensions with Netanyahu government, White House won’t confirm Biden trusts Netanyahu

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet in Brussels on June 15, 2023. (Elad Malcha/Defense Ministry)

Pentagon chief presses Gallant on importance of democratic consensus

By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian

Iddo Netanyahu. (YouTube screenshot)

PM’s brother backpedals after questioning Biden’s mental state

Settlers storm into Palestinian homes to ‘conduct searches,’ at least 1 of them armed

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Police deny receiving complaint; IDF says it was aiding in hunt for stolen property near West Bank’s Hebron, declines to comment on presence of civilians, one bearing assault rifle

Armed settlers conduct a search of a Palestinian home in a Beduin village in the South Hebron Hills, July 25, 2023. (Screenshot/ Yesh Din)

Israeli army vehicles are seen during a raid in al-Ain refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 26, 2023. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)

IDF: Palestinian gunman killed by Israeli forces during raid in Nablus

By Emanuel Fabian

Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Attorney general asks High Court to strike down law shielding Netanyahu from recusal

By Jeremy Sharon

Baharav-Miara backs petition by Movement for Quality Government seeking unprecedented judicial action against Basic Law passed in March keeping court from ordering PM’s suspension

Jerusalem District Court Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman. (Israeli Judicial Authority)

Judge in Netanyahu trial and wife of PM’s chief of staff, also a judge, get promotions

Author Martha Hall Kelly and her book 'The Golden Doves.' (Courtesy)

Interview'How can evil that enormous even exist?'

With ‘The Golden Doves,’ bestselling author honors a Holocaust survivor and friend

While promoting her debut novel, Martha Hall Kelly met 93-year-old Auschwitz survivor Irene Zisblatt and promised to keep her story, and the trials of others like her, alive

File: Men stand in a boat and fish as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea coastline in Beirut, Lebanon, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Mediterranean boiled under hottest-ever recorded temperature Monday, data shows

By AFP

Institute of Marine Sciences says sea’s temperature rose to 28.71°C, topping 28.25°C recorded in August 2003, as region sweats through intense heatwave

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Illustrative photo of Israeli police cars (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Man killed in Tamra as deadly crime wave in Arab community shows no sign of slowing

An arrivals and departure board is seen behind blown out windows at Zaventem Airport in Brussels, March 23, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

Six found guilty of murder for 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels that killed 32

By Matthieu Demeestere

From 'Tatami,' the first Iranian-Israeli co-production, from 'Golda' director Guy Nattiv and Iranian-born director Zar Amir Ebrahimi, shortlisted for the European Film Award (Courtesy PR)

Enemy filmmakersFirst Israeli-Iranian film to premiere at Venice festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Television host Greg Gutfeld appears on FOX News Channel's late-night talk show "Gutfeld!" at the FOX News studios, July 28, 2022, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

White House blasts Fox News host’s claim that ‘you had to be useful’ in death camps

A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, April 19, 2023. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Defense wants to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s father

By AP

The scene of a suspected car bombing in Lod on July 26, 2023. (Israel Police)

Man killed in car bombing in Lod, taking Arab community death toll this year to 133

Iranians drive past a huge billboard showing a montage of pictures titled 'the women of my land, Iran' featuring Iranian women who are all observing the hijab, on Valiasr Square in Tehran, on October 13, 2022. (AFP)

Iran is ‘doubling down’ on hijab crackdown, says Amnesty International

By AFP

One of the activities available during the annual Desert Nights festival in the Negev, August 2023 (Courtesy Iran Vanezia)

Doings among the dunesThe desert shows off its charms during August’s Negev festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Rachel Bloom arrives at the world premiere of 'Your Place Or Mine,' Feb. 2, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Crazy off-BroadwayRachel Bloom to debut her one-woman musical comedy off-Broadway

Eli Dershwitz, of the United States, celebrates on the podium after winning the men's Individual Sabre final at the Fencing World Championships in Milan, Italy, July 25, 2023. (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Cut above the restJewish fencer becomes 1st US man to win saber World Championship

By jacob gurvis

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