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What Matters Most On Monday, July 31, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Fox News on July 30, 2023 (Screen capture)

Claims Israeli media is misrepresenting the overhaul debate

Netanyahu rebuffs international criticism of overhaul: ‘We’ll make our own decisions’

‘I never comment on internal debates of other democracies,’ PM tells Fox News in rebuke of US and others; says he seeks consensus, reservists’ refusal is the real democratic threat

From left, F.W. de Klerk, President Bill Clinton, and Nelson Mandela appear at ceremonies honoring the two South African leaders with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, July 4, 1993. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)

In op-ed, ex-Shin Bet head urges US to intervene like it did in apartheid South Africa

Signs identifying individual police officers in a photo issued by police on July 29, 2023. (Israel Police)

State attorney says police can’t probe protesters for incitement without his okay

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a vote on the 'reasonableness' bill at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid rules out coalition with Likud while Netanyahu in power: ‘Death of decency’

Opposition leader responds to speculation unity government could be set up to allow ouster of far-right, and Saudi normalization deal; says he opposes Riyadh enriching uranium

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)

Lapid, Gantz said to reject possibility of joining Netanyahu coalition for Saudi deal

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid: Freeze judicial overhaul until 2025, or we won’t return to talks

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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)

Live updates (closed)

5 cops summoned for questioning over use of excessive force against protesters

Police Internal Investigations Department set to probe complaints filed over allegations of police brutality during demonstrations in Tel Aviv last week

6:26 pm

FM Cohen: Israel 'closest we have ever been' to peace deal with Saudis
6:02 pm

Lebanese opposition politician blames Hezbollah for deadly Palestinian clashes
5:44 pm

IDF chief renews call for reservist refusers to 'come back and report'

Panelist on right-wing TV calls to free Rabin assassin, to audience applause; is booted

By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff

Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, who is serving life term without possibility of parole, should be released; Channel 14 says he will no longer appear on network

Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, should be released from prison, on a Channel 14 panel on July 30, 2023. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, left, attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem on January 31, 2022; MK Itamar Ben Gvir, right, speaks during a press conference ahead of the upcoming elections in Ramat Gan on August 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ben Gvir helps ex-spy Pollard get gun license in face of police objection

Israeli FM: We're closer to a deal than ever before

Report: Mossad chief visited White House to discuss Saudi normalization

David Barnea visit seen as part of Biden administration’s ‘full-bore effort’ to reach Jerusalem-Riyadh deal, which will reportedly require Israeli concessions to Palestinians

Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror in Jerusalem on May 3, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

AnalysisPotential Saudi-Israel normalization could see Palestinians thrown under the bus

By Tal Schneider

High Court rules unanimously against mayoral election law that would benefit Deri ally

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Judges say changes to cooling-off period for acting mayor must take effect only after next municipal poll; note legislation seemed ‘tailor-made’ to benefit Boaz Yosef

Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks during a discussion and a vote in the Knesset, in Jerusalem on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK says Netanyahu should hand judicial overhaul ‘baton’ to Levin

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices at the High Court in Jerusalem hear petitions against the so-called 'Tiberias law,' on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 31: On final Knesset day, High Court hobbles coalition’s pet law

The AI-generated versions of Israeli reporters Miri Michaeli and Amit Segal on ACT News. (Composite screenshot)

'I’m not sure if the world can handle two Amit Segals'

The future of news? Israeli anchors launch AI-powered TikTok broadcast

A few months ago ACT News was aimed at Israeli advocacy, but co-founders Miri Michaeli and Moshe Klughaft now say its avatars will promote ‘uplifting events from around the world’

Daniel Orenstein

I asked AI how to turn Israel into a dictatorship. We are on our way

When ChatGPT agrees with the real live expert in democratic regimes that have fallen to dictators

To restart, not repeat – that’s what Israel needs now

Do those calling for consensus think the electorate is blind?! The country must grapple with its issues and reboot altogether

India terror suspects said to have plotted attack on Mumbai Chabad House

Two men linked to local Islamist group behind efforts to kill Hindu leaders; Israeli intelligence said involved in probe, security stepped up at Jewish sites

Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, the director of Nariman Chabad House, gestures at shrapnel marks left from the 2008 terror attacks, during a media visit on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the attacks in Mumbai on November 25, 2018 (PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP)

This handout photo, published by the Shin Bet security agency on July 30, 2023, shows messages on LinkedIn between alleged Iranian operatives and Israeli targets. (Shin Bet)

Iranians tried to hack state employees and researchers, Shin Bet says

By Emanuel Fabian

In this photo provided by Rescue 1122 Head Quarters, an ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Sunday, July 30, 2023. A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday. (Rescue 1122 Head Quarters via AP)

Suicide bomber at political rally in Pakistan kills at least 44, wounds nearly 200

By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN

Knesset advances bill demanding loyalty pledge from senior diplomats serving abroad

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

If finalized, legislation would require ambassadors and consuls to pledge loyalty to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state as condition of receiving postings

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech, right, head of the Special Committee for Oversight of the Israeli Citizens' Fund, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset okays stronger punishment for sex offenses motivated by terrorism or racism

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Netanyahu meets security chiefs amid ongoing Hezbollah provocations on border

By Emanuel Fabian

PM accepts recommendations of defense officials, office says without elaborating; Lebanese citizens approach border waving Hezbollah flags, in latest in string of incidents

UN peacekeepers seen on the border between Israel and Lebanon in the northern village of Ghajar, July 30, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

An Israeli Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk flies during a demonstration at a graduation ceremony for new IAF pilots, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, June 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Helicopter pilots’ course said shortened after volunteer instructors refuse to show up

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian demonstrators chant slogans against Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a protest against the territory's chronic power outages and difficult living conditions along the streets of Khan Younis, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo)

Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public protests against Hamas

Demonstrators rail against terror group that rules impoverished Strip to complain about chronic power outages and difficult living conditions

Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early July 30, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF operates in Jenin for first time since major operation a month ago

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: The border fence between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan Valley, March 19, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel says it foiled ‘irregular’ weapons smuggling from Jordan

By Emanuel Fabian

Special cookies developed by Dr. Mona Kidon, director of the pediatric allergy clinic at Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, to treat children with severe peanut allergies. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

Years in the baking, Israeli doctor’s cookie could take bite out of peanut allergies

By Renee Ghert-Zand

As rates of life-threatening food allergies rise globally, researchers study underlying reasons, develop new immunology treatments, and offer updated feeding guidelines for babies

Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Shooting in Lod pushes violent crime deaths in Arab community to 136 this year

Critically injured man taken to hospital, where he dies; another man succumbs to gunshot wounds sustained over weekend

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Palestinian arrested in case of unidentified woman’s body found in Tel Aviv

A protest against domestic violence as part of a nationwide strike, in Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. The sign reads: 'Electronic tracking [of offenders] saves lives.' (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Knesset passes domestic abuse monitoring law after long delays and squabbles

Ajay (Varun Dhawan) and Nisha (Janhvi Kapoor) imagine themselves as Auschwitz prisoners in a scene from the Amazon-distributed 'Bawaal.' (Screenshot via JTA)

'Abuse of the Holocaust as a plot device is outlandish'

Jewish groups decry use of Auschwitz visit as ‘marriage counseling’ in Bollywood film

By Andrew Lapin

Critics are calling for romantic melodrama ‘Bawaal’ to be removed from Amazon due to insensitivities, but the director says it’s being misunderstood

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference on the planned construction of a new railway line from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona to the city of Eilat, in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Finance Ministry experts said to warn trans-Israel high-speed train a waste of money

File: Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a CNN town hall at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Feb. 18, 2016. (AP/Andrew Harnik, file)

Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed in Florida

By AP

People attend the UAE Climate Tech Forum in Abu Dhabi, May 10, 2023. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)

Green organizations to boycott UN COP28 climate confab in Dubai

Smoke rises during a clashes that erupted between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, July 30, 2023. (Mohammad Zaatari/AP)

Death toll climbs to 6 as Palestinian factions continue to clash in Lebanon camp

By AP and ToI Staff

Tech workers protest Israel's right-wing government in Tel Aviv, on Januay 24, 2023. The Hebrew on the blue sign reads: 'No democracy, no high tech; and the yellow sign reads: "No to the coup d'etat.' (AP/ Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel approves tax benefits to boost tech, as judicial jitters imperil investments

By Sharon Wrobel

Voia, a startup co-founded by Israeli entprereneurs, has developed an app to create videos with Hollywood quality visual effects. (Courtesy)

Hollywood-quality video tech startup secures $3m in early stage financing

By Sharon Wrobel

File: Ruth Porat speaks onstage during the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Groundbreaking Ceremony in New York City, on June 24, 2022. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images via AFP)

Quite the findNew Google president Ruth Porat has Israeli roots

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Mark Eliyahu will bring 'About Love' to the Israel Festival in honor of Tu B'Av, Israel's Valentine's Day, on August 1, 2023 (Carlos Yanez)

Constellation of starsMark Eliyahu lines up Rita, Shai Tsabari and more for Tu B’Av concert

By Jessica Steinberg

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