Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

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)

Live updates (closed)

AG reportedly says potential order for Netanyahu’s recusal ‘not on the table’

Public broadcaster reports Gali Baharav-Miara doesn’t believe there are grounds for ordering PM to step aside, as she fights law aimed at shielding him from such a move

8:15 pm

US 'unequivocally condemns' Ma'ale Adumim attack, laments recent uptick in W. Bank violence
5:52 pm

IDF chief slams Likud MK's claim that officer prioritizes Palestinians over Israelis
5:27 pm

Gallant said to tell MKs 'air force built on American planes and Israeli pilots'

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)

Likud warns any intervention 'will seriously harm democracy'

Unprecedented 15-judge panel to hear petitions against coalition’s reasonableness law

By Jeremy Sharon

The full roster of the High Court will deliberate the government’s Basic Law amendment that limits court oversight, starting on September 12

Israel Bar Association chief Amit Becher (left) and Muhamad Naamneh, the IBA pick to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee, seen in an undated photo. (Courtesy IBA)

Israel Bar Association taps Muhamad Naamneh to serve on Judicial Selection Committee

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

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)

Head of special police unit to be questioned for alleged beating of protesters

Yair Hanuna, chief of Yasam unit in Tel Aviv, and 4 other officers probed by Police Internal Investigations Department over accusations of excessive force at anti-overhaul rally

Newly appointed Tel Aviv police commander Peretz Amar at a handover ceremony in Tel Aviv, July 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Amid concerns over police conduct, new Tel Aviv chief says protests must be calm

FM Cohen: Court's decisions will be respected

PM again refuses to say he’d abide by a court ruling striking down reasonableness law

Netanyahu vows country won’t descend into civil war over the judicial overhaul, as he continues US media interview blitz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives an interview to NBC News on July 31, 2023 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center left) and MK Yuli Edelstein (center right) lead a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, July 31, 2023. (Shahar Yorman/Knesset Spokesperson)

Officials: Enemies see situation as an opportunity to attack

Gallant warns judicial overhaul tensions may cause harm to national security

By Emanuel Fabian

At Knesset committee meeting, senior IDF officers warn lawmakers of damage to deterrence, military unity

National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

National security adviser: Hezbollah tent in Israeli territory is ‘childish’ move

By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff

From the blogs

To counterbalance Netanyahu’s words: An open letter to Congress

The government was elected to serve the whole country, not to undermine its democracy with an agenda few knew of before voting

Medical innovation

Renee Ghert-Zand

In what it says is world first, Hadassah medical team saves fetus’s twisted ovaries

As clock ticks, doctors deliver and perform immediate surgery on 35-week preemie, in bid to preserve her future fertility and hormonal health

Dr. Noa Ofek Shlomai, head of neonatology at Hadassah Medical Center, holds the baby who successfully underwent surgery immediately following birth to correct bilateral ovarian torsion detected in-utero. Next to them are Dr. Dan Arbel (center), director of the pediatric oncology surgery department, and Dr. Shay Porat, director of the obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound service. (courtesy)

Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

UAE offers jobs to Israeli doctors seeking to move due to judicial strife — report

It was a morning protest and we needed a Torah scroll for the Shacharit prayers

Written for the healing of a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence who had championed crossing ideological divides, what could be better?

Old-people love: We’re not dead yet!

Thoughts for Tu B’Av: Being aware that we don’t have forever to fill gives our relationships that now-or-never feeling

Memphis police officers at the scene of an officer-involved shooting, July 31, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Memphis police shoot Jewish man who fired gun at Orthodox school, tried to break in

By Luke Tress and Agencies

Officers in Tennessee city say attacker, a former student of the targeted school, tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy, fired handgun outside building

In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Leading Saudi columnist says it’s ‘highly likely’ peace with Israel is possible

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Another prominent commentator comments wryly that ‘Israel is now part of the Middle East, thanks to its extremists and distorted democracy’

(L) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP); (C) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem (Alex Kolomoisky/ Pool/ Flash90); (R) US President Joe Biden on November 2, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / via AFP)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 1: Saudi talks continue, as do warnings about Israel’s economy

Declassified protocols indicate Golda Meir considered Palestinian statehood

Documents show that former prime minister gave serious thought to possibility of formation of a Palestinian entity, despite public comments

Israeli premier Golda Meir, during a press conference at the Israeli embassy in Rome, Italy, on January 15, 1973. (AP Photo/ Giuseppe Anastasi)

View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)

Israeli food giant halts ads on Channel 14 after call to release Rabin assassin

Strauss cites ‘repeated hurtful comments’ made on right-wing channel, which dismissed Yigal Amir’s attorney Ari Shamai following his remarks

Illustrative: Miriam Adelson at the opening of an ancient road at the City of David archaeological site in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, June 30, 2019. (Flash90)

'They're pivotal, but nobody relies on one single donor'

Miriam Adelson cut philanthropy as casinos hit COVID slump. Now they’re rebounding

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

After the pandemic caused the casino industry to flatline, the megadonor’s political and charitable donations lessened and foundation assets dropped – but that has happened before

Actor Paul Reubens, portraying Pee-wee Herman, poses for a portrait while promoting 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' live stage play, December 7, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Jewish actor Paul Reubens, known for his role as Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70

By ANDREW DALTON

Reubens, famous for the character and the film ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ did not make public his six-year struggle with cancer

Alan Sherman, second from right, at a gathering of the United States Committee Sports for Israel. (Courtesy of Maccabi USA via JTA)

Alan Sherman, champion of Jewish sports and US-Israel relations, dies at 87

By jacob gurvis

More Headlines

Bar Kalaf, who set himself on fire in Netanya, August 1, 2023, and died of his wounds two days later (Courtesy)

IDF veteran seriously hurt after self-immolating in Netanya

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Ashdod, February 21, 2023. (Flash90)

1 killed, 3 injured in shootings as violent crime wave in Arab community continues

In this handout photo from the US Navy, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan travels through Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 2023. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso/U.S. Navy, via AP)

AnalysisIn sign of increased tensions with Iran, US forces build up presence in Persian Gulf

By Jon Gambrell

Philanthropist Robert Kraft, left, and rapper Meek Mill during a discussion about antisemitism and racism during the annual NAACP convention in Boston, July 30, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

At NAACP panel, Robert Kraft and rapper Meek Mill talk Black-Jewish relations

By jacob gurvis

Protestor Salwan Momika appears outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, July 20, 2023, where he burned a copy of the Quran and the Iraqi flag. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP)

As another Quran burned, Sweden says it’s seeking action on holy book desecrations

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rabbi Zeev Weitman gives a lecture on a kosher dairy in Jerusalem, in 2019. (courtesy, Maor Hakashrut/YouTube)

In unusual move, West Bank rabbi announces referendum on his job

By Canaan Lidor

Screen capture from video of Ethiopian-Israeli Francis Adbabayi who was kidnapped for ransom in Ethiopia, July 2023. (Kan. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Kidnapped Israeli said rescued from Ethiopian captors following shootout

Zooz Power's booster for electric vehicles can fully recharge batteries within 15 minutes. (Courtesy)

Israeli fast-charging startup Zooz Power to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger

By Sharon Wrobel

Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28, 2023. (Sergio FLORES / AFP)

Despite legal woes, Trump trounces rivals for GOP nomination in new poll

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A member of the Palestinian Fatah Movement fires in the air during the funeral procession of Abu Ashraf al-Armoushi, the Palestinian National Security Commander in the Saida region, at Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp, southern Lebanon, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Palestinian general among 11 killed during sectarian violence in Lebanon camp

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian opposition activist arrives to lay flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia, on February 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

UK sanctions six in connection with jailing of Jewish Putin critic for 25 years

By AFP

Performers dance in the video for the song 'Omelette Bread in Netanya' (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

On a rollNetanya sandwich shop jingle becomes unlikely party anthem

By Deborah Danan

View Edition by Date

July	August 2023					September
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.