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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 6, 2023

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Police and medical forces at the scene of a terror attack in Tel Aviv on August 5, 2023. Inset: Chen Amir, 42, a patrolman who was killed in the attack. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90; courtesy)

Gunman identified as Islamic Jihad member

Terrorist kills patrolman in Tel Aviv, is shot dead by 2nd officer

By Emanuel Fabian

Police say municipal officers sought to question suspect from Jenin on corner of Montefiore and Nachalat Binyamin streets when he opened fire, killing Chen Amir, 42

Israeli troops measure the home of Islamic Jihad terrorist Kamel Abu Bakr, who killed Tel Aviv patrolman Chen Amir, in the West Bank village Rummanah, August 6, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF troops map West Bank home of Tel Aviv shooter for demolition

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Elisha Yered, a suspect in the death of 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Maatan in the West Bank village of Burqa on August 4, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, August 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 6: ‘Hilltop youth’ held in Palestinian’s death; terror in Tel Aviv

Anti-overhaul activists protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on July 29, 2023.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

'We had an amazing life in Israel, but we lost it'

‘This is my red line’: Anguished Israelis talk relocation amid judicial overhaul push

By Melanie Lidman

Though experts believe economics are more likely to drive an exodus than ideology, services offering emigration assistance say calls have multiplied as legislation has advanced

Police chief said to phone senior officer suspected of brutality to express backing

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a meeting with police officers from the Yasam unit, in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ben Gvir praises settler who killed Palestinian in clash: ‘Should get medal of honor’

After incident in Burqa, national security minister says ‘anyone who defends himself against rock-throwing’ should get award; 2nd suspect is ex-spokesman for MK in Ben Gvir’s party

Elisha Yered, suspected of involvement in the death of 19-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, August 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Lawyers for settlers suspected in killing of Palestinian claim self-defense

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Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security agency, speaks at the annual Cyber Week event at Tel Aviv University, on June 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Coalition MKs slam Shin Bet chief for warning against Jewish terror; Gallant hits back

By Emanuel Fabian

Ronen Bar said to tell PM settler attacks are fueling Palestinian terrorism; lawmakers accuse defense officials of being unable to ‘distinguish between enemy and your people’

US calls both shooting of Israeli patrolman and young Palestinian ‘terror attacks’

Statements from State Department appear to make a point of equating two deadly incidents; urge ‘full accountability and justice’ in the settlers-Palestinians case

(L) Police and other emergency personnel at the scene of a suspected terror attack in Tel Aviv on August 5, 2023. (R) Mourners carry the body of 19-year-old Palestinian Qusai Jamal Matan, during his funeral in the town of Burqa in the West Bank on August 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90, Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh. (WAFA)

Top Palestinian official calls on world to designate Otzma Yehudit a ‘terrorist party’

Israel's security cabinet meets after rocket barrages from Lebanon, April 6, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seated opposite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

After Tel Aviv attack, security cabinet said set to delay moves to prop up PA

By Lazar Berman

Biden administration said leaning on Israel to strengthen Palestinian Authority, but official reportedly says steps unlikely to pass in current atmosphere

Chen Amir, 42, a municipal patrolman who was killed by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman in a terror attack in Tel Aviv, August 5, 2023. (Courtesy)

Widow of officer killed in Tel Aviv: ‘Always knew he’d be 1st to confront an attacker’

Police and other emergency personnel at the scene of a suspected terror attack in Tel Aviv on August 5, 2023. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

Tel Aviv security officers hailed for ‘thwarting a much graver attack’

Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut during a court hearing on petitions against the coalition's recusal law, August 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court issues injunction, seeks answers from the state on PM recusal law

By Jeremy Sharon

Justices ask why legislation shielding PM from recusal shouldn’t take effect at a later date, making it less tailored to Netanyahu; expanded panel of 11 judges will hear petitions

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Senior figures at think tank behind overhaul now said urging coalition to halt

Report says Kohelet members lobbying to suspend legislative push are worried damage outweighs benefits; unclear if change of heart came before or after donor pulled plug on funding

6:20 pm

Senior figures at right-wing think tank behind overhaul now said urging coalition to halt
6:18 pm

Carrying coffins, protesters march in Tel Aviv to protest violent crime in Arab towns
5:49 pm

Ex-justice minister Sa'ar: Coalition trying to dictate court verdict with 'mafioso threat'

Anti-overhaul protesters rally against the government's judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, August 5, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-ministry chief: Public service is in unprecedented crisis

Masses protest overhaul, with toned-down Tel Aviv rally in shadow of terror attack

By Michael Bachner

Organizers coordinate with police, don’t play music or try to block roads as over 100,000 demonstrate in city shortly after fatal shooting; tens of thousands protest elsewhere

On left: Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut, right, attends a hearing in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). On right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Poll: 51% say coalition must abide by court ruling if it strikes down overhaul law

Activist Shikma Bressler speaks at a press conference of protest leaders against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Hypothetical party of anti-overhaul protest leaders polls at 10 Knesset seats

Jeremy Abraham Rabbani

Hamas still runs Gaza, yet I believe in long-term prospects for peace

Tortured and imprisoned for fostering dialogue and understanding, activist Rami Aman was asked if he’d do it again. ’Absolutely!’

The corrosive impact of treating Arab Israeli crime as ‘terror’

The government is pushing for a regime of Jewish supremacy with two legal systems, divided according to ethnicity. It won’t work

Jamie Foxx attends day two of Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Jamie Foxx apologizes for Instagram post that echoed antisemitic trope

Superstar says he wrote ‘they killed this dude name Jesus’ because he ‘felt betrayed by a fake friend… nothing more,’ stresses he ‘supports the Jewish community and all faiths’

Former US president Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Prosecutors ask judge to prevent Trump from sharing case materials

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Request for protective order comes after former US president appeared to threaten revenge against those who ‘come after’ him

Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives with President Joe Biden for an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2022.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US Justice Department careful to not make Trump indictment look political

By Colleen Long and LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Illustrative: In this photo taken Wednesday, May 4, 2016, a worker sits at a kiosk on a quiet evening at Steeplegate Mall in Concorde, New Hampshire (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Israeli extradited, charged in US for running illegal mall kiosk network

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Shai Cohen accused of arranging for Israelis to arrive in the country with tourist visas for the purpose of illicit employment in sales

Simone Biles warms up at the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

You wanna see her flip?

Simone Biles begins comeback to the beat of Noa Kirel’s ‘Unicorn’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘I feel really good about where I am right now, mentally and physically, ‘ US gymnast says after coming in first place overall in first meet since Tokyo Olympics

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Yonatan Yisraeli, an Israeli who says he was attacked in Berlin, in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, August 6, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Israeli tourist, 19, attacked in Berlin in possible antisemitic incident

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 17, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Smotrich reportedly freezes millions earmarked for Arab towns

Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)

Man, 76, found dead and tied to his bed in north after suspected robbery

Iran's Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri in 2018. (Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Iran appoints Western-sanctioned prosecutor general to head top court

By AFP

Members of the Palestinian Fatah group run to take position during clashes that erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari, File)

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain urge citizens to leave Lebanon after Palestinian camp clashes

By AP and ToI Staff

A screenshot of Daniel Bloom's Instagram post in which he told of his experiences as a gay soldier in the IDF. (Instagram screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)

Soldier from IDF special forces unit says he was harassed over his sexual orientation

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a media conference at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Russia attacks blood transfusion center in Ukraine; Zelensky denounces ‘war crime’

By AFP

Pastor Charlie Grant shows a binder of information he has about Rosenwald Schools and Julius Rosenwald, gathered as he worked to restore a building in Hampton County on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Hampton, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Efforts underway to honor Jewish founder of century-old US Black school network

By Jeffrey Collins

Israeli tourists in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, June 28, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Israeli boy falls to death from third-floor hotel room in Georgia

File: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) leaves after appearing in the Supreme Court in Islamabad on July 26, 2023 (Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan jailed for three years after graft conviction

By Sajjad TARAKZAI

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