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What Matters Most On Sunday, August 20, 2023

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Left to right: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at an announcement in Jerusalem on August 20, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Cabinet okays $843m development plan for East Jerusalem, while other funds withheld

Move comes as local authorities call for nationwide two-hour strike on Monday in solidarity with Arab towns across country that are protesting ongoing budget freeze by Smotrich

Illlustrative: Parademics from Magen David Adom respond to a deadly shooting in Lod on Saturday night, July 9, 2022 where a 60-year-old man was killed and a woman and child were injured. (MDA)

150 Arab victims of violence since start of 2023: Two men shot dead in latest killings

US 'unequivocally condemns' attack in Huwara

After deadly West Bank terror shooting, Smotrich urges IDF to ‘go on the offensive’

Finance minister also calls for more settlement construction after Shay Silas Nigreker, 60, and his 28-year-old son Aviad Nir shot dead in Huwara

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference in Jerusalem on August 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Illustrative: Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, August 19, 2023. (Flash90)

IDF soldiers shoot masked settler allegedly hurling stones at Palestinians

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli security forces secure the scene of a shooting attack in Huwara, in the West Bank, August 19, 2023. (Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 20: Another deadly terror attack in Huwara and new COVID

Illustrative: A close-up of a rat on a wall. (Sophie Gordon/Flash 90)

How a rat infestation in ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak could reawaken its democracy

By Tal Schneider

Upcoming local election could be a real race for the 1st time in years, as Shas candidate Uriel Buso takes on the United Torah Judaism machine and vows to mop up sanitation issues

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A car belonging to an Israeli who mistakenly entered the Palestinian West Bank town of Turmus Ayya goes up in flames on August 20, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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Israeli rescued from Palestinian town after entering in error; his car is torched

Medics say man suffering minor injuries, as military cautions against entering West Bank areas under Palestinian control

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Israeli who mistakenly entered Palestinian town is rescued with minor injuries
6:44 pm

IDF: Israeli's car torched after entering Palestinian town in error; rescue underway
6:09 pm

Man seriously hurt in Tel Aviv stabbing

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Minister calls for probe into Air Force chief’s handling of unrest in the ranks

Amichai Chikli says Tomer Bar has mismanaged reservists’ refusal to serve over the government’s judicial overhaul, noting that other division ‘have no such phenomena’

A photo released by police on August 19, 2023, shows cut marks on a Palestinian detainee's face that the force alleges was caused by an officers boot. A lawyer for the suspect alleges police branded him with a Star of David. (Israel Police)

Court releases Palestinian suspect that cops allegedly branded with Star of David

By Canaan Lidor

Alleged drug dealer was unduly detained and suffered severe violence, judge says about the unusual move; suspect to stay under house arrest

Talli Rosenbaum

Should we care about sex offenders?

When a convicted abuser claims he’s teaching you how to keep your children safe, stay far, far away from him and his manipulations

When the judiciary fights the legislature, who wins?

When Israel’s Supreme Court hears petitions against amendments to the country’s Basic Laws, does the court itself have final say?

Protesters against the government's judicial overhaul legislation march in Tel Aviv on August 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘We will not be trampled on’: Protesters rally nationwide for 33rd straight week

Over 100k in Tel Aviv, with Israeli Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai leading singing of national anthem; Lapid: ‘Government attacked chief of staff because they hate the truth’

Jewish men in the street near the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, September 25, 2022. (Flash90)

Ukraine threatens to shut border to Uman pilgrims, citing Israeli deportations

By Michael Horovitz and Lazar Berman

After Zelensky expresses concern over rights of his citizens in foreign countries, Kyiv’s ambassador clarifies comments directed at Jerusalem

Antisemitic graffiti, reading "Jew" and "thief," on display on the facade of Mr. Schnitz, a popular kosher eatery near Paris, on Aug. 19, 2023. (Prefecture of the 92nd regional department, Hauts-de-Seine)

Popular kosher eatery near Paris defaced with graffiti saying ‘Jew’ and ‘thief’

By Canaan Lidor

Police arrest a suspect they say was caught in the act in CCTV coverage

Illustrative: A detail including the badge and shield of one of the newest members of the New York City police is seen during his graduation ceremony, June 29, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/ Mary Altaffer/ File)

New York man charged with hate crime for antisemitic graffiti on synagogue

This image shows the smoke trails from two Iron Dome interceptors fired at a drone over the Gaza Strip, August 20, 2023. (Courtesy)

Iron Dome downs drone flying from Gaza toward Israel — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says aircraft didn’t enter Israeli airspace, posed no threat to civilians

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Brothers Michael and Daniel Ronen opened their German Colony coffee spot Birma in 2021, creating a charming local coffee corner (Courtesy Birma)

Israeli baristas hunt down the best beans for their customers

By Jessica Steinberg

A curated selection of specialty coffeehouses in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where the java is always fresh and the company warm

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Shahar Tibi (right) and Katy Spychakov, gold and silver medal winners at the women's iQFoil category at the Sailing World Championships in the Netherlands, August 19, 2023. (SAILING ENERGY)

Israeli women claim gold, silver medals at windsurfing World Championships

By Michael Horovitz

The Basilica of the Transfiguration, a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor, December 31, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Fire service forbids Christian pilgrims from celebrating Feast of Transfiguration

Illustrative photo of Eshel Prison, undated. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Riots break out at 2 prisons, allegedly over Arab crime bosses’ isolation

Ori Lev, 31, who was attacked outside a bar in the central city of Rehovot, August 18, 2023. (TikTok video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man punched, hospitalized in suspected homophobic attack in Rehovot

By Michael Horovitz

A pond at Zikim beach in southern Israel, July 27, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Toddler drowns in pond at Zikim beach, in 2nd water fatality of the day

Danny Aweke arrives at Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv, August 19, 2023. (Flash90)

Israeli jailed in Turkey for smuggling khat returns home after 4.5-year imprisonment

Maayan Zvi beach in northern Israel, March 2, 2021. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

62-year-old man drowns while swimming at unauthorized beach

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East, on Friday, August 11, 2023. (Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP)

Russian rover collides with Moon after botched landing

By AP

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