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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 6, 2023

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National Unity leader Benny Gantz speaks at an event with party supporters in the Drom HaSharon Regional Council, September 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

As Netanyahu urges judicial talks, Gantz says open to compromise but PM can’t deliver

Likud leader offers face-to-face talks after meeting Justice Minister Levin, who opposes plan reportedly accepted by premier; National Unity party head dismisses call as ‘spin’

President Isaac Herzog at a memorial ceremony for late president Shimon Peres, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 6, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Herzog: Dialogue the only solution to ‘constitutional crisis’ public wishes to end

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

ExplainerWhat Herzog’s overhaul plan means, and the impediments to a potential breakthrough

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Police officers at the scene of stabbing attack near Jaffa Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City, September 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Two wounded, 1 seriously, in terror stabbing near Jerusalem’s Old City

By Emanuel Fabian

17-year-old Palestinian carries out attack with cleaver near Jaffa Gate, is arrested after brief chase; victims taken to hospital

Muhammad Naghnaghiya, a Tanzim operative, in an undated photo. (Social media)

Israeli forces arrest Fatah-linked terror operative in Jenin refugee camp

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli soldiers at the scene of a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley, September 5, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Police officer lightly hurt in Jordan Valley shooting; Palestinian gunman killed

By Emanuel Fabian

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Knesset speaker indicates coalition won’t accept High Court voiding of Basic Laws

By Michael Bachner

Ahead of constitutional showdown, Amir Ohana argues justices have no power to ‘make a decision instead of elected officials,’ warns such a ruling may ‘plunge us into the abyss’

6:15 pm

Planned Knesset visit by head of Moroccan senate delayed after he falls ill
5:56 pm

After almost 24-hour delay, Netanyahu eulogizes former Mossad head Shavit
5:49 pm

White House condemns 'brutal' new Russian attacks on Ukraine

Archaeologists remove the swords from the rock crevice where they were hidden some 1,900 years ago in a cave in the Judean Desert. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)

Archaeology

Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in Judean Desert, likely from Bar Kochba revolt

By Melanie Lidman

Apparently stolen by Jewish rebels, the incredibly well-preserved weapons are ‘an extremely rare find, the likes of which have never been found in Israel’

A digitally mapped spheroid from the 'Ubeidiya archaeological site near the Dead Sea. (Leore Grosman/Hebrew University)

Archaeology

Israeli experts cast light on mysterious orbs carved by humans 1.4 million years ago

By Melanie Lidman

Limestone spheres exist everywhere early humans lived, perplexing scientists. Now, researchers from Hebrew U have used 3D mapping to determine that they were made intentionally

Analysis

Shalom Yerushalmi

Netanyahu is begging for an overhaul lifeline. Nobody wants to give him a way out

Up to his neck in trouble, the premier would be thrilled to compromise on the judiciary makeover, but those he needs behind him see little reason to help him out

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 20, 2023. Justice Minister Yariv Levin is at left. (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes US President Joe Biden to Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept 6: Would Israeli-Saudi normalization make Biden a ‘useful idiot’?

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (center) and Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing at the court in Jerusalem to hear petitions against the so-called 'Tiberias Law,' on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court rejects government request for delay of hearing on reasonableness law

By Jeremy Sharon

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

Tom Friedman to Biden: Don’t be Netanyahu’s ‘useful idiot’ with Saudi normalization

Lamenting ‘not normal’ Israeli government, NYT columnist implores president to only accept deal that includes Israeli concessions to Palestinians to keep two-state solution alive

Affinity Partners' Jared Kushner (left) and Shlomo group chairman Asi Shmeltzer. (Courtesy)

Jared Kushner’s Saudi-backed private equity fund clinches first investment in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C), and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (Collage/AP)

Blinken phones Netanyahu, Abbas amid US-brokered normalization talks with Riyadh

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the courthouse following his arraignment in New York City on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

ToI Investigates

Before crash, FTX deals with alleged binary options operatives could have raised flags

By Simona Weinglass

In 2022, the now-infamous trading firm bought an Israeli-owned company linked to an industry accused of bilking billions from investors. Nobody seemed to notice or care

We must open our eyes to so many murders in our midst

Israel knows how to stop gang violence; it must do so, and build up the communities where Arab citizens live in fear after so much neglect

Biden’s neglect of the Middle East: A detrimental approach to regional stability

Focusing on China is understandable, but shunning a clear, consistent strategy for the Mideast, especially regarding Iran, is reckless

Ukraine lashes Putin for saying West put a Jew in power to cloak country’s ‘Nazism’

By Lazar Berman

Kyiv lambastes ‘deep-rooted antisemitism’ in Kremlin’s remarks on Zelensky’s roots, adds: ‘We would like to hear something from Israel’

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a media conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a signing ceremony following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 19, 2019. (AP Photo/ Efrem Lukatsky)

ExclusiveZelensky, Netanyahu to speak this week to settle issue of Uman pilgrimage

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape (C) open Papua New Guineas embassy in Jerusalem, September 5, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Citing ‘God of Israel,’ Papua New Guinea becomes 5th nation to open Jerusalem embassy

By Lazar Berman

Standing next to Prime Minister Netanyahu, country’s leader James Marape says Christians can’t fully respect God without recognizing Jewish state’s capital

Eritrea accuses Mossad of stirring up Tel Aviv mob violence between expat groups

Days after battle royale between regime supporters and opponents on streets of Tel Aviv, Asmara says foreign plots with ulterior political motives behind unrest

Eritrean migrants who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash90)

Eritrean migrants who oppose and support that country's regime clash in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023 (Omer Fichman/Flash90)

UN refugee agency warns Israel that expelling Eritreans en masse is unlawful

By AFP and ToI Staff

Chancela Mongoza as Omari in 'Running on Sand,' nominated for best feature film in the 2023 Ophir Awards. (Courtesy: PR)

Ophir-nominated dramedy features Eritrean asylum seeker as lead character

By Jessica Steinberg

Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Staff Sgt. Maksym Molchanov in Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Parents Evgeny and Larysa flew in from Ukraine for funeral

‘An angel’: Ukraine-born lone soldier laid to rest following terror attack last week

By Emanuel Fabian

Sgt. Maksym Molchanov, who immigrated to Israel at age 14, is eulogized by commander of his Artillery Corps unit as a ‘child with values and dreams’

Screen capture from video from inside Transportation Minister Miri Regev's car during an altercation with Shin Bet security guards, September 4, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Go, drive!’: Transport minister urges driver to peel out as security guards block car

Miri Regev and her driver clash with Shin Bet guards at military base; agent claims leg injury after being hit by her vehicle, minister complains he acted ‘violently,’ seeks probe

Members of a patrol squad in Ma'ale Adumim, who target Arabs wandering the settlement for questioning, and Jewish teens associating with them. (Kan news screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Far-right activists in Ma’ale Adumim try to curb Palestinian presence in settlement

By Michael Horovitz

WhatsApp group run by Otzma Yehudit candidates in municipal elections urges boycotts of businesses catering to Arabs, harasses Arabs roaming city’s streets, report shows

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset on May 23, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)

Ben Gvir said continuing to fight PM on plan to reduce Palestinian prisoners’ visits

A composite image, from left, of Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 15, 2023; Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing in Jerusalem on December 1, 2022; and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Top rabbis imply government wouldn’t have to obey potential court rulings against it

Palestinians detonate a large explosive device on the Gaza border, September 5, 2023. (Screenshot: X)

Palestinians detonate large explosive on Gaza border in latest rioting

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF says troops responded with crowd dispersal means and sniper fire against rioters on security barrier

Illustrative: Power lines above the town of Bnei Re'em on April 26 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Smotrich says Israel to withhold millions from PA to repay electricity debt

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Vegetable produce that was originally headed to Israel via the Kerem Shalom commercial border crossing is unloaded at a warehouse in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Gazan businesses lament Israel’s suspension of exports, warn of ‘catastrophe’

By AFP and ToI Staff

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Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk threatens to sue ADL for billions, blaming US Jewish group for X’s revenue drop

Officers investigate a double homicide in an olive grove near Abu Snan, September 6, 2023. (Police spokesperson)

Two Arab men gunned down in Galilee, near site of August quadruple murder

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP/Allison Dinner, File)

Proud Boys ex-leader gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

By Michael Kunzelman, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Screen capture from video of a man who threatened to kill himself in the city of Hadera, September 4, 2023. (X [Twitter]. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Defense minister helps talk man out of jumping from balcony in suicide standoff

Yad Vashem chief Dani Dayan in the Hall of Names at the Jerusalem museum, undated. (Alex Kolomoisky)

Yad Vashem museum looks to drop American charity that provides 30% of its budget

By Canaan Lidor

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 9, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)

Attorney general urges High Court to nix ministers’ firing of Postal Co. chairperson

Author Rachel Beanland and the cover of her 2023 novel "The House Is On Fire." (Courtesy of the author)

Florida JCC censured after nixing book talk on slavery due to ‘political climate’

By Andrew Lapin

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Jewish sailor Bill Pinkney, first Black person to circle the globe solo, dies at 87

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Then-mayoral candidate Jaume Collboni speaks at the Socialist Party of Catalonia's headquarters in Barcelona on May 28, 2023, after the local and regional elections in Spain. (Lluis Gene/AFP)

Barcelona mayor renews ‘sister city’ ties with Tel Aviv, reversing predecessor’s move

By Orge Castellano

Bradley Cooper plays Jewish composer Leonard Bernstein in the 2023 biopic 'Maestro.' (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Makeup artist sorry for feelings hurt by Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

By Gabe Friedman

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