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What Matters Most On Tuesday, September 12, 2023

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Illustrative: All 15 High Court justices preside over a court hearing on petitions against the government's 'reasonableness law' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice Amit: 'Democracy dies in a series of small steps'

At historic 13-hour hearing, judges challenge assertion they can’t reject Basic Laws

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Justices question claims of supreme Knesset authority, but also indicate reasonableness law won’t be voided unless it deals ‘mortal blow’ to democracy; petitioners insist it does

All 15 of Israel's Supreme Court justices appear for the first time in the country's history to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "reasonableness" law, enacted in July, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel on edge as Supreme Court convenes for historic, crucial overhaul hearing

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices are seen during a court hearing on August 3, 2023.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Security for justices said boosted ahead of high-stakes judicial overhaul hearing

The 15 justices on the High Court attend a hearing on petitions against the government's reasonableness law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Live updates (closed)

Justices spar with lawyers defending reasonableness law as 13-hour hearing ends

In key hearing, judges also cite Declaration of Independence as source of court’s power to void Basic Laws; AG’s office: Reasonableness legislation a dramatic blow to rule of law

8:42 pm

Gantz: Court hearing 'a source of pride,' country must respect ultimate ruling
8:07 pm

Huwara victim said to be Meir Kahane's grandson, friend of MK
7:53 pm

Reasonableness hearing ends after 13.5 hours of arguments

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Neither coalition nor High Court respects Basic Laws. Urgently needed: A constitution

An immediate constitutional crisis is unlikely, but no enduring reform or end to the impasse is possible without deep trust — which no one in our system of government now enjoys

Right-wing Israelis, one carrying a sign showing Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and the slogan “The elite takes over,” attend a rally in support of the government's judicial overhaul, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 7, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Anti-overhaul activists protest outisde the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on the eve of a court hearing on petitions against the "reasonableness" law, September 11, 2023 (Dan Ben-Dov / Protest Organizers)

'Protect Israeli democracy' message projected on UN HQ in NY

Tens of thousands rally against overhaul at High Court on eve of pivotal hearing

Demonstration held in Jerusalem day before judges mull petitions against reasonableness law, the only piece of legislation passed so far in Netanyahu government’s judicial shakeup

15 Supreme Court justices at the first judicial overhaul hearing in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 12: Justices take adversarial tone in overhaul hearing

From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister and Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

DM Gallant: Rift endangers our capacity to keep Israel safe

Netanyahu backs judicial compromise talks, but coalition allies balk at ‘surrender’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

PM says partners won’t torpedo any possible deal on reform, as Smotrich rejects compromise on judge selection, Ben Gvir urges others to oppose ‘humiliation of over half the people’

People gather outside Poland's parliament to protest the government plans to vote on a media bill seen as restricting media independence, in Warsaw, Poland, August 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Interview

A lesson from Poland, where protests failed to turn back autocracy at the ballot box

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Unable to convert anti-autocratic rallies into parliamentary control, Poles now face worsening repression, says historian Anne Applebaum, who sees echoes in Israel’s experience

Polly Bronstein speaks at the Ben Gurion Home on Sept. 10, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Guy Anto)

'A broader tent that most Jews in this country can accept'

Fearing crisis, secular and devout unveil new Israeli manifesto at Ben Gurion’s home

By Canaan Lidor

The document, authored by prominent individuals from both sides of the religious divide, seeks to address what it means to have a Jewish state

Liberal Israel’s rude awakening

Why didn’t they notice the country’s long slide toward full-blown illiberalism? Because it wasn’t yet happening to them.

Shaken foundations: Israel’s race against the inevitable

The earthquake in Morocco wasn’t just seismic waves; it was a global alarm bell, emphasizing the urgency of preparedness

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

'You can see the Iranian flag flying over the runways'

Iran building airport in southern Lebanon to attack Israelis, Gallant says

By Emanuel Fabian

DM claims facility, 20 km from Israel, to be used by Iran ‘for terror purposes’ against Israel; IDF chief: We must be ‘more prepared than ever’ for ‘extensive military conflict’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Via AP)

Head of UN watchdog decries ‘decrease in interest’ over Iran’s nuclear advances

By AFP

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the crowd during an annual demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2022. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

US clears way to free 5 Iranians, $6 billion in frozen funds for prisoner exchange

'Not a single Jew was injured'

Moroccan Jews reportedly all safe in devastating quake that has killed over 2,800

By PHILISSA CRAMER and Eliyahu Freedman

6.8-magnitude quake, centered in Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh, struck at time of heightened Jewish tourism ahead of High Holidays

A man inspects the damage caused by the earthquake in the old Medina of Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. An aftershock rattled Moroccans on Sunday as they mourned victims of the nation’s strongest earthquake in more than a century and sought to rescue survivors while soldiers and aid workers raced to reach ruined mountain villages. (AP Photo/Rida Tabit)

A picture taken on June 3, 2021, shows Israel's security barrier separating East Jerusalem (bottom) from the Palestinian village of Abu Dis in the West Bank. (AFP / Thomas COEX)

US, EU condemn plan for Jewish enclave in Palestinian Abu Dis

Members of the Palestinian Authority security forces block a road as demonstrators rally in Ramallah in the West Bank on July 3, 2021, for a protest denouncing the PA in the aftermath of the death of activist Nizar Banat while in the custody. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

US said to transfer armored vehicles, weapons to PA to clamp down on West Bank terror

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Palestinian workers are seen at the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, as they wait to enter Israel for work, on March 13, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

Israel eases entry for Gazan-Americans, meeting US Visa Waiver Program benchmark

Then-Herzliya city council candidate Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim speaks at a September 2023 campaign event in the city as ministers, including Galit Distel Atbaryan (left) look on. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

‘Give him a chance’: Likud ministers back ex-con running for Herzliya city council

Parade of senior party figures turn out for campaign launch of Rafi Chaim-Kedoshim, a member of a local crime family who has served four separate prison sentences

Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activists in New York City, May 15, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Lawsuit claims California school district covertly approved anti-Israel curricula

Leading Jewish groups seek to block ethnic studies courses at Orange County schools, claiming board illegally avoided notifying public, referred to issue as ‘the Jewish question’

Illustrative: A San Diego County sheriff's deputy stands in front of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, in Poway, California, April 28, 2019. (Denis Poroy/AP)

2 more US synagogues targeted by fake bomb threats ahead of High Holidays

By Andrew Lapin

More Headlines

Streets a flooded after storm Daniel in Marj, Libya, September 11, 2023. (Libya Almasar TV via AP)

Up to 2,000 feared dead in Libyan city inundated by storm

Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Apartment sales in July plummeted 27% from a year ago, new figures show

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (right) meets with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Jerusalem on September 11, 2023. (Avi Hayoun)

UK foreign secretary in Israel to talk Iran threats, Palestinian state

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Officers stand by a police van after entering the grounds of the courthouse complex in the southwest coastal city of Paphos, Cyprus, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

5 Israeli suspects in Cyprus gang rape remanded in custody for another 6 days

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Cabinet delays decision on Palestinian prisoner visits, despite Ben Gvir’s insistence

Illustrative. Digital health technology. (chombosan; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli life sciences firms’ capital-raising slows 40% in first half of 2023

By Sharon Wrobel

Prof. Eilat Shinar (left), head of MDA Blood Services speaks to an Israeli donating blood. (Courtesy of Magen David Adom)

With COVID cases on the rise, Magen David Adom asks public to donate plasma

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Illustrative: Milk and other dairy products are on display at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid ongoing milk shortage, Israel lifts 40% import tariff for another six months

By Sharon Wrobel

A pistol retrieved from the scene where a man was suspected of shooting his wife dead and then attempting to take his own life, causing himself moderate injuries in Rahat, September 11, 2023. (Israel Police)

Rahat man suspected of killing wife, turning gun on self

Exterior view of the renovated Anne Frank House Museum, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 21, 2018. (Peter Dejong/AP)

US neo-Nazi extradited to Netherlands for projecting message on Anne Frank House

By Andrew Lapin

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