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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 13, 2023

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Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich (right) and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Netanyahu concedes armored vehicles given to PA

Fuming at reported weapons transfer to PA, far-right ministers threaten Netanyahu

Smotrich calls emergency meeting of Religious Zionism party; Ben Gvir calls on PM to publicly disavow reports or ‘face consequences’; defense minister says no arms were transferred

The scene of a shooting attack in the West Bank town of Huwara on September 12, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

IDF: Two Israelis lightly hurt in terror shooting in West Bank’s Huwara

By Emanuel Fabian

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

Analysis

Overhaul hearing sees court, gov’t in bitter fight for quasi-constitutional primacy

While appearing to defend their oversight authority, president and other judges don’t seem certain that damage posed by reasonableness legislation can justify annulling a Basic Law

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and all 14 other judges hear petitions against the 'reasonableness law' at the court in Jerusalem on September 12, 2023. (DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP)

Protesters outside the the hearing of the government's 'reasonableness-limitation amendment,' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on September 12, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Sept. 13: Special – Deep dive into unprecedented High Court hearing

Yesh Atid: Proof government will burn pages of history

Government lawyer spurns Declaration of Independence at fateful High Court hearing

Drawing ire during reasonableness law adjudication for saying ‘hasty’ document was endorsed by unelected signatories, attorney elaborates that it has value but no legal authority

Attorney Ilan Bombach, representing the Israeli government, arrives at a court hearing on petitions against the government's reasonableness law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Prime Minister's Office on September 13, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu calls for ‘more unity’ and agreements ahead of Jewish New Year

Op-ed

With Israel’s ethos at stake, 13-hour court hearing proves riveting, fateful TV drama

Rothman came to insult the judges, the coalition’s lawyer Bombach trashed the Declaration of Independence, and several on the bench intimated they may indeed intervene on Basic Law

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and all 14 other judges hear petitions against the 'reasonableness law' at the court in Jerusalem on September 12, 2023. (DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP)

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and other justices at a High Court hearing on the 'reasonableness law,' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. Judge Noam Sohlberg is at left and Judge Isaac Amit. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Op-ed

Shalom Yerushalmi

Threats from Smotrich et al. did not frighten the High Court justices

At historic hearing, 15 judges fought for the institution that they represent and for Israeli democracy, leaving Netanyahu in no doubt of the direction this saga will take

Israeli president Isaac Herzog speaks at the President residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Herzog presses leaders to ‘end crisis,’ claims wide support for brewing overhaul deal

By Joshua Davidovich

President says the sides have already reached agreements, but party heads need to show courage, look beyond their electoral bases to good of nation

8:53 pm

Reports of second Israeli strike in Syria within hours
6:30 pm

Five more killed as renewed clashes engulf Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
6:29 pm

Saudis want steps toward two-state solution for normalization, Blinken says

Ultra-Orthodox men at a Pidyon Ha'ben ceremony in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, September 2, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israeli population rises to 9.795 million on Rosh Hashanah eve

73% of population is Jewish, of which over 44% classify themselves as secular; 21% are Arab and 6% belong to other minority communities

Young students learn in a classroom at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys in Beit Shemesh, on August 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset okays cutting ministries’ funds, moving NIS 480 million for Haredi education

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Michael Horovitz

Analysis

Israel hypes India-Saudi-EU trade corridor, but it’s a bit player in US-China bout

Netanyahu sees Haifa as a hub of the infrastructure network announced by Biden, Modi, and others, but that doesn’t mean a Saudi deal, or anything else, is in the offing

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center), US President Joe Biden (roght) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands before the start of a session at the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

Participants in the September 20, 2023 webinar (L-R) Prof. Gil Troy, former MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh and former United States ambassador to Israel David Friedman. (Times of Israel/Courtesy/Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

ToI Webinar

No vote, no voice? Diaspora Jews’ influence on Israel’s judicial overhaul crisis

Register now to join former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman, former MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh & Prof. Gil Troy for a nuanced discussion fed by ToI readers’ questions on Sept. 20

Victoria Nunley

Who has not made me a woman

Revealing my femininity to the world took conscious effort, and the daily reminder of my struggle makes it all the more meaningful

Loving other Jews: A meditation

This is a moment to remember that we Jews are family, and to hold each other in our hearts, for the coming year

Visiting US official discusses Saudi deal with Bennett, Gantz

Settling on UN sidelines meeting, US said to tell PM he’ll get Oval Office follow-up

After sufficing with lower-profile sit-down next week, US officials assure Netanyahu he’ll meet Biden at White House later this year, though they want to see how overhaul unfolds

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden, in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on August 19, 2019. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

Netanyahu to meet Zelensky on sidelines of UN General Assembly, Kyiv’s envoy says

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, arrives at the Capitol in Washington, DC, September 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy directs opening of Biden impeachment inquiry over son’s business activities

By LISA MASCARO and Farnoush Amiri

A general view of the city of Derna is seen on September 12., 2023. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns, the destruction appeared greatest in Derna city. (AP Photo/Jamal Alkomaty)

At least 5,000 feared dead, many more missing in massive Libya floods

Rescuers have trouble reaching worst-hit Derna in the eastern part of the war-divided country, where heavy rains collapsed dams around the city, washing away entire neighborhoods

A rainy day on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, April 13, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Israel hit by tail end of Storm Daniel after it killed at least 2,000 in Libya

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Colored quartz pebbles, likely used for divination, found along the Pilgrimage Road. (Clara Amit, IAA)

ArchaeologyHoard includes clay rattles, quartz pebbles, human figurines

On ancient hajj route, Muslim sorcerers likely used ‘magic’ items to banish evil eye

By Gavriel Fiske

Cache of objects found in 1996 near Eilat receives new scrutiny; researchers posit they were used for spells of protection during arduous pilgrimage from Cairo to Mecca and Medina

The exterior of the recently completed National Library of Israel, due to open in October 2023 (Courtesy Laurian Ghinitoiu)

Long-awaited National Library set to reopen with 11 floors and millions of stories

By Jessica Steinberg

Grand space to open in October, featuring plush reading rooms, museum-like exhibits, robotic stacks for 4 million books and rooms for all visitors, not just the quiet kind

Ahead of holidays, Jewish and congressional leaders urge increased security funding

Federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program used to secure Jewish institutions falls short of demand as antisemitism spikes in US, Jewish groups say

Illustrative: New York police secure a Jewish community event in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, neighborhood of New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Elon Musk at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. (Alain Jocard/AFP)

ExplainerAntisemitism bubbling up on Elon Musk’s X is nothing new, but site is amplifying it

By Pamela S. Nadell

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

‘Anti-Israel events’ increase on US campuses, BDS resolutions drop, ADL survey finds

By Andrew Lapin

More Headlines

A man at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on August 20, 2023, shows a picture of Arwah Sheikh Ali, who alleges police branded him with a Star of David while he was arrested in East Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Cops accused of branding Palestinian are also suspected of deleting arrest footage

Police and medics at the scene of a deadly accident involving four trucks near the southern city of Kiryat Gat on September 13, 2023 (Magen David Adom)

Man killed in four-truck pileup on Route 6; bystanders loot vehicle

Palestinian terror factions showcase their fighting skills during the annual 'Hard Corner' military drill in the Gaza strip, September 12, 2023. (From the Telegram channel of the Joint Operations Room; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Gaza terror groups stage military drill to mark anniversary of Israeli pullout

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

North Korea’s Kim views launchpads with Putin, vows support for Russia’s ‘just fight’

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Dasha Litvinova

Cameron Samuels, a Jewish college student and book-access activist, discusses the impact of their Texas high school's challenge to "Maus" at a Senate hearing on book bans, Sept. 12, 2023. (C-SPAN Screenshot via JTA)

‘Maus,’ Nazis and Shylock references make appearances at US Senate book ban hearing

By Andrew Lapin

Israeli telehealth startup TytoCare and Japan's commercial insurance provider, Sompo, sign collaboration agreement in presence of economy ministers of both countries. (David Hacohen/Courtesy)

Japan’s Sompo taps Israeli telehealth startup for medical diagnosis of the elderly

By Sharon Wrobel

Israel's midfielder #12 Gavriel Kanichowsky celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Euro 2024 group I qualification football match Israel v Belarus at Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv on September 12, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Late goal lifts Israel past Belarus, keeping team in contention for 2024 Euros

Screen capture from video of a gang of youths attacking a teenager in a Petah Tikva park, September 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

7 teens arrested over filmed gang beating, including alleged victim

Avi Alkalay, former editor at the Walla news site, arrives to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, September 12, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Netanyahu trialEx-Walla editor: PM’s meddling led news staff to liken him to North Korean dictator

By Michael Bachner

A Renault electric car recharges at a charging station in Ramat Hasharon. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

About a third of cars on Israeli roads will be electric by 2030, government projects

By Sharon Wrobel

UBQ Materials has developed a technology that takes unsorted household waste -- from banana peels to dirty diapers to used yogurt containers and cardboard -- and converts it into a bio-based thermoplastic -- a plastic substitute (Courtesy)

Cleantech startup that converts waste into eco-friendly plastic nabs $70 million

By Sharon Wrobel

An artist's illustration of K2-18 b, an exoplanet which may be covered in water oceans and possess a hydrogen atmosphere. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI))

NASA says hint of oceans, potential life discovered on distant world

By Michael Horovitz

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