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What Matters Most On Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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Israelis attending a protest march against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clash with police in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Major protests in Jerusalem as Netanyahu seeks to fire Shin Bet chief, renews Gaza war

By Charlie Summers

12 arrested as protesters clash with police, block roads; activists demand return of hostages, rage against plans to renew judicial overhaul and dismiss attorney general

Israelis attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Over 40,000 in Tel Aviv protest Netanyahu over move to fire Shin Bet chief

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

Troops of the Gaza Division operate in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued by the military on March 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

March 19: Coalition defeats bill seeking to form state inquiry into Oct. 7 failures

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Amid widening ‘Qatargate’ probe of his aides, Netanyahu rails against ‘Deep State’ in Israel and US; Lapid: He has ‘gone off the rails’ * 2 suspects in case grilled by police

10:03 pm

In 2nd post against 'deep state' in hours, Netanyahu says bureaucrats think they 'know better than the voters'
9:36 pm

12 arrested in Jerusalem anti-government protest; left-wing MK manhandled by cops
9:03 pm

Israel offers condolences for UN staffer killed in Gaza, reiterating that IDF didn't cause it

Op-ed: Day 530 of the war

Resumed war solves Netanyahu’s problems. But what of Israel’s?

The coalition is restabilized, Ben Gvir is back, a troublesome security chief is on the way out, to be followed by the AG, and the judiciary is about to be remade. The nation, though, is roiling

Israelis attending a protest march against the decision of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire head of Shin Bet Ronen Bar, clash with police in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protesters march for the release of hostages from Gaza and against efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, on Route 1 outside Jerusalem, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 530 – US fully supportive of Gaza strikes, but Trump stays silent

By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid

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Israeli businessman says he moved cash from Qatari lobbyist to PM’s aide Feldstein

Kan public broadcaster shares audio in which Gil Birger, owner of Israeli holding company, reports transferring money from Qatar-employed US lobbyist Jay Footlik

Eli Feldstein, one of the suspects in the classified documents leak case, arrives for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on March 11, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

From left to right: Freed hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Iair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Troufanov attend a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Thousands at separate rally slam PM move to fire Shin Bet head

‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind

By Jessica Steinberg and Noam Lehmann

Families fear resumed war could be fatal for loved ones; Sasha Troufanov asks ‘why are we abandoning them’; Yarden Bibas say he’s ‘petrified’ for his friends; Noa Argamani pleads to save every soul

A poster memorializing Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv hangs outside the house where they lived in a neighborhood for young families at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, February 2025. (Bernard Dichek)

'We knew we needed to unite people, we just didn't know how'

Killed on Oct. 7, a modern-day Israeli Romeo and Juliet unite their families — and nation

By Bernard Dichek

The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the religious spectrum and together wanted to help society

Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sa'ar likens AG to Japanese 'kamikaze' fighter pilots

Cabinet unanimously reappoints Ben Gvir as police minister, ignoring AG’s objections

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Move by ministers to bring Otzma Yehudit back into coalition expected to win Knesset support Wednesday despite concerns over far-right firebrand’s disregard for court rulings

L: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

AG tells Netanyahu that Ben Gvir cannot legally be appointed police minister

By Jeremy Sharon

In this image made from a video released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Government Press Office via AP)

Families fear for hostages' lives; mediators seek new truce

Vowing to press Gaza strikes, Netanyahu says hostage talks only to be held ‘under fire’

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

PM warns: ‘This is only the beginning’; says Hamas rejected all proposals for more releases; slams critics who claim he resumed war for political interests; ground op said mooted

FILE: IAF F-16I fighter jets prepare to take off from the Ramon Airbase in southern Israel for strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, January 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IAF dismisses reservist navigator for refusing to serve due to resumption of war

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

An explosion erupts in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel threatens to intensify Gaza strikes unless Hamas resumes ‘genuine’ talks

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza and the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City on March 18, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

US envoy to UN says blame for renewed Gaza fighting ‘lies solely with Hamas’

By Jacob Magid and Agencies

Dorothy Shea tells Security Council that ‘Trump has made clear Hamas must release the hostages immediately or pay a high price’; Guterres says UN will ‘not give up’ on ceasefire

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, March 18, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Qatar, Egypt demand resumption of ceasefire talks, slam Israeli ‘escalation’

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

European nations express ‘great concern’ over renewed fighting in Gaza

By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Democrats MK Gilad Kariv is ejected from the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee following a vote on a highly controversial law changing Israel's judicial appointments process, March 19, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)

Bill to increase political control over judicial appointments approved by Knesset panel

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition chief Lapid urges mass protests against key judicial overhaul bill, that could become law next week, to limit judiciary’s influence over picks

InterviewMK Kariv: Overhaul bill will leave judges ‘eternally fearful’ of their political bosses

By Jeremy Sharon

The guns were there all along

Are we in a Chekhov play, lamenting those killed because a demented king, a grasping overlord, and a black-clad army that won’t surrender have blocked a peaceful ending?

The antisemitic organization leading the world to catastrophe

The UN sides with global evil when it falsely accuses Israel of sexual crimes in Gaza. Even worse, it turns a blind eye to real problems

Jonathan Greenblatt participates in a panel during the TAAF Heritage Month Summit at The Glasshouse on May 5, 2023 in New York City. (JP Yim/Getty Images via AFP)

ADL chief Greenblatt drops out of Israeli antisemitism confab over far-right invitees

Previously scheduled speaker joins a growing list of figures who have withdrawn from Israeli government event to protest the inclusion of far-right European politicians

Houthis fire first ballistic missile at Israel in 2 months, warn of more in coming days

By Emanuel Fabian and Nurit Yohanan

Projectile shot down by Arrow defense system over Saudi Arabia; Iran-backed group says it will expand targets unless Israel halts renewed aerial campaign on Gaza

Yemenis pass under a street billboard displaying a picture of Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi rebel group, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Arabic reads, "death to America, death to Israel". (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

A general view shows damage at the al-Habashi Iron Factory that was targeted in US airstrikes a day earlier in the Bajel District of al-Hodeida governorate in western Yemen on March 18, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

US pounds Houthi stronghold as group claims 4th attack on aircraft carrier group

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sabra star

Gal Gadot is first Israeli actor to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

‘Anything is possible,’ says Gadot, crediting her four daughters with inspiring ‘me to be a better person,’ as small pro- and anti-Israel protests staged outside ceremony

Inside story'We hoped this reform would receive warmer response in DC'

US sharpens tone against PA, but funds for its security forces continue

By Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan

After welcoming Abbas decree ending pay-to-slay, State Department demands ‘actions’; CIA still sending money to security forces, US assures Ramallah rest of aid will return after review

Palestinian security forces gather at the site of a protest against clashes between Palestinian security forces and terror groups in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on December 21, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

InterviewGovernor of Tulkarem: I could have tackled the armed groups here; Israel wouldn’t let me

By Nurit Yohanan

From the trailer for 'Guygu,' a short film about hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, being released in March 2025 (Courtesy)

For hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a film imagines salvation through all things Japanese

By Jessica Steinberg

22-year-old anime fan planned on traveling to Japan before he was abducted by terrorists on October 7, 2023; his story is now the subject of ‘Guygu,’ a six-minute animated short

Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze and the owner of Taboonia, wraps up a pita with labneh in New York City, March 2025. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)

'My community is Jewish'

After tragedy, Supernova festival survivor opens Israeli Druze restaurant in NYC

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Raif Rashed launches new eatery Taboonia following Oct. 7, finding comfort in the foods of his youth – and in the wave of Jewish and Israeli support that is pouring in

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US President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot, in Dallas, November 22, 1963. Riding with President Kennedy are first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. (Jim Altgens/AP)

Trump administration makes public thousands of files related to JFK assassination

Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters in front of the Istanbul courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, arrested; internet restrictions imposed in Turkey

A Ben & Jerry's shop in Burlington, Vermont, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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By Reuters and ToI Staff

Illustrative: An IAF F-16 from the Red Dragon squadron during a drill, November 2013. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Israeli strikes reported in central Syria on former regime’s military sites

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Footage posted to social media shows a fire blazing in the Adass Israel Synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea, Australia, December 6, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Australian political rivals pledge to rebuild Melbourne’s firebombed synagogue

Members of the centrist Momentum Movement party burn flares in protest before a vote on a bill aimed at banning the annual Pride march on March 18, 2025 during the spring session of the Hungarian Parliament. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Hungary’s parliament bans Pride events in crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights

By Justin Spike

Syrian men pray during the funeral of Muhannad Akrad, one of three people killed in Israeli airstrikes on Monday, at the Omary mosque in Daraa, southern Syria, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

IDF strikes Syrian artillery systems near border; Damascus condemns ‘Israeli aggression’

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands before attending a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov)

Trump, Putin agree to immediate pause on Russian strikes of Ukrainian infrastructure

By AAMER MADHANI, Vladimir Isachenikov and Zeke Miller

Scene of a deadly road accident on Route 675, south of Afula, March 19, 2025. (Magen David Adom)

Three killed in morning road collisions, including two teenage boys aged 13 and 15

By Stuart Winer

This handout picture provided by NASA shows support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. (Keegan Barber / NASA / AFP)

Back homeNASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stranded in space

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