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Model Michael Lewis speaks on a radio show in 2023 (video screenshot))

March 25, 2023, 4:39 am

Israeli model Michael Lewis injured in fall in Seychelles

Lewis fell 50 feet while filming for Tourism Ministry campaign, required several surgeries

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Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with his expected defense minister Yoav Gallant in the Knesset on December 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 25, 2023, 3:23 am

Defense minister said to warn PM he won’t back overhaul legislation in current form

TV report says Netanyahu asked Gallant for a few days to try to resolve crisis surrounding judicial shakeup; minister said to caution refusal could spread to active duty personnel

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Police seen at the scene of a murder in Kiryat Ata on March 24, 2023. (Israel Police)

March 24, 2023, 11:56 pm

Woman found stabbed to death in year’s 8th domestic violence fatality

Victim’s partner, said to not have domestic violence history, turns himself in to police; incident happens days after coalition votes down bill mandating tracking of abusers

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Fireworks explodes before protesters marching in a demonstration against the government's proposed judicial overhaul legislation in the central city of Bnei Barak on March 23, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

March 24, 2023, 10:24 pm

Protesters declare ‘week of paralysis’ ahead of government passing core overhaul bill

Demonstrators picket outside several ministers’ homes, commando veterans plan Saturday rally outside Gallant’s house, before another week of contentious legislative action

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Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley testifies during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 23, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

March 24, 2023, 7:34 pm

US army chief: Iran could produce enough material for nuclear weapon within 2 weeks

Milley says Tehran would still require several more months to assemble weapon for use, states US military has developed ‘multiple options’ for leadership to consider if needed

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An Israeli Air Force soldier directs an F-35 fighter jets during a surprise exercise, 'Galilee Rose,' in February 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

March 24, 2023, 6:02 pm

200 more pilots to skip weekly training flight over PM’s refusal to halt overhaul

Organizers say Netanyahu’s vow to enact law to control judicial appointments next week was breaking point for many in the IAF who hadn’t already joined protest

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A protester lies on the ground and acts dead during demonstrations against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

March 24, 2023, 3:03 pm

Citing ‘Islamo-Nazi ideologies,’ judge refuses to free anti-overhaul demonstrator

Tel Aviv court’s Menachem Klein claims protesters aim ‘to destroy our country,’ recalls trip to Holocaust sites in call for Jewish unity; lawyer slams ‘political statements’

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Hagai Levi poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Scenes of a Marriage' during the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September, 4, 2021. (Joel C. Ryan/Invision/AP)

March 24, 2023, 12:43 pm

Award-winning director Hagai Levi detained at anti-overhaul rally in Tel Aviv

Golden Globe winner says he believes officers held him in police van for 2 hours because he photographed them arresting protesters

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Muslims offer prayer on the first Friday of Ramadan outside the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

March 24, 2023, 11:25 am

Jerusalem security forces on alert as tens of thousands at 1st Friday Ramadan prayers

Senior police officer stresses non-Muslims to be barred from Temple Mount during holiday; estimated 83,000 worship at Al-Aqsa Mosque without incident

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Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

March 24, 2023, 10:59 am

AG says Netanyahu is breaking the law and in violation of conflict of interest deal

Baharav-Miara: PM’s declaration that he will get involved in judicial overhaul violates court ruling; this and any further such acts ‘illegal and tainted by conflict of interest’

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Illustrative: Israeli 100 shekel banknotes, December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

March 24, 2023, 10:11 am

Shekel slumps after Netanyahu speech vowing to push ahead with overhaul legislation

Currency sees sharp swings over several hours as initial expectations that Defense Minister Gallant would call to halt reforms were dashed

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Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his wife Sara ascend a plane before taking off for London, March 24, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)

March 24, 2023, 6:06 am

After delays, Netanyahu finally leaves for London, where more protesters await

Flight was apparently delayed both because of planned protests at home and restricted hours at Heathrow, meaning PM will have little time before meeting with UK counterpart Sunak

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, near the Prime Minister's official residence in Jerusalem, March 23, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

March 24, 2023, 4:37 am

Police called in as protesters hem in overhaul architect Rothman

Demonstrators surround Ramat Sharon home, seemingly blocking lawmaker’s way until officers able to escort his car through ad hoc rally; protest also held outside Gallant home

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Protesters march against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Bnei Brak, on March 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

March 23, 2023, 11:04 pm

Thousands march through Haredi enclave Bnei Brak as ‘Day of Paralysis’ ends

Some residents set off fireworks against anti-overhaul demonstrators; others greet them with food, water; cops shove ex-police minister Omer Barlev at Petah Tikva protest

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Palestinian policemen participate in a training session at their headquarters in the West Bank city of Hebron on January 30, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

March 23, 2023, 9:05 pm

Report: Israel offered PA full security duties over city as pilot, Ramallah refused

Plan backed by Jordan would seek to reduce violence during arrest raids; but PA said to fear delegitimization for cooperating with Israel

By ToI Staff