Gov’t fights for life as Knesset reconvenes * MK dreams of blowing up Supreme Ct. * US Jewish women are academic stars * After 800 years, Anglicans sorry for booting Jews

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, May 9, 2022 Presented by [Atlantis Paradise Vacations]( Live updates [LIVE: Coalition opens Knesset summer session facing no-confidence threat]( By [TOI staff]( [Lapid insists government can hang on despite losing majority; Netanyahu: It’s over Naftali, your government has finished its short and feeble term]( [Police officer stabbed in neck at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate; attacker shot]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman]( [Cop moderately wounded after suspect draws knife during questioning in police holding area overlooking Old City entrance]( [Unarmed Palestinian shot dead trying to illegally cross West Bank security barrier]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel reopens West Bank crossings; Gaza to remain shut ‘until further notice’]( By [TOI staff]( [Haredi lawmaker says his dream is to ‘blow up’ the Supreme Court]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Coalition lawmakers and former justices slam ‘shocking’ remarks made by MK Yitzhak Pindrus of United Torah Judaism during an Independence Day panel]( [Panel tasked with finding new head for Army Radio despite looming end of station]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( from our sponsor [Kosher in the Bahamas]( [Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. 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