PM denies judicial overhaul will end democracy * Ex-top judge: Shoot me if it’ll stop the move to tyranny * PA FM: My travel permit revoked * UTJ: Stop shabbat train work

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, January 8, 2023 Presented by [Start-Up Nation Central]( [Netanyahu blasts ‘baseless’ claim judicial overhaul would end Israeli democracy]( By TOI staff PM says coalition is carrying out the will of the people, a day after former Supreme Court president attacked the planned reforms and thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv [Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against new government, judicial overhaul plans]( By Ash Obel [Outgoing Bar Association chief slams ‘delusional, dangerous’ judicial overhaul plans]( By TOI staff [Ex-top judge Barak: ‘Put me before a firing squad’ if it’ll stop move to tyranny]( By TOI staff Former Supreme Court president calls planned judicial reforms ‘poison pills’ that would mark ‘beginning of the end’ for Israel. Levin: He ‘doesn’t understand essence of democracy’ [Dershowitz: Judicial overhaul will make Israel much harder to defend on global stage]( By AP and TOI staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jan. 8: ‘Talmudic’ arguments in Minister Deri’s cliffhanger hearing]( By TOI staff [Palestinian Authority foreign minister says Israel revoked his travel permit]( By AP and TOI staff Returning from Brazil, Riyad al-Malki claims he was told he can no longer travel smoothly from West Bank, in latest punitive step over Palestinians’ action at UN [Police disperse parents’ committee meeting dubbed ‘terror summit’ in East Jerusalem]( By TOI staff [Gallant revokes entry permits of 3 PA officials who visited freed terror convict]( By Emanuel Fabian Start-Up Nation Central [Innovation Diplomacy: Bringing Israel’s Start-Up Nation Story to the World]( Yariv Becher, VP of Innovation Diplomacy at Startup-Nation Central, explains how innovation and business collaboration are the key to greater prosperity in the Middle East. [Haredi party demands end to Shabbat train work, in first test for coalition]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Likud-held Transportation Ministry officials refuse, warning of service delays if maintenance is pushed to weekdays From the blogs Yonatan Green [The judicial apocalypse is not upon us]( The real democratic deficit is in decades of judicial supremacy, in which the Supreme Court may ‘override’ the Knesset and has final say on any matter it chooses Archaeology [/ 'This is the earliest evidence of hoarded silver']( [Newly found 3,600-year-old silver pieces are 1st currency in Levant, study claims]( By Melanie Lidman University of Haifa and Hebrew University archaeologists find silver pieces from Anatolia that reveal robust trade routes and currency use 500 years earlier than previously thought [‘Talmudic’ arguments in Minister Deri’s cliffhanger hearing]( [listen to the podcast]( [US laments Jordan’s absence from Negev Forum, aims to keep Palestinians in loop]( By Jacob Magid As teams from Israel, Arab allies meet in UAE this week, senior US official says Arab states will be keeping eye on policies of new hardline Israeli government [Jordan unveils new 50-dinar banknote featuring Temple Mount in Jerusalem]( By TOI staff Live updates [LIVE: Ties with Egypt said strained by recent Israeli moves, hindering prisoner swap talks]( By Michael Bachner Report says Netanyahu promised Sissi he’d stop Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit, then reneged; this plus sanctions on Palestinian leaders cause ‘resentment,’ ’embarrassment’ in Cairo Top Ops Faydra L. Shapiro [Anti-Christian hate crimes in Israel: Where are our chief rabbis?]( For Jewish religious leaders to walk a moral path, they must speak out to protect Israel’s minorities and prevent Jewish radicals from turning violent Yehuda Kurtzer [Lessons for Israelis from the turbulent Trump years]( Outrage fatigue is real, unlikely partnerships are possible, and other hard-won insights from an American Jew who’s been here…and there [Amid AG pushback, cabinet delays appointment of new Transportation Ministry chief]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Legal officials say there’s obstacle to approving appointment of Miri Regev confidant; former Levin adviser with no legal qualifications okayed as Justice Ministry director general [Senior Likud MK escalates criticism as Netanyahu denies ethnic discrimination]( By TOI staff [Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,’ queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garb]( By Jackie Hajdenberg Now with garments on sale online, the Tzitzit Project is an art initiative founded to create tzitzit and prayer shawls for a variety of bodies, genders and religious denominations [Russia claims to kill 600 Ukrainian troops in ‘retaliatory strike’ in Kramatorsk]( By AFP and TOI staff Kremlin says 1,300 soldiers stationed in 2 buildings were targeted as revenge for Kyiv’s deadly New Year’s attack on Makiiva barracks [Little letup in fighting as Ukraine marks Orthodox Christmas under Russian invasion]( By Daria ANDRIIEVSKA and Robbie COREY-BOULET [US condemns in ‘strongest terms’ Iran’s latest executions of protesters]( By TOI staff and AFP State Department spokesman says Tehran held ‘sham trials’ for Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini; EU says it’s ‘appalled’ [Analysis / Iran sends conflicting messages, with clerics divided on protest response]( By IAN TIMBERLAKE [Iranian arrested in Germany on suspicion of Islamist chemical attack plot]( By AFP [CRM]( [From slapstick comedy to political thriller: Crazy week in US House resembles movie]( By Camille CAMDESSUS and Charlotte Plantive Normally a routine formality, election of new speaker for House of Representatives sent off the rails by 2 dozen right-wing rebels before McCarthy selected on 4th day of voting [Chaos in the US House after midnight: How McCarthy became speaker, at 15th attempt]( By MARY CLARE JALONICK [Report: Lebanon urging Hezbollah to prevent local Hamas cell from attacking Israel]( By Emanuel Fabian Beirut Observer news site publishes list of operatives from Palestinian terror group who are allegedly planning to launch attack from southern Lebanon More Headlines [Ben Gvir scrapping rule allowing any lawmaker to visit security prisoners]( By TOI staff [Clal to buy NIS 100 million stake in Israel’s 2nd digital bank]( By Sharon Wrobel [Green tech vies for limelight at major gadget convention in Las Vegas]( By Glenn Chapman [Two Netanya residents injured in car explosion]( By TOI staff [France honors Charlie Hebdo attack victims as Iran rages over new cartoons]( By AFP and TOI staff [Public now can see Benedict’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica]( By AP [Israeli falls to his death at Georgian Black Sea resort]( By TOI staff [Travelers rush to take advantage of China reopening]( By AP [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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