Coalition MK: Arrest ’treasonous’ Lapid, Gantz * Ex-justice: ’Democratic dictatorship’ looms * Op-ed: Calmly fix checks & balances *UN exhibit: When world turned its back

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, January 11, 2023 [Coalition MK calls for arrest of ‘treasonous’ opposition heads Lapid, Gantz]( By TOI staff Zvika Fogel of far-right Otzma Yehudit says ex-premier and other politicians should be locked up for backing mass protests against judicial makeover and warning of civil war [Ben Gvir rejects party member’s call to arrest ‘treasonous’ opposition heads]( By TOI staff [Ahead of mass rallies, police said to rebuff Ben Gvir’s demand to escalate response]( By Michael Bachner Interview Jeremy Sharon [Ex-justice Rubinstein warns government plans will create ‘democratic dictatorship’]( Former Supreme Court deputy president tells Times of Israel radical legal shakeup would leave Israel with just one branch of government – and potentially a ‘democracy in name’ only [Herzog urges lawmakers to simmer down as rhetoric around judicial reforms boils over]( By TOI staff [Driver held after swerving toward anti-government protesters on Beersheba sidewalk]( By TOI staff [Ministry legal advisers are first target in coalition’s plan to remake judiciary]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Knesset opens discussion of plan, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin saying he is ‘determined’ to push contentious reforms through against any ‘threat’ [Levin plans to end seniority system for appointing Supreme Court president – report]( By TOI staff [Anti-government protesters claim discrimination at café, train station]( By TOI staff Op-ed Haviv Rettig Gur [Battle over High Court exposes frailty of Israel’s piecemeal system of government]( The center-left’s fears are reasonable, the right’s arguments authentic; both sides should get past the current shrill debate and restructure a broken system of checks and balances [Bid to revoke citizenship of PA-paid terror convicts advances with opposition’s help]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Likud MK ties initiative to ending veneration of terrorists as heroes among Arab Israelis, after killer Karim Younis’s jubilant homecoming last week [Palestinians open fire at northern West Bank crossing; no injuries]( By Emanuel Fabian [Palestinian gunman shot dead in armed clash with IDF in Nablus]( By Emanuel Fabian Live updates [LIVE: Medics: Israeli man stabbed and wounded at West Bank outpost; attacker ‘neutralized’]( By TOI staff 25-year-old Israeli man said in moderate condition after being stabbed in neck at Havat Yehuda illegal outpost in South Hebron Hills Top Ops Francine M. Gordon [Of birds, words, tables and turds]( If different politics puts a wedge between you and your lifelong friends, I suggest laughing together at poop jokes, and avoid the BS that drives you apart Evan Gottesman [Ben Gvir’s fight for ‘equal rights’ at the Temple Mount]( The claim that restricting Jewish prayer at the sacred spot infringes on civil rights is a hard sell, when Palestinians don’t even have citizenship rights [Will Netanyahu need to brush up on foreign diplomacy skills?]( [listen to the podcast]( [US envoy says he’s not boycotting Ben Gvir but will primarily deal with Netanyahu]( By Jacob Magid Nides says we’ll know within weeks whether Israel qualifies for visa waiver program but that it still has to pass relevant laws in time, assure Arab Americans can enter freely [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jan. 11: Will Netanyahu need to brush up on foreign diplomacy skills?]( By TOI staff [Transgender woman pushed out of YU-linked synagogue after uproar over day school job]( By Luke Tress Talia Avrahami leaves Shenk Shul following controversy over her employment at Brooklyn’s Magen David Yeshivah, which is also accused of discriminating against 2nd transgender woman [Shas co-founder and spiritual leader Rabbi Shimon Baadani dies at age 94]( By Judah Ari Gross Born in Mandatory Palestine to Yemenite parents, the firebrand but humble sage studied in Israel’s top yeshivas before helping creating the Sephardic ultra-Orthodox party [UN exhibit remembers when the world turned its back on stateless Jewish refugees]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll The YIVO Institute and UN joint project runs through Feb. 23 in NYC, focusing on the day-to-day lives in DP camps of the 250,000 Holocaust survivors with nowhere to go [Report: Iran steps up air defense deployment in Syria in bid to curb Israeli strikes]( By Emanuel Fabian Unnamed intelligence source tells Newsweek that Israel has struck at least seven targets related to the network over the past two years, and killed 10 Iranians [Iran claims to bust Mossad-linked cells trying to ‘exploit’ protests]( By TOI staff [Netanyahu warns Iran, Hezbollah of ‘red lines’ ahead of war games on Lebanon border]( By Emanuel Fabian Interview [Kosher nostra: New memoir details a New York Jewish family’s crime ties]( By Jon Kalish In ‘Uncle Charlie Killed Dutch Schultz,’ author Alan Geik tells about ‘heimishe’ first-generation US Jews bootlegging, running gambling rackets and committing the occasional murder [Turkey’s envoy to Israel presents credentials after four years of suspended ties]( By Lazar Berman Sakir Ozkan Torunlar mentions Temple Mount status quo, but not Palestinians, in speech; President Herzog invites Erdogan to Israel [As Negev Forum confab wraps, officials vague on plans for joint projects]( By Jacob Magid [AIPAC gathering aims at 2024 game plan for electing pro-Israel candidates]( By Ron Kampeas Two-day meeting of 1,000 political leaders, lobby’s first in-person confab in DC since COVID, intended to discuss strategies ahead of next major election cycle; closed to press [Israel raises $2 billion in its first-ever issuance of 10-year green bonds]( By Sharon Wrobel State joins sovereign green bond club in raising funds to help attain climate-related national goals [CRM]( Of words and images [This art book publisher wants to convey what artists are trying to say]( By Jessica Steinberg Ian Sternthal, of Sternthal Books, reflects on the limited Israeli world of art books, which gathers this week at the In Print fair in Jerusalem More Headlines [Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ wins best drama at Golden Globes]( By AP [UK Conservative party MP booted out for comparing COVID vaccines to the Holocaust]( By TOI staff [Russian Jewish population down sharply since 2010, pre-Ukraine war census indicates]( By JTA and TOI staff [Israel to trim med student internships in bid to tackle ‘dire’ shortage of doctors]( By Nathan Jeffay [Undeterred by threats, Charlie Hebdo publishes more Khamenei cartoons]( By AFP [US federal charges added against ‘jihad-inspired’ Times Square machete attacker]( By AFP [Trump executive Allen Weisselberg begins 5-month jail term for tax fraud]( By Michael R. Sisak [Court rules right-wing TV network discriminated against non-Orthodox Jewish groups]( By Michael Bachner [British police probe uranium package seized at Heathrow Airport]( By AFP and TOI staff [Adolfo Kaminsky, Jewish French forger who saved 14,000 in Holocaust, dies at 97]( By David I. Klein [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2023 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved