Despite Herzog plea, no dialogue on overhaul; bill to shackle judges debated * Haley runs * Rats to sniff out lung cancer? * Soldier assaults activist as US writers tour

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Presented by [Bnai Zion]( Live updates [LIVE: Pressing on with overhaul, MKs talk bill requiring 15-judge unanimity to annul laws]( By ToI Staff Opposition MKs assail government for moving ahead despite president’s appeal for a halt to allow negotiations, warn that Monday’s mass protest in Jerusalem ‘just the start’ Analysis Haviv Rettig Gur [The judiciary fight is fueled by deep distrust; that makes compromise elusive]( Why Justice Minister Yariv Levin is in such a rush, foreign investors are increasingly worried, and President Herzog’s call for dialogue may fail [Environment minister heckled off the stage at climate confab]( By Michael Horovitz [Dershowitz: Netanyahu open to compromise on overhaul, court must remain non-partisan]( By ToI Staff [Amid judicial overhaul, Benny Begin says nothing left of his father’s Likud]( By ToI Staff Son of ex-PM Menachem Begin laments party’s path; senior Likud members said concerned Netanyahu may agree to compromise over judicial reforms, vow to split from party if he does [Ex-PM Bennett says overhaul fight marks ‘most dangerous point’ in Israeli history]( By ToI Staff [Judicial overhaul bill likely to come up for first plenum vote next Monday]( By Jeremy Sharon from our sponsor [Richard Joel on life after YU and antisemitism on campus]( The former president of Yeshiva University in discussion with Steve Savitsky [Policeman dies after being stabbed by Palestinian, hit by friendly fire]( By Emanuel Fabian Palestinian teen pulls knife when forces board bus at Jerusalem checkpoint to routinely question passengers; civilian guard accidentally hits Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed with gunfire [Israel said to ban entry to young Palestinian peace activists]( By Harry Roper [Justice minister offers talks on overhaul; Opposition: Legislation must stop first]( By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon Justice minister, Knesset panel head overseeing bills say they are willing to start dialogue ‘without preconditions’; Lapid, Gantz say proposal disingenuous while process continues [Likud’s Amsalem, Cartier on wrist, accuses ‘elitist’ protesters of wearing Rolexes]( By ToI Staff [Lapid: Justice overhaul ‘tearing Israel apart’; PM: Opposition leading us to anarchy]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Explainer ToI Staff [90,000 or 300,000? Why estimates of crowd size at Jerusalem protest vary so widely]( Figuring out just how many people came to the capital on Monday to protest the government’s judicial overhaul is both difficult technically and fraught with political bias [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Feb 14: Raging protest, stormy Knesset panel, preconditions for talks]( By ToI Staff [Raging protest, stormy Knesset panel, preconditions for talks]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops Dan Perry [Wanted: Five righteous persons in Sodom]( These are the MKs who can keep the coalition from turning Israel into a dictatorship Raoul Wootliff [A strange sense of hope]( It was a deeply heartening sight to see so many people coming together, united in a common cause Zack Rothbart [You know Herzl — what about Max Nordau, intermarried father of Zionism?]( The pioneer of ’Muscular Judaism’ inspired Rabbi Kook and Menachem Begin – it’s time he got his due Andrew Silow-Carroll [The reluctant dissenters of Diaspora Jewry]( Alarm over the fate of Israeli democracy has normally restrained voices speaking out – here’s what they are saying [IDF jails soldier for 10 days for assaulting Palestinian activist in Hebron]( By Emanuel Fabian Video shows serviceman choking Issa Amro, pushing him to the ground, and kicking him during tour of city that included Pulitzer Prize-winning US writer [Settlers said to vandalize Palestinian cars in apparent West Bank hate crime]( By ToI Staff [Nikki Haley announces presidential campaign, first major GOP challenger to Trump]( By Agencies Hugely popular with US pro-Israel groups and Republican Jews for her work in fighting anti-Israel bias as UN ambassador, she would be first female and Indian-descent US president [Global condemnations of Israel pour in over planned outpost legalizations]( By Jacob Magid EU, Washington, UN, Arab nations assail cabinet decision to approve nine illegally built communities, many of which are built on Palestinian land [Israeli lightly hurt as car is stoned driving into West Bank refugee camp]( By ToI Staff [Assault, bullying, vandalism: US sees dozens of Kanye-linked antisemitic attacks]( By Luke Tress ADL extremism researchers report at least 30 incidents targeting Jews tied to rapper in recent months, along with widespread online campaign amplifying his message [Four in ten American Jews felt less secure in 2022 than year before — survey]( By Agencies [Lab claims it teaches rats to detect lung cancer with 93% accuracy by sniffing urine]( By Nathan Jeffay Making practical use of the fact that cancers have odors, rat-powered testing could be available within about 14 months, says the team at Israeli startup Early [Israeli company touts nature-based alternative to toxic fertilizers for crops]( By Sue Surkes [Ben Gvir denies folding Border Police into National Guard would create private army]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn National security minister say planned move is aimed at beefing up policing, rejects critics’ assertions he is seeking to build militia answerable to his ministry [‘Voices raised’: Ben Gvir said to clash with PM, cops on East Jerusalem demolitions]( By ToI Staff [Ben Gvir said to order reduced shower time for terror inmates]( By ToI Staff [‘All of Israel is proud of you’: IDF rescue delegation returns from quake-hit Turkey]( By Emanuel Fabian Turkey’s ambassador to Israel thanks Home Front Command teams for being among the first on the ground following the devastating earthquake [Knesset committee fails to update earthquake construction framework]( By Danielle Nagler [CRM]( [Meeting Erdogan in Ankara, FM Cohen raises issue of Israelis held by Hamas in Gaza]( By Lazar Berman On solidarity trip after earthquake, Foreign Minister expresses Israel’s condolences, discusses Iranian nuclear program with Turkey’s president [Foreign Minister Cohen lands in Turkey to show solidarity, meet with Erdogan]( By Lazar Berman [Girl born under rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health a week after rescue]( By Bassem Mroue Baby, named Aya, being breastfed by wife of hospital director after the mother died; her father and four siblings were also killed in the earthquake [Search for survivors winds down as Turkey-Syria quake death toll hits 35,000]( By Fulya Ozerkan, Joris FIORITI and Maher Al Mounes Book review [As non-Orthodox Judaism wanes, a rabbi sees an updated mission in the digital age]( By Toby Tabachnik In his new book, Danny Schiff urges a return to the religion’s roots, shifting focus from synagogue attendance to being a moral beacon in an age of wild technological advancement More Headlines [On state visit to China, Iranian president is assured ‘solidarity’ from Beijing]( By AFP [Suspect at large after 3 people shot to death at Michigan State University]( By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KEN KUSMER [US shoots down 3 more unidentified flying objects; no indication of spying]( By Eric Tucker [Man crushed to death by factory machine; construction worker falls to his death]( By ToI Staff [Tech worker indicted for secretly filming people in bathrooms at company, residence]( By Michael Horovitz [Brazil police arrest teen in Nazi armband after thwarted school bomb attack]( By AP [Delta Israel offers to snap up retail chain Golf in an all-cash deal]( By Sharon Wrobel [In first, Polish priest sentenced on charges of spreading antisemitic hate speech]( By David I. Klein [Western, regional powers urge Lebanon to elect president or face diplomatic reaction]( By AFP [Prison guard probed for allegedly smuggling phones to terrorist behind deadly attack]( By Michael Horovitz [Iran-based trainer of 9/11 hijackers Sayf al-‘Adl believed to be new al-Qaeda chief]( By Edith M. Lederer [Women's heights / Saudi Arabia to send its 1st woman into space as kingdom seeks to revamp image]( By AFP [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