Ignoring chaos warning, ministers ok funds for Ben Gvir national guard * Mounted cop beats horse-loving protester * ‘Bohemian Balabusta’ seeks religious sexual revolution

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, April 2, 2023 In partnership with [Chabad of Poland]( [Ministers approve major budget cut to pave way for forming Ben Gvir’s national guard]( By Michael Bachner After warnings by police chief and AG, several cabinet members express disapproval of move, yet vote in favor; Lapid decries measure handing far-right minister ‘a private militia’ [Police chief, attorney general sound alarm against forming Ben Gvir’s national guard]( By Michael Bachner [Ex-police chief: Ben Gvir could use proposed national guard to launch coup]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Rejecting conflict of interest charge, PM tells court he must be involved in overhaul]( By Amy Spiro In response to petition, Netanyahu assures High Court any future appointed judges ‘will not be involved in my issues,’ and that he is required to step in and ‘manage the matter’ [Government made ‘mistake of their lives’: Hundreds of thousands protest overhaul]( By ToI Staff Compromise talks notwithstanding, masses nationwide demand bills be shelved; Grossman compares far-right to Sicarii, says coalition ‘didn’t understand our determination to fight’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr. 2: What exactly is Minister Ben Gvir’s planned ‘militia’?]( By ToI Staff from our sponsor [Ukrainian Jewish refugees still need your help this Passover.]( Chabad of Poland will be sending out Seder Kits with Matzah, Wine, Passover traditional food, and other basic needs to over 2,000 Jewish refugees throughout Poland and Ukraine. [Mounted police officer beats protester at anti-overhaul demonstration in Tel Aviv]( By ToI Staff Videos show officer striking young woman several times as demonstrators yell ‘shame’; police claim victim, a therapeutic riding instructor, struck horse, she denies accusation [Right-wingers try to remove pride flag from Tel Aviv balcony, twice in a week]( By ToI Staff [Amid overhaul turmoil, thousands demand politicians stay out of Memorial Day events]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Rachel Wahba [Noa Tishby, Bill Maher and Mizrahi invisibility]( When the TV host described Palestinians as ’browner’ than Israelis, the actress-activist shouldn’t have let it slide Avi Weiss [This year, we need an ‘ethics of dissent’ for seder night]( All Jews are family, and the test of family is how we love each other when we disagree, not when we agree Alon Goshen-Gottstein [No, Ishay Ribo, you can’t say that anymore]( The beloved musician’s new Passover song says only Israel knows God and all others worship only idols. That’s terrible theology Aaron David Fruh [Christian educators have a moral duty to teach about the Holocaust]( Though churches were complicit in murdering Jews, data show Millennials and Gen-Z are alarmingly ignorant of the Shoah [What exactly is Minister Ben Gvir’s planned ‘militia’?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Three soldiers injured in West Bank ramming attack, IDF says; assailant shot dead]( By ToI Staff One victim seriously hurt, another in moderate condition and a third lightly injured; attacker identified as officer in PA security services [Palestinian accused of planning to shoot police in Jerusalem]( By Ash Obel [Arab localities launch strike in protest of disputed deadly Jerusalem police shooting]( By ToI Staff Public services, businesses, most schools shut down as community accuses cops of killing Mohammed Elasibi ‘in cold blood’ in Old City, reject police claim he attempted an attack Interview [This Israeli-American ‘Bohemian Balabusta’ seeks a religious sexual revolution]( By Amy Spiro Birthing coach Malka Chana Amichai uses her online platform to urge Jewish women to focus on themselves, their bodies and their desires in an effort to ‘normalize womanhood’ Pass it on [For 117,000 Israelis with Pesach-related names, the holiday never ends]( By Canaan Lidor Alongside 112,000 Moshes, there are 1,4290 Pesachs; 3,795 Nisans and even four Matzas [Knesset wraps winter session, shifting judicial battleground to President’s Residence]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn With parliament on break, focus is fully on overhaul negotiations and protests until legislature returns on April 30; 28 new laws passed in 3 months [Likud’s May Golan set to become minister for advancement of women’s status]( By Ash Obel [2nd Iran Guard Corps member dies after Syria strikes said tied to Megiddo bombing]( By ToI Staff Iran says Meqdad Meqdani succumbs to wounds from Friday strike; 3 alleged Israeli strikes in 4 nights may indicate Jerusalem believes Tehran behind last month’s cross-border attack [Syria says 5 soldiers hurt in Israeli airstrikes on several targets near Homs]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian [Iranian pours yogurt on 2 women in shop for not wearing hijab; the women are arrested]( By AFP Police also issue arrest warrant for attacker after footage goes viral; Iran’s president stresses wearing headscarf is obligatory [Kushner’s private equity firm said to receive hundreds of millions from UAE, Qatar]( By Ash Obel Timing, scale of deals lead to criticism from Democrats, ethics experts; Doha said to fear it would face unfavorable treatment if Trump returns to White House and it didn’t invest Analysis [Taking his time, Biden has all but announced he’s seeking second presidential term]( By Zeke Miller and Will Weissert Key questions about 2024 campaign abound as president works on his own timeline, facing no significant Democratic challenger for the nomination [CRM]( Photo essay [Palm Sunday marked in Jerusalem in shadow of escalating attacks on Christians]( By ToI Staff Catholics attend processions at Old City’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with churches reeling from mounting violence and acts of desecration [After being discharged from hospital, Pope Francis marks Palm Sunday at Vatican]( By Frances D'Emilio More Headlines [6 arrested for alleged gang rape of 14-year-old girl in abandoned building]( By Ash Obel [Slogan supporting late racist rabbi Meir Kahane found on LGBTQ center in Tel Aviv]( By ToI Staff [Man killed in Jaljulia shooting, in town’s second murder in three days]( By ToI Staff [Israeli, Greek, Cypriot foreign ministers meet to discuss Iranian terror in Europe]( By Ash Obel [Ex-Lebanese PM Saad Hariri sued for rape, sexual assault of private jet attendants]( By Ash Obel [Obituary / Celebrated Ethiopian pianist and nun dies aged 99 in Jerusalem]( 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? 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