5 hurt in suspected Jerusalem car-ramming attack * Protesters target Rothman at JFNA’s GA * Jordanian MP said to try to smuggle in 200 guns * Population nears 10 million

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, April 24, 2023 Presented by [Bnai Zion]( Live updates [LIVE: Five wounded in suspected car-ramming attack at Jerusalem market]( By ToI Staff Attacker ‘neutralized’; opening Memorial Day events, Netanyahu says ‘attempt to murder Israeli citizens’ another reminder ‘State of Israel was acquired through many tribulations’ [‘The Jewish people won’t forgive, won’t forget’: Protesters target Rothman at JFNA]( By Canaan Lidor Several ousted from General Assembly in Tel Aviv; fellow panelist accuses far-right MK of ‘crushing Israeli democracy and Diaspora relations’ with judicial overhaul, gets ovation [Protest leaders take the stage at JFNA, say overhaul is ‘tearing up social contract’]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [At Jewish Agency summit, visitors from Diaspora sound alarm on judicial overhaul]( By Canaan Lidor [Israel readies to usher in Memorial Day ceremonies, under shadow of overhaul rifts]( By Michael Bachner Disruption feared at events for 24,213 fallen troops and 4,255 terror victims, as some ministers cancel; bereaved relatives to stay away; Bennett: ‘Focus only on families’ pain’ [String of coalition ministers, MKs withdraw from Memorial Day events amid protests]( By Ash Obel [High Court orders Gallant to allow Palestinians to attend joint Memorial Day event]( By Jeremy Sharon from our sponsor [Abe Foxman on antisemitism, the two-state solution, and judicial reform]( Join Steve and the former national director of the Anti-Defamation League as they discuss key issues facing the Jewish people today [Israel’s population nears 10 million, a 12-fold increase since state’s 1948 founding]( By ToI Staff Central Bureau of Statistics releases figures ahead of nation’s 75th anniversary; 183,000 babies born last year, and 28% of population is below age of 14 [History books / National Library seeks personal diaries and accounts from 1948]( By Jessica Steinberg [All a flutter / Blue and white butterfly voted national icon in run up to Independence Day]( By Sue Surkes [Israel arrests Jordanian MP for trying to smuggle 200 guns into West Bank, says Amman]( By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian With bilateral tensions already high, Foreign Ministry won’t comment on reports that Imad al-Adwan was caught at Allenby Bridge with a dozen assault rifles, 200 handguns in his car [FM Cohen: We don’t hold Jordan responsible for its MP’s weapons smuggling attempt]( By Lazar Berman [PM drums up support for right-wing ‘million person’ rally, but won’t join – report]( By ToI Staff Netanyahu confidants in talks with ultra-Orthodox parties to convince Haredi communities to participate in protest, TV news says [In US TV interview, Netanyahu says parts of judicial overhaul ‘not going to happen’]( By Ash Obel [‘Please help us’: Anti-overhaul activists set the tone at US Jews’ Tel Aviv gathering]( By Ben Sales ‘To the protesters exercising their democratic rights, we are inspired by your love of Israel,’ declares Jewish Federations chair Julie Platt, amid cheers for demonstrators outside [Protesters outside JFNA confab try to engage visiting US Jews on judicial overhaul]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Top Ops Didi Nachshon [Absently present: We will not be at Yossi’s graveside this year]( We are out fighting on your behalf to make sense of the most senseless loss. We are defending the soul of our nation Eilon Schwartz [At 75, there’s hope – if we’re willing to see it]( In an Israel dangerously divided into two camps, there has been a move from both sides to the empathetic center Elchanan Poupko [A letter to Israel’s demographically intoxicatedÂ]( You’re right. You do have many children – more than anyone else in Israel. But guess who has even more children Arda Nazerian [Jews and Armenians: Survivors who are thriving]( On this Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, so soon after Yom HaShoah, take comfort in people’s capacity for grit and resilience [Swastika carved into US Jewish teen’s back at school; culprits not found in 6 weeks]( By Michael Bachner Boy, 17, with nonverbal autism is only kippah-wearing student at Las Vegas school; mom pulls him from institution, doesn’t trust version of events by staffer tasked with aiding him [Death penalty trial to begin of man accused of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue]( By Peter Smith and MARK SCOLFORO [President launches global dialogue forum. Will anyone listen?]( [listen to the podcast]( Op-ed David Horovitz [Herzog’s global Jewish dialogue initiative is laudable, as long as it’s not too late]( The president unveils plans for a world Jewish forum to debate issues. But as the judicial overhaul crisis underlines, such debate is only useful if those in power are listening [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Apr 24: President launches global dialogue forum. Will anyone listen?]( By ToI Staff [A deeply divided Israel limps toward its 75th birthday under weight of internal rift]( By Josef Federman Government’s planned overhaul of judiciary has split the nation so deeply that the division is sometimes felt even within families [Regev said to direct cameras to cut away from protest signs at torch-lighting event]( By ToI Staff Archaeology [75 years on, newly found compass points to heart of 1948 battle where 35 troops died]( By Michael Bachner Researchers also unearth bullet casings at site of famous Lamed Heh battle in War of Independence, shedding rare light on an incident from which there were no Palmach survivors [‘There’s somebody for everyone’: Dozens of matchmakers meet to swap tips in Jerusalem]( By Amy Spiro Professional and amateur ‘shadchanim’ attend conference billed as first of its kind, while debating best practices on how to help others find their ‘bashert’ Interview Tal Schneider [Foreign minister lauds expansion of Israeli diplomatic clout into Eurasia region]( In ToI interview, Eli Cohen talks up Israel’s recent diplomatic achievements, defends Azerbaijan arms sales, and says he wants another year in office despite deal with Israel Katz [Israeli universities churn out startups as ties with tech industry grow]( By Shoshanna Solomon Data shows rise of over 120% in startups set up yearly by academic institutions, from 34 in 2016 to 75 in 2020, accounting for 13% of total new startups established in Israel [Renewable energy firm opens trade on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange after IPO]( By Sharon Wrobel [CRM]( [The classic animated film ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical]( By Shira Li Bartov The adaptation of the 1986 movie about a family of Russian-Jewish mice who move to America will run at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis from April 25 through June 18 More Headlines [10 years in prison for drunk driver who killed 12-year-old cyclist on Yom Kippur]( By ToI Staff [Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops during raid near Jericho]( By Emanuel Fabian [UK’s Labour suspends MP Diane Abbott for saying Jews don’t face racism]( By AFP [Israel Police use of NSO spyware set to be probed by Knesset subcommittee]( By Ash Obel [Israel said to shell Hezbollah position in southern Syria, drop threatening flyers]( By Emanuel Fabian [Teacher arrested on suspicion of shooting dead boy, 11, earlier this month]( By ToI Staff [Polish regulator probes TV channel after academic argued Poles ‘failed’ Jews in WWII]( By Michael Bachner [Landscape art / Earth Day art murals reinvent crumbling army barracks at Dead Sea]( By Jessica Steinberg [Man, 22, shot dead in Rishon Lezion in suspected criminal underworld slaying]( By ToI Staff [Viewing history / Cinematheque opens archive to global viewers for Israel’s 75th]( By Jessica Steinberg [Obituary / The fuzzy, neurotic, unmistakably Jewish legacy of cartoonist Ed Koren]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [Urgency grows in DeSantis team to launch 2024 bid amid relentless Trump attacks]( By Steve Peoples [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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