200,000 demand overhaul * Analyses: A rally against the PM; Netanyahu & Levin divided * Iran’s FM on Israel’s border * Erdogan ailing * Tuttle Singer: The Israel I love

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, April 28, 2023 Presented by [iMordecai]( [In show of force, 200,000 urge gov’t not to abandon overhaul amid compromise talks]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Participants at right-wing rally claim coalition’s bid to weaken judiciary represents the silenced will of the people; Levin: Charge that these reforms spell dictatorship is a lie [‘Minority can’t rule here’: In Jerusalem, pro-overhaul protesters stand by government]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff [Police briefly arrest 2 after Barkat says he was attacked outside Tel Aviv venue]( By ToI Staff Analysis Shalom Yerushalmi [An uncompromising right could drag Netanyahu down a more hardline path]( In many ways, Thursday’s mass pro-overhaul demonstration was also against the premier; any attempt to construct a more moderate proposal will be tortuous for Likud [Netanyahu’s lawyers have met with AG to discuss non-binding mediation in graft trial]( By ToI Staff [Overlooking Israel from Lebanon border, Iran’s FM says ‘Zionist collapse’ is near]( By ToI Staff On a tour of Maroun al-Ras, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says ‘resistance’ in Lebanon in better condition than ever, and ‘Zionists understand only strength’ [US CENTCOM chief arrives in Israel to discuss cooperation, joint naval activity]( By Emanuel Fabian [‘I’d rather die’: Syrians in Lebanon fear prison, torture if deported home]( By Aya Iskandarani and Rouba El Husseini from our sponsor [The heartwarming comedy iMordecai is now streaming]( We’re thrilled to announce that the made-in-Miami joyous comedy iMordecai is now available on Amazon! [Far-right MK ‘shamed and pained’ by gay Knesset speaker’s husband attending events]( By ToI Staff In letter to activists, Noam party chair Avi Maoz decries prominence of same-sex couple at recent state ceremonies ‘as though this were an authentic and acceptable Jewish norm’ [Shaked tells ToI she was able to diversify the judiciary under current system]( By Tal Schneider While the Netanyahu coalition claims the current selection committee produces an unrepresentative bench, Shaked says she used it to build ‘an entire camp’ of conservative justices Analysis Carrie Keller-Lynn [Mass right-wing protest highlights deepening divide between Netanyahu and Levin]( The once-tight confidants have drifted apart on the issue of how and to what extent to pursue judicial shakeup; hardline rally pushed by justice minister as a message to the PM Top Ops Chana Tannenbaum [The sinners have much more fun – at what cost?]( Why the scapegoat of the Yom Kippur service is important, even many months away from the Day of Atonement (Acharei Mot/Kedoshim) Sarah Tuttle-Singer [Israel of the earth]( Come meet the Israel I know, where I live and love – what I see and hear and taste and smell and feel. Maybe you’ll feel it too Steven Greenberg [Am I an abomination? An Orthodox publisher speaks to gay teens]( LGBTQ youth need much more support than Koren’s new Leviticus commentary offers, but its careful effort is a major improvement Alon Tal [Meeting, Hardly Meeting: The beauty of inaccessible love]( When Hanan Yovel came to serenade my army unit, he held my attention through the exhaustion with words by Rachel the Poet [Palestinian teen said shot dead by IDF troops during clashes in West Bank]( By Emanuel Fabian 16-year-old Mustafa Amer Sabah reportedly shot in chest near Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem; IDF says incident under review [IDF to demolish homes of Lion’s Den gunmen accused of killing soldier last year]( By Emanuel Fabian [IDF troops detain terror suspect in Jenin, clash with Palestinian gunmen]( By Emanuel Fabian [IDF: Palestinian attempts ramming, stabbing near Ariel in West Bank, is shot dead]( By Emanuel Fabian ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Prof. Gil Troy: ‘Identity Zionism’ to cure Diaspora’s ‘unJews’]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Historian-author expounds on the Zionist trinity of Jewish peoplehood, Land of Israel and modern state, and how young Diaspora Jews can use it as a vehicle of self-actualization Obituary [Jerry Springer, son of Jewish refugees whose talk show was known for conflict, dies at 79]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll Family spokesperson says late host of eponymous, notorious TV show, which ran for 27 years, passed away after ‘brief illness’ at suburban Chicago home [Obituary / Jerry Springer, Ohio mayor-turned-king of US trash TV, dies at 79]( By Dan Sewell Interview [In Hungarian film ‘Those Who Remained,’ how 2 Holocaust survivors adapt to new lives]( By Rich Tenorio In the 2019 film making its US debut in NYC on April 28, a man and a young girl learn to lean on each other for support as the Communist regime ushers in an era of fresh challenges [Ben Gvir calls for holding suspects without charge amid spike in homicides]( By ToI Staff Despite history of objection to controversial administrative detention practice, far-right minister claims ‘there’s no choice’ but to use it after 4 people killed the night before [Man stabbed to death in Holon, the third city resident to be killed this week]( By Michael Horovitz [Woman suspected of pulling plug on elderly patient in Haifa, killing him]( By Michael Horovitz [Turkey’s Erdogan cancels third day of election appearances over reported stomach bug]( By AP President has fallen ill at height of campaign with what officials describe as an intestinal infection [Turks living abroad begin voting as ailing Erdogan is forced off campaign trail]( By Agencies [CRM]( [Trump’s lawyer cross-examines accuser over rape allegation]( By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz ‘Those are the facts,’ writer E. Jean Carroll tells court after former US president’s defense attorney questions her bombshell claims [Former VP Mike Pence testifies before grand jury in US Capitol insurrection probe]( By Eric Tucker [Relatively unknown: Einstein’s risky 1933 Belgian stay after Hitler came to power]( By Stephanie LOB Physicist spent six months in coastal resort of De Haan, walking the promenade, enjoying a morning coffee and playing violin with the queen, despite a Nazi price on his head More Headlines [Remilk gets first regulatory permit in Israel to sell cow-free milk]( By Sharon Wrobel [World Rugby rules South Africa’s exclusion of Israel was not discrimination]( By jacob gurvis [US envoy Nides: Despite occasional disagreements, support for Israel is ‘rock-solid’]( By Lazar Berman [Israel extends visas of Ukrainian refugees until July, reportedly after US pressure]( By ToI Staff [Glitch at Haifa power station causes brief blackouts nationwide]( By ToI Staff [Germany boosts annual funding for Jewish umbrella group by 70%]( By Toby Axelrod [Toddler drowns in a family pool in southern Israel]( By Michael Horovitz [Young man killed after being hit by train at Kiryat Motzkin station]( By ToI Staff [Taliban leader says ‘pressure’ won’t work after UN blasts its treatment of women]( By AFP [US sanctions Iran and Russia for hostage-taking, wrongful detention of Americans]( 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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