Anti-overhaul protests resume after right-wing show of force * Rettig Gur: PM’s challenge * ToI in surreal Turkmenistan * Int’w: JFNA’s Julie Platt* Borscht Belt memories

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, April 29, 2023 [Starting 17th week of protests, leaders slam pro-overhaul rally’s ‘severe incitement’]( By ToI Staff Statement blasts legislation’s supporters who trampled on images of top legal figures; ex-Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger, Nobel winner Aaron Ciechanover to speak in Tel Aviv [Gantz on Levin’s speech at pro-overhaul rally: Calls into question compromise talks]( By ToI Staff Analysis Haviv Rettig Gur [Pro-overhaul protest showed the right’s strengths — and the government’s weakness]( Likud voters want gov’t to focus on declining economy, Haredi parties want draft exemption law, religious Zionist voters want continued judicial reform. Can PM satisfy them all? Reporter's notebook [The dictator and I: A visit to Turkmenistan reveals the limits of Israeli diplomacy]( By Tal Schneider Deserted but pristine streets show the power of a repressive authoritarian regime, whose vaunted neutrality may prove an obstacle to Israeli security aims [Netanyahu to reportedly face ultimatum from coalition if overhaul negotiations fail]( By ToI Staff Coalition source tells Israeli TV that premier’s bloc will threaten to abandon him if he doesn’t advance some form of judicial shakeup in absence of compromise agreement [Hanegbi: Judicial overhaul is reason Biden hasn’t invited Netanyahu to White House]( By ToI Staff Interview Canaan Lidor [JFNA Chairwoman Julie Platt ‘inspired’ by protesters despite Israel confab disruption]( Anti-overhaul demonstrators likely chased away Netanyahu and crashed a key panel, but to the US Jewish leader, they’re also a testament to democracy [Israel at 75 / How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major US Jewish conference]( By Ben Sales [New projects aim to keep Borscht Belt memory alive with historical markers, museum]( By Luke Tress This summer in the Catskills, programs will place plaques in town centers, open pop-up exhibits, hold a festival and comedy show to commemorate and celebrate Jewish heyday [DeSantis dines with Miriam Adelson, other GOP megadonors in Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff Florida governor likely seeking billionaire’s support, but must overcome Adelson’s admiration of Nikki Haley, previous backing of Trump and plan to stay neutral in primaries [DeSantis’ trip to Israel overshadowed by growing pushback over fight with Disney]( By BRENDAN FARRINGTON [Nikki Haley, other potential Republican candidates struggle to dent Trump’s 2024 lead]( By Michael Mathes [Dutch archives on 300,000 accused Nazi collaborators to open to the public in 2025]( By Jackie Hajdenberg In a country notoriously slow to accept responsibility for mistakes and distance itself from its occupiers, a discussion on collaboration might soon take place in the open [Scholars come to defense of Polish Holocaust researcher under fire from government]( By AP and ToI Staff [Brazil suspends Telegram after app refuses to give data for antisemitic group probe]( By AFP [Israeli airstrikes hit targets near Homs, Syrian state media says]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Latest alleged attack sparks fires, leaves 3 injured; comes hours after Iran’s foreign minister visits Lebanon’s border with Israel, and days after reported artillery strikes [Iranian president planning to visit Syria ‘in near future’]( By AFP [US sends warplanes with bunker-busting bombs to Mideast in message to Iran — report]( By ToI Staff Wall Street Journal says aging A-10 Warthogs upgraded to be equipped with 113-kilogram precision-guided GBU-39/B munitions, following recent attacks on US forces in Syria, Iraq From the blogs Erik Ross [Abroad with Mordechai Gebirtig]( The songs of a Yiddish poet and songwriter from Poland killed long ago resonate with me so deeply that I must thank him publicly [Drone said to strike fuel depot in Russia-annexed Crimea, sparking huge fire]( By Agencies Authorities in Moscow-controlled region say site in Sevastopol attacked by UAV; no injuries reported [21 killed in Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Uman]( By AP and ToI Staff [19-year-old relative of crime family head shot dead amid spike in violence]( By ToI Staff Mahdi Hariri killed, another wounded in attack said to be part of internal dispute between factions; 2 injured by gunfire in Jerusalem; 8 killed across country in less than a week [Palestinian students reach Gaza after fleeing outbreak of violence in Sudan]( By AFP Gazan authorities say 172 residents arrived at border crossing with Egypt after escaping conflict that has left hundreds dead [Khartoum airstrikes, artillery fire as Sudan fighting enters 3rd week despite truce]( By AFP Obituary [Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88]( By Ben Harris and PHILISSA CRAMER Influential congregational leader wrote bestselling theological guide after his son was diagnosed with fatal premature aging condition progeria [CRM]( More Headlines [Driver in crash that killed baby arrested for suspected manslaughter, DUI]( By ToI Staff [UAE’s ‘Sultan of Space’ becomes 1st Arab astronaut to carry out spacewalk]( By AFP [High school teachers call Sunday strike to protest for higher wages]( By ToI Staff [New shtick / Adam Brody to star as ‘charming rabbi’ in upcoming Netflix comedy]( By Gabe Friedman [Pope urges ‘openness toward others’ at event in Hungary with nationalist PM Orban]( By AFP [A royal welcome / UK Jewish children present new ‘Adon Olam’ for king’s coronation]( By PHILISSA CRAMER [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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