1st judicial overhaul law passes * Police, protesters clash near Knesset * Horovitz op-ed: PM’s victory, Israel’s defeat * Explainer: Why repealing reasonableness matters

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, July 24, 2023 Presented by [The Jewish Federations of North America]( [Coalition passes 1st judicial overhaul law, limiting review of government decisions]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Despite 29 weeks of unprecedented protests, all 64 coalition members back ‘reasonableness’ bill in final vote after 30 hours of plenum discussion; entire opposition walks out [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 24: Lack of trust has brought Israel to crisis. Who’s to blame?]( By ToI Staff Op-ed David Horovitz [Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul victory spells a disastrous defeat for Israel]( Passing the ‘reasonableness’ law, he chose the unity of his hardline coalition over his key responsibility as prime minister: the unity of the nation [Op-ed / Netanyahu, heed the warning thunder of ancient Jewish history]( By David Horovitz Live updates [LIVE: Anger erupts on Jerusalem streets, roads blocked after Reasonableness Law approved]( By ToI Staff Demonstrators march on main Begin highway, major rally called in capital after coalition approves contentious legislation; protest leaders say they’ve ‘only just begun’ from our sponsor [Ben Smith on how to overcome the divisions social media sows]( As editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News and the media critic for the New York Times, Ben Smith had a front row seat to (and a significant role in) the social media-zation of news media Explainer Jeremy Sharon [Reasonable guardians? How repealing ‘reasonableness’ may affect top custodians of law]( Opponents of the bill to ban the High Court’s use of the reasonableness standard argue it will open the door to politicization of posts entrusted with safeguarding democracy [Police clash violently with anti-overhaul protesters seeking to blockade Knesset]( By Stuart Winer, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff 15 arrested during hours of demonstrations as water cannons, mounted cops deployed to remove crowds from streets surrounding parliament; coalition decries rally as ‘a siege’ [With Israel ‘on the edge of disaster,’ thousands of doctors protest in Jerusalem]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Top Ops Efraim Podoksik [They’ve forgotten why they want judicial reform]( The government is using the right’s valid criticisms of the Court as a smokescreen for reforms that hurt their own voters Shuki Friedman [Civil war is not a luxury we can afford]( Given the many threats Israel faces, social fracturing could bring catastrophic loss of life and infrastructural collapse [Lack of trust has brought Israel to crisis. Who’s to blame?]( [listen to the podcast]( [‘Time of emergency’: Dueling overhaul rallies as Herzog makes final bid for compromise]( By ToI Staff Tens of thousands at Tel Aviv pro-coalition event where ministers slam reservist protests, vow more laws; ex-president Rivlin in Jerusalem: 24 hours to save our wonderful country [Hundreds of anti-overhaul protesters march across New York’s Brooklyn Bridge]( By Luke Tress [Biden: Israeli leaders should find consensus, not rush ‘divisive’ judicial overhaul]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Amid talk of possible compromise, US president says ‘it doesn’t make sense for Israeli leaders to rush this,’ given range of threats and challenges facing the Jewish state [Netanyahu released from hospital following implantation of pacemaker]( By ToI Staff Prime minister heads to Knesset for key vote on judicial overhaul bill, despite reported orders from doctors to stay home and rest [Almost 70% of Israeli startups act to shift funds, relocate due to judicial shakeup]( By Sharon Wrobel Steps by startup heads and investors to withdraw cash reserves and move operations outside Israel have accelerated in past 3 months, according to a poll by Start-Up Nation Central [Business forum, tech companies to strike ahead of final votes on reasonableness law]( By ToI Staff Organization representing 150 leading companies, tech sector workers, lawyers to rally Monday as coalition readies to enact key bill that will limit judicial review [Likud, protest leaders reject labor union’s compromise overhaul bill]( By ToI Staff [Iran gloats: ‘Crisis at heart of Zionist regime deeper than crisis in its PM’s heart’]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Tehran alleges that the democratic ‘mask has fallen off’ of Israel’s face [As Iran launches air force drill, US beefs up plane fleet in Persian Gulf]( By AP [As Palestinian factions seek reconciliation in Cairo, Islamic Jihad to boycott talks]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Israeli experts warn that extreme climate events suggest dawn of ‘uncharted waters’]( By Sue Surkes Former head of Tel Aviv University Environmental Studies School: ‘Something strange has been happening over the past few months, and it’s scary’ [CRM]( More Headlines [After series of attacks on reporters at rallies, TV regulator demands police action]( By ToI Staff [Thousands more evacuated in Greece as high winds and heat fuel wildfires]( By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos [Iran shutters e-commerce giant over photos of female employees without headscarves]( By AP [Russia says two Ukrainian drones ‘suppressed and crashed’ in Moscow]( By AFP [Jill Biden visits Paris to mark US return to UNESCO]( By AP and ToI Staff [Spain at risk of political gridlock following inconclusive election result]( By Ciaran Giles and Joseph Wilson [International Islamic group suspends Sweden’s special envoy over Quran desecrations]( By AP [13 Palestinians wounded in clashes during IDF raid in West Bank refugee camp]( By Emanuel Fabian [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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