Reasonableness law takes effect * Will judges strike it down? * Poll: 28% weigh leaving * Moody’s warns * IDF to reservists: We need you * Police deny brutality at demos

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Live updates [LIVE: High Court to hear petitions against reasonableness law, doesn’t issue injunction]( By ToI Staff Outgoing Chief Justice Esther Hayut to take part in September hearing ahead of her scheduled retirement, as first piece of legislation in judicial overhaul takes effect today [IDF says battle-readiness is weeks from being impacted as reservists decamp en masse]( By Emanuel Fabian Military’s ‘competence’ could be damaged if troops continue to suspend volunteer duty to protest government; IDF chief appeals for unity, tells reservists: we need you [Former IDF chief calls on defense minister to resign over judicial overhaul]( By ToI Staff [Iranian, Hamas officials discuss response to upheaval in Israel — report]( By ToI Staff [Amid widespread claims of brutality at anti-overhaul rallies, police defend conduct]( By ToI Staff Over 30 protesters sought medical treatment, with police saying 14 officers were wounded Monday; Shabtai: ‘We are working to the best of our abilities, and sometimes make mistakes’ [Protests ‘not going anywhere’ as activists keep up pressure after overhaul setback]( By Isabel Debre and Julia Frankel [Labor court orders doctors back to work after day-long strike to protest overhaul]( By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff [Moody’s after overhaul law: Israel faces negative economic fallout, significant risk]( By Sharon Wrobel Morgan Stanley cuts Israel sovereign credit to ‘dislike stance’; Citi cautions investors about ‘constitutional crisis’ scenario over legislation approved despite lack of consensus [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 26: Economic instability and IDF uncertainty follow overhaul law]( By ToI Staff [28% of Israelis considering leaving the country amid judicial upheaval — poll]( By ToI Staff More than half of respondents say they fear civil war, security deterioration due to political schisms, Channel 13 survey finds [Several top nuclear scientists said to weigh resigning to protest judicial overhaul]( By ToI Staff [Dozens of restaurants to stay open illegally on Tisha B’Av, some to protest overhaul]( By Canaan Lidor [Economic instability and IDF uncertainty follow overhaul law]( [listen to the podcast]( Analysis Jeremy Sharon [A time for reason: Will the High Court strike down government’s reasonableness law?]( Justices have developed 2 doctrines to potentially block a Basic Law. Does the new legislation limiting the courts’ use of reasonableness justify resorting to this doomsday weapon? [Petitions demand High Court force Levin to convene judge selection panel]( By Jeremy Sharon Top Ops Koby Benmeleh [Is Israel tech’s doom-and-gloom crowd wrong?]( No, a mass talent exodus is not in the cards. As for the end of democracy as we know it? Also, no Ilan Bloch [I don’t want Jewish unity]( Israel doesn’t need me to shake hands with those whose views I abhor (though I do it). Israel needs moral governance that leads by example Behind the headlines [Knesset chaos and societal divisions: This Israeli moment explained live on Thursday]( By ToI Staff On Tisha B’av, ToI’s top political analysts answer your questions during an intense, in-depth discussion. Join the ToI Community to participate [US stresses it will not cut aid to Israel due to judicial overhaul]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid State Department reiterates Biden administration’s commitment to Israeli security despite tensions with Netanyahu government, White House won’t confirm Biden trusts Netanyahu [Pentagon chief presses Gallant on importance of democratic consensus]( By Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian [PM’s brother backpedals after questioning Biden’s mental state]( By ToI Staff [Settlers storm into Palestinian homes to ‘conduct searches,’ at least 1 of them armed]( By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon Police deny receiving complaint; IDF says it was aiding in hunt for stolen property near West Bank’s Hebron, declines to comment on presence of civilians, one bearing assault rifle [IDF: Palestinian gunman killed by Israeli forces during raid in Nablus]( By Emanuel Fabian [Attorney general asks High Court to strike down law shielding Netanyahu from recusal]( By Jeremy Sharon Baharav-Miara backs petition by Movement for Quality Government seeking unprecedented judicial action against Basic Law passed in March keeping court from ordering PM’s suspension [Judge in Netanyahu trial and wife of PM’s chief of staff, also a judge, get promotions]( By ToI Staff Interview [With ‘The Golden Doves,’ bestselling author honors a Holocaust survivor and friend]( By Lisa Klug While promoting her debut novel, Martha Hall Kelly met 93-year-old Auschwitz survivor Irene Zisblatt and promised to keep her story, and the trials of others like her, alive [Mediterranean boiled under hottest-ever recorded temperature Monday, data shows]( By AFP Institute of Marine Sciences says sea’s temperature rose to 28.71°C, topping 28.25°C recorded in August 2003, as region sweats through intense heatwave [CRM]( More Headlines [Man killed in Tamra as deadly crime wave in Arab community shows no sign of slowing]( By ToI Staff [Six found guilty of murder for 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels that killed 32]( By Matthieu Demeestere [Enemy filmmakers / First Israeli-Iranian film to premiere at Venice festival]( By Jessica Steinberg [White House blasts Fox News host’s claim that ‘you had to be useful’ in death camps]( By Ron Kampeas [Defense wants to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s father]( By AP [Man killed in car bombing in Lod, taking Arab community death toll this year to 133]( By ToI Staff [Iran is ‘doubling down’ on hijab crackdown, says Amnesty International]( By AFP [Doings among the dunes / The desert shows off its charms during August’s Negev festival]( By Jessica Steinberg [Crazy off-Broadway / Rachel Bloom to debut her one-woman musical comedy off-Broadway]( By Lisa Keys [Cut above the rest / Jewish fencer becomes 1st US man to win saber World Championship]( By jacob gurvis [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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