LIVE: 5 wounded in terror shooting * All 15 justices to hear overhaul law petitions; PM again won’t say he’ll honor ruling * In world first, fetus’s twisted ovaries saved

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Live updates [LIVE: 5 wounded, including 1 seriously, in Ma’ale Adumim terror shooting]( By ToI Staff Police say Palestinian assailant was shot dead by border cop who tracked him down after hearing gunfire; 4 other victims moderately hurt [Unprecedented 15-judge panel to hear petitions against coalition’s reasonableness law]( By Jeremy Sharon The full roster of the High Court will deliberate the government’s Basic Law amendment that limits court oversight, starting on September 12 [Israel Bar Association taps Muhamad Naamneh to serve on Judicial Selection Committee]( By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff [Head of special police unit to be questioned for alleged beating of protesters]( By ToI Staff Yair Hanuna, chief of Yasam unit in Tel Aviv, and 4 other officers probed by Police Internal Investigations Department over accusations of excessive force at anti-overhaul rally [Amid concerns over police conduct, new Tel Aviv chief says protests must be calm]( By ToI Staff [PM again refuses to say he’d abide by a court ruling striking down reasonableness law]( By ToI Staff Netanyahu vows country won’t descend into civil war over the judicial overhaul, as he continues US media interview blitz [Gallant warns judicial overhaul tensions may cause harm to national security]( By Emanuel Fabian At Knesset committee meeting, senior IDF officers warn lawmakers of damage to deterrence, military unity [National security adviser: Hezbollah tent in Israeli territory is ‘childish’ move]( By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff From the blogs Tova Herzl [To counterbalance Netanyahu’s words: An open letter to Congress]( The government was elected to serve the whole country, not to undermine its democracy with an agenda few knew of before voting Medical innovation Renee Ghert-Zand [In what it says is world first, Hadassah medical team saves fetus’s twisted ovaries]( As clock ticks, doctors deliver and perform immediate surgery on 35-week preemie, in bid to preserve her future fertility and hormonal health [UAE offers jobs to Israeli doctors seeking to move due to judicial strife — report]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Ruth Ebenstein [It was a morning protest and we needed a Torah scroll for the Shacharit prayers]( Written for the healing of a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence who had championed crossing ideological divides, what could be better? Nancy Cahners [On Tu B’Av: Thinking about Old People Love]( The awareness that we don’t have forever to fill gives our relationships a now-or-never feeling – and we’re not dead yet! [On final Knesset day, High Court hobbles coalition’s pet law]( [listen to the podcast]( [Memphis police shoot Jewish man who fired gun at Orthodox school, tried to break in]( By Luke Tress and Agencies Officers in Tennessee city say attacker, a former student of the targeted school, tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy, fired handgun outside building [Leading Saudi columnist says it’s ‘highly likely’ peace with Israel is possible]( By Gianluca Pacchiani Another prominent commentator comments wryly that ‘Israel is now part of the Middle East, thanks to its extremists and distorted democracy’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Aug. 1: Saudi talks continue, as do warnings about Israel’s economy]( By ToI Staff [Declassified protocols indicate Golda Meir considered Palestinian statehood]( By ToI Staff Documents show that former prime minister gave serious thought to possibility of formation of a Palestinian entity, despite public comments [Saudi talks continue, as do warnings about Israel’s economy]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli food giant halts ads on Channel 14 after call to release Rabin assassin]( By ToI Staff Strauss cites ‘repeated hurtful comments’ made on far-right channel, which dismissed Yigal Amir’s attorney Ari Shamai following his remarks [Miriam Adelson cut philanthropy as casinos hit COVID slump. Now they’re rebounding]( By Asaf Elia-Shalev After the pandemic caused the casino industry to flatline, the megadonor’s political and charitable donations lessened and foundation assets dropped – but that has happened before [Jewish actor Paul Reubens, known for his role as Pee-wee Herman, dies at 70]( By ANDREW DALTON Reubens, famous for the character and the film ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ did not make public his six-year struggle with cancer [Alan Sherman, champion of Jewish sports and US-Israel relations, dies at 87]( By jacob gurvis [CRM]( More Headlines [IDF veteran seriously hurt after self-immolating in Netanya]( By Emanuel Fabian [1 killed, 3 injured in shootings as violent crime wave in Arab community continues]( By ToI Staff [Analysis / In sign of increased tensions with Iran, US forces build up presence in Persian Gulf]( By Jon Gambrell [At NAACP panel, Robert Kraft and rapper Meek Mill talk Black-Jewish relations]( By jacob gurvis [As another Quran burned, Sweden says it’s seeking action on holy book desecrations]( By AFP and ToI Staff [In unusual move, West Bank rabbi announces referendum on his job]( By Canaan Lidor [Kidnapped Israeli said rescued from Ethiopian captors following shootout]( By ToI Staff [Israeli fast-charging startup Zooz Power to list on Nasdaq via SPAC merger]( By Sharon Wrobel [Despite legal woes, Trump trounces rivals for GOP nomination in new poll]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Palestinian general among 11 killed during sectarian violence in Lebanon camp]( By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL [UK sanctions six in connection with jailing of Jewish Putin critic for 25 years]( By AFP [On a roll / Netanya sandwich shop jingle becomes unlikely party anthem]( By Deborah Danan [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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