Pilots tell DM they won’t fly sorties for non-democratic Israel * Intel scraps $5.4b Tower deal * Bradley Cooper ’Jewface’ row * Book review: How we should remember Golda

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Presented by [Mazal Institute]( [Pilots said to tell Gallant they won’t fly sorties if Israel not democratic]( By ToI Staff Reserves airmen reportedly explain colleagues’ refusal to serve to defense minister during visit to southern base meant to patch up ties between the government and air force [Likud’s Gotliv doubles down on attacks on military, slams PM for ‘apologizing’]( By ToI Staff [Netanyahu lends ‘full backing’ to IDF brass after attacks by son and Likud minister]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: AG won’t defend reasonableness law at High Court, allows Levin to get outside counsel]( By ToI Staff Gali Baharav-Miara tells justice minister there are wide gaps between her position and the government’s on legislation she calls ‘illegal,’ and she will recommend court overturn it [Police chief and Ben Gvir spar over who cops should obey in constitutional crisis]( By Michael Bachner In latest clash, Kobi Shabtai says force will always follow the law; far-right police minister argues it must hew to government policy rather than High Court rulings from our sponsor [An avant-garde Haredi artist and teacher needs your help]( Dov Ber spent his life creating beauty and helping Haredi children express their creativity. Neurodegenerative disease has left him almost completely disabled. Please donate. [Netanyahu, Levin said to seek pause to overhaul after Haredi party revolt]( By Canaan Lidor Likud, UTJ deny reports on potential freeze, say they are working together to pass judicial legislative package, ultra-Orthodox draft law [IDF brass brief Knesset on military readiness amid reservist protests]( By Emanuel Fabian [Shekel slides to lowest rate in three years against US dollar]( By ToI Staff [US envoy news; Holy Sepulchre renovation yields a trove]( [listen to the podcast]( Top Ops Sarah Mann [The right to bare arms]( If public bus drivers can become modesty police, women’s rights are in real danger – as is the future here for the likes of liberal me Joseph H. Prouser [Women witnesses for Jewish divorce: A major misstep]( Failure to provide a divorce of unimpeachable halachic validity spells catastrophe for Jewish unity Book review [How should Golda Meir be remembered? Deborah Lipstadt weighs in]( By Amy Spiro 50 years after end of Meir’s term as PM, longtime historian and current US envoy pens a new biography of the leader – but chooses to skim over her time leading the nation [Intel backs out of $5.4 billion deal to buy Israeli firm Tower Semiconductor]( By ToI Staff and Sharon Wrobel Chip giant to pay $353 million to terminate acquisition after reportedly failing to receive okay from Chinese regulators as demanded by contract [Smotrich said aiming to allocate $180m to settlements, including illegal outposts]( By ToI Staff Finance minister and his party colleague reportedly intend to bring scheme for cabinet decision; some cash to be scalped from other ministries [New Paraguay leader to reopen Jerusalem embassy within year, Israel says]( By Jacob Magid Top diplomat Eli Cohen meets with Santiago Peña at inauguration, says president accepted invitation to visit Israel; Israel to reopen mission in Asunción 5 years after closing it Nose noes [Bradley Cooper under fire for ‘Jewface’ in Leonard Bernstein biopic]( By Michael Horovitz and JTA Actor uses prosthetic nose in upcoming film, which one social media user says ‘looks like Nazi propaganda’ [Likud transportation minister booed during first ride on new Tel Aviv light rail]( By Charlie Summers Miri Regev is met with cries of ‘shame’ in Jaffa as she tests light rail before public opening Friday, with protesters decrying train’s closure on Shabbat in secular city [Attorney general refuses to defend ministers’ firing of Israel Postal chairperson]( By ToI Staff Baharav-Miara says Likud’s Karhi, Amsalem may obtain private counsel in petition against dismissal, a move she has said presents significant legal difficulties [PM’s office tried to oust its legal adviser, a witness in Netanyahu’s trial – report]( By ToI Staff [Yair Netanyahu shares post urging Supreme Court chief to keep ‘hands off Basic Laws’]( By ToI Staff Analysis Gianluca Pacchiani [Hamas and Islamic Jihad seen importing Gaza military tactics to the West Bank]( Report shows terror groups have been replicating tactics in the Jenin-Nablus area: manufacturing weapons, building tunnels, launching rockets and, perhaps most of all, cooperating [Soldiers clash with Palestinian gunmen near Nablus, destroy explosive lab]( By Emanuel Fabian Troops manage to detain one assailant who opened fire at army post in northern West Bank; 15 primed bombs found in Balata refugee camp [Six comrades of soldier who died were also dehydrated during drill – report]( By ToI Staff ‘We felt dehydrated even before the exercise started,’ says one soldier; father of deceased hopes for ‘comprehensive’ probe [Italian Jewish leader says new $67 million Holocaust reparations fund ‘is a joke’]( By Giovanni Vigna To solve a diplomatic dispute with Germany over civil suits for Nazi crimes, Italy decides to pony up – but Jewish community members say the government is trying not to pay out [Reporter says United crew yelled at her for refusing Haredi request to move seats]( By ToI Staff Channel 13 US correspondent Neria Kraus describes ‘humiliating incident’ on board flight to Tel Aviv from New York, but man claims son asked to switch seats to be next to friend [CRM]( More Headlines [After deal with Israel, offshore rig arrives in Lebanese waters to drill for gas]( By AP and ToI Staff [Israeli news doc on Ukraine war nominated for International Emmy]( By Amy Spiro [Man, 50, shot dead at entrance to his Jisr az-Zarqa home]( By ToI Staff [PR firm says it may tap US Jews to boost image of UAE oil boss ahead of climate meet]( By Sue Surkes [On the map / National Library expands cartographic holdings with 400 rare maps]( By Jessica Steinberg [Jewish, Bedouin girls come together in one-of-a-kind summer camp]( By ToI Staff [Maccabi Haifa soccer team advances to playoff for qualification to Champions League]( By Michael Bachner [Capital education / Sam Spiegel included in Hollywood Reporter top 15 film school list]( By Jessica Steinberg [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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