Speaker signals gov’t won’t accept court voiding Basic Laws; PM retweets speech * 3 outposts legalized * When ancients ate elephants * US, EU slam Abbas Holocaust speech

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, September 7, 2023 [Netanyahu shares Knesset speaker’s message of defiance toward High Court]( By ToI Staff PM signals support for Amir Ohana’s remark that coalition won’t accept voiding of Basic Laws; anti-overhaul protesters: PM ‘declared war on rule of law,’ aims to ‘crush the court’ [Knesset speaker signals coalition won’t accept High Court voiding of Basic Laws]( By ToI Staff [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept. 7: As Ohana foments revolt against court, who is his audience?]( By ToI Staff [Masses expected at Jerusalem pro-overhaul rally ahead of constitutional face-off]( By ToI Staff ‘Liberty Demonstration’ to be held near Supreme Court, days before justices mull voiding reasonableness law; organizers: Court lacks authority to ‘nullify the people’s choice’ [Top rabbis imply government wouldn’t have to obey potential court rulings against it]( By ToI Staff [Netanyahu demanded exclusion of recusal law from potential overhaul freeze – report]( By ToI Staff [Israel legalizes three West Bank outposts]( By Jeremy Sharon Head of IDF Central Command approves new municipal boundaries for the West Bank settlements of Avigayil, Asahel, and Beit Hoglah [‘We had wrong assessments’: Almost all remaining Yom Kippur War files declassified]( By Michael Bachner Ahead of 50th anniversary, State Archives reveals thousands of documents and records of the intelligence failure that preceded the war, debates on a preemptive strike, and more [Likud members said to object to Haredi draft law, potentially imperiling government]( By Michael Bachner Amid warnings by ultra-Orthodox parties that coalition will collapse without greater military exemptions for their community, reports signal growing pushback against divisive plan [IDF chief urges youth to enlist, as students call to refuse service due to overhaul]( By Emanuel Fabian Top Ops Steven Bayar [The boundaries of repentance: Sex offenders in the sanctuary]( How far should forgiveness extend? What should congregations do when a sex felon wants to attend services? Zack Bodner [The college move-in ritual]( The shopping was easy. So was shipping across country. Unpacking, a breeze. But leaving our daughter in her dorm? We’re… coping Archaeology [Ancient humans in Israel once ate elephants. When they disappeared, weapons improved]( By Melanie Lidman A new paper from researchers at Tel Aviv University proposes a link between the disappearance of large prey and advancements in hunting and technology Live updates [LIVE: Israeli tourists say trapped without food in Greek flooding, plead for help]( By ToI Staff Tourists say Foreign Ministry told them to beg for food and supplies from their neighbors after torrential rains washes away roads, cuts off electricity [US antisemitism envoy and EU denounce Mahmoud Abbas’s speech: Distorts the Holocaust]( By Lazar Berman Europeans blasts ‘grossly misleading’ claims by Palestinian Authority leader that Hitler killed Jews because they were moneylenders, and Ashkenazi Jews are descendants of Khazars [Abbas: Ashkenazi Jews ‘are not Semites,’ Hitler killed them for their ‘social role’]( By ToI Staff [Former Mossad chief Pardo says Israel enforcing ‘apartheid’ system in West Bank]( By AP and ToI Staff Ex-spymaster, now an outspoken critic of his former boss PM Netanyahu, warns Israel faces existential danger if it doesn’t decide borders with Palestinians [Report of IDF strip-searching Palestinian women causes uproar, draws UN criticism]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [State appeals former border cop’s acquittal for obstruction of justice]( By ToI Staff Op-ed David Horovitz [A prime minister who takes the public for fools]( Opposition politicians who could conceivably help extricate Israel from the potentially existential crisis into which Netanyahu has plunged us know that he simply cannot be trusted [Treasury: Foreign investments in Israel plunged 60% in 1st quarter this year]( By Sharon Wrobel [As Ohana foments revolt against court, who is his audience?]( [listen to the podcast]( [2 shot dead in separate incidents, bringing 2023 toll among Arab Israelis to 171]( By Michael Horovitz 18-year-old killed in northern town, 29-year-old gunned down in Ramle, after double homicide earlier in the day [Video shows rocket-propelled grenade fired in feud between crime organizations]( By ToI Staff [3 arrested for wounding mayoral candidate, his relatives in Nazareth shooting]( By ToI Staff Archaeology [Crack unit of rock-climbing archaeologists claims success in curbing antiquities theft]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Six years into wide-scale Judean Desert cave survey operation, few Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are found. But the Land of Israel’s historical picture is ever more in focus, says IAA [Archaeology / Redeciphered First Temple inscription may shed light on biblical ‘Valley of Salt’]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan [Cookbook author Adeena Sussman brings her kind of Shabbat to the table]( By Jessica Steinberg The ‘Sababa’ author launches second solo cookbook, serving up recipes and rituals of the Friday night dinner party [This food stylist sets the table according to her clients’ personalities]( By Jessica Steinberg [After Israel-Russia film deal, Ukraine accuses Jerusalem of boosting war propaganda]( By Lazar Berman Kyiv’s frustration grows after Israel and the Kremlin sign agreement promoting joint ventures between artists [Israel signs cinema cooperation deal with Russia]( By ToI Staff [17 killed, dozens wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukraine market]( By SAMYA KULLAB [In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat]( By Luke Tress Israeli startup SuperMeat’s chicken products sidestep restrictions on using parts of living animals by growing meat from egg stem cells [CRM]( More Headlines [Case burden on courts ‘unparalleled’ worldwide, says Courts Administration director]( By Jeremy Sharon [Jared Kushner, Lindsey Graham push Trump to back Biden-brokered Saudi-Israel deal]( By ToI Staff [Mexico City’s Jewish ex-mayor wins ruling party’s nomination for presidential race]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Beatles memorabilia, with George Harrison ‘Hitler’ greeting card, up for auction]( By Stuart Winer [After forfeiting Shabbat match, Israel goes on to win flag football championship]( By Charlie Summers [Islamic Jihad commander among 18 Palestinians nabbed in overnight raids]( By Emanuel Fabian [Moroccan senate head cancels Israel visit after hospitalization in Jordan]( By ToI Staff [Cops say 'neigh' / Children’s TV stars horse around on Tel Aviv highway]( By Stuart Winer [Flight with 12 Israelis forced to land in Malaysia, departs safely 5 hours later]( By Lazar Berman [Passengers aboard Tel Aviv-Athens flight detained for smoking on plane]( By ToI Staff [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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