Morocco stalls on most aid offers, including Israel’s * Gallant: Must respect High Ct rulings * Pro-Israel Dem slams ’despicable’ Ben Gvir *PM hails US-led transport plan

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, September 10, 2023 Presented by [Chabad Poland]( [As crucial hours pass, Morocco yet to accept most aid offers following quake]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Teams from Israel, Europe and across the globe continue to await green light from Rabat; ‘There are people dying under the rubble, and we cannot do anything,’ rescuer says in Paris [Death toll from Morocco quake crosses 2,000, as authorities fear it’ll keep climbing]( By AP and ToI Staff [IDF aid team to quake-hit Morocco on hold as Israel awaits response to offer]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Gallant and two other ministers say government must respect High Court rulings]( By Alexander Fulbright Netanyahu has been noncommittal when asked if he’d adhere to potential decision striking down law; PM, at cabinet meeting, doesn’t mention Tuesday’s reasonableness hearing [Explainer / Judiciary vs executive: Israel’s branches of government set for unprecedented clash]( By Jeremy Sharon [Report: AG to tell court Netanyahu is in violation of conflict of interest agreement]( By ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Netanyahu warns against Uman travel: ‘God has not always protected us in Europe’]( By Amy Spiro Despite cabinet approval of funds for pilgrims after demand by Haredi minister, prime minister says Zelensky told him there are not enough shelters for visitors to Ukrainian city from our sponsor [Help Jewish Ukrainian refugees celebrate Rosh Hashana]( For this Yom Tov season, Chabad of Poland are sending 5,000 food packages to families in Ukraine and Poland. [‘Ten seconds and everything was gone’: Moroccan villagers mourn quake destruction]( By SAM METZ and AHMED HATEM Moulay Brahim residents plead for ambulances and other help as they search for survivors after tremor devastated mountain town [Ombudsman warns Israel ‘has failed’ to prepare for major earthquake]( By ToI Staff [Rescue teams struggle to reach survivors as Morocco quake kills over 1,300]( By SAM METZ and Mosa'ab Elshamy Top Ops Adil Faouzi [Powerful earthquake in Morocco: A rising death toll and my nation in shock]( The scale of the disaster and the region’s lack of preparedness have made the the need for international aid increasingly urgent Howard F Jaeckel [Three eminent authors are wrong on judicial reform]( Instead of backing unbridled judicial supremacy, Klein-Halevi, Gordis and Friedman should be working on electoral reform [What’s in Bank of Israel’s arsenal as shekel hits 3-year low?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Israeli family in Morocco to memorialize 1960 quake victims is caught in deadly tremor]( By ToI Staff Jacqueline Bouskila Twizer and her 10 siblings planned to visit Agadir where 10 relatives died; says ‘symbolism’ of also getting caught up in massive earthquake gives her ‘chills’ [Residents reel after earthquake leaves Marrakesh’s historic Jewish quarter in ruin]( By AFP [‘Every government act is suspicious’: Masses protest overhaul ahead of court showdown]( By Michael Horovitz Over 100,000 rally in city, days before key hearings on overhaul’s reasonableness law; woman lightly injured as vehicle hits protesters blocking Ayalon Highway [Netanyahu rips into protest leader who said no compromise talks with ‘Nazis’]( By ToI Staff [Over 3,500 academics, writers, artists urge Biden and UN chief to snub Netanyahu]( By ToI Staff [Car plows into anti-overhaul protesters blocking Tel Aviv highway, injuring one]( By ToI Staff Driver tells police he accidentally hit the gas while swapping with his overwhelmed son, who was in driver’s seat; PM issues condemnation, opposition MKs blame gov’t incitement [JPMorgan warns weakened shekel may be long-term trend as it decouples from US stocks]( By ToI Staff Leading US financial institution says it has ‘a bearish bias’ toward Israeli currency, warns ‘political risk is likely to remain elevated’ over government’s judicial overhaul [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Sept 10: What’s in Bank of Israel’s arsenal as shekel hits 3-year low?]( By ToI Staff [Decision on second term of Bank of Israel governor will be made in October]( By Sharon Wrobel [Pro-Israel Democrat Torres: Ben Gvir a ‘despicable disgusting dangerous demagogue’]( By ToI Staff Swipe at far-right minister represents highly rare criticism of a senior member of the Israeli government by one of Jewish state’s biggest allies in Congress [Ex-Mossad chief: Far-right ministers endangering ‘vital’ settlement blocs]( By ToI Staff [‘Greatest cooperation project in our history’: PM lauds new US-led transport corridor]( By ToI Staff and AP Plans for vast rail and shipping network from India through Mideast and Israel to Europe ‘takes us to a new era of regional and global integration and cooperation,’ Netanyahu says [Biden gives Saudi Arabia’s MBS a hearty handshake at G20 meeting]( By AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak [In last-ditch plea, 15 senators tell Blinken not to okay visa-free travel for Israelis]( By Jacob Magid [Finally invited to multi-sport Invictus Games, Israel sends team of 20 to Dusseldorf]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Injured IDF veterans with no prior international competition experience say they are proud to represent country in swimming, cycling, table tennis, archery, and indoor rowing [Palestinians in West Bank try to fire rocket at Israeli town, for 7th time in months]( By Emanuel Fabian PA police find launch site following latest claims by al-Ayyash Battalion; local council demands IDF deploy Iron Dome [IDF soldiers enter Arab Israeli city against regulations, clash with locals; 5 hurt]( By Emanuel Fabian [Palestinian teen shot dead near West Bank army post, allegedly after hurling firebomb]( By Emanuel Fabian [CRM]( [In first, Vatican beatifies Polish family of 9 executed by Nazis for sheltering Jews]( By Agencies Mass held in honor of the Ulmas, who were killed along with 8 Jews they were hiding; experts have warned Warsaw could use recognition to downplay Poles’ role in Holocaust [Beatification of righteous Poles helping leaders downplay Holocaust role — experts]( By Bernard OSSER Book review [A new memoir tries to mend the pieces of the author’s broken Cuban-Jewish family]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll In ‘Dwell Time,’ Rosa Lowinger draws on her background as a conservator to examine the cracks and flaws in her upbringing as the child of exiles – and how they made her stronger More Headlines [Cabinet allocates NIS 20 million to encourage migrants to leave country]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Gaza exports into Israel resume days after attempted explosives smuggling]( By AFP and Emanuel Fabian [Abbas spokesman claims PA chief was quoting academics when he used antisemitic tropes]( By Gianluca Pacchiani and Agencies [Israeli rape suspects to face Cyprus court hearing after lineup ID by accuser]( By ToI Staff [Man shot dead in southern Bedouin town; 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