Coalition loses its majority as MK Silman quits * Analysis: Can Netanyahu regain power? * Israelis on Ukraine frontlines * Chicago shul adopts anti-Zionism as core value

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, April 6, 2022 [Bennett’s government in crisis as whip Silman quits, stripping coalition of majority]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina lawmaker says she won’t abet the ‘harming’ of Jewish identity of Israel, insists another coalition can be built without new elections; PM said to find out from news reports]( [Analysis / Bennett’s coalition has lost its majority. Could Netanyahu’s Likud now regain power?]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Opposition welcomes Silman as ministers express hope for coalition’s survival]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Bennett convenes meeting of Yamina faction without Silman]( By [TOI staff]( [Bodyguard assigned to renegade MK after online threats following her dramatic political defection; reports indicate former coalition whip promised future role by Likud]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing April 6: Political earthquake as MK Silman quits. What happens now?]( By [TOI staff]( [Political correspondents Tal Schneider and Carrie Keller-Lynn give a 360-degree analysis of coalition whip Idit Silman’s bombshell resignation]( [Silman’s coalition defection catches her political partners off-guard]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [PM and coalition MKs were not informed before the whip quit the coalition she was entrusted with upholding, imperiling the government]( [Joint List chief says party won’t be a ‘lifeline’ for Bennett’s coalition]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Smotrich alleged to have written Silman’s letter of resignation from coalition]( By [Tal Schneider]( [With families waiting in Israel, dual citizens fight on Ukraine’s frontlines]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [From driving ambulances on the eastern front to defending Kyiv, Israeli-Ukrainians, some of them with little training, take part in country’s defense against Russia]( [Israel mulling sending protective vests, flak jackets to Ukraine — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Jerusalem has avoided aligning with either side since Russian troops invaded, though Kyiv has repeatedly asked for defensive military equipment]( [Israel’s immigration minister to visit Ukraine to spur aliyah efforts]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Lapid explicitly accuses Russia of war crimes, a first for a top Israeli official]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Top Ops [Adam Etzion]( [Breaking up a government over sandwiches]( [Just because Israel is a Jewish country doesn’t mean strict Passover observance wins over non-observant people’s right to eat what they want – except when it does]( [Butan Amedi]( [Where’s the apartheid?]( [In Jerusalem, I was surprised to see a Muslim man praying in Machane Yehuda market. How could Amnesty International accuse Israel of apartheid?]( [Zev Farber]( [Idit Silman, what are you afraid of?]( [It’s soft coercion, to be sure, but it is counterproductive; Judaism and the Jewish character of the State of Israel will suffer for it]( [David Stav]( [Why Diaspora Jewish leaders should support the conversion bill in Israel]( [Empowering local rabbis will actually strengthen the Chief Rabbinate, introduce transparency, and help stem a looming halachic and demographic catastrophe]( [Preaching to the margins: Chicago synagogue adopts anti-Zionism as a ‘core value’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Tzedek’s rabbi Brant Rosen says he doesn’t think move will shift mainstream US Jewry, but insists there’s space for a synagogue anchored in belief that Judaism belongs in Diaspora]( [Killings of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha could bring more sanctions]( By [Adam Schreck]( [Evidence of Russian troops’ actions in Kyiv suburb before they withdrew has drawn a global outcry; EU, US take steps against Russian economy]( [Analysis / War crime, crime against humanity, genocide: What’s the difference?]( By [AFP]( [Zelensky tells UN Security Council Russia has committed worst atrocities since WWII]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Analysis [Nathan Jeffay]( [The wave that never was: Did Israelis’ ‘common sense’ help stop a new COVID spike?]( [In March, when case numbers rose again, people didn’t wait for rules, but rather started to take more care; experts say this combined with high immunity levels to reduce infection]( [4th vaccine dose boosts defense against severe COVID in over-60s — Israeli study]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [As eating disorders among teens soar in pandemic, YA novel takes on grave issue]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [For debut work of fiction about anorexic high school girls, 25-year-old E.J. 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