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[The daily edition]( Saturday, March 11, 2023 [10th week of mass protests nationwide, with overhaul laws potentially only days away](
By ToI Staff
Rallies across Israel as coalition scheduled to drive contentious bills through committee this week, despite Herzog plea for ‘disastrous’ legislation to be abandoned immediately
[Hundreds more Israeli academics express support for coalition’s judicial shakeup bid](
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
[Tel Aviv’s ousted top cop said to tell police commissioner he’s ‘unfit’ to lead force](
By ToI Staff
6 deputy commissioners call for Shabtai to resign over his handling of now-frozen removal of Eshed, linked to Ben Gvirâs criticism of restrained response to protesters
[Lapid proposes constitution for Israel to extract itself from ‘terrible crisis’](
By ToI Staff
Opposition chief calls to codify start of Declaration of Independence, limit judicial activism but maintain strong court, examine how many Haredi men can stay in full-time study
[Ahead of Netanyahu visit, German president voices concern about judicial overhaul](
By ToI Staff
[Large fire at hay barn belonging to Yesh Atid MK; investigators open arson probe](
By ToI Staff
Local official says âmany questionsâ as there were no electrical connections or extreme dryness to explain the blaze; lawmaker Ram Ben Barak says hay worth millions destroyed
[Top official blames weakness of Biden, Bennett-Lapid government for Saudi-Iran deal](
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Official asserts talks began under previous coalition when US was working to re-enter nuclear deal; media reports from the time seem to contradict claim; Lapid derides accusation
[Israeli official: Ask Biden administration why PM hasn’t been invited to White House](
By Jacob Magid
[UAE welcomes Iran-Saudi deal as ‘important step for regional stability, prosperity’](
By ToI Staff, AP and Jacob Magid [Three victims in Tel Aviv terror shooting were en route to friend’s wedding](
By ToI Staff
Seriously injured man’s girlfriend asks Israelis to pray for his recovery; hundreds show up for vigil at attack site; hospital notes small improvement in their conditions
[IDF says troops arrest suspect behind attempted bus bombing in West Bank settlement](
By Emanuel Fabian
[IDF: Palestinian teen who hurled firebomb at West Bank army post shot dead](
By Emanuel Fabian
[In Rome, Netanyahu says ties with Italy about to expand dramatically](
By Lazar Berman
After meeting Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, PM doesn’t mention Iran threat, though sources say it dominated the discussion
[Ex-staffers at Israeli embassy in UK: We couldn’t serve under current government](
By ToI Staff
Inside story
[No Kan do: How Israel’s public broadcaster ended up in the government’s firing line](
By Amy Spiro
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has vowed to drastically cut funding from Kan in a bid to engender competition, but observers say his plans are misguided and dangerous
Top Ops
Chaim Peri
[10 tons of hope](
In Acre, Arab and Jewish youths came together to pack coats and blankets for the needy in post-earthquake Turkey
Efraim Zuroff
[Germany should fast-track Nazi trials before the criminals all die off](
Those now in their nineties and older who kept the death camps running donât deserve to pass away in tranquility
[Quietly, a stretch of the Jordan River is being cleaned up and transformed](
By Sue Surkes
Earthworks and landscaping are aimed at attracting visitors, tourists, with plans to make water safe for swimming; the cleanup will still leave Jordan, Palestinians high and dry [Players, presenters back UK ex-soccer star who likened asylum policy to Nazi Germany](
By Jill Lawless
BBC faces growing outrage after former England captain Gary Lineker, now its top TV soccer presenter, suspended for comments criticizing government
[Ex-soccer star barred from BBC for comparing government language on migrants to Nazis](
By AP
[Why the Tower of London holds a paradoxical place in Medieval Englandâs Jewish story](
By Robert Philpot
New research by Dr. Rory MacLellan, who led a 2-year project at Historic Royal Palaces, paints iconic fortress as a place of imprisonment, and sanctuary, for 13th-century Jews [CRM]( [New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk](
By Danielle Nagler
Sde Boker, where the first prime minister lived after retiring, gets an upgrade that aims to draw tourists while keeping their footprint small
Reporter's Notebook
[With F1 as showcase, Bahrain pushes image of tolerance post-Abraham Accords](
By Alexander Fulbright
Hosting regional reporters for grand prix, Gulf kingdom touts itself as model of âmodern peaceful coexistence,â calls normalized ties with Israel key part of foreign policy vision [Stars of David, Mensch on a Bench feature on Team Israel’s custom cleats for WBC](
By Ronald Blum
Stadium Custom Cleats, a company owned by Alex Katz, a pitcher for Israel at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, is livening up the shoes worn at the World Baseball Classic
[The real story behind Jewish family comedy âiMordecaiâ](
By Stephen Silver
Homegrown director Marvin Samel jumps behind the camera to film Judd Hirsch in the leading role based on Samel’s colorful – and barely believable – real-life father [Iran says deal reached to buy Russian fighter jets, as defense cooperation deepens](
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sanctions-hit Tehran has aging fleet, struggled to get spare parts; advanced planes will apparently be housed at underground base designed to respond to potential Israeli strikes
[Amid Iran crisis, Grossi set for second term at helm of UN nuclear watchdog](
By AP More Headlines
[US authorities arrest Israeli accused of defrauding $47 million from Orthodox Jews](
By ToI Staff
[Officer seriously wounded after being stabbed by mentally ill man in Jerusalem](
By ToI Staff
[US closes Silicon Valley Bank in biggest collapse since 2008](
By Glenn Chapman
[Obituary / Last known survivor of WWII White Rose Nazi resistance group dies at 103](
By AP
[DeSantis makes long-anticipated first Iowa trip ahead of expected 2024 bid](
By Thomas Beaumont
[Obituary / Raphael Mechoulam, Israelâs âfather of cannabis research,â dies at 92](
By Andrew Silow-Carroll [The daily edition](
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