Hundreds pray for unity at Kotel ahead of judicial reform vote

Hundreds pray for unity at Kotel ahead of judicial reform vote

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header-logo-part2 Sunday, July 23, 2023
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THE DAILY SYNDICATE
Reform opponents attend prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, July 23, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Hundreds pray for unity at Kotel ahead of judicial reform vote
Following morning prayers, the organizers encouraged participants to form a human chain from the Western Wall to the Knesset.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
IDF chief warns of ‘dangerous cracks’ amid reservist threats
„If the best do not serve in the army—we will no longer be able to exist as a country in the region.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves a Likud Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu delays trips to Cyprus, Turkey following surgery
After the PM „underwent a medical procedure, a follow-up of several weeks became necessary.”
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 2, 2023. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL. Netanyahu successfully undergoes cardiac pacemaker surgery
Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Haaretz Democracy Conference in Jaffa, Nov. 9, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90. ‘Barak detailed plans to bring down government three years ago’
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer (center) and IFCJ President Yael Eckstein (right) welcome Ukrainian olim at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 8, 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/IFCJ. IFCJ marks 100 flights bringing Jewish Ukrainians to Israel
Fitch Ratings agency building, Feb. 1, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Fitch Ratings keeping tabs on Israeli judicial reform effort SONIA GORODEISKY
Druze protest against the construction of a wind farm near Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, June 21, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90. Jordan allowing Golan Druze entry without visas BARUCH YEDID
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second from left) at a meeting with French President Emanuel Macron in Paris, June 16, 2023. Source: Twitter. Riyadh to allow Israeli officials attend UNESCO confab
Israeli emergency response teams complete their firefighting mission in Greece, where planes operated under extreme temperatures exceeding 45 degrees Celsius, Jul7 23, 2023. Credit: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit. Israel completes firefighting mission in Greece
OPINION AND FEATURES
logo KHALED ABU TOAMEHThe wages of PA corruption
Donor nations must insist on transparency and accountability.
Levana CEO Ilana Kwartin, July 23, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.
Israeli startup personalizing women’s medication is ‘reaching for the moon’
Femtech firm Levana tracks the monthly fluctuations in the way medicine works.
PESACH BENSON
logo BENJAMIN BAIRDCalifornia Assembly looks to honor state’s most radical Islamists
HR 52 fails to provide a representative sample of California’s Muslim leaders. Instead, it serves to divide communities, legitimize extremism and undermine mainstream and moderate Muslim voices.
logo SHOSHANA BRYENThe phone call doesn’t matter
U.S. President Joe Biden’s last-minute call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can’t undo years of antagonism toward the Jewish state.
Volunteers from the Special In Uniform program celebrate after completing their
IDF soldiers with disabilities earn special berets
Close to 1,000 Special In Uniform soldiers from communities across Israel are serving in 45 bases in all branches of the IDF.
PESACH BENSON
logo EFRAIM INBARShould Netanyahu go to China?
It is not desirable to exacerbate the tensions with the United States just to increase access to the Chinese market.
logo JACQUES NERIAHIs Iran ‘retuning’ its relations with the African continent?
Despite Ayatollah Khamenei’s New Year declarations, Iran’s efforts to strengthen its position in Africa have seen no significant breakthrough.