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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev interviewed in 2016 in Nigeria (Screen capture: Hadashot news)

"Espionage is in its own category according to Israeli law'

Former minister could potentially face death penalty for spying for Iran

By Raoul Wootliff

Justice Ministry official says capital punishment an option in Gonen Segev’s case, but would be an ‘unprecedented penalty’ for espionage

AnalysisIf convicted, ex-minister will head long list of top officials revealed as spies

By Raphael Ahren

Iranians back ex-minister accused of spying, troll Israel on Twitter

Foreign Ministry denies ties to ex-minister accused of spying for Iran

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Ex-minister likely a spy who knew too little, but Iran still got an intel coup

Any info Gonen Segev may have given Iran would have been outdated, but recruitment of a former cabinet member is major win for Israel’s arch-foe, ex-national security adviser says

Gonen Segev (L) speaks with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during a conference in Jerusalem. (Government Press Office)

AnalysisDisgraced ‘M&Ms’ minister Segev now a figure of infamy rather than derision

Ex-minister charged with spying for Iran said to claim he meant to help Israel

By Tamar Pileggi

Israel media reviewMinister, doctor, smuggler, spy: 9 things to know for June 19

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump signs a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, on May 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signed secret pledge to safeguard Israeli nukes — report

According to New Yorker, Israeli envoy Dermer raised US ire in seeking assurances on program; ‘This is our f*ckin’ house,’ White House official reportedly said in disapproval

The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari speaks in a conference called 'A World Without Terror,' in Tehran, Iran, October 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Revolutionary Guard chief says Iran won’t increase its missile range

The head of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strick, speaks to senior officers ahead of the 'Light of the Grain' exercise, the army's largest in 20 years, on September 4, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

IDF general: Iran seeking to seize complete control of Syria

By Tamar Pileggi

Head of Northern Command Yoel Strick says Islamic Republic launching attacks on Israel from war-torn country, destabilizing regional security

6:35 pm

IDF general says Iran seeking to completely seize control of Syria
6:19 pm

Saudi Arabia says new Yemen missile intercepted
5:54 pm

Barkat endorses Elkin for Jerusalem mayor

Illustrative: Billowing smoke, following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (Mohamad Abazeed/ AFP)

US official: Israel behind mysterious Syria airstrike that killed dozens

Washington shunts blame on Jerusalem for attack this week on pro-regime fighters near Iraqi border, after Damascus accuses US-led coalition

Iraqi forces, supported by members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units), advance in the western desert in the northern Iraqi region of al-Hadar, 105 kilometers south of Mosul, on November 23, 2017, as they attempt to flush out remaining Islamic State group fighters (AFP/Stringer)

Iraq denounces mysterious Syria airstrike attributed to Israel

By ToI Staff and AFP

National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat. (Amos Ben Gerschom/GPO)

National security adviser in Russia for talks on Iran troops in Syria — report

Jay-Z and Beyonce toward the end of their video, 'Apeshit - The Carters', produced by Jerusalemite Natan Schottenfels (YouTube screenshot)

Jerusalemite produces Louvre-conquering video for pop royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z

By Jessica Steinberg

Natan Schottenfels laconically reveals in a Facebook post that he’s the producer of ‘Apeshit – The Carters,’ a dazzling clip that has racked up 18 million views in its first 3 days

Joint (Arab) List MK Ayman Odeh (C) argues with police during an event in East Jerusalem hosted by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror groups on June 18, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Minister urges probe of Arab MK for attending event held by terror groups

Gilad Erdan brands Ayman Odeh an ‘enemy of the state’ after the Joint List party leader took part in PFLP and DFLP conference in Jerusalem that police closed down

Illustrative: A right-wing Jewish activist holds a sign reading, "Do not torture me" outside the Duma terror attack trial in Petah Tikva on December 28, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Amid torture claims, court to rule on use of confessions in Jewish terror trial

The Bedouin Palestinian village of Sussiya in the southern West Bank. (Har Hebron Regional Council)

PM delays razing of West Bank Bedouin village ‘following international pressure’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

A cattle egret is seen in a burned field next to Kibbutz Beeri near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on June 18, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA_

Scorched earth

Eerie pictures show lone bird in burnt Israeli field near Gaza

Egret seen rummaging around land blackened by blazes caused by incendiary kites and balloons

Nature and Parks Authority representatives handle a sea turtle after it was attacked and abused on a beach, 2009 (Courtesy Nature and Parks Authority)

Man gets 10 months in prison for stabbing rare sea turtle, causing its death

Education Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)

Top minister urges shooting to kill Gaza kite launchers

Naftali Bennett says showing restraint in face of ongoing arson attacks will only lead to escalation with Hamas

Attorney general says Gazan fire kites a ‘legitimate military target’

Israeli use of live fire in Gaza causing ‘unprecedented crisis,’ Red Cross says

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israel carries out fresh airstrike after Gazans launch fire balloons

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Jordan in January 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90/ File)

Netanyahu holds rare meet with Jordan king ahead of US peace push

After months of strained ties, prime minister makes surprise trip to Amman to discuss peace process and Jerusalem holy sites

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on July 27, 2010. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

US envoy hails Netanyahu meeting with Jordan king on peace talks

Palestinian children fill jerrycans with drinking water from public taps in the southern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

Abbas aide slams reported US plan to raise funds for Gaza

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Giraffes at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Scientists go to zoo, find that cell size, not body size, affects lifespan

By Shoshanna Solomon

Close examination of pancreas in various animals, large and small, yields ‘shockingly beautiful and unexpected’ correlation for researchers from Israel, Canada, Germany

Yehuda Webster speaks at the Juneteenth seder put on by JFREJ, held alongside the East River in New York City on June 14, 2018. (Rafael Shimunov)

This night is different

Emancipation congregation: Slaves’ exodus celebrated with NYC Juneteenth seder

By Steven Davidson

Now is the time to play the Holocaust card

A time when children are torn from their parents is the right time for comparisons to the darkest history

What’s wrong with the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act

Rather than codify an official anti-Semitism definition, Congress should focus on preventing harassment of students

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Dan Zafrir, left, and Noa Ovadia, right, prepare for their debate against the IBM Project Debater on June 18, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Israeli-led IBM project pits computer against human debaters

By AP

United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, December 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sessions says border policy not Nazi-like: ‘They were keeping Jews from leaving’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Norwegian rapper Kaveh Kholardi seen in the music video for his 2014 song 'Snufs.' (screen capture: YouTube)

Norwegian rapper curses ‘the f***ing Jews’ at diversity concert

By JTA

Oded Guez (handout via JTA)

In rare move, rabbinical court annuls marriage of woman refused divorce

By David Sedley

The defendant, a Syrian asylum seeker of Palestinian origin, hides his face behind a folder as he waits for the opening of his trial at the district court in Berlin, where he was charged with attacking an Arab-Israeli man wearing a kippa, on June 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STEFANIE LOOS)

Palestinian from Syria confesses to Berlin assault on Arab Israeli wearing kippa

By Hannah Ruediger and Frank Zeller

Iran's Mehdi Taremi (R) plays the ball during the international friendly soccer match between Iran and Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran on May 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Fans urge FIFA to ban Iranian player over anti-Israel tweet

Actors John Hurt (left), Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Olivia Thirlby in 'Damascus Cover,' Howard Kaplan's 39-year-old novel (Damascus Cover)

From Syria with loveIsrael-Syria spy thriller screens in Tel Aviv before US debut

By Michael Harel

Israel's Netta Barzilai after winning the final of the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, on May 12, 2018. (AFP/Francisco Leong)

Appearing to back off Kan split, PM says government will follow Eurovision rules

By Michael Bachner and Raoul Wootliff

Author Sarah Tuttle-Singer (right) is interviewed by journalist Matthew Kalman at a Times of Israel Presents event in Jerusalem, June 18, 2018. (Laura Ben-David)

Times of Israel PresentsAuthor and social media guru emphasizes personal connection as route to peace

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative: ultra-Orthodox men walking along the street in the Stamford Hill area of London, Jan. 17, 2015. (Rob Stothard/Getty Images via JTA)

From our partnerWoman with knife shouting ‘I want to kill all you Jews’ arrested in London

Hanan Savyon, left, and Guy Amir star in the Israel film “Maktub.” (Idan Milman via JTA)

Destined for success‘Maktub,’ an Israeli gangster comedy, makes it to Netflix

By Curt Schleier

Illustrative image of a pregnant woman (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)

Mothers who have episiotomy in first delivery more likely to need one in next

By Shoshanna Solomon

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