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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 2, 2019

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Israel Police forces at Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound on June 2, 2019. (Israel Police)

Hundreds of Palestinians riot as Jews allowed on Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Palestinians on mount hurl chairs, rocks at police after rare decision to let non-Muslims in on final days of Ramadan; security high in capital as Israel marks city’s reunification

Police officers escort a group of religious Jews at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, June 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Jordan, Palestinians condemn ‘provocation’ as Jews allowed into Temple Mount

By Michael Bachner

An IDF airstrike hits Syrian military targets, June 1, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Foreign fighters among 10 killed in IDF Syria strike after rocket fire — report

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF: 2 projectiles fired at Mt. Hermon from Syria; no injuries reported

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel, US to suggest legitimizing Assad if Russia curbs Iran in Syria – report

AnalysisIn seeking to deter Israel and the US, Hezbollah may be risking regional war

By Avi Issacharoff

Then-education minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu fires Shaked and Bennett in interim government reshuffle

By Marissa Newman

As campaign for September elections kicks off, PM shows once-popular right-wing ministers the door, reportedly rules out reserving slot for Shaked on Likud slate

Live updates (closed)Bennett announces New Right to run in September elections

Smotrich rules out Shaked leading right-wing alliance, blames her for upheaval

By Marissa Newman

Feiglin confirms meeting Bennett to discuss cooperating in elections

Analysis

Netanyahu’s election gambit keeps him alive, but the crown is slipping

How a desperate PM was reduced to subjecting Israel to a new round of voting, why a second election could produce a different result, and where Liberman hopes this could yet lead

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. Netanyahu forced the dissolution of the Knesset that night, after it became clear that he was unable to win the support of Avigdor Liberman and thus could not form a majority coalition. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Avi Gabbay, leader of the Labor party, seen during a press conference in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

After backlash, Gabbay announces vote for Labor party chair, but not slate

Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay at a discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Report: In Gabbay deal with PM, Labor would have been expected to back immunity

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2019. (Flash90)

Liberman doesn’t rule out bid for PM, denies vendetta against Netanyahu

‘If we have enough seats, we’ll consider [the premiership],’ Yisrael Beytenu chief says in TV interview, adding he’ll support a right-wing — but not ‘Haredi’ — government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman sign a coalition agreement in the Knesset on May 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewRevving up their (tired) engines: 7 things to know for June 2

Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi attends a press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on July 13, 2017, announcing a water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Top Likud minister raises possibility of unity government with Blue and White

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) speaks with Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis at the Castelgrande during a bilateral meeting on June 2, 2019 in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Pompeo: Washington willing to talk with Iran with no preconditions

By Agencies and ToI Staff

But US secretary of state, in Switzerland, says attempts to ‘reverse the malign activity of this Islamic Republic’ will continue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, front left, and his wife Suzan, front center, listen to a tour guide during a sightseeing walk as part of Pompeo's visit in Bern, Switzerland, June 1, 2019. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Pompeo, Kushner visit Bilderberg Group event as US Iran policies raise concerns

By Matthew Lee and Jamey Keaten

In this photo taken on September 26, 1980, the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini salutes his followers in the Iranian capital of Tehran. (Stig Nillson/AFP)

Khomeini’s legacy still looms over Iran, 30 years after his death

By Marc Jourdier

The Zhonggcuancun tech hub during the opening event of the AI Industry Application and Development Forum, on May 29, 2019 (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)

Israel’s AI boom takes the stage at Beijing tech conference

By Joshua Davidovich

Chamber of commerce head sells Israel as hub at opening of AI forum, with numbers showing Jewish state quickly becoming a leader in the industry

Analysis

A glimpse of 19th century Jerusalem

In celebration of Jerusalem Day, the National Library of Israel takes a look back — way back — at the Holy City

Sivan Rahav Meir

Why we rejoice on Yom Yerushalayim

Out of all the generations, our generation has been given the privilege of returning to the city of our national dreams

Yochi Rappeport

Middle ground Jerusalem: Encounter and embrace

Only through the capacity to truly meet the ’other’ with full, deep acceptance, can we bring forth the unified Jerusalem we envision

Fourth-grade student Shira Sofer pictured with the ninth-century gold coin she found and archaeologist Achia Cohen-Tavor, May 30, 2019. (Nicole Gutman, Karev Program for Educational Involvement)

Fourth-grader unearths 9th century gold coin during educational dig

‘I saw something sparkling, so I just picked it up,’ says 10-year-old Shira Sofer, one of hundreds of children taking part in regional archaeology program in central Israel

Why so many Jews love the band Phish

By Gabe Friedman

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Ethiopian Christian pilgrims attend a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem, Friday, April 14, 2017. (Dan Balilty/AP)

Westminster Abbey denies Ethiopian Christians permission to pray with holy relic

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan during London Tech Week, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Robert Stevens)

London mayor compares Trump to fascist dictators

The rotting carcass of a cow, possibly thrown overboard from a ship carrying live animals to Israel for fattening and slaughter, washed up onto a beach in Tel Aviv, June 1, 2019. (Or Keren)

Cow carcass washes up on Tel Aviv beach, horrifying bathers

People attend a pro-Palestinian march marking al-Quds Day in Berlin on June 1, 2019. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters, counter-protesters face off in Berlin

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Arab Israeli NGO worker Jafar Farah, who alleges a police officer broke his knee after he was arrested. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Policeman indicted for beating, breaking knee of Arab protester in Haifa

Illustrative. A person in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bedouin medical student who shared his notes goes free on security charge

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Washington, on September 5, 2018. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg reportedly to visit Israel in August

By Shoshanna Solomon

File: An undated photo of fighters from al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the al-Nusra Front, marching toward the northern village of al-Ais in Aleppo province. (Al-Nusra Front via AP)

Arab Israeli woman charged with joining terror group in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

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