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What Matters Most On Friday, June 7, 2019

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The Red Sea Transnational Research Center will study thousands of types of fish and coral found in the Red Sea, like these photographed near Eilat by Professor Maoz Fine in 2019. (Courtesy Maoz Fine)

Israel to ally with Arab neighbors around Red Sea in bid to save world’s corals

By Melanie Lidman

Swiss institute to manage partnership between Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan in largest regional project of its kind

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Zeev Elkin (left), Director of American Friends of Beit Orot Shlomo Zwickler (right), and archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay (far right) sift for artifacts at the relaunch of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, June 2, 2019. (Yosef Huri)

Muslim-run for 1,300 years, Temple Mount was never excavated

Temple Mount Sifting Project reboots, aims to salvage ancient temple artifacts

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

At Jerusalem Day event, minister vows funds for project in which 500,000 artifacts from all eras of J’lem settlement have already been found in dirt illegally dumped by Muslim Waqf

Lisa Forbes of the Labour Party accepts her win for the local seat after all votes are in and counted at the Kingsgate Conference Centre in Peterborough, England on June 6, 2019. (Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Protests as Labour candidate wins Parliament seat despite anti-Semitism charges

By ToI Staff and AFP

Lisa Forbes, who apologized for liking post about ‘Zionist Slave Masters,’ beats out Brexit candidate in bellwether by-election; Labour Against Antisemitism calls win a ‘dark day’

Israeli security forces scuffle with American-French protester Frank Romano on September 14, 2018, during a protest against the expected demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

New UK human rights report accuses Israel of ‘continued violations’

By Raphael Ahren

Over 10,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security

At least 49 people arrested; some 2,500 police deployed to secure event; crowd smaller than in years past

A woman waves a Jewish Pride flag in Jerusalem on August 1, 2015. (Omer Messinger/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)

DC Dyke March bans Jewish Pride flags

By JTA

Thousands of people take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel Media ReviewTough love: 5 things to know for June 7

By Alexander Fulbright

Justice Minister Amir Ohana at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 6, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

Gay justice minister joins Jerusalem Pride event, but not everyone’s celebrating

The presence of Amir Ohana, Israel’s first openly gay cabinet minister, at annual parade in conservative capital may be a milestone, but does not mark a transformation

First openly gay minister shrugs off jeers at Jerusalem pride march

ExplainerIsrael has its first gay government minister — Netanyahu loyalist Amir Ohana

From the webAmir Ohana is gay and right wing. How far can he go in Israel?

Illustrative: An Israeli firefighter battles a fire started by an incendiary device launched from the Gaza Strip, near the Gaza border fence, May 15, 2019. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Army chief says Gaza deal for calm is working, violence along border is down

But Aviv Kohavi also signals to leaders of communities near border of Hamas-run enclave that IDF will not allow arson balloons to be launched into Israel forever

An Israeli operation to intercept Gazan boats, on May 11, 2019, in a video released by the IDF on June 7, 2019. (screen capture: IDF)

IDF says it foiled attempt to smuggle rocket material to Gaza by boat

Palestinian fishing boats are seen in the Mediterranean Sea at the port in Gaza City on May 10, 2019. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Israel cuts back Gaza fishing zone following incendiary balloon launches

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY, a pro-Israel stalwart who chairs the powerful US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, led the introduction of a bill to restore funding to Israeli-Palestinian dialogue groups. Pictured in Washington on April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AIPAC and J Street back restoring funds to Israeli-Palestinian dialogue programs

Array of pro-Israel bodies support bipartisan bill financing coexistence groups, which had their budgets slashed by Trump administration

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, speaks at an event in Somerville, Massachusetts, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Senators Sanders, Warren push resolution decrying PM’s West Bank annexation idea

By Ron Kampeas and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in support of LGBTQ high school students, March 21, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Ilhan Omar joins newly formed black-Jewish congressional caucus

By Josefin Dolsten

Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago once was a liberal Zionist before advocating a boycott of Israel. (Ben Sales)

This Chicago synagogue is a home for non-Zionist Jews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showcases material he says was obtained by Israeli intelligence from Iran's nuclear weapons archive, in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)

Analysis

Watchdog should inspect, possibly destroy Iran’s nuclear archive, ex-deputy says

Almost all of secret documents remain in Tehran warehouse, Olli Heinonen says in Jerusalem lecture, warning that regime’s nuclear scientists are ‘the best of the best’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Olli Heinonen, the former deputy head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at his office in Jerusalem on June 6, 2019. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu: Tehran working toward ‘arsenal of nuclear bombs’

By Raphael Ahren

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, meets US President Donald Trump during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2019. (Ian Langsdon/POOL via AP)

Trump signals readiness for negotiations with Iran

By AFP

Arnon Milchan poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Widows,' showing as part of the opening gala of the BFI London Film Festival in London, on October 10, 2018. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Mogul tells police he felt ‘disgusted’ by Netanyahus’ gift requests — report

By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff

In new leaks to Israeli TV of testimony, Hollywood producer Milchan says Netanyahus never gave him presents in return for his cigars and champagne; PM’s office denies report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on May 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

After hearing delay rejected, Netanyahu says AG denying him justice

Interior Minister and Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri gives a statement to the press during a Shas faction meeting in the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 30, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri questioned by anti-fraud unit in ongoing graft case

Israeli tycoon Idan Ofer, left, and Blue and White party no. 2 Yair Lapid, right. (Moshe Shai/Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israeli tycoon hired Black Cube to smear Yair Lapid in 2014 — report

By AP and ToI Staff

Billionaire Idan Ofer aimed to dig up dirt on then-finance minister to influence tax policy on natural gas finds, TV investigation says

Black Cube's internet homepage (screenshot)

Report: US Senate asks to interview Israeli-Brit in connection with Russia probe

Shayna Goldberg

God has enough angels

Food, sex, alcohol, even friendship — these are all part of the human experience that we use to sanctify our existence

You can’t build a society out of saints alone

You need those who care for family and community and country, even if they are tempted by a life of solitary virtue (Naso)

How did the Oral Law become part of the Torah?

If Rabbi Akiva had had traditions for every detail of Jewish practice, we would not need an intricate system of logic to derive the laws

Efrat Lichtenstadt preparing individual lemon curd and cheese desserts for her blog (Courtesy Efrat Lichtenstadt)

The Jerusalem food blogger who turned a cooking hobby into a career

By Jessica Steinberg

German soldiers from the Panzergrenadier battalion 909 from Marienberg, Saxony, visit the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Monday, June 3, 2019, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations of D-Day. Allied forces landing in Normandy 75-years ago faced German soldiers, but over the decades, Germans' attitudes toward the war have evolved from a sense of defeat to something far more complex. (AP Photo/Raf Casert)

Analysis

Kirsten Grieshaber and David Rising

From loss to liberation: Germany’s evolving postwar attitude

At the time, many were devastated, but most Germans now see the defeat of the Nazis in World War II as a good thing and view the Allied soldiers as liberators

US President Donald Trump, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron reach out to shake hands during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, June 6, 2019. (AP/David Vincent)

Trump lauds ‘unbreakable’ trans-Atlantic alliance as D-Day anniversary marked

By Jerome Cartillier and Joseph Schmid

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Then-Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky, center, in brown cap, and then-Knesset member Dov Lipman, in jacket and tie at right, at a protest held by American and Israeli Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside the Chief Rabbinate offices in Jerusalem, July 6, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Conversion data points to ‘deficient’ state-run monopoly, says advocacy group

Neil Patrick Harris attends Entertainment Weekly's LGBTQ issue party at the Stonewall Inn on June 5, 2019, in New York. (Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

How I met your mothersNeil Patrick Harris to attend Tel Aviv Pride Parade

By JTA

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and then-transportation minister Israel Katz attend the inauguration ceremony for a new train station in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, September 17, 2018. (Flash90)

Foreign Ministry staff urge minister to block PM’s pick for Egypt envoy – report

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A vervet monkey that escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon, crossed the border into Israel and evaded capture for two weeks, was finally tempted into a cage with food, June 6, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

No more monkey businessLebanese monkey nabbed after 2-week chase in northern Israel

An apartment building on Steinberg street in Beersheba. (screen capture: Google Maps Street View)

Teen girl dies after falling from sixth-story apartment

An illustrative image of neurons, or brain cells (whitehoune; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel study says neurons, not just DNA, can affect progeny’s fate

By Shoshanna Solomon

Icelandic band Hatari hold up Palestinian flags during the live grand final of the Eurovision in Tel Aviv, May 19, 2019. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Furor after El Al fires staffer for Facebook post critical of Icelandic band

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the State funeral for late former President Shimo Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, on September 30, 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Abbas calls Rivlin to offer condolences on wife’s passing

A policeman stands guard on January 21, 2015, in front the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket where jihadist gunman Amedy Coulibaly killed four Jewish men on January 9, 2015 in Paris. (AFP/Eric Feferberg)

Suspects in Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher terror attacks to go on trial in France

By AFP and ToI Staff

The cover of 'P is for Palestine.' (Courtesy of Golbarg Bashi/via JTA)

NJ library cancels ‘P is for Palestine’ kids book event for second time

Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli rabbis’ Shavuot learning program goes global

Illustrative: A Rabbi from Chabad lights the center light on a 20-foot-high Hanukkah Menorah on the Boston Common, near the Statehouse, in Boston, December 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Hundreds rally near Boston against hate after anti-Semitic incidents

By JTA

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