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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 13, 2019

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Chernobyl liquidators visiting the Knesset in Jerusalem. (Ksenia Svetlova)

Op-ed

1,500 Chernobyl ‘liquidators’ live in Israel. They are appallingly mistreated

By Ksenia Svetlova

A 2001 law promised housing, medical care to this group of heroes, but scandalously has never been implemented. Maybe interest sparked by the remarkable TV series will change that

Illustrative photo: In this photo released by Iran's state-run IRIB News Agency, an oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, June 13, 2019. (IRIB News Agency via AP)

US Navy: 2 oil tankers damaged in Sea of Oman; shipping firm: ‘suspected attack’

By ToI Staff and AP

Nature of incident in Middle East waters still unclear, with US and UK navies investigating; pro-Iran Lebanese news channel Al-Mayadeen says, without evidence, 2 tankers targeted

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Khamenei: Iran doesn’t want nuclear bomb, but US couldn’t stop us if we did

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An Iranian navy boat sprays water to extinguish a fire on an oil tanker in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Tasnim News Agency)

Iran says it’s ‘suspicious’ reported tanker attacks came during Japan PM visit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the India Ideas Summit in Washington on June 12, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Pompeo blames Iran for Gulf tanker attacks

US secretary of state says incident Thursday is ‘only the latest in a series of attacks instigated’ by Tehran and its proxies against America, allied countries

6:34 pm

Trump says too early 'to even think' about negotiating with Iran
6:31 pm

Pompeo blames Iran for Gulf tanker attacks
6:24 pm

Jordan FM suggests still no decision on attending US-led peace workshop in Bahrain

Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court chief accuses new justice minister of leading Israel to ‘anarchy’

In unprecedented attack, Esther Hayut castigates ‘irresponsible’ Amir Ohana for suggesting not all court rulings should be honored

Amir Ohana, newly appointed Israeli Justice Minister seen during his swearing in ceremony at the Knesset assembly hall in Jerusalem, on June 12, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After implying he wouldn’t, justice minister says he’ll respect High Ct. rulings

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, US Vice President Mike Pence, Poland's President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pose for a family photo at the conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, on February 13, 2019. (Janek SKARZYNSKI/AFP)

Analysis

Bahrain conference may succeed, but not at bringing Israeli-Palestinian peace

Economic meet will bring Israelis and representatives of 6 Arab states together, an extraordinary feat. But don’t expect the same level of support once it’s time to talk politics

More than half of House Democrats slam any Mideast plan without 2 states

Iraq says it will skip US-led Bahrain peace workshop

UN to send deputy envoy to US Mideast peace conference

By AFP

A military police officer speaks with imprisoned Israeli soldiers at Prison Four, Israel's largest military prison, located at the Tzrifin military base on Aril 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

About 1 in 15 IDF soldiers were jailed last year — and that’s an improvement

By Judah Ari Gross

Some 10,000 troops served time in military prison in 2018, most for minor offenses and the majority from poor backgrounds — and that’s better than in the past

Illustrative: A barrage of rockets being fired from the Hamas-run Gaza into Israel on May 5, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

IAF strikes underground Hamas target after Palestinians fire rocket into Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

No injuries or damage as Iron Dome intercepts projectile over southern Israel; rocket attack follows day of balloon attacks from Gaza

Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset, June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz slams PM for ‘strong words, no deterrence’ on Gaza after rocket fire

By Michael Bachner

Palestinian fishermen clean a net after a night fishing trip, in the Gaza Seaport on April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Israel closes Gaza fishing zone after rash of balloon attacks

Palestinian demonstrators gather near the border fence east of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on May 15, 2019, during a Nakba Day protest. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Analysis

Avi Issacharoff

With Netanyahu vulnerable ahead of elections, Hamas ups the pressure

Between Gaza’s failing economy and Israeli-Egyptian blockades, terror group returns yet again to its tried and tested method to gain concessions and cash: A new round of violence

Palestinian fishing boats are seen at the sea port in Gaza City on April 1, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Israel media reviewFishing for an answer: 8 things to know for June 13

By Joshua Davidovich

New Future Transportation (NFT) a husband and wife endeavor, unveiled the design of its flying car at the EcoMotion exhibition in Tel Aviv on June 11, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)

Flying cars, sound bubbles greet execs at Tel Aviv smart mobility confab

By Shoshanna Solomon

Avi Novis-Deutsch

This rabbi is flying the Pride flag — and it’s about time

The message that everyone is welcome to enter through my door is at the heart of my approach to Judaism

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

A mother’s prayer on the occasion of her daughter’s first cell phone

Please God let this phone be a tool for her to do good in the world and let her never commit the sin of Duck Face

Ari Morgenstern

Time for FATF to finally cut Iran off at the bank

After years of idle threats, the banking watchdog must blacklist the regime and stanch its extensive terror financing

Beware an Iranian ambush in Syria

Tehran aims to drag Israel into confrontation with Russia — the challenge is knowing when to retaliate and when to stand down

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Jerusalem Day celebration at Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

As election campaign begins, cracks emerge in right-wing loyalty to Netanyahu

By Marissa Newman

PM assailed by right-wing pundits as ‘intoxicated with power,’ and not right-wing enough, though no alternative leader is offered, as pro-settlement allies duel

PM said to back law to legalize public pot-smoking, home-growing for private use

Feiglin mulls run with Shaked, Bennett; rejects other rightists

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Right-wing parties said to offer Shaked no. 2 spot, if she ditches Bennett

By Nati Yefet and ToI Staff

Meretz members Issawi Frej (L) and Mossi Raz attend a Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv on April 17, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Two Meretz members launch joint ‘Arab-Jewish leadership’ bid

By Alexander Fulbright

MK Issawi Frej and ex-lawmaker Mossi Raz say run to be co-leaders of party aimed at ‘building a strong and influential Jewish-Arab left’

Labor party leader Avi Gabbay at the Knesset on May 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After stormy term, Labor chief Gabbay announces he is quitting politics

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

MK Itzik Shmuli reacts after results are announced in the Labor Party primaries in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Labor MK Shmuli announces bid for party leadership

Actor Neil Patrick Harris, the 2019 International Pride Ambassador, in Tel Aviv on June 13, 2019. (courtesy Tel Aviv municipality)

How I met your city: Neil Patrick Harris hosts Friday’s Tel Aviv Pride Parade

By Melanie Lidman

Quarter of a million people expected to turn White City into rainbow for annual extravaganza

Neil Patrick Harris looks on during an interview with the Associated Press in Tel Aviv on June 12, 2019 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

In town for Tel Aviv Pride, Neil Patrick Harris says he’s no gay icon

Illustrative: This April 13, 2009 photo shows an employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, waiting for the front gate to be opened so she can enter. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)

Above and beyond

A Jewish lawyer represents clients at the strictest immigration court in the US

More Headlines

In this photo from November 24, 2017, Moldova's Prime Minister Pavel Filip arrives for an EU Eastern Partnership summit with six eastern partner countries at the European Council in Brussels. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Palestinians rip Moldova for Jerusalem embassy move announcement

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Toine Beukering (Screenshot from YouTube)

Dutch lawmaker sorry for saying Jews went to gas chambers ‘like meek lambs’

By ToI Staff and JTA

"Yitzhar evacuation" and "price tag" spray-painted on a home in Einabus in the northern West Bank on June 13, 2019. (Einabus municipality)

Palestinian village targeted with vandalism, graffiti in apparent hate crime

In this December 3, 2003, file photo, death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File)

Jewish death row inmate in Texas files appeal claiming judge was anti-Semitic

By JTA

Rabbi Dawid Szychowski telling journalists about the Festival of Tranquility that he launched in Lodz, Poland, on June 8, 2019. (Courtesy Shvei Israel/via JTA)

Polish city of Lodz has first Jewish festival in decades

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Netflix's Historical Roasts host Jeff Ross wore a yellow armband with a Star of David on it in an episode about Anne Frank, May 27, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

Jewish comedian Jeff Ross defends Netflix roast of Anne Frank

By Josefin Dolsten

Illustrative -- Members of the UAB and Samford ROTC programs perform pushups on the sideline for every touchdown scored in honor of Veterans Day during an NCAA college football game between UAB and East Carolina on Nov. 11, 2010, in Birmingham, Alabama (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Cadet dropped from US Army officer training for anti-Semitic ‘pro-Nazism’ tweets

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard, in front of teammates Marc Gasol (second from left) and Kyle Lowry, reacts during game five of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, June 10, 2019. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Hoop-laToronto Raptors co-owner: Team’ll visit Israel if we win Finals

By JTA

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters touring Israel's security barrier in the West Bank refugee camp of Aida near Bethlehem, June 2, 2009. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP Images)

DC suburb halts screening of anti-Israel film narrated by Roger Waters

Screen capture from video of Yair Netanyahu during an interview with Blaze TV broadcast on June 11, 2019. (YouTube)

Yair Netanyahu: Israel is faithful US ally, but Palestinians celebrated on 9/11

By Stuart Winer

A childhood toy of physicist Albert Einstein containing small colored wooden balls used to create designs on the punch-hole frame. The box reads, 'Perlen-Mosaik-Spiel,' or 'pearl mosaic game.' The toy is up for sale by New York auctioneers Kestenbaum & Company, June 2019. (Kestenbaum & Company website)

Albert Einstein’s childhood toy goes on sale in New York

Fiverr employees at work in its Tel Aviv offices, August 6, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Fiverr shares jump at start of trade in New York

By Shoshanna Solomon

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