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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 16, 2019

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Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and her lawyer Yossi Cohen (L) wait for the judge to arrive at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on June 16, 2019. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / AFP)

Sara Netanyahu convicted of misusing state funds, says she’s ‘suffered enough’

PM’s wife admits to lesser offense in plea deal that dropped original fraud charge over her illegal ordering of catered meals to the PM’s Residence; will pay $15,000 to state

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on October 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-state prosecutor: Sara Netanyahu caught a break with catering case plea deal

Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset, on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/ File)

Mogul said fuming with his lawyer over reports he may jump ship to represent PM

Stance amounts to a call for a coalition without Netanyahu

Liberman: We’ll force gov’t with Likud, Blue and White to block ultra-Orthodox

Yisrael Beytenu leader promises ‘liberal-national’ coalition after elections; Likud: Cat is out the bag — Liberman wants leftist government; Blue and White: Better late than never

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leaves after a faction meeting at the Knesset, on May 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Report: Barak meets former deputy IDF chief as he mulls new party

Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting regarding the coalition negotiations at the Knesset, on May 27, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewLiberman’s un-Orthodox proposal: 8 things to know for June 16

By Joshua Davidovich

Mohammed al-Emadi (C), chairman of Qatar's National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, arrives for a press conference in Gaza City on January 25, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Qatari deputy envoy arrives in Gaza ahead of fresh cash delivery — reports

Reports say Mohammed al-Emadi is delayed due to ongoing talks with Israeli officials on fraying ceasefire with Hamas

6:41 pm

Company says power restored to 1.5 million Argentines
6:15 pm

Moscow warns against 'baseless accusations' over Gulf tanker attacks
5:58 pm

Netanyahu to appoint education, transportation portfolios to Peretz and Smotrich -- report

Works unveil the sign for "Ramat Trump" in the Golan Heights, June 16, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

No plans, no budget: ‘Trump Heights’ inauguration slammed as a PR stunt

By Raphael Ahren

Opposition MK notes that there’s ‘no binding decision to implement’ pledge to name Golan town after US president

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan arrives for a service of remembrance for the Grenfell tower fire at St. Helen's church in west London on June 14, 2019. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

In fresh tirade, Trump slams London’s mayor as a ‘disaster,’ ‘national disgrace’

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing on Marine One for the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on May 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump accuses NYT of ‘virtual treason’ over report on US cyber-attacks on Russia

By AFP

Iran's Arak heavy water reactor (photo credit: Hamid Foroutan/ISNA/AFP)

Iran says it will unveil measures reducing commitment to nuclear pact on Monday

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amid mounting Gulf tensions, Tehran set to announce resumption of ‘limitless’ uranium enrichment at shuttered Arak heavy water reactor

Damaged tanker arrives at UAE anchorage amid increased regional tensions

By Dana Moukhallati

Saudi prince blames Iran for tanker attacks, says won’t hesitate on ‘threats’

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israel said to blame Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for attacks on oil tankers

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Genya Morag, left, and Malka Goldman in Sweden after the war, in 1946. (Stanley Goldman)

How one man unraveled the mystery of his mother’s Holocaust nightmare

By Cathryn J. Prince

50 years later, I’m eulogizing my dad at last

I will no longer avoid the story of how he was senselessly murdered

In the do-over elections, and forever, we’ll all be smarter

Voters got to see how parties behaved after elections, and parties now know the real risk of a hardline negotiation stance

David Serero, center, plays Romeo and Ashley Brooke Miller plays Juliet in a Jewish adaptation of the classic tragedy. (Josefin Dolsten via JTA)

It’s Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi Jews in this take on ‘Romeo and Juliet’

By Josefin Dolsten

A view of an Afula street (Shay Levy/Flash90)

Afula mayor attends demonstration against sale of home to Arab family

Deputy mayor and council members join protest ‘to ensure the city preserves its Jewish character’; protesters wave Israeli flags, banners from extremist Lehava group

Illustrative image of the central Israeli city of Elad. June 23, 2014. (FLASH90)

Senior officials in central Israeli town suspected of taking bribes

Head of the Shin Bet security service Nadav Argaman attends the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90/ File)

Shin Bet chief met with Abbas over PA tax money held by Israel — report

Nadav Argaman reportedly tried to convince Palestinian Authority head to accept funds collected by Jerusalem, amid fears of a financial collapse in the West Bank

Illustrative: Palestinian men walk past closed shops in the West Bank city of Hebron as a general strike was called following US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, December 7, 2017. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)

Palestinians call for general strike, mass protests against Bahrain meet

Several Jewish settlers reportedly showed up at a Palestinian West Bank wedding celebration on June 13, 2019, sparking outrage. (YouTube screenshot)

Fatah official said sacked after Jewish revelers show up at his son’s wedding

Mohammed al-Emadi (C), chairman of Qatar's National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, arrives for a press conference in Gaza City on January 25, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Qatari envoy said set to enter Gaza Sunday with new cash delivery

Reports say Emadi was delayed due to ongoing talks with Israeli officials on fraying ceasefire with Hamas

A composite photo of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul, left, and Hadar Goldin, right.

Israel said to demand return of soldiers’ bodies as condition for calm in Gaza

The rooftop, urban garden of L28 Culinary Platform, the latest experiment from Start-Up Nation Central. (Courtesy Start-Up Nation Central)

Start-Up Nation Central turns to chefs and urban farming, with in-house bistro

By Jessica Steinberg

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The SSCV Thialf crane vessel laying a foundation platform for the Leviathan natural gas field, January 31, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)

Israel and Lebanon expected to open maritime border talks in July — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Footage posted by the Israel Against Live Shipments animal rights group on June 13 shows what the group says are workers beating and shocking cow with electric prodders as they disembark from an Australian ship in Eilat. (Facebook screenshot)

Dozens of cows perish in hot, crowded live transport ship to Israel

Illustrative image of food. (Lisovskaya; iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli-led research team says curbing liver fat is key to reducing obesity risk

Illustrative: Girls walk to waiting buses after summer day camp on July 1, 2014, in Kiryas Joel, New York (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Summer camp is newest front in battle with US measles outbreak

By Michael Hill

Controversial NSO Group to adopt policy of closer respect for human rights

A lesbian couple hold hands during the annual Gay Pride rally, on June 8, 2007 Tel Aviv. (David Silverman/Getty Images via JTA)

Male couple refused entry to restaurant ‘because a couple is a man and woman’

A picture taken from a government-controlled area on the outskirts of Harasta on the northeastern suburbs of Damascus on February 21, 2018, shows smoke rising from areas targeted by Syrian army shelling in the towns of Arbin and Harasta. (AFP PHOTO)

Large explosion in military zone of Damascus — Syrian state TV

Israeli startups N-Drip gets Overall Award Excellence in Disruptive Solution at 2019 Transformational Business Awards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The Financial Times (FT); left to right: Ravi Mattu (FT), Vivienne Ming, (Socos Labs), Prof. Uri Shani, Chairman & CTO, N-Drip, Kelly Widelska (IFC); London, June 13, 2019 ( FT/IFC)

6 Israeli startups nab spotlight in global awards for profitable, impactful tech

By Shoshanna Solomon

A brawl filmed at a pancake house north of Netanya, June 15, 2019 (video screenshot)

Brawl erupts at popular pancake house near Netanya

An Israeli worker walks by the offices of Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Industries in Jerusalem, October 11, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Oklahoma governor, GOP leaders: Drug settlement with Teva violates law

By AP and ToI Staff

Lionel Richie launches his 2019 world tour, which includes a March 2020 stop in Israel, a first for the balladeer. (Courtesy Lionel Richie Facebook page)

HelloEighties balladeer Lionel Richie plans Israel stop

By Jessica Steinberg

Arnon Bar-David speaks to members of the Histadrut labor organization, March 29, 2019 (Screen grab via Facebook)

Labor federation makes move toward public sector strike over pension cuts

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