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What Matters Most On Friday, June 21, 2019

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President Donald Trump makes the thumbs up sign to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he leaves the West Wing of the White House, Thursday June 20, 2019, after their meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

'10 minutes before the strike I stopped it'

Trump says he called off disproportionate Iran strike that would have killed 150

By AP

President says US military was ‘cocked and loaded’ to retaliate against Tehran for downing American drone; report suggests US not certain its plane didn’t violate Iran airspace

Illustrative: Head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh looks at debris from what the division describes as the US drone which was shot down by Iran, seen here in Tehran, Iran, June 21, 2019. (Meghdad Madadi/Tasnim News Agency/via AP)

Top Iranian general: We could have downed a US plane with crew of 35, but didn’t

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A KLM Royal Dutch airplane (Wikimedia commons/ Arpingstone/ Public Domain)

Many international airlines halt Hormuz-routed flights amid US-Iran crisis

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The USS Abraham Lincoln sails south in the Suez canal near Ismailia toward the Persian Gulf, May 9, 2019. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

Israel said worried US may not respond decisively to drone downing

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Officials concerned Iran may be emboldened after Trump appears to dismiss incident as a possible accident; White House invites House, Senate leaders for briefing

The flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, on May 19, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/US Navy via AP)

Trump sent message to Iran: Hold talks or we’ll strike — report

By Agencies and ToI Staff

AnalysisWhat Trump officials and supporters are saying to critics of his Iran policy

US President Donald Trump sits in the driver's seat of a semitrailer as he welcomes truckers and CEOs to the White House in Washington, DC, to discuss healthcare, March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)

Israel media review

Inherent lack of resolve: 7 things to know for June 21

By Joshua Davidovich

With Trump swerving back and forth on Iran, Israel is accused of pushing him toward war, and the media isn’t doing those urging calm many favors

Outgoing US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 2013. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-CIA chief: US-Israel relationship seems to have gone ‘overboard’

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: Iranian navy speedboats attend a drill in the sea of Oman, on December 30, 2011.(AP/IIPA, Ali Mohammadi)

After downing drone, Iran at UN accuses Washington of ‘provocative act’

By AFP

Anwar Qadusa, whose brother Mahmoud is charged with kidnapping and raping a seven-year-old Israeli girl, is seen at the Ofer military court on June 19, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

A heinous rape case stuns the nation, but a hasty indictment is no shock to some

The story of how Mahmoud Qadusa went from facing calls for his execution to possible release in just days shines light on biases Palestinians deal with in Israel’s justice system

Illustrative image of ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls walking to school in Beitar Illit, on September 4, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Family of alleged rape victim pushes back amid reports that case falling apart

By Stuart Winer and Jacob Magid

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, flanked by Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, meets with the BRICS countries' senior officials in charge of security matters, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 26, 2015. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow says it will look out for Iranian interests at upcoming Jerusalem meet

By Raphael Ahren

Russia’s national security adviser promises Moscow will ‘take into account’ Tehran’s needs, bring them to attention of Israelis and the US at gathering next week

Remaining Iran deal signatories to hold crisis talks

By AFP

Biden warns Trump strategy makes Iran conflict ‘more likely’

By AFP

Congressional leaders urge caution on Iran, say Trump ‘listening’

By AP

Israeli soldiers participate in a large-scale exercise simulating warfare against the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, in June 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

In first test of army chief’s new strategy, IDF simulates war with Hezbollah

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says the 5-day drill, known as ‘First Harvest,’ is the largest since a 2017 exercise that also mimicked fight against terror group in southern Lebanon

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh tours the site of a destroyed building, in Gaza City, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas chief says ceasefire is ‘in the danger zone,’ Israel ignoring terms

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Palestinian fishermen unload fresh fish at the Mediterranean seaport of Gaza City on June 18, 2019. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Fluctuating fishing regulations a net frustration for Gaza’s industry

The Eviation Alice is introduced by Eviation CEO Omer Bar-Yohay at the Paris Air Show on June 19, 2019. (screenshot: YouTube)

Charging forward

Israeli company debuts ‘world’s first’ all-electric plane

The Eviation Alice generates buzz at the Paris Air Show, with the firm saying a US airline has already agreed to buy multiple units

Queen Abigaille assumes the throne as part of Verdi's Nabucco opera, performed at Jerusalem's Sultan's Pool venue on June 20, 2019. (Eithan Elkin)

Review

Outside the Old City, Nebuchadnezzar again razes the Temple in ‘Nabucco’

By Judah Ari Gross

Transportation Minister and Head of the National Union party Betzalel Smotrich speaks during a conference Ariel University in the West Bank on June 20, 2019. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Minister says High Court override bill is needed ‘to remedy democracy’ in Israel

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich predicts legislation giving Knesset power to revoke court decisions will be ‘at the heart’ of coalition talks after elections

Likud MK Amir Ohana delivers his first speech as justice minister at a conference of the Israel Bar Association, Jerusalem, June 10, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

New justice minister meets Supreme Court chief after questioning its rulings

Israeli Arab politician Ayman Odeh (c) of the Hadash party flashes the victory gesture as he reacts at the party's headquarters in Nazareth in northern Israel on election tonight on April 9, 2019. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Four Israeli Arab parties reunite for upcoming elections

By AP and ToI Staff

Visitors at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on April 28, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Yad Vashem tells Democrat to get educated after concentration camp comment

By JTA

Holocaust museum and memorial tweets at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been criticized for using term to describe detention centers on southern US border

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Representative Eliot Engel (Democrat-New York) speaks during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Group that helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to victory wants to oust Eliot Engel

By JTA and ToI Staff

Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a conference of anti-Semitism envoys in Bucharest, Romania, June 17, 2019. (Shahar Azran/World Jewish Congress via JTA)

Analysis

The EU’s ‘indefatigable heroine’ in the fight against anti-Semitism

Since Katharina von Schnurbein became union’s first coordinator on combating anti-Semitism, news on racism has ballooned. This, she says, may be a sign her efforts are paying off

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, speaks after receiving Genesis Prize in Jerusalem, June 20, 2019. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Patriots owner Kraft pledges $20 million to battle anti-Semitism, BDS

AOC is right — never again!

The Holocaust obliges us to speak up, as Wiesel said, ’whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation’

What exactly is a concentration camp, AOC?

The prison camps the lawmaker referenced were many things, but they were not detention or internment camps in a classic sense

Rebecca Bardach

Why Jews and Arabs should go to school together

What began with a few simple schoolhouses in the American south ultimately led to a better future for black and white citizens. Israel should try the approach

Making amends for the spies’ bad report

The spies doubted their ability to conquer, inhabit, and enjoy a blessed land, but we can see clearly, beyond that slave mentality (Shelach)

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African migrants take part in a protest in Tel Aviv on June 10, 2017,against the 'Deposit Law,' which requires them to deposit 20% of their salary in a fund which they can only take back after they leave the country. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

State Dept. urges Israel to repeal law it says increases migrants’ vulnerability

Houston Texans all-star quarterback Deshaun Watson (right) getting baptized in the Jordan River, June 19, 2019. (American Voices in Israel)

NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson says he’s wowed by Israel

By Paul Shindman

31-year-old 'R.' after her arrest by the army (Channel 12)

Army arrests 31-year-old woman, claims she has evaded draft for 12 years

Illustrative photo of Israeli students taking a test on January 22, 2018. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Violence in Israeli middle schools 6 times higher than other developed countries

The gefilte fish roll at Sushi Kingdom & Asian Fusion in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. (Josefin Dolsten)

Craving gefilte fish and sushi? A kosher restaurant combines them in a roll

By Josefin Dolsten

Jeremy Hunt, left, and Boris Johnson, right, are the final two contenders for leadership of the Conservative Party, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo File/Matt Dunham, Frank Augstein)

Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt in runoff for UK prime minister

By Jill Lawless

A 40-foot-high 'peace cross' in Maryland honoring World War I soldiers. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Several groups, justice object to Supreme Court ruling on giant cross

By JTA

Illustrative: the campus at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

North Carolina universities to be probed over ‘anti-Israel’ Gaza conference

By JTA and ToI Staff

FIFA President Gianni Infantino after the final match between Ukraine and South Korea at the U20 soccer World Cup in Lodz, Poland, June 15, 2019. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)

FIFA president tells Iran to let women watch World Cup qualifiers

By AP

Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel approves $40.4 million to help Ethiopian students in higher education

By JTA

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