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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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Worka Tekah (R), the father of Solomon Tekah, 19, who was shot dead by a police officer, at his son's funeral in Kiryat Haim as a woman comforts his daughter (L), July 2 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'I hope he's the final victim'

Ethiopian-Israeli teen shot by cop laid to rest amid cries for justice

Hundreds attend funeral of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah; activists call for protesters to gather in Tel Aviv at 5 p.m; police warn major traffic arteries may be blocked around country

Protests expected to intensify over slaying of Ethiopian-Israeli teen by cop

Israel media reviewA killing, and a community inflamed: 8 things to know for July 2

By Joshua Davidovich

Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis protest nationwide after teen shot dead by cop

Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah, who was shot dead by an off-duty policeman in Kiryat Haim on June 30, 2019. (Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Cop who shot Ethiopian-Israeli said slated to be charged with negligent homicide

Off-duty officer will likely avoid more serious manslaughter charge as he didn’t intend to kill Solomon Takeh, but bullet bounced off ground and hit 19-year-old

5:33 pm

Father of police shooting victim expresses support for protesters, urges them to avoid violence
5:22 pm

Off-duty cop who shot Ethiopian-Israeli said slated to be charged with negligent homicide
4:48 pm

3 officers injured in protest of police shooting of Ethiopian-Israeli

Law enforcement run with a person on a stretcher at the scene where multiple people were shot, October 27, 2018, at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Synagogues are now conducting active shooter drills during services

Detail of a mosaic depicting the biblical story of Elim, Exodus 15:27, discovered in 2019 during continuing excavations at a 1,600-year-old synagogue at Huqoq, led by UNC-Chapel Hill Prof. Jodi Magness(Jim Haberman. (Courtesy, UNC-Chapel Hill)

First artistic depiction of little known Exodus story uncovered in Galilee

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, during a UN climate conference in the city, in late June, 2019. (Courtesy Katz's office)

Israel’s foreign minister warns Iran veering toward war after uranium ramp-up

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel Katz says Tehran will suffer heavy blows in a conflict, Israel could act alone against nukes if needed

Mojtaba Zolnour, chairman of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee. (YouTube screenshot)

Iran official: If US attacks, Israel will be destroyed in half an hour

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony to honor outstanding IDF Reserve Units, July 1, 2019 (Amos Ben-Gershom / GPO)

Netanyahu: Iran’s breach of uranium cap marks ‘significant step’ toward nuke

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to the press at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 1, 2019. (US Embassy Ulaanbaatar via AP)

No reason for Iran’s uranium enrichment besides making nukes, says Bolton

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US national security adviser warns only purpose of increased production of enriched material is to reduce breakout time needed to build nuclear weapons

AnalysisBonding with Kim while bashing Khamenei, Trump’s nuclear diplomacy baffles some

By Matthew Lee and Deb Riechmann

Trump says Iran ‘playing with fire’ after nuclear deal limit breached

By W.G. Dunlop and Amir Havasi

White House demands zero enrichment for Iran after cap broken

By AFP and ToI Staff

Screen capture of the Arabic version of the White House's 'Peace to Prosperity' economic plan, June 2019. (The White House)

A week after Bahrain conference, US releases Arabic version of economic plan

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Envoy says Palestinian people deserve to judge for themselves what Washington is proposing for them

US Ambassador David Friedman breaks down a specially built wall in front of the Pilgrimage Road, at a ceremony in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, on June 30, 2019. (Facebook/Screen capture)

US envoy Friedman defends sledgehammering open controversial archaeological site

By Raphael Ahren

A man uses a phone to take a selfie inside an ancient tunnel during the opening of an ancient road at the City of David archaeological and tourist site in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem on June 30, 2019. (Tsafrir Abayov / POOL / AFP)

PA’s Erekat censures US envoys over unveiling of ‘fake’ archaeological site

By AFP and ToI Staff

Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah attends the 2019 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan on April 6, 2019. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Oman denies Mossad chief’s claim it’s establishing diplomatic ties with Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

Muscat says reports of rapprochement with Jerusalem are ‘baseless,’ calls for establishment of Palestinian state

Foreign Minister Israel Katz at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, during a UN climate conference in the city, in late June, 2019. (Courtesy Katz's office)

Foreign minister visits Abu Dhabi, discusses Iran with UAE official

Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, center, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, July 1, 2019. (Courtesy The Western Wall Heritage Foundations)

UK minister Sajid Javid makes rare visit to Western Wall, Temple Mount

Illustrative: Explosions seen near Damascus on July 1, 2019, during a purported Israeli airstrike. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Syria accuses Israel of ‘state terrorism’ for alleged strikes

By AFP and Judah Ari Gross

Damascus files complaint with UN Security Council over attack on suspected armory, says Jerusalem’s ‘dangerous and hostile’ actions would not be possible without Washington support

Satellite photo of one of the sites hit in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Iranian sites in Syria on July 1, 2019. (ImageSat International)

Alleged Israeli strike in Syria likely targeted advanced arms — intel firm

By Judah Ari Gross

Simon and Jana Falic pose for a photo as they participate in the priestly blessing at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, on April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

US duty free owners give millions to Israeli settlements

By Uri Blau and Josef Federman

Falic family of Florida has donated to settler groups and far-right causes, as well as more mainstream Israeli recipients; has also given more than any other donor to Netanyahu

American businessman Simon Falic attends the priestly blessing, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Duty free magnate explains philosophy behind philanthropy

By AP

From left, Itzik Shmuli, outgoing Labor head Avi Gabbay, Stav Shafir and Amir Peretz at a meeting of the Labor party in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Labor primary

Embattled Labor sets sights on a new leader to revitalize party

By Raoul Wootliff

Tuesday’s primary pits former head Amir Peretz against social protest leaders Itzik Shmuli and Stav Shaffir; some 65,000 members eligible to vote

(From L-R) Ehud Barak, Sagit Peretz Deri, Yifat Biton and Yair Golan on July 2, 2019. (Courtesy)

Jewish Home activist bolts national religious party for new Barak slate

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) talks with then-coalition chairman MK David Amsalem during a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on November 19, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu taps Likud ally Amsalem as new communications minister

Do 19% of Americans think it’s OK to discriminate against Jews?

Of course not, but the pollsters who generated the absurd data posed a misleading question and misinterpreted the response

Gideon Rahat and Ofer Kenig

Give credit to the most democratic party in Israel

Long ridiculed, Labor is one of the few parties that meet stringent standards on campaign finance and transparency

History shows Iraq should be at the forefront of peace in the region

Coexistence permeated this cradle of civilization for centuries if not millennia. It is in the heart and soul of the soil

My teenage sons are off to camp — it’s time for ‘The Talk’

Even under the influence of hormones, your kids need to know what to expect, how to ask for consent, and when to push back on peer pressure

Israeli startup Mirrori is developing an artificial-intelligence based beauty assistant that can provide makeup advice to users based on their facial features and the beauty products they have at home (Courtesy)

Beauty app checks your face and makeup collection, dispenses advice

By Shoshanna Solomon

Haifa-based Mirrori is developing an AI-based assistant that teaches users how to wear makeup, adapted to their facial features and cosmetics they own

More Headlines

Mourners carry Palestinian and Hamas flags as they accompany the body of Mohammed Obeid, a 20 year-old Palestinian killed in a clashes with Israeli police on June 27, during his funeral in East Jerusalem, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Ilean)

East Jerusalem man killed in police clash buried after days of protests

By AP and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman visits a weapons factory in Sderot on December 14, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry/Flash90)

Liberman says religious pre-military academies creating private militias

By Stuart Winer

Guards from a private security firm wearing balaclavas blocked the entrance to the Izaak Synagogue in Krakow, Poland, amid a dispute between the local Jewish community and the Chabad-run synagogue, July 1, 2019. (Michael Berenbaum/JTA)

Worshipers blocked from Polish synagogue in inter-community row

By JTA

Holocaust survivors attend a ceremony at the Mishan home for the elderly in Tel Aviv as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. May 04, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Germany extends Holocaust compensation to survivor spouses

By David Rising

Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, in Dubai on Jan 17, 2016. (AP/Martin Dokoupil)

Jordanian princess in hiding over marital spat with Dubai ruler

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Trial starts for Franco-Israeli man accused in carbon credits scam

By ToI Staff and AFP

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt speaks to the media at Stansted Airport, north of London on June 3, 2019. (ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)

From our partnerUK foreign secretary accuses Corbyn of ‘deeply-held prejudices’ against Jews

Then-Givati Brigade commander Col. Ofer Winter, left, speaks to then-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, right, during the 2014 Gaza war on August 2, 2014. (Israel Defense Forces)

General snubbed by previous IDF chief gets long-sought promotion

By Judah Ari Gross

Egyptian actor and writer Hesham Mansour. (YouTube screenshot)

Twitter suspends Egyptian actor who tweeted ‘lets kill some Jews’

By JTA

Josh Block (standing), president and CEO of The Israel Project, with staff in the Washington, DC office, in December 2014. (Ben Zehavi/The Times of Israel)

Israel Project CEO leaves as group struggles to raise funds

By JTA

Rescuers reach a damaged Boeing 737 plane on the runway at Ben Gurion Airport shortly after it lands safely, despite a blown tire, on July 1, 2019. (Flash90)

Passengers praise plane crew for keeping cool during blown tire scare

Illustrative photo of an El Al plane taking off from Ben Gurion Airport, August 5, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

El Al hires its first Druze flight attendant

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