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What Matters Most On Monday, July 22, 2019

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People gather outside the Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem, November 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel says it will this week host Iraqi and Saudi journalists, in first

By AFP and ToI Staff

Foreign Ministry announces delegation will visit Yad Vashem, the Knesset, and holy sites, learn about Jerusalem’s stance on geopolitical issues

(L-R) Brian Hook, US special representative for Iran, Trump adviser Jared Kushner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Mideast peace envoy Jason Greenblatt and Israel's US envoy Ron Dermer, at a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2019. (Ziv Sokolov/US Embassy Jerusalem)

Senior US team to visit Middle East for talks on Washington’s peace plan

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, at the president's guest house, in Washington, DC, February 14, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/ GPO/ File)

Netanyahu vows to keep US ambassador for another year, despite reported setback

By ToI Staff and Eric Cortellessa

This picture taken on July 22, 2019 shows Israeli security forces demolishing the Palestinian buildings still under construction which have been issued notices to be demolished in the Wadi al-Hummus area adjacent to the Palestinian village of Sur Baher in East Jerusalem. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

IDF demolishes 10 buildings in PA-controlled area adjacent to East Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and AFP

Troops raze structures, evict Palestinian residents in Sur Baher after court green-lights move; PA slams ‘grave escalation’ while Israel says locals ‘took law into their own hands’

Israeli security forces razing one of the Palestinian buildings in the West Bank village of Dar Salah, adjacent to the Sur Baher area which straddles the West Bank and Jerusalem, July 22, 2019 shows. (Ahmad GHARABLI/AFP)

Israeli minister spars with EU over East Jerusalem area home demolitions

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A screenshot from a video clip of Saudi blogger Mohammed Saud being harassed as he visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on July 22, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Live updates (closed)

Saudi blogger spat on, cursed at during Temple Mount visit

Foreign Ministry condemns ‘cruel and immoral’ harassment of Mohammed Saud, who it is hosting in Israel, during visit to Jerusalem’s Old City

6:17 pm

Foreign Ministry condemns 'cruel and immoral' harassment of Saudi blogger
6:13 pm

Saudi blogger spat on, cursed at during Temple Mount visit
5:45 pm

Air force pilot said to have mistakenly fired missile into Syria

Ronen Lubarsky, an IDF soldier from the Duvdevan unit who died on May 26, 2018, after being critically injured by a slab thrown down on his head two days earlier (Courtesy)

Palestinian gets life sentence for killing IDF soldier with stone slab last year

By Michael Bachner

Islam Yousef Abu Hamid also ordered to pay NIS 258,000 to relatives of Ronen Lubarsky; family slams ruling as an ’embarrassment,’ demands death penalty

Illustrative: Palestinian protesters burn tires during clashes with Israeli forces across the border fence with Israel near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 19, 2019. (Said KHATIB/AFP)

Four Palestinians reportedly shot, injured during rioting on Gaza border

Almost unknown to the public, the Little Western Wall. (Noam Chen)

‘Slaughter the Jews’ painted on section of Western Wall in Muslim Quarter

By JTA and ToI Staff

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with a group of clerics, in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Khamenei: Palestinians have ‘precision missiles’ to resist US peace plan

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran’s supreme leader meets with Hamas deputy leader, says Hezbollah chief’s goal of praying on Temple Mount is ‘an absolutely practical and achievable aspiration’

Palestinians receive financial aid as part of $480 million allocated for assistance by Qatar, at a post office in Gaza City on May 19, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan banks start paying out latest installment of Qatar grants to poor families

This file photo taken on August 13, 2008, shows a man walking over the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Iran claims to catch 17 CIA spies, sentences some to death

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Intelligence Ministry says it uncovered ‘trained intelligence officers’ who were employed as contractors and consultants in nuclear, military, and cyber-crimes sectors

In this November 22, 2018, file photo, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano, who oversaw Iran treaty, dies at 72

By Kirsten Grieshaber and KYOKO METZLER

Hamas deputy political chief Saleh al-Arouri, after signing a reconciliation deal with senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, during a short ceremony at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

In Tehran, Hamas deputy chief says on ‘same path’ as Iran in fighting Israel

Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett at a press conference in Ramat Gan, where the former was announced as the new head of the New Right party, on July 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel media review

Unite the right, or fight fight fight: 10 things to know for July 22

By Joshua Davidovich

Ayelet Shaked takes the helm of the New Right, but is already being challenged on unifying the right-wing bloc under her leadership, including (reportedly) by Sara Netanyahu

UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his house in north London, on June 12, 2019. (Isabel Infantes/AFP)

Corbyn admits Labour plagued by ‘real problem of anti-Semitism’

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

While publishing guidelines on tackling racism within party, beleaguered leader claims issue has been exaggerated by rival parties and media

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn wears a "Free Nazanin" badge as he speaks during Prime Minister's Questions session at the House of Commons in London, June 26, 2019. (House of Commons TV / PA via AP)

Poll: Corbyn loses ground as Labour members see anti-Semitism as ‘genuine’ issue

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)

Conservative party members cast votes in final hours of British PM race

By Robin MILLARD

Ayelet Shaked speaks at a press conference in Ramat Gan on July 21, 2019, after she is announced as the new head of the New Right party. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Taking reins from Bennett, Shaked urges right-wing slates to unite beneath her

After New Right failed to cross electoral threshold in April, ex-minister says mergers are ‘insurance policy for ideological right’

Polls give right-wing alliance headed by Shaked 12-13 seats

Amid ire at Labor leader’s merger strategy, party denies covering Gesher’s debts

By Stuart Winer

URWP official: PM phoned Peretz 3 times since yesterday to warn against Shaked

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says minority congresswomen should ‘apologize to America and Israel’

By AFP

Renewing attacks on Democratic representatives, US president claims in latest tweet that the four women of color are incapable of ‘loving our country’

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser for policy Stephen Miller speaks during a daily briefing at the White House on August 2, 2017 (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

Miller says Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of border situation offends him ‘as a Jew’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont) speaks on Capitol Hill on July 7, 2015. (Susan Walsh, AP/File)

Montana rabbis condemn Sen. Steve Daines for his support of president’s tweets

By JTA

Chana Boteach posing in front of some accessories at her Kosher Sex store in Tel Aviv, July 10, 2019. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)

Kosher sex store in Tel Aviv run by rabbi’s daughter sells spice for marriages

By Shoshanna Solomon

Emily B. Landau

Iran has somewhat complied with its nuclear deal

In renegotiating, it makes little sense to lay out what Iran ’will never accept’ before it meets its full commitments

Jerusalem: Better shared

As the summer drags on and elections heat up, the city will simmer until it welcomes all its citizens

Dr. Sara Imershein in the abortion clinic where she works in Falls Church, Virginia, July 2, 2019. (Ron Kampeas)

Physician says Jewish values drive her to provide circumcisions — and abortions

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 25, 2018, in Davos, Switzerland. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Inside story

Is Netanyahu an economic wizard? The numbers beg to differ

The PM often boasts he has turned the Israeli economy into ‘a huge success story.’ A review of the past decade’s figures reveals a different reality, for which Israelis are paying

US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after giving final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Trump congratulates Netanyahu for becoming Israel’s longest-serving PM

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara (C) and their son Yair seen with actress Kate Hudson at an event held at the home of producer Arnon Milchan (right), March 6, 2014. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Mogul said to have footed bill for Yair Netanyahu’s acting classes in LA

More Headlines

Women with the Filipino community group United Children of Israel, which helped organize the protest against deportations, in Tel Aviv on June 24, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Immigration agents arrest foreign worker and her Israel-born special needs son

Some of the 12 Israelis suspected of gang raping a British tourist cover their faces with their shirts as they leave the Famagusta courthouse to be taken to a detention center, in Paralamni, Cyprus, on July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

British woman to face police lineup of Israeli suspects in alleged gang rape

Journalist Roni Daniel on March 1, 2016. (Arielinson/Wikipedia CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Israeli journalist apologizes for mocking victim of alleged gang rape in Cyprus

By Michael Bachner

A sinkhole that formed in a street in the northern coastal town of Kiryat Yam, January 14, 2019, following rain. (Kiryat Yam municipality)

Highway to hell3-meter wide sinkhole at Ramat Gan junction causes traffic mayhem

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative - A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Baby dies after being left in sun-baked car for 3 hours

By Stuart Winer

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and his wife Olena Zelenska cast their ballots at a polling station during a parliamentary election in Kiev, Ukraine on July 21, 2019. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Exit polls: Zelensky party wins record score in Ukraine parliamentary vote

By AFP

Tourists walk down the street in the northern Israeli city of Safed.

As ultra-Orthodox move in, the face of tourism changes in Safed

Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands, center, celebrates after winning the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest grand final with the song "Arcade" in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2019. He is flanked (from left) by the four Israeli hosts: Assi Azar, Lucy Ayoub, Bar Refaeli and Erez Tal (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Dare to streamNetflix buys rights to screen 2019 Eurovision from Tel Aviv

This undated photo provided by the Bernie Sanders campaign in July 2019 shows him as a child, center, with his mother, Dorothy; father, Eli; and brother, Larry. (Bernie Sanders campaign via AP)

Bernie Sanders’ early life in Brooklyn taught lessons, some tough

A vehicle loaded with about half a ton of stolen chickpeas, near Kibbutz Nahal Oz on July 21, 2019. (Israel Police)

Hummus heistPolice thwart theft of half a ton of chickpeas in southern Israel

Screen capture from video of Israel's semi-final basketball game against France in the under-20 FIBA European Championships in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2019. (YouTube)

Israel youth basketball team wins European title for the second year running

Israel's Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Foreign Ministry workers scrap strike as deal signed with treasury

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