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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 13, 2021

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Israel's outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with his successor, incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, after a special session to vote on a new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

World reacts as Bennett, Lapid form new government, oust Netanyahu after 12 yrs

Biden calls new PM Bennett, 2 hours after Yamina leader unseated Netanyahu in narrow 60-59 vote * Gantz, Lapid also speaks to US counterpart

9:44 pm

EU congratulates Bennett, hopes to strengthen ties
9:22 pm

Blinken speaks to Lapid, invites him to Washington
9:20 pm

US Reform movement hopeful new government will advance pluralistic agenda

Ra'am MK Said al-Harumi at the Knesset, June 13, 2021 (Screen grab/Ynet)

Ra’am MK says ‘there’ll be a government today’ after reportedly wavering on vote

Reports say Said al-Harumi unhappy over planned Negev demolitions, as he is said to face pressure from Netanyahu to oppose prospective coalition and deny it a 61-seat majority

Knesset Members Osama Saadi (R) and Ahmad Tibi (L) attend a Knesset committee meeting on September 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2 Joint List MKs may abstain to ensure majority for new government — report

Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar in the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Unhappy Yisrael Beytenu MK quits faction, but will 1st vote to install coalition

Israel's then-diaspora affairs minister Naftali Bennett speaks to the media near the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, October 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Profile

Naftali Bennett, the political gambler about to deal Netanyahu out

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The man slated to be sworn in Sunday as Israel’s new prime minister is a brazen and – so far – astonishingly successful risk-taker

United Torah Judaism leader MK Moshe Gafni at a conference in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Perhaps Likud should have replaced Netanyahu, says senior Haredi MK

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK Nir Barkat present the Likud economic plan, during a Likud party event in Tel Aviv on February 16, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Barkat says Netanyahu should have stepped aside; Mossad’s Cohen soars in poll

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony honoring medical workers and hospitals for their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, in Jerusalem on June 6, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Analysis

Netanyahu unseated by a new generation of leaders he tried, and failed, to crush

Incoming coalition marks changing of the guard, pushing younger media-savvy politicians, many of whom were the premier’s apprentices, into power

An Israeli protester wears pink during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Times of Israel Podcast

Daily Briefing June 13: For Netanyahu it’s not over till it’s over. Is it over?

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

Leading members of the prospective 36th government, left to right, top to bottom: Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, Ayelet Shaked, Gideon Sa'ar, Avigdor Liberman, Omer Barlev, Merav Michaeli, Nitzan Horowitz, Chili Tropper, Yifat Shasha-Biton, Ze'ev Elkin, Orna Barbivai, Tamar Zandberg, Matan Kahana, Yoaz Hendel (Yonatan Sindel, Olivier Fitoussi, Avshalom Sassoni, Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Who’s who in the Bennett-Lapid government

A look at the 28 ministers from diverse group of parties set be sworn in as Israel’s 36th government

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett speaks from the rostrum in the Knesset plenum on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool/Flash90)

Bennett speech to send message of cooperation to US, oppose return to Iran deal

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Leading members of the prospective 36th government, left to right, top to bottom: Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, Ayelet Shaked, Gideon Sa'ar, Avigdor Liberman, Omer Barlev, Merav Michaeli, Nitzan Horowitz, Chili Tropper, Yifat Shasha-Biton, Ze'ev Elkin, Orna Barbivai, Tamar Zandberg, Matan Kahana, Yoaz Hendel (Yonatan Sindel, Olivier Fitoussi, Avshalom Sassoni, Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Knesset set to swear in new government, unseating Netanyahu

A religious moment in Zionist history

The swearing-in of Israel’s first observant prime minister marks the return of Religious Zionism as a transformative worldview anchored in the Jewish moral compass

Gary Rosenblatt

Why Benjamin Netanyahu treated the Jewish media with contempt

Whether because he figured we were in his pocket or dismissed our readers – American Jews – as irrelevent, the PM was often downright rude

Brian Schrauger

Mike Evans, unmasked

At the first sign of the Jewish state defying his distorted convictions of how it should behave, he trots out antisemitic tropes to convey his disapproval

Go big or go home: A radical new plan for Middle East peace

Egypt gives Sinai to Gaza, Israel withdraws from East Jerusalem, Jordan becomes Palestine and peace is ushered in because whoever dares wins

A fire near the Jerusalem suburb of Mevasseret Zion on June 13, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Homes evacuated, highway partially closed due to fire near Jerusalem suburb

Closing of Route 1 to eastbound traffic comes ahead of Knesset vote on new government; 3 MKs evacuated by police

Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on June 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Anti-Netanyahu protesters claim ‘victory’ on eve of new government vote

By Emanuel Fabian and AFP

Hundreds gather in capital to celebrate anticipated end of PM’s 12-year rule; Bennett: Not the time for demonstrations, provocations, treat Netanyahu and family with respect

View of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on June 23, 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

State may end funding for Netanyahus at official residence from Sunday

Clockwise from left: A still shot From the play 'Anne and Emmett' (courtesy); Emmett Till, and Anne Frank. (Public domain)

‘Emmett Till is Anne Frank to Black America'

‘Child martyrs to national evils,’ Frank and Till’s legacies increasingly tied

By Matt Lebovic

Their deaths separated by 10 years, Anne Frank and Emmett Till are connected by historians, filmmakers and playwrights. On Saturday, Frank would have been 92

Torah ark at Frankfurt airport vandalized with swastika

By AP

(L) Ram Ben Barak (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Yossi Cohen (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-Mossad No. 2 criticizes former spymaster for revealing interview: ‘Arrogance’

‘We’ve committed the sin of arrogance in recent years,’ Ram Ben-Barak says after Yossi Cohen, who stepped down last week, gave highly specific details on agency’s ops against Iran

Russia's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mikhail Ulyanov, stands in front of the Grand Hotel Vienna where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place, in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Talks resume in Vienna between Iran, world powers on return to nuclear deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Diplomats say complicating factors include order of proposed measures, dealing with advances in Iran’s nuclear processing capability and presidential election in Iran

In this picture made available by Young Journalists Club, YJC, presidential candidates for June 18, elections Saeed Jalili, left, Abdolnasser Hemmati, center, and Alireza Zakani, conclude a part of the final debate of the candidates at a state-run TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/ Young Journalists Club, YJC via AP)

Iran candidate: If ultraconservative becomes president, expect more sanctions

By AFP

Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi, Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, and Deputy Secretary General and Political Director of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Enrique Mora leave the Grand Hotel Vienna where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP/Lisa Leutner)

No nuclear deal before presidential vote, says Iran negotiator

By AFP

Participants in the Flag March near Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Ahead of flag march, Hamas warns of war over Israeli actions in Jerusalem

Days before contentious parade, terror group says ready to hit cities if Israel carries out ‘usual activities’; Israeli officials said to believe rocket fire unlikely

Members of the Hamas terror group's military wing stand on an Israeli flag in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 27, 2021, as Hamas claims victory following an 11-day conflict with Israel. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Hamas: It’s ‘unacceptable’ that Ilhan Omar equated us with Israel

Illustrative -- Protesters hold flags in London, May 22, 2021, as they take part in a pro-Palestinian rally (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Thousands march in London urging G7 support for Palestinian cause

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli security forces guard after a Palestinian woman was shot, at the Qalandiya Checkpoint near Jerusalem, June 12, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Woman armed with knife runs at guards at West Bank checkpoint, is shot dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Police say the woman, who’d reportedly been incarcerated in the past for a stabbing attack, did not respond to multiple calls to halt

Weapons captured by the military and police in an operation in the Jordan Valley on June 12, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Security forces foil Jordan Valley weapons sale, seize 9 pistols, 2 rifles

By Emanuel Fabian

Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in a coronavirus ward, on February 01, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

2 Israelis and a Palestinian American set up automated surgical glove dispenser

By Jake Epstein

Founders say iNitrile device could cut hospital waste by 12-15%; to seek US launch shortly

Amazon Web Services advertisement on an underground platform at a New York City subway station (krblokhin; iStock by Getty Images)

Amazon Web Services to open data centers in Israel in 2023

More Headlines

Screen capture from video of Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram during her gold medal performance in the clubs routine at the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, June 13, 2012. (Twitter)

Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram scoops gold, 2 silvers at European championships

By Stuart Winer

US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron meet during a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit, Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Carbis Bay, England. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

America back as a top partner under Biden, French president says

By AP

Nature and Parks Authority staff treat a wounded dolphin at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Mikhmoret, June 12, 2021 (Yali Mivorakh/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Unwell dolphin found off coast of northern Israel dies despite rescue effort

Michael Packard was swallowed by a humpback whale near Massachusetts on June 11, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Modern-day JonahHumpback whale swallows diver whole, then spits him out

By ToI Staff and AP

File: People crowd the beach at Palmachim Nature Park, near Ashdod, on June 5, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Two men drown on Mediterranean beaches, woman in serious condition

Denmark players help Denmark's midfielder Christian Eriksen after he collapsed before the medics arrive during the UEFA EURO 2020 Group B football match between Denmark and Finland at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen on June 12, 2021. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND / various sources / AFP)

In scary scene at Euro 2020, Denmark’s Eriksen collapses on the field

By Mattias Karen

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