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What Matters Most On Monday, June 14, 2021

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Ministers in the newly sworn-in Israeli government pose for the traditional group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP)

New government poses with Rivlin before getting down to brass tacks

Incoming leaders take reins at a flurry of ceremonies and meetings, setting policy goals and taking fire from former ministers now in opposition

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrives at the president's residence in Jerusalem for a group photo of the new government, June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Lapid vows to rebuild international ties after ‘reckless’ last government

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the new government's first cabinet meeting, held at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

At first cabinet meeting, Bennett, Lapid vow to work to make new government last

By Raoul Wootliff

(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, stand on the Blue Room Balcony during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates (closed)

Bahrain, UAE welcome new Israeli gov’t, signaling Abraham Accords continuity

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US in talks to hold September ceremony marking 1 year since signing of normalization agreements, though location and possibility of adding new country to mix still up in the air

9:41 pm

Despite no longer being premier, Netanyahu hosts Nikki Haley at official PM residence
8:40 pm

Israel to reopen border crossing with Jordan that's been closed since start of pandemic
8:29 pm

UAE foreign minister phones Lapid to congratulate him on new government

Op-ed

Israel awakens to its most representative government ever, courtesy of Netanyahu

Ex-PM, ironically, paved the path for new coalition. His shunning of the traditional handover of power, after his graceless Knesset speech, underlines why his departure was overdue

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for a group photo of the new Israeli government at the president's residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for a group photo of the new Israeli government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Israel's 36th GovernmentNew government starts process of taking power after 12 years of Netanyahu

Israel's 36th governmentAbstention of Ra'am MK reduces majority to just one seat

Bennett sworn in as prime minister, unseating Netanyahu after 12 years in power

By Raoul Wootliff

Government approved 60-59; Yamina head heckled throughout his Knesset speech; Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid becomes alternate PM; Netanyahu derides new PM and vows: ‘We’ll be back soon’

Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset on June 13, 2021 (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

‘End this chaos’: Constantly heckled, Bennett says new government ‘here to work’

By Raoul Wootliff

Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset, June 13, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

Full text: PM-to-be Bennett presents gov’t ‘that will work for the sake of all’

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Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (C) after the swearing in of the new government, in the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Setting budget is ‘most pressing challenge’ for new finance minister: Moody’s

By Shoshanna Solomon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset plenum on June 13, 2021, ahead of the vote on the new government. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset spokesperson)

In fiery exit, Netanyahu assails Bennett, says he can’t stand up to Iran, Biden

‘We’ll be back soon’: Outgoing premier delivers scathing address on the Knesset floor, vows to work tirelessly to topple the incoming government

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

Benjamin Netanyahu attends a tour of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on October 23, 2007. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Milestones of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political rise and fall

By AFP and ToI Staff

Singer declares: 'We got rid of Haman'; later apologizes

Thousands in Tel Aviv celebrate Netanyahu ouster with foam, confetti and flags

By ToI Staff and AFP

Contrasting scenes in Jerusalem, where religious Jews gather at Western Wall to offer prayers against new government; ex-PM thanks supporters, urges them to protest

Leaders of the G7 pose for a group photo on overlooking the beach at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

World leaders congratulate Bennett and Lapid on new government

By ToI Staff and AFP

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)

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US President Joe Biden speaks to American service members at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/ Patrick Semansky)

Biden congratulates PM Bennett in phone call as US embraces new government

US leader says he looks ‘forward to working’ with premier ‘to strengthen all aspects of the close and enduring relationship between our two nations;’ FM Lapid invited to Washington

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for a group photo of the new government, at the president's residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

United Arab Emirates congratulates Bennett, looks forward to more cooperation

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives for a group photo of the new government, at the president's residence in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Jewish groups praise new government, hope for reset with Diaspora

Israel’s Biden moment

With Netanyahu’s exit, Israelis might not get peace, but they can finally hope for competent governance, respect for norms, and the absence of a personality cult

A time for shame

When rabbis and political hacks unabashedly and loudly proclaim that the new government is illegal, un-Jewish and evil, we know what they mean

Clubhouse’s antisemitism problem

Once on stage, a person will simply start screaming, ‘Kill the Jews!’ or ‘Free Palestine’ or ‘Zionist pigs’ until the moderators scramble to kick them out

Adam S. Ferziger

Bennett and Herzog were born to bridge the Israel-Diaspora chasm

The PM and president-elect, both sons of Anglo-immigrants, know American Jewry first-hand and are uniquely qualified to reset the troubled relationship

Op-ed

After 12 Netanyahu years, transfer of power crucially affirms Israeli democracy

He utilized a formidable array of legitimate political skills to retain the premiership from 2009. Now his opponents have mustered theirs to legitimately consign him to opposition

Benjamin Netanyahu at the swearing in of the new Israeli government, in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset, June 13, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset spokesperson)

Full text: The speech Lapid didn’t give at the government’s swearing-in ceremony

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

New Right heads Naftali Bennett (L) and Ayelet Shaked (R) with Knesset candidate deaf rights activist Shirley Pinto, January 8, 2019. (New Right)

Activist Shirley Pinto to become first deaf Knesset member for Yamina

Party member is a longtime campaigner on disability issues, particularly matters relating to hearing-impaired; will enter parliament using ‘Norwegian Law’

Labor MK Emilie Moatti (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Labor MK, suffering spinal ailment, arrives in ambulance to vote for government

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

Ra’am head says entire party committed to gov’t after MK abstains on key vote

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Mansour Abbas promises Said al-Harumi will not be a rebel going forward, says he’d have voted in favor of the coalition if his yes vote had been necessary for confirmation

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas speaks to the Knesset plenum on June 13, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

In speech before swearing-in, Ra’am leader vows to ‘reclaim expropriated lands’

By Amy Spiro and Aaron Boxerman

File: Members of the armed wing of Hamas parade in Gaza City on June 7, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)

As Israel gears up for Jerusalem march, Hamas signals it may fire rockets again

Terror group threatens to respond to planned flag parade ‘the same way’ it did on May 10, when rockets it launched at capital set off 11-day military conflict

Demonstrators burn representations of the Israeli flag during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP/File)

Tehran on new Israeli government: ‘Iran’s enemies are gone’

But foreign ministry spokesperson doubts new leadership will bring about a change of policies

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks to Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the PA headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 25, 2019. (Wafa news agency)

Palestinians leery of new Israeli government

By ToI Staff and AP

Loqman Karimi, a 50-year-old porter who pushes laden carts through the narrow alleys of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, speaks with The Associated Press about the upcoming presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Disillusioned Iranians see little to hope for change ahead of presidential vote

By Mohammad Nasiri

Georgia's ambassador to Israel Lasha Zhvania in his office, May 2021 (courtesy)

Interview'There is a kind of dust over this history'

Georgia’s envoy warns his country’s heritage in Israel is at risk

By Lazar Berman

Marking 30 years of his nation’s independence, Ambassador Lasha Zhvania says Georgians have never given up claims to key Jerusalem sites

A lymphocyte on the new Ben Gurion University chip invented for cancer research (Esti Toledo and Dr. Guillaume Le Saux)

New Israeli ‘artificial cancer’ nano-chip helps test new treatments

By Nathan Jeffay

Tiny silicone chip sits in a petri dish simulating diseased cells, allowing scientists to check how well immunotherapies fare against illness

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Iran's Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Kazem Gharib Abadi, leaves the 'Grand Hotel Vienna' where where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

Diplomats caution that Iran nuclear talks in Vienna still need more time

By AP

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

This file photo taken on December 8, 2013 shows a view of the joint Sino-French Taishan Nuclear Power Station being built outside the city of Taishan in Guangdong province. (PETER PARKS / AFP)

Potential leak probed at Chinese nuclear power plant

By Helen ROXBURGH

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer attends a session of the Knesset's Finance Committee on Monday, June 3 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Stanley Fischer resigns from Bank Hapoalim board

By Shoshanna Solomon

Leon Shranin, 19, was seriously wounded by an Arab mob amid rioting in Jaffa, May 2021. (Screenshot: Channel 13)

Police say 6 arrested for assaulting off-duty soldier in Jaffa

A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile, that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, is carried on a trailer during a military parade in connection with Pakistan National Day celebrations, in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 25, 2021. (Anjum Naveed/AP)

Nuclear arms decline stalls as nations modernize arsenals, warns think tank

By Johannes LEDEL

Fashion group Fox gets investment from Danish billionaire for Terminal X

By Shoshanna Solomon

This aerial view taken on June 13, 2021, shows human remains, reportedly of victims of the 2014 Badush prison massacre committed by the Islamic State (IS) group, after being unearthed from a mass grave in the northern Iraqi village of Badush, northwest of the city of Mosul. (Zaid AL-OBEIDI/AFP)

Iraq opens mass grave to identify IS victims

By AFP

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