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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Shirley Pinto, the first deaf Knesset member, during a swearing-in ceremony of new Israeli parliament members at the Knesset on June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Shirley Pinto, the first-ever deaf MK, is sworn into Knesset using sign language

PM Bennett lauds ‘one of the most meaningful moments for me,’ as Yamina lawmaker joins parliament under the ‘Norwegian law’ following resignation of a party minister

Energy Minister Karine Elharrar meets with US Ambassador John Desrocher (center) as well as US Envoy to Israel Michael Ratney (right) and Energy Ministry director-general Udi Adiri. (Energy Ministry)

New energy minister meets US negotiator over Lebanese maritime talks

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

Knesset to receive 16 new MKs after ministers resign through ‘Norwegian law’

Palestinian protesters attend a demonstration against the Evyatar settlement outpost, south of Nablus, on June 4, 2021, in the West Bank. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

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IDF: Palestinian shot after throwing explosive at troops in outpost protest

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6:13 pm

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6:00 pm

Biden says he and Putin discussed 'arms control measures' to reduce risk of war

An Israeli man waving a flag holds a poster calling Prime Minister Naftali Bennett 'the liar,' during the nationalist flag march, at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Bennett the traitor, liar’: Flag march sees chants, posters directed at new PM

Likud backers interrupt TV broadcast to denounce Netanyahu’s right-wing rival; ex-PM’s brother-in-law doubles down on use of term ‘traitor’

Jewish men dance with Israeli flags during the March of Flags near Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Death to Arabs’: Nationalist Jerusalem flag march held under ramped-up security

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am party, gives a press statement after meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mansour Abbas: Flag march is ‘unbridled provocation’ that should have been nixed

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Illustrative: Explosions light up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as IDF planes hit the Palestinian enclave, early on June 16, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

IDF hits Gaza terror targets after arson attacks, in first raids since ceasefire

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

After two dozen fires in southern Israel, army says it struck Hamas ‘terror sites’ in Khan Younis and Gaza City; initial Palestinian reports say none injured

Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze in southern Israel that was sparked by a ballon-borne incendiary device launched by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, June 15, 2021. (Flash90)

Hamas boasts ‘new formula of deterrence’ against Israel after flag march

Palestinians gather during a Hamas rally in Gaza City, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Poll shows ‘dramatic’ surge in Palestinian support for Hamas after Gaza fighting

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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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Illustrative: Israeli students arrive at a high school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020. (Flash90)

Police said probing if man who violated quarantine caused Modiin school outbreak

Illustrative: Construction site for a new skyscraper in Jerusalem on April 26, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Housing prices in Israel soar by 5.6% over the past year

Thomas Nides, testifies to the Senate foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 20, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Then-Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides (center) talks to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (right) in Seoul, South Korea, on February 29, 2012. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, Pool)

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Jared Kushner listens to US President Donald Trump during in a cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, DC, November 19, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)

Trump adviser Kushner signs book deal, with publication set for 2022

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Biden’s plan for no-strings funding to the Palestinians is a win for terrorism

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We must intensify our war against antisemitism

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Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) hosts CUFI president John Hagee (L) and former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerualem on June 14, 2021. (Nikki Haley/Twitter)

Netanyahu faces High Court petition if he doesn’t leave PM residence by June 27

Anti-Netanyahu group sends letter to PMO legal adviser threatening action after opposition head photographed hosting dignitaries at Balfour home, despite no longer being premier

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives at the President's Residence in Jerusalem for a group photo of the new government, June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Justice Minister Sa’ar holds first meeting with Supreme Court’s Hayut

Moroccan King Mohammed VI waves to a crowd as he arrives for the opening session of the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, Morocco, on October 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

King of Morocco congratulates Bennett on becoming PM; Putin thanks Netanyahu

PM praises kingdom as ‘important friend and partner,’ as his Moroccan counterpart invites Hamas chief to visit; Russian leader touts his years-long ties with the former premier

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) meets with Sudanese Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim in Khartoum on January 25, 2021 (Courtesy)

Sudan said disappointed with results of normalization with Israel

A photo showing 20% of construction complete in June 2021 at the future site of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. (Abu Dhabi Government Media Office)

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Israeli’s new UK passport lists birthplace as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, Pool)

Palestinians said to assemble new peace negotiating team at initiative of US

People stand in line outside stores in Jerusalem after they were permitted to reopen following a national lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, on November 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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