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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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Construction work for new housing in the West Bank settlement of Modi'in Illit, on January 11, 2021. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

In 1st for new government, building projects in West Bank settlements approved

Defense Ministry panel okays 31 plans, including for mall, schools, synagogues

6:28 pm

Breaking silence, Abbas says he's willing to work with new Israeli government
5:56 pm

UN condemns US embargo on Cuba, for 29th time; Israel opposes resolution
5:44 pm

Gantz holds 'constructive' meeting with UN envoy on Gaza

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran's new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says it foiled sabotage attempt at a nuclear facility

By ToI Staff and AP

Local news reports unspecified threat was ‘neutralized’ before it damaged building of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization

Screen capture of the Iranian-run PressTV website, June 23, 2021. (PressTV)

US confirms it took down Iran- and Hamas-linked news sites over disinformation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A screenshot of a statement that appears on the website of Iranian-run presstv.com. (Screen capture)

US seizes Iranian, pro-Hamas news websites in major crackdown

A person stands in a tower on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In rare move, apparently under US pressure, Israel votes to condemn China abuses

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israel, which often seeks not to antagonize major trading partner Beijing, joins 40 mostly Western countries on Canadian-led measure at UNHRC regarding treatment of Muslim Uyghurs

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting, as his chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi sits at right, in Tehran, Iran, July 10, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says US agreed to remove 1,040 sanctions from Trump era in nuclear talks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rouhani’s chief of staff says Washington willing to lift limitations on oil, shipping sectors and some senior officials close to Khamenei; no announcement on matter from US

This satellite image provided by Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows preparation at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's Semnan province on June 1, 2021 before what experts believe was the launch of a satellite-carrying rocket on June 12. (Planet Labs Inc., James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP)

Iran failed to launch satellite earlier this month, is trying again — experts

By Judah Ari Gross

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, left, and the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg speak during a news conference about the results of their bilateral meeting in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Saudi Arabia presses IAEA over inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites

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An Israeli teen receives the coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ministers reestablish coronavirus cabinet to form policy

Amid virus surge, Israel said seeking to bring forward Pfizer vaccine deliveries

With next shipment due in several months and supplies expiring in July, Health Ministry officials in contact with vaccine producer to speed up delivery, says Army Radio

People shop at the Yochananof supermarket in Tel Aviv on June 14, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

New COVID cases top 100 for 2nd day; virus czar: Masks may soon return indoors

A police officer writes up a fine for a woman who was not wearing a mask in Jerusalem on June 24, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Not a single Israeli prosecuted for violating COVID restrictions during pandemic

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivers televised remarks at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 22, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Bennett urges Israelis not to travel abroad amid rise in COVID infections

Prime minister advises wearing masks indoors as virus cases rebound, urges teenagers to get their vaccines before July 9

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman tours the Hacarmel Market in Tel Aviv on November 23, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Liberman shuts spigot on pandemic jobless benefits to coax country back to work

The Methodist Hospital in Houston's Medical Center, November 29, 2012. (Pat Sullivan/AP)

153 Texas medics fired or quit after comparing vaccine order to Nazi experiments

By Jamie Stengle

100-year-old con of the century finally sees light of day

How a Ouija board sprung two British officers from a WWI Ottoman prison camp

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In new book, ‘The Confidence Men,’ author Margalit Fox delves into spiritual trends and psychological mechanisms that enabled brilliant buddies to hoodwink Turkish captors

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Former tourism minister Asaf Zamir poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Lapid taps former tourism minister to serve as consul general in New York

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid at the Knesset on January 23, 2020. (Yair Lapid/Twitter)

Lapid, Pelosi discuss bipartisan US support for Israel in first phone call

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Interview'Meeting people on dating apps is like ordering a pizza'

In Eytan Fox’s ‘Sublet,’ gay mecca Tel Aviv serves as set for generation clash

By Jordan Hoffman

Two gay men, one an older American, one a cocky young Sabra, explore Tel Aviv in the Israeli director’s newest release, out now in select US theaters and via on-demand from July 9

A color schematic of the Osirak nuclear facility in Iraq, from an Israeli intelligence file, released on June 22, 2021. (Defense Ministry)

40 years after Iraq reactor raid, IDF reveals Ilan Ramon’s fears, intel sketches

Archive publishes papers relating to 1981 Osirak strike and video of famed pilot saying that mother’s Holocaust experiences inspired him despite the danger

Yamina MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset on June 22, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rebel Yamina MK to toe line on most issues, giving coalition 62 votes – report

According to Kan news, though he voted against forming the coalition, Amichai Chikli will back most legislation sought by government; he does not confirm or deny the report

Illustrative: Israelis demonstrate outside the home of Yamina party leader Naftali Bennet in Ra'anana, on June 4, 2021.( Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Two hurt as bleach thrown at right-wing protesters outside Bennett’s home

From right, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attend the first cabinet meeting, at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz, Sa’ar feud over proposed state inquiry of submarine scandal

By Judah Ari Gross

Susannah Schild

14 family friendly trails for summer in Israel

The midsummer Mediterranean sun can be brutal, so look for hikes with water, shade, or – ideally – both!

Jews don’t hunt

Bucky the Buck has been dead for such a long time, what’s the harm in keeping his mounted head on our wall? Our rabbi had the answer

Joseph C. Kaplan

The political clout of a high school yearbook

Seniors from The Frisch School created unwanted and unwarranted controversy when they dedicated a page to African Americans killed by police violence

Dessert for lunch… every day

After the birth of my second child, I went to just one Weight Watchers meeting, and discovered I was not alone in how I related to my body

A structure is demolished at the Oz Zion illegal outpost north of Jerusalem, June 23, 2021 (video screenshot)

7 arrested as Border Police demolish illegal West Bank Jewish outpost

Several people at Oz Zion reported to hurl objects at forces and attempt to barricade themselves inside a building

Head of the Religious Zionism Party MK Bezalel Smotrich gives a press statement at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Far-right MKs heckled, harassed by angry protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

Yehuda Guetta, 19, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank (courtesy)

Court greenlights demolishing home of terror suspect accused of killing student

Screen capture from video of top Holloywood director Quentin Tarantino during a interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, June 22, 2021. (YouTube)

Inglourious mamzers

Tarantino shows off his Hebrew skills to Kimmel

By Stuart Winer

Top Hollywood director demonstrates vocabulary he picked up watching children’s TV with infant son, says he spent a year stuck in Israel due to COVID-19

Illustrative image of an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables juices (AlexRaths; iStock by Getty Images)

Cutting back sugar from juices, startup seeks to tackle oversweetness

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rehovot-based Better Juice raises $8 million from investors to set up manufacturing plant for bioreactors that use enzymatic process to reduce sugar but retain flavor

Lab-grown chicken ‘food revolution’ gathers pace at Ness Ziona eatery

By Jonah Mandel

From the webIsrael’s Bezeq fires up fibre optic speed after slow start

Agtech startup Edete brings tech to wind-pollinated crops for better yield

By Shoshanna Solomon

Shira Haas (left) and Alena Yiv (right) in 'Asia,' Ruthy Pribar's devastating debut film screening in Israel at the end of June 2021 (Courtesy PR)

Award-winning movie ‘Asia,’ set in Jerusalem, to hit Israeli theaters

By Jessica Steinberg

Mother-daughter drama, woven with threads from first-time filmmaker Ruthy Pribar’s life, offers quiet intensity with emotional acting from Shira Haas and Alena Yiv

Children from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Kosovo, Uganda and Zambia being treated in Holon, pose with their guardians in June 2021. (Courtesy Save a Child's Heart)

In Holon, a global gaggle of child heart patients get life-saving treatment

Over 30 children from 7 countries are in Israel thanks to Save a Child’s Heart, which has not allowed COVID to stop it from giving kids from around the world a new lease on life

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) and President Reuven Rivlin meet at the President's House, June 23, 2021. (President's House)

Rivlin, ahead of US visit, meets with Bennett and Lapid to coordinate message

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

The Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer, HMS Defender. (OGL/Defense Images/Royal Navy)

Russia fires warning shots, drops bombs to deter UK warship in Black Sea

By AP

Illustrative photo of Har HaMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem on April 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Chief rabbi: Missionary’s remains should be moved from Jewish Jerusalem cemetery

Toppled and smashed headstones lie scattered at the Jewish Cemetery of Wroclaw, Poland, June 16, 2021. (The Jewish Community of Wroclaw via JTA)

Polish children destroy dozens of Jewish headstones while trying to build a fort

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Haifa District Prosecutor Amit Aisman. (Justice Ministry)

Justice minister taps Amit Aisman as next state prosecutor

Chef Nir Sheynfeld, right, with colleagues at the Moshava food truck. (Moshava/Instagram)

Philadelphia food event organizers ‘truly sorry’ for disinviting Israeli vendor

Palestinian activist Issa Amro arrives for a hearing at the Ofer military court on July 9, 2017, in the town of Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)

Hebron activist says he was arrested by PA over online criticism

By Aaron Boxerman

Rioters loyal to US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Pelosi signals new Democrat-led panel to investigate Capitol riot

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Alta Fixsler lies in hospital in Manchester, England, in 2019. (Courtesy of the family via JTA)

Fate of hospitalized British Jewish toddler to be decided Wednesday

By JTA and ToI Staff

Mohammed bin Salman, left, and murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Orwell Productions)

Saudi operatives who killed Khashoggi had paramilitary training in US — report

By AFP and ToI Staff

Voters mark their ballots at Frank McCourt High School, in New York, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators will be on the ballot, along with other municipal offices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

As polls close, an anxious wait for contenders in NYC mayoral primary

By Karen Matthews

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road leading to Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Airstrike on market in Ethiopia’s Tigray kills dozens, witnesses say

By AP

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