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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 29, 2021

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Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during the inauguration of the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi, June 29, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

Lapid inaugurates UAE embassy on 1st official visit, thanks Netanyahu and Trump

By Lazar Berman

Foreign minister calls on all countries in region to ‘come talk to us’; Emirati culture minister closes her speech with Hebrew greeting

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset, on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Nearly year after ties normalized, top Israeli diplomat finally visits UAE

By Lazar Berman

US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the Oval Office June 28, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills/New York Times/Pool/Getty Images/AFP)

Biden tells Rivlin he won’t allow Iranian nukes on his watch

By Jacob Magid, Tal Schneider and AP

US president hosts outgoing Israeli head of state at White House, says he will meet with Bennett ‘very soon’; Rivlin says he is ‘very much satisfied’ with Biden’s comments

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and US President Joe Biden. (composite image: AP, Flash90)

Israel, US in talks for Bennett-Biden meeting at the White House in July

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021 (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Bennett says ‘childish’ opposition harming Israel, trying to damage ties with US

President Reuven Rivlin and US President Joe Biden in the White House on June 29, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Analysis

Old friends: Rivlin leaves Washington, confident Biden is in Israel’s corner

President uses farewell visit to hold frank conversation on Iran, convey concerns over vacuum created by US withdrawal, request new precision missiles, and explain new gov’t makeup

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as he gives a joint press conference with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, following a meeting of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, at the Fiera di Roma, in Rome, as part of Blinken's three-nation tour of Europe, on June 28, 2021. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP)

Blinken hopes US strikes on pro-Iran groups are ‘strong’ deterrent

By AFP

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Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine lie in a box during a vaccine campaign at the Vaccine Village in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Israel may have to throw away nearly 1 million COVID vaccines

Country scrambling to find buyer for 800,000 doses set to expire at the end of July, and is hoping to use another 600,000 doses on own population, according to report

An Israeli receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on June 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines produce ‘long-lasting’ immune response — study

By Stuart Winer

Travelers seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 23, 2021. (Flash90)

Travelers leaving Israel must pledge not to go to countries with high COVID risk

Prime Minister Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a youth vaccination center in Holon on June 29, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90)

Bennett: COVID-19 wave can be beaten without restrictions by upping vaccinations

Touring inoculation center, PM urges parents to have their children get inoculated, says traveling to banned high-infection countries without permit will be made illegal

Travelers seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 23, 2021. (Flash90)

Some travelers landing at Ben Gurion waiting 10 days for COVID test results – TV

Israelis, some wearing face masks. are seen in Tel Avi, on June 28, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Despite rising infections, Israel records just 1 COVID death in 2 weeks

Lena Katsnelson

Let’s talk about antisemitism, the shape-shifting beast

Are we suddenly realizing that this is new? That this is different from the dull memory of our otherness to which we had become accustomed?

Nevertheless: A meditation for men on women in political power

Following verbal attacks on MK Idit Stilman: ’Do not call women in power ‘Little girls’ / With your hatred and disdain / We see the fear in your eyes’

Nina B. Mogilnik

America is no more

Nothing remains of a ’united’ United States and I no longer consider myself a part of it. I have retreated to my narrow place, to my mitzrayim

Thane Rosenbaum

The Surfside tragedy and South Florida’s long hold on the Jewish imagination

It was once known – if at all – as Miami Beach’s less sparkling neighbor and Isaac Bashevis Singer’s winter haven. Now it will forever be synonymous with misery

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President Reuven Rivlin (L) meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations in New York, on June 29, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

At UN, Rivlin issues plea to Palestinians: ‘It’s our role to end conflict’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

‘Let’s forget about the past. Let’s build confidence,’ president says, addressing PA chief Abbas; he tells UN’s Guterres that ‘bias against Israel at UN institutions must stop’

6:27 pm

US envoy to UN says she's 'proud' to combat anti-Israel bias
6:05 pm

At UN, Rivlin issues plea to Abbas: 'It's our role to end conflict'
5:59 pm

Resolutions, inquiries against Israel won't bring peace, Rivlin tells UN's Guterres

Israeli settlers march with flags at the illegal West Bank outpost of Evyatar on June 21, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Compromise reached to prevent razing of illegal West Bank outpost

The new Tel Aviv University 'GPS-guided' nanoparticle drug, in blue and green, around an immune cell. (courtesy of Tel Aviv University)

New Israeli ‘GPS’ nano-drug busts inflammation, touted as antibody replacement

By Nathan Jeffay

Nanoparticles, tested on mice and unveiled in peer-reviewed research, head straight to cells that are inflamed, and either ‘silence’ or edit the gene that is causing inflammation

A woman on a WaveRunner passes by the Champlain Towers South Condo, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Many people are still unaccounted for after Thursday's fatal collapse. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

Collapse appears to have started near the bottom of building

As questions mount over condo collapse, a trail of missed warnings emerges

By AP and AFP

Surfside official said building was in ‘very good shape’ despite report on structural damage 3 years ago; contractor says he spotted issues under pool 36 hours before disaster

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava consults with aides during a news conference at the site of the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, June 28, 2021. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Miami-Dade Jews ‘proud’ of Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s leadership amid tragedy

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condominium, Monday, June 28, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

Death toll in condo collapse rises to 11 as crews keep up perilous rescue dig

By TERRY SPENCER and Russ Bynum

Nachman Shai, second from left, speaks to Sen. Rick Scott, in cap, at the Grand Beach Hotel in Surfside, Fla., June 27, 2021. (Ron Kampeas)

In Florida, Israel’s new Diaspora minister looks to comfort community, mend ties

Nachman Shai, who has relationships with US Jewish community going back decades, visits Surfside to show solidarity with Jews as well as wider American population

L-R: Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, MK Idit Silman and Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar attend a plenary session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 28, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Opposition filibusters through the night at acrimonious Knesset debate

2 votes of no-confidence in government knocked back; legislation on Norwegian law, budget extension passes first readings as lawmakers spar for 15 hours

Rabbi Gilad Kariv at a Labor party meeting in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2021, a day after elections for the 24th Knesset. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox to boycott Knesset committee because its chair is a Reform rabbi

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Abir Kara, on April 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

4 new deputy ministers appointed by cabinet; 2 more MKs sworn in

Harvey Keitel stars as Meyer Lansky in "Lansky." (Vertical Entertainment/via JTA)

Film review

In ‘Lansky,’ Harvey Keitel puts legendary gangster’s Jewishness front and center

By Stephen Silver

Now playing in US theaters and available on-demand, the film by director Eytan Rockaway seeks to understand the notorious criminal who supported Israel and fought Nazis

The Nasdaq building in Times Square in New York. (littleny, iStock by Getty Images)

Taboola heads to Nasdaq as SPAC merger gets green light

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli content recommendation company to start trading Wednesday at a valuation of some $2.6 billion

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell arrives at Epsom Racecourse, on June 5, 1991. (Chris Ison/PA via AP, File)

Does series ‘Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein’s Shadow’ whitewash enigmatic heiress?

By Francine Wolfisz

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Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (center) attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by the Israel Democracy Institute, in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Finance Minister Liberman pledges no new taxes, ‘responsible’ fiscal policy

By Shoshanna Solomon

This picture released by the Hezbollah Media Relations Office, shows terror leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, right, meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 29, 2021. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office, via AP )

Hamas leader Haniyeh meets Hezbollah chief Nasrallah in Beirut

By Aaron Boxerman and Agencies

Children stand with Hamas terrorists as they parade through the streets for Bassem Issa, a top Hamas' commander, who was killed by Israeli Defense Force military actions prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Gaza City, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

UN report accuses Israel of ‘grave violations’ against children

By Lazar Berman

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński speaks to The Associated in Warsaw, Poland, September 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland says it’s hoping Israel will come around on Holocaust legislation

By Dario Thuburn

Photographer Spencer Tunick photographed 1,200 naked participants in the Dead Sea in 2011 to raise awareness of the shrinking salty waters, and will return in October 2021 to photograph a new installation (Courtesy Spencer Tunick)

The naked truthNude photographer Spencer Tunick to again lay bare Dead Sea’s plight

By Jessica Steinberg

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on February 8, 2021. (Reuven Kastro/POOLFlash90)

Court further delays resumption of Netanyahu trial until July 12

A digital rendering of what the 'Ciudad de la Tora' (City of Torah) will look like in Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

In first for Latin America, ultra-Orthodox city planned for Mexico

By JTA

A mother hugs her son in front of a memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2019. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh congregation at shul where shooter killed 11 asks his life be spared

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Israel's national baseball team at a team practice in Tel Aviv, January 14, 2020. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

US to open Olympic baseball against Israel on July 30

By AP

Flowers and candles laid at the scene of a deadly stabbing in central Wuerzburg, Germany, June 26, 2021. (Michael Probst/AP)

German knife attack probe finds Islamist extremist motive ‘likely’

By Deborah Cole

The wife of Palestinian political activist Nizar Banat, Jihan, speaks during a press conference at the family home in Dura south of Hebron city in the West Bank, on June 28, 2021, about progress in the investigation of her husband's death on June 24, during his arrest by Palestinian Authority security forces. (MOSAB SHAWER / AFP)

Family of PA critic vows to reject commission conclusions on his death

By Aaron Boxerman and AFP

Illustrative: Young Shiite volunteer militia members prepare to attack Islamic State fighters in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Iraq, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Iran-backed militias said to fire projectiles at US base in Syria

By AFP and ToI Staff

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