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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 6, 2021

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Joint List MKs celebrate after a Knesset vote rejected an extension of the Palestinian family reunification law, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yamina's Shaked pans Likud: 'A big victory for post-Zionism'

In blow to coalition, Knesset knocks down extension of family unification law

By Michael Bachner, Tal Schneider and Aaron Boxerman

Rebel Yamina MK joins opposition to tie vote 59-59, thwarting compromise deal that would have extended law by 6 months in exchange for residency to 1,600 Palestinian families

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks on July 6, 2021. (GPO)

Bennett: Netanyahu-led opposition harmed Israel’s security out of ‘spite’

By Michael Bachner and Tal Schneider

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) speaks with Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi after a Knesset vote rejected an extension of the Palestinian family reunification law, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition casts Netanyahu bloc as Joint List’s ‘useful idiot’ after Knesset loss

By Michael Bachner and Aaron Boxerman

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Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar at the Knesset on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Yisrael Beytenu MK won’t back ‘corrupt’ bill fostering Likud defections

Likud MK David Bitan at the Knesset on January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

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Likud MK indicted on charges of bribery and fraud

The allegations against David Bitan date back to when he served as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion

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Gantz: We must pass a new IDF draft law
6:22 pm

Searchers at Florida collapse site 'not seeing anything positive'
6:15 pm

US hosts highest-level Saudi visit since Khashoggi killing

The alleged Karaj centrifuge parts plant near Karaj, Iran, seen in a photo posted online by Google user Edward Majnoonian, in May 2019. (Screenshot/Google Maps)

Iran accuses Israel of June attack on alleged centrifuge plant

By AP and ToI Staff

A fire at a warehouse in Tehran, on July 5, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Blast and large blaze reported at state-owned warehouse near Tehran

Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadam, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, July 5, 2021, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi militia chief boasts: Election of Raisi will boost Iran’s regional proxies

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Israelis, some wearing face masks, walk through the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv on July 5, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Monday infections surge to 501 in highest daily tally since March

New COVID cases continue to rise but number of serious patients ticks down slightly; over 20,000 people get vaccine shots

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

After Palestinians reject deal, Israel to send 700,000 vaccines to South Korea

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz attend a press conference at a Maccabi vaccination center in Holon on June 29, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/ Pool via Flash90)

Israel confirms vaccine less effective against Delta variant, eyes third dose

Touted as a lifesaver for millions, Israeli nano-patch smells skin to detect TB

By Nathan Jeffay

Some 3 million people worldwide miss tuberculosis diagnosis every year, often because tests unavailable; Haifa-made skin sticker will help, scientists say

A prototype of the new Israeli tuberculosis-detecting skin patch (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)

Prof. Zeev Rotstein, CEO of Hadassah Hospital speaks during a press conference at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem on November 1, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hadassah CEO Rotstein summoned for pre-dismissal hearing

A fossilized Squalicorax tooth found in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem's City of David (© Omri Lernau)

Cache of 80-million-year-old shark teeth found in Solomon-era site in Jerusalem

Researchers say 29 teeth unearthed at City of David come from animals that lived alongside dinosaurs, were brought to Judean capital, and may have been part of collection

Chief rabbis and women

The ousting of Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz for receiving rabbinical ordination is a move by men who are simply frightened of dynamic brilliant, women

My trip to Surfside: Angels who help, questions without answers

What could I offer? Mostly, I just nodded my head and listened. Every so often, I clandestinely brushed away a tear. And we sat and prayed together.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz takes part in a ceremony in the northern town of Metula on July 4, 2021, to inaugurate a monument commemorating fallen members of the South Lebanon Army. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

Gantz offers Lebanon humanitarian aid amid financial meltdown

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Defense minister relays proposal through UN peacekeeping force, says his ‘heart aches seeing the images of people going hungry’

Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Florida, on Monday, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

As Florida toll hits 28, official says chances of more survivors ‘close to zero’

By Gianrigo Marletta

After demolition of the remaining building, searches resume, with 117 people still missing in condo collapse

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center right, accompanies Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on his arrival at Riyadh International Airport, Saudi Arabia, March 31, 2021. Kadhimi visited Saudi Arabia shortly before a first round of direct talks held in April in Baghdad between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

A potential Israeli partner seeks to reclaim mediating role

Saudi-Iran talks could move to Oman, an intriguing shift for Israel

By Lazar Berman

Riyadh and Tehran have held two rounds of Iraqi-hosted talks, narrowly focused on Yemen; the next session may be held in Muscat, which would signal a far broader regional agenda

L-R:Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Foreign Ministry director general Alon Ushpiz on June 21, 2021. (Foreign Ministry)

Foreign Ministry director heads to Morocco for talks

By Lazar Berman

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf, left, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud speak during a press conference during the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia amends import rules to sideline Israel-linked products

Jori Epstein (L) with Holocaust survivor Max Glauben. Epstein wrote a book about Glauben's story after meeting at a Dallas synagogue. (Courtesy of Epstein/ via JTA)

Wide receiver Amari Cooper asked about Hebrew

This Jewish sports writer doesn’t work on Shabbat — so she covers the NFL

By Alan Zeitlin

At just 26, Jori Epstein is writing about the Dallas Cowboys in a male-dominated industry — and she’s penned the biography of a Holocaust survivor, to boot

Cold and refreshing watermelon (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Red origin: New study traces roots of summer fave watermelon, mentioned in Bible

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

In Numbers 11: 5-6, the freed Hebrews, fed on a manna-only diet, lament the rich variety of food they gave up in leaving Egypt — including watermelon

The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)

Lapid said pushing to sell ‘Israel’s Air Force One’; defense officials object

Foreign minister has long argued Wing of Zion project, which cost over $300 million to develop, is wasteful; Bennett will make final decision

The Prime Minister's Residence on Balfour Street, Jerusalem, in an undated photograph. (Yaakov Saar/GPO)

Shin Bet said to demand security overhaul of Prime Minister’s Residence

In this file photo taken on June 07, 2017 Director/producer Richard Donner attends An Academy Tribute To Filmmaker Richard Donner at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in Beverly Hills, California. - Richard Donner, the directer of beloved films like 'Superman' and 'The Goonies,' has died on July 5, 2021. He was 91. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)

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Richard Donner, ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ director, dies at 91

By Lindsey Bahr

Born Richard Donald Schwartzberg, the director is credited with helping create the modern superhero blockbuster, with his films grossing hundreds of millions of dollars

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The Antonov An-26 with the same board number #RA-26085 as the missed plane is parked at Airport Elizovo outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, November 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Marina Lystseva)

28 feared dead in Russia as parts of missing plane found

By DARIA LITVINOVA

Or Alefa, a teenager who drowned in the Mideterranean Sea off the coast of Hadera in July 2021. (Courtesy)

After major search, body of drowned 18-year-old found off Hadera coast

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, left to right, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar and deputy minister Abir Kara present new plan to cut back Israeli red tape; Jerusalem , July 6, 2021 (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Israel strives for ‘smart regulation’ to help boost post-COVID economy

By Shoshanna Solomon

Palestinian police prevent demonstrators from gathering in the West Bank city of Ramallah ahead of a planned protest against the Palestinian Authority on July 5, 2021 (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Over a dozen Palestinians arrested ahead of rally as PA crackdown widens

By Aaron Boxerman

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Mound of Glory war memorial marking Independence Day, on the outskirts of the capital Minsk, Belarus, on July 3, 2021. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Belarus leader: Jews caused the world ‘to kneel’ before them

Dozens of Israeli paratroopers land in Poland during the US-led 'Swift Response' exercise in Europe in June 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli paratroopers to recreate partisans’ WWII jump in honor of Hannah Senesh

By Judah Ari Gross

Heba Yazbak at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a hearing on whether to disqualify the Ra'am-Balad party from running in the general elections, March 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)

Police probe former Joint List lawmaker for alleged incitement

A bust of President Reuven Rivlin by artist Sigalit Landau seen in the Avenue of the Presidents, at the President's Residence, on July 5, 2021. (Haim Zach/ GPO)

Top brassPresident Rivlin’s bust unveiled during final week in office

The scene in Arad where a man shot dead another man he says was trying to steal his car, November 29, 2020 (Screen grab/Walla)

Arad man found guilty of reckless homicide in shooting of car thief

New Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (L) shakes hands with outgoing Minister Yoav Gallant during a handover ceremony at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

New education minister won’t reinstate Israel Prize for alleged pro-BDS academic

Canada's Denis Shapovalov celebrates after defeating Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during the men's singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Israeli-born Denis Shapovalov rides streak into Wimbledon quarterfinals

By AFP and ToI Staff

Brett Eagleson, son of September 11 victim Bruce Eagleson, wipes grass off a memorial stone for his father at the baseball field where his father use to coach on July 2, 2021, in Middletown, Connecticut (AP Photo/ Jessica Hill)

20 years after 9/11, US lawsuit alleging Saudi complicity hits key moment

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