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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 2, 2022

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Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to the press at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 4, 2022. (Joe Klamar/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi lands in Israel ahead of meeting with Bennett

Meeting comes amid stalled Iran nuclear talks and days after Israeli prime minister publishes documents he claims prove Iran spied on International Atomic Energy Agency

6:14 pm

Russia urges Turkey not to launch offensive in Syria
5:52 pm

Zandberg meets with Swedish foreign minister in Stockholm
5:31 pm

UN nuclear watchdog chief Grossi lands in Israel

New immigrants from Ethiopia land at Ben Gurion Airport on June 1, 2022. (Maxim Dinshtein)

ToI accompanies new arrivals from Addis Ababa to Israel

181 Ethiopian immigrants land in Israel as aliyah from African nation restarts

After more than a year without immigration flights from Addis Ababa, the first of what are promised to be 3,000 new olim greeted with festive ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport

Op-ed

Visiting Israel, Iranian anti-regime activists see another 2009 moment, seek support

This Editor’s Note was sent out Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. In June of 2009, millions of Iranians joined protests nationwide in the wake of the "reelection" of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president, in... Continue Reading

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot, Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

Ex-UN nuclear inspector claims Iran already has enough enriched uranium for weapon

FBI director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Bonnie Cash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FBI says it thwarted Iranian cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital

By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman

People at the Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem on June 3, 2021 look at a photo of Shira Banki, murdered by an ultra-Orthodox extremist at the march in 2015. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Man arrested for threats to Jerusalem Pride organizer referencing murdered teen

Suspect, 21, originally from Europe, allegedly sent death threats referring to 2015 murder of Shira Banki; 2,400 officers deployed for march, 180 potential attackers identified

2 arrested for sending bullet to mother of Netivot Pride Parade organizer

Amid death threats, police on high alert for Jerusalem pride parade

Father of teen murdered at 2015 Jerusalem Pride pans threats against march organizer

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing June 2: Israel’s new Ethiopian immigrants & historic ties with Africa

News editor Amy Spiro debriefs after a trip to Ethiopia; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman recaps a Paris conference on Israel-Africa relations, plus shares Shabbat in Istanbul

IAF and AFCENT F-15 and F-16 jets are seen over southern Israel during the 'Desert Eagle' drill, August 10, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel, US pledge economic, diplomatic and military coordination to stop Iran nukes

By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid

Meeting of national security advisers at White House comes a day after massive Israeli air force drill to simulate striking Iranian nuclear facilities; US denies taking part

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot addresses a conference on June 1, 2022 (Channel 12 screenshot)

Ex-IDF chief: If not for Israeli action, Iran would have had nukes 7-10 years ago

Technicians work at the Iranian Arak heavy water reactor, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, on December 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran warns UN watchdog of ‘consequences’ over report on undeclared nuclear sites

By Agencies and TOI staff

Israeli Navy wraps up ‘complex’ submarine exercise in Red Sea

By Emanuel Fabian

The Israeli Navy wrapped up a "complex" and "lengthy" submarine drill in the Red Sea on Thursday morning, the military said. Defense commentators characterized the publication of the drill's details as an apparent message to Iran. During the exercise, the INS Tekuma Dolphin-class submarine was escorted by Saar 5... Continue Reading

The INS Tekuma Dolphin-class submarine is escorted by Saar 5 and 4.5 Class Corvettes during a drill in the Red Sea, June 2, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, June 2, 2022. (Indian prime minister's office)

Meeting Modi in India, Gantz seeks to boost security cooperation

View of highway 10, on the southern Israeli border with Egypt. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

IDF: Fighter jets downed Egyptian military drone that entered Israeli skies

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli troops blow up the house of Bnei Brak terrorist Diaa Hamarsheh in the West Bank village of Ya'bad, June 2, 2022 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

2 Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes as IDF razes Bnei Brak terrorist’s home

1 dead, 2 critically hurt near Jenin as forces demolish residence of Diaa Hamarsheh, who killed 5 in attack; second Palestinian killed in clashes in Dheisheh refugee camp

Uri Zohar (left) and Arik Einstein in 'Peeping Toms,' Zohar's 1972 film about an aging hippie. (YouTube screengrab)

Former film personality Uri Zohar dies at 86, after decades as ultra-Orthodox rabbi

By Jessica Steinberg

Known for his 1960s lowbrow comedies, Zohar underwent a transformation in the 1970s and turned to religion; PM: Zohar was an ‘integral part of Israeliness in all its shades’

Illustrative -- The Ziv Medical Center in Safed on March 14, 2018 (David Cohen/Flash90)

Abortion reform: Approval panels stay; early terminations go from hospital to clinic

Report says controversial committees won’t be eliminated, but drug-induced abortions will be done at local HMOs instead of hospitals; application forms will drop archaic questions

Illustrative image of a mother with postnatal depression (iStock by Getty Images)

Women who give birth with epidural bond better with baby, Israeli study suggests

Stefanie Diamond

You never know who is listening: Thoughts on Pride

Some of you reading this have gay kids, and many of you don’t know it. Staying silent, or not actively being an ally, is only harming them.

Mitchell James Kaplan

Murakami’s hard-boiled anti-Israel line isn’t antisemitic

The real problem is that no one objected when the Japanese novelist included an ill-informed throw-away line slamming the Jewish state

Sarah Minnich as Rita Alter and Glenn Howerton as Jerry Alter in 'The Thief Collector.' (Courtesy Museum & Crane)

Interview'How well can we really know anyone?'

The ‘ordinary’ Jewish retirees behind a $160M art heist – and who knows what else

By Rich Tenorio

Alison Otto’s documentary ‘The Thief Collector’ posthumously examines the lives of Jerry and Rita Alter, who were found to have a priceless missing painting. But it gets stranger

Mike Peleg outside Dekel Prison, Beersheba, on June 1, 2022 (Screen grab/Ynet)

75-year-old jailed for four hours for going to the beach during COVID lockdown

Mike Peleg, from coastal city of Ashkelon, refuses to pay NIS 500 fine, is briefly locked up in Dekel Prison

Israeli and pro-Palestinian students stage protests at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba on May 23, 2022. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Bill to ban Palestinian flag at state-funded institutions clears initial reading

Bennett’s Yamina, coalition’s fellow right-wing New Hope party back opposition measure; vote sees stormy confrontations, with Arab lawmakers told to ‘go to Gaza or Jordan’

A Palestinian flag is removed from a building by Israeli authorities after being put up by an advocacy group that promotes coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, in Ramat Gan, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Palestinian flag comes off Ramat Gan tower after outcry

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrives at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sa’ar denies Likud talks, but says vote to renew civil law for settlers must pass

Minister says it’s those refusing to support legislation who are putting the coalition at risk; thinks current government is still least bad option, but it must be able to govern

MK Orit Strook, center left, argues with Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Ahmed Tibi, right, in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Likud MKs back New Hope bill on bereaved siblings despite vow to always oppose gov’t

Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope political party, speaks during a conference in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Meretz to back civil law for settlers bill, but coalition tensions said to persist

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi from Monsey, New York, tells Channel 12 News's Rafi Reshef that he does not retract his remarks on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, June 1, 2022. (Channel 12 News)

NY rabbi says Bennett should be skewered, would welcome Liberman’s death

Israel-born Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi calls PM a ‘devil’ who should be ‘silenced’ by a spear, says finance minister’s death would bring ‘eternal happiness’

Likud MK Israel Katz and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman. (Collage/Flash90)

Likud MK: Finance Minister Liberman behaving like ‘history’s biggest antisemites’

Identical twins Yael Yishai, right, and Avital Segel, left, pose with their newborn sons at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, May 30, 2022. (Shaare Zedek via JTA)

Double double

Identical twins give birth to boys on same day in Jerusalem

Sisters from Gush Etzion each already had two girls, one boy; hospital says similar event happened in 1997

Pastor Chris Harris, who leads two Church of God in Christ congregations in Chicago, and Rabbi Ari Hart of the Orthodox Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue teamed up for a shmita debt relief fundraiser. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)

'Religious values are great, but this really helps families'

Inspired by biblical tenet, interfaith group cuts medical debt for 2,000 Chicagoans

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman

Taking a page from sabbatical year loan forgiveness outlined in the Good Book, two churches and an Orthodox congregation team up to buy $1.9M worth of debts – and let them go

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Illustrative: Israeli soldiers at a base in northern Israel, May 19, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

IDF soldier seriously hurt by snake bite at northern base

Construction on the Tel Aviv Red Line light rail at Allenby station, as part of a planned mass transit system for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area some of which rune underground. September 13, 2021. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Metro plans in the spotlight as Israel seeks transportation solutions

By Danielle Nagler

A man heading to his honeymoon is arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on suspcicion he supplied a gun that was used to fire in the air at his wedding, March 30, 2022. (Israel Police)

He was packingHoneymooning groom arrested at airport for gunfire at his wedding

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stands with a military honor guard, in Ankara, Turkey, June 1, 2022. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)

Turkey is for the birds: Country in push to be known as ‘Türkiye’

By AP

IDF Samaria Regional Brigade commander Roy Zweig. (Wikipedia Commons)

Commander reprimanded after saying IDF, settlement movement are ‘one and the same’

Screen capture from video of workers at the Yahalom cleaning product factory. (Channel 12 News)

Top detergent producer supplying state institutions with unregulated goods — report

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks from a military base in the West Bank, on May 11, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Kohavi denounces barring of female officer from leading Western Wall ceremony

File Photo from September 5, 1972, shows a member of the Arab commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the commandos held several members of the Israeli team hostage. (AP/Kurt Strumpf, File)

Bavaria releases all unpublished files on Munich Olympics massacre

By AP

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Washington, on September 5, 2018. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Sheryl Sandberg, longtime No. 2 at Facebook, steps down

By Barbara Ortutay

A crashed paraglider in a field west of Beit Shemesh, near Kibbutz Tzohar. (Israel Police)

Man killed in paraglider crash near Beit Shemesh

Joy Rieger as Miri Ben-Ari in the film "Image of Victory." (Screengrab. YouTube)

Coming this summer‘Image of Victory’ to be first Israeli-made film to stream on Netflix Israel

By Michael Horovitz

Hadas Klein (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Police probe threats to key witness in Netanyahu gifts case – report

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