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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 16, 2022

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Israeli police confront mourners as they carry the casket of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, almost toppling it, outside Saint Joseph's Hospital during her funeral in Jerusalem, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

Police won’t release findings of internal probe into conduct at Abu Akleh funeral

Commissioner admits one can’t ‘remain indifferent’ to scenes of cops striking pallbearers, but faults ‘rioters’ for disturbing procession

Yousef Sameeh Assi and Yahya Marei, arrested in the Palestinian town of Qarawat Bani Hassan on April 30, 2022, for a terror attack on April 29 at the entrance to the Ariel settlement in which security guard Vyacheslav Golev was killed. (Israel TV screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright law)

Two Palestinians indicted for deadly Ariel terrorist attack in April

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Olives being harvested in the Jordan Valley, November 05, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Study: World’s first cultivated fruit trees planted 7,000 years ago in Jordan Valley

Analysis of charcoal from Tel Tsaf dig reveals olive and fig tree wood, indicating first examples of orchards in an advanced, wealthy society

A Google building at the company's campus in Mountain View, California, on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google engineer says AI’s Israel joke helped drive his belief it was sentient

By TOI staff and AFP

Blake Lemoine says he reached his controversial conclusion, in part, after the system gave a cheeky response to his ‘trick question’ on the Jewish state

In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Is it alive?: Google suspends engineer who claims their AI system seems ‘sentient’

By Glenn Chapman and Julie JAMMOT

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US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House, on August 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Sarahbeth Maney-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)

US pushing Israel to avoid unilateral steps in lead-up to Biden visit

Washington particularly concerned about Israeli plan to advance ‘doomsday’ settlement construction in E1 area, with PA threatening to downgrade ties if such steps proceed

The 'Iron Beam' laser-based air defense system is seen during a test in southern Israel, March 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Israel said planning to show Biden laser defense system, seeking partnership

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

A Qatar Airways plane prepares to take off at San Francisco International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, December 22, 2020(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Israel to allow overflights to and from Qatar during soccer World Cup

By Michael Bachner

Palestinian workers wait at the Erez crossing in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, as they wait to enter Israel for work, on March 13, 2022. (Attia Muhammed/Flash90)

Israel to allow 2,000 more Palestinian workers to enter from Gaza

By Aaron Boxerman

Defense officials eventually plan to let in 20,000 from blockaded Strip, almost three times the number allowed a year ago; new policy contingent on ‘security stability’

Muhammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)

Gazan aid worker convicted of embezzling millions for Hamas

By Aaron Boxerman

Relying heavily on Shin Bet confession and classified evidence, court convicts Mohammad el-Halabi of diverting funds to terror group

Analysis

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Opposition previews plans to remake composition of the Supreme Court

On Sunday, the religious-right opposition previewed legislation to remake the Supreme Court justice appointment process and transfer complete control to elected officials. While it is unlikely to progress to law in the current Knesset, the bill -- awaiting its preliminary reading on the Knesset floor -- is a harbinger of intention to change the... Continue Reading

Supreme Court Chief Justice Ester Hayut with outgoing Supreme Court judge George Karra and Supreme court justices at a ceremony held for Karra, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset during a '40 signatures debate' in the plenum hall on June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Bennett reportedly weighs possible alternative government with Likud

Prime minister denies report he talked with adviser about cooperating with Netanyahu’s faction, as opposition steps up pressure on renegade Yamina MK Orbach

7:24 pm

Abu Akleh’s family asked for police assistance during funeral, report says
7:22 pm

Al Jazeera claims to show bullet that killed journalist Abu Akleh
6:41 pm

Likud officials reportedly try to contact Orbach, who doesn't respond

Yamina MK Nir Orbach seen leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, where he met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, June 12, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yamina rebel Orbach said nearing deal to defect to Likud

Report says lawmaker was promised 19th spot on Likud’s electoral slate for next election, plus a ministerial role; coalition fears preliminary Knesset dispersal vote next week

MIlitary Advocate General Maj. Gen. Sharon Afek speaks at a conference, in Tel Aviv on April 25, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Sa’ar taps former military advocate general Afek as deputy AG

In this March 5, 2019, photo, a Turkish special police officer stands on a rooftop overlooking a plaza in Istanbul (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Israeli travel warning for Turkey to remain until Iran terror cell caught – report

Israeli, Turkish security forces working to nab Iranian agents still thought to be in country; Ankara said to convey ‘blunt’ warning to Tehran not to use its territory for attacks

The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari speaks in a conference called 'A World Without Terror,' in Tehran, Iran, October 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Ex-IRGC commander claims Iran dealing constant confidential ‘blows’ to Israel

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, center speaks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 25, 2022. (Asi Efrati/ GPO)

Lapid thanks Turkish FM for help thwarting Iranian attacks on Israelis

By Lazar Berman and TOI staff

A man shops for groceries at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on February 3, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cost of consumer goods up 4.1% in past year, as housing prices keep climbing

Consumer Price Index shows a 0.6% increase last month, with the cost of fruit surging; home prices up 15.4% in 12 months

Stacey Aviva Flint

Juneteenth and Torah: Liberation through water

The federal US holiday offers a chance to try to understand how we got so emotionally stagnant – so dry – as to enslave other human beings

Ezra ben-Pesach

When the sun bled

The war that took Raz Guterman did not deliver its promise of ’Peace to the Galilee’ – still, the death of this staunchly secular kibbutznik was a Holy sacrifice

Israel's Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi. (Video screenshot)

Satellite images show Syria working to repair damage

Russia summons Israeli envoy for clarifications on Damascus airport strike

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

Deputy foreign minister says Moscow not satisfied with Jerusalem’s explanations of Friday attack that shut down air traffic

Rescue workers and soldiers stand around a massive crater after a bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2005. (AP Photo)

2 Hezbollah men to be sentenced in absentia for 2005 killing of Lebanese PM Hariri

By AFP

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky in an image from the company's website (Screenshot)

Celsius, huge crypto lender with Israel ties, freezes withdrawals as markets plummet

By TOI staff and AP

Celsius Network, which has dozens of employees in Israel and whose Israeli former CFO is a suspect in a fraud case, tries to stop meltdown amid liquidity plight

Illustrative: An aerial view of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the surrounding area, April 20, 2022. (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)

Fundraising fears overtake hiring as lead concern for Israeli startups, survey finds

Comedian Judy Gold. (Anne Whitman)

Interview'Comedy dies when the audience decides what's inappropriate'

Can you laugh at that? Comedian Judy Gold on where to draw the line – then cross it

By Cathryn J. Prince

The comic, a proud gay Jewish mom, is moderating a June 16 panel on humor in today’s world where working comedians will weigh in on how they navigate hatred and hypersensitivity

A single human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus buds from a human immune cell, which the virus had infected, and within which the HIV virus had been replicated. (NIAID via AP)

Israeli researchers develop gene-editing technology to fight HIV virus

Scientists from Tel Aviv University use CRISPR to modify body’s disease-fighting type B white blood cells, in what may become a treatment for the illness

Macron says he is moved by ‘Make Europe, not war' graffiti

Zelensky meets with leaders of France, Germany and Italy; Macron decries ‘massacres’

By Agencies and TOI staff

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Premier Mario Draghi and President Klaus Iohannis of Romania in Kyiv on Thursday as the European leaders visited the Ukrainian capital in a show of solidarity. Macron, Scholz and Draghi, representing the three... Continue Reading

(L-R) Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv, on June 16, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Ukrainian tanks move in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2022. (Francisco Seco/AP)

Biden pledges $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine to curb Russian offensive

By Mike Corder and Lolita C. Baldor

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IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi (L) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz (R). (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Minister)

In expedited process, Gantz to meet with candidates for IDF chief in coming days

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene of the fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations on Mount Meron, in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

A week before deadly Meron crush, officials expressed grave concerns over safety

A car drives around the Arena of the Future, a demonstration electric charging road created in Brescia, northern Italy, by Israeli startup Electreon. (Electreon)

Israeli startup on track for ‘recharging roads’ project at Italy’s Bergamo Airport

File: Israeli soldiers hold an artillery drill in the Golan Heights, on March 28, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

With tensions running high, IDF to hold drill near border with Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Police officers stand in the Plaza Central Hotel during a judicial raid where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

Argentina says Iranians detained on grounded flight are not Quds Force members

By AFP and TOI staff

The first serial produced ‘Eitan’ APC in a handout photo published June 14, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Defense Ministry to deliver first new advanced ‘Eitan’ APC to IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Arnon Bar-David speaks to members of the Histadrut labor organization, March 29, 2019 (Screen grab via Facebook)

Labor federation threatens work dispute amid wave of violence against health staff

Pedestrians walk on Church St., past the Ben & Jerry's shop, in Burlington, Vermont, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Ben & Jerry’s said to force new employees to watch videos on Israel, Palestinians

Israel's Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism and Delegitimization Noa Tishby appears on Fox News on June 14, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Israeli antisemitism envoy: Conservatives, like Israel, are mistreated by media

A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, Dec. 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Y.U. student organizers)

Judge orders Yeshiva University to recognize LGBTQ organization

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Mark Eliyahu performs on stage during Harbiye Open Air Concert in Istanbul, on June 13, 2022 (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

Complex harmonyIsraeli musician woos Iranian fans with Persian melodies

By Paul Raymond and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi

A poster advertising the first basketball game between the Morocco and Israel national women's' teams played on June 15 2022 (Royal Moroccan Basketball Federation)

In historic first, Morocco faces Israel in quiet basketball diplomacy match

By AFP

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