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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 23, 2022

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Turkish authorities arrest an alleged Iranian cell that sought to target Israelis in Istanbul on June 23, 2022. (Screen capture/CNN Turkey)

Iran sacks IRGC intel head reportedly behind planned attacks

Turkey said to nab Iranian cell planning attacks on Israelis

By AFP and TOI staff

Agents, including some Iranian nationals, reportedly arrested last week in raid in Beyoglu district of Istanbul; ex-diplomat and his wife said targeted in plot

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R front) arrives for a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (L) at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on June 23, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran says it’s ‘serious’ about reaching revived JCPOA, expects ‘realism’ from US

By AFP

Military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, November 30, 2020. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Iran orders US to pay $4 billion in compensation for slain nuke scientists

By Nasser Karimi

Travelers stand in line to check in at Ben Gurion Airport, June 13, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

As airport chaos reigns, transportation minister holds hearing without solutions

Merav Michaeli reportedly declines to cut down number of flights to alleviate passengers’ hours-long waits, while airports authority says it can’t hire enough workers in time

5:41 pm

Toddler killed after being struck by car in northern town
6:30 pm

Threat of Russian veto hovers over renewing UN aid mandate to Syria
5:55 pm

Vatican releases thousands of Holocaust-era letters and requests online

Museum visitors look at a sculpture made of sand of the 'Tower of Babel,' during the exhibit 'Tales in the Sand' at the Eretz Israel Museum several years ago (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

'For all those 31 centuries the Hebrew language never died'

For Israel’s language czar, reviving Hebrew means bringing it down from the tower

By Tal Schneider

Moshe Bar-Asher has brought the Academy of the Hebrew Language to the street with popular input and viral campaigns. But plans for a new home to crown his vision remain unrealized

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to Hebrew University students by video, June 23, 2022. (Screenshot)

Stressing historical ties between peoples, Zelensky laments lack of Israeli support

By Lazar Berman

Speaking by video to Hebrew University students a day before war’s 4-month mark, Ukrainian leader says he can’t fathom Jerusalem’s stance, lauds solidarity from public

Yamina MK Nir Orbach leads a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Giving alternative gov’t a chance, Orbach delays Knesset dispersal process to Monday

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Yamina rebel holds off on convening his House Committee, the next stop of the bill to call new elections; entire process expected to be completed next week, but unclear when

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In improbable gambit, Shaked willing to join Netanyahu-led gov’t in current Knesset

By Michael Horovitz

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett walks next to opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first prime minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett says he’ll vote against bill that would block Netanyahu from serving as PM

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on November 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Op-ed

For Lapid, a battle against the odds to thwart Netanyahu’s comeback

He’ll have about four months in transitional office to establish his credentials — to show that a PM can both protect Israel from its enemies and champion unity at home

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a discussion and a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset on June 22, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Bennett said mulling timeout from politics, not running in next election

By Michael Horovitz

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett poses for a picture at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett defends legacy, hails coalition ‘experiment’ as a ‘success’ in NYT interview

The assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem ahead of vote to disband parliament, on June 22, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

November 1 said emerging as likely date for upcoming Knesset elections

Coalition and opposition lawmakers reportedly closing in on compromise, amid negotiations that also involve contentious bill to bar Netanyahu from becoming PM, other legislation

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then Israeli minister of justice Ayelet Shaked (L) during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 23: Rebels, kingmakers & unlikely reunions as coalition unravels

MK Yair Golan speaks during a conference of Democrat TV in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Meretz member backs unity with Labor, as left-wing party faces possible oblivion

By Tobias Siegal

After meeting for the Negev Summit, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, left, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pose for a photograph Monday, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

‘You’ll see interesting things’: US hints at new Arab-Israel ties during Biden trip

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Senior US diplomat tells Congressional panel to be prepared for developments during upcoming Mideast visit; US also said planning ‘roadmap for Israeli normalization with Riyadh’

Then-US vice president Joe Biden waving as he boards his plane at Ben Gurion Airport after a two-day visit in Israel on March 10, 2016. (Matty Stern/US Embassy of Tel Aviv)

US officials said to ask Israel to shorten reception ceremony when Biden arrives

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, center, with Permanent Ambassador to Morocco David Govrin, left, and Madrid Jewish community leader Samy Cohen, June 20, 2022. (screen capture: Instagram)

Shaked affirms support of Morocco on Western Sahara, says she’s 1st Israeli to do so

By Lazar Berman

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Ankara on June 23, 2022. (Boaz Oppenheim/GPO)

Amid threat of Iranian attacks, Lapid lands in Turkey for security talks

By Lazar Berman and TOI staff

Upon foreign minister’s arrival, Turkey says it arrested Iranians who attempted to kidnap Israelis; Lapid and Cavusoglu may discuss resuming ambassadorial representation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shake hands during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan personally welcomes MBS as Turkey, Saudis hail ‘new era of cooperation’

By Suzan Fraser and Ayse Wieting

Michael Helfand

US Supreme Court: Government funding will pay for religious schools

The highest court in the land finally recognized that separation of church and state can be discriminatory, its ruling protects the religious as equal citizens

What exactly is a ‘real’ right-wing Israeli government?

The coalition collapsed because of fearmongering, tribal devotion to Likud, and a cult of personality that still surrounds its leader on trial for corruption

A danger of drowning sign on the way to the Dead Sea Works from where the sea has long since receded, January 20, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

ToI investigates

Israel has a chance to slow the Dead Sea’s demise. Will big business get in the way?

With regional politics holding back release of any more water from Sea of Galilee, green groups hope that a revamped mining concession will protect the lake’s future

Illustrative: An empty classroom at Cramim school in Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem, on October 21, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Teachers’ union stages full-day strike Thursday, for second day in a row

Some municipalities hold studies anyway; Liberman says summer school activities to begin Sunday in bid to circumvent strike

Podcast host Ira Glass (left) with Israeli author Etgar Keret at an evening at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, June 22, 2022. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Master storytellers: Ira Glass and Etgar Keret share the secrets of their craft

By Jessica Steinberg

‘This American Life’ host and the celebrated Israeli author get together on a Tel Aviv stage to explore their friendship, tell a few tales and speak a little Hebrew

Mourners carry the body of Ali Harb, who was allegedly stabbed to death by an Israeli settler, during his funeral in the northern West Bank village of Iskaka on June 22, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Israeli arrested for suspected involvement in stabbing death of Palestinian

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian witnesses say Israeli settlers sought to set up illegal outpost on their land, sparking quarrel and accusing Israeli forces of standing by while man was attacked

Maryam Banat, 67, mother of Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat, holds a poster with his picture at a rally protesting his death at the hands of PA security forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

PA frees 14 of its security officers accused of beating Abbas critic to death

By AFP

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

Israel to let in 2,000 more Gaza workers after freezing move after rocket attack

By Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman

More Israelis satisfied with their economic situation than before pandemic — survey

Israelis are slightly more satisfied with their personal economic situation than they were before the pandemic, a new survey has found. The survey released Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute also showed that Israelis were more satisfied with the economy under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett than under his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. The researchers queried... Continue Reading

People shop at the Hadar Shopping mall in Jerusalem on December 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on April 11, 2022. (Flash90)

Bank of Israel predicts economy can keep expanding despite political upheaval

UVeye technology being used to inspect a vehicle. (Courtesy/ UVeye PR)

General Motors invests in Israeli vehicle inspection startup UVeye

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks in the northern town of Kiryat Shmona marking 40 years since the outbreak of the First Lebanon War, June 22, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

At Lebanon war memorial, Gantz says next operation to be ‘powerful and accurate’

By Emanuel Fabian

If needed, Hezbollah will pay a ‘heavy price,’ says defense minister at event marking 40 years since First Lebanon War; Israel, US said to discuss action plans for such a war

Nether Rabbi Amy Wallk nor Rabbi Mark Cohn had been looking for a relationship when they first met at the Shalom Hartman Institute in 2017. (Tamar Katz/ via JTA)

'We could look at the distance as an obstacle or a benefit'

Two rabbis, from two different denominations, get a second chance at love

After twice meeting at rabbinical seminars on opposite sides of the ocean, Amy Wallk and Mark Cohn realized that leading 2 congregations 700 miles apart couldn’t stop their romance

Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)

US appeals court rules that laws against Israel boycotts don’t violate Constitution

By Andrew Lapin

Ruling by St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit court is a major victory for pro-Israel activists who have pushed some 30 states to adopt anti-BDS laws

A delegate to the Texas State GOP convention speaks out against anti-LGBTQ language in the party platform, in Houston, June 19, 2022. (KXAN/YouTube)

Texas GOP adopts controversial platform ‘prohibiting’ Palestinian state

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Afghans look at destruction caused by an earthquake in the province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan, June 22, 2022. (Bakhtar News Agency via AP)

Survivors dig by hand after 1,000 killed in Afghanistan’s worst quake in 20 years

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI

Coronavirus czar Prof. Salman Zarka seen during a press conference near Tel Aviv, on November 9, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

COVID czar: Israel in midst of pandemic’s sixth wave, but no restrictions pending

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at a conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid accuses far-right MK of pushing racist, anti-democratic agenda

By Michael Horovitz

In this file photo from August 15, 2021, vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the Assad Iben El Fourat school in Oued Ellil, outside Tunisa. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, file)

Moderna: Updated COVID booster is effective against Omicron subvariants

By AFP

Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Assailant sentenced to 15 months in prison for 2021 mob attack on Arab driver

Repair works are seen at Syria's Damascus International Airport, after an airstrike attributed to Israel, June 12, 2022. (SANA)

Damascus airport to reopen nearly two weeks after strike attributed to Israel

By AP

Australian state of Victoria bans public display of Nazi swastikas

By MADELINE FIXLER

The scene of a fatal stabbing in Eilat on June 22, 2022 (Police)

Two Israelis murdered in separate incidents as spate of killings continues

Frame from the Israel Museum's Virtual Reality tour 'Back to Aleppo: A Virtual-Reality Tour of the Great Synagogue' that is based on 75-year-old still photographs. (Courtesy: Israel Museum)

From the webThe lost synagogue of Aleppo is now found at the Israel Museum

Two wrecked cars and a truck involved in an accident along route 90 in the Arava, southern Israel, May 28, 2022. (Courtesy of Arava regional council)

Ministers announce funds for massive safety upgrade of deadly Route 90

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