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What Matters Most On Monday, June 27, 2022

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An abortion clinic (illustrative image: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

'The rights to a woman's body are those of the woman alone'

Israel eases access to abortion, days after US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade

New rules allow drug-induced early-term abortions at clinics, end requirement for in-person approval by intrusive committees; health minister hails reforms as opposite to US ruling

Illustrative: Extra blankets and pads are stored under a bed where women getting abortions rest before and after their procedures, Oct. 9, 2021. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

After Roe reversal, Israel’s end-of-pregnancy approval panels come under scrutiny

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

Knesset dispersal process hampered as coalition, opposition resume talks on details

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Key House Committee meeting repeatedly delayed to give MKs time to discuss election date and additional legislation, amid opposition efforts to form alternative government

MK Gilad Kariv, left, motions as MK Itamar Ben Gvir is led out of a Knesset committee meeting on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Battle lines drawn as coalition and opposition resume clash over Knesset’s fate

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Joshua Davidovich

Gilad Kariv leads attends a Law and Constitution Committee meeting, during a discussion on preparing proposoals for the "Defendant's Law" and the law to dissolve the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament, on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Government advances ‘problematic’ bill that would block defendant Netanyahu’s return

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Lod mosaic. (Nicki Davidov, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Stunning Roman-era Lod seafaring mosaic finally drops anchor in a home of its own

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Five years – and a pandemic – after breaking ground at Lod, the Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center is inaugurated to house the massive sea-themed floor

Thirty-Six podcast

Doron Almog on Memory, Responsiblity and Service

Justin begins the second half of his journey by welcoming Almog, one of Israel’s most respected retired IDF Generals.

A general view shows the tank (L) that fell while being transported, causing a toxic gas leak in Jordan's Aqaba port on June 27, 2022. (AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Israel offers Jordan aid as toxic barrel explosion in Aqaba kills at least 13

Local official says hospitals in area full with over 200 injured in deadly accident at Jordan’s sole port; Eilat unaffected by chlorine spill but keeping watch

7:11 pm

Israel slams Hamas for holding 'mentally ill' captives, does not deny health woes
6:54 pm

Death toll in toxic Jordan port blast rises to 13
6:23 pm

Israel offers Jordan aid as Aqaba hospitals fill up

Two Turkish riot police officers walk in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, on June 14, 2022. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Israel moves toward easing Turkey travel warning, though threat remains

Decision to decrease severity of alert still must clear bureaucracy before becoming official, according to report, after several Iranian terror cells busted last week

Interview

Science of uncertainty: Gov’t adviser on why this COVID wave is so hard to predict

Scientists simply don’t have the tools to accurately predict how Israel’s sixth coronavirus wave will pan out, according to a top government adviser. Epidemiologist Prof. Ran Balicer, chair of Israel’s National Expert Advisory Team on the country's COVID-19 response, told The Times of Israel that doctors don’t know how much serious illness to expect, as... Continue Reading

A Magen David worker takes a COVID-19 rapid antigen test in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Albert Bourla, Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer, speaks at a Press Conference on Pfizer and Partners Announce Accord for a Healthier World at the 51st annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, May 25, 2022. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Pfizer CEO to Israeli TV: Omicron shots ready for use as soon as FDA approves

Magen David workers take COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom drive-thru complex in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jun 27: Israel’s current COVID wave may be much worse than we know

Israeli and foreign fighter jets fly in formation during the Israeli Air Force's Blue Flag exercise in October 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli defense chief said to talk anti-Iran alliance with Saudi counterpart

IDF commander Aviv Kohavi reportedly agrees with other Mideast security officials to create alert system, at US-sponsored meeting in Egypt including states Israel has no ties with

Britain's Prince Charles, center, arrives at the Hamad Airport in Doha, Qatar, February 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

UK’s Prince Charles reportedly accepted bags with millions in cash from Qatari PM

By ToI Staff and AP

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani waves, as he poses for a photo with attendees, following the Negev Summit in Kibbutz Sde Boker, southern Israel, March 28, 2022. Israel hosted the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States in a bid to strengthen its position in a rapidly shifting Middle East. The gathering brought together the top diplomats from all but one of the Arab countries that have normalized relations with Israel in US-mediated negotiations. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Negev Summit partners to meet in Bahrain on keeping cooperation going

By Lazar Berman

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh speaks to the media during a press conference in Tehran, on April 25, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Qatar named as site of indirect talks between Iran and US on nuclear deal

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says meeting will be held later this week, but doesn’t confirm location; UK, France, Germany to also join

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (right) and the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, in Brussels on July 11, 2021. (Twitter)

Lapid slams EU foreign policy chief for trip to Iran to push reumption of nuke talks

Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, second right, attends a meeting with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, third left, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Military Intelligence backs revived Iran deal, breaking with IDF chief, Mossad

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, an Iranian worker cuts a steel roll (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Cyberattack forces Iranian state-owned steel plant to stop production

By Isabel Debre

Incident is apparently one of biggest such assaults on Iran’s strategic industrial sector recently; firm claims attack thwarted, facility not operating due to ‘technical problems’

An image taken from a video showing the second launch of Iran's satellite carrier Zuljanah on June 26, 2022. (Twitter/Screenshot)

Iran conducts 2nd test of satellite launcher as nuclear talks said set to resume

By ToI Staff and AP

Picture shows Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 201 (Jorge Guerrero/AFP)

Report: US brokering deal for Iran to send oil to Syria; Israel may give approval

Elchanan Poupko

Double standards for rabbis and politics

The Orthodox Jewish public sphere is so dominated by GOP politics that partisanship is considered normal – as long as it’s right-wing

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Our pristine kitchen cabinets

When the design of a thing makes those who use it do harm, we need to build in safeguards that remove those ’stumbling blocks’ and protect us from ourselves

Paramedics carry the body of a 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee who drowned off the cost of Acre on June 26, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Ukrainian refugee, 16, drowns off Acre two months after landing in Israel

Paramedics pronounce teenager’s death at the scene; social workers to speak Monday to classmates, some of whom were present during the incident

Screen capture from undated video of a NASAMS air defense system launch. (YouTube)

US readying to provide Ukraine with air defense system, artillery support

By AP and ToI Staff

From front center clockwise, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron sitting at a round table as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the G7 leaders via video link during their working session at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 27, 2022. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool Photo via AP)

G7 gears up to broaden sanctions on Russia, set fuel price cap, raise tariffs

By Sebastian Smith

Marchers in last year's Mitzpe Ramon LGBT pride march, July 2, 2021. (Flash90)

Anger as Mitzpe Ramon LGBT march sidelined and counter-protest okayed on its route

Organizers file High Court petition, denounce alleged threats from local yeshiva, after police reroute pride parade to city’s outskirts due concerns of public disorder

NYC Pride parade stampede after fireworks mistaken for gunfire; no serious injuries

By AFP

Over 200 detained in defiant Istanbul Pride march

By AFP

Pride parades held across US under shadow of court threat to same-sex marriage

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN

Inside story

Old City hotelier facing eviction: ‘Biden, give Christians 10 minutes of your visit’

The manager of an Old City hotel whose lease has been bought by a right-wing Jewish organization wants US President Joe Biden to give church leaders "just ten minutes" when he visits Israel next month to hear their concerns and reassure them that Christianity will be safe in Jerusalem. Abu el-Walid Dajani, 78, runs the... Continue Reading

The Imperial Hotel (left) and the Petra Hostel (right), located between Jaffa Gate and the Arab market in Jerusalem's Old City, June 21, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

Likud MK David Amsalem attends a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Analysis

Shalom Yerushalmi

In targeting Amsalem, Netanyahu sends a message to all senior members of Likud

Opposition chief threw his loyalist under the bus over a remark that a coalition with Ra’am is possible; but his public repudiation of Amsalem may yet cost him dearly

Likud MK David Amsalem attends a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Likud MK bristles at Netanyahu rebuke after welcoming potential coalition with Ra’am

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Solar panels floating on a reservoir on the Golan Heights, near to Kibbutz Shamir, in northern Israel. (Courtesy, Golan Solar)

Government approves three billion shekel plan to boost climate tech

Former Channel 2 news anchorman Gadi Sukenik seen as a moderator for a panel discussion at the 'Jerusalem International Convention for Innovation and Business Development in Electricity and Energy,' on October 23, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Veteran journalist lashed for saying Likud voters less intelligent, uncultured

Yitzhak Abergil at the Tel Aviv District Court in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2017 (Flash90)

State witness, a former member of notorious Abergil mob, found dead in South America

Illustrative: IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank on June 27, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldiers arrest 17 wanted Palestinians, seize guns in overnight West Bank raids

By Emanuel Fabian

Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teacher's Union, at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Schools open as usual Monday as labor talks with treasury make progress

By Tobias Siegal

Paratroopers leaping from aircraft during a joint drill conducted by Syrian and Russian militaries, June 25, 2022. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Syrian, Russian paratroopers carry out drill in second joint exercise this month

By AP

Congregants praying at the Kadoorie Synagogue in Porto, Portugal, May 2014. (Courtesy of the Jewish community of Porto/JTA)

Porto Jewish community denounces citizenship probe as a ‘Holocaust against families’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Beitar Jerusalem soccer supporters sing and wave their flag as players enter the pitch during a team training session in Jerusalem, December 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Beitar Jerusalem fans announce deal to buy soccer team from owner suspected of fraud

A Norwegian national flag flutters over flowers and rainbow flags that are placed at the scene of a shooting in central of Oslo, Norway, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Terror suspect in deadly shooting at Oslo Pride festival refusing to speak with cops

By KOSTYA MANENKOV and JARI TANNER

Israel's forward Eran Zahavi (C) celebrates his record-breaking 33rd national goal with teammates during the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers football match between Israel and Moldova, at the Turner Stadium in Beersheba, on October 12, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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By Michael Horovitz

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