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What Matters Most On Friday, July 1, 2022

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New Prime Minister Yair Lapid (L) holds a meeting with Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Yair Lapid takes over as Israel’s 14th prime minister

On his first day, new premier sits down with Shin Bet chief, holds a meeting on the issue of Hamas captives; in first, PM’s office to be headed by woman

Lawmakers at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

In final legislative blitz, MKs pass Omicron grants, sex abuse protections

Ultra-Orthodox youths interrupt a bar mitzvah ceremony at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall on June 30, 2022. (Laura Ben-David)

Haredim interrupt Americans’ Western Wall bar, bat mitzvahs, tear up prayer books

By Judah Ari Gross

Youths call Jewish worshipers ‘Nazis,’ ‘Christians’ and ‘animals’ at egalitarian prayer space on the southern end of the Western Wall

Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter, at home in Los Angeles, California, September 2016. (Graeme Mitchell - Redux/ Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Interview'The song is the MacGuffin'

Documentary tracks many artistic reincarnations of Leonard Cohen and his iconic song

By Jordan Hoffman

Out on July 1, ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song’ looks into the star’s life and his creative process – which sometimes clashed with a profit-driven music industry

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Then-finance minister Yair Lapid meets with then-US vice president Joe Biden in Washington, DC, in 2013. (courtesy/ File)

Blinken and Abbas discuss Biden's trip, Abu Akleh probe

Biden congratulates new PM Lapid, thanks Bennett for ‘friendship over the past year’

Issuing tweet the same minute that Lapid becomes premier, US president says he’s looking forward to seeing Lapid and Bennett on visit this month

US President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden says he’ll aim to ‘deepen Israel’s integration in region’ during visit

Then-US president Donald Trump (right) with then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu prior to Trump's departure to Rome at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, on May 23, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO via Flash90)

Trump says he’d consider endorsing Netanyahu despite past ‘disappointment’

Former US president doesn’t say how Likud leader let him down, but appears to refer to latter’s decision to congratulate Biden after ‘stolen’ 2020 election

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Likud MK Yuli Edelstein in the Knesset on November 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Edelstein, who said Netanyahu can’t win, abandons Likud leadership challenge

Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu tours the Malcha Mall in Jerusalem as he kicks off his election campaign for Israel's 25th Knesset on June 30, 2022. (Screenshot/Facebook)

Netanyahu kicks off election campaign by touring Jerusalem mall

By Tobias Siegal

AnalysisOne day it was the PM's party; the next it faces oblivion

Shaked faces struggle to stanch defections, revive Yamina after rocky stint in power

By Jeremy Sharon

Yamina was Israel’s ruling party on Thursday. Just a day later, it finds itself as a minor Knesset faction struggling to survive in a volatile political landscape. In a dramatic announcement Wednesday night, Yamina leader and outgoing prime minister Naftali Bennett said he would not run in the... Continue Reading

Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett pictured at a press conference at which he announced he will not be running in the next elections. At left is Ayelet Shaked, the new Yamina party leader. June 29, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, speaks with his foreign policy adviser Shimrit Meir at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 26, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-Bennett aide: He gave in to political ‘blackmail,’ failed at management

Benyamin Moalem

How to fix Israel’s broken electoral system

Badly-needed reform would let the government run the country without the distraction of petty politics – and allow legislator to pursue their agendas

Israel hoping for shift in US Iran policy from diplomacy to deterrence

Security professionals believe it’s time for America to demonstrate its commitment to act militarily to prevent Iran’s nuclear progress

Palestinian security officers clash with demonstrators in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on June 26, 2021, during a rally protesting the death of human rights activist Nizar Banat. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Rights group: Palestinian Authority and Hamas systematically torture critics in jail

Human Rights Watch says abuse of detainees by Abbas’s PA and Gaza’s rulers could amount to crimes against humanity; also notes alleged torture of Palestinians by Israel

Low voter turnout projected among Arab Israelis amid frustration, party squabbles

By Aaron Boxerman and Charlie Summers

As the public stares down its fifth elections in three and half years, widespread voter apathy is likely to again keep many Arab Israelis at home in November, pollsters and analysts said. Two years ago, the four Arab parties rode a wave of high turnout -- 65 percent of eligible Arab voters --... Continue Reading

Ra'am party chief Mansour Abbas (L) speaks with his party MK Mazen Ghanaim (R) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

University of North Carolina at Pembroke Prof. Motti Inbari (Rose Trail Images)

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PODCAST: US evangelical support for Israel isn’t monolithic or certain, says expert

University of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Motti Inbari has three pieces of advice for Israeli authorities regarding Christian Zionists

Illustrative: In this photo from November 20, 2014, an Iranian Jewish man prays at the Molla Agha Baba Synagogue, in the city of Yazd 420 miles (676 kilometers) south of capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

‘She’s in real danger’: Jew who escaped Iran pleads with Israel to let his wife in

Woman is in immediate danger of deportation from Turkey to Iran, with Israel-based family fearing for her life; ‘This is clearly a humanitarian case,’ says attorney

Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, on September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)

Info of over 300,000 Israelis leaked as Iranian hackers target travel booking sites

By Tobias Siegal

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran says it’s ready for new talks with US on nuclear deal

By Edith M. Lederer

Israeli citizen fighting for Ukraine taken captive by pro-Russian forces in Luhansk

Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that an Israeli citizen fighting on behalf of Ukraine had been taken captive by pro-Russian forces in the Moscow-controlled Luhansk region. After a video of Vladimir Kozlovsky, purportedly filmed in captivity and identifying himself as Israeli, began circulating on social media, the... Continue Reading

Vladimir Kozlovsky displays his Israeli ID card in a video apparently taken after he was taken captive by pro-Russian forces in Luhansk after fighting for the Ukrainian army, June 30, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)

In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a damaged residential building is seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Friday, July 1, 2022, following Russian missile attacks. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

At least 21 dead, including children, in Russian missile attack on Odesa

By FRANCESCA EBEL

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with US President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

NATO vows to guard ‘every inch of territory’ as Russia fumes

By Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson and Sylvie Corbet

From 'The Last Photograph: Ran Tal After Micha Bar-Am,' a new exhibit at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on display through December 2022 (Courtesy Micha Bar-Am)

50 years of love, war and country: Photojournalist’s work expands to massive screens

By Jessica Steinberg

Micha Bar-Am, along with wife and kids, shares focus with Israel’s major moments in visual and audio installation at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

A magnified image of the Israeli-developed material which speeds the repair of damaged nerves using electricity (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)

Israeli-developed smart fabric uses electricity to fast-track repair of nerves

By Nathan Jeffay

Silicone-based invention being tailored for human use after proving itself on rats; it wraps damaged nerves and electrically stimulates them using energy from light shone on skin

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Orthodox Jewish divides on abortion come to the fore after Roe v. Wade reversal

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics and teach at New York City law schools. But when Scheininger looks at an American map, she sees 16 states where Orthodox Jewish women would not be able to have an... Continue Reading

Abortion-rights activists demonstrate against the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dr. Vladimir 'Zev' Zelenko. (YouTube screenshot)

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, who touted unconventional COVID treatment, dies at 49

US physician, who served as Kiryas Joel community doctor for decades before parting ways, rose to fame in 2020 when his virus treatment was endorsed by then-president Trump

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A building in Istanbul where members of an alleged Iranian terror cell targeting Israelis were arrested in mid-June (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iranian plot in Turkey reportedly targeted Israel’s ex-consul to Istanbul

Yossi Levi-Sfari and his partner named in Turkish media as the targets of a foiled plan by Tehran to kidnap and murder them

Iran’s Khuzestan Steel Co. factory floor after heavy machinery malfunctions and causes a fire, following an apparent cyberattack, June 27, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Gantz orders probe after TV reports hint IDF behind Iran steel plant cyberattack

By Emanuel Fabian

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Ellen Fraint holds her daughter, seven-month-old Jojo, as she receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Montefiore Medical Group in New York City on June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Health Ministry panel unanimously backs COVID vaccines for children over 6 months

New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov, center, and activists against antisemitism at New York City Hall on June 30, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

NYC lawmakers lash city colleges’ chancellor for skipping hearing on antisemitism

Borscht with sour cream (photo credit: Liz West from Boxborough, MA [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

A dish served coldUNESCO recognizes Ukrainian borshch soup as endangered heritage

By AFP and TOI staff

Retail giant Walmart is acquiring Israeli-founded AR startup Memomi Labs, the developer of an artificial intelligence platform that enables customers to try products virtually, June 30, 2022. (Walmart/Memomi)

Walmart to acquire Israeli-founded AR startup Memomi

By Ricky Ben-David

Christian tourists in Israel through the 'Passages' program pose for a selfie on Jerusalem's Haas Promenade overlooking the capital's Old City, in an undated photograph. (Mattanah DeWitt/Passages)

Christian group resumes bringing students to Israel on Birthright-style trips

By Charlie Summers

Steam billows from a coal-fired power plant November 18, 2021, in Craig, Colorado. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US Supreme Court limits government’s power to cut greenhouse gas emissions

By Mark Sherman

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference in Mexico City, June 6, 2022. (Pedro Pardo/AFP)

Mexican president defiant after accusing Jewish critic of thinking like Hitler

By AFP

A law enforcement vehicle sits in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue on January 16, 2022 in Colleyville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)

Man pleads guilty to selling pistol to Texas synagogue hostage-taker

By AP

A protester carries a Proud Boys banner while other members start to unfurl a large US flag in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, September 7, 2020 (AP/Andrew Selsky).

New Zealand designates US far-right group Proud Boys a terrorist organization

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts (right) administers the Constitutional Oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband, Patrick Jackson, holds the Bible at the Supreme Court in Washington, June 30, 2022. (Supreme Court via AP)

Jackson sworn into US Supreme Court, becoming first Black female justice

By Mark Sherman

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