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What Matters Most On Thursday, July 14, 2022

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US President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he stands behind a glass partition with President Isaac Herzog, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid during the opening ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Biden attends Maccabiah opening ceremony, tells US delegation: ‘I’m so damn proud’

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Lapid, Herzog also take part in Jerusalem event as athletes from all over the world converge for ‘Jewish Olympics’; ceremony marred by partial power outage

7:21 pm

'We'll act as we see fit': National security adviser says Israel not afraid to differ with US on Iran
7:02 pm

Herzog says Maccabiah is 'a special moment of togetherness' for Jews around the world
6:55 pm

Biden's Jeddah visit will yield steps toward Israeli-Saudi normalization -- source

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden address a news conference in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Diplomacy won’t stop Iran from going nuclear, Lapid tells Biden

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

‘The only way to stop them is a credible military threat,’ PM argues; US president publicly disagrees, saying dialogue is still the best way to counter Tehran

US President Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid address the media following their meeting in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘There will be no nuclear Iran,’ Lapid vows after meeting with Biden

By Lazar Berman

Screen capture from video of US President Joe Biden, left, speaking with Channel 12 News anchor Yonit Levi at the White House in Washington, in an interview broadcast July 13, 2022. (Channel 12 News)

US would use force against Iran ‘as last resort,’ Biden tells Israeli TV

'Hatred is never defeated, it only hides'

Dropping to one knee, a tearful Biden moved by Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem

By Lazar Berman

On first day of Israel visit, US president speaks at length to two women who survived Nazi camps, tells one of them: ‘As my mother would say, God love you, dear’

Rena Quint tells of entering Bergen-Belsen to the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, May 4, 2016. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Child Holocaust survivor can never remember her stolen past

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

A symbolic grave in the Bialucki Forest near Ilowo on July 13, 2022 the site where the mass grave of about 8,000 Nazi victims from the nearby Soldau concentration camp in Dzialdowo was unearthed at the beginning of July 2022. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)

Mass grave with remains of about 8,000 Nazi victims found in Poland

By AFP

US President Joe Biden (L) and Prime Minister Yair Lapid, sign a security pledge in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Signing ‘Jerusalem Declaration,’ Biden vows to use all US power to stop nuclear Iran

By Lazar Berman

Washington, Jerusalem commit to continue to discuss Israeli-Palestinian relations, but only Washington ‘affirms longstanding and consistent support of a two-state solution’

The Jerusalem Declaration signed by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and US President Joe Biden at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Courtesy)

Full textBiden and Lapid’s Jerusalem Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, presents US President Joe Biden with the wing of a drone intercepted by the Iron Beam laser defense system, as Prime Minister Yair Lapid (L) looks on at the Ben Gurion Airport, July 13, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Biden to back renewing US defense package for Israel — top administration official

Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden, in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Op-ed

With Biden at his side, Lapid seizes the moment to set out prime ministerial vision

Differing from Bennett and Netanyahu in tone and substance, Lapid conveys a message to the region, and to the Israeli electorate

United States President Joe Biden during a welcoming ceremony, at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on July 13, 2022, on his first official visit to Israel since becoming US president. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 14: True reason for Biden’s visit; civil marriage game-changer

Illustrative: The Israeli Delegation takes part in the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'The games strengthen the bond between Israel and Diaspora'

As 21st ‘Jewish Olympics’ kick off in Israel, organizers set sights on wooing sabras

By Melanie Lidman

Quadrennial games officially begin Thursday and will see 30,000 individual competitions across 42 sports over the next two weeks, while a team of ‘olim’ makes its debut appearance

25 years later, today’s Australian delegation remembers the Maccabiah Bridge tragedy

An illustrative photo of an El Al flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside Tel Aviv, October 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Report: Saudi Arabia to okay all overflights from Israel, and direct travel for hajj

Overflight approval would significantly shorten journeys to India, China and more; hajj okay would enable Israeli Muslim pilgrims to board direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mecca

In this file photo taken on October 10, 2018, a demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Jim Watson/AFP)

ProfileMBS, the comeback: Saudi heir hailed as reformer while cracking down on opposition

By AFP

Israeli-American businessman Avi Jorisch in Medina, Saudi Arabia, at the head of a delegation of 50 Jewish business leaders (courtesy)

Peace with Saudi Arabia a matter of time, say Israelis who recently visited kingdom

By Lazar Berman

Steven Moskowitz

Mr. President, visit the parks and coffee shops

Outside of Jerusalem – and Israel – nobody hears about the beautiful, peaceful places that we call home

Nancy Strichman

A juggling act in bittersweet times

These therapeutic medical clowns seem to have a magical skill set that we all need, a toolkit that is especially powerful in times of stress

Joe Biden gets it. Most of the press does not.

The president, who is deeply sympathetic to Israel, hasn’t tried and failed to drag Iran back into the Nuclear Deal – if anything, he’s done the opposite

Why merging Blue and White and New Hope makes sense

The partnership enables voters to avoid the pernicious extremes that have incapacitated the Israeli government and alienated so many from each other

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Yair Lapid and UAE's Mohamed bin Zayed participate in a virtual summit of the I2U2 forum on July 14, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)

UAE leader hails model for those who seek peace, prosperity

Israel, India, US, UAE unveil joint food security, energy projects at virtual summit

Leaders announce $2 billion UAE investment for food parks in India that’ll use Israeli, US private sector expertise, similar cooperation for renewable energy project in India

Moroccan Jews and Israeli Jewish tourists participate in Simchat Torah festivities at a synagogue in Marrakesh on October 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)

Morocco: New bodies to recognize Judaism as ‘a component of rich Moroccan culture’

By AFP

High jinks

Biden’s team lands at Ben Gurion to find no way of getting off

By Tobias Siegal

Despite the rigorous preparations at Ben Gurion Airport ahead of US President Joe Biden's landing in Israel on Wednesday, the president's arrival provided some unexpected, amusing and even risky moments. Upon landing, a member of Biden's entourage was shocked to open the door of the Air Force One... Continue Reading

A member of US President Joe Biden's team opens the door of the Air Force One aircraft upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport, only to find that no stairs were attached to the plane, July 13, 2022. (Screenshot/GPO video)

Illustrative: US Secret Service agents surround the car of US President Joe Biden as he leaves Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on his way to Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)

Secret Service agent sent home after allegedly assaulting woman in Jerusalem

US President Joe Biden talks with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, as he is shown views of aerial defense systems, July 13, 2022, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden views defense tech at airport, including Iron Dome, new laser-based Iron Beam

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel hopes to partner with Washington on the in-development laser air defense system; US president given classified briefing by Defense Minister Gantz, other officials

US President Joe Biden stands with Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, and President Isaac Herzog, left, after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden lands in Israel: ‘Connection between Americans and Israelis is bone deep’

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Hezbollah fighters raise their hands as their leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link during a rally in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, April 29, 2022. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Nasrallah threatens war over Israel-Lebanon maritime border dispute

By Tobias Siegal

A vendor offers mobile phone contracts from a booth on a street in Nablus in the West Bank on November 15, 2016. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

Biden to announce 4G access for Palestinians, but PA not convinced it’ll happen

Senior US official says upgrade will be rolled out in West Bank, Gaza by end of 2023; PA minister tells ToI he’s heard such announcements before, wants to see action on ground

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, January 24, 2022. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House walks back Sullivan’s claim US seeking consulate in East Jerusalem

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Students carry a mock coffin as they hold a symbolic funeral for slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at al-Azhar University in Mughraqa, central Gaza Strip, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Blinken invites family of Abu Akleh to DC, will raise her killing during Biden visit

Illustrative: Israeli doctors from LeMa'anam - For Their Sake: Physicians for Holocaust Survivors - give medical assistance to a Jewish Ukrainian who fled a war zone in Ukraine, at an emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 13, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/ Flash90)

Survey hails Jewish, Israeli aid groups’ Ukraine war response

By Judah Ari Gross

Rescuers at the scene of building damaged by shelling, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian strike kills 17 people in central Ukraine, officials say

By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU

A shipment of protective equipment for Ukraine is loaded onto a flight from Israel, July 14, 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Israel sends second shipment of protective equipment to Ukraine

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Leadership behind bars, Lev Tahor cult now seeking to move to Morocco, opponents say

Beleaguered ultra-Orthodox cult Lev Tahor is seeking to move to Morocco, and recently received the blessing of a prominent Moroccan-Israeli rabbi with an international celebrity following, as the extremist group seeks footing after fleeing other countries and having its leadership imprisoned, an activist opposed to the group... Continue Reading

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, center, blesses Lev Tahor member Uriel Goldman, right, in Morocco, in a still from an undated video made available to The Times of Israel. (screen capture: Lev Tahor Survivors)

Analysis

Fist-bumping Biden isn’t reducing COVID risk in Israel by avoiding handshakes

US President Joe Biden is fist-bumping his way around Israel. But his attempt to reduce palm-to-palm contact time during his Middle East trip won’t actually protect him against the coronavirus, medical officials say. Scientists today generally agree that people simply don’t catch COVID-19 as a result of physical contact. Biden hasn’t totally forgone handshakes but has... Continue Reading

US President Joe Biden, right, is greeted by Prime Minister Yair Lapid, as they fist bump during a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

US President Joe Biden, center, fist bumps Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, as they participate in an arrival ceremony with President Isaac Herzog, left, after Biden arrived at Ben Gurion Airport, July 13, 2022. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Biden ‘minimizing contact’ during Mideast visit due to COVID fears

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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Illustrative. A grocery shopper in the northern town of Katzrin, in the Golan Heights, on July 1, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Rising prices, political turmoil send consumer confidence tumbling

By Danielle Nagler

A combination of higher interest rates, inflation, housing concerns, and looming elections is causing economic uncertainty, CBS survey shows

White sliced bread seen at the Angel Bakeries Factory in Jerusalem, August 16, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90/File)

Government announces 20% rise in price of regulated bread

By Tobias Siegal

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

Celsius, large crypto firm with Israel ties, files for US bankrupcy

By Agencies and ToI Staff

With dozens of Israel-based employees and a former Israeli CFO who is now a suspect in a fraud case, Celsius Networks’ says it has $167 million in cash to support restructure

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Screen capture from video of Israeli rhythmic gymnast Daria Atamanov during her gold medal-winning routine at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, July 13, 2022. (YouTube)

Israeli rhythmic gymnast Daria Atamanov scoops two golds, a silver at World Games

Hadas Klein arrives at a court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, July 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Key witness in Netanyahu trial denies friendship with ex-premier’s wife

Naama Issachar in an interview broadcast July 13, 2022 (Screen grab/NBC News)

Naama Issachar speaks for 1st time: My detention in Russia was a political ‘game’

By ToI Staff and AP

Former Jerusalem District Commander, Niso Shaham, wearing a mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seen in the Tel Aviv District Court for a hearing, July 14, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-top cop jailed for sex crimes is granted parole after 4 months behind bars

Footage from a police officer's body cam shows David Alan Blair holding a Confederate flag while confronting officers at Capitol Hill, June 6, 2022. (US Department of Justice)

Capitol rioter who carried Confederate flag sentenced to 5 months in jail

By Michael Kunzelman

Maj. Or Livni speaks to the Kan public broadcaster on the Egyptian border, March 29, 2018. (Screenshot: Youtube/Kan)

IDF appoints first female officer to lead light infantry battalion

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Border Police officers in Ben Shemen Forest, May 5, 2022. (Flash90)

Top Border Police officer jailed for conning subordinate to perform indecent acts

An illustration of a gaming console. (Nikolay Evsyukov via iStock by Getty Images)

A year after public debut, ironSource to merge with US gaming firm in $4b stock deal

By Ricky Ben-David

Screen capture of Temple Beth-El synagogue, Hornell, New York. (Google Maps)

3 arrested as city in upstate New York swamped with antisemitic, racist flyers

By AP and ToI Staff

Police use tear gas to disperse the protesters who stormed the compound of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe 's office, amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 13, 2022. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Israel warns against non-essential travel to Sri Lanka amid ‘chaos’

By Lazar Berman and AFP

Fire at a garage in the southern town of Hura, May 21, 2022. (Screen grab/Kan)

12-year-old badly burned in suspected arson attack in May dies of injuries

In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte, center, is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys during jury deliberations, Wednesday March 4, 2020, in New York. Schulte, the former CIA software engineer accused of causing the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history, has been convicted at a New York City retrial. A jury reached the guilty verdict against Joshua Schulte on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in federal court in Manhattan. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive theft of classified information

By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays

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