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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 11, 2022

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Likud party head Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and faction chair Yariv Levin (R) lead their party's faction meeting at the Knesset, May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu loyalists rewarded by Likud primary voters, led by top ally Levin

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

6 MKs closely tied to veteran party leader place in top 10; Yuli Edelstein makes list despite exit poll prediction, but Tzachi Hanegbi is out; only 2 women in top 20

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial at the Jerusalem District Court on May 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Case 4000Netanyahu files motion to dismiss bribery, fraud charges, citing investigation flaws

By Jeremy Sharon

Performers on stilts welcome Likud primary voters in Rishon Lezion, August 10, 2022 (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

With snacks and selfies, Likud marks lively primaries in ‘democratic celebration’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group during a mourning gathering for Palestinians who were killed during the latest round of fighting in the Gaza Strip, in the city of Rafah, August 8, 2022. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Gantz accuses Iran of funding Islamic Jihad with tens of millions of dollars a year

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister says Gazan terror group is a ‘violent Iranian proxy’ and has ‘an open tab in Iran’; says Israel continues to act to foil Tehran’s plots

Condition of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner deteriorates to ‘life-threatening’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US ambassador to Israel: We support fight against ‘bad guys’ in Gaza terror groups

Military court extends detention of Islamic Jihad leader that sparked Gaza conflict

By Emanuel Fabian

Reporter's Notebook

For Ukrainian village cut off by river and Russians, deliverance is a rusty rowboat

Their bridge destroyed, residents of Zadonets’ke faced a harrowing 140-km journey for supplies, until an Israeli-founded relief agency found another way across the Donets River

A Ukrainian soldier ferries supplies across the Siverskyi Donets River near Zadonets'ke, July 29, 2022 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

A Russian mine clearing expert with a dog works to find and defuse mines along the high voltage line in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, July 13, 2022. (AP)

Straining to replenish its military, Russia offers convicts freedom if they fight

By AP

Lounge at Sharm El Sheikh’s coziest getaway, SUNRISE Remal Resort

Enjoy special offers including complimentary in-room breakfast once per stay, unlimited reservations at a la carte restaurants, discounts on water activities and spa treatments.

From the blogs

The lies that stoked Charlottesville violence – and threatened my husband – endure

5 years after the deadly ’Unite the Right’ violence during Mike Signer’s tenure as mayor, antisemitic conspiracy theories still pose an imminent terrorist threat

Exhibition

New Frank Oz exhibit reveals ‘Muppets’ co-creator’s family history of fleeing Nazis

By Rich Tenorio

An unconventional glimpse into the famed puppeteer’s background is on display at the Bay Area Contemporary Jewish Museum – and it includes a satirical pre-WWII marionette of Hitler

The scene of a bus crash on Jerusalem's Shamgar Street on August 11, 2022. (Screen capture/Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Three killed after bus loses control, plows into bus stop on major Jerusalem road

Another victim rushed to hospital in serious, unstable condition; crash brings end to bloody day on Israeli roads where six others lost their lives on both sides of Green Line

7:30 pm

Meretz MK says IDF an 'occupation army,' but cautions against oversimplifying matter
7:17 pm

Magen David Adom raises death toll from Jerusalem crash to three
7:03 pm

Magen David Adom says 2 killed in Jerusalem crash, not 3 as Zaka had claimed

Op-Ed

After another round in Gaza, Lapid said, ‘There is another way to live.’ Here’s how

The PM urged Gazans to choose a better future. But they won’t until their schools and media provide an honest take on our complex reality — the last thing their leaders want

Gunmen from the Islamic Jihad terrorist group stand during a mourning gathering for those killed during fighting against Israel, as a truce holds following three days of conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 8, 2022. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Palestinians search through the rubble of a building in which Khaled Mansour, a top Islamic Jihad militant, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, August 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Palestinian death toll from Gaza fighting rises to 48

Drawings by Duniana al-Amour are seen in her damaged bedroom which was hit by an Israeli strike, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, seen Aug. 10, 2022. (Fatima Shbair/AP)

Young Palestinian artist among victims of latest Gaza fighting

By AP and ToI Staff

Wrestlers competing at the Maccabiah Games in Beersheba, July 2022. (Courtesy/Larry Slater)

In sports breakthrough, Moroccan national wrestling team to compete in Israel

Morocco delegation set to attend Beersheba tournament commemorating 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

Civil Administration personnel destroy the Ramat Migron outpost overnight Thursday, August 11, 2022. (Courtesy Ramat Migron residents)

Security forces dismantle illegal West Bank outpost Ramat Migron

By Jeremy Sharon and Tobias Siegal

Three families and several youths who had been living at wildcat site were evacuated and their homes destroyed, along with other structures

Illustrative. IDF soldiers during terror suspect arrest operations in the West Bank, August 10, 2022. (IDF)

Eight terror suspects arrested, weapons seized in raids across West Bank

A sign is seen outside the entrance of a Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) office in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

'We're certainly not going to leave if we can help it'

Jewish Agency readying for Russia closure, but hopeful door may yet stay open

By Judah Ari Gross

Quasi-governmental Israel-immigration group has begun making preparations for possibility Moscow will go through with its threats, though it aims to keep some activities going

Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)

Amid war, Israel sees threefold increase in immigration from Russia and Ukraine

Egyptian Ambassador to the UN Osama Abdel Khalek addresses the Security Council on August 8, 2022. (Screen capture/UN TV)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Aug. 11: Egypt huffs at Israel; Jewish Agency laments Russian moves

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he departs Trump Tower, August 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump invokes Fifth Amendment in NY civil probe, because it’s a ‘witch hunt’

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Michael R. Sisak and Michelle L. Price

Former president argues that his family, company and allies have become ‘targets of an unfounded politically motivated’ campaign

Florida judge Bruce Reinhart (Screengrab/Twitter)

Judge who signed FBI Mar-a-Lago warrant facing antisemitic threats online

By MADELINE FIXLER

Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former president Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, August 9, 2022. (Giorgio Viera/AFP)

Trump alleges FBI may be ‘planting’ evidence during Mar-a-Lago raid

By AFP

The cognitive war against Israel reveals humanity’s broken moral compass

Too many Western cultural and educational institutions accept the ’abolish Israel’ message, even when they don’t admit it. We need a campaign to restore the truth

Iran’s manipulation of the Palestinian people

Unlike Hamas, PIJ is a purely military organization with little regard for the growing desire of Palestinian in Gaza to move past endless conflict

illustrative: An ambulance leaves a hospital in London, March 5, 2021. (Frank Augstein/AP)

2 members of Israeli family killed, 3 injured, in UK hit-and-run accident

By Stuart Winer

Two children among the injured including a girl in serious condition; driver of vehicle arrested after incident in southeastern resort town of Ramsgate

Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)

3 killed in 2 traffic accidents in Israel and West Bank

By Sara Serfaty

A mosaic floor found in the remains of what archaeologists believe is a Byzantine church standing over the home of biblical figure St. Peter and his brother, Andrew. (Excavation Project)

Archeology

Inscription points to Sea of Galilee site as St. Peter’s home, say researchers

Mosaic found at apparent church site in biblical Bethsaida includes dedication to ‘Head and Leader of the Heavenly Messengers,’ a term for Peter, first disciple of Jesus

A visitor looks at artworks by the American artist Sol Lewitt while visiting a 19th- and 20th-century American and European minimalist and conceptual masterpieces show at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Tehran unveils Western art masterpieces hidden for decades after Islamic Revolution

By Nasser Karimi and MEHDI FATTAHI

Works by Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd and Sol Lewitt among dozens of items that were stored away in 1979 but have gradually resurfaced, generating thriving interest

Former US national security adviser John Bolton speaks in Nashville, Tennessee, February 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

US charges Iranian Guards member with plot to murder ex-White House official Bolton

By Eric Tucker, Zeke Miller and Isabel de Bre

Photo Essay

Salt of the earth: Artist Sigalit Landau’s Dead Sea sculptures

By AFP

Creator collaborates with briny lake, leaving everyday items in its waters to become coated with ice-like layers of salt, emerging as unique works of art

Prime Minister Yair Lapid attends the opening ceremony for a new emergency room at Ichilov Hospital, in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Man suspected of threatening Lapid: ‘I want to murder you with a sniper rifle’

Police launch investigation into resident of northern Israel over social media post against the premier

Michael Ben Ari attends a press conference held in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify his candidacy for the 2019 Knesset elections, due to his racist views, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLash90)

Prosecutors weigh indicting former far-right MK for incitement against Arabs

By Tobias Siegal

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Francis Crick Institute in London, Monday, July 11, 2022. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

UK working with Israel, NY on polio probe as more virus found in London sewage

By ToI Staff and AP

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

Israeli students accuse Ben & Jerry’s of illegally occupying Native American lands

Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 7, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Tourism levels continue climb toward pre-COVID records

By Danielle Nagler

A man shouts inside the bank as he holds hostages at gunpoint in Beirut,, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. A Lebanese security official says a man armed with a shotgun has broken into a Beirut bank, holding employees hostage and threatening to set himself ablaze with gasoline unless he receives his trapped savings. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese man holds Beirut bank staff hostage, demanding his trapped savings

By Kareem Chehayeb

Illustrative: New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the state Capitol in Albany, New York, July 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NY governor signs bill on Holocaust education to counter widespread ignorance

Barak Abramov, owner of Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., celebrates his team win at the semi final match of the Israeli cup against Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on April 3, 2019. (Flash90)

Beitar soccer club sale finalized following last minute fund-raising from abroad

Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attends a media event for center-right leaders in Rome, on March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Italian far-right leader rejects links to Fascism, touts ‘shared values’ with Likud

Pop star Justin Bieber raising his hand in what has been interpreted as a Nazi salute at a concern in Helsinki, Finland, August 9, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Israeli promoters reject rabbi’s claim Justin Bieber performed Nazi salute on stage

By Ash Obel and ToI Staff

Amy Spitalnick. (Courtesy via JTA)

Amy Spitalnick, who fought neo-Nazis in court, to lead leftist group Bend the Arc

By Andrew Lapin

Ashton Kutcher reveals his battle with a rare form of vasculitis during an episode of 'Bear Grylls: The Challenge' that aired August 2022. (YouTube)

Ashton Kutcher says he’s ‘lucky to be alive’ after battling autoimmune disease

Illustrative: A Kurdish security officer, foreground, stands guard next to Alexanda Amon Kotey, center, and El Shafee Elsheikh, right, two British alleged members of an Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles," known for beheading hostages in northern Syria, during an interview with The Associated Press, at a security center, in Kobani, Syria, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Alleged Islamic State ‘Beatle’ charged with terrorism after arriving in UK

By AFP

From 'Cinema Sabaya,' about eight Arab and Jewish women in a film workshop, now up for 12 Ophir Awards in the upcoming September 18 ceremony (Courtesy Ella Barak)

Anne Frank, Arab-Jewish relations, karaoke in focus at upcoming Israeli film awards

By Jessica Steinberg

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