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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 8, 2023

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The scene of a shooting at a car wash in Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 8, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

Arab community death toll climbs to 97 since start of year

5 shot dead at carwash in town near Nazareth in apparent gangland massacre

Shooting in Yafa an-Naseriyye is mostly deadly act of criminal violence in years; 3-year-old girl and her dad seriously hurt by gunfire in separate incident

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Man shot dead in Nazareth as Arab community crime killings continue

Israeli defender Noam Ben Harosh reacts after Israel's loss to Uruguay in the semifinal of the Argentina 2023 U-20 World Cup, at the Estadio Unico Diego Armando Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina, on June 8, 2023. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Israel loses to Uruguay at youth World Cup, ending improbable run

By Michael Bachner

U-20 squad falls 1-0 in semifinals, after showing at tournament in Argentina that included win over Brazil; Herzog hail’s teams ‘winning, skilled, diverse and unified Israeliness’

7:51 pm

Herzog hails Israeli youth team's showing at World Cup in Argentina
7:36 pm

Israel loses 1-0 to Uruguay, ending improbable run at youth World Cup
6:57 pm

Uruguay takes 1-0 lead over Israel at U-20 World Cup

Analysis

As Arab homicide rate soars, government apathy comes into focus

A failure to prioritize the fight against organized crime, infighting between Arab criminal gangs, and deep-seated societal problems are all part of the problem, say MKs, experts

Police at the scene where a woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in Haifa, May 8, 2023. (Flash90)

Likud MK Eliyahu Revivo attends a special committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK threatens to stop voting with coalition after his Shin Bet bill is nixed

Debris left over from the Swissair, TWA and BOAC flights that were hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and blown up on a landing strip in the Jordanian desert on September 12, 1970. (AFP)

Interview'I was crafting my own story for my own survival'

Trauma revisited: Historian reconstructs her week aboard a hijacked jet in Jordan

For close to 50 years, Martha Hodes buried memories of being on a plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in 1970 – until she decided to uncover all she could about the ordeal

Travelers seen exiting Ben Gurion International Airport, as Israel opens its borders and allows tourists to enter the country after months of being shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, November 1, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Exclusive

Israel to test eased entry for Palestinian-Americans before landing US visa waiver

But Arab activists demand improvements in treatment of all US travelers at all Israeli crossings before Biden administration begins allowing Israelis into US without visas

Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Fatah official says party’s West Bank popularity dropping due to unkept promises

By AFP and ToI Staff

The Israeli military demolishes the home of Eslam Froukh, who is charged with carrying out a deadly twin bombing attack in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 8, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)

Photojournalist hit in head by rubber bullet amid clashes

IDF razes Ramallah home of terrorist accused of deadly Jerusalem bus stop bombings

By Emanuel Fabian

Six Palestinians wounded in clashes with army near home of Eslam Froukh, 26, charged with planting explosives that killed 2 in attack last November

Fever pitch as Israel gears up to face Uruguay in U-20 soccer World Cup semifinal

Thousands of Israelis and members of Argentina’s Jewish community expected at sold-out match as Israeli team tries to continue dream run

Israel's Or Israelov celebrates his team's 3-2 victory over Brazil at the end of a FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinal soccer match at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

(L) Uruguay's players celebrate their side's opening goal against United States scored by teammate Anderson Duarte during a FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinal soccer match at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero, Argentina on June 4, 2023. (R) Israel's Dor Turgeman, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during the extra time of a FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Brazil at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina on June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera, Ricardo Mazalan)

Root for home team? Uruguayan Jews see dilemma in U-20 World Cup semifinal vs. Israel

By Juan Melamed

Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks during a conference in Haifa, March 21, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Barkat said to tell US bankers that only a negotiated judicial reform will pass

Government continues to send mixed messages, with Zohar telling domestic audience that coalition will pass the overhaul or fall; DC Jewish group said to cancel Chikli meeting

File: Heads of opposition parties Labor MK Merav Michaeli, Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid, National Unity head MK Benny Gantz, Israel Beteinu head MK Avigdor Liberman and leader of the United Arab List MK Mansour Abbas hold a joint press conference in Tel Aviv, on March 16, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 8: Opposition unites on judicial panel pick, but does it matter?

Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks during a conference in Haifa, March 21, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Barkat said to nix appearance in Boston amid ongoing anti-government protests

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Op-ed

It’s not too late for Netanyahu to do the right thing

Much of the harm he has done to Israel these past 5 months defies rational explanation even from his point of view. He won’t be easily forgiven, but he must start to undo the damage

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gilad Zwick in a Channel 14 report, January 19, 2023. (Channel 14 screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

New Netanyahu adviser closes Twitter account following backlash

A sign reading 'Father of the dictator interchange: Father of a failed and corrupt tyrant who has become a pariah in Israel and around the world,' placed by reservist protesters against the coalition's judicial overhaul plans at a monument to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's father, Benzion, north of Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Special Operations Division alumni protest group)

‘Father of the dictator’: Reservist protesters rename site honoring PM’s late dad

By Michael Horovitz

Do not give up on Judaism: It’s what makes Zionism profound

The liberal camp must fight for Israel’s Jewishness, or the Haredim and the religious-nationalists will hobble the country with their version of Judaism

Saudi Arabia – PR powerhouse or pariah?

It’s being glorified in a massive rebranding campaign, but it’s still the kingdom that murdered Khashoggi and backed terror

Jewish far-right extremist Benzi Gopstein said advising Ben Gvir on police issues

Sources close to national security minister deny report but concede leader of racist and anti-LGBTQ Lehava group, who has been banned from running for Knesset, is ‘close friend’

Benzi Gopstein, chairman of the extreme-right group Lehava, during a visit of then-MK Itamar Ben Gvir to the Arab town of Kafr Qasim, October 5, 2021. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions against his police regulations bill, June 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court justice says he’s ‘worried’ about Ben Gvir police law during hearing

By Jeremy Sharon

Participants at the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Tens of thousands set to attend Tel Aviv’s 25th Pride Parade

By Michael Horovitz

Event marking anniversary of LGBTQ community’s annual parade to be split in two due to intense heat, with march taking place Thursday afternoon and party on Friday

File: Judy Clarke, then a member of the legal defense team for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arrives at John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse for the sentencing phase in the Boston Bomber Trial, in Boston, Massachusetts. April 30, 2015. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images via AFP)

Judy Clarke, who defends ‘worst of the worst,’ now represents Pittsburgh shooter

By Toby Tabachnick

Attorney acknowledges guilt of client Robert Bowers, charged with 2018 massacre at Tree of Life synagogue, but is fighting to prevent death sentence

Jurors hear grueling account of evidence collection at scene of Pittsburgh shooting

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

Shekel returns to gains amid cautious market optimism over judicial compromise bid

By Sharon Wrobel

Recent comments by government representatives and selection process of judicial panel bring some confidence back to Israeli markets, erasing most of the losses of the past 2 weeks

BlackRock's office in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York City. (AP/Ted Shaffrey)

BlackRock snaps up provider of loans to Israeli and European startups

By Sharon Wrobel

Roger Waters on stage in Berlin, May 2023 (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)

Roger Waters resumes Nazi act in London that he’d dropped following Germany uproar

By Canaan Lidor

Senior UK politicians slam Pink Floyd bassist, who is under a criminal investigation for wearing a costume resembling a Waffen-SS uniform in Berlin

File: The statue of antisemitic former Vienna mayor Karl Lueger (1844-1910) smeared with black tar paint at Ringstrasse Boulevard in Vienna, Austria, on November 22, 2022. (Alex HALADA/AFP)

To shift ‘perspective,’ Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor admired by Hitler

By Gabe Friedman

This shows a building damaged by a drone, that was shot down during a Russian overnight strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Israeli-built aerial warning system set to be deployed in Ukraine by September

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian, Israeli officials set to meet in Poland this week to work on system, which will first be deployed to Kyiv, then duplicated in other cities

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (R) escorts US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) as they arrive for a meeting with GCC Ministers at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on June 7, 2023. (Photo by AHMED YOSRI / POOL / AFP)

In Saudi Arabia, Blinken says US committed to Gulf allies, expanding Abraham Accords

By AFP and Jacob Magid

US secretary of state is visiting kingdom in bid to strengthen ties with Riyadh as it pushes for rapprochement with America’s adversaries

A Moroccan army vehicle drives past car wreckage in Guerguerat, in Western Sahara, on November 24, 2020, after an intervention of the royal Moroccan armed forces in the area. (Fadel Senna/AFP/File)

Israel said to mull recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah on June 7, 2023. (Amer Hilabi/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudi-PGA golf deal marks dazzling turnaround for former pariah crown prince

By Ellen Knickmeyer

More Headlines

Reli Peri, who was murdered by her husband in May 2023 (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Man indicted for killing ex-wife by stabbing her with screwdriver 16 times

A man wearing VR goggles is seen next to a screen depicting Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher at the Meta hub in Berlin on June 6, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

In first, artificial intelligence used for Holocaust education

By Deborah Cole

A swastika flag, left, is displayed for sale at a store at the Gladstone Harbour Festival in central Queensland, April 11, 2006. (Chris Donaghy/AAP Image via AP)

Australia plans to ban swastikas, other Nazi symbols in legislation next week

Firefighters at the scene of a suspected case of arson of a policeman's home in the northern town of Rehaniya, June 8, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Services)

Police officer’s house targeted in suspected arson attack in northern town

By Michael Horovitz

A rare bronze medium denomination coin from the reign of Antigonus Mattathias II (40 BCE - 37 BCE), allegedly illegally excavated, after they were recovered from a suspect's home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Israel Antiquities Authority)

ArchaeologyLooted rare coin from last Hasmonean king seized in raid on suspected thief

By Michael Horovitz

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos, in Athens, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Rejecting criticism, Gallant says female and male IDF fighters ‘one and the same’

Former US vice president Mike Pence speaks during US Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa on June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Pence opens presidential bid with denunciation of Trump over January 6 insurrection

By Jill Colvin and Thomas Beaumont

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest against the construction work for the Jerusalem light rail, in Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police scuffle with Haredim protesting light rail construction in Jerusalem

Aerial photo of Miami Beach. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

Miami Beach to pay $1.3 million to settle Jewish congregation’s discrimination suit

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A view of an explosion near Kiryat Gat in southern Israel on June 7, 2023. (Courtesy: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Huge ‘controlled ammunition explosion’ in IDF firing zone rocks southern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Formosan termites. (Courtesy, Tomer Lev, Total Pest Control)

Mating season begins for ‘super-termites’ that target Petah Tikva

By Michael Horovitz

Musician Bruno Mars during The 59th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 12, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS/AFP)

24K magicBruno Mars books first Israel gig in October

By Jessica Steinberg

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