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What Matters Most On Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, March 21, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu confirms to US lawmakers that he is heading to China

By Lazar Berman

After Times of Israel reveals plans for a trip bound to irk Biden, PM says he has kept DC updated about it: originally set for July, visit now said likely in October

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Beijing's Great Hall of the People in May 2013. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

‘Strategic mistake’: Netanyahu panned for planning China visit as signal to Biden

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and China's President Xi Jinping (R) shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on March 21, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Etienne Oliveau)

ExclusiveNetanyahu set to visit China next month, in trip seen likely to annoy Biden

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Friends of 21-year-old Harel Masood, killed in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank, chase after Col. Eliav Elbaz in the central town of Yad Binyamin, June 26, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Netanyahu calls incident 'a disgrace,' unacceptable

‘Traitor, murderer’: IDF officer chased away when visiting terror victim’s family

By Emanuel Fabian

Friends of late Harel Masood harass, verbally assault brigade commander Col. Eliav Elbaz, following last week’s shooting at West Bank gas station

Israeli discovery could help brain block urge for highly addictive fentanyl

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In breakthrough that could lead to treatment, Hebrew U researchers learn that turning neurons in claustrum structure on and off causes mice to either binge on the drug or ignore it

Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)

New housing projects in the West Bank Israeli settlement of Givat Ze'ev, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Israel advances plans for 5,700 settlement homes, breaking annual record in 6 months

By Jacob Magid and AP

13,082 homes advanced thus far in 2023 are more than previous record of 12,159 homes, which were green-lit in 2020 when the more settler-sympathetic Trump was US president

Students walk at the Ariel University campus in the West Bank settlement of Ariel on January 25, 2017. (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

US cuts science, tech cooperation with Israeli institutions in the West Bank

By ToI Staff, AFP and Jacob Magid

An undated image of Palestinian security prisoner Walid Daqqa (Courtesy)

Israel rejects request for release of dying terror convict Walid Daqqa

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Netanyahu: 'A direct result of the calls for rebellion'

6 held at fiery anti-overhaul protest at Levin’s home; he vows: I won’t be deterred

Police use pepper spray as demonstrators burn tires, attempt to block road; minister seems to accuse force of intentionally slow response, rails at AG for opposing judicial shakeup

File - Protesters gather outside a Petah Tikva police station on June 26, 2023, where an anti-judicial overhaul activist was being questioned. (Brothers and Sisters in Arms)

Protesters swarm Petah Tikva police station after anti-overhaul activist detained

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the IDF's Northern Command headquarters on January 10, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Ex-Shin Bet agents call for halt to overhaul as military reservists renew rebellion

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a fire set by settlers in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Live updates (closed)

Cohen speaks to Blinken, says Israel will bring violent settlers to justice

US Secretary of State says the White House is extremely concerned about settler attacks, urges Israel to do more; FM says Iran at heart of rise in West Bank attacks

6:29 pm

In stormy meeting, Netanyahu, Gallant clash with Ben Gvir over settler violence
6:16 pm

Russia summons Israeli envoy over Nazi collaborator comments
6:06 pm

Government supporters rally outside Levin's house, call for judicial reform

Rabbi Yaakov Medan speaks during a protest in front of the Knesset against the planned eviction of the illegal outpost of Amona, January 30, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Interview

Harming innocent people ‘is not our language,’ says prominent religious-Zionist rabbi

Rabbi Yaakov Medan, a veteran educator from the Alon Shvut settlement, condemns recent Jewish extremist violence, which he says was prompted by wave of terror attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu: The law applies everywhere — the Golan, West Bank and Ayalon Highway

Illustrative: People at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank, June 22, 2023. (Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 27: Reports from Evyatar & Turmus Ayya; proof of David’s kingdom?

FILE PHOTO: Then leader of the Israeli Labour party, current President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. December 1, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/FLASH90)

Herzog calls Abbas to urge fight against terror, condemn settler violence

By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Meanwhile, in 1st such call, Defense Minister Gallant tells PA’s Hussein al-Sheikh Israeli forces will ‘thwart terror wherever required,’ asks Palestinians to take action too

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to tell MKs: Israel ‘needs the PA,’ must ‘crush’ statehood aspirations

Images of five-year old Khaled Malalha after his eye was removed. (Courtesy; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Palestinian child loses an eye after being shot with sponge-tipped bullet

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, gives a statement to the media on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, in Tel Aviv, on March 11, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

Ukraine’s envoy to be summoned after he blasted Israel’s stance on war

By Lazar Berman

Yevgen Korniychuk, who accused Jerusalem of ‘close cooperation’ with Russia, will be asked to clarify his statements next week

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, January 29, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Israel views Wagner rebellion as sign that Putin is losing grip on Russia — report

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand near a battery of the Iron Dome missile defense system in southern Israel on August 6, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Senators say Israel blocking transfer of US-owned Iron Dome batteries to Ukraine

An aerial view of the casements of the city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa, which were used as dwellings or storage. (courtesy Yosef Garfinkel)

Web of biblical cities depicts King David as major ruler, says Israeli archaeologist

By Melanie Lidman

Hebrew University professor claims evidence around Jerusalem supports David as no mere shepherd chieftain; critics accuse him of oversimplification, calling theory a fish story

Eliyahu Berkovits

Succession: How the Haredim lost the plot

Rabbi Edelstein’s death marks the end of the era of uncontested leadership by a single ’Rabbinical Giant’

Why these pogroms continue

Long-held army doctrine puts protection of Jews before Palestinians, even when it’s the Jews who are attacking

Sara Netanyahu and businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, in Brighton, UK, on June 27, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Milchan says the Netanyahus directed him to broker positive media coverage

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Media mogul, a state witness, says he negotiated between two rival newspapers to improve coverage of family in exchange for calming their business war

A video screen shows Arnon Milchan testifying remotely from England in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, on June 26, 2023. ( Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu trialMilchan testifies lavish gifts to Netanyahus were ‘excessive,’ unreciprocated

By ToI Staff and AP

United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on June 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Haredi MK urges ouster of attorney general: Netanyahu’s ‘No. 1 enemy’ appointed her

Architects' impression of the planned entrance to the Jerusalem Center railway station, close to the intersection of Jaffa Street and King George Street in Jerusalem. (Peleg Architects)

Authorities fast track plans to extend Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train into capital’s center

Initial plans submitted to National Infrastructure Committee call for 2 Jerusalem stations – one near intersection of Jaffa Road and King George Street and a second at Khan Theater

Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot summer day in Tel Aviv, June 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

After power outages during heatwave, Energy Ministry to study climate change effects

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, hosts PM Netanyahu at his official residence in Kyiv, August 19, 2019 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu looking into Kyiv visit, Foreign Minister Cohen said to tell committee

By Lazar Berman

Prime minister favorably considering invitation to meet Zelensky, envoy says, despite recent harsh criticism from Ukraine against Israel

Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Center) leads a meeting of the Negev Forum Steering Committee in Manama, Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Bahrain Foreign Ministry)

Delayed Negev Forum meet would have included 2 countries without ties to Israel – FM

Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

The coming months will be ‘critical’ for the Israeli high-tech sector, report warns

By Sharon Wrobel

In annual study, Israel Innovation Authority raises serious concerns about underperformance of Israeli tech firms and prospects for industry recovery

NoTraffic's plug-and-play autonomous traffic management platform harnesses AI and computing to turn urban intersections into a single cloud-connected hub. (Courtesy)

Israeli traffic management startup raises $50 million to expand to Europe and Japan

By Sharon Wrobel

More Headlines

Cpl. Or Israelov, killed in a training accident at the Paratroopers Brigade training base in southern Israel, early June 27, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF suspends drills after soldier shot dead in overnight training accident in south

By Emanuel Fabian

US President Joe Biden walks out to talk with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 26, 2023, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Poll finds US Jews overwhelmingly back Biden over Trump in 2024 rematch

President Isaac Herzog attends the President's Award for volunteering at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Herzog helps secure release of Israeli held in Dubai on drug offense

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Trump caught on tape referring to ‘secret information’ stored at his golf club

By AFP

In this courtroom sketch, Robert Bowers, the suspect in the 2018 synagogue massacre, is on trial in federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 30, 2023. (David Klug via AP)

Trying to save his life, Pittsburgh synagogue gunman’s defense argues mental illness

Illustrative: Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, March 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Israeli reportedly detained in Beirut during stopover, released after 48 hours

A neo-Nazi with an iron cross tattoo attends a rally in Newnan, Georgia, April 21, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Neo-Nazis harass Shabbat worshipers outside Georgia synagogues

Dianna Agron stars in 'Clock.' (Hulu/via JTA)

Film reviewA Hulu horror movie influenced by the post-Holocaust pressure to have children

By Taylor Speyer

The main cast of 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,' pictured from left to right: Rosa (Hila Saada), Gabriel (Michael Aloni), Luna (Swell Ariel Or), David (Israel Ogalbo), Merkada (Irit Kaplan). (Courtesy of yes Studios via JTA)

Runway ready2nd season of ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ to air July 14 on Netflix

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Israel's Revolution Orchestra performing at the Sibiu Festival in Romania, June 2023 (Courtesy Daniel Basin)

Staging peaceIsrael’s Revolution Orchestra befriends Iranian theater group

By Jessica Steinberg

Gal Gadot arrives at the ninth Breakthrough Prize ceremony at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, on, April 15, 2023. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Stardom set in stoneGal Gadot to receive star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

The Israeli Special Olympics women's soccer team poses with their silver medals at the games in Berlin on June 23, 2023. (Courtesy)

Israelis bring home 25-medal haul from Special Olympics in Berlin

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