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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 29, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published June 29, 2023 (screenshot: YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'I will not tolerate any of this vigilantism' by settlers

Netanyahu to US media: Judicial overhaul is moving ahead without ‘override clause’

‘I threw that out,’ PM tells WSJ; says he’s attentive to which parts of legislation ‘will pass muster’ with public, will amend judicial selection bill; Biden meet ‘may take time’

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

‘Surrender’: Coalition MKs up in arms after PM says he’s dropped ‘override’ clause

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud minister says reasonableness clause preventing coalition from firing AG

A bullet hole in the window of the Hummus Eliyahu restaurant outside of the Eli West Bank settlement, June 26, 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'People feel scared, they feel under attack'

Eli terror attack and extremist riots leave recriminations and tension in their wake

By Jeremy Sharon

The murder of four Israelis stoked grief and outrage among the settler community; some responded with reprisal rampages in nearby Palestinian villages

IDF chief hits back at far-right minister who compared security heads to Wagner Group

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) at the scene, the day after a terror attack near the West Bank settlement of Eli, on June 21, 2023 (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant orders four Israelis to be held without charge over West Bank riots

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Suspects put in administrative detention for six months were allegedly responsible for torching Palestinian homes and cars last week; far-right cabinet ministers decry move

Thousands of Palestinians attend prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem's Old City, marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, June 28, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jun 29: Under global scrutiny, Gallant ups pressure on extremist Jews

Members of the crowd turn their backs on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he speaks at a pilot graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Base, June 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Live updates (closed)

Anti-overhaul protesters briefly block highway, turn backs on Netanyahu at ceremony

Dozens march in Tel Aviv after rally against Likud MK who vowed to advance judicial legislation ‘step by step,’ others reject premier at military event, for 2nd day in a row

12:06 pm

Youth riots in Switzerland linked to France unrest
8:21 pm

'It's not where the president is': US official waves off idea of Palestine recognition
6:32 pm

International Monetary Fund warns of 'irreversible' fallout from Lebanon collapse

Posters bearing the portraits of Israelis recently killed by Palestinian terrorists, with 'revenge' written underneath them in Hebrew, are plastered along the Tapuach junction bus station in the West Bank, guarded by Israeli soldiers, on June 25, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Says US agreement with Iran is not in the offing

Blinken: West Bank unrest makes Israel-Saudi deal much ‘tougher, if not impossible’

Warning is starkest yet from US, which had previously only acknowledged through anonymous officials that Israeli policies have ‘tainted’ normalization efforts

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Jerusalem on January 19, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

US reportedly complains to Israel over leaks to media about Iran nuclear talks

Screen capture from video of Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie during an interview with CNN, June 28, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Chris Christie: What was Jared Kushner doing in the Mideast? Making money

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Op-ed

Netanyahu hasn’t ‘lost control’ of his gov’t. He gave it to the supremacist far-right

PM not only empowered Levin to batter democracy. He also placed anti-democratic radicals in key posts. Did he really think he’d be able to control them and their violent disciples?

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (second left), pictured with settlement leaders at the Evyatar outpost in the West Bank, June 24, 2023, where he urged settlers to 'run for the hilltops, settle them.' (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Rage, yes, but also due process

We Jews are here in the land to build something different from the pogroms and terror we’ve known, so we must remind our children of that ad nauseum, if need be

Yes, Bibi should go to Beijing. In fact, he must.

China has taken major strides into the Mideast arena, and the Prime Minister needs to go and make Israel’s case

Gun licenses revoked from several members of ‘Brothers in Arms’ protest group

By Tal Schneider

Activists in anti-overhaul organization say they were told to turn in their firearms after being detained during rallies against the government’s judicial overhaul plan

The Brothers in Arms group holds a protest outside the home of Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf in Jerusalem, May 16, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to new IDF officers during a graduating ceremony at Bahad 1, the IDF officers’ school in southern Israel, June 28, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant says fresh boycott threats by IDF reservists ‘endanger’ Israel’s security

By Emanuel Fabian

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, left, and National Security Itamar Minister Ben Gvir at the Israel Police National Headquarters in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Police chief to end term in January, after disputes with Ben Gvir

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a rally in support of the government’s planned judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Lashing ‘propagandists,’ justice minister refuses to back bill protecting reporters

Yariv Levin lays into channels 12 and 13, says Israeli media atmosphere worse than totalitarian regime, rejects proposal that would increase penalties for assaults on journalists

Screen capture from a Public Diplomacy Ministry video against foreign media bias, June 2023. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Fight the fake’: Public Diplomacy Ministry video warns against foreign media

Netanyahu rules out giving Ukraine Iron Dome anti-missile system

In WSJ interview, PM cites concerns the technology could fall into Iranian hands, leaving Israelis open to attack: ‘Could find ourselves facing Israeli systems used against Israel’

An Iron Dome air defense system is seen in central Israel, May 10, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial, in Brighton, on June 27, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Milchan testifies Netanyahu didn’t help with US visa, contradicting key allegation

By Jeremy Sharon

In fourth day of Hollywood mogul’s testimony, PM’s defense attorney seeks to prove two men had a genuine friendship, not a transactional relationship

Brothers Aaron (left) and Peter Berry play wheelchair basketball for the University of Alabama. They both suffered spinal cord injuries and were paralyzed from the waist down in a 2011 car accident that killed their parents. (Courtesy of the University of Alabama Adapted Athletics)

Interview'It's basketball with a mix of NASCAR and football'

US brothers Peter and Aaron Berry turn tragedy into wheelchair basketball glory

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Having lost their parents and ability to walk in a car crash, Houston siblings turn to sport to rebuild their lives and today play for the University of Alabama’s championship team

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Investments in Israeli tech firms plunge 65% in second quarter — report

By Sharon Wrobel

IVC-LeumiTech data shows downtrend in funding activity has stabilized compared to first quarter, but the $1.78 billion is way down from $5b raised during second quarter of 2022

A view of high-rise buildings near Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, December 9, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

First investments by the most active VC funds in Israeli tech slump 90% in Q1

By Sharon Wrobel

A drone with a pollination device is used in a demonstration of avocado tree pollination at an orchard near Kibbutz Eyal in the center of Israel, April 24, 2023. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Israeli technology pioneers using drones, AI and big data to farm for the future

By Jonah Mandel

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will join nationwide protests against the judicial overhaul, by darkening its galleries on March 23, 2023 (Courtesy Amit Garon)

Tel Aviv Museum of art facing pressure over links to auction of Nazi-looted works

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Christie’s executive also on museum fundraising board under fire for conference that critics say will give war profiteers a platform; Claims Conference refuses donation offer

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Screen capture from video of Israel's U-21 team celebrating after Omri Gandelman scored the winning goal against the Czech Republic in their European Championship match, June 28, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In upset, Israel U-21 soccer team qualifies for European Championship quarterfinals

Roseanne Barr visits 'Fox & Friends' to promote her new show 'Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!' on Fox Nation at Fox News Studios, February 13, 2023, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jewish comedian Roseanne Barr draws fire for remarks on Holocaust, Jews in Hollywood

Passengers at the arrival hall in Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on February 6, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

19 progressive Democrats call for US to block Israel from Visa Waiver Program

The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Efraim on the hills of the Jordan Valley, February 18, 2020. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

World Zionist Organization, MKs push Jordan Valley annexation with new Knesset group

An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion international airport on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

NY alleges El Al owner used Medicaid funds meant for elderly to buy airline instead

By ToI Staff and AP

Joint List MK Ofer Cassif eats a lollipop in the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 3, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Joint List MK booted from Knesset committees over series of incendiary remarks

Salwan Momika holds a Quran as he protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)

Muslim nations fume after Sweden allows Quran burning in front of mosque

By AFP

From left, senior Trump advisers Jared Kushner, Stephen Miller, and counselor Hope Hicks, walk to board Marine One with US President Donald Trump at the White House, September 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ex-Trump aide Stephen Miller pushed blowing up migrant boat with a drone

BBYO teenagers at a Pride Month-themed summer leadership program, June 2022. (Courtesy of BBYO)

BBYO’s Orlando convention plans pose a Florida conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and allies

By Andrew Lapin

Malka Leifer at the Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prosecutor: Malka Leifer faked mental illness to avoid extradition to Australia

President Joe Biden speaks with members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Chicago. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Biden confirms using breathing machine at night for sleep apnea

By Colleen Long

Madonna appears at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York, on May 4, 2019. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Madonna hospitalized for several days, tour postponed

By AFP and ToI Staff

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