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What Matters Most On Friday, June 30, 2023

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Alleged Iranian terror operative Yousef Shahbazi Abbasalilo, in a photo released by the Mossad spy agency on June 29, 2023. (Courtesy)

'I said: If possible I'll carry out the mission immediately'

Mossad says it caught Cyprus terror plot assassin in Iran, airs clip of confession

Spy agency says Yousef Shahbazi Abbasalilo was apprehended in operation in enemy territory; in video, he recounts following his Israeli target and making plans to kill him

Robert Malley, the Biden's administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the Iran nuclear deal during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/File)

Biden point person on Iran talks put on leave amid security clearance review

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro attends a farewell session at the Knesset ahead of his departure from the role on January 17, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro tapped as Biden’s first Abraham Accords envoy

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. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Herzog warns pilots against refusing to serve as anti-overhaul protests heat up again

Demonstrators turn backs on Netanyahu at pilot graduation ceremony, block Tel Aviv highway as government presses ahead with unilateral changes to justice system

President Isaac Herzog (left) and US President Joe Biden at the White House on October 26, 2022. (GPO)

Herzog officially set to address US Congress, as Netanyahu still not invited

By Lazar Berman

Israeli doctors carrying 'Doctors Fighting for Democracy' attend a rally against the government's judicial overhaul bills, Tel Aviv, February 25, 2023. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)

Medical society heads warn judicial overhaul will harm Israeli healthcare

Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.' (©2023 Lucasfilm, all rights reserved)

Film reviewVillain believes Hitler's ideas just needed better execution

In ‘Dial of Destiny,’ Indiana Jones fights Nazis, but this time on his home turf

By Matt Goldberg

Director James Mangold’s sequel brings the franchise’s longtime villains closer than ever before — and into Israeli theaters on June 29 and US theaters on June 30

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Travelers to Ben Gurion International Airport, where flights were delayed due to protesters blocking the airport access road, March 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Ben Gvir and Levin lash AG over handling of anti-overhaul protests

‘In what country in the world do people block off an airport and not get prosecuted?’ PM fumes, as opponents of judicial shakeup call to ramp up demonstrations

Construction equipment and caravan houses are seen at the new illegal outpost of Hamor near the West Bank settlement of Maale Levona on June 22, 2023, following a deadly terror attack at a nearby gas station two days before. (Courtesy)

Court freezes evacuation of illegal West Bank outpost, as two other outposts removed

By Jeremy Sharon

A screenshot from video of a protest outside Social Equality Minister Amichai Chikli's home at Kibbutz Hanaton in northern Israel shows protesters wearing costumes from "The Handmaid's Tale," June 30, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-overhaul protesters target ministers’ homes as government seeks crackdown

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A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

600 arrested, 200 police hurt on France’s 3rd night of protests over teen’s killing

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Macron to hold emergency meeting as tens of thousands of officers deployed to quell protests sparked by police shooting of teen during traffic stop

This general view shows the fire destroyed Tessi group building in the Alma district of Roubaix, northern France on June 30, 2023, following riots three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by police. (Denis Charlet/AFP)

France mulls state of emergency after 3rd night of riots over deadly police shooting

Alexa Swinton shopping in Jerusalem in June 2023. (Courtesy)

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Fresh off premiere of second season of ‘Sex and the City’ spinoff, actress Alexa Swinton discusses her non-binary character Rock, connection to Judaism and goals for the future

Placenta multinucleated cells (Moriyah Naama/Buganim Lab Hebrew University)

In first, Hebrew U. lab induces placenta cells, boosting pregnancy disorder research

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Achievement will allow study of possible causes for placental insufficiency, which affects up to 15% of pregnancies and causes one in 100 pregnancies to end in miscarriage

Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn a rainbow flag outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, after they breached the building over the burning of the Quran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, on June 29, 2023. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraqis storm Swedish embassy as Muslim world denounces Quran burning

By AFP

After sparking major international row by destroying holy book, Salwan Momika vows to do so again within 10 days; US deeply concerned, but defends permitting protest

Benjamin Netanyahu his wife Sara, family and friends attend a memorial ceremony for Netanyahu's brother, Yoni Netanyahu, at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, in Jerusalem, on June 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Letter threatening PM found on grave of his brother, Yoni Netanyahu

Police and Shin Bet investigating; note calls on Netanyahu to reconquer Gaza Strip, bring home captives; apparently unrelated to judicial overhaul disputes

JPPI head Prof. Yedidia Stern, a leading Israeli legal scholar. (Courtesy JPPI)

ToI podcast'We are standing on shifting sands as a nation'

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By Amanda Borschel-Dan

As protests against the judicial overhaul again ramp up, a leading Israeli legal scholar believes the national situation is not yet dire enough to be a ‘full constitutional moment’

Businessman Arnon Milchan seen on a screen before his testimony in Netanyahu's Case 1000 corruption trial, in Brighton, June 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In about face, Milchan tells court he asked Netanyahu for help on tax exemption

Defense attorney says Hollywood producer told cops he did not speak to Netanyahu about the issue. Judge tacitly reprimands Sara Netanyahu for embrace ahead of testimony

Left to right: Netanyahu trial Judges Moshe Bar-Am, Rebecca Friedman-Feldman and Oded Shaham. (Justice Ministry)

Judges in Netanyahu trial confirm suggesting prosecution drop bribery charge

The US Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)

Jewish groups fete Supreme Court ruling bolstering religious accommodation rule

Decision raises standard for employers refusing to give workers a Sabbath day off to a ‘substantial’ hardship, putting ‘real teeth into the law,’ says AJC legal officer

Meat and Board is one of many popular meat stalls at KosherPalooza. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)

'I thought it would be a little over the top - and it was'

Thousands of kosher food lovers turn out for the first-ever Kosherpalooza in NJ

By Jackie Hajdenberg

After the industry-centered Kosherfest’s termination, a new festival for consumers sees a surge of civilian foodies noshing on gourmet delicacies like charcuterie and steak tartare

Raanan Gissin updates the Associated Press on the condition of former prime minister Ariel Sharon in 2006. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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During the First Intifada, the former PM’s spokesman forever changed how Israel interfaced with the international press, foreseeing the major role it would play in future wars

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This handout photo shows a smashed glass door at the Neve Tzedek military prison in central Israel, June 30, 2023. (Israel Police)

12 held for breaking into military prison, rioting over young Haredi woman’s arrest

A man places flowers outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2020, the second anniversary of the shooting at the synagogue that killed 11 worshipers. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

‘Psychotic’ synagogue shooter thought he deserved a parade, medals, expert testifies

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Wissotzky tea. (Courtesy)

Israel antitrust watchdog declares Wissotzky a monopoly

By Sharon Wrobel

Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman attends a ceremony at the Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Report: PM’s chief of staff threatened to weaken judiciary if judge wife not promoted

A person protests outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Supreme Court bars affirmative action benefiting minorities in college admissions

By Mark Sherman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Druze community urges Netanyahu to review Golan wind turbine project, alleging fraud

By Gianluca Pacchiani

The Pears Jewish Campus in Berlin is seen at its inauguration ceremony, June 25, 2023. (Toby Axelrod/ JTA)

Chabad opens Germany’s largest Jewish center since before WWII

By Toby Axelrod

Illustrative: A construction site in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

Adam Abu al-Rob, a six-year-old Palestinian eye cancer patient, sits with his father Mamoun in a vehicle driven by Israeli 'Road to Recovery' volunteer Yael Noy. (Jack Guez/AFP)

‘A small peace for an hour’: Israelis help Palestinian patients travel to hospitals

By AFP

Authorities say they are probing the mysterious deaths in recent days of about 1,000 endangered seagull chicks in northern Israel, June 28, 2023 (Yosef Chiat/Atlit Gull Project)

Authorities probing mystery deaths of endangered chicks at nesting colony

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Madonna out of hospital, expected to make full recovery

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