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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 2, 2023

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Israelis protest against the government's controversial judicial overhaul on March 9, 2023, at one of the entrances of Ben Gurion Airport (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Ben Gvir: Blockade is 'violation of national security'

Citing emergency landing, police urge protesters not to shut down Ben Gurion Airport

District commander orders rally to be capped at 5,000 demonstrators and limited to set area; organizers urge Israelis to show up en masse: ‘Won’t let anyone harm right to protest’

Emergency services gathered at Ben Gurion Airport where a passenger plane made an emergency landing, June 1, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

Cracked window forces plane to make emergency landing at Ben Gurion

Newly elected head of the Israeli Bar Association Amit Becher at a press conference for the announcement of the election results for the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Bar Association chief: Lawyers could shut down courts if his organization is neutered

Facing global and local headwinds, Israeli startups see investments slump to 2018 low

By Sharon Wrobel

Report shows money raised by tech firms fell 68% to $3.7 billion in H1, compared to same period in 2022; AI companies nab nearly half of all VC funds injected into tech industry

Tech workers march in Tel Aviv to protest against the government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Police officers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP/Christophe Ena)

'This time, I'm afraid as a Frenchman'

For Jewish community, Paris riots stoke fear they will become targets of violence

By Canaan Lidor

The indiscriminate looting and torching of stores and vehicles sparked by a police shooting of a Muslim teen invokes for many a wave of antisemitic attacks less than a decade ago

French police officers detain a demonstrator in Paris on July 2, 2023, five days after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Hundreds arrested on 5th night of France unrest after teen laid to rest

By Daniel Hoffman and Stuart Williams

Police officers face protesters on Concorde square during a protest in Paris, France, June 30, 2023. (Lewis Joly/AP)

Iran calls on France to ‘to end violent treatment’ of protesters

By AFP and ToI Staff

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Israeli demonstrators block a freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

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Police, protesters gear up for battle over airport as sides vow no compromise

By Joshua Davidovich

Cops threaten zero tolerance for demonstrations blocking roads, attacks on cops or ‘state symbols,’; pilots pour cold water on emergency landing justification

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6:18 pm

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5:55 pm

Grandmother of French teen slain by cops asks rioters to stop

The tail and nose of what appears to be a S-200 anti-aircraft missile, launched from Syria, after it exploded over Israel and landed in the southern city of Rahat, early July 1, 2023. (Courtesy)

Syrian anti-aircraft missile explodes over Israel as IAF said to strike in Homs

By Emanuel Fabian

Military issues no special instructions after large blast shakes central and southern Israel; shrapnel lands in Rahat, 140 miles from the Syrian border

The nose of what appears to be an S-200 anti-aircraft missile, launched from Syria, after it exploded over Israel and landed in the southern city of Rahat, early July 1, 2023. (Courtesy)

IAF hits anti-aircraft battery in Syria after missile explodes over Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

An F-35i jet maneuvers during a graduation ceremony for new IAF pilots, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, June 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Israel to procure third F-35 squadron, eventually bringing fleet to 75

By Emanuel Fabian

Israelis and Iranians can surely get along

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The Greek election results are good news

Israeli investors and Jewish community members have a friend in the new prime minister

'As long as you fight the public, you'll face hostility'

Turnout rises, several arrested as anti-overhaul protests enter 26th week

Organizers estimate some 150,000 at central rally in Tel Aviv as government advances legislative push; 2 arrested when demonstrators block city’s main highway

People attend a protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on July 1, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 2: Gallant changes tune on legitimacy of IDF reservist protests

Screen capture from video of anti-government protesters holding Palestinian flags in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2023. Front banner reads 'Enough of Jewish terrorism.' (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-government protesters clash with each other in Tel Aviv over Palestinian flags

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and his coalition allies at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)

Coalition said planning bill to shield overhaul legislation from future repeal bids

Report says government wants to pass far-reaching changes to judiciary as amendments to quasi-constitutional Basic Laws, then make it harder for future lawmakers to alter them

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir chairs a faction meeting of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset on June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers discuss bill authorizing Ben Gvir to jail Israelis without charge

Judge Moshe Drori attends a ceremony in Tel Aviv, June 12, 2019. (Flash90)

Government to probe police use of spyware, with prosecution critic in charge – report

Former state attorney Moshe Lador attends a conference at the Knesset on December 11, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ex-state attorney: Judges in PM’s trial made ‘unprecedented error’ in bribe comments

Moshe Lador assails justices for telling attorneys behind closed doors they doubt charge will stick, in statements that immediately leaked. ‘What were the judges thinking?’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

Man arrested after telling police he wants to murder Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial event for his brother Yoni, in front of Yoni's grave (foreground) at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Suspect arrested over threatening letter to Netanyahu left on brother’s grave

Claims to have set up 'battalions' in Palestinian cities

Islamic Jihad chief says his Iran-backed group forming fighting units across W. Bank

Back from Tehran, Ziad Nakhaleh says Khamenei has supported his terror organization’s efforts ‘to move from a state of calm to one of resistance’ in the region

In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, listens to Ziad Nakhaleh, the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, second right, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Palestinians pose for souvenir pictures with weapons during an exhibition by Gaza's Hamas terrorist rulers in Gaza City on June 30, 2023. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

In first, Hamas encourages Gazans, including children, to pose with its weapons

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran Maryam Rajavi (R), former US Vice President Mike Pence (C) and his wife Karen Pence (L) pose for a photograph as they tour an exhibition inside of Ashraf-3 camp, a base for the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), in the Albanian town of Manza, on June 23, 2022. Gent Shkullahu/AFP)

Pence, former British PM Truss slam Western ‘appeasement’ at Iran opposition rally

By Joris FIORITI and Stuart Williams

Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt poses for media while rabbis from across Europe attend the 32nd General Convention in Munich, Germany, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Russia brands exiled former Moscow chief rabbi a ‘foreign agent’

By ToI Staff and AP

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who served as chief rabbi for some 30 years and left Russia two weeks after it invaded Ukraine, says he’s ‘proud to be on the right side of history’

Ukrainian air defense intercepts an Iranian-made 'Shahed' drone mid-air in in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2023. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Kyiv targeted in overnight drone attack, first in 12 days

By AFP

Members and allies of Eshel, an advocacy group for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews and their families, march in Highland Park, New Jersey, as Pride flags are restored to a public street after they had been removed at the request of Orthodox rabbis, June 26, 2023. (Courtesy of Eshel via JTA)

'The rabbis think LGBTQ+ symbols are about sex. They're not'

After taking down Pride flags at request of 2 synagogues, NJ town puts them back up

By Andrew Lapin

The confrontation reflects a decades-long struggle with accepting LGBTQ people by some in the Orthodox world, but has also seen allies of the gay community rally in support

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Artist's image of Noah's ark (Javier_Art_Photography via iStock by Getty Images)

Poet brings biblical Noah into familiar territory of urban Israel, and climate change

By Jessica Steinberg

‘The Book of Noah’ is Yoni Hammer-Kossoy’s ode to the environment and his backyard, along with the high-tech industry he left behind

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Israel's Under-21 soccer team reacts upon winning a semifinal spot in the European Championship by beating Georgia in a penalty shootout, on July 1, 2023 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

In historic first, Israeli Under-21 soccer team reaches Euro semifinals

Illustrative: A jet ski (Andrey Znamenskyi/iStock)

Israeli girl, 6, killed in jet ski accident in Cyprus

File: The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad speaks during a press conference at the Parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, December 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese Hezbollah MP tells Israel to ‘shut up’ about outpost on its territory

Illustrative: An Israeli lifeguard looks out at the Mediterranean Sea, at Nitzanim Beach, July 17, 2022. (Fitoussi/Flash90)

Two drown along Israel’s Mediterranean coast, others hospitalized

Qadri Abu Bakr, head of the PLO's Prisoners' Affairs Commission in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 13, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Palestinian prisoners affairs chief killed in West Bank car crash

US special envoy to Iran Robert Malley in Vienna, Austria, June 20, 2021. (Florian Schroetter/AP)

US Congress demands info on suspension of security clearance for envoy to Iran

By AP and Jacob Magid

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