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What Matters Most On Monday, July 3, 2023

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Government official: Operation 'will last as long as needed'

IDF strikes in Jenin, launches major counterterrorism campaign; 8 Palestinians killed

By Emanuel Fabian

More than 1,000 troops converge on West Bank city’s refugee camp, over 10 airstrikes carried out; follows weeks of speculation on major military operation

Opposition leader Yesh Atid chief MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘We are all behind you’: Opposition gives its blessing to Jenin military operation

An Israeli army bulldozer drives through Jenin in the West Bank during a military operation on July 3, 2023. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Jordan, Egypt, UN slam Jenin operation, as Israeli diplomats scramble to justify it

Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid in Jenin on Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Live updates (closed)

Palestinians stream out of Jenin as Israel indicates operation will continue

Thousands said to flee fighting in West Bank city’s refugee camp as Israeli officials deny ordering evacuation, back further crackdown on terror groups

8:46 pm

Palestinian media says IDF reinforcements entering Jenin
8:09 pm

Israeli officials deny ordering Jenin evacuation
8:00 pm

Hundreds gather outside police station to protest Ben Gurion rally arrests

In U-turn, Netanyahu said to reassure ministers override clause has not been shelved

Days after telling Wall Street Journal he ‘threw out’ controversial bill, PM reportedly tells fuming cabinet behind closed doors that softened version of legislation could return

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 2, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition agrees to limit scope of bill reining in judicial review of government

A masked Israeli soldier is seen inside the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv. The serviceman allegedly hurled stones at protesters outside the base, July 1, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Soldier jailed for throwing rocks at anti-overhaul protesters from army HQ

By Emanuel Fabian

Start-Up Nation Central

Innovation Diplomacy: Bringing Israel’s Start-Up Nation Story to the World

Yariv Becher, VP of Innovation Diplomacy at Startup-Nation Central, explains how innovation and business collaboration are the key to greater prosperity in the Middle East.

Palestinians run amid clashes during an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the West Bank, on July 3, 2023 (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Gallant: IDF dealt ‘heavy blow’ to terror, Jenin operation ‘progressing as planned’

By Emanuel Fabian

Chief of Israeli forces in West Bank says campaign – the largest there in 20 years — aims to ‘change the situation’ in Palestinian city; gunmen targeted in drone strike

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation of the terrorist stronghold of Jenin in the West Bank, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 3: Open-ended IDF operation targets terror ‘city of refuge’ Jenin

Demonstrators block the entrance to the Haifa port during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on July 3, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Stepped-up anti-overhaul protests see hundreds block Haifa port, gather at airport

Moving ahead despite West Bank military op, as Knesset overhaul panel also meets, demonstrators close roads to seaport, numerous rallies held abroad ahead of protests at Ben Gurion

Protesters block the entrance roads at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023 (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Overhaul critics seek show of force in afternoon protest at Ben Gurion Airport

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman (C) scuffles with a protester in New York as he grabs her megaphone on June 2, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Knesset Ethics Committee criticizes but doesn’t censure Rothman for NYC scuffle

By ToI Staff and Luke Tress

Only a united opposition can prevent this looming catastrophe

Without joining together, liberal parties have no chance of blocking this government’s dark vision for the country

Avidan Freedman

Netanyahu’s China turn: A strategic and moral mistake

Israel’s strength is its values, so it shouldn’t be cozying up to a cruel, morally indefensible regime, not even for realpolitik

An aerial photo of Hezbollah tents in Israeli territory, June 2023. (Courtesy)

Hezbollah said to evacuate one of the 2 tents it set up on Israeli side of Blue Line

People gather outside of an Iranian diplomat's residence to denounce the Iranian government and the recent execution of a protester on December 10, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Iran accused of executing 354 people in first half of 2023

By AFP

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a Knesset committee hearing, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers advance bill demanding loyalty pledge from senior diplomats serving abroad

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

If draft bill is approved by Knesset, new ambassadors and consuls general will be compelled to swear allegiance to Israel as Jewish, democratic state

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews and police, in a protest against a national military draft bill, Jerusalem, April 10, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Torah study said set to be anchored in Basic Law, to cement Haredi draft exemptions

A French anti riot police officer walk past a burning truck in Nantes, western France on early July 1, 2023, four days after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris (Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)

Israel Police to study how France riots unfolded, pointing to worries of local unrest

Police commissioner orders force to examine what caused ‘extreme reaction’ by French demonstrators, amid fears of further communal violence in Israel

A municipal police officer stands in front of the damaged home of the mayor of l'Hay-les-Roses, Vincent Jeanbrun, in l'Hay-les-Roses, a suburb of Paris on July 2, 2023, after rioters rammed a vehicle into the building injuring the Mayor's wife and one of his children overnight, during continued disturbances across France after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris on June 27. (Nassim GOMRI / AFP)

Grandmother of slain French teen urges calm amid unrest, after mayor’s home targeted

By Tiphaine LE LIBOUX and Stuart Williams

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)

Israel qualifies for Paris Olympics, will face England in Euro U-21 soccer semifinal

England’s victory over Portugal ensures that Israel takes one of three European berths and will play soccer at the Olympics for the first time since 1976

Fulham's Manor Solomon celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage stadium in London, February 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Israel’s Manor Solomon signing for top Premier League soccer team Tottenham

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)

Netanyahu trial

In testimony, Milchan denies getting help from Netanyahu on TV merger

Hollywood producer says Sara Netanyahu never complained about not receiving champagne, and says she gave his own wife and kids gifts, contradicting his previous testimony to police

Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a hearing in Jerusalem on June 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hayut says judges working ‘fearlessly’ after Likud urged her to decry ex-prosecutor

Part of the terrace at Muslala in Jerusalem. (Courtesy Muslala)

With open space disappearing, Jerusalem city hall looks to give roofs a new purpose

Mayor Moshe Lion takes inspiration from Muslala, a nonprofit organization that wants to see a million square meters of rooftops serving the community and the environment

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaks to a crowd of more than 100,000 Israelis at a peace rally in Tel Aviv on November 4, 1995. Rabin, 73, was assassinated minutes later. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Ex-Shin Bet heads accuse Netanyahu of lying about lead-up to Rabin assassination

Retired chiefs, hundreds of former agents in security service say premier’s autobiography promotes false conspiracy theories about the 1995 murder of his predecessor

Illustrative: Protesters carry pictures of various Palestinian security prisoners, left and center, who are being held in administrative detention and posters of prisoner Nasser Abu Hmeid, right and second left, who is reported to be critically ill and serving several life sentences and an additional 50 years, during a protest against the Israeli administrative detention policy, in front of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Gaza City, October 12, 2022. Arabic on the red banner reads: “Down with the administrative detention." (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Over 1,100 Palestinians said held by Israel without trial, highest figure since 2003

By Emanuel Fabian

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

Demolition of illegal West Bank settler construction said to plummet under Smotrich

A 2017 ad recruiting employees for Envirotech in Tbilisi, one of the call centers run by the GetFinancial Group. The ad says "Highest salary in Georgia" (Facebook screenshot)

German prosecutors take aim at Israelis behind 77 million euro fraud ring

By Simona Weinglass

Three Israelis and two others given jail terms; extradition requested for remaining suspects in Israel of ‘GetFinancial Group’

Illustrative: A pro-LGBTQ group at the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, June 4, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

US Jewish group launches ‘TikTok therapy’ for LGBTQ Orthodox youth

Jewish Queer Youth’s video series will provide lighthearted support and advice, as surveys show many young gay people lack mental healthcare

Hannah Kapnik Ashar is being ordained as a rabbi after studying at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City. She plans to start a women's prayer initiative in her home city of Denver. (Courtesy Hadar)

'We try not to let convention determine what we stand for'

Egalitarian Yeshivat Hadar ordains its first — and for now, only — rabbis

By PHILISSA CRAMER

The institute, which is committed to gender equality, LGBTQ inclusion and reaching Jews across denominations, will wait until it gathers another cohort that can execute its vision

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Illustrative: Arab politicians, mayors and others block Route 6 in protest of rampant violent crime within the community, October 28, 2021. (Joint List)

Cousins jailed for killing man over rumor he winked at their female relative

Intel Corp.'s R&D center in Haifa. (Courtesy)

Intel to boost chipmaking in Israel, but won’t confirm $25b deal lauded by Jerusalem

By Sharon Wrobel

A live shipment of animals bound for fattening and slaughter in Israel arrives at the port of Eilat on the Red Sea coast on June 19, 2023. (Omri Omessi)

Over 500,000 calves, lambs have arrived in notorious live shipments so far this year

False killer whales (a species of dolphin) seen off the coast of Herzliya in central Israel on July 2, 2023. (Uri Eger)

Whale of a timeFalse killer whales spotted off Israel’s coast for 2nd time this year

Christie's international head of jewelry, Rahul Kadakia, speaks on his mobile telephone behind a display case of jewels during a press preview of the 'World of Heidi Horten' sales in Geneva, on May 8, 2023. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Tel Aviv museum cancels event with Christie’s after auction of Nazi-linked jewelry

Illustrative: People attend a rally of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) marking the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Dresden, eastern Germany on February 24, 2023. (AFP)

Far-right German party notches another win in mayoral race as it jumps in polls

By AFP

Head of the Otzma Yehudit party National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Ben Gvir, brother ordered to pay foreign caregiver NIS 100,000 in unpaid benefits

Israel Police examine UN employees kits wrongly suspected of containing liquid cocaine, that were allegedly part of an attempt to smuggle drugs into Israel from Jordan on June 25, 2023. (Israel Police)

Israel frees Fijian UN peacekeepers cleared of drug smuggling suspicion

By AFP

View of Mount Arbel, in Northern Israel. May 13, 2010. (Yaakov Naumi/ Flash90/ File)

Cabinet authorizes Ramat Arbel, a new community to be built in Galilee

A vessel that sank on Lake Maggiore in Italy with four fatalities, May 28, 2023. (Italian fire and rescue services)

Ripped from the headlinesIsrael’s Yes producing thriller series about spy boat that capsized in Italy

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)

Helen Mirren, other glitterati to appear at 40th Jerusalem Film Festival

By Jessica Steinberg

Former Smiths frontman and solo artist Morrissey performed in Binyamina's Amphi Shuni July 2, 2023 (YouTube screengrab; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Morrissey thrilled to be in ‘God’s country’ as he performs first of two shows

By Jessica Steinberg

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