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What Matters Most On Tuesday, July 4, 2023

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The scene of a car ramming terror attack in Tel Aviv on June 4, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

7 injured in ramming-stabbing attack in Tel Aviv; terrorist killed by armed civilian

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian rams truck into pedestrians, gets out and begins stabbing spree; civilian who shot him: ‘I prayed gun would fire or else I was dead’; wounded pregnant woman loses child

Teenager stabs man in Bnei Brak in suspected terror attack

Hamas praises Tel Aviv terror attack as ‘heroic’ response to IDF operation in Jenin

Gaza terror groups threaten to join Jenin fight as IDF nixes Sderot concert

By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff

Rockets are seen next to children at an Islamic Jihad summer camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates (closed)

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza after missiles target Sderot area

Sorties said to hit sites west of Gaza City and in Beit Lahiyeh, as fighting shifts after troops pull out of Jenin to cap nearly-two-day military operation

1:53 am

Army confirms hitting back at Gaza
1:43 am

Retaliatory strikes reported in Gaza
12:14 am

Home hit by Iron Dome shrapnel, no injuries reported

An entrance to an underground storage site for alleged weapons and explosives in a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF: Palestinian gunmen ‘fortified’ Jenin mosque, dug tunnel underneath

By Emanuel Fabian

Military releases footage of house of worship turned into outpost and weapons cache for members of terror groups, amid major operation in northern West Bank city

People walk along a street in the West Bank city of Jenin on July 4, 2023, on the second day of an Israeli military operation (Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP)

IDF says Palestinian gunmen showing little resistance in Jenin, 10 targets remain

By Emanuel Fabian

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp evacuate their homes as the Israeli military pressed ahead with an operation in the area, in the West Bank Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

Thousands flee Jenin as Israel indicates terror crackdown will continue

By Emanuel Fabian

Michael Shpigelmacher, Founder and CEO of Bionaut Labs, with the company’s micro-robot designed to swim through the central nervous system into the brain to treat disease now on trial in the US (Bionaut Labs)

From OurCrowd

$400M Apple Face ID inventors create tiny robot to treat brain disease

Micro-robot developed by Israeli founders of PrimeSense can deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg)

Police tussle with anti-government protesters as chaos erupts at Ben Gurion Airport

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Chanting ‘Democracy,’ thousands rally at main terminal, stepping up opposition to shakeup of judicial system; police eject protesters from arrivals hall; 52 held, all freed later

MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gafni chides Netanyahu on ditching ‘override clause’: He can’t decide unilaterally

MK Simcha Rothman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset on June 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Rothman says ‘reasonableness’ bill won’t apply to city hall, but leaves door open

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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

Analysis

Strained ties with allies could imperil IDF freedom to operate in Jenin

While US, Arab allies understand the need to fight terrorism, the potential for escalation remains high; moreover, operation could be seen as serving far-right

National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Opposition heads back government on Jenin raid but demand retreat on judicial blitz

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

A Palestinian throws a stone at an armored IDF vehicle during a military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, July 3, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/ AFP)

PA freezes all ties with Israel over Jenin raid, as US urges closer cooperation

By Jacob Magid and Alexander Fulbright

Abbas calls for Palestinians to immediately halt contacts with Israeli side to protest ‘aggression’; US backs Israel’s defense against terror, urges avoidance of civilian deaths

Army vehicles are seen during an Israeli military raid on the militant stronghold of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 4: What we know about ‘Operation Bayit Vagan,’ where it’s headed

Uganda, July 4th, 1976

The letters of Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed in the Entebbe rescue mission, are profound and unapologetically Zionist

The threat of a US-China war requires a US-Israel reset

No more bear hug: Washington must stop managing Israel’s diplomatic strategy and focus on shoring up US might in Asia

Israel Police Tel Aviv District Commander at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Tel Aviv police chief skips Ben Gvir ceremony removing him from his post

Amichai Eshed claims his transfer to training department is political; national security minister brushes off queries as to why top officer was not at event

Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on October 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ben Gvir said mulling general who called Gaza operation a ‘religious war’ as top cop

Right to left: At the time US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, at an event in honor of the 247th US Independence Day at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, July 3, 2023. (US embassy in Jerusalem)

Netanyahu calls US Israel’s ‘irreplaceable ally’ a week after announcing China trip

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

At US embassy’s July 4th event, PM, who has yet to receive White House invite, thanks Washington for its backing; outgoing envoy Nides hails premier’s commitment to Israel

Protesters demonstrate outside the Israel Museum in Jerusalem where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attending an American Independence Day celebration event, July 3, 2023. (Dana Hirshfeld)

As Netanyahu honors July 4, protesters accuse him of threatening Israeli democracy

By Gila Kalman and Jeremy Sharon

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)

Prosecutor: Milchan feels uncomfortable with Sara Netanyahu in room during testimony

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron speaks at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) conference in Jerusalem, May 30, 2023. (Oded Karni)

Coalition MK accuses central bank chief of trying to weaken shekel

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Sharon Wrobel

Shas lawmaker Yinon Azoulay slams Amir Yaron for penning letter to PM warning against bill that would have let Treasury intervene in interest rates moves, which sunk shekel

Shani Illouz, a candidate in Tiberias’s October 2023 mayoral election, tells a Knesset committee she was offered 'jobs' to quit race, on July 3, 2023. (Screenshot: YouTube) (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Tiberias mayoral candidate says Likud members tried to get her to quit race

File: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (left) and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend a ceremony selling hametz (food containing leavening) to Arab Israeli Mr Jaber before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 4, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset votes to postpone election for new chief rabbis

A youth walks on cracked and dried up soil at the Hawizeh marshes, which straddle Iraq's border with Iran, in the southeastern Maysan province on October 8, 2022. (Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

Israel to send 1,000-strong delegation to UN climate confab, led by PM, president

Biggest official group so far will take part in 70 blue and white events aimed largely at leveraging climate tech for regional, international partnerships

Illustrative image of carbon emissions from a factory. (Gypsy Picture Show, iStock at Getty Images)

Israeli tech companies urged to dive into burgeoning carbon credit markets

Emile Ackermann and Myriam Ackermann-Sommer are leading what is thought to be one of the only Modern Orthodox congregations in France. (David Khabinsky via JTA)

'Women can be doctors, lawyers - but our rabbis are all men'

France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi, shaking the traditional establishment

By Alice D'Oleon

Myriam Ackermann-Sommer wants to see women more involved with Jewish life, including in the synagogue. But not all welcome her — or even her Modern Orthodox denomination

Turkey said to arrest 7 members of alleged sprawling Mossad spy network

Report in pro-government daily claims Turkish intel uncovered Tel Aviv-operated spy ring whose missions included hacking phones and marking targets in Beirut

Illustrative: Turkish police seen in Ankara, Turkey, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/ Burhan Ozbilici)

A Pegasus plane seen at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on September 03, 2014 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Three Israelis detained for over a week in Turkey for harassing flight attendant

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 18, 2023. (Amr Nabil/AP)

Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors, ending a decade of tensions

By AP

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Michael Gove, Britain's Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, January 17, 2023. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK advances bill barring public bodies from boycotting Israel

A Highland Park Strong sign is displayed at a retail store in Highland Park, Illinois. July 3, 2023. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Highland Park marks year since July 4 shooting with remembrance events

By AP and ToI Staff

Yopi's AI-based wearable monitoring device tracks oxygen consumption.(Courtesy)

Startup to build factory for ‘wearable’ that tracks oxygen consumption through sweat

By Sharon Wrobel

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

Israel sinks five spots to 10th most-funded tech ecosystem globally

By Sharon Wrobel

UNIFIL commander Aroldo Lazaro Saenz (L) of Spain attends the repatriation ceremony for an Irish soldier who was killed on a UN patrol, at Beirut international airport on December 18, 2022. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

UN peacekeepers checking if Hezbollah tent removed from Israeli territory

From our partnerDavid Beckham: ‘I am proud to be part of the Jewish community’

A screenshot from an ad for Kars4Kids. (YouTube via JTA, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Citing antisemitism, Jewish charity CEO challenges NY’s concealed carry law in court

Illustrative: Detail from an 18th-century painting depicting blood libel in St. Paul's Church in Sandomierz, Poland. (public domain, Wikimedia Commons)

UK town where blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Philadelphia police investigate along 56th Street after multiple people were shot in Southwest Philadelphia, late July 3, 2023. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 4

By AP

Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a car accident at the Be'erotayim Junction in central Israel, August 11, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

6-year-old girl dies after being hit by a car in northern Israel

Margot Josefsohn (l) and Ed Asner in "Tiger Within." Asner died in 2021 (Courtesy of Menemsha Films via JTA)

Ed Asner plays a Holocaust survivor in film being released 2 years after his death

By Jackie Hajdenberg

An undated photo of electric violinist Lindsey Stirling. (Courtesy PR)

Fiddle danceElectronic violinist to bring her choreographed strings to Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

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