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What Matters Most On Saturday, July 15, 2023

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'I was at Sea of Galilee, in the sun, without a hat, water'

Netanyahu says he’s feeling ‘very good’ after hospitalized with apparent dehydration

Sheba Medical Center and PM’s office say he ‘complained of slight dizziness’; first test results normal, further ‘routine checks’ being carried out

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, where he is hospitalized, and says he feels 'very good,' July 15. 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

A Muslim activist outside the Israeli embassy in Sweden where he had been granted permission to burn a Torah. (Screen capture/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'I want to show that we have to respect each other'

Activist backs off Sweden Torah burning: Trying to draw attention to Quran desecration

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘I will not burn [holy books]; no one should,’ says Ahmad Alush; decision by Swedish police to allow burning of Jewish, Christian bibles outside Israeli embassy had sparked outrage

Scores of angry protesters burn Swedish flags to denounce the recent desecration of a Quran there, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

US envoy: Torah burning okayed by Sweden will ‘create environment of fear’

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Lebanese lawmaker leads group across Israeli border; IDF fires warning shots

By Emanuel Fabian

Group is chased back, does not cross barrier; Hezbollah-affiliated reporter says the 18 people, many of them journalists, joined parliamentarian for tour of border

Lebanese journalists are seen facing Israeli troops after crossing into sovereign Israeli territory on the border, July 15, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Hezbollah activists climb an Israeli surveillance tower on the border with Lebanon, July 12, 2023. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hezbollah members seen stealing Israeli surveillance tech from border tower

By Emanuel Fabian

Residents dig a grave at a cemetery on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Wazzani with the walled northern part of Ghajar village in the background, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel-Hezbollah tensions spike around small village straddling restive frontier

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Soldiers from the IDF Commando Brigade take part in a large-scale training exercise in November 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Poll finds 2 in 3 Israelis fear civil war as tensions rise

Elite commando reservists said to refuse volunteer duty as overhaul protest widens

Organizers of 170-strong Sayeret Matkal protest tell commander they aim to add another 80 to their ranks, as army prepares for possibility of protests snowballing in coming days

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

‘Unprecedented civil resistance’: Mass rallies Saturday open 28th week of protests

Men shower at a public beach as they take refuge from a summer heat wave in Tel Aviv on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Blistering heat wave lashes Israel and Europe, set to last several more days

By ToI Staff and AP

Health Ministry warns public to stay in cool environments, drink lots of water and avoid physical exertion

A man walks along a sidewalk under the misters, Friday, July 14, 2023 in downtown Phoenix. Phoenix hit 112 degrees on Friday, marking the city's 15th consecutive day of 110 degree-plus temperatures and putting it on track to beat the longest measured stretch of such heat. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Vegas set to break heat record as millions across US endure scorching temperatures

By Ken Ritter and JULIE WATSON

An archaeologist explores remains of cargo from a shipwreck that likely occurred between 1000 BCE and 500 BCE at Dor Beach, during the May 2023 excavation season. (courtesy Department of Maritime Civilizations/University of Haifa)

Archaeology

Marine excavations offer glimpse into ancient history preserved under the sea

By Melanie Lidman

While much of Israel’s land has already been dug up and explored, archaeological discoveries underwater are just beginning to surface

An undated photo of Sheba Medical Center physician using AISAP’s point-of-care ultrasound AI technology to perform bedside echocardiogram. (Adi Lamm/ Sheba Medical Center)

Israeli startup uses AI to help doctors image and diagnose cardiac issues in minutes

By Renee Ghert-Zand

With only a handheld scanner and tablet, non-cardiologists at Sheba can use AISAP platform to get a report interpreting 8 critical heart functions seen from just 2 imaging angles

Jonathan Rosen (Tali Rosen)

Author interview'We used to think of our minds as our 'inner rocket ships'

Author chronicles a friend’s descent into madness, and society’s failure to save him

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In ‘The Best Minds,’ Jonathan Rosen examines how shifts in perception of mental illness and its treatment contributed to schizophrenic man killing his fiancée in a psychotic rage

Four artifacts: a question, a warning, a reminder and a hope

Reminders from my Herzl and Zionism memorabilia collection of what Israel was intended to be

Şakir Özkan Torunlar

Democracy on the Mediterranean: Turkey and Israel

On the anniversary of the coup attempt in his country, the ambassador to Israel remembers – and lauds ties with Israel

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in central Jerusalem on July 7, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Mahane Yehuda marks 100 years with more bars, fewer cucumbers and tomatoes

By Jessica Steinberg

As the beloved Jerusalem food market celebrates its centennial, its vendors and caretakers aim for balance between culinary pursuits and nightlife

In Jaffa, athletes and social advocates kick around ideas to improve women’s soccer

By Charlie Summers

Peres Center hosts event a month ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals; speakers say unequal funding puts them at a disadvantage compared to men

Athena Center's Moran Messica-Eidelman, Ministry of Sport official Nurit Sharvit and Peres Center's Tami Hay participating in a panel on the future of women's soccer in Israel on June 13, 2023. (David Azagury/US Embassy Jerusalem)

US Air Force F-16 fighter jet is on display during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2023 (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

US sending F-16 fighter jets to protect ships from Iranian seizures in Gulf region

By Lolita C. Baldor

Iran tried to grab two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz last week, opening fire on one of them

Illustrative: People enjoy the sea in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, on Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot probe backs Mossad on Iranian plot to kill Israelis on the island – official

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., left, talks with IIhan Omar, D-Minn., right, as they walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, November 15, 2018. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

More ‘Squad’ Democrats join Omar-led boycott of Herzog congressional address

Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bring number of lawmakers skipping president’s July 19 speech to four

Katerina McCrimmon sings 'Break From The Line' in Bilingual Broadway, June 20, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

'She was a Jewish icon. It's integral to this role'

US tour of ‘Funny Girl’ casts non-Jewish actor as Fanny Brice, reigniting criticism

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A breakout role for Katerina McCrimmon has disappointed some in the theater community who knew the production advertised itself as ‘specifically seeking actors of Jewish heritage’

View of the entrance to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, June 26, 2023 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Tel Aviv Museum reexamines donation from fortune of Nazi war criminal

Institution looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars given a decade ago by Ingrid Flick, who inherited money from German industrialist found guilty of war crimes

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)

German leader confident surging far-right party will fall again before next election

By Frank Jordans

Oakland Athletics' Zack Gelof watches his RBI double against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, July 14, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Zack Gelof becomes the 18th Jewish MLB player this year — a likely record

By jacob gurvis

Gelof, who has played baseball for Team Israel, makes his debut at second base for the Oakland Athletics

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Illustrative: Bats in cave Teumim in Beit Shemesh on October 9, 2006. (Jorge Novominsky /Flash90.)

High Court blocks Galilee vacation home project that endangers rare bat nesting cave

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand guard at the West Bank outpost of Homesh on May 29, 2023. (Flash90)

Unarmed Palestinian detained in West Bank settlement, sparking infiltration alert

A murder scene in Modiin on July 14, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

Modiin man arrested in connection to slaying of 23-year-old step-son

Israeli tourists in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, June 28, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Israeli tourist struck and killed by car in Tbilisi

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