Sara Netanyahu indicted for misusing $100,000 in state funds to buy gourmet food By TOI staff Charges filed after prime minister's wife reportedly refuses to confess and return significant portion of money she allegedly diverted

Hamas paid family to claim Gaza baby was killed by Israeli tear gas, says cousin By Jacob Magid Mahmoud Omar, arrested by Israel for terror-related offenses, tells interrogators his relatives lied: 8-month-old Layla actually died from fatal blood condition that runs in family

Palestinian said to die of wounds sustained in Gaza border clash last month By TOI staff and AFP   Israel media review / War or condom nation: 8 things to know for June 21 By Joshua Davidovich   Amid fears of new Gaza war, PM threatens to step up response to arson attacks By TOI staff

Ignoring PM’s wishes, Jewish Agency committee nominates Herzog as chairman By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff In unprecedented move, commission disregards Netanyahu's preference in its choice for leader; move seen as rebuke of government's religious policies affecting Diaspora Jewry

Netanyahu to extend term of US envoy Dermer for sixth year By TOI staff   Jewish Republicans target Democrat over donations to anti-Israel groups By JTA

Condoms, kites, birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war By Judah Ari Gross Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne arson and explosive devices into Israel, causing hundreds of fires, millions of shekels in damage

Erdan warns ‘very high chance’ of Gaza op in coming months By TOI staff   Sappers defuse incendiary device flown into Israel by inflated condoms By TOI staff   Booby-trapped Gaza balloons land on trampoline; mom tells kids: They’re not toys By Judah Ari Gross

Analysis Jacob Magid In quashing Duma confessions given under duress, did court prohibit torture? Despite judges' desire to limit scope of decision, conclusion that interrogation methods used by Shin Bet 'severely violated' far-right Jewish suspects' rights deemed unprecedented

IDF demolishes home of Palestinian car-rammer who killed two soldiers By Judah Ari Gross   Police probing Palestinian carjacking of settler’s car By Jacob Magid

US envoy fumes at Palestinians for rejecting Gaza aid drive By TOI staff Jason Greenblatt accuses PA and Hamas of 'hypocrisy' for claiming that effort to provide humanitarian help is meant to separate Strip from West Bank, hints donors are wary of Hamas

Saudis meet with Kushner, Greenblatt to discuss Gaza, peace push By AFP and TOI staff   Iran insists US stop opposing Israeli nuke disarmament By AP and TOI staff   Bill to criminalize some filming of IDF soldiers clears first Knesset hurdle By Alexander Fulbright

Live updates (closed) Kushner, Greenblatt discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace with Egypt’s Sissi By TOI staff Egyptian president urges 'two-state solution on the 1967 borders with east Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Palestine,' Cairo says

Film review In ‘Catcher Was a Spy,’ Paul Rudd is a Jewish baseball player turned Nazi hunter By Curt Schleier

In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation at US borders By Jill Colvin and Colleen Long US president vows 'zero-tolerance' policy on illegal crossings will continue, but says 'we're going to keep the families together'

Top rights body: Trump no longer ‘moral leader of free world’ By AFP   Stephen Miller isn’t apologizing for families being separated at the border By Ben Sales   Trump lawyer Cohen leaves GOP post over child separation policy By JTA

Israeli World Cup fans: Moroccans didn’t try to grab flag; ‘They welcomed us’ By Michael Bachner After footage appears to show soccer supporters trying to snatch Israel flag at Moscow stadium, Israelis say scuffle was in fact over player's shirt

England fans filmed making Nazi salutes at World Cup By AP and TOI staff   Iran keeps World Cup dream alive despite losing heartbreaker to Spain By AFP   Arab sting: Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Morocco bow out early from World Cup By TOI staff and AFP

Analysis Raphael Ahren Israel may follow US in freezing out UN rights body, to some diplomats’ dismay Politicians have welcomed the US decision to quit the UN Human Rights Council, but even some critics of the body argue it would have been better to stay engaged and defend Israel

Palestinians slam US after pullout from UN rights council By Agencies and TOI staff   Haley blasts human rights groups for ‘thwarting’ reform of UN council By Agencies and Raphael Ahren   UN Human Rights Council back to work with US seat empty By AP and TOI staff

Top Ops

Zachary Schrieber The OU’s lack of financial transparency As the Orthodox Union expands its role, it must make crystal clear that all its dealings are kosher   Richard S. Moline Should summer camp teach the ‘occupation’? When even hummus is political, inflaming passions is easy, but what we really need is education   Howard Feldman The day the Little Mermaid died A South African model dared suggest Hamas shared blame for Gaza violence -- guess what happened next   Esther Palanker-Lyss Who needs a chandelier in a mikveh? The cost of living a religious Jewish life is high enough without having to keep up with the Cohnses

Immigrant center planned in the grounds of Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery By Matt Lebovic Inside a converted burial chapel, the city's newest and most vulnerable residents will access citizenship resources alongside content on East Boston's Jewish past

Amid battle over migrants, debate on terminology dredges up Holocaust history By Ron Kampeas   Jews separated from families during Holocaust condemn US border policy By Josefin Dolsten

Kung Pao Tel Aviv Hold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel By Michael Harel

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