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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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

Vessel's captain describes 'apocalypse'

Israel: Retired Mossad agent, still ‘devoted to state security,’ died on capsized boat

Prime Minister’s Office says ‘impossible to elaborate’ on ‘dedicated’ service of Erez Shimoni, who was one of 4 people who drowned on Italy’s Lake Maggiore; body returned to Israel

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

Report: Israeli, Italian secret agents were on ill-fated party boat to swap intel

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks in the Knesset on May 31, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

President: No deadline on efforts for consensus on reform

Levin claims top court pursues ‘post-Zionist agendas’; is told to ‘get hospitalized’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

In bitter Knesset debate, justice minister foils opposition bid to enshrine equality into Basic Law, calling it ‘hypocrisy’ amid ongoing talks on judicial compromise

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks at the Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society, hosted in Jerusalem by Israel Democracy Institute, May 31, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Calling for stronger political center, Lapid and Gantz warn against fringe lawmakers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Left to right: Netanyahu trial Judges Moshe Bar-Am, Rebecca Friedman-Feldman and Oded Shaham. (Justice Ministry)

Live updates (closed)

Judges in Netanyahu trial urged mediation shortly before AG decided against it — TV

Report asserts recent meeting the judges held with the opposing sides was aimed at Gali Baharav-Miara, who earlier this week said she wouldn’t move forward with process

6:23 pm

Israeli strikes in Syria targeted training base for Hezbollah's 'Golan File' -- TV
5:51 pm

Hamas denounces Jerusalem Pride Parade as 'provocative march of perverts'
5:29 pm

Judges in Netanyahu trial urged mediation shortly before AG decided against it -- TV

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A swastika on the wall of a Jewish cemetery in Oświęcim, Poland, Jan. 10, 2021. (The Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via JTA)

Over a third of people in Hungary, Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic beliefs – poll

Respondents in 10 European nations asked if they believe stereotypes including ‘Jews have too much power in business world’ and ‘Jews are responsible for most of the world’s wars’

Victim of West Bank terror shooting to be buried on birthday, as manhunt continues

By Emanuel Fabian

Meir Tamari, a father of two from the northern West Bank settlement of Hermesh who was shot dead in a terror attack was to be buried on Wednesday afternoon, the day he would have celebrated his 32nd birthday. The Israel Defense Forces was continuing to search for the... Continue Reading

Surveillance camera footage shows a shooting attack near the Hermesh settlement in the northern West Bank, May 30, 2023. Left: An undated photo of Meir Tamari, who was killed in the attack (Courtesy)

A member of the terrorist group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where they held members of the Israeli team hostage in Munich, September 5, 1972. (AP/Kurt Strumpf)

Panel of historians starts clarification of 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

By AP and ToI Staff

Damage is seen to a PFLP-GC site in Lebanon, following an alleged Israeli bombing on May 31, 2023. (Social media)

Deadly blast at Palestinian terror group base in Lebanon; Israel denies involvement

By Emanuel Fabian

A British athlete competes in the CrossFit event during the 3rd Veterans Games in Tel Aviv on May 29, 2023. (courtesy Beit Halochem UK)

'Yes we compete, but the most important part is the meeting'

Wounded vets from Israel and the UK test their mettle at 3rd annual Veterans Games

By Melanie Lidman

The three-day event brings together more than 100 Israeli and British military veterans for an athletic competition, sightseeing, and a chance to bond with comrades-in-arms

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Abbas signs decree criminalizing ‘Nakba’ denial

PA executive order says anyone found guilty of denying what it calls the ‘crime against humanity’ carried out by ‘Zionist gangs’ in 1948 faces up to 2 years in jail

Wasim a-Sayed at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 31, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Accused terrorist questions victims’ daughter in court after falling-out with lawyer

Shira Pasternak Be'eri

What I could (and couldn’t) see from the women’s section

My year of saying Kaddish brought me and my camera into Orthodox synagogues on weekdays. This is what I saw

The IDF ‘Israel Service’ plan sounds like a good idea. It’s not.

Setting up easy enlistment tracks for Haredi and Arab Israelis would be, complicated, costly and harmful

US reportedly looking to Oman to broker new Iran nuclear talks

US officials have made contact with Omani counterparts to explore the possibility of reviving mediated nuclear talks between Washington and Tehran, with Israeli officials accusing them of seeking an interim agreement that would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium, according to a report Tuesday. The report in Axios... Continue Reading

File: Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi (R) meets with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Muscat, on April, 25, 2023. (AFP)

Illustrative: In this photo released January 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)

Iran claims to test hypersonic missile that can breach all defense shields

Ilustrative -- In this photo released by Combined Maritime Forces, a boarding team from a British royal navy vessel, the HMS Montrose, transits towards a stateless dhow, a traditional cargo ship that plies the Persian Gulf and surrounding waters, in the northern Arabian Sea, Oct. 14, 2020 (Combined Maritime Forces via AP)

UAE says it withdrew from US-led maritime coalition tasked with securing Gulf waters

By AFP

‘Like Moses’: Hundreds of thousands attend funeral for Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

By Canaan Lidor

Many elbow their way to touch the stretcher carrying the late Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox leader to his final resting place in Bnei Brak

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, seen in his home in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, on May 20, 2021. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)

Followers of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein honor late Haredi leader’s pragmatic devoutness

By Canaan Lidor

Thousands attend the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, and spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel, in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish city of Bnei Brak, on May 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 31: Power vacuum among ultra-Orthodox as 100-year-old leader dies

File: An election campaign billboard for the Blue and White party depicting Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on a street in Tel Aviv, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/ Oded Balilty)

Poll: Gantz restores lead as Netanyahu loses post-Gaza war bump

Survey finds National Unity would be Knesset’s largest party, winning 28 seats, compared to Likud’s 26; opposition seen winning 63 of the 120 Knesset seats, with coalition on 53

Opposition leader Yair Lapid holds a press conference on the upcoming state budget, in Tel Aviv, May 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Facing pressure, opposition parties stress need for ‘progress’ in judicial talks

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Protesters against the judicial overhaul demonstrate outside a venue in Los Angeles, leading to Israeli Science Minister Ofir Akunis canceling his appearance, May 30, 2023 (UnXeptable protest group)

Akunis cancels attendance at California event amid protest against judicial overhaul

Germany created the Warsaw ghetto to imprison and starve more than 400,000 Jews during World War II. (Public domain)

Holocaust'I hold my pen in my hand and death stares into my room'

Jewish doctors’ secret study of Warsaw ghetto starvation rediscovered 80 years later

By Matt Lebovic

Tufts professor sheds light on smuggled medical research conducted by imprisoned Jewish physicians on what they label ‘hunger disease’; 100 patients enrolled in the study

Auschwitz survivor turned ICJ judge Thomas Buergenthal dead at 89

By AFP

Fatima Mohammed acknowledges the crowd after speaking at CUNY School of Law on May 12 (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Lawmakers lash NYC college system over ‘antisemitic’ graduation speech

Politicians, leading Jewish groups demand action from CUNY network after keynote speaker at law school derides Israel, Zionism and ‘donors’ in speech

In this courtroom sketch, prosecuting attorney Eric G. Olshan questions witness Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation, in the federal trial for 2018 synagogue massacre suspect Robert Bowers, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (David Klug via AP)

Pittsburgh gunman methodically hunted down Jewish victims, jury hears at trial start

Defense for Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 in 2018 massacre at Tree of Life synagogue, will not dispute his role but seek to spare him from death row by focusing on motive

Members of Pittsburgh's Jewish community enter the Federal courthouse in Pittsburgh for the first day of trial for Robert Bowers, the suspect in the 2018 synagogue massacre on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Prosecutor: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter harbored ‘malice and hate’ for Jews

Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky speaks at the Ukrainian Israeli Rehabilitation Summit in Kyiv, May 30, 2023 (Israel Embassy Ukraine)

Set to expand rehabilitation aid, Israel puts expertise on display in Ukraine

By Lazar Berman

Two-day Lviv conference organized by several Israeli ministries sees doctors, entrepreneurs gather to improve national system for helping soldiers and civilians cope with injuries

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine slaps 50-year sanctions package on Iran amid latest drone strikes

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adresses the Knesset during a debate about the soaring homicide rate on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu asks Arab MKs to work with him on community violence, bypassing Ben Gvir

At Knesset debate on sharply higher homicide rate, PM invites Arab lawmakers to meet directly with him; far-right police minister doesn’t attend session

Arab leaders start sit-in protest in Jerusalem for government action on deadly crime

By AFP

Man shot dead in northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm

4 men to be charged in kidnapping, attempted murder of their relative, a teen girl

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Israel's Anan Khalaili, left, celebrates with teammate Hamza Shibli, right, after scoring their team's first goal against Uzbekistan during a FIFA U-20 World Cup round of 16 soccer match at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, Argentina, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

97th-minute stunner over Uzbekistan sends Israel to U-20 World Cup quarterfinal

Taxis park during a protest against a change in meter prices in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli transport app pays NIS 6 million to Arab drivers who sued over discrimination

By Canaan Lidor

President Isaac Herzog (L) reviews an honor guard in Baku alongside Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, May 30, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

In Baku, Azerbaijan’s president thanks Herzog for Israeli arms supply

By Lazar Berman

Illustrative: Golani Brigade soldiers during training in northern Israel, April 17, 2014. (Israel Defense Forces/File)

4 IDF troops suspected of causing ‘serious physical harm’ to Palestinian detainee

By Emanuel Fabian

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) conference in Jerusalem, May 30, 2023. (Michal Fattal)

Smotrich seeks to tax banks’ fat profits from steady interest rate hikes

By Sharon Wrobel

Travelers at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

El Al activates self-check-in at Ben Gurion Airport in bid to slash waiting time

Republican presidential hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets audience members during a campaign event, May 30, 2023, in Clive, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis vows to ‘fight back’ against Trump as he kicks off Iowa campaign

By Steve Peoples, HANNAH FINGERHUT and Thomas Beaumont

In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. (Jim Watson/AFP)

Health Ministry calls out Elon Musk for sharing ‘fake news’ on COVID-19

By Gabe Friedman

Illustrative: People on a beach as a drilling platform is seen in the background outside from Larnaca port, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, October 15, 2017. (Petros Karadjias/AP)

Israel’s NewMed and partners to connect the Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus to Egypt

By Sharon Wrobel

British pop star Robbie Williams arriving in Israel May 29, 2023 for his June 1 performance in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park (Courtesy: PR)

‘Incredibly excited’: British pop star Robbie Williams lands in Israel

By Charlie Summers

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