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What Matters Most On Friday, June 2, 2023

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International Atomic Energy Organization, IAEA, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, center, and head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami arrive for a joint press conference in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Defense Minister Gallant warns 'dangers intensifying'

After IAEA closes uranium probes, Israel says it bowed to Iranian pressure

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Foreign Ministry claims credibility of IAEA ‘severely damaged’ by ‘impossible’ explanation for trace uranium at suspect site; PM warns Israel will do what it must to stop bomb

In this handout photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a security cabinet meeting at military headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 9, 2023. (Avi Ohayan/GPO)

Security cabinet set to meet to discuss threat of multi-front clash with Iran

File: Former US national security advisor John Bolton tals to journalists at the Global Taiwan National Affair Symposium XII in Taipei, Taiwan, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)

US sanctions IRGC member over alleged plot to kill ex-Trump aide Bolton

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Matthew Lee, Ellen Knickmeyer and Eric Tucker

IDF: Returning fire at Palestinian gunmen, troops critically wound Palestinian child

By Emanuel Fabian

A Palestinian father and a young boy who were seriously wounded in an exchange of gunfire between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli troops near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank were apparently hit by Israeli fire, the military said late Thursday. An earlier report had suggested the father and boy, a three-year-old, were... Continue Reading

Soldiers and medics at scene of a shooting attack toward an IDF post near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, June 1, 2023. (Medabrim Tikshoret)

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar during a speech marking Memorial day at the agency's headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 25, 2023. (Screenshot/Shin Bet)

Shin Bet chief in Washington for talks with US officials fearful of PA collapse

Left-wing NGO Breaking the Silence holds an event in Tel Aviv on July 1, 2017 where testimonies of former soldiers stationed in the West Bank were read aloud in front of the Kirya military base. The sign reads: 'Breaking the silence until the occupation ends.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Likud bill targeting NGOs that receive foreign funding is ‘dead’ – senior US official

PM has ordered legislation be temporarily shelved and MK behind it says he’s not giving up, but Biden aide says Washington doesn’t expect it to be raised again

Top Biden official flags ‘misreporting’ in Israeli press on Saudi normalization

A senior Biden administration official on Wednesday reproved the "misreporting" in the Israeli press about US efforts to broker a long-sought normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The remarks followed several reports purporting to reveal breakthroughs in the negotiations and new details on supposed conditions that the... Continue Reading

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest, May 31, 2023. (Israeli Embassy in Hungary)

Hungary denies it’s decided to move embassy to Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

People march during the 21st annual Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 1, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

30,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security but without incident

By Jeremy Sharon

National Security Minister Ben Gvir jeered by participants, who shout ‘Nazis out’ at the far-right minister; marchers also call to protect democracy, hold anti-overhaul banners

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (R) shakes hands with Lord Eric Pickles, part of a delegation from the British House of Lords visiting Israel, May 29, 2023. (ELNET)

Visiting British Lords warn of potential fracture in Israel’s institutions

By Lazar Berman

An Israeli in NY for 25 years, it’s my first march in the Israel Day Parade

I’ll be there on Sunday to stand up in support of our Jewish homeland, because I fear Israel has lost its way

The trouble with visionaries

It is our responsibility to think constantly about what we are doing for our present and our future, but that’s no small feat (Behaalotcha)

A police officer blocks a road for visitors of the Kadoorie Synagogue in Porto, Portugal on May 16, 2023. (Eli Mandelbaum/EJA)

Inside story'A criminal enterprise disguised as a Jewish community?'

Porto Jews decry ‘Soviet-style antisemitism’ as lucrative citizenship vetting probed

By Canaan Lidor

Jewish community in coastal Portugal city has flourished, but is now being torn by decision to attack investigation into handling of citizenship process for Jews deemed Sephardic

This image released by the Department of Justice shows a bullet-damaged prayer book that was introduced as a court exhibit, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in the federal trial of Robert Bowers in Pittsburgh. (Department of Justice via AP)

Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history

At trial for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, survivors of 2018 massacre describe moments of terror, escape as gunman hunted worshippers in building

Robbie Williams performs in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2023. (Koko/Flash90)

Concert review'There is a peace here that I don't feel in London, LA'

Robbie Williams at Tel Aviv show: ‘You have something incredibly f*cking special here’

By Charlie Summers

In energetic, lively concert for audience of tens of thousands, UK pop star touts his Jewish wife, kids and Hebrew tattoo, gushes about Israeli duet partner Noga Erez

A projection labeling former US president George W. Bush a war criminal and accusing him of lying about his country's invasion of Iraq, at a Roger Waters concert in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, May 31, 2023. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

After backlash and under German probe, Roger Waters drops Nazi costume at UK concert

Comparison between killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Anne Frank also left out of Birmingham show; says he’s ‘pissed off’ at ‘antisemitism bullshit,’ blames Tel Aviv

Polish-Canadian historian Jan Grabowski stands at the podium for a planned lecture as far-right lawmaker Grzegorz Braun of Poland’s Confederation party grabs the microphone and smashes it, at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, Poland, May 30, 2023. (Courtesy of Jan Grabowski via JTA)

Lecture on Holocaust in Poland canceled after far-right lawmaker storms podium

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Referee Szymon Marciniak officiates at the Europa League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Wolves and Olympiakos at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, August 6, 2020. (AP/Rui Vieira)

Champions League finals referee apologizes for ties to far-right Polish leader

By Graham Dunbar

Rachel Gur, director of public policy at Lobby 99, the public lobby. (Courtesy)

ToI podcast'The cost of living is an eminently solvable problem'

What Matters Now to lobbyist Rachel Gur: Why Israel is so #₪@$! expensive

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Monopoly isn’t just a board game for Lobby 99’s director of public policy. This week, we hear how a mere handful of powerful companies control prices in almost every sector

A sandstorm nears Eilat on June 1, 2023. (Yuval Sagi/ INPA; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law))

Havoc as wild winds send thick clouds of swirling sand skyward in south, center

Sandstorm blamed for 4 deaths in Egypt; no major injuries reported in Israel, though weather creates hot mess, grounding flights and felling trees; temperatures to climb Friday

Cars burned in a large brush fire at Har Turan in the Galilee region, May 27, 2023 (Fire and Rescue Services)

Nationwide fire-starting ban ordered for Friday as temperatures spike

US climate envoy John Kerry (left) and Energy Minister Israel Katz shake hands at a meeting in Jerusalem, June 2, 2023. (Oded Karni)

Visiting US climate envoy Kerry meets ministers on water, solar projects with Jordan

Chen Zimbalista conducts a concert in Kiryat Shmona on May 22, 2023. (Leonid Novikov)

'Despite our differences, we are one'

Galilee street concert offers respite from locals’ polarization surrounding overhaul

By Canaan Lidor

Hundreds attend conciliatory event in Kiryat Shmona, where left-leaning kibbutzniks and right-wing residents have been picketing for weeks

Judicial overhaul backers rally in Tel Aviv, urge end to ‘High Court’s dictatorship’

Rally held outside New Jersey synagogue during speech by overhaul architect Rothman

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Fatima Mohammed speaks at CUNY School of Law (Youtube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Bill in Congress aims to defund colleges for antisemitism after NY law school speech

Pressure mounts on City University of New York over anti-Zionist commencement address, with lawmakers, Jewish groups and civil rights outfits hitting college system from both sides

Dr. Steve Feldman, who was denied payment from the state of Arkansas for refusing to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel, pictured on a trip to the West Bank, undated. (Courtesy of Steve Feldman via JTA)

In reversal, Arkansas pays Jewish doctor who rebuffed pledge not to boycott Israel

By Andrew Lapin

Alfred Moses stands in front of the Codex Sassoon, which he purchased for more than $30 million and will be donating it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. (Perry Bindelglass for The American Friends of ANU The Museum of the Jewish People via JTA)

Alfred Moses sees the Codex Sassoon he bought for over $30 million for the 1st time

By Jackie Hajdenberg

US Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann touches the freshly laid 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling stones) for members of her family in Feuchtwangen, Bavaria, on May 30, 2023. (Thomas Kienzle/AFP)

Holocaust memorial project marks milestone with 100,000 ‘stumbling blocks’

By Pauline CURTET and Deborah Cole

Gunter Demnig, who began initiative, says he hopes the Stolpersteine will help create ‘a different image of Germany,’ as US ambassador lays memorial plaque for her relatives

A pencil said to have belonged to Adolf Hitler on sale at an auction house in Belfast, the United Kingdom, pictured ahead of its auctioning scheduled for June 6, 2023. (Bloomfield Auctions)

Jewish group protests UK auction of pencil said to have been Hitler’s

By Canaan Lidor

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (left) and Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, in February 2008. (Wikimedia commons/ CC BY-SA 2.0/ Joan Halifax)

'It never had big numbers, but its influence is significant'

Overdue or overdone? Two US scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In a chapter from a newly released collection on US Judaism, Jerome Chanes and Shaul Magid argue that the countercultural movement had an outsized impact – but not all agree

Jordan’s crown prince marries scion of Saudi family in star-studded wedding

By Isabel Debre

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom to celebrate the region's newest power couple. The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein, 28, and... Continue Reading

Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi Rajwa Alseif wave to well-wishers during their wedding ceremonies in Amman, Jordan, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Fighters from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah carry out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israeli strikes in Syria said to target training base for Hezbollah’s ‘Golan File’

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: A baby receives a routine vaccine. (naumoid; iStock by Getty Images)

Cases of whooping cough spike among children in Haredi Jerusalem communities

By Renee Ghert-Zand

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, speaks to reporters after a series of amendment votes and final passage on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, June 1, 2023. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

With just days to spare, US Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, Farnoush Amiri and MARY CLARE JALONICK

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

2 Beit Shemesh teens arrested for ‘cruel and shocking’ rape of toddler

By Michael Horovitz

Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

Newly obtained records detail lead-up to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

By Michael R. Sisak and MICHAEL BALSAMO

An Irish UN peacekeeper stands next to the coffin of his comrade Pvt. Sean Rooney, who was killed near the southern town of Al-Aqbiya, during a memorial service, at Beirut airport, December 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah bashes military tribunal after its fighters accused of killing peacekeeper

By AFP

This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark

By Alexander Fulbright

Illustrative: An ambulance at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Man fatally shot in northern city of Umm al-Fahm; 4 suspects arrested

Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau speaks on May 28, 2023, after the local and regional elections held in Spain. (Joseph Lago/AFP)

Barcelona mayor who cut ties with Tel Aviv loses reelection bid

By Orge Castellano

Fusion's alumni network of over 200 hi-tech entrepreneurs brings together Israeli pre-seed startups and first-time founders. (Courtesy)

Accelerator Fusion secures $20m for investments into Israeli early-stage startups

By Sharon Wrobel

Servicemen of the newly created National Guard unit train in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine shoots down missiles, Iran-made drones in 6th Russian air assault in 6 days

US President Joe Biden falls on stage during the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony at Falcon Stadium, June 1, 2023, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden takes face-first fall after speech at Air Force Academy

By AFP

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