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What Matters Most On Monday, June 5, 2023

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Mohamed Salah Ibrahim, 22, the Egyptian policeman who killed three IDF soldiers on the border. (Social media; Israel Defense Forces)

Attacker's body returned to Egypt for burial

Egyptian cop who killed IDF troops is named, said to have griped about border duty

By Emanuel Fabian

Mohamed Salah Ibrahim, 22, from Cairo, reportedly once went AWOL for 18 days, suffered mental distress following death of comrade

Malachy Rosenfeld (Courtesy)

Palestinian gets two life sentences for murdering Israeli man in 2015 terror attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Family and friends attend the funeral of Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, who was killed on the Egyptian border on June 3, at the military cemetery in Rishon Lezion, June 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘An unimaginable loss’: 3 IDF soldiers killed in Egypt border shooting laid to rest

Marchers including Israeli activists in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, June 4, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Flag-waving protesters lash coalition lawmakers as NY holds annual Israel parade

Slimmed-down contingent of government representatives heckled over plans to reorganize judiciary as tens of thousands march through Manhattan in yearly display of solidarity

Hannah Rothman speaks to Channel 12 news from New York on June 4, 2023. (screen capture: Channel 12; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

After megaphone tussle, Rothman’s wife says she felt ‘assaulted’ by NY hecklers

By Canaan Lidor

Members of Israel's security cabinet convene for a mock assessment at the IDF's main underground command center in Tel Aviv, amid a major drill, June 4, 2023. (Hain Zach/GPO)

Drill has seen IAF simulating strikes deep in enemy territory

At drill for war with Iran and others, PM says IDF ‘can handle any threat on our own’

By Emanuel Fabian

Security cabinet meets in underground command center for mock assessment, during military’s ‘Firm Hand’ multi-front war exercise focusing on northern frontier, Iran

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) sits with the chief of the IDF Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, at the unit's headquarters in Ramle, June 5, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gallant warns of unprecedented challenges for home front in threatened war with Iran

By Emanuel Fabian

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum just outside Tehran, Iran, June 4, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Khamenei says it would be a ‘mistake’ to back down from tough approach on Israel

By AP

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IDF soldiers volunteer at Safra Children’s Hospital

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Mohammed Tamimi (left), who was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire in the West Bank on June 1, 2023. (Right) The scene of the incident near the settlement of Neve Tzuf. (Social media; Medabrim Tikshoret)

Palestinian toddler mistakenly shot by IDF last week succumbs to injuries

By Emanuel Fabian

Mohammed Tamimi, 2, was rushed to hospital in Israel after exchange of gunfire in West Bank on Thursday, in which his father was also wounded

A man checks a fuse box during a power outage. (Jovanmandic, iStock at Getty Images)

Op-ed

Recent heatwave’s power cuts underline failure to properly prepare for climate change

Malfunctions and poor planning led to outages for 300,000 Israelis in temperatures of over 40°C, as inefficiency and red tape hinder expansion, optimization of power grid

Firefighting trucks near the scene of a blaze in central Israel on June 2, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Service)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 5: Blackouts shine light on ill-preparedness for climate change

How far have we come?

While Israel was under a barrage of rocket fire, US Jews were busy worrying whether they could get a stove installed on Shabbat

Israel has abandoned Ethiopian Jewry

The government allocated no funding at all to bring the thousands who have waited years to be reunited their families

What it means to love Israel today

Even Australian Jewry, which has always supported Israel, is finding itself questioning the values of Israel’s newest government

Jews. Christians. Couscous.

At an interfaith conference in Geneva, the Spirit of God moved in air redolent of cinnamon, as an outlandishly diverse group ’schmoozed’ into the night

A car involved in a deadly crash on June 5, 2023. (Fire Service Southern District)

Live updates (closed)

3 killed, 2 others seriously injured in fiery crash near Kiryat Gat

Four vehicles involved in wreck on Route 6; police close off southbound lanes of highway; cause unclear

7:22 pm

Three killed in four-vehicle crash on Route 6
7:03 pm

IDF says incident under review, after soldier hit by car in Huwara
6:30 pm

Israeli lightly hurt in suspected car-ramming in West Bank town

Lucette Ferraille, Ruth Ben David and Ruth Blau in the different stages of her life. (Courtesy Motti Inbari and Nechama Davidson)

Interview'It was such a controversy, such a scar on Israeli history'

Villain or heroine? New book documents the complex, astonishing life of Ruth Blau

Prof. Motti Inbari explores the stranger-than-fiction tale of a woman who spied on the Gestapo, converted to Judaism twice, kidnapped a boy, and whose marriage sparked protests

Omar Awali, 21 (left), and Ahmed Hizam Sharif, 47, who were gunned down in separate shooting incidents in Arab communities, June 4, 2023. (Courtesy)

Two men gunned down hours apart as Arab crime wave death toll rises to 90 this year

Despite four-year plan to crack down on violent crime in the Arab minority, fatalities have only risen in surge of underworld violence; PM to meet Arab lawmakers Monday

Rabbi Meir Kahana, in November 2022. (Halavi/ Wikimedia Commons)

Zionist rabbis tap Meir Kahana, reserves commander, as their pick for chief rabbi

By Canaan Lidor

Nomination seen as surprising since it knocks out hardliner favored by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich; Haredi factions yet to coalesce around nominee ahead of vote this fall

Masked Israeli settlers from the illegal Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank attack Palestinians in adjacent village of Burqa, June 4, 2023. (Courtesy)

Masked settlers from illegal Homesh outpost attack Palestinians in adjacent village

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says troops ‘separate parties’ clashing in northern West Bank’s Burqa; medics say 3 Israelis, 59 Palestinians hurt

Construction is carried out at the illegal West Bank outpost of Homesh, May 29, 2023. (Flash90)

Rights group demands criminal probe of Gallant and Smotrich over Homesh yeshiva

By Jeremy Sharon

A composite picture featured on the Haredi news site JDN features a candle flame instead of the portrait of Lia Ben Nun, who was killed along with two male soldiers guarding Israel's southern border on June 3, 2023. (Screen capture taken from JDN.co.il)

Women’s rights group decries Haredi site not showing slain female soldier’s picture

By Canaan Lidor

Na’amat urges Facebook users to change their profile pictures to Lia Ben Nun’s image with a banner reading: ‘Hero. No one will erase her face’

Then-public security minister Omer Barlev attends a Labor faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Following Haredi boycott, Angel Bakeries apologizes for chairman’s Bnei Brak protest

By Canaan Lidor

A copy of the file on Ulrich Schnaft that Israel's General Security Agency recently declassified shows a picture of the Nazi soldier turned Israeli army officer. (Israel State Archives via Haaretz)

Israel declassifies file on Nazi who enlisted in the IDF and spied for Egypt

Ulrich Schnaft’s capture underscores the challenges and vigilance of a counterintelligence body vetting countless undocumented immigrants while fighting a 4-front war

Gilad Zwick in a Channel 14 report, January 19, 2023. (Channel 14 screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu’s new media adviser has peddled 2020 US election falsehoods

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Conservative pundit Gilad Zwick has said Biden is ‘destroying America,’ promoted conspiracies around Trump’s loss; fresh appointee says he no longer holds such views

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Illustrative: A man typing on a computer keyboard, January 24, 2017. (Flash90)

In 1st, prosecutors pull court evidence that was obtained via illegal use of spyware

Students at Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus on the first day of the school year, October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

University staff end 2-week strike after wage deal reached with Finance Ministry

File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud minister slams ‘out of touch, elitist’ Smotrich over soaring cost of living

An undated photo of a Stratasys F900 3D printer. (Business Wire via AP)

Israel’s Stratasys gets counterbid offer from another US 3D-printing firm

By Sharon Wrobel

The British frigate HMS Lancaster sails as Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels follow behind it in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

US, British navies come to rescue of ship ‘harassed’ by Iran in Persian Gulf

By Jon Gambrell

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , right, converses with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during a Likud faction meeting on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset speaker Amir Ohana set to visit Morocco’s parliament this week

By Lazar Berman

People attend an anti-government demonstration organized by the opposition in Warsaw on June 4, 2023. (Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

Half a million march in Polish anti-government protest, say opposition leaders

By AFP

Uruguay's Anderson Duarte celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal against the United States during a FIFA U-20 World Cup quarterfinal soccer match at the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, June 4, 2023. (Nicolas Aguilera/AP)

Israel to face Uruguay in U-20 soccer World Cup semifinal, hoping to extend dream run

By AP and ToI Staff

Children frolic in a makeshift pool in the trunk of a pickup truck in June, 2023. (Israel Police)

Water wayMaking a splash: Cops pull over pickup truck turned into pool

Women walk in Roj detention camp in northeast Syria, February 9, 2022. (Baderkhan Ahmad/AP)

Islamic State-linked Australians held in Syria launch repatriation bid

By AFP

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