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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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National Unity head Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on June 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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Opposition says overhaul talks on pause until judicial panel is formed

Opposition leaders hail selection of their candidate, assail Netanyahu over effort to force fresh vote; in response, PM says they don’t want ‘real’ talks, vows to ‘act responsibly’

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A Spike anti-tank missile is seen launched, in a handout photo published April 9, 2023. (Rafael Advanced Systems)

Israeli arms sales doubled in a decade, hit new record of $12.5 billion in 2022

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense Ministry officials note surge in demand for Israeli-made weapons due to Russia’s war on Ukraine, uptick in interest from Arab allies; nearly quarter of exports are drones

In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Knesset passes motion urging government to probe police use of spyware

President Isaac Herzog (2R) awards a Navy officer with the Israel Defense Prize, alongside IDF chief Herzi Halevi (right) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (center), June 13, 2023. (Defense Ministry)

IDF cyberdefense system, three other top secret projects awarded top security prize

By Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

Wary of harming Israel ties, Egypt looks to bury popular praise for border attack

At 4:20 in the afternoon of October 5, 1985, an Egyptian soldier manning a checkpoint in the Red Sea resort town of Ras Burqa raised his gun and began firing into a crowd of Israeli tourists. Seven Israeli civilians, including four children, were slain in the attack. At the time, Hosni Mubarak's government moved quickly to... Continue Reading

An Israeli soldier closes a gate leading to the Egyptian border in southern Israel, following a shooting attack on June 3, 2023. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

IDF chief Herzi Halevi walks with other military and police officials near the site where an Egyptian policeman infiltrated into Israel, June 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Officer dismissed as IDF blames deadly Egypt border attack on easily opened gate

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Outgoing Finance Ministry chief economist Shira Greenberg speaks at the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy conference at Reichman University, June 14, 2023. (Oren Shalev)

Business execs urge Netanyahu to let opposition have seat on judicial panel

By Sharon Wrobel

Entrepreneurs and investors warn of ‘irreversible’ damage to economy; outgoing Finance Ministry chief economist calls on government to clear up political uncertainty

The CEO of the American Jewish Committee, Ted Deutch, left, interviews Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on June 11, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Courtesy of AJC)

American Jewish Committee hosts impromptu meeting with anti-overhaul protesters

By Canaan Lidor

Construction in Holon, May 2020. (100 via iStock by Getty Images)

Real estate transactions plummet close to 20-year low in stalled housing market

By Danielle Nagler

Analysis

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Vote on identity of MKs on judge selection panel seen as test for overhaul talks

On Wednesday morning, lawmakers will vote to select two colleagues to sit on Israel's judicial appointments panel, in an election regarded as a bellwether for ongoing efforts to find a compromise on remaking the country's judiciary. For the past month, coalition and opposition have openly sparred over the two lawmaker spots on the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee -- traditionally split... Continue Reading

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, right, on the Knesset floor, June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Protesters at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City for a prayer session ahead of an anti-government demonstration, February 13, 2023 (Arie Leib Abrams/FLASH90)

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By Itamar Yakir

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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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)

IDF says misidentification led to accidental killing of Palestinian toddler

By Emanuel Fabian

Officer conducting search at scene of attack on military post fired into air after spotting suspicious vehicle, whereupon soldier mistook father and child for fleeing attackers

IDF soldiers won’t be indicted over death of elderly Palestinian-American

By Emanuel Fabian

The Military Advocate General on Tuesday said criminal charges would not be brought against an officer and a soldier over the 2022 death of an elderly Palestinian-American, who suffered a heart attack after being temporarily bound and gagged by soldiers and later abandoned at a construction site... Continue Reading

Omar As'ad. (Courtesy)

Illustrative: A guided tour in Jerusalem. April 14, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jerusalem court: PA must compensate Israeli tour guides for 2nd Intifada losses

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping after a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2023. (Jade GAO / POOL / AFP)

China signs ‘strategic partnership’ with Palestinian Authority during Abbas visit

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President Isaac Herzog (left) and US President Joe Biden at the White House on October 26, 2022. (GPO)

Herzog said set to meet Biden, address Congress in July, as Netanyahu still shut out

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Amichai Chikli, minister of Diaspora affairs and social equality, arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Diaspora minister Chikli doesn’t understand US Jews, says administration official

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Via AP)

Report: Netanyahu says US and Iran in talks for a ‘mini-deal’ Israel can live with

Agreement said to stipulate that Tehran will limit uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief

Illustrative: This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)

Syria says soldier ‘severely wounded’ in Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, right, casts his vote as parliament gathers to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, June 14, 2023. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Lebanese lawmakers fail to elect president as Hezbollah pulls out of voting session

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Shira Geffen, center left, at the funeral of her father author and musician Yehonatan Geffen in Nahalal cemetery, northern Israel, April 21, 2023. Shira Geffen's T-shirt reads 'No democracy with occupation.' (Shir Torem/Flash90 )

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Enlight Renewable Energy's Genesis Wind project on the Golan Heights in northern Israel, June 2023. (Yehuda Weinberg)

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