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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 18, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Far-reaching move hailed by settlers, denounced by opponents

Netanyahu hands Smotrich full authority to expand existing settlements

By Jeremy Sharon

Cabinet decision with immediate effect also dramatically expedites approval process for construction at settlements, scraps requirement for okay from defense minister or cabinet

Intel to invest ‘unprecedented’ $25 billion in chip manufacturing plant in Israel

By Sharon Wrobel

US semiconductor giant Intel Corp. has inked an agreement in principle with the Israeli government to build a chip manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat at an investment of $25 billion. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Intel investment was “unprecedented” in Israel and would go toward building a chip manufacturing plant that will... Continue Reading

Intel Corp.'s R&D center in Haifa. (Courtesy)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Lapid: He'll find he's PM of 'less than half' of Israelis

Netanyahu vows to move ahead with parts of judicial overhaul ‘this week’

Addressing cabinet meeting, prime minister accuses Lapid and Gantz of ‘playing a game’ and seeking to ‘waste time’ by freezing negotiations

Israelis attend a protest against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, on June 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

With fate of judicial panel in the balance, masses rally nationwide against overhaul

Illustrative: MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing June 18: What are PM’s next moves after rogue Likud MK derailed vote?

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Coastal Region Police Commander Yoram Sofer Yoram Sofer at a ceremony in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Candidate to be next police commissioner: ‘With me they won’t shut down roads’

Yoram Sofer suggests he’d take hardline against anti-overhaul protests, questions why he needs to say ‘no’ when asked if he’s capable of doing so with far-right minister

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Far-right judicial overhaul architect met with protests at Tel Aviv book fair
5:46 pm

Renegade Likud MK: Netanyahu wanted me to back opposition candiate to judicial panel
5:23 pm

Candidate to be next police chief: 'With me they won't shut down roads'

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu arrives at a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Far-right minister calls Bank of Israel governor a ‘savage’; Netanyahu condemns

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu receives wide criticism for comments accusing Amir Yaron of ‘sullying Israel’s name abroad and harming the credit rating’

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

The one place in the Middle East where minorities are thriving

Those who accuse Israel of ’ethnic cleansing’ should look elsewhere in the region – especially Lebanon

‘Not-antisemitism antisemitism’: The Pillay Inquiry and the UN’s newest ruse

The Human Rights Council is poised to hear results of an inquiry that will claim Jews have ’reframed antisemitism’

Illustrative: A fisherman navigates rough seas along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, April 11, 2018. (Adel Hana/AP)

Netanyahu announces advance in long-stalled plans to develop gas field off Gaza

After decades of false starts, Prime Minister’s Office says plan aimed at boosting Palestinian economic development, in coordination with Egypt and the PA

Eshkol power plant, Israel's largest natural gas powered plant, near the port of Ashdod. (Courtesy)

Israel Electric sells Eshkol power plant to private group for over NIS 12 billion

By Sharon Wrobel

Sale of power plant is part of electricity sector reform to boost competition; Energy Minister Katz says part of proceeds will be used to lower electricity prices

Cabinet okays bill to monitor domestic abusers, months after tanking similar bill

By Michael Bachner, Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Three months after the coalition torpedoed a bill initiated by the previous government that would have mandated an electronic monitoring system to enforce restraining orders issued against domestic abusers, a modified but similar version was approved by the cabinet on Sunday. The new version of the bill –... Continue Reading

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a meeting at his ministry offices in Jerusalem, June 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Aviad Moshe, accused of stabbing his wife Shira repeatedly and seriously wounding her, in an undated photo (Courtesy)

Supreme Court rejects appeal of man convicted of brutally attempting to murder wife

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) at a conference in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023, and Ronen Bar (right), head of the Shin Bet security agency speaks at a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel; Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Shin Bet said set to oppose bill granting Ben Gvir administrative detention power

Barbara Leaf, US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, speaks to reporters at a media roundtable in Kuwait City on October 19, 2022. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Senior US official arrives in Israel as Washington said to eye Iran deal

Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, slated to meet both political and military leaders and discuss ‘constraining Iran’s destabilizing behavior’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan shake hands prior to their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Saudi foreign minister arrives in Tehran amid diplomatic rapprochement

By AP and AFP

Illustrative: Demonstrators take part in a protest against prostitution outside the Gogo strip club in Tel Aviv on December 22, 2016. (Flash90)

US State Department: Israel inadequate in fighting human trafficking

US not optimistic on Israel-Saudi normalization despite boosting efforts — report

Washington does not view an Israeli-Saudi normalization deal as particularly likely, but has decided to ramp up efforts to reach one anyway, The New York Times reported Saturday. The Times focused on growing efforts by the Biden administration to broker a deal in recent months, with US Secretary... Continue Reading

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (front) walks during a joint press conference with the Saudi foreign minister (not pictured) after a ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State in Riyadh on June 8, 2023. (Ahmed Yosri/Pool/AFP)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan at their joint press briefing in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2023. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Saudi foreign minister said to nix press conference in room with photo of Soleimani

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In this file photo taken on October 10, 2018, a demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Jim Watson/AFP)

Jamal Khashoggi’s widow files lawsuit against NSO Group

Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone in 'Night Court.' (Elizabeth Morris/NBC/Warner Bros. Television)

Interview'I fell in love with comedy imitating my mom at the table'

Melissa Rauch on why her ‘Night Court’ is different from all others

By Jacqueline Cutler

The actress and comedian discusses her new reboot of the classic ’80s sitcom, and how she got her start in showbiz at the Passover seder table

Lacrosse is catching on in Israel, where 300-400 children and teens are now playing the sport. (Courtesy of the Israel Lacrosse Association via JTA)

'It's remarkable that it's flourishing here'

With Israeli lacrosse on the rise, men’s team enters world championship ranked 7th

By jacob gurvis

Made up of mostly US-born Jews, the squad ranked 2nd in Europe coming into the tourney; its small but growing number of sabras indicates the sport is catching on in Israel

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Michael Gove, Britain's Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Minister for Intergovernmental Relations leaves after attending a cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, January 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK government said set to present bill barring public bodies from boycotting Israel

Politicians of Austria's Social Democratic Party (SPOe) and Greens carry a banner with "Regenbogenparade" (Pride Parade) at Ringstrasse in Vienna, Austria, on June 17, 2023. (Alex HALADA/AFP)

Austria claims to foil attack by alleged IS sympathizers on Vienna Pride Parade

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Ashdod, February 21, 2023. (Flash90)

Man shot dead in Ashkelon in apparent underworld hit

Police and medical personnel at the entrance to Hura on June 17, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

12-year-old girl dies in Negev; tire tracks found on her chest

Health Minister Moshe Arbel (left) shakes hands with Moroccan Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb in Rabat on June 16, 2023. (Moroccan Health Ministry)

Jerusalem, Rabat agree to ease visa requirements, bring Moroccans to work in Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tension

This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, shows scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. (Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)

Inside storyDid migrants reject help before deadly Greek wreck, or beg for it? Sides disagree

By Renata Brito

Screen capture from video of Gal Gadot in 'Heart of Stone.' (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Peace of the actionWonder Woman to super spy: Gal Gadot previews new action flick

By Stuart Winer

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