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What Matters Most On Friday, June 23, 2023

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Armed Israeli settlers are seen opening fire in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, June 21, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Armed settlers opened fire during rampage in West Bank’s Turmus Ayya, footage shows

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Ofri Meoded Danon and his mother celebrate his bar mitzvah at the egalitarian plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel in May 2023. (Courtesy of Meoded Danon)

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Ban Ki-moon, former UN secretary general, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Police footage shows moment troops targeted by Jenin roadside bomb, rescue operation

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‘Guys, calm down, we just drove over an explosive device,’ commander says over radio; 7 soldiers were hurt in blast targeting APC in West Bank city

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, the former head of the research division in the IDF’s Military Intelligence division and former Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs outside the Nomi Studios in Jerusalem, June 21, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

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Jewish extremists try to interrupt Messianic Jewish event in Jerusalem

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Protesters attempt to break into main hall, block participants from getting to convention; police arrest activist for allegedly attacking officer

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File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in his trial, at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 17, 2022.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russian court rejects appeal to release WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen in a combination of photos. (Ronen Zvulun and Ozan Kose/AFP)

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

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