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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 25, 2023

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Arnon Milchan (2nd L) arrives to give testimony in Brighton for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial, June 25, 2023 (Screen grab via Channel 13 used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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LIVE: Milchan testifies he gave cigars and champagne to Netanyahus: We used code words

With Sara Netanyahu in the room with him, billionaire appears remotely from UK as witness in PM’s graft case, tells court they used code words to discuss gifts of cigars and bubbly

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Germany's far-right AfD wins county leadership for first time, as it rises in polls
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FM slams US decision to end scientific, tech cooperation with Israeli entities over Green Line
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IDF chief denounces 'incitement' against brigade commander by settler activists

File: Itamar Ben Gvir (right), head of the Otzma Yehudit party, and chairman of the Religious Zionism party Bezalel Smotrich at an election campaign event in Sderot, October 26, 2022. (Flash90)

Likud's Barkat: I accept defense establishment's position

Ministers slam security chiefs for calling settler attacks on Palestinians ‘terror’

Ben Gvir orders probe into ‘collective punishment’ at settlement of Ateret after assault on nearby Palestinian village; Smotrich rejects security chiefs’ denunciation of attacks

A screenshot from video of settlers firing at the West Bank village of Umm Safa on June 24, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF, Shin Bet, police chiefs denounce settler attacks as ‘terror,’ vow to fight them

By Emanuel Fabian

Photos show an attack by settlers on the Palestinian village of Umm Safa in the West Bank on June 24, 2023. (Yesh Din)

Off-duty soldier among 4 detained in latest settler attack on Palestinian village

By Emanuel Fabian

MK Simcha Rothman leads a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee discussion, June 25, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset restarts judicial overhaul with bill to broadly outlaw ‘reasonableness’ test

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Rothman says nixing court review of decisions by elected officials is ‘democratic;’ legal adviser warns bill is ‘too broad’ and opposition says it’s a pathway to ‘corruption’

People protest against the planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

25th week of rallies: Protesters warn of escalation if coalition moves unilaterally

(L) MK Simcha Rotman at the Knesset on June 20, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) () Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a cabinet in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset committee to advance ‘reasonableness’ bill, limiting judicial review

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023.(Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Contradicting Ben Gvir, Netanyahu says illegal West Bank land grabs ‘unacceptable’

PM declares government will take ‘strong action’ against those who carry out unauthorized settlement activity; lauds ‘changed equation’ of rare drone strike in West Bank

Illustrative: An Israeli soldier mans the Reihan checkpoint near the Israeli settlement of the same name, near Jenin in the West Bank on June 22, 2023. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Palestinian gunmen target IDF post near Nablus; no injuries

By Emanuel Fabian

Fields on fire near the Palestinian village of Qusra, in the West Bank, June 22, 2023. (Flash90)

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Illustrative -- A motorcyclist police officer escorts and guards a police van, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 24, 2019 (Petros Karadjias/AP)

Cyprus thwarts Iranian attack targeting Jews and Israelis — reports

Planned terror attack said foiled by intelligence services cooperating with Israeli, US counterparts; reportedly connected to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

An aerial photo of Hezbollah tents in Israeli territory, June 2023. (Courtesy)

Prodded by Jerusalem, UN confirms Hezbollah has set up outpost in Israeli territory

Roman Abramovich’s tangled Portuguese roots

Documents filed in his citizenship case show the validity of his claims and reveal the complexity of Sephardic heritage

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Cherkessia-ing outside my comfort zone

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Kremlin says Wagner chief to move to Belarus after rebellious march on Moscow

Moscow says Yevgeny Prigozhin will not face prosecution as part of deal to end most significant challenge to Putin in more than 20 years in power

US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief

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Rebellious Wagner chief announces surprise halt of march on Moscow, return to bases

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'Signed, Sealed, Delivered?' A series of interviews with descendants of the 37 signatories of the Declaration of Independence. (Israel Story)

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According to Israel Story founder Mishy Harman, series ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered?’ is a deep dive into the way the founders of the state envisioned Israel and how Israel has fared

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafaq Tarif in his office in Jerusalem on June 21, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu announces brief pause to wind turbine construction in Golan Heights

PM says project on hold until after Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday; follows Druze leader’s warning against a community reaction that ‘the country has hitherto not seen’

File: Muafaq Tarif, head of the Druze community in Israel, at a ceremony held at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Druze leader: Golan wind turbine project must stop or face unprecedented response

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 10, 2022 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Report: Netanyahu judges also urging mediation in billionaire benefactors case

Meanwhile, after justices reportedly warned prosecution that bribery will be hard to prove, PM’s lawyers pan officials’ ‘hasty, outlandish’ decision to proceed with charge anyway

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Illustrative image of a scientist in a lab (anyaivanova; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel Science Foundation announces new program to support physician-researchers

By Renee Ghert-Zand

$100 million MAVRI initiative funded by government and philanthropists will create positions and carve out time for doctors who also want to work in the lab

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky in Kyiv on his first day back since before the Russian invasion, May 16, 2022. (Courtesy)

Israel tells Russia to not lecture it on Holocaust memory, in spat over envoy remarks

Russian’s Foreign Ministry pans Israeli ambassador in Kyiv, who said Ukrainians see resistance fighters who collaborated with the Nazis as ‘heroes’

The Spasskaya Tower is seen through metal barriers at Moscow's Red Square on June 24, 2023. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)

Israel issues advisory warning against travel to Russia after mercenary group rebels

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 7, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Head of US military cancels trip to Israel amid Russia crisis

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Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Policy Conference in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mike Pence calls for federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks

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A Saudi family distributes free tea to pilgrims, as Muslims from around the world arrive to attend the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the holy Saudi city of Mecca on June 23, 2023. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

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