PM: US withholding arms we need now to win war * 2 reservists killed, one is son of Olympic medalist * Can Iron Dome stop Hezbollah? * Vogue Germany’s survivor model, 102

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, June 21, 2024 Presented by [IsraelGives Foundation]( [Netanyahu: I tried addressing ‘diminution’ of US weapons privately before going public]( By Jacob Magid PM extends spat with Biden, but insists it can be solved ‘instantaneously with goodwill’; doesn’t say which arms withheld, but they’re needed now ‘to win in Gaza, avoid war in Lebanon’ [US vexed, disappointed by Netanyahu claim of arms holdup: ‘No one has done more for him’]( By Jacob Magid and Reuters [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 21: Day 259 – What’s behind Netanyahu’s tiff with Washington?]( By ToI Staff [US hosts PM’s aides amid concern full-on war with Hezbollah would overwhelm Iron Dome]( By Jacob Magid Blinken reiterates need to hike Gaza aid, plan for post-war governance amid Netanyahu’s refusal to do so; US said skeptical Israel can pull off ‘blitzkrieg’ attack against Hezbollah [Hezbollah shells north with dozens of rockets after IDF drone strike kills commander]( By Emanuel Fabian [Two IDF reservists killed, 3 seriously hurt in Hamas mortar attack in central Gaza]( By Emanuel Fabian Omer Smadga dies on the birthday of his father, Olympic medalist and coach Oren Smadga; second fatality is Saadia Yaakov Derai, son of pundit and social activist Laly Derai [US-built pier in Gaza resumes operations after latest weather setback, official says]( By AP and ToI Staff [Senior Hamas official: IDF spokesman ‘confessed’ Israel has failed in Gaza war goals]( By ToI Staff from our sponsor [Help us feed Israeli soldiers at the Lebanese border]( We are Raya and Dina, from Naharia, a city near the Lebanon border. Together with a bunch of neighbors, we cook homemade meals for 450 soldiers at the front every day. Live updates [LIVE: Qatari foreign minister says hostage-truce talks making progress ‘to some extent’]( By ToI Staff 2 reservists killed fighting in Strip * Armenia announces recognition of Palestine, sparking Israeli ire * Blinken stresses Lebanon de-escalation during meet with Hanegbi, Dermer [Hundreds protest in Paris against antisemitism after rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl]( By AFP President of Women’s Foundation tells rally incident reflects rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7, as well as ‘a rape culture to which young people are more likely to subscribe’ [As far right and hard left vie for votes, French Jews seek least antisemitic party]( By Claire Gallen [German government reports rise in extremist crimes, partly due to Israel-Hamas war]( By Toby Axelrod [ISIS-inspired Palestinian charged for murdering Israeli teen in grisly West Bank attack]( By Michael Horovitz Details of killing so gruesome they are not made public; Ahmed Dawabsha allegedly began discussing jihadist ideology with friends last year, decided all non-Muslims are infidels [Deadly clashes erupt in West Bank after elderly Israeli killed in carjacking]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Mijal Bitton [We are stronger than we think]( At this time of broken illusions, Israel’s sojourn in the desert shows that the gap between the real and ideal is part of Jewish DNA (Beha’alotcha) Avidan Freedman [The price of fear]( Though rooted in real safety concerns, the push to totally ban Palestinian workers has its own dangers, external and internal [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Israel’s birth rate remains highest in OECD by far, at 2.9 children per woman]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Israel is forum’s only member state reproducing above replacement rate; report cites high Haredi rate, but even among secular population it is higher than in any other OECD country [CRM]( [Israel unprepared for full-blown war with Hezbollah — senior electricity official]( By ToI Staff Head of company responsible for planning country’s electrical systems says Israel would be uninhabitable after 72 hours without power; after furor, claims he misspoke [Cyprus nonplussed by Hezbollah threat it could be dragged into regional war]( By Reuters [Report claims only 50 hostages in Gaza still thought alive]( By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian Netanyahu tells families of slain hostages he will not halt fight even as pressure for deal continues to mount; IDF says terror commander who took part in October 7 massacre killed [Surveillance troops spotted ‘highly irregular’ Hamas drill 4 days before Oct. 7]( By ToI Staff [Armenia recognizes Palestinian statehood; Israel summons ambassador for reprimand]( By ToI Staff Move follows similar ones by Slovenia, Spain, Ireland and Norway, with 145 UN member states now recognizing ‘State of Palestine’; statement affirms support for two-state solution [German foreign minister to visit Israel, West Bank and Lebanon next week]( By AFP and ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Prof. Jan Grabowski: Appropriation of Holocaust terms in Gaza war]( By ToI Staff Historian discusses how the definitions of the terms ‘genocide’ and ‘Zionists’ are usurped and cheapened in an effort to delegitimize the Jewish state during the war against Hamas [Geologists press Dead Sea Works to prevent creation of salt mountain ‘as tall as Masada’]( By Sue Surkes Company said examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction byproduct as state’s Geological Survey pins hopes on developing beauty spot for new tourism plan Timeless style [Vogue Germany’s next cover model is a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor]( By PHILISSA CRAMER Margot Friedländer moved back to Berlin when she was 89 years old, decades after surviving Theresienstadt, and has since become a local celebrity [Thousands rally against government outside Netanyahu’s Caesarea home]( By ToI Staff Protests also held in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv amid ‘week of disruption’ demanding elections over government’s handling of fighting in north, south, ‘shameful failure’ to free hostages [Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox block highway in protest against IDF enlistment]( By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol [Poll: Israelis hopeful about smoothing civil divides but split on trust in government]( By Elana Kirsh [Day 259 – What’s behind Netanyahu’s tiff with Washington?]( [listen to the podcast]( [Jewish get-out-the-vote effort seeks to unseat Israel critic Jamaal Bowman in NY primary]( By Luke Tress The June 25 vote reflects a contest between moderate Democrats who support Israel and progressives like the congressman who has cast doubt on reports of Hamas’s sexual violence [Hebrew Union College rabbinical school to admit students in interfaith relationships]( By PHILISSA CRAMER Policy change brings seminary in line with norms across Reform movement, where intermarriage is common; students with children must pledge to raise them as Jews More Headlines [Swiss museum takes down 5 paintings looted by Nazis as part of probe into origins]( By Jamey Keaten [Treasury said to urge Smotrich to make cuts, hike taxes to raise NIS 30-50 billion]( By ToI Staff [In rarity, liquefied natural gas ship braves Red Sea days after Houthis sink vessel]( By Emily Chow [Louisiana passes law requiring public schools to display Ten Commandments]( By Sara Cline [OpenAI co-founder creates a new AI startup with a research lab in Tel Aviv]( By Sharon Wrobel [Dating trouble / Ban on date imports said to pit UAE against Israel’s Agriculture Ministry]( By ToI Staff [Anti-Israel backlash keeps US conglomerate away from major Malaysia project]( By Reuters and ToI Staff [Obituary / Donald Sutherland, towering actor from ‘M.A.S.H.’ and ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88]( By Jake Coyle [The daily edition]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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