Bennett to Netanyahu: Let Israel go * Netanyahu: Election was stolen * Likud Speaker stalls on swearing-in * Police no to J’lem march * Blogs: E gyptian teen on 6 Day War

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, June 7, 2021 [Bennett to Netanyahu: Let Israel go, don’t leave ‘scorched earth’]( By [TOI staff]( [In speech, PM-designate decries premier’s tactics in pressuring rightist MKs to oppose change government, urges Knesset speaker to call vote on coalition this week]( [New Hope, Yamina reject idea Netanyahu considering stepping down: ‘It’s a trick’]( By [TOI staff]( [Echoing Trump, Netanyahu says election stolen, ‘deep state’ within new coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [In interview with right-wing TV outlet, using language reminiscent of former US president, prime minister also claims Bennett is a ‘habitual liar’ who is ‘holding a fire sale’]( [Likud MK says Bennett, Sa’ar like ‘suicide bombers’ facing ‘death sentence’]( By [TOI staff]( [Rabble rousers against politicians get warning calls from law enforcement — TV]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Levin tells Knesset that Lapid has coalition, doesn’t say when vote will be]( By [TOI staff]( [Last possible date that swearing-in vote can be held is June 14, giving Netanyahu and his right-wing religious bloc more time to try to block formation of ‘change government’]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing June 7 – Likud tricks & shtick to delay ‘change bloc’ government]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Knesset to meet on setting date for vote on new government, likely June 14]( By [TOI staff]( [Police nix contentious Jerusalem flag march, angering nationalists]( By [TOI staff]( [Authorities say event will be reconsidered if date and route changed, but head of Religious Zionism party and others fume that decision is ‘capitulation to terror’]( From the blogs [Kamal Abdel-Malek]( [For an Egyptian teenager like me in 1967, an Israeli victory was inconceivable]( [In an excerpt from his ​memoir, a professor of Arabic literature describes the horror at learning his country had lost the Six Day War and the shockwaves that followed the defeat]( [CRM]( [Study finds 1 in 3 young teens had COVID, fueling debate over need for vaccine]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Government launches campaign for minors as planned, though immunity from illness more widespread among them than previously believed]( [Israel to drop indoor mask requirement on June 15, as daily cases near zero]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu likens arrival of 1st vaccines in Israel to Pearl Harbor bombing]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Avram Mlotek]( [How a ‘wokestorm’ is misleading a generation about Israel]( [If the ’woke community’ really sought to awaken, it would realize that Jew-hatred is the oldest of hatreds. Apparently, Jewish blood is still cheap]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Think Israel’s current transition is unique? Think again.]( [Rivals uniting to oust an incumbent? Check. Rotation leadership? Been there. The many parallels abroad can light a path to better and stable governance]( [Julio Messer]( [Lapid’s clueless claim that Netanyahu can’t work with Biden]( [The likely alternate PM and foreign minister has a thing or two to learn about what relations between country leaders are all about]( [Avi Liberman]( [What I’m learning about almost dying]( [Some facial paralysis, 32 staples in my skull, and overwhelming concern from loved ones have given all kinds of new meaning to ’the show must go on’]( [In blow to Palestinian residents, AG won’t weigh in on Sheikh Jarrah evictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Mandelblit informs Supreme Court he won’t join deliberations about contentious East Jerusalem neighborhood; reportedly believes evictions can’t legally be stopped]( [Police arrest Sheikh Jarrah activist twins, claiming they participated in riots]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian Authority pays $42,000 to family of terrorist who killed 2 Israelis]( By [TOI staff]( [Money said to compensate family of Muhannad Halabi for housing costs after IDF destroyed their home following murder of Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Banita in 2015]( [Palestinian said shot, badly hurt in clash with Israeli troops]( By [TOI staff]( [In pre-WWII Marienbad bubble, rabbis and royalty alike came to take water ‘cure’]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Family memoir portrays spa town Marienbad’s heyday, when Jews from all over Europe flocked there for medical treatments, reunions, and healthy doses of politics]( [David Dushman, last surviving Auschwitz liberator, dies aged 98]( By [AFP]( [Hamas issues footage of Shalit in captivity, voice of another ‘captured soldier’]( By [TOI staff]( [Al Jazeera airs new videos of soldier being held in Gaza cell; calls for ‘help’ heard in separate audio purporting to be of another captive, but parents says not their sons’ voices]( [IDF court hears request to remove gag on case of officer who died mysteriously]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Entering position, new IDF spokesman vows to remain truthful]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Ex-head of Israel space program dies of Acre hotel attack injuries, weeks later]( By [TOI staff]( [Rocket scientist Avi Har-Even, 84, succumbs to wounds sustained when rioters torched Efendi Hotel at peak of Arab-Jewish violence last month]( [Fresh charges leveled over Jewish mob attack on Arab man]( By [TOI staff]( [Giant sinkhole swallows cars in Jerusalem hospital parking lot]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Pit opens up outside Shaare Zedek Medical Center as ground collapses, taking with it vehicles; no injuries reported]( [Iran failed to answer questions on uranium find, says IAEA head]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [UN nuclear agency head Grossi has been pushing Tehran for answers on three sites dating back many years where inspections revealed traces of uranium of man-made origin]( [IDF arrests 2 men who entered Israel from Lebanon; terror not suspected]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Iranian Hezbollah founder, who survived alleged Israeli book bomb, dies of COVID]( By [Agencies]( Interview [US free-speech lawyer: Government legislation a threat to First Amendment rights]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [In his new book ‘The Fight for Free Speech,’ author, professor, and ABC News legal counsel Ian Rosenberg cites 10 contemporary cases that highlight how fragile that freedom is]( [CRM]( [What’s a ‘Jew of no religion’? 3 American Jews on their non-religious identities]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [A recent Pew survey breaks Jewish Americans down into 2 broad categories based on beliefs – but while God may not be on the menu, some say this distinction doesn’t work for them]( More Headlines [Sex offender rabbi who defrauded followers gets 18 months in plea deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Italian police arrest neo-Nazi group that called for anti-Jewish attacks]( By [AFP]( [Man awaiting trial for nearly killing wife now suspected of further threats]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Big news / Rhino calf born at Ramat Gan zoo named ‘Ruvi’ for the president]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli tech firms reach unicorn status at double the pace in last decade: study]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Jihadists kill at least 160 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attack since 2015]( By [Armel BAILY]( [Smart-toilet bowl startup gets more funds in the tank to rev up production]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Crop-monitoring startup PlanetWatchers raises $3.5 million from investors]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Former Walla CEO: Story on Sara Netanyahu taking bottle-deposit cash was removed]( By [TOI staff]( [Lyrical love / Bhad Bhabie and Lil Yachty invest $1 million in Jewish dating app]( By [Ben Sales]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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