All coalition deals signed ahead of Sunday’s Bennett-Lapid gov’t swear-in * Likud vows peaceful transition * Mossad chief reveals secrets in TV int’w * McDonald’s in pita

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, June 11, 2021 [Lapid finalizes coalition deals with all parties in incoming ‘change government’]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina is the last faction to formally announce it has signed an agreement with Yesh Atid before Friday afternoon deadline, ahead of Sunday’s swearing-in vote]( [Netanyahu associates: He knows he can’t prevent ‘change government’ taking power]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud promises peaceful transition of power, again accuses Bennett of fraud]( By [TOI staff]( [In stunning, revelatory interview, ex-Mossad chief warns Iran, defends Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Days after stepping down, Yossi Cohen gives specific details of Mossad actions against Tehran nuke program, his role in UAE deal, his Gaza error, and his prime ministerial hopes]( [Transcript / Key passages from outgoing Mossad chief’s unprecedented TV interview]( By [TOI staff]( [US lifts some Iran sanctions ahead of renewed nuclear talks]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Russia said providing Iran advanced spy satellite to surveil military targets]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Officials say satellite would be a major upgrade to Iranian capabilities, letting Tehran continuously photograph Israeli and US bases in Mideast and share data with terror groups]( [Iran rejects UN report it is stalling on answering queries on nuclear sites]( By [AFP]( [Iran warships sail through Atlantic, said heading for US-sanctioned Venezuela]( By [Isabel Debre and Jon Gambrell]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Meet the prime minister who led Israel’s first political ‘Upheaval’]( By [TOI staff]( [For director Jonathan Gruber, Menachem Begin’s messages of fighting for Jewish pride and accepting all Jews as brothers has never been more timely]( Have a bit o' pita [McDonald’s to start serving falafel, kebab meals… in pita]( By [TOI staff]( [Fastfood restaurants in Israel to begin offering dishes in pita bread from next month]( Reporter's notebook [After 60 years of decay Budapest’s grand Rumbach synagogue has new lease on life]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [Inaugurated Thursday, the richly renovated synagogue compound — a WWII deportation point for Jews sent to Auschwitz — is now a lively multipurpose Jewish cultural center and cafe]( Top Ops [Omer Yankelevitch]( [Israel and world Jewry: It should be a love story]( [The new government must invest in the full diversity of the Jewish people, globally; the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs has laid the groundwork to do so]( [Leah Herzog]( [Enough is enough: Learning to be content]( [Moses and Aaron drive home the point that everyone’s every benefit is divinely ordained. Korach should know better than to be jealous. I should too (Korach)]( [Oded Eran]( [Smoke to the east of us: Is Jordan on fire?]( [Israel’s new government must take decisive measures to help douse the flames posing a grave threat to Hashemite stability]( [Ari M. Solomont]( [Checking motivations at the border]( [If you see life getting harder in the US and are mulling Israel instead, I’m here to tell you that you need to actually want to live here for a successful aliyah]( [CRM]( [Photos show Hamas tunnel dug underneath courtyard of UNWRA school in Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( [Pictures published days after UN agency for Palestinian refugees announced discovery of shaft, and after group’s head thrown out of Strip for saying IDF strikes were ‘precise’]( [Ismail Haniyeh said planning trip to Iran, Lebanon as Cairo negotiations stall]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Analysis / Sissi eyes Gaza rebuilding to enhance Egypt’s regional clout]( By [AFP]( [Violence erupts at Old City flashpoint as far right’s Ben Gvir holds protest]( By [TOI staff]( [Controversy-courting lawmaker carries Israeli flag to Damascus Gate after police ban him from marching through Muslim Quarter; at least 5 arrested; Hamas issues warning]( [Jerusalem flag march organizers say deal reached with cops on Tuesday’s route]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Evangelical supporters of Israel concerned as Netanyahu being ousted from power]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [No Israeli leader has cultivated evangelical support like Netanyahu and many worry his imminent departure could sour ties with one of the Jewish state’s main backers]( [After outcry, Omar insists she wasn’t equating US, Israel with terror groups]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Hamas honors Al Jazeera for ‘highly professional’ coverage of Gaza conflict]( By [TOI staff]( [On visit to temporary Gaza bureau of Qatar-funded agency after old office was leveled by IDF, terror group officials present certificate, laud outlet’s ‘high level of nationalism’]( [IDF dismisses officer over tank fire at Gazan farmers during May conflict]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Army nabs infiltrator from Gaza armed with bomb, knives, grenade]( By [TOI staff]( [A new museum in New Orleans puts family histories of Southern Jews on display]( By [Jonah Goldman Kay]( [The product of more than three decades of effort, the institution features relics from large and small Jewish communities spread across the region]( [CRM]( Archaeology [7,000-year-old seal impression marks prehistoric site as early trade hub]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [A twice-stamped little ancient blob of clay discovered in Tel Tsaf — alongside other evidence — leads researchers to deduce a millennia-old complex mercantile exchange]( More Headlines [Israel plans to allow individual tourists back into the country starting July 1]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Palestinian indicted for shooting death of yeshiva student at Tapuah junction]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Two settler outposts said to refuse the protection of female soldiers]( By [TOI staff]( [Rivlin wraps up trip to Romania after celebrating warm ties]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Ministers okay lifting ban on travel to Ethiopia, Turkey and Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( [Frankfurt dissolves elite police unit over far-right chats, neo-Nazi symbols]( By [AFP]( [Signaling entry into Likud leadership race, Barkat calls to delay party primary]( By [TOI staff]( [Arab Israeli arrested for shooting at cops during May’s unrest]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Neo-Nazi members plead guilty to attack plot at Virginia gun rights rally]( By [Michael Kunzelman]( [Uzia Galil, a founding father of Israel’s tech industry, dies aged 96]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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