Bennett to praise Netanyahu at Sunday swearing-in * TV: PM’s 3-year offer to Gantz * Haredim rip Women of Wall prayer books * Meet German army’s 1st post-Nazi chief rabbi

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 12, 2021 [Bennett said set to praise and thank Netanyahu during speech at swearing-in]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina head to assure that coalition will serve all; Likud head likely to remain in Balfour for weeks but still no contact between sides; Lapid hopes to visit US in 1st month as FM]( [What’s in the coalition agreements Yesh Atid signed with ‘change bloc’ partners]( By [TOI staff]( [Analysis / What may change and what may stay the same under the Bennett-Lapid government]( By [Joseph Krauss]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Why the champions of change are forming one of Israel’s most bloated governments]( [Lapid railed at the dysfunction of the Netanyahu-Gantz government. Yet he and Bennett have set up one just as big and wasteful. What’s needed, paradoxically, is a bigger Knesset]( [Netanyahu’s last ditch bid to Gantz: ‘I’ll resign now, you’ll be PM for 3 years’]( By [TOI staff]( [TV report says Blue and White chief rejected many offers from PM’s aides to thwart incoming coalition; proposal for immediate resignation said issued in early hours of Friday]( [Netanyahu hosted Ra’am head at Balfour residence several times in bid to woo him]( By [TOI staff]( [Haredi demonstrators harass Women of Wall worshipers, tear their prayer books]( By [TOI staff]( [Extremists snatch suitcase containing books belonging to progressive Jewish worshipers at Western Wall and rip them, claiming that Jewish law demands such contents be destroyed]( Interview [Germany’s 1st post-WWII military rabbi aims to open door to more Jewish recruits]( By [Yaakov Schwartz]( [The son of a Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Mordechai Balla says one of the most important aspects of his new job is educating non-Jewish soldiers while ministering to all faiths’ needs]( [Report: Netanyahu took part in effort with US, Saudi Arabia to pressure Jordan]( By [TOI staff]( [Washington Post says Israeli intelligence agencies told King Abdullah II they weren’t involved in alleged plot against him, appeared to suggest the PM was to blame]( [Israel hopes for less bias as UAE among 5 nations named to UN Security Council]( By [Edith M. Lederer]( [Putin says report Russia to sell Iran advanced spy satellite is ‘garbage’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israeli officials express concern following report of sale in Washington Post, amid fears move will dramatically enhance Tehran’s ability to track bases and targets in Israel]( [Iran blasts ex-Mossad chief for ‘threatening our nuclear scientists’]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Iran pays UN debts after 6 month delay, restoring its voting rights]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Zack Rothbart]( [The bizarre true story of Israel’s first government]( [Given the rich and colorful diversity of the inaugural Knesset, it is fitting that a movie theater with 1,100 luxurious, upholstered seats became its home]( [Todd L. Pittinsky]( [From eyewitness to iWitness]( [Can technology reveal the Holocaust’s evil to the many young people who have not heard of it, or aren’t sure what it is, or, worse, believe vicious lies about it?]( [CRM]( [IDF troops helped build an illegal West Bank outpost now slated for demolition]( By [TOI staff]( [Military says soldiers guarding Evyatar ‘strayed from their orders’ and will be investigated; troops filmed helping set up prefabricated housing]( [TV: Jailed officer who died caused ‘great’ harm, was caught before doing worse]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsourced report claims intel officer was motivated by ‘professional pride,’ says army was seeking 10-year prison term; in letter to IDF chief, family slams ‘defamation campaign’]( [Young US Zionists say they’re fighting antisemitism online, but is it effective?]( By [Ben Sales]( [A group of pro-Israel Jews in their 20s and 30s assertively defend Zionism and Jews on social media, but critics across the political spectrum question the campaign’s efficacy]( [White House vows to hire Jewish liaison after key groups left out of Israel call]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Reps. of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements were among those absent from recent briefing with Blinken, highlighting a ‘surprising tone-deafness’ from Biden administration]( Time to Refocus [A tour guide-turned-photographer’s view of Israeli sites and scenes]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [‘From the Beginning,’ an exhibit of photos taken by Moshe Gold when work dried up during pandemic, goes on show at Jerusalem Cinematheque, offering a new look at familiar places]( [15-year-old Palestinian killed during clashes with IDF at outpost protest]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian health ministry names youth as Mohammad Hamayel, says 6 others wounded during demonstration outside Evyatar in West Bank, which was reestablished 2 months ago]( [Felix Salten, the neglected creator of ‘Bambi,’ celebrated in Vienna show]( By [Anne BEADE]( [Philosopher sees the personal experience of the Jewish writer, who fled Austria after the Nazi annexation, in the book’s portrayal of ‘the way the animals must constantly escape’]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Poland opens probe into mass burial site found near Auschwitz]( By [AP]( [Israel sees record number of travelers at airport since pre-COVID]( By [TOI staff]( [Krakow official: Good luck figurines of Jews are antisemitic, shouldn’t be sold]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Frankfurt dissolves elite police unit over far-right chats, neo-Nazi symbols]( By [AFP]( [Minister decides not to give Israel Prize to professor over alleged BDS support]( By [TOI staff]( [Prosecutors said to warn phone search in Netanyahu graft trial could take months]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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