Manslaughter charge for cop who killed autistic Palestinian * How & why Bennett keeps his kipa on * Negev police op nearly foiled coalition * Ca nada’s antisemitism surge

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, June 17, 2021 [Cop who fatally shot autistic Palestinian man charged with reckless manslaughter]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [Iyad Halak, 32, was killed last year by Border Police who say they mistook him for a terrorist; he was shot a 2nd time on the ground, posing no threat, investigators say]( [Palestinian teen shot by IDF, allegedly while throwing explosive, dies]( By [TOI staff]( [Incendiary balloons from Gaza spark fires in south for second day in a row]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Lod imam detained for incitement to be released on house arrest]( By [TOI staff]( [Court orders release of Imam Sheikh Yusuf Albaz, 63, from custody on Friday despite the opposition of police]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu’s not going anywhere, and Bennett’s helping him stick around]( [At the start of what will be a relentless fight to protect his coalition against a predecessor who is treating him despicably, the new PM is already radiating weakness]( Analysis [Ben Sales]( [Bubblegum and magic tape: How PM Bennett’s kippa stays on, and why it matters]( [The new prime minister is the first to regularly wear a head covering, identifying as a Modern Orthodox Jew, a stark shift from Israel’s secular founding fathers]( Don't miss a thing [Get The Times of Israel on your Google News]( [Catch everything that really matters on Israel and the Jewish world. Click here, then on the star >]( [How a Negev police operation nearly foiled establishment of the new government]( By [Tani Goldstein and TOI staff]( [Hours before the coalition was confirmed, a large patrol announced demolitions in a Ra’am party stronghold, prompting an MK to abstain in the key vote. But who ordered the move?]( Times of Israel Podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing June 17 – What the Bennett government must do within 100 days]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Ministers approve new security cabinet; Bennett holds 1st meeting with IDF chief]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud files no-confidence motion against ‘government established on lies’]( By [TOI staff]( [Canada’s Jews say antisemites declared ‘open season’ on them since Gaza conflict]( By [Robert Sarner]( [May’s Operation Guardian of the Walls brings huge spike in antisemitic incidents. Condemned by politicians, lack of public reaction spurs concerns hate is now socially acceptable]( [Jewish head of Canada Green party survives leadership challenge amid Israel rift]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Israel issues new proof-of-vaccine, recovery documents valid until end of 2021]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry acts to prevent current documentation expiring without replacement, potentially leaving Israelis unable to travel]( [Gantz asks Bennett to release minutes of cabinet meetings on pandemic]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel issues ‘severe’ COVID travel warning for UAE]( By [TOI staff]( [3 Arab men charged over Jaffa firebombing that seriously hurt boy during riots]( By [TOI staff]( [2 accused of attempted murder, 3rd indicted as accomplice to multiple attacks including mistaken assault on Arab home]( [Lod imam arrested on suspicion of encouraging violence against cops]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Nadav Tamir]( [Rivlin proved the importance of the presidency]( [The president helps balance a country that risks being pulled off course by extreme factions and special interests. 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