No incoming tourism till August as COVID cases rise * Iran says sabotage foiled at nuclear facility * How a Ouija board sprung 2 UK officers * Film reviews: Sublet; Asia

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Live updates [LIVE: Israel to delay reopening borders to vaccinated tourists until August — reports]( By [TOI staff]( [Decision comes amid rise in COVID cases in the country, despite successful vaccination campaign]( [Iran says it foiled sabotage attempt at a nuclear facility]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Local news reports unspecified threat was ‘neutralized’ before it damaged building of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization]( [US confirms it took down Iran- and Hamas-linked news sites over disinformation]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [US seizes Iranian, pro-Hamas news websites in major crackdown]( By [Agencies]( [In rare move, apparently under US pressure, Israel votes to condemn China abuses]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israel, which often seeks not to antagonize major trading partner Beijing, joins 40 mostly Western countries on Canadian-led measure at UNHRC regarding treatment of Muslim Uyghurs]( [Iran says US agreed to remove 1,040 sanctions from Trump era in nuclear talks]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Rouhani’s chief of staff says Washington willing to lift limitations on oil, shipping sectors and some senior officials close to Khamenei; no announcement on matter from US]( [Iran failed to launch satellite earlier this month, is trying again — experts]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Saudi Arabia presses IAEA over inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites]( By [TOI staff]( 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 >]( [Amid virus surge, Israel said seeking to bring forward Pfizer vaccine deliveries]( By [TOI staff]( [With next shipment due in several months and supplies expiring in July, Health Ministry officials in contact with vaccine producer to speed up delivery, says Army Radio]( [New COVID cases top 100 for 2nd day; virus czar: Masks may soon return indoors]( By [TOI staff]( [Not a single Israeli prosecuted for violating COVID restrictions during pandemic]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett urges Israelis not to travel abroad amid rise in COVID infections]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Prime minister advises wearing masks indoors as virus cases rebound, urges teenagers to get their vaccines before July 9]( [Liberman shuts spigot on pandemic jobless benefits to coax country back to work]( By [TOI staff]( [153 Texas medics fired or quit after comparing vaccine order to Nazi experiments]( By [Jamie Stengle]( [How a Ouija board sprung two British officers from a WWI Ottoman prison camp]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [In new book, ‘The Confidence Men,’ author Margalit Fox delves into spiritual trends and psychological mechanisms that enabled brilliant buddies to hoodwink Turkish captors]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing June 23 – What can Israel expect from a US ambassador Nides?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Lapid taps former tourism minister to serve as consul general in New York]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Lapid, Pelosi discuss bipartisan US support for Israel in first phone call]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( Interview [In Eytan Fox’s ‘Sublet,’ gay mecca Tel Aviv serves as set for generation clash]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Two gay men, one an older American, one a cocky young Sabra, explore Tel Aviv in the Israeli director’s newest release, out now in select US theaters and via on-demand from July 9]( [40 years after Iraq reactor raid, IDF reveals Ilan Ramon’s fears, intel sketches]( By [TOI staff]( [Archive publishes papers relating to 1981 Osirak strike and video of famed pilot saying that mother’s Holocaust experiences inspired him despite the danger]( [Rebel Yamina MK to toe line on most issues, giving coalition 62 votes – report]( By [TOI staff]( [According to Kan news, though he voted against forming the coalition, Amichai Chikli will back most legislation sought by government; he does not confirm or deny the report]( [Two hurt as bleach thrown at right-wing protesters outside Bennett’s home]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz, Sa’ar feud over proposed state inquiry of submarine scandal]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Susannah Schild]( [14 family friendly trails for summer in Israel]( [The midsummer Mediterranean sun can be brutal, so look for hikes with water, shade, or – ideally – both!]( [Jennifer Moses]( [Jews don’t hunt]( [Bucky the Buck has been dead for such a long time, what’s the harm in keeping his mounted head on our wall? Our rabbi had the answer]( [Joseph C. Kaplan]( [The political clout of a high school yearbook]( [Seniors from The Frisch School created unwanted and unwarranted controversy when they dedicated a page to African Americans killed by police violence]( [Alla Umanskiy]( [Dessert for lunch… every day]( [After the birth of my second child, I went to just one Weight Watchers meeting, and discovered I was not alone in how I related to my body]( [CRM]( [7 arrested as Border Police demolish illegal West Bank Jewish outpost]( By [TOI staff]( [Several people at Oz Zion reported to hurl objects at forces and attempt to barricade themselves inside a building]( [Far-right MKs heckled, harassed by angry protesters in Sheikh Jarrah]( By [TOI staff]( [Court greenlights demolishing home of terror suspect accused of killing student]( By [TOI staff]( Inglourious mamzers [Tarantino shows off his Hebrew skills to Kimmel]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Top Hollywood director demonstrates vocabulary he picked up watching children’s TV with infant son, says he spent a year stuck in Israel due to COVID-19]( [Cutting back sugar from juices, startup seeks to tackle oversweetness]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Rehovot-based Better Juice raises $8 million from investors to set up manufacturing plant for bioreactors that use enzymatic process to reduce sugar but retain flavor]( [Lab-grown chicken ‘food revolution’ gathers pace at Ness Ziona eatery]( By [Jonah Mandel]( [From the web / Israel’s Bezeq fires up fibre optic speed after slow start]( [Agtech startup Edete brings tech to wind-pollinated crops for better yield]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Award-winning movie ‘Asia,’ set in Jerusalem, to hit Israeli theaters]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Mother-daughter drama, woven with threads from first-time filmmaker Ruthy Pribar’s life, offers quiet intensity with emotional acting from Shira Haas and Alena Yiv]( [In Holon, a global gaggle of child heart patients get life-saving treatment]( By [TOI staff]( [Over 30 children from 7 countries are in Israel thanks to Save a Child’s Heart, which has not allowed COVID to stop it from giving kids from around the world a new lease on life]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Rivlin, ahead of US visit, meets with Bennett to coordinate message]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [Russia fires warning shots, drops bombs to deter UK warship in Black Sea]( By [AP]( [Chief rabbi: Missionary’s remains should be moved from Jewish Jerusalem cemetery]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Polish children destroy dozens of Jewish headstones while trying to build a fort]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Justice minister taps Amit Aisman as next state prosecutor]( By [TOI staff]( [Philadelphia food event organizers ‘truly sorry’ for disinviting Israeli vendor]( By [TOI staff]( [Hebron activist says he was arrested by PA over online criticism]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Pelosi signals new Democrat-led panel to investigate Capitol riot]( By [MARY CLARE JALONICK]( [Fate of hospitalized British Jewish toddler to be decided Wednesday]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Saudi operatives who killed Khashoggi had paramilitary training in US — report]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [As polls close, an anxious wait for contenders in NYC mayoral primary]( By [Karen Matthews]( [Airstrike on market in Ethiopia’s Tigray kills dozens, witnesses say]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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