Attack on Iran facility said successful * Abbas critic dies after ’violent PA arrest’ * Town turns ’red’ for COVID * Diplomacy after Netanyahu * Will Haredim join gov’t?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, June 24, 2021 [Attack on Iranian nuclear site damaged centrifuge production facility – reports]( By [Judah Ari Gross and AP]( [Despite Tehran’s claims to the contrary, opposition sources say attempted sabotage reported earlier in the day was successful, hitting complex previous sanctioned by the US, UN]( [Iran nuclear site hit Wednesday was on list of targets Israel gave US – report]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Israel and US said to increase cooperation to combat Iranian drones]( By [TOI staff]( [Prominent Abbas critic dies after allegedly violent arrest by PA police]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Nizar Banat’s family says he was beaten severely as he was taken into custody on Thursday; PA says it will investigate the incident]( [Breaking silence, Abbas says willing to work with new Israeli government, but…]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Biden administration says it’s pushing Ramallah to reform terror payment policy]( By [Jacob Magid]( Live updates [LIVE: Hundreds of Palestinians protest death of activist in PA police custody]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian Authority says it will investigate incident in which prominent critic Nizar Banat’s dies after what family says was severe beating at hands of police]( [Israeli town turns ‘red’ due to COVID outbreak – the first in months]( By [Amy Spiro]( [More than 1,000 people in Binyamina are in quarantine amid a spike in cases linked to the extra-contagious Delta variant]( [Israel delays reopening of borders to vaccinated tourists until August]( By [TOI staff]( [Virus czar: Not yet certain Israel ‘in control of this outbreak’]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Can the Haredi parties afford a long stay in the opposition?]( [The ultra-Orthodox community depends on government largesse; the narrow coalition needs Shas and United Torah Judaism to assure its hold on power. So why won’t they work together?]( [Honduras becomes 4th country to open embassy in Jerusalem]( By [Amy Spiro]( [In his first meeting with a foreign leader since becoming PM, Bennett thanks visiting President Hernández for ‘having done a brave and justified deed for the State of Israel’]( [Lapid works to fill long-vacant posts of ambassador to France, Canada, Australia]( By [Lazar Berman]( [In 1st for new government, building projects in West Bank settlements approved]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Netanyahu’s ouster creates diplomatic openings for Israel, if government holds]( [World leaders eager to get to work with Bennett and Lapid, but support comes with strings attached and the vast experience of the longtime leader could be missed]( [Lapid to meet US Secretary of State Blinken in Rome next week]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Poll: Many Democrats want more US support for Palestinians]( By [Ellen Knickmeyer and EMILY SWANSON]( Top Ops [Ori Weisberg]( [Natan Sharansky, Un-Hero]( [How can someone of such inspirational courage, wit and humanity label those seeking to advance full equality between Jews and Palestinians as ’Un-Jews’?]( [Toni L. Kamins]( [I never thought I’d be afraid to be Jewish in France. But I am.]( [From an American in Paris: Till recently, the long history of antisemitism didn’t phase me, but these days I’m not wearing my Star of David necklace]( [Daniel Goldman]( [Jerusalem Pride]( [This year, I marched against humiliation and ostracism of LGBT people in the religious world – and for seeing the divine image in every person]( [Ofer Amitai]( [To fight ransomware hacks drain the cryptocurrency swamp]( [This kind of digital extortion — increasingly viewed as terrorism – would be impossible without the ability to move money around anonymously]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing June 24 – Iran nuclear site attack; IDF lasers; IDF’s chief in DC]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Iran to rule on extending IAEA nuclear site inspections only after deal expires]( 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 >]( [After Kohavi meeting, US reaffirms commitment to not let Iran get nukes]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF chief blasts American plans to rejoin nuclear deal in meeting with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan]( [Meeting top US officials, Kohavi blasts American plans to rejoin Iran deal]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Times of Israel Community [Join ToI Community for an evening of learning and levity with Benji Lovitt]( By [TOI staff]( [In a ToI Community exclusive live comedy event on Tuesday, June 29, Lovitt will show us pivotal moments in Israeli history – and the humor that accompanied them]( [Seven Arabs indicted for murder, terrorism in May killing of Jewish Lod man]( By [TOI staff]( [5 defendants are residents of the city, 2 are West Bank Palestinians who were illegally in country; prosecutors say they aimed to ‘instill fear’]( [At Lebanon war memorial, Gantz says next conflicts likely to need ground troops]( By [Amy Spiro]( [‘We are keeping our eyes open, maintaining the routine, while remaining prepared,’ says defense minister at event marking 15 years from Second Lebanon War]( [CRM]( [Housing minister said to offer deputy ministership to Islamist Ra’am]( By [TOI staff]( [Ze’ev Elkin, Mansour Abbas both confirm report but deny it is connected to coalition’s efforts to win Arab party’s backing for extending ‘family reunification law’]( [At ‘victory’ event, Bennett vows to make Yamina the party of government]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett holds ‘introductory meeting’ with Supreme Court Chief Justice Hayut]( By [TOI staff]( [Flurry of tech IPOs buoys renaissance for Tel Aviv Stock Exchange]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Once shunned by local firms, the TASE is now seeing massive growth and hoping to use dual-listings to lure the biggest prizes yet: billion-dollar unicorns]( [ironSource shares start NYSE trade next week after SPAC deal gets final nod]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Ex-police captain who got crucial Orthodox support leads NYC primary]( By [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [Eric Adams jumps out to 1st place in Democratic race, the winner of which is expected to be elected New York’s next mayor]( [Pirates analyst and southpaw pitcher heads to Tokyo Olympics with Team Israel]( By [Sarah Abrams]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Gilad Shalit gets married, 10 years after release from Hamas captivity]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli-born doctoral student in US fatally stabbed while visiting Chicago]( By [TOI staff]( [US, Germany launch initiative to combat rising antisemitism, Holocaust denial]( By [Matthew Lee]( [Jewish Museum in Berlin opens kids’ exhibit about Noah’s Ark]( By [Kirsten Grieshaber]( [Crunch time? / Cicadas are edible. 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