Israeli data suggests COVID vaccine protection starts fading after 6 months * Ra’am prompts coalition crisis * Surrogacy OKed for same-sex couples * Drone swarms in Gaza

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, July 11, 2021 [Israeli data seems to show COVID vaccine protection starts fading after 6 months]( By [TOI staff]( [Most of the vaccinated people who have been recently infected got the shot around January, figures given to Health Ministry show; some caution it’s too early to draw conclusions]( [Belgian woman, 90, who died of COVID was infected with 2 strains at once]( By [AFP]( [Ra’am MK: We’re boycotting Knesset votes and meetings until further notice]( By [TOI staff]( [Walid Taha doesn’t specify why Islamist party is taking the step, but sources say Ra’am is upset about coalition’s outreach to Joint List, general disregard for its core demands]( [France gives high honor to lawyer who pushed Palestinian cause at ICC]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Consul general to Jerusalem gives National Order of Merit to Raji Sourani, who represented hundreds of Gazans at The Hague; Israel accuses him of maintaining close ties with Hamas]( [Palestinians said drafting list of demands if limited peace talks resume]( By [TOI staff]( [Hosting Abbas, Erdogan says he won’t stay silent on ‘Israeli oppression’]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing July 11 – Transition complete: Netanyahu exits Balfour. For good?]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Slightly later than agreed, Netanyahus move out of PM’s residence after 12 years]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett: New vaccines to arrive August 1, allowing teen inoculation to continue]( By [TOI staff]( [PM says vaccination of ages 12-15 can keep going uninterrupted, with new shots to arrive as existing supplies expire; report says Pfizer shipment will contain 200,000 doses]( [Israel said likely to delay reopening borders to most tourists until September]( By [TOI staff]( [In apparent world first, IDF deployed drone swarms in Gaza fighting]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Military used ‘flocks’ of small aircraft, all communicating with each other, to locate targets, direct airstrikes, highlighting advances in artificial intelligence-driven combat]( Top Ops [Shulamit S. 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Click here, then on the star >]( [High Court: Ban on surrogacy for same-sex couples, single men to end in 6 months]( By [Michael Bachner]( [After government said it was ‘unfeasible’ to change the law and asked justices to intervene, top court delivers landmark ruling that ends 11-year legal battle]( Live updates [LIVE: Knesset panel okays fines for Israelis trying to visit banned COVID hotspots]( By [TOI staff]( [Iranian foreign ministry slams event hosted by NCRI as a ‘circus arranged by a once Saddam-backed terrorist cult’]( [Israel’s SpaceIL shoots for the Moon for a second time, raises $70 million]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Beresheet 2 mission hopes to launch in 2024 and will see double landing of two small crafts that will detach from mothership, one of them aiming for far side]( [Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson to blast into space on rocket plane]( By [SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and Marcia Dunn]( [Departing IDF rescue team at Florida condo collapse gets medals, cheers]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [At ceremony, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava thanks members of team for their efforts in trying to locate survivors at site of Surfside disaster; toll rises to 86]( [Surfside death toll rises to 86; 43 others still missing]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Ministers to review new plan for allowing Qatari funds into Gaza — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Channel 12 says proposal would see $30 million enter each month through UN, banks and work programs, while ensuring money does not go to Hamas]( [Gazans nabbed after infiltrating into Israel armed with knives]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Family of soldier killed in Gaza seeks to retrieve stolen hard drive of memories]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Israel vows to keep razing terrorists’ homes, as victim’s father pans US rebuke]( By [TOI staff]( [Minister says Biden administration’s criticism won’t make Jerusalem change policy; family of Yehuda Guetta to file suit demanding seizure of killer’s assets in US, West Bank]( [Smuggled guns from Lebanon were meant for terror; largest bust in years — TV]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Officials say they can’t remember such a catch; believe Hezbollah prefers to facilitate attacks within Israel rather than on the border]( [President Herzog speaks with Jordan’s king as nations work to mend relations]( By [TOI staff]( [According to Herzog’s office, Abdullah phoned to congratulate him on appointment, expressed satisfaction with recent improvement of diplomatic ties]( [Shaked: Rebel Yamina MK misled me on Palestinian reunification law]( By [TOI staff]( [Interior Ministry said told to stop processing Palestinian reunification bids]( By [TOI staff]( [Olympics-bound Team Israel drives home Jewish identity for its American players]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [The baseball squad has four native-born Israelis and a diverse group of Jews from around the US with varying backgrounds, but a shared history makes this team closer than most]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Turn of events / Jerusalem scraps plan for promenade Ferris wheel and slides]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Former MK Yehudah Glick detained, suspected of trying to smuggle in Palestinian]( By [TOI staff]( [Joint List’s Tibi undergoes emergency kidney stone surgery]( By [TOI staff]( [Aramaic-speaking Syrian town prepares for return of pilgrims after years of war]( By [AFP]( [Iranian transportation ministry’s website taken down by ‘cyber disruption’]( By [Agencies]( [Interview / The eight-year marathon to bring ‘Where is Anne Frank’ to the big screen]( By [Eric RANDOLPH]( [Jewish man assaulted in Brooklyn in apparent antisemitic attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Facing possible firing, Hadassah chief Rotstein announces he is stepping down]( By [TOI staff]( [UK chief rabbi: Chilled meat ban could make Jewish life in N. 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