Erdogan talks with Herzog * 25% of US Jews: Israel ’apartheid state’ * Bennett raps showman Netanyahu * Ancient ’freedom’ of Zion coins found * Interview: David Steinberg

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, July 13, 2021 [In possible sign of thaw, Turkey’s Erdogan talks with new Israeli president]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Isaac Herzog and Turkish president pledge to maintain contact ‘and ongoing dialogue’ despite differences, after years of strained ties]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing July 13 – Reshaping Israel’s foreign policy from East to West]( By [TOI staff]( [Analysis / As Saudis and Emiratis take aim at each other, Israel could get hit by ricochets]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Poll finds a quarter of US Jews think Israel is ‘apartheid state’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Also, 22% of respondents agree that ‘Israel is committing genocide’; 67% say denying Jewish state’s right to exist is antisemitic]( [Sourpuss, showman: Bennett bashes Netanyahu over Iran, COVID in Knesset showdown]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Prime minister mocks predecessor for showboating accomplishments, while opposition leader accuses new government of undoing his gains]( [First deaf Knesset member gives maiden speech in sign language]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Bashing water deal, Netanyahu accuses Jordan of helping bolster Iran]( By [Amy Spiro]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Stressing new coalition’s liberal values, Lapid looks to revive ties with EU]( [Marking shift from Netanyahu cultivating Visegrad bloc while seemingly snubbing ‘old Europe,’ foreign minister backs two-state solution and seeks to get back in sync with Brussels]( [In meetings with Lapid, EU expresses eagerness to improve Israel ties]( By [Lazar Berman]( [German, French envoys said to have boycotted US embassy’s July 4 Jerusalem event]( By [TOI staff]( [2,000-year-old coins hailing ‘freedom’ of Zion, Jerusalem uncovered in West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [In bid to topple government, Netanyahu seeks a dysfunctional Knesset]( [The new coalition has proven surprisingly resilient, but a state budget law must pass by November if it is to survive. Likud is hard at work, once again, making sure it doesn’t]( [Liberman to bring budget to cabinet in August, seeks hike in home property tax]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Sa’ar says he’ll advance Basic Law on criminal defendants’ rights]( By [TOI staff]( [Daily virus rate surges to 730 new cases, highest tally since March]( By [TOI staff]( [Serious cases stay steady; hospitals warn lack of funding means there may not be enough doctors if outbreak spreads; cabinet set to discuss return of some form of Green Pass system]( [Vaccinated elderly couple die of COVID 4 days apart]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministry says testing glitch underreported COVID positivity rate for weeks]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Israel’s own COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in Georgia, Ukraine and at home]( By [TOI staff]( [NRx Pharmaceuticals will send inoculation, known as Brilife, to third-stage clinical trials, which will be conducted on tens of thousands of volunteers in Israel and abroad]( [Health Ministry said set to recommend reducing quarantine period to 7 days]( By [TOI staff]( [AIPAC cancels 2022 policy conference, citing lingering pandemic concerns]( By [Ron Kampeas]( Live updates [New national security adviser said to have seen Iran nuke deal as ‘lesser evil’]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Eyal Hulata, tapped this week to advise Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, reportedly suggested that Israel should not have forcefully opposed the 2015 deal]( Top Ops [David Matlow]( [When it comes to Israel, the world has an anxiety disorder]( [The diagnosis fits: Overgeneralization? Check. Disqualifying the positive? That too, along with all-or-none thinking and emotional reasoning]( [Dov Linzer]( [Words create worlds]( [Is someone disabled, or a person with a disability? What about ’special needs’ or ’neurodiverse’ or ’on the Autism spectrum’? Language can have huge consequences]( [Matti Munk]( [Converting Israel’s office buildings to apartments is doomed to failure]( [This supposed housing crisis quick-fix appeals to voters, but it’s a money-loser for developers. Vacate inner-city apartments used as offices instead]( [Todd Berman]( [A meditation for the 9 Days]( [Baseless hatred destroyed the Second Temple; recognizing the divine image in every human sparks the love needed to rebuild it]( [CRM]( Interview [Lapid’s US pollster sees 10 years of work come to ‘dramatic, emotional’ fruition]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Mark Mellman, strategist for Yesh Atid and founder of Democratic Majority for Israel, believes new Israeli government can restore Jewish state’s bipartisan place in US politics]( [Poll: A month into new government, Israelis split on whether they support it]( By [TOI staff]( [Hezbollah airs new footage from 2006 attack that triggered Second Lebanon War]( By [TOI staff]( [Terror group releases previously unseen video of operatives moving through wooded border area and carrying out deadly bombing of IDF patrol vehicle, then taking 2 hostages]( [EU paves way for sanctions against Lebanese political elite over ongoing crisis]( By [AFP]( [IDF launches first-of-its-kind international drone exercise]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Biden’s Mideast point man in region amid tussle over home demolitions]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Hady Amr makes second trip to Israel, expected to voice displeasure over Israel’s policy of razing homes of terror suspects and death of activist at hands of PA]( [Egypt expresses growing optimism on Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel bars jailed senior PFLP member from attending her daughter’s funeral]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Interview [Jewish comedic legend looks back on 50 years of laughs in new memoir]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Rabbinical student-turned-comedian David Steinberg has penned a new book detailing his unforgettable anecdotes with the funniest and most famous comics of the past five decades]( [Israeli study offers hope of ‘rewiring’ nerves to restore lost sense of touch]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Poised to help many who have lost touch sensation to injury or amputation, tech feeds sensor’s signals to healthy nerves; tests on rats documented in peer-reviewed research]( [Child’s necklace, wedding album: The hunt for keepsakes in Florida condo rubble]( By [TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY]( [As rescuers recover personal possessions of the dead and missing, rabbis work in the processing area to ensure that religious artifacts are handled with care and properly stored]( [As collapsed condo ruins become ‘holy site,’ Surfside weighs how to honor dead]( By [BOBBY CAINA CALVAN]( [Jacob Steinmetz becomes first known Orthodox Jewish player drafted into the MLB]( By [DENNIS WASZAK Jr.]( [Steinmetz, from Long Island, known for his blazing fastball, picked 77th overall by Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball draft]( [Marvin Miller, Jewish former MLB union chief, to be inducted in Hall of Fame]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Families of students killed in flash flood reach NIS 24 million settlement]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria over alleged contact with separatists]( By [Lazar Berman]( [High Court upholds Basic Law underpinning PM rotation deals]( By [TOI staff]( [High Court okays gender-segregated ultra-Orthodox college programs]( By [TOI staff]( [Genetic waste / Tel Aviv will test dog poop DNA to fine owners who don’t clean up]( By [TOI staff]( [Coca-Cola Israel invests in Biomilk to develop cultivated milk products]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Securing some stability, Knesset okays 11 permanent committees]( By [TOI staff]( [Report: New texts from ex-Walla CEO’s phone strengthen case against Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli man gets 10-25 years for raping 15-year-old girl near Pittsburgh]( By [TOI staff]( [Hit with abuse, England soccer stars take on racist fans, their own government]( By [Rob Harris]( [Auschwitz Museum says Boebert’s Nazi-vaccine link shows ‘intellectual decline’]( By [Ben Sales]( [Amid racism row, Instagram says monkey emojis to Black soccer players are okay]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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