Israel eases abortion access * Knesset dispersal stalls * Roman-era sea mosaic drops anchor * Podcast: Is COVID wave worse than we think? * Israel, Saudi in talks on Iran

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, June 27, 2022 Presented by [Thirty-Six podcastÂ]( [Israel eases access to abortion, canceling key decades-old mandatory formalities]( By [TOI staff]( [New rules allow drug-induced early-term abortions at clinics, remove need for approval of intrusive committees; health minister hails reform as opposite to US Supreme Court ruling]( [After Roe reversal, Israel’s end-of-pregnancy approval panels come under scrutiny]( By [TOI staff]( [Knesset dispersal process hampered as coalition, opposition resume talks on details]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Key House Committee meeting repeatedly delayed to give MKs time to discuss election date and additional legislation, amid opposition efforts to form alternative government]( [Battle lines drawn as coalition and opposition resume clash over Knesset’s fate]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and Joshua Davidovich]( [Government advances ‘problematic’ bill that would block defendant Netanyahu’s return]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( Archaeology [Stunning Roman-era Lod seafaring mosaic finally drops anchor in a home of its own]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Five years – and a pandemic – after breaking ground at Lod, the Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center is inaugurated to house the massive sea-themed floor]( from our sponsor [Doron Almog on Memory, Responsiblity and Service]( [Justin begins the second half of his journey on the Thirty-Six podcast by welcoming Almog, one of Israel’s most respected retired IDF Generals.]( Live updates [LIVE: Liberman: Election will cost NIS 2.4 billion; the responsible party should pay price]( By [TOI staff]( [Faction meetings underway as coalition and opposition lawmakers resume talks on setting date for vote and deciding which legislation will be passed before parliament disperses]( [Israel moves toward easing Turkey travel warning, though threat remains]( By [TOI staff]( [Decision to decrease severity of alert still must clear bureaucracy before becoming official, according to report, after several Iranian terror cells busted last week]( Interview [Nathan Jeffay]( [Science of uncertainty: Gov’t adviser on why this COVID wave is so hard to predict]( [Prof. Ran Balicer says current spike reflects waning immunity, a new variant and summer AC use — but widespread unreported home testing means we don’t know yet how severe it’ll be]( [Pfizer CEO to Israeli TV: Omicron shots ready for use as soon as FDA approves]( By [TOI staff]( [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 27: Israel’s current COVID wave may be much worse than we know]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli defense chief said to talk anti-Iran alliance with Saudi counterpart]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF commander Aviv Kohavi reportedly agrees with other Mideast security officials to create alert system, at US-sponsored meeting in Egypt including states Israel has no ties with]( [UK’s Prince Charles reportedly accepted bags with millions in cash from Qatari PM]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Negev Summit partners to meet in Bahrain on keeping cooperation going]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Qatar named as site of indirect talks between Iran and US on nuclear deal]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Iran’s Foreign Ministry says meeting will be held later this week, but doesn’t confirm location; UK, France, Germany to also join]( [Lapid slams EU foreign policy chief for trip to Iran to push reumption of nuke talks]( By [TOI staff]( [Military Intelligence backs revived Iran deal, breaking with IDF chief, Mossad]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Cyberattack forces Iranian state-owned steel plant to stop production]( By [Isabel Debre]( [Incident is apparently one of biggest such assaults on Iran’s strategic industrial sector recently; firm claims attack thwarted, facility not operating due to ‘technical problems’]( [Iran conducts 2nd test of satellite launcher as nuclear talks said set to resume]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Report: US brokering deal for Iran to send oil to Syria; Israel may give approval]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Elchanan Poupko]( [Double standards for rabbis and politics]( [The Orthodox Jewish public sphere is so dominated by GOP politics that partisanship is considered normal – as long as it’s right-wing]( [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [Our pristine kitchen cabinets]( [When the design of a thing makes those who use do harm, we need to build in safeguards that remove those ’stumbling blocks’ and protect us from ourselves]( [Daily Briefing Jun 27: Israel’s current COVID wave may be much worse than we know]( [listen to the podcast]( [Ukrainian refugee, 16, drowns off Acre two months after landing in Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Paramedics pronounce teenager’s death at the scene; social workers to speak Monday to classmates, some of whom were present during the incident]( [US readying to provide Ukraine with air defense system, artillery support]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [G7 gears up to broaden sanctions on Russia, set fuel price cap, raise tariffs]( By [Sebastian Smith]( [Anger as Mitzpe Ramon LGBT march sidelined and counter-protest okayed on its route]( By [TOI staff]( [Organizers file High Court petition, denounce alleged threats from local yeshiva, after police reroute pride parade to city’s outskirts due concerns of public disorder]( [NYC Pride parade stampede after fireworks mistaken for gunfire; no serious injuries]( By [AFP]( [Over 200 detained in defiant Istanbul Pride march]( By [AFP]( [Pride parades held across US under shadow of court threat to same-sex marriage]( By [BOBBY CAINA CALVAN]( Inside story [Sue Surkes]( [Old City hotelier facing eviction: ‘Biden, give Christians 10 minutes of your visit’]( [Abu el-Walid Dajani, whose family has leased Imperial Hotel since 1949, says ‘Palestinian heritage endangered’; new leaseholder Ateret Cohanim: ‘Jews entitled to live everywhere’]( [CRM]( Analysis [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [In targeting Amsalem, Netanyahu sends a message to all senior members of Likud]( [Opposition chief threw his loyalist under the bus over a remark that a coalition with Ra’am is possible; but his public repudiation of Amsalem may yet cost him dearly]( [Likud MK bristles at Netanyahu rebuke after welcoming potential coalition with Ra’am]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Government approves three billion shekel plan to boost climate technology]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Veteran journalist lashed for saying Likud voters less intelligent, uncultured]( By [TOI staff]( [State witness, a former member of notorious Abergil mob, found dead in South America]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF soldiers arrest 17 wanted Palestinians, seize guns in overnight West Bank raids]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Schools open as usual Monday as labor talks with treasury make progress]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Syrian, Russian paratroopers carry out drill in second joint exercise this month]( By [AP]( [Porto Jewish community denounces citizenship probe as a ‘Holocaust against families’]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Beitar Jerusalem fans announce deal to buy soccer team from owner suspected of fraud]( By [TOI staff]( [Terror suspect in deadly shooting at Oslo Pride festival refusing to speak with cops]( By [KOSTYA MANENKOV and JARI TANNER]( [Soccer star Zahavi returns home to Maccabi Tel Aviv after 6 years overseas]( By [Michael Horovitz]( ToI Original Video [Into the Land: Dead Sea Walking]( [The first episode of The Times of Israel’s original ‘Into the Land’ docuseries – taking a deeper look at some of Israel’s most complex social, environmental and historical issues.]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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