Turkey travel warning eased * Knesset set to disperse Wed. for elections * Israel to pump deslinated water into Sea of Galilee * Blogs: Abortion; teaching; Genesis Prize

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, June 28, 2022 [Israel eases Istanbul travel warning, but says threat remains throughout Turkey]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Lifting of highest-level alert comes after arrests and counter-terror operations against Iranian-backed operatives; Bennett thanks Erdogan, Turkish security forces]( [US, Iran chief negotiators arrive in Qatar to resume nuclear talks]( By [Agencies]( [Knesset passes 1st reading of dispersal bill; final vote set for Wednesday at latest]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [After day of debate, coalition and opposition agree elections will be held October 25 or November 1; some Netanyahu supporters still trying for long-shot alternate government]( [Public funding for political parties’ campaigns to increase by some NIS 30 million]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz vows to ‘do everything’ to prevent alternative government led by Netanyahu]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and Tobias Siegal]( [‘Mess with Israel, you’ll pay a price,’ PM warns after Iran steel plant cyberattack]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Speaking at Cyber Week conference, Bennett says ‘wreaking havoc in Tehran’ is not a policy, but Israel will respond to assaults; top cyber official says Iran a ‘dominant rival’]( [Large cyberattack on Iranian industrial sector targets three steel plants]( By [Isabel Debre]( Inside story [Israel to be 1st in world to pipe desalinated water into a natural lake, the Galilee]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Underground channel set to start operating in spring; Sea of Galilee expert says tests indicate more pros than cons, but full effect on ecosystems will only emerge with monitoring]( Live updates [LIVE: US embassy said lobbying Likud not to vote against bills needed for visa exemption]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu’s party planning to vote against legislation, to thwart coalition from advancing popular initiative ahead of election season; US officials make same plea to Joint List]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing June 28: Abortion reforms pass; Knesset takes next step to elections]( [Carrie Keller-Lynn recaps another tumultuous day in the Knesset, Aaron Boxerman updates us on Hamas hostages, Amanda Borschel-Dan discusses a seafaring mosaic’s journey home]( [Bennett said to eye election run, amid reports to the contrary]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [US warns Israeli election wrangling will hold up visa exemption program]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Ambassador Tom Nides calls Interior Minister Shaked over key database legislation being held up by opposition in demand for earlier election date]( [Ksenia Svetlova]( [I won’t attend the Genesis Prize ceremony, nobody should]( [A few weeks ago I got a call from a Genesis Prize Foundation representative kindly asking me to confirm my attendance at the annual ceremony taking place this week in Jerusalem. The recipient of the prize, chairman and CEO of Pfizer Albert Bourla, was announced on January 19, just over a month before Russia launched its bloody war against Ukraine. Now, despite all that has happened since then in Ukraine, it’s time for a glitzy ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater financed by a number of very rich individuals who...]( [CRM]( [Israel said to seek clarification on Hamas claim captive’s health deteriorating]( By [TOI staff]( [Officials reportedly turn to Egypt for information after terror group makes unusual announcement regarding condition of one of its two hostages]( [Hamas claims health of Israeli captive ‘deteriorating,’ in rare announcement]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Top Ops [Sarah Bechor]( [Roe v. Wade – The Truth v. My Truth]( [When it comes to abortion, Torah says no. Law says no. Truth says no. But the truth I feel in my heart says it’s nuanced]( [Sarah Golubtchik]( [To Yaffa Ben-David: There has to be a better way]( [Striking the last week of school undermines your cause: it hurts the children, who just need routine, and your own dedicated teachers, who can’t close the year]( [Israel to ask Biden for okay to provide air defense laser to Saudi Arabia – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Request said to be part of move toward regional cooperation against Iranian threats, with Israel part of an alliance that includes countries it has no official ties with]( [Israel, Arab allies agree to tighten cooperation ahead of Biden visit]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Gantz: Israel is building a Middle East air defense alliance against Iran]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Facing Hezbollah threat, Israel ramps up bomb shelter construction in north]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Dozens of safe rooms being built adjacent to Lebanon border in Shlomi; bids for construction begin in several other towns, with plans to eventually place them in 21 locations]( [US says progress made toward elusive Israel-Lebanon maritime border deal]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Analysis / Do signs point to an emerging Israel-Saudi normalization deal?]( By [Haitham el-Tabei]( [Daily Briefing June 28: Abortion reforms pass; Knesset takes next step to elections]( [listen to the podcast]( [In US federal court, student charges Yeshiva University with covering up rape case]( By [Luke Tress]( [Plaintiff says university held ‘sham investigation’ into alleged rape last year to shield its fundraising efforts, basketball team; school calls claims ‘categorically false’]( [Rapist nightclub owner paroled on condition he stay out of Tel Aviv]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Ghislaine Maxwell set to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case]( By [Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays]( [Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year prison sentence]( By [David Courbet]( [Josef Schuetz, oldest person to go on trial for Holocaust crimes, found guilty of being accessory to murder at Sachsenhausen camp, though he says he was unaware of killings]( [US Supreme Court decision on prayer throws doubt on 1992 victory for Jewish family]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Jewish groups say 6-3 ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton could roll back church-state separations that have protected schoolchildren from religious coercion for decades]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Rescuers scramble to find victims in wake of Ukraine mall bombing]( By [FRANCESCA EBEL and YURAS KARMANAU]( [Jordan gas leak kills at least 13, injures some 250, authorities say]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Teachers end strike, return to negotiations with treasury]( By [Jeremy Sharon]( [Ex-NYC mayor Bill de Blasio says he no longer supports AIPAC]( By [TOI staff]( [Mob kingpin given 3 life sentences for murdering bystanders in failed hit]( By [TOI staff]( [Plan approved to cut car commutes by a million a month]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Gas prices set to surpass NIS 8 per liter]( By [TOI staff]( [Police find intel officer who died mysteriously wasn’t killed by ‘a deliberate act’]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF, police seize millions of shekels’ worth of marijuana on Egypt border]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli arrested in Greece for drug dealing is victim of a mix-up, Jerusalem says]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Police arrest suspect in disappearance of Haredi teenager last seen in March]( By [TOI staff]( [Erdogan to meet Biden at NATO summit for crucial talks on Russian invasion]( By [Fulya Ozerkan]( [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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