Ben & Jerry’s settlement boycott averted * NYT: Iran, infiltrated by Israel, nabs IRGC general as spy suspect * US envoy issues plea as visa law caught in election fight

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Live updates [LIVE: Ben & Jerry’s Israel, Unilever reach deal to end settlement boycott]( By [TOI staff]( [Unilever sells all of its business interests in Israel to owner of Israeli branch who will be able to sell on both sides of Green Line, but only with Hebrew, Arabic labels]( [Israel drastically damaged Iran’s intelligence operations, Iranian officials say]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli distrust-sowing moves see Revolutionary Guard intel chief ousted after foiled Turkey plot, senior officer arrested; Israel ‘infiltrated deep’ into Iran’s security circles]( [Nuclear talks with US end without deal in Qatar, claims Iranian report]( By [AP]( Explainer [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [With the Knesset set to disband on Wednesday, what happens next?]( [Israel is gearing up for its fifth election since 2019, with Yair Lapid set to assume the premiership. Here is what else to expect in the coming months]( [‘Metro Law’ in the balance as opposition seeks leverage over election schedule]( By [TOI staff and Danielle Nagler]( [With PM’s residence under construction, Lapid to live in nearby apartment — reports]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [In rare plea, US ambassador urges MKs to back bills needed for Visa Waiver Program]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman]( [Tom Nides makes unusual public appeal for support from Israeli lawmakers; embassy asks Likud to not vote against legislation]( [MKs gear up to dissolve Knesset in final votes; Lapid set to assume premiership]( By [TOI staff]( [Last-minute campaign funding deal challenged before Knesset’s planned dispersal]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Gantz says Iran and Hezbollah tried to hack UN peace force, steal deployment data]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Speaking at Cyber Week event, defense minister warns Tehran is a leader of cyberterrorism, using ‘terrorists with keyboards’ as proxies]( [Egypt warns Iran not to target Israelis on its soil — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel eases Istanbul travel warning, but says threat remains throughout Turkey]( By [Lazar Berman]( Obituary [David Weiss Halivni, pillar of Talmudic scholarship, Holocaust survivor, dies age 94]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [A prodigy, Halivni received rabbinic ordination at 15, won the Israel Prize and molded generations of scholars in US and Israel, teaching well into his 90s]( [Daily Briefing June 29: With Knesset chaos, Israel may lose out on a US visa waiver]( [listen to the podcast]( [Father of Hamas captive says prepared to wait for release of all Israelis in Gaza]( By [TOI staff]( [Day after terror group releases video, Sha’aban al-Sayed says he’s unconvinced by its claim his son’s health has deteriorated, stresses ‘We want all the captives to return home’]( [Hamas releases footage showing Israeli captive hooked up to oxygen]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Top Ops [Karen Feuer]( [My abortion story]( [It’s time to talk openly: We wanted a miracle, but my life was at risk, and the rabbi was clear. Thanks to him, we saved my health and my reproductive future]( [Rinny Yourman]( [Putting the ‘b’nai’ back into b’nai mitzvah]( [When tweens engage with their families’ storytellers, the rite of passage can become a beautiful amalgam of intergenerational conversation]( [Tired doctors often leave patients in unnecessary pain, Israeli study finds]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [At night, patients are 20% to 30% less likely to get painkiller prescription than from day-shift physicians, research shows]( [76% of Israelis fear car accidents… and half of drivers admit regularly speeding]( By [TOI staff]( [In survey, over one-quarter admit to reading phone messages while behind the wheel, 16% say they sometimes tap out texts too]( [Palestinian arrested after trying to stab officers near Temple Mount, police say]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [No security personnel hurt in alleged assault in Jerusalem’s Old City; suspect in his 20s from Bethlehem area detained at al-Aqsa Mosque compound]( [Palestinian reported killed in clash with IDF soldiers in Jenin]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [IDF intercepts guns intended for terror on Jordanian border near Dead Sea]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [NATO chief says alliance faces ‘most serious security crisis’ since WWII]( By [Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson and Sylvie Corbet]( [30 leaders to hear from Ukraine’s Zelensky after Russia’s invasion shattered Europe’s peace, drove NATO to pour troops, weapons into Eastern Europe on scale not seen since Cold War]( [Zelensky pushes NATO for more weapons, pleads for further support]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [UK military chiefs evoke fight with Nazi Germany in mobilization call over Russia]( By [Joe JACKSON]( [In ‘historic’ shift, Turkey agrees to support bid by Sweden and Finland to join NATO]( By [Jill Lawless and Joseph Wilson]( [‘Let my people in’: Trump tried to join armed rioters on Jan. 6, aide says]( By [MARY CLARE JALONICK, Eric Tucker and MICHAEL BALSAMO]( [Former president lunged at driver’s steering wheel after being told it wasn’t safe to go to Capitol, threw his lunch at a wall, endorsed calls to ‘hang Mike Pence,’ staffer says]( [Meshi-Zahav dies a year after attempting suicide amid rape allegations]( By [TOI staff]( [Police were reportedly set to arrest ZAKA founder before he tried to hang himself in April 2021; he was accused of dozens of sexual assaults, including against minors]( [UAE court overturns Israeli woman’s death sentence for drug possession]( By [TOI staff]( [Fidaa Kiwan, arrested in March 2021 for cocaine, will receive a jail sentence instead of execution, her defense attorney says]( [Airport boss sorry for chaos; MK calls on government for help]( By [TOI staff]( [Ben Gurion Airport head says canceling flights would ease lines but raise prices; says he hopes to hire Haredi staff, offer university tuition incentives to workers]( Film review [Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Despite its theme, the film doesn’t have a particularly Jewish bent – which works to its advantage as it deals with the aspects of the coming-of-age ritual everyone can relate to]( [CRM]( [NATO office on Texas Air Force Base removes print of noted Nazi pilot and his plane]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [German Air Force colonel comes under fire for the display outside his office of a portrait of decorated ace fighter Wolfgang ‘Bombo’ Schenck and his swastika-bearing aircraft]( More Headlines [Israel national youth soccer team upsets France to reach historic 1st European final]( By [TOI staff]( [Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for her part in Epstein sex crimes]( By [AFP]( [IDF nabs $2 million cocaine shipment on Egypt border]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Leading US Orthodox group praises Supreme Court backing for football coach’s prayer]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Second round of Israeli housing lottery to offer 5,500 discounted units]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Jerry Nadler’s campaign urges support for ‘last remaining NYC Jewish congressmember’]( By [Jacob Henry]( [Man shot dead in northern Israeli town, as Arab community crime wave continues]( By [TOI staff]( [Search for missing teen intensifies after arrest in months-old case]( By [TOI staff]( [Kosher certification agency sues JetBlue, saying it falsely put its stamp on snack]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Gas prices to climb to NIS 8.08 per liter this week]( By [TOI staff]( [Operatic highs and lows / Opera legend Placido Domingo to perform in Tel Aviv in September]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Early human ancestors one million years older than thought]( By [Juliette COLLEN]( [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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