As US confirms Iran talks, PM says Israel not bound by any deal * 5 hurt in W Bank shooting * Israel to advance 4,000 settlement homes * Egyptian goddess on Israeli beach

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, June 13, 2023 [Netanyahu: Israel won’t be bound by any new nuclear deal with Iran]( By ToI Staff and Agencies Prime minister’s comments come as Washington confirms it is again talking to Iran about returning to nuclear agreement [US confirms talks with Iran, denies interim nuclear deal on table]( By ToI Staff and Agencies [Civilian and 4 soldiers hurt in West Bank shooting attack]( By Emanuel Fabian Meanwhile, Palestinian is killed in clash as IDF troops operate in Nablus’s Balata refugee camp to arrest wanted men [IDF prepares to raze West Bank home of second Dee family terrorist]( By Emanuel Fabian [Military Police handlers get community service after informant died by suicide]( By Emanuel Fabian [Israel tells US it will advance plans for thousands of settlement homes in late June]( By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Move likely intended to mollify Netanyahu’s hardline coalition partners, a week after US pressured Jerusalem to delay controversial E1 settlement project [Saudi embassy in US: No normalization with Israel without Palestinian state]( By ToI Staff [Abbas arrives in China as Beijing looks to expand influence in Mideast]( By AFP [Liberman claims opposition will fold in judicial talks, predicts deal by Wednesday]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff Yisrael Beytenu party head, who has sat out overhaul negotiations, asserts fellow opposition parties will back some coalition demands in return for spot on panel that picks judges [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing Jun 13: PM faces a feminist dilemma in tomorrow’s Knesset vote]( By ToI Staff [Herzog chides army reservists who protest government by refusing to serve]( By ToI Staff [PM faces a feminist dilemma in tomorrow’s Knesset vote]( [listen to the podcast]( Live updates [LIVE: IDF shutters roads near Palestinian village in search of gunmen who injured 5]( By Michael Bachner Manhunt underway near Yabed in northern West Bank, west of Jenin, after civilian and 4 soldiers are hurt in apparent shooting attack [Knesset votes to end passport-on-arrival policy for new immigrants]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn In less than a month, Interior Ministry to reinstate one-year residency requirement before issuing new Israeli passports to immigrants, rolling back policy to pre-2017 era [Netanyahu, Haredim discuss sweeping military exemptions, with decision expected soon]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Applying stolen silver sleuth skills, German curator returns Nazi-looted heirlooms]( By Kirsten Grieshaber Matthias Weniger has made it his mission to give back silver objects that ‘are often the only material things that remain from an existence wiped out in the Holocaust’ [Ending his testimony in Netanyahu trial, Lapid tells judges: ‘I don’t envy you’]( By ToI Staff Opposition leader spars with premier’s defense team for 2nd day, says billionaire whose interests Netanyahu is accused of pushing ‘knows I don’t owe him anything’ [Not only Arabs: Killings spike in all parts of Israeli society, investigation shows]( By Tani Goldstein According to retired officers, 61% increase this year in rate of suspected murders among Jews and other non-Arabs is caused by deterioration of police force under Ben Gvir [Far-right backs extending administrative detentions to crime in Arab communities]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Ben Gvir said holding meetings with top police brass to find a new commissioner]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Rivka Ravitz [Let them eat rugalach]( Our boycott of Angel Bakery was a spontaneous grassroots response to the trampling of our most cherished symbols Don Futterman [What remains of A.B. Yehoshua]( The novels of the acclaimed writer who died a year ago manage somehow to offer sparks of hope amidst the chaotic despair [UNESCO head calls US decision to rejoin a vote of confidence in reforms]( By Lazar Berman Foreign Ministry refuses to comment on White House move, reportedly meant to counter Chinese influence on cultural body that Israel accuses of bias [As Kherson floods, one evacuee plans return to aid city’s hardy Jewish holdouts]( By Canaan Lidor Tatiana Kovler, a social worker with the JDC who fled rising waters, is in constant contact with clients who have remained in the city despite intense bombings and now flooding [Belarus leader threatens to use Russian nukes ‘if we face an aggression’]( By AP [10 killed in Russian strike on Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih]( By AFP [Diaspora Minister Chikli calls J Street ‘hostile’ amid tussle over photo]( By JTA and ToI Staff Likud lawmaker accuses liberal pro-Israel lobby of faking photo showing him appear to make an obscene gesture toward protesters in New York last week [Embassy staffer in Paris accused of foiling Smotrich meetings with Jewish leaders]( By ToI Staff [3,000-year-old Egyptian goddess figurine, a good luck symbol, washes up on beach]( By ToI Staff Little statuette of Hathor, widely used in Canaanite culture, found by woman out walking on Palmachim beach in southern Israel; IAA calls on public to report all antiquity finds [CRM]( More Headlines [Former Israel Bar chief questioned over alleged sexual misconduct]( By ToI Staff [Seffy Zinger to be appointed head of Israel securities watchdog]( By Sharon Wrobel [Mexico City’s Jewish mayor resigns to enter 2024 presidential race]( By AFP [Claims of police cover-up roil dramatic murder trial for girl buried alive]( By ToI Staff [Forget 'Fauda' / In 1st original series, streamer Izzy plumbs Jerusalem’s depths]( By Jessica Steinberg [Investment houses ‘breaking promises’ to shun fossil fuels – report]( By Sue Surkes [US says 22 soldiers hurt in helicopter ‘mishap’ in northeast Syria]( By Bassem Mroue [Tour operator says 3 UK nationals missing in Red Sea boat fire are dead]( By AP [Man held after three killed, 3 wounded in related incidents in UK’s Nottingham]( By Darren STAPLES [Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer are wed by NYC mayor ahead of return to Israel]( By PHILISSA CRAMER [Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, Dudu Tassa announce Tel Aviv gig after album release]( By Jessica Steinberg [Obituary / Israeli sociologist Amitai Etzioni, coiner of phrase ‘communitarianism,’ dies aged 94]( By Andrew Silow-Carroll [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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