Tree of Life killer convicted * ’You shoot him’: Likud MK rails at anti-overhaul pilots * AI instantly translates ancient cuneiform *Putin: Zelensky a disgrace to Judaism

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 17, 2023 [Robert Bowers convicted of Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, could face death penalty]( By Peter Smith Bowers found guilty of all 63 criminal counts for the deadliest attack on Jews in US history; penalty phase expected to last several weeks [FBI arrests Michigan man suspected of plotting deadly synagogue attack]( By ToI Staff [Growing calls in Likud to resume overhaul push; Levin: ‘I’m more determined than ever’]( By ToI Staff Netanyahu said making efforts to resume negotiations with opposition, as one ally warns that if reforms wither, ministers could quit en masse [Liberman: Judicial panel vote ‘one big show’ that Netanyahu staged with Lapid, Gantz]( By ToI Staff [Renegade Likud MK says she’ll petition High Court over sanctions against her]( By ToI Staff [‘You shoot him’: Likud MK appears to suggest executing pilots who protested overhaul]( By ToI Staff Nissim Vaturi rails at air force members who threatened to skip training over judicial shakeup plans, says ‘people like this need to be kicked in the ass and get out of the army’ [‘Israel shooting itself in the foot,’ Jewish leaders warn Barkat in Boston]( By ToI Staff [Numerous firefighting teams battle large Binyamina blaze; man dies in Savyon fire]( By ToI Staff Performance at popular Shuni amphitheater canceled, traffic diverted due to conflagration Archaeology [Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button]( By Melanie Lidman ‘Google Translate’-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable [Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelensky isn’t Jewish, is a ‘disgrace’ to the faith]( By ToI Staff and AFP Russian president wonders why Ukrainian president with ‘Jewish blood’ is covering ‘for these freaks and neo-Nazis’ Top Ops Faydra L. Shapiro [Our moral obligation to Christians in Israel]( There’s a reason Jews shouldn’t spit on Christians. It has nothing to do with where those Christians stand on Israel. Steven Bayar [Tikkun Olam and pork ribs]( At a Texas food bank, Jewish and Moslem volunteers were surprisef to learn just what kind of meat they’d be giving out [US said to reassure Israel on security amid reports of emerging interim Iran deal]( By ToI Staff Washington reportedly says Jerusalem will maintain military edge and free hand to act against adversaries in the Middle East [Saudi foreign minister arrives in Tehran amid diplomatic rapproachment]( By AP and AFP Explainer [Amid push to ban books in US schools, some call new Anne Frank graphic novel ‘porn’]( By Andrew Lapin As a movement to police kids’ literature becomes a political force that may impact the 2024 election, the famous Holocaust diary is the subject of a growing number of controversies [Berlin rabbi fired amid mounting allegations he preyed on young women]( By Toby Axelrod Reuven Yaacobov’s May 31 termination by the Jewish community came shortly after the claims went public, but alleged victims say complaints have been swept under the rug for years [Nazareth man killed, 2nd seriously hurt in suspected gangland hit]( By ToI Staff Shooting raises 2023 death toll among Arabs in Israel to 103, is believed to be linked to bloody feud between crime families [Haifa suspect allegedly strikes Jewish man attempting to pray at Christian site]( By ToI Staff [Jewish suspect said arrested for alleged racist attack on Arab man in Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff [An inconspicuous Jewish country club just became the site of Canadian sports history]( By Ed Klajman Founded in 1926 when private clubs had a strict ‘no Jews allowed’ policy, Oakdale Golf and Country Club has kept a low profile until it hosted this year’s Canadian Open golf event [At least 37 killed as Islamic State-linked group attacks school in Uganda]( By AFP Security officials say rebels hacked and burned students to death in worst such assault to hit African country since 2010 [Palestinian teen arrested in Lod, suspected of planning terror attack]( By Emanuel Fabian 16-year-old from West Bank’s Balata refugee camp entered Israel illegally, is thought to have wanted to avenge recent Israeli raids in Nablus area [In teen-driven debut, a news veteran switches to fiction to unravel Jerusalem’s lives]( By Jessica Steinberg Ruth Eglash plumbs her experiences as a veteran reporter in ‘Parallel Lines,’ a novel about three girls whose stories cross on the tracks Obituary [Ben Helfgott, one of two Holocaust survivors to compete in the Olympics, dies at 93]( By jacob gurvis Orphaned at 15, the 5-foot-5 weightlifter made his way to the UK where he was lightweight champion in 1955, 1956 and 1958, and represented the country in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics [CRM]( More Headlines [Israel defeats Belarus 2-1 at 2024 Euro qualifiers]( By ToI Staff [Hungarian government, media set sights on Soros’s son]( By Ede ZABORSZKY [On the bucket list? / Canadian tourist bitten by camel while visiting Jerusalem]( By ToI Staff [New Spider-Man film yanked from Arab theaters, apparently over transgender flag]( By NICK EL HAJJ [Incoming PM / Helen Mirren’s Golda Meir biopic gets US release date]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Interpol seeks Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities]( By BASSEM MROUE [Uruguay to melt down Nazi bronze eagle, recast it as peace dove]( By AFP [Obituary / Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker who exposed Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92]( By Hillel Italie [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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