Drone strike kills 3 Palestinian gunmen * IDF, US slam settler rampages * Temple’s color purple traced * Anti-overhaul lawyer wins Israel Bar vote * Parrots off a plane

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, June 22, 2023 Presented by [American Friends of Hebrew University]( [Israeli drone strike kills 3 Palestinian gunmen in their car in northern West Bank]( By Emanuel Fabian IDF and Shin Bet say cell was responsible for recent attacks in area, and had targeted checkpoint moments before being killed [IDF razes home of 2nd gunman accused of killing soldier in West Bank last year]( By Emanuel Fabian Live updates [LIVE: IDF spokesman slams settler rampage in Turmus Ayya: ‘Creates terror’]( By ToI Staff Daniel Hagari acknowledges military failed to prevent the ‘very grave’ rioting in West Bank town, says it also interferes with counterterror operations Archaeology [Purple from Holy Temple objects traced to snail guts at 3,000-year-old Haifa factory]( By Melanie Lidman Archaeologists uncover new evidence at a Phoenician dye factory that suggests the site was conquered by Israelites around the mid-9th century BCE from our sponsor [In divided times, an Israeli university promotes inclusion with an unique approach]( Elana Sztokman The Hebrew University is a special place in Jerusalem, and in Israel generally, where students from a variety of socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds come together. Analysis Emanuel Fabian [With drone strike, IDF changes West Bank rules in response to emboldened terrorism]( Military employed airpower after identifying terrorists increasingly taking advantage of highways for shootings and meeting Israeli incursions into Jenin with heavy resistance [US pans settler rampages, says Netanyahu’s settlement announcement ‘incites tensions’]( By Jacob Magid State Department spokesman calls for those behind Israeli reprisal attacks to be held fully accountable, also slams Israeli practice of holding onto bodies of Palestinian attackers [Ex-IDF intel chief: Those who burn Palestinian villages destroy Israel’s legitimacy]( By ToI Staff [‘Obey the law’: Netanyahu condemns Druze riots in Golan, West Bank settler rampages]( By ToI Staff [Illegal outpost set up near Eli settlement, while no orders come to evacuate Evyatar]( By Jeremy Sharon Five new buildings and an access road are built overnight in the West Bank without army or Defense Ministry intervention, near where Palestinian terrorists killed 4 Israelis [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 22: Settlers retake Evyatar as Eli is promised 1,000 more homes]( By ToI Staff Top Ops Amichai Eliyahu [I had good reason to criticize the Bank of Israel governor]( Prof. Yaron is welcome, and even obligated, to make tough statements about government policy – just not on CNN Amir Fuchs [What’s wrong with criminalizing anti-Haredi incitement?]( Yes, Israel’s anti-racism laws need to be extended to vulnerable groups –including woman and the LGBTQ community [Settlers retake Evyatar as Eli is promised 1,000 more homes]( [listen to the podcast]( [Ben Gvir overrules police on freezing wind farm project, despite riots – reports]( By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner Far-right minister vows work will continue despite two days of protests, violence; police chief reportedly wanted contentious work paused until after next week’s Eid al-Adha Bird in the hand [Smuggler nabbed at airport with dozens of parrots in his suitcase]( By ToI Staff Man arrives on flight from Belgium with 28 rosellas, a species prohibited for import to Israel due to ecological concerns [Wish you weren’t here: In Toronto, a group takes a stand against a Pink Floyd exhibit]( By Aviva Engel The Abraham Global Peace Initiative counters anti-Israel messaging from the rock group’s co-founder Roger Waters with its own exhibition preaching tolerance and inclusion [Chikli irritated US Democrat lawmakers by telling them he’s ‘not woke’ – report]( By ToI Staff Diaspora affairs minister with history of contentious remarks made comment at meeting in US earlier this month; says he wasn’t trying to be confrontational [65 senators urge Israel’s entry into US Visa Waiver Program by end of September]( By Ron Kampeas [Winning bar contest, Becher spoils coalition hope of controlling judge picks, for now]( By Jeremy Sharon Victorious new Israel Bar Association chair says his election will go down as ‘an important chapter in the history of Israeli democracy’ [Hours after losing battle for Bar Association, Likud moves to void its power]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Calling for fresh blood and liberalism, MK Barbivai launches Tel Aviv mayor campaign]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Activists use images of watermelons to protest police crackdown on Palestinian flags]( By Jeremy Sharon Protest group puts posters with fruit in colors of Palestinian flag on vans in Tel Aviv, vowing to ‘not stop fighting for freedom of expression and democracy’ [‘Shame on them’: Arab soccer player denounces racist fans who called him a terrorist]( By Michael Horovitz [Gallant, Ukrainian counterpart discuss joint threat from Iran, missile warning system]( By ToI Staff Defense minister briefed by Oleksii Reznikov about situation amid ongoing war with Russia; the two talk about Israeli attack alert technology being developed for Ukraine [Moldova outlaws pro-Russia party led by oligarch living in Israel]( By AFP 10 days in August [‘The answer to what, why, how’: Israel Festival returns this summer]( By Jessica Steinberg Annual Jerusalem arts and culture event is loaded with household name performers from Israel and abroad [Closing chapter, National Library holds last hurrah in Hebrew U jewel it called home]( By Jessica Steinberg [CRM]( Restaurant review [Vegan cheese perches on dough in a pepperoni pizza for kosher consumers]( By Jessica Steinberg More Headlines [Woman says she was ‘degraded’ by rabbinic court’s order to wear a cloak to cover up]( By ToI Staff [Researchers find first scraps of interstellar object that hit earth in 2014]( By ToI Staff [3 cops injured in chase after suspected car thief drives through roadblock]( By ToI Staff [Tel Aviv man indicted for threatening LGBTQ community, transgender women’s center]( By ToI Staff [UK watchdog asked to look at Foreign Office over opaqueness on Palestinian aid]( By Canaan Lidor [High Court says Rabbinate must review exclusion of competitor’s kosher certification]( By Canaan Lidor [Following criticism, Missouri school board votes not to ban Holocaust book ‘Maus’]( By PHILISSA CRAMER and Andrew Lapin [Arabic-speaking troops jailed by IDF for video of them joking about deadly Jenin raid]( By ToI Staff [Agritech firm N-Drip raises $44 million in Liechtenstein-led funding round]( By Sharon Wrobel [Bigger picture / National Portrait Gallery to display image of 1st ordained US woman rabbi]( By Jackie Hajdenberg [Glastonbury Festival drops film claiming Corbyn was falsely accused of antisemitism]( By Gabe Friedman [Show stopper / Harry Styles thanks Orthodox friends for walking miles to concert on Shabbat]( By Gabe Friedman [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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