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Knesset adviser tells committee head Orbach to get a move on

Battle lines drawn as coalition and opposition resume clash over Knesset’s fate

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Joshua Davidovich

Government makes gains in bid to disperse parliament amid efforts by opposition to take control and install Netanyahu as prime minister, but Likud-led camp vows to keep fighting

MK Gilad Kariv, left, motions as MK Itamar Ben Gvir is led out of a Knesset committee meeting on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, sitting alongside Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, center, and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 26, 2022. (Yoav Dudkevitch)

Chairing his final cabinet meeting, Bennett hails government’s ethos of unity

By TOI staff and AP

Gilad Kariv leads attends a Law and Constitution Committee meeting, during a discussion on preparing proposoals for the "Defendant's Law" and the law to dissolve the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament, on June 26, 2022. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

Government advances ‘problematic’ bill that would block defendant Netanyahu’s return

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a Channel 12 TV interview broadcast on June 25, 2022. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Bennett: It sounds like fiction, but Israel needs a coalition from Ben Gvir to Abbas

Screen capture from undated video of a NASAMS air defense system launch. (YouTube)

US readying to provide Ukraine with air defense system, artillery support — source

By AP and TOI staff

As G7 convenes, Biden expected to announce he’s sending medium- and long-range missile system NASAMS for Ukrainians to defend themselves against continued Russian bombardments

Paramedics carry the body of a 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee who drowned off the cost of Acre on June 26, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Ukrainian refugee, 16, drowns off Acre two months after landing in Israel

Smoke billows the air from a residential buildings following explosions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 26, 2022. (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

Explosions rock Kyiv, Russians ‘fully occupy’ key eastern city

By Blaise GAUQUELIN

A picture shows destruction of a heating system plant after a Russian missile attack in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region in Ukraine, June 24, 2022. (Bagus Saragih/AFP)

Ukraine says rocket barrage fired from Belarus at northern village

By Benoit Finck, Blaise GAUQUELIN and Anna MALPAS

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Sinking feeling
Desert island drama ‘Triangle of Sadness’ to open Jerusalem Film Fest

By Jessica Steinberg
Full stream ahead
Netflix CEO tells Israeli students he’s looking for ‘local stories’

By Jessica Steinberg
Pitching in
Jewish baseball legend Sandy Koufax immortalized with a statue

By jacob gurvis
Perspective swing
US Open golf champ inspired by Israeli tennis star ex-girlfriend

By TOI staff
Little help from friends
Paul McCartney marks 80th birthday with Springsteen, 60,000 pals

By David Bauder
Stop, drop and roll
‘I’m good’: Biden unhurt after falling from bike

By AAMER MADHANI
Born to do it
Drake’s new video features a Jewish wedding and 23 brides

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Andrew Lapin
The force awakens
Zelensky hologram channels ‘Star Wars’ in appeal for aid from tech firms

By AFP
It's all relative
Colombia presidential candidate says Hitler praise was meant for Einstein

By TOI staff and Agencies
Yes yes yes
Literary fans mark ‘Bloomsday’ as Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ hits 100

By Callum PATON and Jitendra Joshi
Complex harmony
Israeli musician woos Iranian fans with Persian melodies

By Paul Raymond and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi
Currying favor
Stephen Curry wears a Hebrew sweatshirt at the NBA Finals

By jacob gurvis
Rainbow exposure
Photographer highlights queer love and families on Pride month

By Jessica Steinberg
Browsing the great beyond
After 27 years, Microsoft retires Internet Explorer

By RICHARD JACOBSEN
A lot on their plate
Every meal a date: In new TV show, singles never dine alone

By Jessica Steinberg
Are ya ready, kinder?
SpongeBob SquarePants theme song gets Yiddish treatment

By Jackie Hajdenberg
3 days for 3 decades
Dance troupe Vertigo marks 30 years of contemporary choreography

By Jessica Steinberg
Cut to the shtick
Billy Crystal scats in ‘Yiddish’ at Tony Awards

By Andrew Lapin
Big brain on Quentin
Hebrew University gives director Quentin Tarantino honorary doctorate

By AP
Shipping conservation
Ahoy, me hearties! Young buccaneers invited to learn about marine life

By Sue Surkes

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