Trump, Biden spar over Gaza, antisemitism, as Biden’s dire showing has Dems panicking * 5 outposts to be legalized * Interview:John Fetterman * Iran mulls nuclear weapons

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, June 28, 2024 [Trump calls Biden ‘a bad Palestinian’ as president’s halting debate showing rattles Dems]( By JTA, Jacob Magid and Agencies After US leader says Netanyahu backs ceasefire proposal laid out last month, predecessor claims Israel wants to continue the war and that it should be allowed to ‘finish the job’ [ToI podcast / Daily Briefing June 28: Day 266 — Biden, Trump face off and Gallant’s effective US visit]( By ToI Staff [Biden’s dire debate performance has Democrats panicking over his ability to beat Trump]( By Agencies Some propose president be replaced at party’s convention, casting his stumbling, sometimes incoherent showing as a ‘disaster’; VP admits ‘slow start,’ argues record more important [Animus and incoherence: Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate]( By AFP [Who are Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the Jewish moderators of the Biden-Trump debate?]( By Ron Kampeas [Security cabinet okays legalizing 5 outposts, sanctioning PA officials]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Smotrich will in turn release PA tax funds, extend waiver to let Palestinian banks work with Israel; steps include Israeli building enforcement in Area B, which would violate Oslo deal [Canada sanctions Israeli extremists, settler groups over violence against Palestinians]( By Lazar Berman Live updates [LIVE: Amid far-right glee, PA claims Israeli sanctions, outpost legalization aimed at ‘genocide’]( By Jacob Magid and Michael Bachner IDF downs suspected drone heading from Lebanon * US invites FM Katz to next month’s NATO summit * Biden advisers say he has no plans to step aside after lackluster debate performance [Report: US set to release some bombs, withhold others amid Biden’s anger at Netanyahu]( By ToI Staff 500-lb bombs will be sent to Israel after Rafah op ends, Axios says, but issue of 2000-lb payloads unresolved, with US officials saying president ‘not taking orders from Netanyahu’ [US weapons shipments to Israel dropped significantly 4 months into war, figures show]( By ToI Staff Interview Lazar Berman [Visiting US Senator Fetterman: No to any deal that leaves Hamas in power]( Outspoken pro-Israel Democrat says during his first trip to Israel that Biden should not have withheld bombs; backs Netanyahu address to Congress [In 1st since closing of Rafah crossing, Gaza children evacuated for medical treatment]( By AP and ToI Staff [Survivors of Hamas massacre at Nova music festival unite to build a healing community]( By Melanie Lidman Tribe of Nova took shape as a robust support network for those who lived through the Hamas slaughter of 364 at the October 7 festival; it just held its first mass gathering Top Ops Joseph Cox [I have hope for ‘the day after’]( Here’s why the Arab Spring didn’t yield democracies all over the region, why rehabilitating Germany and Japan worked, and why Gaza may yet be transformed Hussain Abdul-Hussain [Should Biden let Hezbollah and the Houthis get a say in Gaza?]( The US administration’s ’no war whatsoever’ policy signals to Iran that America is toothless and that the Islamic Republic can act with impunity [IDF infantryman killed in southern Gaza, bringing ground op toll to 316]( By Emanuel Fabian Sgt. Eyal Shynes, 19, killed in Hamas sniper attack in Rafah; army says it struck terrorists hiding in schools, humanitarian zone [IDF tanks said advancing into Gaza’s Shejaiya amid strikes on the neighborhood]( By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( [Hezbollah shells north with 40 rockets after operative killed in IDF drone strike]( By Emanuel Fabian US intel reportedly expects war in north in next few weeks if Gaza ceasefire not reached; no injuries in terror group’s attacks [Air force chief says IDF ready to face Hebollah in north, Hamas nearly defeated in Gaza]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff [Israel strikes reportedly creating 5-kilometer ‘dead zone’ in southern Lebanon]( By ToI Staff [Protesters in Jerusalem, Caesarea urge Netanyahu ouster, demand hostage deal]( By ToI Staff Demonstrators set fire, try to break through barricade near premier’s Jerusalem home, but no arrests reported and water cannons not used; Likud says incitement ‘crossed red line’ [Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials]( By ToI Staff Report says Iran has ‘cemented its role as a threshold nuclear state’, and US officials divided on whether it will take the ‘final step’ [PM warns visiting former US officers Iran seeks to conquer Jordan, Saudi Arabia]( By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff [US places new sanctions on Iran following nuclear escalations]( By Daphne Psaledakis [Iran’s sole reformist candidate wants warm ties ‘with all countries except Israel’]( By AP and ToI Staff Masoud Pezeshkian decries ‘inhuman or invasive behavior’ against women, in response to question over crackdown during 2022 Mahsa Amini protests [Weary Iranians head to polls to replace president killed in chopper crash]( By Agencies [Iranians set to vote for new president with sole reformist on ballot]( By Ramin Khanizadeh and Ahmad Parhizi [CRM]( [Britain challenges ICC’s jurisdiction over Israel, delaying arrest warrant decision]( By Jeremy Sharon, Reuters and ToI Staff UK files amicus brief contesting the ICC’s 2021 decision asserting jurisdiction over Israeli actions in Palestinian territories; potential moves against Netanyahu, Gallant delayed [FBI investigating violence outside LA synagogue, as mayor considers mask ban]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is Jewish, cites family history in emotional press briefing, tells reporters Justice Department will not tolerate antisemitic hate crimes [Pennsylvania Senate advances bill to bar funding for schools that divest from Israel]( By AP and ToI Staff ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The rebellion from within Likud]( By ToI Staff ToI’s senior analyst discusses the ruling party’s paralysis in the current coalition even as a new ‘fantasy’ right-wing team rises in the polls [Ultra-Orthodox block main road for hours in draft protest; 32 arrested]( By ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( [Health Ministry says 81 diagnosed with West Nile fever, 7 have died in outbreak]( By Diana Bletter 64 hospitalized with virus, six of whom are on ventilators; 20% experiencing symptoms including fever, headaches and body aches; only 1% have neurological issues Real Estate Israel [Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in June 2024]( By Shoshanna Solomon The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now [Day 266 — Biden, Trump face off and Gallant’s effective US visit]( [listen to the podcast]( More Headlines [State comptroller warns there’s no evacuation plan for North in case of war]( By ToI Staff [US and Israel in talks to send Patriot systems to Ukraine — report]( By ToI Staff [US Supreme Court blocks OxyContin bankruptcy deal that would shield Sacklers]( By Mark Sherman [Rome Jews outraged as footage shows antisemitism in youth movement of Meloni’s party]( By Angelo Amante [Al-Aqsa imam indicted on charges of incitement to terrorism]( By AFP [Swedish court indicts teen for going to Israeli embassy with semi-automatic weapon]( By AFP [Southern comfort / Artists from south pine for home in Jerusalem performance]( By Jessica Steinberg [Obituary / Jewish country musician, satirist and provocateur Kinky Friedman dies at 79]( By JIM VERTUNO [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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