Iran threatens ’obliterating war’ over Lebanon * Biden insists he won’t step aside * No good options for French Jews in Sunday election * Analysis: As Rafah op winds down

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, June 29, 2024 [Iran’s UN mission threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel launches Lebanon offensive]( By ToI Staff and Reuters Amid push for diplomatic solution, US official warns full-blown conflict with Hezbollah could break out with ‘little notice’, Gallant says Jerusalem ‘not looking for war’ [Iran installs half of planned new centrifuges at Fordow, IAEA report says]( By Reuters [Gallant: Israel ‘not looking for war’ with Hezbollah, diplomatic route always better]( By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Live updates [LIVE: Man attacks police at Israeli embassy in Serbia with crossbow, is shot dead]( By ToI Staff Foreign Ministry calls incident ‘attempted terror attack’ * IDF troops find arms in school amid battles in Gaza City’s Shejaiya * Israeli tourist missing for four days in Sri Lanka [Biden acknowledges ‘I don’t debate as well as I used to,’ but insists he’ll push on]( By Zeke Miller, Steve Peoples, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Michelle L. Price US president scrambles to quell Democratic anxieties over his age amid calls to replace him as candidate after weak performance; NYT: Biden ‘failed his own test,’ should quit race [Trump again denounces political foe as a ‘Palestinian,’ this time going after Schumer]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [Explainer / Why it would be tough to replace Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket in November]( By Will Weissert Analysis Canaan Lidor [In snap election, many French Jews reluctantly endorse far right over dreaded far left]( As Macron sends voters to the polls on Sunday, unprecedented levels of antisemitism after October 7 have prominent Jews reluctantly backing a party founded by a Holocaust denier [In France’s high-stakes election, a Jewish candidate faces hate and division]( By John Leicester and ALEX TURNBULL [Explainer / France’s snap election: How it works and what comes next]( By Sylvie Corbet Top Ops Irwin Keller [How to disagree as Jews in a time of deep schisms]( The epic disputes between the schools of Shammai and Hillel offer a model for hearing the divine in our opponent’s words Michael Helfand [Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law tests the future of church-state separation]( The US Supreme Court upholds the principle that government cannot enact laws that are religiously coercive, but will it consider a poster coercive? [US officials say thousands of 2,000-pound bombs shipped to Israel since Oct. 7]( By Reuters and ToI Staff Over 14,000 MK-84s, which Biden paused a shipment of, are among the US munitions sent to Israeli forces fighting against Hamas and Hezbollah [US pier again removed from Gaza coast due to sea conditions, may not be reanchored]( By Agencies and ToI Staff [NGOs seek Dutch ban on export of F-35 parts that could end up in hands of IDF]( By Reuters [Those We Have Lost]( [Those We Have Lost]( [Civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7]( [Read Here]( Analysis Lazar Berman [Rafah operation and Gaza war are winding down; Israel is no closer to its goals]( Netanyahu faces an unclear path to defeating Hamas, getting the hostages back, deterring Hezbollah and staying in power; US goals, and Biden’s future, are in question as well [US said rewording truce-hostage offer to revive talks, as families set to rally for deal]( By ToI Staff New effort focused on changes to conditions for talks in first phase, US official says; protest groups to gather Sat. night, and plan July 7 shutdown to mark 9 months since Oct. 7 [CRM]( [Poll: 66% of Israelis want Netanyahu to leave politics, 85% support Oct. 7 probe]( By ToI Staff Bennett favorite by far to lead potential right-wing dream team, survey finds; 37% of PM’s voters think he shouldn’t seek reelection; 66% think Haredim must serve in IDF [Tempers fray in cabinet as Smotrich accuses IDF chief of ‘going to sleep’ on Oct. 6]( By ToI Staff [Hardliner, moderate to face off in 2nd-ever Iranian runoff, after record low turnout]( By Ramin Khanizadeh and Payam DOOST MOHAMADI Neither presidential candidate secures majority, with 40% voter turnout amid opposition boycott; reformist Pezeshkian wants ‘friendly relations with all countries except Israel’ [With voter turnout low, Iran presidential election results too close to call]( By AP [Palestinians, Israeli left slam cabinet move to legalize settlement outposts]( By ToI Staff and Reuters PLO says steps and punitive measures against PA are part of continued ‘war of genocide’ against the Palestinian people; settler leaders welcome efforts led by Smotrich [Tibi says Arab Israelis being persecuted for Gaza sympathies in wake of October 7]( By Jack Moore Inside story Harry Saunders [How a Brooklyn dentist almost formed a Jewish homeland in pre-WW II China]( Seeing a land free of antisemitism, Albert Einstein and Chinese leaders pushed plans to settle 100,000 Jews fleeing Nazis in Yunnan, the Himalayan foothills of China’s hinterland [‘A wounded landscape’: New photo exhibit captures life in Israel’s south, then and now]( By Jessica Steinberg Historian and amateur photographer Dana Arieli created ‘The Photographer of Things — Southern Album,’ a new exhibit at Petah Tikva Museum of Art that tells the story of the south [Dagestani Jews determined to rebuild after deadly terror attacks in southern Russia]( By DEEPA BHARATH After destruction of 110-year-old Derbent synagogue, a center for Jewish life in the region, rabbi says local community is ‘not going to hide behind high walls and be intimidated’ [‘We will dance again’: First Nova party since Oct. 7 draws revelers, survivors]( By Deborah Danan ‘Healing concert’ in Tel Aviv brings 40,000-strong motley crew of trance lovers, bereaved mothers; partiers discuss trauma, show tattoos commemorating massacre, fallen loved ones [Liberman, Israeli athletes honor fallen soldier in friendly tennis match]( By ToI Staff [Those We Are Missing]( [The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown]( [Read Here]( More Headlines [Jewish and Black advocacy groups announce support for mask ban at NY demonstrations]( By Luke Tress [Swiss foundation panned for inadequate probe into origins of its Nazi-era art collection]( By Christophe VOGT [Houthis claim hits on 4 ships in Mediterranean, Red Sea amid contradicting reports]( By Agencies [Pyramid-itis? / Egyptian tomb find may shed light on ancient diseases]( By AFP [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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