2 coalition MKs: IDF gen. favors Palestinians * 2 W Bank terror attacks * Private tech funding dives * EU envoy ’won’t accuse Israel of apartheid, but’ * Saudi nuke fears

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Presented by [Groundwork]( [IDF, Gallant slam Likud MK who said army general prefers Palestinians over Israelis]( By ToI Staff Military chief Herzi Halevi ‘forcefully condemns’ Avichay Buaron, who refuses to retract comments and says it’s his right to criticize the Central Command head [Coalition MK echoes claim IDF general favors Palestinians, calls for Gallant’s ouster]( By ToI Staff [Gallant chides MKs, telling them Air Force needs US planes, Israeli pilots — report]( By ToI Staff [Far-right minister says Green Line ‘fictitious,’ urges annexation of West Bank]( By ToI Staff Amichai Eliyahu says two-state concept ‘a mistake’; settler group urges Netanyahu to refrain from using territorial concessions as bargaining chip for deal with Saudis [Head of special police unit questioned over alleged violence toward protesters]( By ToI Staff Fellow officers cheer arrival of Yair Hanuna, 4 others; Ben Gvir: 18-year-old protester was violent before arrest; teen’s dad: Minister is ‘liar, criminal’ [54 volunteer cops freezing service over judicial overhaul; 1,000 said facing ouster]( By ToI Staff [Anti-overhaul protester, allegedly beaten up by cops, freed after 3rd police grilling]( By ToI Staff from our sponsor [Mikhael Manekin: Leading anti-occupation activist and Orthodox Israeli Jew]( In this episode, we sit down with Mikhael to learn how the religious community fits into the struggle for peace, equality, justice, and democracy. [Seriously hurt victim stable after Ma’ale Adumim attack; 4 others still in hospital]( By ToI Staff Survivor of 2016 attack unwittingly transported Palestinian terrorist home, where he armed up; gunman’s father reportedly begged community center where he worked to hire son too [6 Israelis wounded, one seriously, in terror shooting in Ma’ale Adumim]( By Emanuel Fabian [One person lightly wounded in West Bank shooting terror attack]( By ToI Staff [Private funding for Israeli tech startups slumps to 5-year low, data report shows]( By Sharon Wrobel 67% decline in first half of 2023 from the $11.9 billion raised during the same period last year, while in the US trends are stabilizing, according to Start-Up Nation Central [Academics and scientists warn damage from overhaul may be ‘irreversible’]( By ToI Staff [Top brain specialist says he left Israel because ‘it is becoming undemocratic’]( By ToI Staff [Hamas: Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit impetus for terror attack]( [listen to the podcast]( Interview [Departing EU envoy: I won’t accuse Israel of apartheid, but it’s worthy of discussion]( By Jacob Magid In farewell interview, ambassador to Palestinians laments Abbas’s failure to hold elections, suggests mail-in ballot as solution to Israeli opposition to voting in East Jerusalem [IDF: Palestinian shot dead after attempting to stab soldiers in southern West Bank]( By Emanuel Fabian [Education Ministry bars Israeli-Palestinian bereavement group from schools]( By Michael Horovitz Top Ops Joshua Hantman [A game of Gulf]( If the Saudis invested vast sums of money in Palestinian infrastructure, there’d be a real chance of peace and security Yuval Cherlow [The ethics of information-sharing in Jewish relationships]( True love demands that we give of ourselves and treat the other party just as we ourselves would want to be treated (Tu B’Av) [Saudi Arabia could convert civilian nuclear to military, Israeli expert warns]( By Tal Schneider Former deputy head of Atomic Energy Commission fears that Riyadh’s demand to enrich uranium as part of Israel normalization deal may open ‘Pandora’s box,’ launch Mideast arms race [Israel-based SolarEdge inks joint renewable energy venture with Saudi conglomerate]( By Sharon Wrobel [Saudi Arabia to make $1.2 billion donation to war-struck Yemen]( By AFP Live updates [LIVE: Yesh Atid joins petitions to High Court over ‘reasonableness’ law]( By ToI Staff Petition claims that law was not properly considered during the legislative process and that it disrupts the system of checks and balances between authorities [AG said to oppose ordering Netanyahu’s recusal for breaking conflict of interest deal]( By ToI Staff Gali Baharav-Miara reportedly says she will not require PM to recuse himself from office for his involvement in judicial overhaul, despite concerns it will benefit him at trial [Impressed by Israeli science, Black universities plan student and faculty exchanges]( By Renee Ghert-Zand ‘If you send one or two students to start, you are changing their lives,’ says president of South Carolina State University, who joined recent trip of historically Black colleges [‘I felt at home’: Palestinian-Americans see improved treatment at Ben Gurion Airport]( By Jacob Magid US citizens say getting into country much simpler since Israel eased curbs in order to enter Visa Waiver Program; but they fear experience could regress once Israel’s accepted [Report: 2012 sexual harassment probe into top PA minister closed after ‘hush payment’]( By ToI Staff [Armed clashes erupt overnight between PA forces and terror group fighters in Jenin]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [New JFK documents reveal assassin’s CIA monitor was Jewish spy Reuben Efron]( By Ron Kampeas Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, who later lived in Jerusalem, screened the mail of US president’s killer before the assassination, newly released files show [After Texan who posed as Hasid charged with sex crimes, son charged with abuse too]( By Luke Tress One of Hayim Cohen’s 9 adopted sons, Avshalom, charged with sexual assault of his brother, and human smuggling, amid fallout from high-profile scandal in Houston [Researchers say Japan exaggerated the story of ‘Japanese Schindler’ Chiune Sugihara]( By Jordyn Haime In recent years, the Lithuania-based diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jews became a household name – but is his lionization part of a familiar post-Holocaust phenomenon? [CRM]( [Trump indicted by US Justice Department for his efforts to overturn 2020 election]( By Eric Tucker Former president charged with 4 felonies accusing him of illegally trying to reverse his loss at the polls, in the 3rd criminal case he faces as he seeks reelection [ADL blasts Trump campaign for comparing indictment to Nazi persecution]( By ToI Staff and AP More Headlines [Environment minister announces sex-segregated hours at parks, prompting legal review]( By Canaan Lidor [Man found dead after family becomes separated during West Bank hike]( By ToI Staff [Suspect in shooting at Memphis Jewish school was haunted by police killing of father]( By Luke Tress [2 more firms cut ads on Channel 14 after panelist called to release Rabin’s assassin]( By ToI Staff [Jury in Pittsburgh antisemitic massacre asks to see gunman’s weapons]( By Ron Kampeas [Jordanian army arrests man allegedly attempting to infiltrate from Israel]( By Gianluca Pacchiani [Iran’s Revolutionary Guard runs drill on disputed Persian Gulf islands]( By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell [Residents fearful as deadly clashes continue in Palestinian camp in Lebanon]( By AFP and ToI Staff [German soccer team joins US Jewish school to honor children murdered in Holocaust]( By jacob gurvis [In small packages / Author Alex Epstein crafts tiny books to fit his micro stories]( By Jessica Steinberg [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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