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What Matters Most On Friday, April 2, 2021

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Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas speaks during a press conference in Nazareth, April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

'Now is the time for change'

Islamist who could hold keys to Israeli gov’t pleads for Jewish-Arab cooperation

By Aaron Boxerman

In rare primetime address, Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas says that ‘which unites us all is greater than what divides us,’ doesn’t endorse candidate for PM or mention Palestinians

Mansour Abbas, head of Israel's conservative Islamic Ra'am party, speaks during a press conference in the northern city of Nazareth on April 1, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Text of speechRa’am leader Abbas calls for Arab-Jewish coexistence, based on respect, equality

Rachel Sennott as Danielle in 'Shiva Baby,' by filmmaker Emma Seligman. (Courtesy)

Film reviewThe set: Lox and bagels with a side of kibitzing relatives

The next great ‘Jewish movie’ was just made by a 24-year-old female director

By Jordan Hoffman

Danielle humorously figures out how to navigate her own identity without causing a rift with the wider community in relatable ‘Shiva Baby’ by newbie Emma Seligman, out April 2

Illustrative: Ultra orthodox Jews visit an amusement park in Bnei Brak on August 08, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

‘Is this Iran?’: Gender-segregated Modiin Illit park stops dads taking daughters

Report says fathers not permitted to escort young daughters at ultra-Orthodox settlement’s amusement playground due to illegally imposed separate hours

Op-ed

From the head of an Israeli Islamic party, a primetime plea for coexistence

Mansour Abbas has steered a path to the very center of the political stage; with Israel hanging on to his words, he seized the unprecedented moment to urge Arab-Jewish conciliation

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas with supporters at a press conference in Nazareth, April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky seen at his home in the city of Bnei Brak on his 92nd birthday, January 11, 2019. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)

Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi said to prefer coalition that relies on Arabs over left

Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (R). (Sraya Diamant/David Cohen/Flash90)

After Abbas speech, Smotrich once again rejects any coalition backed by Ra’am

Analysis

In speech to Jewish Israel, Abbas crowns himself new leader of country’s Arabs

Islamist Ra’am’s support of a right-wing coalition would be astonishing. But if the center-left had been more willing to buck norms, Ayman Odeh may have been in Abbas’s shoes today

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas gives a speech in the northern city of Nazareth, on April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

If at fourth he can’t succeed, Netanyahu signals he’s ready to try, try again

An appeal to Bennett and Sa’ar based on the incorrect premise that all right-wing voters support him suggests the premier is already girding for a fifth election

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual Jerusalem Conference of Channel 20 in Jerusalem, March 16, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas speaks during a press conference in Nazareth, April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s far-right allies seethe after Islamist MK’s call for cooperation

Noam party chairman Avi Maoz. (Noam Party)

Anti-LGBT faction’s coalition demands include downgrading gender equality

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

A few new plagues for Passover, the 5781 version

If I have been a bridge between the great-grandparents and their Seder traditions and my children and their up-and-coming preferences, I now say: No more

Elchanan Poupko

The Song of Songs: Intimacy challenged

God and the Jewish people face opposition to their passionate relationship from a whole array of antagonists; the only protection from such attacks is more love

Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem after a meeting on April 2, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett, Netanyahu talk coalition options; Yamina chief may recommend self as PM

The two party leaders discuss ‘the need to form a stable, functioning government as soon as possible,’ but Yamina leader makes no commitments to premier

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then Defense Minister Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Who will he back as PM? Bennett to meet with Netanyahu, then Lapid

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried (54) works against the Tampa Bay Rays in a spring training baseball game, March 21, 2021, in Port Charlotte, Florida. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

SportsSome stars played for Team Israel in World Baseball Classic

Baseball is back: The 8 Jewish players to watch this season

What Alex Bregman, Max Fried and Ryan Braun have in store for MLB fans this season, which opens Thursday night

Medical technicians test passengers for COVID-19 at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on March 8, 2021. (Flash90)

New COVID-19 cases drop to lowest weekly level since last June

With economy largely open and most Israelis vaccinated, positive test rate falls to 1%; serious infections hit a three-month low

Israelis in Jerusalem during the Passover holiday, March 31, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health Ministry director cautions against lifting outdoor mask mandate

Jerusalem during the Passover holiday, March 31, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israeli employers grapple with dilemma of unvaccinated workers

By Ilan Ben Zion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on February 8, 2021. (Reuven Kastro/POOLFlash90)

Netanyahu ordered to attend Monday court hearing, but can skip testimony

Judges give prime minister permission to leave courtroom after prosecution’s opening arguments in the evidentiary phase of his corruption trial

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

As deadline passes, Israel is left without a justice minister

Former Fatah official Nasser al-Kidwa, center left, and Marwan Barghouti's wife, Fadwa, center right, leave the Palestinian Central Election Commission office after registering their joint list for the upcoming parliamentary election in May, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

As Palestinians march to elections, Barghouti challenge threatens to upend race

By Aaron Boxerman

Observers initially scoffed at PA President Abbas’s election decree as a ploy — but intentionally or not, it has paved the way for the most serious challenge to his rule in years

Military liaison: Israel should end security ties with PA if Hamas wins election

Abbas said to refuse call from Blinken, wants to hear from Biden first

US discovery of 17th-century Arabian coins may solve murderous pirate mystery

By WILLIAM J. KOLE

Money could explain how Capt. Henry Every, then the world’s most-wanted criminal for plundering ships carrying Muslim pilgrims back to India from Mecca in 1695, eluded capture

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flutters in front of the IAEA building in Vienna on July 10, 2019. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)

Iran, US to meet nuclear deal members in Vienna Tuesday, but no direct talks

By AFP and ToI Staff

Washington says it is open to direct negotiations, but scenario unlikely; Tehran continues to insist US must remove sanctions before it will stop breaching the accord

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, in an image released on November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Iran said enriching uranium with 4th batch of advanced centrifuges

Illustrative: A large congregation attend a service at Westminster Abbey in London, Wednesday July 18, 2018. (Jack Taylor/PA via AP)

Church of England sorry for prayer booklet that resembles Passover Haggadah

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Church official says pamphlet issued for Maundy Thursday, which instructs readers to say a Hebrew prayer, was ‘not intended to be a Christianized seder’

An election poster featuring Waldemar Wojciechowski ahead of the 2020 local elections in Poland. (PIS via JTA)

Local Polish politician: Jews don’t buy land ‘because you can’t cheat the earth’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A view of the Storrs campus at Connecticut University (YouTube screenshot)

Swastikas daubed, anti-Semitic slurs yelled on Connecticut campus over Passover

More Headlines

This photo provided by the Metropolitan Police shows Benjamin Hannam. (Metropolitan Police via AP)

In 1st, London cop convicted of neo-Nazi group membership

By AP

Illustrative: Women walk with children during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, October 4, 2020. (AP/Kathy Willens)

Orthodox Jewish family visiting New York City knifed in ‘possible bias incident’

Christian worshippers carrying a wooden cross arrive at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, during a Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Christians mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as COVID restrictions eased

By Agencies and ToI Staff

From 'On the Spectrum,' the YES TV show picked up by Amazon Studios (Courtesy Yes)

Maximum awarenessIsraeli dramedy ‘On the Spectrum’ hits HBO Max streaming service

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Israeli medical staff cheer an Israeli airforce aerobatic team as they fly over Shaarei Tsedek hospital in Jerusalem on Israel's 72nd Inependence Day, April 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israeli Air Force’s Independence Day flyover returns after pandemic break

By Emanuel Fabian

Protestor holds image of Muhammad Abdelrazek Ades at a Tel Aviv protest against surging crime and violence in Arab communities, March 13, 2021 (Flash90)

Police arrest 2 on suspicion of involvement in deadly shooting of Jaljulia teen

Meghan Markle arrives at the Royal Albert Hall in London, to attend the Mountbatten Festival of Music, March 7, 2020. (Simon Dawson/Pool via AP, File)

Meghan Markle donates $13,700 to UK Muslim-Jewish cooking project

By Cnaan Liphshiz

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee stands behind a crowd of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' during the 'Unite the Right' rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statue at center of deadly rally

By Matthew Barakat and Michael Kunzelman

El Al Airlines' Boeing 737s are pictured on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 10, 2020. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)

Israeli arrested in South Africa in connection with El Al cocaine smuggling ring

Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israeli man jailed in New Hampshire for drug charge after 12 years on the run

By AP

Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, commander of the Israel Air Force's Air Defenses, speaks at a conference in Rishon Lezion on December 2, 2019. (Flash90)

Air defense chief Ran Kochav tapped as next IDF spokesperson

By Judah Ari Gross

US Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on February 26, 2021. (AP/John Raoux, File)

Gaetz alleges extortion plot that included freedom for missing Jewish FBI agent

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