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What Matters Most On Saturday, April 3, 2021

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the release of the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, at the State Department in Washington, DC on March 30, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP)

Days after US steps up PA aid, says territories are occupied

Blinken tells Israel: Palestinians should enjoy same rights, freedoms as you do

By AFP and ToI Staff

US secretary of state to Foreign Minister Ashkenazi: ‘Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and democracy’

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of the trial of Bosco Ntaganda, a Congo militia leader, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/Pool via AP)

2019 steps against Bensouda 'inappropriate and ineffective'

US scraps Trump’s sanctions against ICC prosecutor who is probing Israel

Blinken says Washington still opposed to court’s actions on Afghanistan and Israel, but will address concerns through engagement; officials said to update Jerusalem in advance

Silvia Fernandez De Gurmendi from Argentina takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony as a new judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the seat of the Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski)

ICC hopes for ‘new phase’ as Biden lifts sanctions on prosecutor probing Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference in Brussels, Monday, March 22, 2021 (Aris Oikonomou, Pool via AP)

European Union lauds US decision to drop sanctions against ICC prosecutor

Authorities investigate at the scene where a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Suspect in deadly US Capitol attack was Farrakhan follower, raged against gov’t

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US media reports identify attacker as Noah Green of Indiana; posted online about ‘mind control,’ called US government the ‘#1 enemy of Black people’

US Capitol Police officers stand near a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cop killed in US Capitol attack as car rams barricade; suspect shot dead

By Agencies and ToI Staff

This image provided by the US Capitol Police shows US Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department's first responders unit. Evans was killed Friday, April 2, 2021, after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the US Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. (US Capitol Police via AP)

Officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran

By AP

Troops stand guard near the scene of a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congressman says he’s consulted with Israel about US Capitol security

Rep. Tim Ryan, who helps oversee security of Congress, says he spoke with Israeli officials about Knesset measures, after ramming attack kills Capitol Police officer

Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas at the party's headquarters in Tamra on election night, March 23, 2021 (Flash90)

Pivotal Ra’am party meets to discuss whom to recommend as PM

Leader Mansour Abbas convenes with activists in Nazareth; Ra’am being courted by both blocs amid ongoing political gridlock

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

Ra’am leader said to face internal pushback after urging political cooperation

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during an interview, November 2020 (video screenshot)

Ahead of Vienna summit, Iran rejects ‘step-by-step’ return to nuclear accord

By ToI Staff and AFP

Foreign Ministry appears to rule out mutual trust-building measures, reiterates all US sanctions must be removed before it takes any steps toward compliance with deal

Analysis

For Israel, endless electoral discord carries perils for ties with Arab world

Political instability in wake of Abraham Accords puts plans on backburner, and Mideast leaders grow weary of being treated as pawns or punching bags

People walk past an electoral billboard for the Likud party bearing a portrait of its leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), and opposition Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, in Tel Aviv, on March 12, 2021, ahead of the March 23 general election. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, March 22, 2021. (SPA via AP)

Saudi FM says ties with Israel would bring ‘tremendous benefit’ to Middle East

By AFP

But Prince Faisal bin Farhan reiterates that normalization is ‘very much dependent on progress’ in Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Samaritans sitting under their Sukkah decorated with fruits and vegetables during Sukkot holiday. Nablus, Palestinian territories, October 2017. (Yadid Levy)

Recipes insideReaders learn about Samaritan history, religion and culture

Samaritan cookbook introduces ancient people’s cuisine to new global audiences

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Filled by recipes, gorgeous photographs and historical background, ‘Samaritan Cookbook’ provides taste of life in enigmatic community split between Israel and Palestinian Authority

’There’s an active shooter, Mom’

We all marked ourselves ’safe,’ yet the vast grief caused by gun violence overwhelmed me. When I tried to pray, I had no idea where to start

Dubbs Weinblatt

It is hard to connect to the Torah as a trans Jew. I’m trying anyway

I was made the way I am because it’s who I am meant to be, and I wouldn’t trade any of my experiences

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Holocaust survivor Yaffa Balaban, 95, at her apartment in Beit Tovei Hair retirement residence in Jerusalem on January 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Vaccinations may offer protection for 2 years or more, Israeli expert says

Professor Michal Linial says past reports of swift antibody decline were ‘much ado about nothing’; Health Ministry chief hopes to begin vaccinating Israeli teens in May

Shirel Hilel (Screen capture: Channel 13 news)

Hospital blamed over women’s death from heart inflammation after vaccination

People wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine at the SSE Arena which has been converted into a temporary COVID-19 vaccination center, in Belfast, Northern Ireland on March 29, 2021. (Paul Faith / AFP)

7 UK AstraZeneca recipients die of clots; regulator: Benefits outweigh risks

‘Extreme rarity’ of blood-clotting events after millions of shots administered means receiving the vaccine is by far the safest choice, expert says

A file photo taken on March 11, 2021 shows a vial of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Paris on March 11, 2021 (JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Questions mount on AstraZeneca vaccine’s ties to rare blood clots

By AFP and ToI Staff

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Netherlands temporarily halts AstraZeneca shots for under-60s

A man receives a drive-thru vaccination in Metairie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, March 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

US reaches 100 million with vaccines as Europe faces fresh hurdles

By Shaun Tandon

Soaring job growth, loosened travel guidelines in US; European states struggle with vaccine campaign, return to lockdowns; devastation unfolds in Brazil as infections run rampant

CDC says fully vaccinated people can travel safely again within US

By Candice Choi

After vaccination, Argentine president tests positive for COVID-19

By AFP

ExplainerWhy Johnson & Johnson throwing out 15 million vaccine doses shouldn’t scare you

By Tinglong Dai

Egyptian coast guards patrol as a ship navigates the Suez Canal on March 30, 2021, a day after a cargo vessel was dislodged from its banks. (Tarek Wajeh/AFP)

Backlog of all 422 ships at Suez Canal cleared after stuck boat freed

By AFP

Head of canal authority says vessels that were waiting to traverse the key waterway while the Ever Given was grounded have passed through

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First responders at the scene of an accident in southern Israel that killed a 3-year-old boy, April 2, 2021. (Courtesy/Magen David Adom)

3-year-old killed by car outside playground in southern Israel

ISIS fighters parade in commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicles down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, more than two weeks after taking over the country's second largest city, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Newlyweds arrested in New York trying to travel by ship to join Islamic State

By AP

A man shouts slogans in front of burning tires and garbage containers during a protest against the increase in prices of consumer goods and the crash of the local currency, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon to swap medical expertise for Iraqi oil

By AFP

Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit prays during the Washing of the Feet ceremony for Maundy Thursday, in Notre Dame Cathedral, April 1, 2021, almost two years after a massive fire ravaged the Gothic cathedral. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Notre Dame says ’15 or 20 years’ needed for restoration

By AP

Pieter Heijs shows his product at his Hollandia Matzes factory in Enschede, the Netherlands, March 19, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Dutch matzah factory gifts Passover cracker to 35,000 schoolchildren

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Then-US vice president Joe Biden in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 7, 2015. (Sergei Supinsky/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden pledges ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine amid Russian military buildup

By Olga SHYLENKO and Anastasia CLARK

This file picture shows Tunisian-French rapper Swagg Man singing during the shooting of a television show in the capital Tunis on May 11, 2019. (MOHAMED FLISS / AFP)

Rap sheetTunisian rapper who claimed Jewish heritage accused of massive cons

By Caroline Nelly Perrot

Cyclists pass police standing next to a burning makeshift tyre barricade, erected by protesters demonstrating against the military coup, in Yangon's South Okkalapa township on April 1, 2021. (STR / AFP)

Myanmar death toll mounts amid protests, military crackdown

By AP

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