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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 11, 2021

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This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on April 7, 2021 (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

Iranian official: Problem at nuke site ‘strongly suspected to be sabotage’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Israeli outlets say blackout at Iran’s Natanz plant a likely Israeli cyberattack; Western intelligence sources estimate it shut down entire sections of the facility

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)

‘Accident’ hits Iran’s Natanz nuclear site, day after advanced centrifuges start

By Agencies and ToI Staff

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a memorial ceremony on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on April 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief hints at Israeli involvement in recent alleged attacks on Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) walks alongside US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during an honor guard ceremony at Israel's military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 11, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni)

Hosting US defense chief, Gantz says Iran nuclear deal must protect Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense minister says US is a ‘full partner across all operational theaters’; Austin doesn’t mention Tehran, pledges consultations to ensure Israel’s regional military superiority

Some Israelis wear protective face masks, in Tel Aviv, on April 07, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

If confirmed, Israel would be world's 1st to reach milestone

Israel may have reached a ‘sort of herd immunity’ from COVID, expert says

Eran Segal says virus cases down 97% since January as result of successful vaccination drive, additional restrictions can safely be lifted

A Boston Red Sox staff member disinfects the railing in front of the visitor's dugout before a spring training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox, March 10, 2021, in Fort Myers, Florida. (AP/John Bazemore)

New CDC guidelines suggest virus transmission through surfaces negligible

Illustration of a brain tumor caused by glioblastoma (peterschreiber.media via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli scientists stop brain tumors in mice, say could cure a deadly cancer

By Nathan Jeffay

Glioblastoma in rodents, and in human cells in a lab model, blocked by compound that researchers see as ‘paving the way for a new therapy’ for deadliest brain cancer

Britain’s Prince Philip jokes with British WWII veterans who immigrated to Israel, during a ceremony at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Ramle, Israel, on October 30, 1994, where he came to lay a wreath. (AP Photo)

Times of Israel Podcast

Daily Briefing Apr. 11 – When Prince Philip broke royal taboo by visiting Israel

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

A tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in London, Friday, April 9, 2021 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Prince Philip’s funeral set for next Saturday, with only 30 people attending

By DANICA KIRKA

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, president of the World Wildlife Fund, center, leads a procession with representatives of various religions from the convent to St. Francis's Basilica during an interfaith ceremony marking the end of the WWF 25th Anniversary Conference in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 29, 1986. (Giulio Broglio/AP)

Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spirituality, respect of world’s faiths

By Jill Lawless

Iran's uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, which reprocesses uranium ore concentrate into uranium hexafluoride gas, which is then taken to Natanz and fed into the centrifuges for enrichment, March 30, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

We’re nearing point where Iran will be forced to respond to attacks — analyst

After Mossad pegged as responsible for latest attack on Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites, Ehud Ya’ari says Tehran unlikely to continue exercising restraint

5:59 pm

Prosecutor in Netanyahu case planned to quit to become a judge, but backtracked
5:57 pm

Joint List MK files complaint over police beating
5:44 pm

Egypt jails man for 8 years in #MeToo case

A modest proposal: Solving the elections logjam

Here’s my plan for a stable government of at least 73 seats in a governing coalition – in which both Sa’ar and Netanyahu play key roles

Yom HaZikaron is a hard day for me

My son is alive, thank God, but now, in rehab thanks to a terrorist’s bullet, he’s not the boy he was, nor is likely ever to be. This week, I mourn his loss

The Israeli election: It’s not only about Netanyahu

Between the Palestinian question and the religious-secular divide, Israel has enough to contend with; the country doesn’t have to focus on the prime minister’s legal woes

Prince Philip’s powerful and natural link with the Jewish community

The Duke admired the Jewish values of hard work and resilience: the Jewish story of bouncing back from setback and persecution would have found favor in his eyes

From the blogs

I had a good view of Adolf Eichmann

As the youngest reporter covering the trial exactly 60 years ago, I heard testimony that showed Jews were not lacking in heroes during the Holocaust

A doctor holding syringe for vaccination against COVID-19, in front of a South African flag. (Igor Vershinsky via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine

By Nathan Jeffay

Strain is more effective than original COVID and the British variant at bypassing the shot, Israeli scientists find, in first-of-its-kind, real-world study

A worker opens a package of coronavirus vaccine made by a Sinopharm subsidiary during a COVID-19 vaccination session for resident foreign journalists at a vaccination center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing admits Chinese vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates’

By Joe McDonald and HUIZHONG WU

A man walks through Tehran's closed Grand Bazaar, in Tehran, Iran, April 10, 2021. (AP /Vahid Salemi)

With slow vaccine rollout and surging cases, Iran enters a 10-day virus lockdown

Old train tracks leading past a former canteen building of SS guards at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 9, 2021 (BARTOSZ SIEDLIK / AFP)

To highlight banality of evil, group seeks to restore SS canteen at Auschwitz

By Stanislaw Waszak

After long days of killing, Nazi officers would head to the dining room near the camp to grab a bite or have a drink

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeiner delivers a speech during an event in Weimar, Germany, April 11, 2021 commemorating the liberation of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps. (Ronny Hartmann/Pool Photo via AP)

Buchenwald camp a reminder of Nazi ‘barbarism,’ German president says

By AP

Joerg Urban, leader of the Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Saxony, is seen on displays as he gestures while addressing delegates during an AfD party congress in Dresden, eastern Germany, on April 10, 2021. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

Germany’s far-right AfD seeks to capitalize on pandemic ahead of election

By Femke COLBORNE

Aseel Nama (Technion)

Over the moon

NASA names asteroids after Israeli student who found them

Aseel Nama says taking part in monthlong search project was her ‘dream’; hers was the only 1-member team allowed, of 116 total

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the first session of the evidentiary stage of his trial at Jerusalem District Court on April 5, 2021.(Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

Op-ed

Netanyahu, big business, and the skewing of Israeli media

PM’s trial lays bare the alleged illicit deal whereby a top news site was tailored to his needs, and he in return advanced the owners’ business interests. It’s not an isolated case

Liat Ben-Ari, prosecutor in the corruption trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in the trial, April 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Man probed over death threats to lead prosecutor in Netanyahu trial

By Avner Hofstein

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a junction near Tlalim, southern Israel, on April 10, 2021 (Courtesy: The Black Flags)

‘No 5th election’: Anti-Netanyahu protests return amid ongoing deadlock

A police officer scuffles with Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the predominantly Arab Joint List party, during a demonstration in East Jerusalem on April 9, 2021 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Joint List MK to file complaint over police beating, denies he started violence

Slamming ‘barbaric violence,’ Ofer Cassif calls police claim he goaded officers to hit him at East Jerusalem protest ‘a chain of lies’

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

Amid coalition talks, Mansour Abbas said weighing speech on commitment to Israel

Reports say Ra’am chief would also reject Hamas in bid to ease path to potential cooperation with the right; is said to prefer Netanyahu-led government

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

Potential coalition kingmaker Abbas undergoes successful kidney stone removal

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on April 6, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Bennett said haggling over when Yamina chief would become PM

According to TV report, premier offering rotation after 2 years, while Bennett demanding to become Israel’s leader after 1

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem, February 16, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via AP, File)

Fearing internal revolt, Netanyahu said set to meet Likud local branch heads

Education Minister Yoav Gallant at a passing the baton ceremony in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

University heads say minister has no right to withhold professor’s Israel Prize

By ToI Staff and Agencies

7 of 9 heads of Israel’s research universities denounce decision to keep country’s highest honor from Oded Goldreich over his political views

Education Minister Yoav Gallant, at the Ministry of Education in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel Prize nominees condemn withdrawal of professor’s award over ‘BDS support’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Scenes from 'Fiddler on the Roof.' (courtesy Jewish News)

Mazel tov!Film garnered 3 Oscars and $83.3 million at the box office

As hit film ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ turns 50, celebrate with the original cast

By Brigit Grant

To honor movie’s jubilee, our London partner the Jewish News chats with cast members and Topol’s family about its unique journey ahead of an April 11 online event

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This photo from the Royal Court twitter account, shows Jordan’s King Abdullah II, center, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein, second left, and others during a visit to the tomb of the late King Hussein. Members of the Jordanian royal family marked the centenary of the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate that preceded the kingdom, in April. (Royal Court Twitter Account via AP)

Jordanian king and Prince Hamzah appear together for 1st time since palace feud

By AP

A picture taken on April 10, 2021, shows a worker carrying a pot at the archaeological site of a 3,000 year old city, dubbed The Rise of Aten, dating to the reign of Amenhotep III, uncovered by the Egyptian mission near Luxor. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Egypt shows off finds from 3,000-year-old ‘lost’ city near Luxor

By Emmanuel Parisse

An Egged bus is seen on fire in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya after being attacked by rioters (video screenshot)

Jewish family in bus pelted with stones in East Jerusalem, vehicle set alight

Illustrative: An El Al Boeing plane at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. (Flash90)

35 years after El Al bomb plot, security staff recount stopping unwitting bomber

Moran Samuel smiles after winning the silver medal in the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, on October 1, 2017. (Screen capture/Daniel Rowing Center)

Israeli Paralympic rower wins silver medal at European championships

Supporters of US President Donald Trump during a rally for evangelical supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry, Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

ExplainerTrump held steady among believers at the ballot, lost the nonreligious vote

Then-US president Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, North Carolina, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump to donors: The key to Republican success is more Trumpism

By Steve Peoples

A Palestinian man gestures outside a United Nations health center in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jalazoun near Ramallah on April 8, 2021. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

With Trump in rearview mirror and new aid incoming, Palestinians thank America

By Claire Gounon and Adel Zaanoun

File: Saudi soldiers parade to mark Saudi Arabia's 89th National Day celebrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for high treason, collusion with unnamed enemy

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1976 file photo, Ramsey Clark, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, center, speaks at Lincoln Center in New York. Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died, Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 93. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)

Ramsey Clark, US ex-attorney general and Saddam Hussein’s lawyer, dies at 93

By AP

An illustrative image of the Israeli and Indian flags (Oleksii Liskonih; iStock by Getty Images)

First cohort of Israel-India accelerator yields initial ties

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tariq Bin Hendi, director general of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, signs a cooperation agreement virtually with David Leffler, director general of the Ministry of Economy and Industry of Israel (on screen). (Courtesy)

Abu Dhabi Investment Office kickstarts Israel activities with online event

By Shoshanna Solomon

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