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What Matters Most On Thursday, April 15, 2021

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After last year’s lockdown, Israelis back at parks to celebrate Independence Day

With most restrictions lifted, majority-vaccinated country’s citizens able to enjoy holiday at sites nationwide, some of which are forced to stop accepting visitors due to overflow

President Reuven Rivlin salutes to a soldier during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 73rd Independence Day celebrations, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on April 15, 2021. (GPO)

Honoring outstanding troops for last time, Rivlin says national path ‘not lost’

People watch an IDF Air Force flyover on Israel's 73rd Independence Day celebrations at Sacher Park in Jerusalem, April 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel celebrates 73rd Independence Day with Air Force flyby

From the blogs

Miriam Herschlag

Thoughts on Israel at 73 while flying over the Saudi desert

On this, the independence day of an old-new country, our governance may be ailing, but the hallmark ’superabundant force’ of democracy is alive and kicking

Denver's city call lights up in blue and white in honor of Israel's Independence Day on April 14, 2021. (Israeli-American Council)

World landmarks light up in blue and white in honor of Israel’s Independence Day

Israelis watch a fireworks show during Independence Day celebrations in Tel Aviv on April 14, 2021, after more than a year of coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel at 73 by the numbers: 12th-happiest in world, over 10% work in high-tech

Michael Levin receives a package of Tastykakes, soon after he was drafted into the IDF, on March 20, 2005. (Tami Gross)

Remembrance'The top choice in his life would be to live'

The legend of Michael Levin, and what it tells us about our need for heroes

By Lazar Berman

An idealistic lone soldier from the US, he was killed in Lebanon in 2006, and has become an Israeli icon and inspiration. His friends don’t quite know what to make of it all

Memorial Day service held for ultra-Orthodox soldiers for 3rd year

By Emanuel Fabian

Memorial Day sorrow fades into joy as Israel ushers in 73rd Independence Day

Kenneth Jacobson

This Independence Day, let’s hear it for normalcy

It’s one of the goals of Zionism – a normal state for the Jewish People – and this year there’s lots to celebrate on that score

Israel’s first Independence Day and the parade that didn’t march

In 1949, organizational blunders led to the debacle of an army that managed to conquer everything…except the streets of Tel Aviv

Daniel S. Mariaschin

Heed the neon warning sign on Iran’s intentions

In his dealings with Iran, US Sec. of State Blinken should heed his own words about America’s historic failure to rescue the Jews from calamity

73 reasons to love Israel

Lightning-speed vaccination, random acts of kindness, and 7 ways to eat a Krembo – just some of the wonders that make this place thrilling

Israeli air force aerobatic team fly during a military training for the upcoming Israel's 73rd Independence day in Jerusalem, on April 12, 2021 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel at 73: How the tech sector saved the economy from the worst of COVID

By Shoshanna Solomon

Cover of 'Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People' by Ben M. Freeman/author Ben M. Freeman (courtesy)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: With left-wing anti-Zionism on the rise, how to instill ‘Jewish pride’

Author and educator Ben M. Freeman challenges young liberal Jews to go on a journey of self-discovery and explore authentic history to help reclaim pride in their Jewish identities

Early alphabetic inscription on a White Slip II rim sherd (Antiquity Publications Ltd//J. Dye, Austrian Academy of Sciences)

‘Missing link’ in alphabet’s history said unearthed in Israel on Canaanite sherd

Researchers say pottery fragment from Tel Lachish is the oldest artifact of its kind found in region, could explain how writing system reached Levant from Egypt

Illustrative: Golani Brigade soldiers stand guard near the grave of their comrade Amit Ben-Ygal, at the Be'er Ya'akov cemetery, on May 15, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel’s care for traumatized veterans is broken. Fixing it will be hard

By Judah Ari Gross

After veteran with PTSD self-immolates in apparent protest against Defense Ministry, treatment options come under intense scrutiny

Protesters hold signs reading, 'We are all Itzik Saidyan,' outside the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Department in Petah Tikva, April 14, 2021. (Flash90)

As Memorial Day siren blares, dozens stand where IDF veteran self-immolated

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Iran says concern about ‘peaceful’ nuke program is a ‘mistake,’ as talks resume

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Khamenei says Vienna offers ‘not worth looking at’ after hiking uranium enrichment in response to alleged Israel attack on Natanz plant

Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna amid soaring tensions

By Agencies and ToI Staff

IAEA says Iran has almost completed preparations for 60% uranium enrichment

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iran dismisses Vienna nuclear deal offers as ‘not worth looking at’

By Jon Gambrell

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, April 5, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

US secretary of state: Israel’s group of friends to grow wider in years ahead

In Independence Day message, Antony Blinken says US will urge more countries to normalize, lauds Jerusalem’s vaccine effort, vows to strengthen all parts of bilateral relationship

Illustrative: President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a ceremony marking Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Rivlin thanks global Jewry for standing ‘side by side with Israel’

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in a video statement shown during Israel's Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 14, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Israel honors Pfizer chief at Independence Day ceremony

By AP

Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York, March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

Obituary

MICHAEL BALSAMO and Tom Hays

‘His crimes were extraordinarily evil’: The life and death of Bernie Madoff

The man who operated the largest Ponzi scheme in history is dead at 82; ‘no one is going to mourn him,’ says an attorney for some of his victims

Sarah Halimi was beaten before she was thrown off her Paris apartment building's roof in April 2017. (Courtesy of the Halimi family)

Top French court won’t prosecute Jewish woman’s killer because he was on weed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Court of Cassation upholds ruling that Kobili Traore can’t be held criminally responsible for Sarah Halimi’s killing as he was in a psychotic state from marijuana use

Beata Szydło, then the prime minister of Poland, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, July 31, 2016. (Kancelaria Premiera via JTA)

Jewish leader quits Auschwitz board over right-wing politician’s nomination

By Cnaan Liphshiz

An Israeli flag sticks out of the window of HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2020, after a man smashed the window. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Anti-Semitic incidents in Netherlands fell by 25% in 2020, but remain high

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Anti-Abbas activist Fadi Elsalameen is originally from a West Bank village but currently resides in Washington, DC. (Courtesy of Fadi Elsalameen)

US said to scold PA over death threats toward Palestinian-American Abbas critic

Fatah-affiliated terror group said it would target Fadi Elsalameen, as he visited his hometown of as-Samu in the West Bank

Democratic US Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota, in July 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)

J Street, Americans for Peace Now back bill restricting how Israel spends US aid

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves after a coronavirus briefing in Downing Street, London, April 5, 2021. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

PA slams UK’s ‘subversion of global order’ after Johnson opposes ICC probe

US Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, August 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Despite Biden OK, ‘concerned’ Democrat says US Congress to review UAE arms deal

Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee says he still has questions over $23 billion sale, which White House is now advancing after initial suspension

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, speaks after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon on April 15, 2021. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Official Government via AP)

Envoy: US ready to facilitate stalled Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks

By Jacob Magid and AP

An Apache attack helicopter provides security from above while CH-47 Chinooks drop off supplies to US soldiers at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan, June 10, 2017. (US Marine Corps/Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Biden: US troops to leave Afghanistan by 9/11 anniversary, ending ‘forever war’

By AAMER MADHANI and Matthew Lee

President says the 2001 terror attacks can’t justify the continued presence of soldiers in the country after 20 years of conflict

In this November 28, 2019, file photo armed soldiers stand guard in the motorcade for US President Donald Trump speaks during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to the troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP/Alex Brandon, File)

AnalysisWith withdrawal, Biden hopes Afghanistan stable enough to withstand extremists

By Robert Burns

More Headlines

Wreaths and flags that were on IDF soldiers graves for Memorial Day are seen consumed by flames on 14 April, 2021. (Screen capture: Kan News/ Twitter)

Haredi teens said to burn wreaths on troops’ graves, PM blasts ‘barbaric’ act

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein. (Joseph Savetsky/courtesy of ZOA)

ZOA to stay in Boston Jewish group despite ‘elevating white supremacist voices’

Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), and New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar (R). (Flash90)

Smotrich begs Netanyahu, Sa’ar to ‘sort out differences,’ establish government

Rabbi Chaim Druckman attends the campaign launch of the right-wing Yamina party, ahead of the Israeli general elections, February 12, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Top national religious rabbi Chaim Druckman hospitalized due to heart failure

Itamar Hillman 21,(insert) was killed in a traffic accident in Jerusalem on April 13, 2021. (United Hatzala Spokesperson)

Man killed in motorcycle accident after Memorial Day siren

JNF chairman Danny Atar at lookout point, during a visit in the Jewish settlement of Kfar Etzion, in the West Bank on December 20, 2017. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

KKL-JNF board members: Move to buy West Bank land illegal, must be halted

Assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester City at the Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, England, January 26, 2021. (Nick Potts/Pool via AP)

Iran’s state TV censors UK soccer match to avoid showing female referee’s legs

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Osher Deri (Courtesy)

23-year-old dies from allergic reaction to whipped cream at meat restaurant

Abraham Foxman (photo credit: David Karp/JTA)

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman says he’d honor Fox’s Rupert Murdoch ‘again today’

In this July 30, 2013 file photo, then-Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US Senate approves economist Gary Gensler as market watchdog chief

By Marcy Gordon

Illustrative: Civil defense soldiers surround a hole in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, after a military projectile launched by Yemen's rebel Houthis fell on March 2, 2021. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Saudi university catches fire after missile, drone attack intercepted

By AP

First responders at the scene of a suspected murder in Netivot, April 14, 2021. (Courtesy/Hatzalah)

Man found dead in stairwell in Netivot; shooters reportedly dressed as police

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