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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 18, 2021

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Philipp, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, second left, attends the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip inside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, April 17, 2021. (Chris Jackson/Pool via AP)

Nephew Prince Karl Adolf was said to be named after Hitler

At his wish, Philip’s German relatives attend funeral despite family’s Nazi past

By Stuart Winer

While his mother saved a Jewish family, all 4 of his sisters married German aristocrats tied to Hitler’s party; sister Sophie met, was ‘impressed by charming’ Hitler in early 1930s

Britain's Prince Philip escorts his mother, Princess Alice Andreeas of Greece, in the wedding procession of Princess Margarita of Baden and Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia after the religious ceremonies on June 5, 1957 at Salem, Germany. (AP Photo)

Prince Philip’s ‘extraordinary’ mother hailed by woman whose family she saved

From front left, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince Andrew. Prince Edward, Prince William, Peter Phillips, Prince Harry, Earl of Snowdon and Tim Laurence follow the coffin the coffin makes it's way past the Round Tower during the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip inside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England Saturday April 17, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

UK’s Prince Philip laid to rest as somber queen sits alone

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

An illustrative image of a woman biting into an apple (kzenon; iStock by Getty Images)

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Podcast: Daily Briefing Apr. 18 – Israeli scientists take a bite out of obesity

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

Israelis throwing face masks as they celebrate the end of the mask mandate outdoors in Jerusalem, on April 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'You can't pretend that you don't know anyone anymore'

‘Very strange, very nice’: Israelis shed masks outdoors after vaccine victory

By Guillaume LAVALLÉE and Michael Blum

Not everyone is relinquishing their face coverings after mandate revoked, however, as concerns linger over variants

Israel lifts outdoor mask mandate, fully reopens schools

Unvaccinated public servants can be fired if they refuse virus tests — report

Lucy Aharish, Tsahi Halevy and their baby (screen capture: Channel 12)

Arab Israeli TV anchor opens up on vicious responses to her interfaith marriage

In heartfelt interview, Lucy Aharish describes barrage of criticism over her marriage to actor Tsahi Halevi, says their child will make his own decisions on Judaism

A view of the under-construction Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)

ToI investigates

After years of delays and strife, Jerusalem Tolerance Museum nears completion

The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s building, slated to be 4 times larger than Yad Vashem, is already an imposing presence as it readies to open next year. But is it also an imposition?

IAEA: Iran enriching uranium to 60% at aboveground facility at Natanz

UN watchdog confirms Iranian claim of enriching to near weapons-grade level; underground enrichment at plant that was hit by bomb last week

Footage of the Natanz nuclear facility aired by Iranian state TV, on April 17, 2021. (Screen capture/Twitter video: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Footage of the Natanz nuclear facility aired by Iranian state TV on April 17, 2021. (Screen capture/Twitter)

Iran state TV airs footage of supposedly normal operations at Natanz site

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the swearing-in ceremony of Israel's Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem, on April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky / POOL / AFP)

With Iran on agenda, security cabinet to convene for first time in 2 months

My love for an Israel-hating Egyptian writer

Disclosing my Zionist ties would have likely put a swift end to my chance encounter in Cairo with the literary genius Alaa Aswany.

A Satmar rebbe for a Shabbos

Invited to Williamsburg to speak about orthodoxy and biblical criticism, I discovered a world of incredible beauty – and searing pain

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 12, 2021, before a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Right-wing party heads said pushing plan to hold direct election for premiership

Bennett convinces Netanyahu to back proposal and Likud leader hopes that with Yamina’s support, legislation to hold such a vote will pass Knesset

6:27 pm

Three left-wing party leaders address J Street on first day of dovish lobby's conference
6:11 pm

Turkey reports record daily number of COVID-19 deaths
6:01 pm

Israel Katz said to tell confidants he should lead Likud if Netanyahu fails to form gov't

[Illustrative] Kosovo police officers wait at the Jarinje border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, Kosovo, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

German police raid call centers allegedly running Israel-linked investment scams

By Simona Weinglass

Police have arrested 23 suspects in Kosovo, Bulgaria and Berlin who allegedly operated fraudulent forex, CFD and crypto websites

Greek Director-General of General Directorate for Defense Investments and Armaments Theodoros Lagios, left, and the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry's International Defense Cooperation Directorate, Yair Kulas, sign a large defense contract between the two countries on April 16, 2021. (Greek Ministry of National Defense)

Israeli firm inks NIS 5.4 billion flight training deal with Greece

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense contractor Elbit Systems to provide training aircraft, simulators to Hellenic Air Force in largest-ever agreement between Athens and Jerusalem

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

‘Eye for an eye’: Iran editorial urges retaliatory attack on Dimona reactor

In outlet affiliated with supreme leader, prominent analyst laments Tehran’s response to attack on Natanz facility, says retort must be biblical

Abbas Araghchi, political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, is leaving the 'Grand Hotel Wien' after the closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna on April 16, 2021, where diplomats of the EU, China, Russia and Iran hold their talks. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

‘Path is clear, won’t be easy’: Iran, EU report progress in Vienna nuclear talks

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Bushehr nuclear power plant outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes southwestern Iran in area of nuclear site

By AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at a hearing in his corruption trial at Jerusalem District Court, April 5, 2021. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

High Court rejects petition to bar Netanyahu from forming government

Justices say there’s no legal impediment preventing PM from heading up coalition despite ongoing corruption trial

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset, at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Bennett may ally with anti-Netanyahu bloc to form key Knesset panel

Then-Blue and White party leaders Benny Gantz, right, and Yair Lapid at a faction meeting at the opening of the 22nd Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Lapid, Gantz meet as Yesh Atid leader hopes for chance to form coalition

By Raoul Wootliff

Albert Arie, an Egyptian with Jewish roots, in October 2020. (Screenshot: Facebook/Al-Arabiya)

Albert Arie, one of the last remaining Egyptians with Jewish roots, dies at 90

Former communist, anti-Zionist activist converted to Islam in the 1960s but remained committed to preserving Jewish-Egyptian heritage

An Instant Pot. (CC BY Ajay-Suresh, Flickr)

Kosher Instant Pot cookbook aims at home cooks facing 52 soups a year

By Jessica Steinberg

Paula Shoyer’s latest effort offers 100 new kosher recipes for the smart multicooker, which is perfect for those under pressure to make massive feasts every Shabbat

FILE: Palestinians take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City, on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

Fatah prisoners tell Abbas: Delay Palestinian elections to fix Fatah’s crisis

By Aaron Boxerman

PA leader’s fragmented faction to present three slates of candidates in the coming vote, leading some to fear a repeat of its 2006 loss to Hamas

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz is one of the organizers of the landmark Jewish Psychedelic Summit. (J. the Jewish News of Northern California; background courtesy of Shefa/Shannon Levin/ via JTA)

Jewish psychedelics movement blasts off with first-ever conference

By David A.M. Wilensky

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Illustrative image of New York City, NY, USA. (TomasSereda; iStock by Getty Images)

New York City now home to 21 Israel-founded tech unicorns

By Shoshanna Solomon

Screen capture from video of Israeli judoka Tohar Bulbul, left, during the finals in the men's under-73kg category at the European Judo Championships, April 17, 2021. (YouTube)

Israeli judokas land 1 silver medal, 2 bronze at European Championships

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem on April 17, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Hundreds rally outside Netanyahu’s residence as trial, political deadlock go on

Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash at Ben Gurion Airport on March 1, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel has not reached herd immunity, Indian variant a concern, says virus czar

Screen capture from video said to show clashes in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood of East Jerusalem that left a woman dead from gunfire, April 18, 2021. (Twitter)

East Jerusalem woman, 21, killed by stray bullet as families feud

A medical worker wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) takes a swab sample from a woman during a mass testing event at a sport complex in Bangkok on April 17, 2021, after the recent outbreak of coronavirus cases in Thailand. (Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

How does the coronavirus compare with other deadly viruses?

By AFP

In this Tuesday, March 7, 2006 file photo, life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex models are unloaded for a dinosaur exhibition in Potsdam, Germany. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner)

2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the Earth… though not all at once

By Seth Borenstein

In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, February 5, 2021. (Babuskinsky District Court via AP)

Navalny could ‘die any minute’ as prison hunger strike continues — doctors

By Anna SMOLCHENKO

Syrian President Bashar Assad heads a cabinet meeting, in Damascus, Syria, March 30, 2021. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP)

Syria to hold presidential election next month, second under shadow of civil war

By AFP

A Ukrainian serviceman walks along a trench at a position on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Gorlivka, Donetsk region, on April 14, 2021. (STR / AFP)

Russia, Ukraine expel each others’ diplomats as tensions soar

By AFP

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