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What Matters Most On Monday, April 26, 2021

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Palestinians celebrate removal of barriers

In bid to stem violent protests, police allow crowds at Old City’s Damascus Gate

By ToI Staff and AFP

Recent evenings have seen intense clashes between Palestinians and law enforcement in Jerusalem, as well as a far-right Jewish march

A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel said to warn Hamas of major retaliation if rocket fire continues

Defense Minister Gantz meets with UN envoy to discuss violence, reportedly asks to deliver message to Gaza rulers that patience has run out

Fighters with the Izz-Al Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on April 18, 2021. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Hamas warns Israel will ‘bear the consequences’ of closing Gaza fishing zone

View of fishing boats at the port of Gaza City, June 13, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

After 3rd straight night of rocket attacks, Israel closes Gaza fishing zone

By Judah Ari Gross

Some of the 250 Armenians who took up arms against Turkish forced on Musa Dagh in 1915 (public domain)

Armenian genocideOn Mount Moses 250 Armenian fighters held off Ottoman forces

How Armenia’s 1915 ‘Musa Dagh’ fighters inspired Jews to resist Nazi genocide

By Matt Lebovic

Passed around Jewish ghettos across eastern Europe, author Franz Werfel’s fact-based ‘The Forty Days of Musa Dagh’ novel foreshadowed the Holocaust and galvanized resistance

A picture taken in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 16, 2021, shows an explosion following an airstrike by Israel, after Palestinian terrorists in the enclave fired a rocket into Israeli territory. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Security cabinet approves broad military response if Gaza rocket fire continues

Ministers said to authorize Netanyahu, Gantz to order operation at time of their choosing after Palestinian terrorists in Strip launch projectiles for 3 straight nights

6:27 pm

Tributes in France for police official killed by suspected Islamist extremist
6:08 pm

6 suspects now arrested for assaulting cops in Jerusalem's Old City
5:56 pm

Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia resumes year after COVID cancellation

Members of the Mujahideen Brigades terror group take part in a military drill on the beach in Gaza City, on April 24, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Israel does not want to deal with a Gaza battle right now, and Hamas knows it

Terrorists in the Strip have fired some 45 rockets at Israel in the past 3 days, while the IDF has barely responded in an apparent bid to make recent tensions dissipate quickly

The Israeli air defense system, Iron Dome, takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel, on May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit, File)

Rockets fired from Gaza for 3rd night, 4 lightly hurt running for shelter

Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Gantz. (Yonatan Sindel, David Cohen/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Gantz reportedly tried to OK military operation behind cabinet’s back

The Tamar offshore natural gas platform. (Delek Drilling)

In biggest-yet Israel-UAE deal, Delek to sell stake in Tamar gas field for $1.1b

By Stuart Winer

Israeli energy company signs memorandum of understanding with Mubadala Petroleum, owned by Abu Dhabi government

Police stand in front of demonstrators from the Lehava Jewish extremist group at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on April 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

UAE condemns Jewish extremists’ violence in Jerusalem, calls for restraint

Spring always comes

Taking a walk in New York City, after hibernating during this endless COVID winter, reminds me that I am vulnerable in the new season – and also filled with hope

US aid should serve security purposes only

The US is justified in ensuring that its aid bolsters American values and not the occupation and unjustified actions against Palestinians.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73 Independence Day, on April 11, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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Likud accused of ‘political bribery’ with new Arab affairs panel pushed by Ra’am

Netanyahu said to offer Gantz to be prime minister first in new unity deal

By Stuart Winer

High Court urges appointment of justice minister within 2 days; Gantz wants job

A man accused of being an undercover Christian missionary living as an ultra-Orthodox Jew in Jerusalem (Screencapture/Channel 13)

Shock in Jerusalem community as ‘rabbi’ outed as undercover Christian missionary

Family has been supported by ultra-Orthodox community after mother died of cancer, father worked as scribe and mohel; investigators say they faked being Jewish to move to Israel

A radiation sign outside the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, February 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Bucking fears, Israeli Chernobyl survivors have normal hospitalization rates

By Nathan Jeffay

They’re more likely to get checked for abnormal growths, but those exposed to Chernobyl aftermath generally use hospitals no more than the rest of the immigrant population from FSU

This picture taken on April 22, 2021 shows a general view of nurses and patients at the COVID-19 coronavirus intensive care unit at the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza City. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Gaza hospitals buckle under strain of COVID surge in crowded enclave

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Hamas decision to lift restrictions, combined with aggressive virus variant and lack of vaccines, leads to fierce new wave as many flout safety precautions during Ramadan

A Palestinian man casts a ballot during elections for the Fatah movment in the Nablus area, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus, January 23, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Palestinian Authority reportedly set to announce election delay within days

Settlers who allegedly attacked Palestinians in the south Hebron hills near the Palestinian town of al-Tuwani on April 24, 2021. (Eyal Huravni/ B'Tselem)

Settlers filmed throwing stones at Palestinians, attacking left-wing activists

By Aaron Boxerman

InterviewCancer is rampant among those who cleaned up 1986 meltdown

On 35th Chernobyl anniversary, 1st responder reflects on the day after disaster

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Alla Shapiro’s new memoir, ‘Doctor on Call,’ traces her journey from the wake of nuclear chaos in Ukraine to a career in the US developing radiation countermeasures for FDA

Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy)

Making oxygen from moon sand, startup eyes long-term life in space

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tech developed by Helios melts lunar soil to extract oxygen for fuel, enabling lower payloads and lower costs for space missions

People hold placards reading 'Stoned justice?' (L), 'License to kill' (C) and 'A justice as efficient as the Super League' (R) as they gather to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, a slain French woman, on Trocadero plaza in Paris on April 25, 2021.(GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

Protesters mass in France, Israel, UK and US to demand justice for Sarah Halimi

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In Paris, some 25,000 demonstrate against court decision that Jewish woman’s killer was too stoned to be held criminally responsible

People eat at a restaurant in Jerusalem's main market after authorities reopened restaurants, bars and cafes to 'green pass' holders on March 11, 2021. (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Amid COVID, Israel enters top 20 club of nations with highest GDP per capita

By Shoshanna Solomon

Data compiled by Forbes Israel based on IMF data shows Israel, with GDP per capita of $43,689 for 2020, ranking above Canada, New Zealand and UK; Luxemburg tops list at $116,921

Israelis at a cafe in Tel Aviv, on April 07, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Enjoying unemployment benefits, young Israelis choose not to go back to work

By Shoshanna Solomon

A sign for The Blackstone Group L.P. investment firm in front of its offices, October 15, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

US giant Blackstone sets up Israel office to fund fast-growth tech firms

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israelis in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2021 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Israel sees just 38 new COVID cases, the lowest daily tally in a year

Fatalities, infection rates continue steady decline since pandemic’s peak in January, as country reaps benefits of vaccination drive

Soccer fans at a game between Beitar Jerusalem FC and Ashdod FC, at Teddy Stadium, in Jerusalem, on March 17, 2021. (Flash90)

Israel poised to lift limits on attendance for vaccinated at events

Relatives mourn near a coffin containing the body of a person who died of COVID-19, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, April 25, 2021. (Mukhtar Khan/ AP)

Israel considers sending aid to virus-ravaged India

By ToI Staff and Agencies

More Headlines

A US rabbi inspects the damage at the Chabad of Riverdale synagogue after vandals broke windows of four neighborhood synagogues on April 25, 2021. (Screen capture/News12 Connecticut)

Four synagogues in NYC’s Riverdale neighborhood vandalized, windows smashed

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 2020. (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Zarif criticized Soleimani’s power, said Russia tried to sabotage Iran nuke deal

1,600-year-old mosaic uncovered during archaeological excavations in Yavne (Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology1,600-year-old multicolored mosaic with geometric motifs uncovered in Yavne

Dung Gate, located in the southeast corner of Jerusalem's Old Ciy, is the the closest entrance to the Western Wall and is the main passage for vehicles. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Man, 68, lightly injured by rock thrown at his car at Jerusalem’s Old City

South Sudanese refugees protest against the Israeli immigration policy on June 10 (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

High Court orders state to consider Darfur asylum requests by end of year

Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, shown here in 2018, is on trial for corruption. (Screen shot from YouTube via JTA)

Chicago lawmaker on trial for corruption said to have made antisemitic comment

Sacha Baron Cohen poses for a photo during a screening of the Oscars on April 26, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, Pool)

Jewish nominees fail to make a splash at socially distanced Oscars

By Gabe Friedman

Israel soccer league referee Sapir Berman. (Israeli Football Association)

Sagi Berman to come out as Israeli top-flight soccer’s first transgender referee

In this video image provided by ABC, Chloe Zhao accepts the award for best director for "Nomadland" at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021. (ABC via AP)

Chloe Zhao makes Oscar history, winning best director, picture for ‘Nomadland’

Dutch violinist Andre Rieu announced his rescheduled Tel Aviv concerts for November 2021. (Courtesy André Rieu Productions)

Waltzing inDutch violinist Andre Rieu books concerts in Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Shahar Rimoni, accused of raping a 10-year-old girl, appears in a Haifa court. (Screenshot/Walla news)

Man jailed for 17 years for raping girl, 10, after breaking into her bedroom

Caitlyn Jenner arrives at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in Los Angeles, on November 14, 2016. Jenner says she will run for governor of California. (Jordan Strauss/ Invision/ AP, File)

Political neophyte Caitlyn Jenner adds celebrity to California governor race

By Michael R. Blood

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