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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 6, 2021

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Friends and family mourn at the Jerusalem funeral of Yehuda Guetta, who was killed in a terror attack at Tapuah Junction in the West Bank, on May 6, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘At least we had time to say goodbye’: 1,500 at terror victim’s funeral

Yehuda Guetta, 19, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank (courtesy)

Student, 19, dies of injuries after West Bank drive-by shooting

Muntasir Shalabi, suspect in a May 2, 2021, West Bank drive-by shooting, in an undated photo (Courtesy)

Palestinian shooter in deadly West Bank drive-by apprehended by Shin Bet

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

'If you support human rights but not Israel you're an idiot'

Israeli actress Noa Tishby’s ‘Simple Guide’ to Israel shakes up US progressives

By Robert Sarner

Endorsed by both Bill Maher and Ben Shapiro, the book seeks to stop left-leaning people ‘from being used by voices who want to dismantle’ the most ‘misunderstood country on Earth’

President Reuven Rivlin (R) meets Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 5, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Rivlin: Lapid has best chance, 'despite many difficulties'

President tasks Lapid with forming coalition; Bennett would likely head it first

By Raoul Wootliff

Yesh Atid leader, backed by 56 MKs, given 28 days to muster majority after Netanyahu fails, says he’ll do so ‘as soon as possible’; Bennett: Now is time for a unity government

Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyhau, May 5, 2021. (Kippa)

Netanyahu warns of ‘dangerous, left-wing’ Lapid-Bennett government

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

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Daily Briefing May 6 – Can Lapid light the way toward a stable government?

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Yamina MK Amichai Chikli seen at the Knesset on April 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

Yamina MK doubles down on opposing coalition with the left

MK Amichai Chikli says he’ll vote against a government with Meretz or Joint List; meanwhile 2nd party member says Likud made him lavish offers to defect

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on April 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett battles to keep his own party on board as he pushes for unity government

By Raoul Wootliff

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2021/ (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Live updates (closed)

Lapid: Israel needs unity, internal divisions weaken us

In first speech since being tasked with forming government, Yesh Atid chief declares ‘we’ve had enough of anger and of hate,’ says will work to ‘start something different’

6:29 pm

US ready to 'do everything that it can' to prevent a nuclear Iran if talks fail
6:21 pm

NY Jewish federation sending $200,000 in COVID relief to India
6:10 pm

Mossad chief visits Bahrain for talks with security officials

Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

European Union recommends reopening to Israeli tourists

By ToI Staff and Agencies

European Council adds Jewish state to list of countries whose citizens should not face entry restrictions to the bloc’s 27 countries due to COVID

In this April 15, 2021, file photo, US President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House aims to vaccinate 70% of US adults by July 4

By Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire

Family members of COVID-19 victims leave as their funeral pyres burn at an open crematorium set up at a granite quarry on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 5, 2021. (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

India hits another dire record in COVID-19 outbreak with 3,980 deaths in a day

By ASHOK SHARMA

A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in the Negev's main Bedouin town of Rahat, on February 17, 2021. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

ToI investigates

Remote, fearful and suspicious: Why Israel’s Negev Bedouin remain unvaccinated

By Aaron Boxerman

Nearly 5 months into Israel’s immunization drive, only 38% of eligible Bedouins have gotten a dose despite warnings of another wave among the community; Bedouin MK: ‘I’m scared’

Israel to extend Green Pass for the vaccinated and recovered until end of 2021

The best antisemitism definition is one that goes deep

A new definition of antisemitism asks whether a given expression is antisemitic ’on the face of it,’ but anti-Jewish hatred is frequently found beneath the surface

Israel to Diaspora: Stay away

3 key ways the Jewish state could streamline the process of welcoming vaccinated visitors from abroad

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a pro-government rally in the capital Tehran's central Enghelab Square on November 25, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran Guards chief threatens to disrupt Israeli maritime trade operations

Ahead of Quds Day, Hossein Salami says recent attacks on ships show how vulnerable Israel’s sea routes are; FM Zarif blasts ‘apartheid regime’

Illustrative: Missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA, Syria's official news agency, via AP/ FIle)

Israel said to carry out airstrikes in Syria for second straight night

Iraq's President Barham Salih addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2020. (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Iraq reveals it is mediating ongoing talks between rivals Iran and Saudi

By AP

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria inside a biofilm (Dr_Microbe via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli scientists develop tiny swallowable ‘tweezers’ for use against bacteria

By Nathan Jeffay

Creators predict people will one day take pills containing millions of these molecules, capable of breaking through defenses that germs construct around themselves

In East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinians brace for battle over evictions

By Aaron Boxerman

Court to rule as early as Thursday on four families that may be removed from their homes by a law they say is unfairly tilted against them, with tensions in the capital on the rise

Palestinians and left-wing activists protest against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah, April 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

View of the Israeli outpost of Mitzpe Dani in the West Bank on January 17, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

US ‘deeply concerned’ by Israeli advancement of outpost legalization bill

Said Odeh, the Palestinian teenager shot dead in clashes with IDF troops in the northern West Bank on May 5, 2021. (Courtesy)

Palestinian teen said killed in clashes with IDF amid rising West Bank tensions

Screen capture from video of the disaster during Lag B'Omer celebratons at Mount Meron, on April 30, 2021. (Channel 12)

Eleven minutes at Meron: Video shows how deadly crush unfolded

TV news airs security camera footage showing how treacherous walkway at religious festival rapidly went from being mostly clear to a crowded deathtrap

Outgoing Northern District Commander Shimon Lavi (R) and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai (R) at Mount Meron ahead of the tragedy, April 29, 2021 (Israel Police)

Police chief said to ask attorney general for state inquiry into Meron disaster

The Democratic Majority for Israel called out Nancy Kaufman, seen in January 2019, then retracted its tweet while acknowledging its error following a maelstrom of outraged calls by liberal Jewish groups. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Democratic melee as US pro-Israel group picks fight with longtime Jewish leader

Democratic Majority for Israel calls well-known progressive Nancy Kaufman an ‘enabler of antisemitism,’ before retracting after hailstorm of criticism from more liberal groups

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Israel in July 2009. (Government Press Office via JTA)

Ex-congressman gets jolt of support in horse race for US ambassador to Israel

By JTA and Jacob Magid

Bret Stephens at a Christians United for Israel summit in Washington on July 13, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

50 prominent Jewish Americans sign letter panning ‘social justice ideology’

(L-R) Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz, Special Assistant to the President Alexa Henning, Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner and White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley walk out of the White House, May 8, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jared Kushner launches peace institute to advance Abraham Accords

New initiative will promote trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges between Israel and Arab countries; Israeli American entertainment mogul Haim Saban among founders

US President Joe Biden in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to UAE crown prince: Israel normalization of ‘strategic importance’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki shake hands as they leave a joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Russia says it’s ready to promote direct Israeli-Palestinian contacts

By AP

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Laura Moser and her children on a train in Berlin, November 25, 2019. The family was exploring a move it would eventually make. (Courtesy of Moser/ via JTA)

Interview'I was no longer sure that my country loved me back'

Laura Moser’s run for Congress made her feel more Jewish. So she moved to Berlin

Alienated by ostensible allies on the political left, the would-be US politician says she prefers knowing to look over her shoulder as an outsider, rather than be taken by surprise

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The scene of a deadly car crash on Route 1, May 6, 2021. (Magen David Adom)

Man killed, 6 hurt in car crash on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway

An illustration of how the Empathy app works to manage accounts (Courtesy)

Startup hopes to ease burden of US mourners with a ‘GPS’ for grief

By Shoshanna Solomon

Screen capture from video Ella Gordon, center, and other family members as during a press briefing about the killing of her brother, Efraim, who was shot dead in the US, seen on May 5, 2021. (YouTube)

Family of Israeli shot dead in US claims it was antisemitic attack, not robbery

Economy Minister Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former Labor party chief Amir Peretz says he won’t run for president

In this image from video made available by SpaceX, a Starship test vehicle sits on the ground after returning from a flight test in Boca Chica, Texas on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (SpaceX via AP)

Touchdown! SpaceX launches, lands Starship in first successful flight

Jordan Burnette, the suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on May 3, 2021. (Screen capture/WCBS-2)

Release of suspect in Bronx synagogue attacks reignites debate over bail reform

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

French FM visits ailing Lebanon with message of ‘great firmness’

By AP

Illustrative image of UK's and Israel's national flags (Maksym Kapliuk; iStock by Getty Images)

Britain sets up ‘VC club’ to boost investor activity in Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

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