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What Matters Most On Friday, May 7, 2021

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An Israeli soldier stands guard as the bodies of two Palestinian attackers, who opened fire and were killed by Israeli security forces, lie on the ground in front of the IDF military base of Salem near the West Bank town of Jenin, on May 7, 2021. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

‘Major attack’ in Israel foiled as 3 gunmen shot in firefight near military base

By Emanuel Fabian

Security official says attackers opened fire after being stopped by border police officers conducting routine inspections on a bus with illegal Palestinian workers

An Israeli soldier checks the belongings of two Palestinian attackers, who opened fire and were killed by Israeli security forces, in front of the IDF military base of Salem near the West Bank town of Jenin, on May 7, 2021. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

Palestinian gunmen open fire toward military base; 2 attackers killed, 1 injured

By Emanuel Fabian

Police make preparations amid tensions in Jerusalem for the last weekend of Ramadan, May 7, 2021 (Israel Police)

Amid tensions, police bolster presence in Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan prayers

15 arrested in fresh clashes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli opens fire after car set ablaze during late-night violence; Israelis pepper spray festive Ramadan meal gathering as tensions flare over upcoming evictions

MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen with Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 6, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Far-right MK vacates Sheikh Jarrah ‘office’ in return for more policing in area

Land in southern Israel, near the Gaza border, burns possibly as a result of incendiary balloons sent from Gaza on May 7, 2021. (Moshe Baruchi/KKL-JNF/courtesy)

Seven fires in south sparked by incendiary balloons launched from Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli security forces arrest suspected PFLP members as part of a broad crackdown on the terror group in the West Bank, in an undated photograph released on December 17, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Shin Bet: Palestinian terror group stole millions from European aid donors

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF troops map out the home of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a drive-by shooting, ahead of its potential demolition, in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, May 6, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF plans demolition of home of suspected shooter in deadly Tapuah attack

By Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross

Israeli police stand guard in front of a Palestinian home occupied by settlers during a protest on the eve of a court verdict that may forcibly evict Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on May 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

PM said to repeatedly dismiss US objections to building beyond Green Line

In this Jan. 7, 2021, photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Pfizer vaccine 96.7% effective at preventing COVID deaths, Israeli data shows

By Nathan Jeffay

Shots also 97.5% effective against serious illness, and 95.3% effective in preventing infection, according to study published in prestigious medical journal

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks during a press conference at Pfizer's factory in Puurs, Belgium. (John Thys/Pool/AFP)

Pfizer head Bourla says he’s ‘not at all’ in favor of US vaccine patent waiver

By AFP

The Plenary Hall during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Knesset eases virus restrictions, allows visitors for 1st time in over a year

By Emanuel Fabian

The Minneapolis bridge collapse, Mt. Meron, and the time I was hit by a truck

We ask why one person is so lucky, when many others are not, but that answer is simply unavailable to us. We are better off asking other questions

My ongoing journey outside my comfort zone

I’d never have reached out to my local Asian community if it not for the Atlanta shooting, but if we all would do the same, then maybe the violence would stop

Chana Tannenbaum

You can’t take it with you: Why the Torah doesn’t mention a World-to-Come

10 classical rabbinic commentators weigh in (Behar/Bechukotai)

Jeremy Kalmanofsky

I buried hundreds of old Jewish books. Inside each was a Jewish heart

As the boxes were placed in their graves, I tried to conjure the hands that held these texts, the eyes that read their print, the lips that said the words aloud

Palestinian medical workers receive a vaccine against the coronavirus at a medical center in the West Bank city of Dura on March 21, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/FLASH90)

Health chief urges Israel to use vaccine stockpile to inoculate Palestinians

Health Ministry head Chezy Levy says failure to provide shots or help Palestinians with inoculation program threatens the gains made by Israel

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

Health Ministry set to add Argentina to travel ban list as virus cases soar

Israelis on the beach in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

From our partnerAfter virus, more UK tourists now considering Israel as a destination — poll

By Justin Cohen

Iranians set Israeli flags on fire as they step on a US flag during a rally marking al-Quds Day at the capital Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) square, on May 7, 2021 (AFP)

On al-Quds Day, Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘is a terrorist base, not a country’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian supreme leader says ‘fighting this despotic regime is everyone’s duty’; protesters burn Israel, US, Indian flags in Pakistan; kids rally in Syria; flag drawn on Iraqi road

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

If talks fail, US ready to ‘do everything that it can’ to prevent a nuclear Iran

By Jacob Magid and AP

Police officers stand in front of the 'Grand Hotel Wien' in Vienna, Austria, Friday, April 9, 2021, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

Large gaps remain in US-Iran talks on return to nuclear deal – report

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

Left to right: Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (Miriam Alster/Flash90); Yamina party chief Naftali Bennett; and New Hope party head Gideon Sa'ar (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lapid and Bennett hold talks with political leaders aimed at ‘unity government’

Meetings ‘held in good spirits and with a willingness to proceed,’ but tensions said growing between Yamina and Labor; Liberman issues list of demands to enter coalition

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘Israel is hurting’: Lapid says coalition he’ll form will heal internal strife

By Raoul Wootliff

Yamina chair Naftali Bennett (C) and party members seen with supporters at a party event in Petah Tikva after election day, March 23, 2021. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Declaring support for Bennett, Yamina MKs allege strong Likud pressure to defect

By Raoul Wootliff

Tourists visiting Al-Khazneh 'the Treasury' in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, November 11, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Proof that Nabateans’ trade empire collapsed due to ancient epidemic

In an in-depth interview with expert archaeologist Tali Erickson-Gini, we hear that he who controls the spice (or garum and wine) controls the ancient world

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a person to test for COVID-19 as others wait for their turn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade)

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while helping neighbors

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Local Jewish groups are working to funnel assistance coming from international Jewish organizations, but also dealing with increased requests for assistance from within community

NY Jewish federation sending $200,000 in COVID relief to India

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Illustrative: Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene of the fatal crush during Lag B'Omer celebrations on Mount Meron, in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Joint team from police, internal affairs ordered to probe Meron disaster

AG announces investigation arrangements a week after crush that killed 45; authorities yet to begin collecting testimonies

Rivka Paluch, left, walks alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on March 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu adviser asks Meron victim’s family for video supporting PM — report

Supporters of the Socialist Party wave flags during a rally of their party in Tirana, Albania, April 22, 2021. (AP)

After Knesset election-rama, Israeli political advisers turn to Tirana

By Tal Schneider

No fewer than 8 Israeli campaign strategists were involved in Albania’s recent vote, including Netanyahu’s once-unreticent spokesman Jonatan Urich, who may be seeking new pastures

Ofer Avgil says many Taiwanese identify with Israel's geopolitical circumstances. (Courtesy)

Garbanzo bonanza

In Taiwan market, an Israeli expat hawks ‘exotic’ falafel balls

By Jordyn Haime

Ofer Avgil’s fast food stall stands out in Kaohsiung’s Ruifeng night market, where locals stuff themselves with the novel fare

A Jordanian woman harvests green beans at a farm in Ghor al-Haditha, around 80km south of the capital Amman, April 20, 2021. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Jordan faces ‘critical’ drought, but many warn the worst is yet to come

More Headlines

In this image from video released by Israel's Police, a man can be seen on an electric bike carrying his newborn child in a basket, in Tel Aviv, on May 5, 2021. (Israel Police)

Dad kidnaps baby from hospital, takes him to 2nd medical center in crate on bike

Former director of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Yitzhak Arad in an undated photo. (Yad Vashem / courtesy)

Holocaust survivor who led Yad Vashem memorial dies at 94

By AP

Defense Ministry officials unveil new reforms for its Rehabilitation Department at defense headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 22, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

After outcry, government reaches compromise on funding for wounded veteran care

By Judah Ari Gross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara, and their son Yair (L); former prime minister Ehud Olmert (R). (Flash90)

Netanyahus sue ex-PM Olmert for calling them mentally ill

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)

Hate crimes see 73% rise in NYC, with Asians and Jews most targeted

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Raslan Haddad, the presenter of the local TV prank show, Tannab Raslan, stands in front of a map of Iraq during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May. 5, 2021. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi prank TV show depicting IS attacks taken off air

By SAMYA KULLAB

Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves US District Court after he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison, in New York, July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Days after furlough release, Sheldon Silver ordered back to federal prison

By MICHAEL BALSAMO

FILE - In this July 27, 2019, file photo, sailors stand during a commissioning ceremony at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Outcry over US Navy chaplain sermon telling Jews to say sorry for killing Jesus

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