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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 8, 2021

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Palestinian protesters look on during clashes with Israeli security forces at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

17 policemen, 200 Palestinians hurt as hundreds riot on Temple Mount

One officer moderately wounded in intense clashes after Ramadan prayers; police use stun grenades, rubber-coated bullets after Palestinians throw rocks and bottles

Illustrative: Israeli Arabs march during a protest marking Land Day, in Arraba, northern Israel, on March 30, 2021 (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Arab Israelis, Gaza groups plan mass protests Saturday after Jerusalem clashes

Palestinians wave flags of the Hamas terror group after afternoon prayers for the last Friday of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

‘We are all Hamas’: Palestinians wave terror group’s flag on Temple Mount

Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces after riots broke out at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Army and cops bolster forces amid escalating Jerusalem violence, Gaza threats

Orders given after Gantz huddles with security chiefs following pitched battles on Temple Mount; suspects held for involvement in riots; Gaza protesters said set to confront troops

Israeli riot police deployed next to the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem's Old City on May 7, 2021 (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Lapid back security forces: ‘We won’t allow violence, terror threats’

Israeli security forces advance amid clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021 (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Terror groups threaten Israel over Temple Mount clashes: ‘Don’t play with fire’

By Aaron Boxerman

Israeli forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack where the bodies of two Palestinian gunmen, who were killed by Border Police after opening fire, lie on the ground in front of the military base of Salem near the West Bank town of Jenin, May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Gil Eliyahu)

Palestinian gunmen were headed to Jerusalem to carry out a terror attack — TV

Female border police commander praised for quick thinking, bravery in stopping the gunmen after they opened fire from a short distance; IDF sending reinforcements to West Bank

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

Masked Palestinians prepare to launch incendiary balloons across the northern Gaza border toward Israel, on May 8, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Gaza incendiary balloons spark 10 fires in south for a third day

By Emanuel Fabian

At least 3 blazes burn in the Be’eri nature reserve; balloon-borne attacks come amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem, West Bank

Palestinians holding Hamas movement green flags attend a protest in solidarity with Muslim worshipers in Jerusalem, in Gaza City, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas said to reject Israeli deescalation message sent via Egyptian mediators

Yamina party head Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset on May 5, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid reports of progress, Lapid, Bennett said seeking coalition in coming week

Yamina leader says there is ‘good’ atmosphere but warns serious differences remain between parties; sides said arguing over ministries and other key roles

View of the Knesset in Jerusalem on August 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Poll: Plurality of Israelis back change gov’t, 76% exasperated with situation

Instead of Zoom school, I started a farm to connect with my Jewish values

A year after the start of the pandemic, I’m planting trees and growing vegetables. This feels like the place where all my roots and all my identities converge.

The healing power of helping

When my husband died, my children had no resources to help them deal with the loss. Here’s what founding an organization to address this need taught me

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel among 12 ‘green’ countries okayed for UK summer travelers

By Jill Lawless

As United Kingdom begins lifting foreign travel ban, major destinations like France, Spain and Greece left off list that will let people travel without quarantining on return

Tablets of ibuprofen. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Ibuprofen does not worsen COVID-19 symptoms — study

A group of paratroopers marvels at the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, during the Six Day War. (Micha Bar-Am/ Defense Ministry's IDF Archive)

Israel Travels

For Jerusalem Day, the humble memorials to those who died unifying the city

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

On the 28th of Iyar, which this year falls out on May 9-10, Israel celebrates the unification of the Holy City in the Six Day War and honors the fallen who gave their lives for it

Aid ready to be loaded onto an Indian Air Force plane at Ben Gurion Airport before it is sent to the virus-wracked country, May 8, 2021 (Foreign Ministry)

Israel sends 2nd planeload of medical aid to virus-wracked India

Shipment includes oxygen generators, ventilators; Ashkenazi: ‘We stand by India in these difficult times just as India stood by us in the first weeks of the coronavirus crisis’

In this picture taken on May 5, 2021, relatives grieve as they arrive for the cremation of their loved one who died due to the COVID-19 coronavirus at a crematorium in Moradabad (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

India records over 4,000 COVID deaths in a day amid devastating virus surge

By AFP

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

WHO panel okays emergency use of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

By Jamey Keaten

TikTok exec Michal Oshman, author of 'What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?' (Courtesy/ Galia Verthime-Sherf)

Interview'I know what it feels like to be lost, to feel depressed'

TikTok exec Michal Oshman: ‘We all have the chance to do something meaningful’

By Alex Galbinski

The Israeli expat, now living in London, speaks about her new book ‘What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?’ which charts how Judaism helped her find a true purpose in life

A photograph of the port city of Jaffa taken from the sea by P. Bergheim, circa 1860. (Library of Congress)

'Holy Land! Palestine! Feelings, reflections, ecstasies'

186-year-old account of US diplomatic visit to Holy Land surfaces at auction

Letter is from passenger on US Navy ship that moored in Jaffa in 1834; when told he couldn’t visit J’lem: ‘Like Moses, we are only permitted to see Promised Land but not enter it’

A man holding the Israeli flag shouts at protesters waving the Palestinian flag during a demonstration against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

UN: Pending Israeli evictions in East Jerusalem could be a ‘war crime’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Rights office urges Israel not to remove Palestinian families from homes claimed by right-wing Jews; Foreign Ministry: It’s ‘a real estate dispute between private parties’

MK Itamar Ben-Gvir (front), head of the Jewish extremist Otzma Yehudit party, with Bentzi Goptein, head of the extreme-right Lehava group, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, on May 6, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

TV: Netanyahu office warned Ben Gvir of Gaza rockets if he didn’t leave E. J’lem

Police clash with protesters demonstrating against the pending eviction of several Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US says it’s ‘critical’ for all sides to restore calm in Jerusalem

One in 40 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier for Canavan

New gene therapy trial in US offers hope for children with Canavan disease

By Marshall Weiss

4-year-old Benny Landsman is first to receive experimental procedure for condition that causes blindness, paralysis, seizures, and average life expectancy of under a decade

This file photo taken on December 5, 2019, shows a man walking by the barbed wire fence enclosing the memorial site of the former Auschwitz German Nazi death camp. (Janek Skarzynski/AFP)

‘Fun for the family:’ TripAdvisor apologizes, removes hateful Auschwitz review

By AP

Travel company backtracks after initially saying reviewer, who claimed to have gone to death camp to ‘test the chamber,’ complied with its submission guidelines

Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, right, meets with press near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on April 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police chief says won’t quit following Meron disaster: ‘My conscience is clear’

Kobi Shabtai says he’s ‘content with his actions’ a week after crush that killed 45, says he did the best with what he had; authorities yet to begin collecting testimonies

Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, leaves the 'Grand Hotel Wien' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, on May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Talks on US return to Iran nuclear deal ‘intensify’

By AP and ToI Staff

Negotiations resume in Vienna, with Iranian envoy saying the Biden administration’s offer to lift most sanctions isn’t ‘enough’ for Tehran to reverse breaches of 2015 accord

In this image made from April 17, 2021, video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. (IRIB via AP)

US says Iran sanctions will only be lifted if nuclear deal conditions met

By ToI Staff and AP

Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, December 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Drone attacks Iraqi base hosting US troops, damaging hanger; no casualties

People wait for a COVID-19 vaccine, outside a sports hall in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Eldar Emric)

Bosnian War prosecutor from US tries to help Sarajevo’s Jews survive virus surge

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The Guardian offices in London (CC-BY WordRidden, Flickr)

The Guardian: Backing Balfour Declaration among our ‘worst errors of judgment’

Hezbollah supporters watch a televised speech by the Lebanese terror group's leader Hassan Nasrallah, in the town of Al-Ain in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on August 25, 2019. (AFP)

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah welcomes talks between ally Iran and Saudi Arabia

View of the empty Taba crossing between Israeli and Egypt, January 28, 2021 (Flash90)

Israeli transgender couple said refused entry to Egypt at border crossing

Lakeith Stanfield in New York City, Feb. 12, 2020. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images via JTA)

Actor Lakeith Stanfield moderated a Clubhouse room full of antisemitism

By Gabe Friedman

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