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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 9, 2021

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Israelis gather at the Old City's Damascus gate in Jerusalem on June 2, 2019, to celebrate Jerusalem Day (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

Police mull limiting or canceling Jerusalem Day events amid violence, tensions

Security officials said to warn cabinet that Flag March could lead to escalation; police source says cops told to avoid live fire amid fears fatalities will exacerbate tensions

Israeli police officers seen during clashes with protesters at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 8, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police on high alert after Palestinian riots in Jerusalem, Gaza rocket fire

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’

Police near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on May 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Several injured as cops, pro-Palestinian protesters battle over Jerusalem

Demonstrations spread from capital to Haifa, Nazareth and elsewhere as tensions ramp up; two rockets shot from Gaza toward Ashkelon

9:23 pm

Police chief hopes Flag March will proceed as usual; final decision in morning
9:13 pm

Two more rockets fired at Israel; they fall short, landing inside Gaza
8:56 pm

Jewish rescue group says 'numerous' injuries from stone-throwing in capital

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Jerusalem’s on fire, and it’s poised to spread in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank

The Israel Police have failed to contain the violence in the capital — the worst in at least 4 years — and the country’s political leadership is nowhere to be found

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli security forces amid clashes in Jerusalem's Old City on May 8, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians during a protest in the village of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus on May 7, 2021 (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israel fears further escalation within days; Fatah warns of ‘all-out conflict’

Israeli riot police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City on May 7, 2021 (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

TV: Palestinians stocked rocks for Temple Mount riots, police caught unawares

90 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem clashes; IDF strikes Gaza after rocket fired

Violent protests held at capital’s Damascus Gate and along Strip’s security fence; Israeli aircraft targets Hamas post after projectile lands in field

Arab Israelis block traffic on Route 1 after the buses they were traveling on were stopped en route to Jerusalem, amid rising violence in the city, on May 8, 2021. (Screen capture)

Arabs across Israel protest Jerusalem clashes; cops block buses to Temple Mount

Israeli policemen clash with demonstrators protesting a possible eviction of local Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, on May 8, 2021. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Netanyahu, Gantz said seeking to delay court hearing on Sheikh Jarrah evictions

A field burns near Sderot in southern Israel on May 9, 2021. (Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council)

Gaza incendiary balloons spark dozens of fires in south for 4th straight day

Police sappers work to defuse suspicious device attached to balloon; airborne attacks come amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem, West Bank

People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather at the Dome of the Rock after praying on the last Friday of Ramadan, May 7, 2021. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

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Daily Briefing May 9 – As al-Aqsa seethes, are we headed for another intifada?

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

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

UAE, Bahrain pan Israel’s ‘storming’ of Al-Aqsa, amid international condemnation

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Gulf states say Israel has responsibility to de-escalate, blast its ‘provocations’; nations also warn against pending evictions of Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians from their homes

Israeli security forces outside a home of a Jewish family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 6, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Sanders, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez slam Israel over pending Sheikh Jarrah evictions

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Lapid, Bennett know they must form a government quickly – or not at all

The prospective new heads of an unprecedentedly diverse and divided ‘unity coalition’ have an uphill battle ahead of them, and Netanyahu is busy laying traps

File: Then-finance minister Yair Lapid (left) and then-economy minister Naftali Bennett at the Manufacturers Association of Israel annual general assembly at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, February 26, 2014. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash 90.)

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)

‘Change bloc’ seeking to swear in new government as early as Tuesday

By Raoul Wootliff and Tal Schneider

With pressure from Netanyahu on Yamina MKs, Lapid and Bennett are working to finalize coalition agreements between 7 parties in the next two days

Yamina MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony, on April 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)

Yamina MK: My decision to potentially vote against unity government was not easy

Mother’s work…

Before we reduce motherhood to a socially engineered plan to procreate, remember the matchless joy and wonder in watching a child grow

Shmuel Rabinowitz

After Meron: We must never forget that we are brothers

My nephew perished in the crush, and I see first-hand: the divisions among us do not matter. We are all in pain together

Israelis on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, on May 5, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Active COVID cases in Israel fall below 1,000 for 1st time since March 2020

Vaccination campaign continues to bear results, as all municipalities now classified as ‘green’ with low infection rating; virus czar says talks to be held on wearing masks indoors

People enjoy the warm weather as they gather at Ostia beach, near Rome, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy mulls dropping quarantine rules for Israeli arrivals from mid-May

By AFP

An illustration of a Virgin Atlantic plane (Courtesy)

Virgin Atlantic to ramp up Israel flights after UK gives ‘green’ nod

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image: medical interns demonstrate for better work conditions at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on December 21, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Doctors strike Monday, say government neglecting health now that COVID is beaten

By Nathan Jeffay

‘Physicians are angry, we’re very angry,’ says union deputy chairman, discussing fears that 600 doctors recruited during pandemic could soon be fired

A bronze oil lamp discovered in Budapest in 2012 (R) which matched one found in Jerusalem's City of David in May 2021 (L). (Ágnes Bakos/Bence Tihanyi; Koby Harati/City of David)

Matching half of 2,000-year-old lamp found in Jerusalem said located in Budapest

By Raoul Wootliff

Hungarian archeologist reaches out to Israelis to say he may have found a match for the rare face-shaped piece discovered on road used by Jewish pilgrims on way to 2nd Temple

Illustrative: Two boys kayaking down a river at summer camp (Yobro10; iStock by Getty Images)

New US summer camp for Orthodox Jews bars vaccinated individuals

‘Health coach’ behind Camp Hikon cites various debunked claims about danger of COVID shots, emblematic of skepticism in community; so far, no children are signed up

Saudi Arabia releases first-ever photos of holy Kaaba stone

With hajj pilgrimage limited due to COVID restrictions, kingdom publishes high-resolution images of al-Hajar al-Aswad, which believers say fell from heaven at time of Adam and Eve

Members of the Ahavas Torah Center in Henderson parade through the city during a Torah dedication ceremony in the mid-2010s. The Las Vegas suburb is home to a growing Orthodox Jewish population. (Courtesy of Ahavas Torah Center/ via JTA)

What Nevada’s growing Jewish community loves about living Jewishly in the desert

By Howard Riell

More Headlines

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

PM aide faces suspension for soliciting fawning videos from Meron families

In this file photo a Long March 5B rocket carrying China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe launches from the Wenchang Space Center on China's southern Hainan Island on November 24, 2020, on a mission to bring back lunar rocks, the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades (STR / AFP)

After warning Israel may be in path, Chinese rocket breaks up over Indian Ocean

By AFP and ToI Staff

The building in the northern town of Jisr az-Zarqa where a 7-year-old boy died and his 3 siblings were seriously hurt in an apartment fire, May 8, 2021 (Israel Police)

7-year-old dead, 3 siblings seriously injured in Jisr az-Zarqa apartment fire

Illustrative: A police car drives past the Grand Mosque in Paris, Friday, March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

France arrests neo-Nazi group planning violent attack

By AFP

Myanmarese residents in Israel protest against the military coup which took place in Myanmar, outside the Chinese Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rights group says Israel may still be arming Myanmar; NGOs call for arms embargo

By Edith M. Lederer

Protesters take part in a march demanding an end to the restrictive coronavirus measures in Kassel, Germany, on March 20, 2021. (Armando Babani/AFP)

Outrage after German anti-mask protesters co-opt Nazi resister Sophie Scholl

By Mathieu FOULKES

Vehicles on Route 2 (the Coastal Road) near Netanya, October 22, 2019. (Flash90)

Nvidia, Innovation Authority set up AI-based hub in Haifa

By Shoshanna Solomon

Police officers are seen in Times Square on May 8, 2021 in New York City.(David Dee Delgado / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

4-year-old girl, 2 women hurt in shooting in New York’s Times Square

By AFP

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