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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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French President Emanuel Macron (R) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi attend a video conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II (on screen) to work on a concrete proposal for a ceasefire and a possible path to discussions between Israel and the Palestinians at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 18, 2021. (SARAH MEYSSONNIER / POOL / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

France circulating draft of Security Council resolution calling for ceasefire

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Biden will have to issue first UN veto if US to continue blocking efforts by top international panel * Rocket fire renews after 3 hour lull * Israel advances to Eurovision final

2:48 am

After 3-hour lull, rocket sirens sound in Gaza border town
1:55 am

Democratic senator urges Iranian envoy to pressure Hamas to agree to ceasefire
1:40 am

Palestinian envoy to UN calls on Biden to show results of his ceasefire efforts

The scene in a Gaza border community after a building was hit by a mortar fired from Gaza, May 18, 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)

Unclear why foreign nationals weren't in bomb shelter

2 Thai workers killed, several people injured as Hamas bombards southern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Foreign workers killed when border community suffers direct hit; soldier hurt by mortar fire while helping transfer aid to Strip; IDF says ‘intensive night ahead’

Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces carry out styrikes on the Palestinian enclave, early on May 18, 2021. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by Mahmud hams / AFP)

IDF launches waves of strikes against Gaza amid rare pause in rocket attacks

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

An Ashdod home hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on May 17, 2021 (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)After 6-hour lull, Hamas targets southern Israel with rocket fire

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

ToI investigates

‘In world’s view, Palestinians are the weaker side’: Inside Israel’s PR war

The Foreign Ministry is overseeing a newly coordinated ‘hasbara’ effort and believes it is proving its worth, but it’s an uphill battle in the court of global public opinion

Host John Oliver castigates Israel in a "Last Week Tonight" segment, May 16, 2021. On screen is what he called a 'triumphant meme' in which an IDF Instagram post showed 'before and after' images of a Gaza City tower where foreign media had offices and where the IDF says Hamas had military assets. (Screenshot)

A Palestinian policeman waves on a truck as it enters through the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on September 1, 2020, after a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Soldier hurt by mortar fire while assisting in transfer of aid at Gaza crossing

By Judah Ari Gross

Israel had reopened the passages into the Strip earlier in the day to let in badly needed fuel, medical equipment, closes them again following attack

The building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media in Gaza City collapses after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike, May 15, 2021. (Hatem Moussa/ AP)

Blinken: Israel has given us intel on strike on Gaza media tower

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Secretary doesn’t comment on content of new info on bombing of high-rise used by AP, Al Jazeera, which Israel says was Hamas asset; Israel says classified intel given to Pentagon

An Iran-made drone is launched during a military drill in Jask port, southern Iran, in this picture released by Jamejam Online, on December 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Jamejam Online, Chavosh Homavandi, File)

IDF downs drone of unclear origin approaching northern Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says UAV was heading toward Jordanian border, though it’s not clear if it was launched from there or nearby Syria

An aerial view of the Israeli Tamar gas processing rig 24 kilometers off the Israeli southern coast of Ashkelon.

IDF says it thwarted underwater drone attack by Hamas from northern Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Joe Biden (R). (Flash90/AP)

Diplomats, military speak of truce in two days

Biden speaks with Netanyahu, expresses ‘support for a ceasefire’

US leader reiterates ‘firm support’ for Israel’s right to defend itself; PM says strikes on Strip to continue amid ongoing rocket fire; Erdogan says Biden has blood on his hands

Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UN General Assembly to meet on Gaza as US blocks 3rd Security Council statement

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers stand along the border wall with Israel, in the Lebanese village of Adaiseh, on May 15, 2021. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Six rockets fired from Lebanon, fall short of Israel border; IDF hits back

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Military responds with artillery fire, orders communities near northern border to open bomb shelters; no injuries reported

The IDF reveals what it says is the longest cross-border attack tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Israel, May 29, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Hezbollah has dug tunnel network from Beirut to 3km. from Israel border – report

Demonstrators lift flags during a pro-Palestinian protest in the Jordanian capital Amman on May 16, 2021. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Jordan’s parliament calls for expulsion of Israeli envoy, recall of ambassador

By AFP and ToI Staff

Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks with Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., after a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP)

Top Democrat looking to delay $735 million sale of precision missiles to Israel

Gregory Meeks, head of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee and an AIPAC ally, wants to give panel time to review deal in light of Gaza fighting

An F-35 jet maneuvers during a graduation ceremony for pilots who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert, December 26, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90/File)

Biden said to have approved $735 million sale of precision missiles to Israel

Yigal Yehoshua, 56, was killed by rioters who pelted his car with bricks while he drove home in Lod, May 11, 2021. (Courtesy)

Jewish man seriously hurt by Arab mob in Lod dies of wounds

Yigal Yehoshua, 56, was struck in the head with a brick while driving home last week; rioting in Jewish-Arab cities mostly dies down

Reporters for the Kan public broadcaster are beaten in the Tikva neighborhood of Tel Aviv, May 13 , 2021 (Screen grab/Twitter)

2 men charged over far-right assault on journalists in Tel Aviv

Arab Israelis protest near the entrance to towns in northern Israel in adherence to a general strike declared by the Arab leadership (Credit: Zo HaDerech)

Arabs hold general strike across Israel as Palestinians declare ‘day of rage’

By Aaron Boxerman

In show of unity, Arab Israelis and Palestinians say they will march in protest of Israeli policies in Jerusalem and Gaza; strike divides Islamist Ra’am party

Israeli security forces at the site where a Palestinian tried to attack soldiers before he was shot by troops, May 18, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Palestinian tries to shoot, throw bomb at soldiers in Hebron, is shot dead – IDF

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF Artillery Corps fires into Gaza, near the Israeli border on May 12, 2021, following heavy rocket and missile barrage fired into Israel by terrorists in Gaza. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Behind the Headlines

Israel in the Crossfire: Join ToI Community for a live Q&A with our reporters

In a special Behind the Headlines for ToI Community members only, this Thursday, May 20, our journalists discuss Israel’s battle against Hamas on the front lines… and world stage

Forget ‘outreach’: Pew 2020 tells us to put our money where the people are

Investing in aging Reform and Conservative populations is wrong. Instead, fund the Orthodox, and have them engage the non-Orthodox

Manya Brachear Pashman

Do I tell my American child about violence in Israel?

Kids don’t appreciate it when grown-ups try to shield them from the facts. They like to make informed decisions.

Israeli medics carry wounded ultra-Orthodox men outside a synagogue in Givat Zeev, outside Jerusalem, Sunday, May 16, 2021. More than 150 people were injured in a fatal collapse of a bleacher at an uncompleted West Bank synagogue. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

With dozens of injured teens, Jerusalem hospital reels from synagogue disaster

By Nathan Jeffay

After a bleacher in a prayer hall collapsed Sunday, killing 2 and injuring 167, Hadassah saw the type of influx only seen after terror attacks

Assucena Assucena is a Jewish trans musician who says the country's Jewish community is not as homogeneous as most Brazilians might think. (Photo courtesy of Assucena Assucena; background via Getty Images/ via Alma and JTA)

Interview

Brazilian musician shines a light on the intersection of sexuality and Judaism

By CALEB A. GUEDES-REED

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a consultation amid Hamas rocket fire at Israel and IDF counterstrikes, May 11, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)

Netanyahu, Gantz said to weigh fresh partnership; all sides strongly deny notion

An Ashdod home hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on May 17, 2021 (Flash90)

AnalysisEgypt seeking to use Gaza ceasefire mediation to bolster regional role

By AFP and ToI Staff

Israeli exhibitors receive visitors at their stand on the opening day of the Arabian Travel Market exhibition, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Israel promotes tourism in Dubai, even amid ongoing conflict with Gaza

By AP and ToI Staff

Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flags as they march in which they are calling on the government for more rights in the country gripped by economic and financial crisis during ongoing protests in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Aural sex edTaboo-breaking Arab podcasts shatter silence surrounding sexuality

By Hashem Osseiran

Some of the women saying no to violence in the 'Lo B'shmi' grassroots effort begun by a small sisterhood of Jerusalemites (Courtesy Heftzi Zion Mozes)

Hands-off approachJerusalem women protest civil violence #NotInMyName

By Jessica Steinberg

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Workplace management firm monday.com files for Nasdaq IPO

By Shoshanna Solomon

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