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What Matters Most On Monday, May 24, 2021

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Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Italian Vigili del Fuoco Firefighters via AP)

Rockets were falling in Israel, they thought Italy was safe

5 Israelis killed in Italian cable car crash confirmed as members of one family

Amit Biran and Tal Peleg-Biran died along with their 2-year-old son and Tal’s grandparents in disaster in Piedmont region; surviving son, 5, hospitalized in critical condition

Rescuers work by the wreckage of a cable car after it collapsed near the summit of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region, northern Italy, May 23, 2022. (Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Piemontese via AP)

5 Israelis, including a child, among 14 killed in Italian cable car crash

By ToI Staff and Agencies

People wearing face masks shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on March 17, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

In latest sign of pandemic’s waning, indoor mask mandate to lift in two weeks

Ahead of Blinken visit, PM hints at ‘courageous, independent’ steps on Iran * David Barnea, 56, former top agent, named next Mossad chief

6:50 pm

Brick thrown at window of Kosher pizzeria in Manhattan
6:32 pm

Hamas says it stands ready to resume fighting if Israel attacks
6:13 pm

Israel's Defense Ministry wants Gaza aid to bypass Hamas

US President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in the East Room of the White House on May 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says ‘despicable’ antisemitic attacks ‘must stop’

US president says ‘it’s up to all of us to give hate no safe harbor,’ days after major Jewish groups ask him to focus on uptick in attacks amid Gaza violence

‘Israel thanks you’: Jewish communities in US, UK hold pro-Israel rallies

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Multiple antisemitic assaults reported over the weekend across US

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Hundreds rally for Israel in NYC following spate of antisemitic attacks

Israeli rescue workers remove the body of an alleged assailant in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, May 24, 2021 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli civilian, soldier hurt in stabbing attack near Jerusalem police HQ

By Judah Ari Gross

Assailant shot by cops after moderately injuring two men in their 20s at a light rail station in east of the city, police say

From left: Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman, IDF chief Aviv Kohavi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at a press conference after the Gaza ceasefire, at military headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 21, 2021. (Tal Oz/Defense Ministry)

In Gaza conflict aftermath, Gantz calls for strengthening PA, sidelining Hamas

By Judah Ari Gross and Lazar Berman

Chava Vaknin. (Courtesy)

73-year-old Israeli woman who fell in rocket shelter dies of injuries

Police maintain a cordon as demonstrators rally in support of Israel outside the Israeli Embassy in central London on May 23, 2021. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)

Times of Israel Podcast

Daily Briefing May 24 – Taking sides: How the Gaza war has split the globe

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

Morocco's Prime Minister Saad Eddine el-Othmani addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN headquarters, September 24, 2019. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Moroccan PM congratulates Hamas on ‘victory’ over Israel in recent fighting

By ToI Staff and Agencies

French Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a joint press conference with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, at Farmleigh House and Estate in Dublin on May 20, 2021. (PAUL FAITH / AFP)

France: Jewish-Arab riots show Israel at risk of ‘long-lasting apartheid’

By AFP

Saeed Mousa, an Arab Israeli who was assaulted by a Jewish Israeli mob, at Ichilov Medical Center, May 14, 2021. (video screenshot)

Jewish suspects charged with attempted murder, terror in mob attack on Arab man

Netanel Binyamin, Lahav Ohanina and unnamed minor held for savage beating in Bat Yam; also accused of vandalizing Arab-owned restaurant the same day while shouting ‘Death to Arabs’

Screen capture from video of Jewish man being assaulted by a gang of Arab youths in Jaffa, May 10, 2021. (Twitter)

No racism charges against Arab mob that beat Jewish man in Jaffa

By Stuart Winer

Muhammad Mahameed Kiwan, 17, who died of gunshot wounds in Umm Al-Fahm, May, 2021. (Courtesy)

Organs of Arab teen allegedly shot by police save Arab and Jewish lives

By Stuart Winer and Aaron Boxerman

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Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv, May 23, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

As virus fades, Israel to lift all COVID restrictions on gatherings

Requirement to wear face masks indoors remains intact, but is being reevaluated; health regulations on air travel remain

Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv, May 23, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Ministry virus experts say they weren’t involved in decision to end restrictions

By Stuart Winer

The empty departure halls of Ben Gurion International Airport, April 19, 2021. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Israel allows 20 small groups of foreign tourists to enter as virus ebbs

Head of the Blue and White party Benny Gantz, right, and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid speak to supporters in Tel Aviv, on February 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Lapid forges ahead with coalition talks but acknowledges his chances are ‘small’

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

With time running low for ‘change bloc,’ Yesh Atid reports progress toward agreements with Blue and White, Labor; New Hope’s Sa’ar again rules out joining Netanyahu government

People walk past an electoral billboard for the Likud party bearing a portrait of its leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), and opposition Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, in Tel Aviv, on March 12, 2021, ahead of the March 23 general election. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

First polls after Gaza ceasefire show Lapid rising, but deadlock still in place

A High Court of Justice hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)

Unprecedented ruling brings angry right-wing calls to curtail High Court

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

Israel media review

Getting back to basics: What the press says about non-governments and non-laws

By Joshua Davidovich

As Yair Lapid tries to get the coalition express back on track, he may be derailed by Naftali Bennett playing the switchman; and frivolous lawmaking gets the thumbs-down

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during their meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2021. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken reaffirms two-state support ahead of Mideast tour

The destroyed building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media, after it was hit last week by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Some Israeli officials regret leveling of Gaza media tower — NY Times

By Judah Ari Gross and Agencies

Stacy Gittleman

The not-surprising betrayal of (non-Jewish) progressives

To those who come to the aid of the marginalized groups that are victims of hatred, where have you been for the Jews? When are Jews that marginalized group?

I support Israel because I am progressive

There’s a difference between legitimate criticism and one-sided, biased condemnation of a country trying to protect its citizens

New vision for a two-state solution

Neither complete separation nor total integration can succeed, but proposals for cooperation are in the works. Then, we’ll need leaders open to new paradigms

This is the most Jewish thing about the Jewish State

Building a loving and respectful shared society with non-Jewish minorities is an ancient biblical imperative. Today, it is Israel’s most important mission.

File: IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP/Kazem Ghane)

IAEA: Iran will extend inspection deal, won’t delete footage of nuclear sites

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said agreement with UN watchdog for inspectors to access surveillance images would first require progress in wider Vienna negotiations

Illustrative: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, left, and the Guard's aerospace division commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh talk while unveiling a new drone called 'Gaza,' in an undisclosed location in Iran, in a photo released on May 22, 2021. (Sepahnews of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, via AP)

Iran reports explosion at plant that reportedly produces UAVs

By Agencies and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 18, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

US says it’s unclear whether Iran is ready to return to nuclear deal

By AFP

Scientists analyze DNA helix and editing genomes within organisms using CRISPR technology (elenabs via iStock by Getty Images)

New Israeli tech gives accuracy boost to microscopic scissors for DNA editing

By Nathan Jeffay

The CRISPR technique snips DNA, but what if it cuts the wrong location in the genome without scientists realizing? Software innovation provides alerts

Screen capture from video of elephants at the Ramat Gan Safari responding during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, May 2021. (Facebook)

Herd immunity

Israeli zoo video shows elephants protecting calf in rocket attack

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

In clip from Ramat Gan Safari, group of females crowd around young animal as sirens wail with the sound of rocket explosions in the background

'My main goal is to honor my parents'

He left Brazil to be a lone soldier in Israel, then lost both parents to COVID

By Marcus M. Gilban

Attracted to the Jewish state after a Taglit-Birthright trip and a Masa fellowship, Thiago Benzecry says he will stand by his decision to immigrate despite his immense loss

India’s reported coronavirus death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world

By SHEIKH SAALIQ

Staff at Wuhan lab needed hospital care before COVID-19 spread revealed – WSJ

By ToI Staff and AFP

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Victims of the April 30, 2021, Mount Meron disaster: Top row (L-R): Chen Doron, Haim Rock, Ariel Tzadik, Yossi Kohn, Yisrael Anakvah, Yishai Mualem, Yosef Mastorov, Elkana Shiloh and Moshe Levy; 2nd row (L-R): Shlomo Zalman Leibowitz, Shmuel Zvi Klagsbald, Mordechai Fakata, Dubi Steinmetz, Abraham Daniel Ambon, Eliezer Gafner, Yosef Greenbaum, Yehuda Leib Rubin and Yaakov Elchanan Starkovsky; 3rd row (L-R): Haim Seler, Yehoshua Englard, Moshe Natan Neta Englard, Yedidia Hayut, Moshe Ben Shalom, David Krauss, Eliezer Tzvi Joseph, Yosef Yehuda Levy and Yosef Amram Tauber; 4th row (L-R): Menachem Knoblowitz, Elazar Yitzchok Koltai, Yosef David Elhadad, Shraga Gestetner, Yonatan Hebroni, Shimon Matalon, Elazar Mordechai Goldberg, Moshe Bergman and Daniel Morris; 5th row (L-R): Ariel Achdut, Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, Hanoch Slod, Yedidya Fogel, Menahem Zakbah, Simcha Diskind, Moshe Tzarfati, Nahman Kirshbaum and Eliyahu Cohen.

Families of Meron victims call for official state inquiry into disaster

Ami Dadaon at the 2018 European Para Swimming Championship in Ireland (Screencapture/YouTube)

Israel’s Ami Dadaon sets 2 world records at European Para Swimming Championships

Rapper Sameh Zakout (left) with educator Uriya Rosenman as they rap straight talk between Arabs and Jews in a video released May 20, 2021 (Courtesy Let's Talk Dugri)

'I'm not racist, I'm mad'Straight talk rap confronts Arab-Jewish racism from both sides

By Jessica Steinberg

Chabad of South Broward. (Google Street View)

Shouting ‘Jews should die,’ Florida man leaves feces outside synagogue

By AP

A picture taken on August 31, 2020, shows the El Al's airliner, which will carry a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalization accord, lifting off from the tarmac in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

El Al chairman David Brodet to step down from post

By Shoshanna Solomon

Family members of 33-year-old Munir Anabtawi, who was shot to death after trying to stab a police officer, mourn at their home in Haifa, March 30, 2021. (Roni Ofer/Flash90)

Justice Ministry exonerates police officer who shot dead mentally ill Arab man

By Aaron Boxerman

In this March 26, 2017 file photo, Belarus police detain journalist Raman Pratasevich, center, in Minsk, Belarus. Raman Pratasevich, a founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus’ authoritarian president, has been arrested after an airliner in which he was riding was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. . (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

International outrage as Belarus ‘hijacks’ flight to detain government critic

By LIUDAS DAPKUS

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican of Georgia) arrives for a House Republican caucus candidate forum to replace outgoing conference chair, Rep. Liz Cheney (Republican of Wyoming) at the Capitol on May 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Far-right congresswoman compares US House mask mandate to Nazi yellow star

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The opera singers in 'Mothers,' a new opera by conductor David Sebba being performed for the first time at the Israeli Opera in June 2021 (Courtesy New Israeli Opera)

A medium, and rare voicesAfter COVID, New Israeli Opera returns with biblical moms, seances

By Jessica Steinberg

Tzipi Refaeli seen after her release from Neve Tirza Prison in Ramla, May 24, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Bar Refaeli’s mom released from jail after serving half of tax evasion sentence

Italy's Maneskin during the live recording of Eurovision 2021. (Screenshot)

Powder play?Italian Eurovision winner denies snorting coke on live television

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