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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on May 24, 2021. (ALEX HALADA / AFP)

IAEA chief: Iran’s uranium enrichment now at levels of ‘countries making bombs’

By ToI Staff and AP

Head of UN nuclear watchdog urges tight monitoring, warns that even if 2015 pact is revived Iranian program cannot be rolled back to previous status

The aftermath of an explosion at a petrochemical facility in the city of Asaluyeh in the Bushehr province in southern Iran, May 26, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Blast at Iran petrochemical complex kills a worker and injures 2

Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah coughs during a May 25, 2021, address (Twitter screenshot)

Coughing Nasrallah says Jerusalem abuses will spark regional war

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on May 25, 2021, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)

In Ramallah, Blinken announces plans to reopen US consulate in Jerusalem

By Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman

De facto mission to Palestinians was merged into embassy by Trump administration; secretary of state says he notified Netanyahu; move requires Israeli approval

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he leaves Israel from Ben Gurion Airport following his visit to Israel and Palestinian territories,seen at his depature on May 26, 2021 . (Alex Brandon / AFP)

Working to strengthen Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Blinken arrives in Egypt

By AP and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the media in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

Blinken: Hamas’s foothold in Gaza could slip if US-led rehabilitation successful

By Lazar Berman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrive for a joint press conference in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021, days after an Egypt-brokered truce halted fighting between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip's rulers Hamas. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Blinken reiterates US opposition to Israeli evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

Meanwhile, Netanyahu lambastes French FM for his ‘insolent, false claim’ that Israel is on the way to become an apartheid state

6:44 pm

Blinken on Iran: If Tehran returns to compliance with 2015 deal, we'll do the same
6:32 pm

Blinken: Two-state solution only way to keep Israel secure Jewish, democratic state
6:28 pm

Police arrest 3rd suspect in firebombing of Jaffa home that seriously hurt boy

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Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi visits a Petah Tikva building hit by Hamas rocket fire with his Czech and Slovak counterparts on May 20, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem, Foreign Ministry)

Despite fiery rage that has turned Israel into a near-pariah

Israel insists it’s emerged from Gaza fight with diplomatic ties largely intact

By Lazar Berman

A clear pro-Israel bloc in Europe stood firm, Jerusalem argues, while Arab states that have no interest in seeing Hamas get stronger maintained their peace with Israel

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab addresses G7 foreign ministers while being socially distanced as they meet in London, during talks at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting, May 4, 2021. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

UK’s Raab arrives in Israel for talks on boosting ceasefire, calls for 2 states

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: US Vice President Joe Biden addresses workers and staff after a tour of the Boeing Aerostructures Australia plant in Melbourne, Australia on July 18, 2016. (Paul Crock/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden moves forward with missile deal to Israel despite progressive opposition

The Daily Briefing

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Daily Briefing May 26 – Back to real life: COVID progress and coalition deadlock

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

Flying under rocket fire: A love story

It was inconceivable that I would fail in my mission to see my terminally ill father. Just before liftoff, the sirens began to blare.

Hamas’s so-called victory is a flop by almost every measure

Arab support was tepid to silent, ditto for world condemnation of Israel. And no, settlement construction in Judea and Samaria is not slowing down.

The rockets stopped flying. What do we do next?

Settlers like me have an alternative to the two-state solution: Let’s start by learning to live with our Palestinian neighbors

Meredith Rothbart

To the silent majority: Peacebuilding is not a hashtag

Peace starts by demanding change. It starts with dedication and commitment, with humanizing the other. And it starts 20 years before it is achieved.

Yamina chief Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset on May 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Eyeing ‘change government,’ would-be partners up pressure on holdout Bennett

By Michael Bachner

Yesh Atid reaches understandings with center-left parties, but Yamina is currently only negotiating with Netanyahu; TV airs alleged Bennett-Lapid deal from before Gaza flare-up

Yesh Atid party chief Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on May 24, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Still far short of majority, Lapid finalizes coalition deal with Meretz

Former Labor head Isaac Herzog (left) and MK Shelly Yachimovich at a party conference in Tel Aviv on December 14, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Witness in PM’s trial: Presidential hopeful Herzog called Labor rival a ‘bitch’

The Biran family, with Eitan on the right. (Courtesy)

Israeli boy, 5, who survived cable car crash opens his eyes

Eitan Biran, sole family member to survive, continues to improve, with his aunt by his bedside as he briefly regains consciousness

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)

3 arrested, accused of manslaughter over Italy crash that killed Israeli family

Reporter's notebook

In Jaffa, neighborhood watches emerge amid Jewish-Arab ethnic violence

Unprecedented riots, beatings and firebombings by both groups around Israel spur residents to take up grassroots patrols – but the source of the problem remains

A screenshot from video aired by the Kan public broadcaster of the moment when Janna Kiswani is hit in the back by a rubber bullet fired by a police officer outside her home in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Video appears to show cop shooting Sheikh Jarrah girl in back with sponge round

Officer suspended as incident is probed; clip shows 16-year-old girl shot as she enters her East Jerusalem home, with stun grenade then thrown inside

Palestinians protest outside the District Court in Jerusalem against Israel's plan to evict Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, on May 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinians protest as Jerusalem court mulls possible Silwan evictions

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian volunteers sweep dust in front of a building destroyed during the latest round of fighting, in Gaza City's Rimal district on May 25, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

UN rights council mulling probe into Israel-Gaza war, ‘root causes’

By AFP

A 1,500-year-old amulet bearing God's name, found in northern Israel 40 years ago and handed to the Israel Antiquities Authority in May 2021. (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)

1,500-year-old amulet bearing Jewish God’s name handed to Antiquities Authority

Necklace pendant was found 40 years ago in northern Israel and donated to National Treasures Center, was likely used during Talmudic period to stave off evil eye

Suspected fake media accounts by foreign actors impersonating Israelis that were called out by Israel's Fake Reporter organization (Courtesy)

With Israel and Hamas @war, algorithms and fake accounts fueled #hatred online

By Simona Weinglass

Researchers expose fake accounts and extreme content that fanned the flames of outrage, fear and hatred in Israel and abroad

Matthias Schmale, UNRWA's director in Gaza, speaks during a news conference in front of the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

UNRWA Gaza chief apologizes for saying IDF strikes ‘precise’ and ‘sophisticated’

Matthias Schmale says he in no way meant to exonerate Israel for civilian deaths, amid condemnation from Hamas and Palestinian groups for comments in an interview with Israeli TV

Illustrative: a public schoo in Brooklyn on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NYC public school principal criticized for urging staff to support Palestinians

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Mark Ruffalo appears at the "I Know This Much is True" panel during the HBO TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour at the Langham Huntington on January 15, 2020, in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Mark Ruffalo apologizes for suggesting Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Gabe Friedman

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators assault Jews at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles, on May 19, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Antisemitic acts in US soared 80% in a month, Jewish security group reports

Secure Community Network blames widespread disinformation and clear calls for violence against Jews, deliberately spread online, including from Iran

US Jewish groups pushing White House to appoint antisemitism monitor

By ToI Staff and JTA

Jewish groups praise Biden for swift response to rising antisemitism

US Jews wrestle with internal rifts exposed by Israel-Gaza fighting

By MARIAM FAM and LUIS ANDRES HENAO

Israeli tech surges with investors jumping in as COVID spurs digitalization

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israel created unicorns at the astounding rate of one a week in Q1 this year; experts say corrections may come, but tech is on a long-term upward trend

Illustrative image of a team on the peak of mountain; high valuations, reaching goals (FotoMaximum; iStock by Getty Images)

Jonathan Cherki, CEO and Founder of Contentsquare, right, and Contentquare Global CFO and former Clicktale CEO Shlomi Hagai (Courtesy)

France’s Contentsquare to double Israel R&D team as firm raises $500 million

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Cancer cells inside the body (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)

Immuno-oncology startup KAHR gets $5 million for trial of drug on blood cancers

By Shoshanna Solomon

More Headlines

Reality music show mogul Simon Cowell will join the Israeli version of 'X-Factor' as a judge in the new season (Courtesy 'X-Factor Israel')

Hitting the buzzerSimon Cowell pulls out as judge on Israel’s ‘X Factor’

By JTA and ToI Staff

A Facebook post depicting Channel 12 anchors Yonit Levy (left) and Rina Matsliah as Muslim women. (Facebook screenshot)

Israeli media outlets demand Facebook, Twitter tackle anti-press incitement

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A boy holds his mother's hand as he receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

To beat side effects, Israel considers giving teens just 1 COVID vaccine dose

By Nathan Jeffay

Karim Riada (Courtesy)

Teen in north killed by statue that collapsed on him during workout

Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Syrians vote in symbolic election certain to keep Assad in power

A female turtle fitted with a transmitter for research returns to the Mediterranean Sea. (Yaniv Levy, INPA)

A time to lay: With turtle egg season underway, public asked to help

Maureen Lipman attends the Woman Of The Year Awards Lunch at Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, UK on Oct. 14, 2019. (Mike Marsland/WireImage via JTA)

UK actors’ union slams ‘horrifying’ Israel actions against Hamas; 3 members quit

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Mossad chief Yossi Cohen attends US Independence Day celebrations at the residence of US ambassador David Friedman in Herzliya, July 3, 2017. (Heidi Levine, Pool via AP/File)

Mossad head could join Mnuchin fund, possibly violating waiting period – report

Silvan Shalom (right) and Linor Itzkovich, who claims she was sexually assaulted by the former foreign minister. (Flash 90/Channel 12 screenshot)

Woman publicly alleges sexual assault by former Likud minister Silvan Shalom

By Stuart Winer

Fire in a field in in southern Israel, May 25, 2021 (Channel 12 screenshot)

Blazes erupt in south, but fire service pours water on Gaza arson suspicions

Police officers watch as demonstrators march to the Israeli Consulate during a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians on Saturday, May 15, 2021 in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

2nd suspect arrested in attack on Jewish men in Los Angeles

By AP

David Klein, governor of the Bank of Israel, March 30, 2004 (Flash90)

Former Bank of Israel governor David Klein dies age 86

By Shoshanna Solomon

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