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What Matters Most On Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid terror, tensions, Ben Gvir aims to visit Temple Mount on Thursday

Police chief yet to decide whether to allow far-right MK into holy site, with situational assessment to be held

Mourners grieve at the grave of Israeli border police officer Shirel Aboukrat in Netanya on March 28, 2022. Aboukrat and colleague Yazan Falah were shot dead on March 27 in a terrorist attack in Hadera claimed by the Islamic State group in Hadera. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

‘I want my daughter back’: Funerals held for police officers killed in Hadera attack

MK Itamar Ben Gvir confronting Interior Secuirty Minister Omer Barlev at the scene of a deadly terror attack in Hadera, March 28, 2022. (screenshot)

Far-right MK clashes with police minister at scene of Hadera shooting

Police and medics at the scene of a deadly terrorist attack in Bnei Brak, on March 29, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Live updates (closed)

PM says Israel will prevail, after Bnei Brak terror takes death toll to 11 in 8 days

Palestinians hand out sweets in Gaza * Bnei Brak crowd chants for ‘revenge’ * Police work to determine whether shooter received assistance, arresting illegals in the area

10:32 pm

Third of five victims identified as Avishai Yehezkel, 29
9:55 pm

Macron says France stands with Israel against 'scourge' of terror
9:47 pm

5 dead in less than 10 minutes: The Bnei Brak terrorist's shooting spree

Interview'You don't need an artist's vision to see what is going on'

Ukraine’s most famous director ostracized for unflinching film on Babyn Yar pogrom

By Jordan Hoffman

Last week, Ukrainian Academy Award winner Sergei Loznitsa was dismissed from his country’s Film Academy after making a film on the Holocaust. His work is taking the US by storm

Irpin mayor says city bordering Kyiv liberated from Russian control

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Police arrest several suspects who were allegedly involved in the Hadera attack or who have Islamic State links, March 28, 2022. (Israel Police)

Shin Bet, police round up 12 suspects with alleged IS links in overnight raids

By Emanuel Fabian

Arrests take place in Umm al-Fahm, hometown of terrorists who killed two officers in Hadera, and in other Arab cities; official says wave of arrests will ‘intensify’ in coming days

The two terrorists who carried out a shooting attack in Hadra on March 27, 2022: Ayman Ighbariah (left) and Ibrahim Ighbariah (right), pictured at Haifa District Court on June 29, 2016, when he was on trial for trying to join the Islamic State in Syria. (Screenshot)

Terrorist in deadly Hadera attack handed reduced prison sentence by judge in 2016

Police arrest an individual in connection with the Hadera attack, March 28, 2022. (Israel Police)

Shin Bet, cops to round up terror convicts with IS links in wave of arrests — TV

Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets in Amman with Jordan's King Abdullah on March 29, 2022. (Royal Hashemite Court)

Gantz meets Jordanian king in Amman to discuss tensions amid Ramadan

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense minister presents steps Israel intends to take to ensure freedom of worship in Jerusalem; Abdullah warns Gantz over need to stop potential ‘provocative actions’

Public Security Minister Omer Barlev visits a business that was a victim of protection racket, in the upper Galilee, between Rosh Pina and Kiryat Shmona, August 11, 2021. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Police minister said to have visited Jordan to discuss preventing Ramadan flare-up

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan (L) accompanied by Crown Prince Hussein (C), ahead of a meeting in Ramallah in the West Bank, on March 28, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

‘We are one,’ Abbas tells Jordanian king during rare West Bank visit

By Aaron Boxerman

Leonard Cohen, center, performs with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. Ariel Sharon is to the left of Cohen, with arms crossed (Yaakovi Doron)

Interview

Why Leonard Cohen joined a war to sing for his brothers, and never spoke of it again

By David Horovitz

Using Cohen’s own notes, and recollections of Israeli soldiers who heard him, Matti Friedman teases out the astounding story of the Jewish singer-priest on the Yom Kippur frontline

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Ukrainian soldiers near the frontline in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Moscow says it will curb assault on Kyiv, Chernihiv; Russian troops seen withdrawing

By Nebi Qena and YURAS KARMANAU

Ukraine confirms withdrawals around capital and Chernihiv, as ceasefire talks appear to produce first fruits, but Zelensky warns Russians regrouping for counterattack on Irpin

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich looks on, as he follows Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's press conference after Russia was announced being the host for the 2018 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, December 2, 2010. (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators suffer suspected poisoning in Kyiv

In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, gives a speech to welcome the Russian, left, and Ukrainian delegations ahead of their talks, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP)

As Ukraine-Russia peace talks kick off in Istanbul, Erdogan urges ‘end to tragedy’

My AIPAC criticism is rooted in profound appreciation

Representing true Israeli interests means drawing the line at endorsing politicians who corrode the very foundations of the democratic system

Bennett, instead of the Kremlin, go to the Mukataa

It’s time for the prime minister to admit that what he is asking Russia and Ukraine to do is what the world has been asking of Israel and Palestine

Reporter's notebook

For staff at hotel that hosted Negev Summit, ‘food security’ was the biggest concern

The Kedma at Sde Boker only found out it would be hosting the six-way event a few days before; it ran smoothly, once the security protocol for food preparation was established

(From right) Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, and Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, sit down for dinner at Kedma Isrotel in Sde Boker, March 27, 2022 (Egypt MFA)

AnalysisAt Negev Summit, allies calmed somewhat by US recommitment to the region

By Lazar Berman

Illustrative: Smoke rises following Israeli missile strikes on Gaza City on May 13, 2021. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

68 US senators press Blinken to quash open-ended UN probe into Israel

United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, makes remarks at the Negev Summit, with from left, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Inside story

For Israel, the Negev Summit was all about Iran. For other participants, not so much

Foreign diplomats involved say Tehran wasn’t what brought them to Sde Boker, as each country has its own concerns that justify participation in first-of-its-kind gathering

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud speak to reporters at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 14, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Blinken calls Saudi FM hours after Arab foreign minister summit in Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, February 27, 2022. (Stephanie Lecocq,Pool Photo via AP)

EU foreign policy chief says Iran is holding up nuclear deal with ‘no end’ in sight

By AFP

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing March 29: What happens next, after Hadera attack and Negev summit

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz and religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross discuss deadly terror, Sde Boker confab, the Western Wall and MK Alon Tal

Arab environment ministers call on wealthy nations to keep climate cash promises

At first UN Middle East and North Africa regional climate confab, West’s failure to provide annual $100 billion to help poor nations cope with climate crisis emerges as key issue

Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (in blue), is flanked by dignitaries and environment ministers at the first Middle East and North Africa Climate Week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 28, 2022. (Courtesy, UNFCCC)

This screenshot from undated footage released by Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai, shows the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, about 50 kilometres south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai via AP)

UAE aims to go green while continuing to produce oil

Israel's special envoy on climate change, Ambassador Gideon Behar, at the first-ever UN Middle East and North Africa regional conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 28, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

In Dubai, Israel’s climate envoy urges the Arab world: ‘Let us share climate tech’

Immigrants fleeing Ukraine arrive at the Israeli Immigration and Absorption Ministry offices at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Where are you for Seder? Website pairs Israeli hosts with new Ukrainian immigrants

By Judah Ari Gross

Step is part of a government initiative to let citizens offer help to newcomers from former Soviet Union, though most offerings not yet functional

Ukrainian refugees Katja, left, and Ira Kapustenyenko watch a celebration at their new school in Nof Hagalil, Israel, March 23, 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

In Nof Hagalil, a school for Russian-speakers offers relief to Ukrainian refugees

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Sasha Zlobjn, the 10,000th person to immigrate to Israel since Russia invaded his native Ukraine, stands in Ben Gurion Airport shortly after landing on March 28, 2022. (Immigration and Absorption Ministry)

10,000 have immigrated to Israel in wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine — ministry

By Judah Ari Gross

Shlomo Filber, former director-general of the Communications Ministry, at a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Jerusalem District Court, on March 29, 2022 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Prosecutors ask to treat state witness in Netanyahu trial as hostile witness, relent

State will instead cross-examine key witness Shlomo Filber after raising inconsistencies in his evidence; prosecutors suspect he is trying to undercut statements he made previously

Archaeology

Earliest mosaic in Israel dedicated to Jesus may soon be sprung from prison

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

3rd-century Christian structure and 3 mosaics with inscriptions – including ‘to the God Jesus Christ’ – were uncovered at Meggido jail in 2004-08; it may now become a tourist site

The cast of CODA hold their award for Best Picture in the press room during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)

The most memorable Jewish moments of the 2022 Oscars

By Andrew Lapin

Composer Hans Zimmer and producer David Dinerstein win statuettes, but high-profile figures Steven Spielberg, Andrew Garfield and Maggie Gyllenhaal come away empty-handed

Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Will Smith apologizes for assaulting Chris Rock at Oscars: ‘I was out of line’

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High Court rules Israel Prize must be given to professor accused of BDS support

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

LS Lowry's 1960 painting of the Merthyr-Tydfil synagogue

High Lowry priceLowry painting of historic Welsh synagogue goes for £277,000

By ToI Staff and JTA

Canadian crooner Paul Anka returns to Israel July 18, 2022 for a concert at the Caesarea ampitheater (Courtesy Mark Weiss)

Forever youngCanadian crooner Paul Anka books Caesarea for July 18 concert

By Jessica Steinberg

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Bennett postpones India trip after COVID diagnosis

Ohio Republican state Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur, left, discusses her education bill with news reporter Morgan Trau, right, March 2022. (Screenshot/ via JTA)

Ohio lawmaker says Holocaust studies can be taught from German soldier’s perspective

By Andrew Lapin

Ottawa Senators team owner Eugene Melnyk attends an NHL hockey news conference in Ottawa, December 4, 2014. (The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld/AP)

Eugene Melnyk, owner of hockey’s Ottawa Senators, dies of illness at 62

By AP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A Leopard 2 tank during a demonstration by the German military near Hannover, Germany, September 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

Israeli arms maker Elbit inks international deals worth over $150 million

A general view shows a damaged mansion following an overnight attack in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 13, 2022 (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)

Iran bombed Iraq’s Kurdish region over natural gas plan involving Israel – report

An illustrative photo of cell-cultivated fish created by Israeli food tech startup Wanda Fish.(Marcomit)

Israeli food tech startup teams up with Tufts University for cell-cultivated fish

By Ricky Ben-David

A bucket of paint in which a baby drowned in Netivot on March 28, 2022. (courtesy)

Baby drowns in bucket of paint in Netivot

A operator's screen showing a group of school students who were found using a drone after they went missing during a school hike in Nahal Og, March 28, 2022. (Israel Police)

Dozens of children go missing on desert hike, found with drones

Singers Cardi B (left) and Summer Walker wear Israeli designer Alon Livne's designs in their new music video, 'No Love' (Courtesy Alon Livne)

In the cloudsIn new video, Cardi B and Summer Walker croon in Israeli designs

By Jessica Steinberg

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