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What Matters Most On Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich at a protest against the "change government" outside Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked's home in Tel Aviv on June 3, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Opposition MK Smotrich says synagogues should boot members of Bennett’s coalition

Religious Zionism party head claims it is ‘completely legitimate’ to ban from communal religious life politicians who ‘steal votes’ and partner with Arab factions

Naftali Bennett (L), Ayelet Shaked (R) and Bezalel Smotrich (C) of the Yamina party hold a press conference in Jerusalem on May 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘This led to our destruction’: Bennett assails Smotrich for urging synagogue ban

By Tobias Siegal and ToI Staff

Idit Silman leads a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset, on February 28, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After departing whip cracked coalition, finding a new one is proving a challenge

Analysis

Turkey targets Israel with charm offensive as it angles to regain regional status

Facing diplomatic isolation and economic pressure, Erdogan is eager to meet with Bennett; until the PM agrees, he’ll settle for winning over Israeli journalists

Israeli journalists and officials from Turkey's Directorate of Communications visit the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, April 12, 2022 (Directorate of Communications)

Head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan, center, at the site of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank during a rare daytime operation to renovate the site, April 13, 2022. (Roee Chedi/Samaria Regional Council)

Vandalized site of Joseph’s Tomb restored in rare daytime operation

By Tobias Siegal

Previous renovations have taken place under the cover of darkness; one Palestinian killed in clashes with IDF at site; Samaria council head calls for reinstated IDF presence

IDF soldiers are seen operating in the West Bank, on April 13, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian killed in clashes as IDF launches arrest op in northern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative photo of a member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces removing an Islamic State flag in the town of Tabqa in Syria. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)

Rahat teen arrested for planning to join Islamic State in Syria

By Emanuel Fabian

Indispensable Companion to Torah Scrolls and Tikkun Kor’im

Easily find upcoming Shabbat Parashahs. Confidently know where the Scroll is rolled to. Published by Mosaica Press.

A sheep is carried for the Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at Beit Orot in East Jerusalem, on April 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Hamas threatens Israel over extremists’ plans for Passover sacrifice on Temple Mount

By Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman

Israel says it won’t allow rite after group offers cash prize to those arrested while bringing goats or lambs to Jerusalem holy site; Jordan and PA condemn giveaway

IDF soldiers are seen operating in the West Bank on April 13, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Israeli forces surround West Bank building in reported raid to foil attack

Clashes appear to break out in town of Silwad north of Ramallah, with TV reports indicating multiple arrests of terror cell that was plotting attack over Passover

6:24 pm

Palestinian shot in West Bank village after allegedly hurling firebomb at troops
6:06 pm

Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting arrested, says official
6:00 pm

Israeli forces reportedly nab Palestinians planning Passover attacks

Frank James, sought by police as a person of interest in connection with the shooting on a Brooklyn subway on April 12, 2022 (Credit: NYPD)

Man sought by NYPD for subway shooting compared Black Americans to Holocaust Jews

Bomb squad personnel search a moving truck during an ongoing investigation in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP/John Minchillo)

Police zero in on van renter amid search for New York subway shooter

By AP

Emergency personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York City police hunt for attacker who shot 10 in Brooklyn subway

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Do not go unbroken into this seder night

The world we carry with us into Pesach is one where a little Ukrainian girl crossed the border to safety with a guinea pig in her arms and nothing else

Pharaoh, Putin and why this Pesach is different from all others

Again, a despot brainwashes a nation into committing atrocities against an innocent people — but in Poland, we discover history does not have to repeat itself

Ukraine, Passover and how to spread freedom

At what point does the control we have over others undermine their dignity as beings created in the image of God?

Stephen Stulman

Fostering a new Israeli Judaism must be a top priority

For the country to thrive, it needs diverse and vibrant Jewish identities, created by authentic communities built by grassroots organizations

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing April 13: Israel’s man beyond the moon & space-age medicine

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur speaks about an EU unified against Russia; health and science reporter Nathan Jeffay brings COVID updates and promising research

Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe speaks to the Ynet news site from the International Space Station, on April 12, 2022. (Screen capture/Ynet)

Second-ever Israeli astronaut says he is acclimating to life without gravity

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, sits next to a plastic bag that contains the body of her son Vadym Trubchaninov, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers in Bucha on March 30, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Stiffening tone, Biden accuses Putin of genocide in Ukraine for first time

US president says Russian leader ‘trying to wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian,’ but adds that lawyers will make final determination, which could trigger obligation to act

After Biden ‘genocide’ claim against Russia, Macron says accusations won’t end war

By AFP

Putin: Russia will ‘rhythmically and calmly’ continue Ukraine invasion

By AFP

Iran-backed militias in Iraq reportedly smuggling weapons to arm Russia in Ukraine

Cyber unit reports 800% increase in online terror incitement amid recent attacks

By Tobias Siegal

5,815 complaints of online incitement or support for terror filed, with most of the cases on Facebook; Twitter only removes 30% of reported posts

Then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz tours the West Bank security barrier, on April 12, 2022. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)

Gantz touts plan to let in tens of thousands more Palestinian laborers

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Israeli security forces use a crane to remove illegally built modular homes as they evacuate settlers in the Beit Dror outpost, in the hills south of the West Bank city of Hebron, July 27, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Justice Ministry greenlights connecting illegal West Bank outposts to power

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Joint List leader Ayman Odeh at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset panel head intends to discuss ousting Odeh after comments on Israeli-Arabs

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

House Committee head Nir Orbach of Yamina says he’ll convene panel to suspend Joint List MK Odeh, but still needs signatures from 70 MKs; suspension is a complex, unlikely process

Illustrative: A couple embraces at sunset overlooking Moon Island Camp in Ras Shaitan, Sinai on November 6, 2021. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

Sinai gears up for Passover tourist rush, with Israel finally letting its people go

By Melanie Lidman

Frequent upheavals in the region have fostered resilient businesses now ready to welcome back neighbors who have waited through terror warnings and pandemic closures to return

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Israeli researchers propose vaccine trial overhaul: Smart sensors instead of surveys

By Nathan Jeffay

Today’s trials rely heavily on participants saying how they feel, but Tel Aviv researchers publish a study showing process can be automated

An outpatient at the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village, where a new hospital has opened (courtesy of the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village)

In Negev Desert, where healthcare lags, new rehabilitation hospital opens its doors

By Nathan Jeffay

Illustrative: An aerial view of Rishon Lezion, on December 17, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Housing lottery in Israel sees huge demand for discounted apartments

By Danielle Nagler

119,207 households registered a million bids to compete for 10,000 properties to be built across 31 localities

Illustrative. The construction site of a new residential building in the coastal city of Netanya, on March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israel touts tax breaks to help first-time home buyers

By Danielle Nagler

A general view shows the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday, December 2, 2021. (AP/Oded Balilty)

Updated Tel Aviv master plan envisions packed city of skyscrapers

By Danielle Nagler

Israeli tech companies raise $5.6 billion in first quarter of 2022

By Ricky Ben-David

Funding on par with Q1 2021 but less than last quarter of last year, in which investment levels broke all previous records

Axionus co-founders from left to right: Ofri Shur (CTO), Dean Sysman (CEO), Avidor Bartov (Chief Architect). (Axonius)

Illustrative. Commuters cross a busy 42nd Street in New York City. (batuhanozdel via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli transport planner Optibus to buy US company, open transit data center

By Ricky Ben-David

The Jewish stars of the 2022 Major League Baseball season. From left to right: Alex Bregman, Richard Bleier, Joc Pederson, Rowdy Tellez, Max Fried. (Getty/ via JTA)

Here’s all the Jewish Major League Baseball players to catch in 2022

By jacob gurvis

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised New Year speech, in Tehran, Iran, on March 21, 2022. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Khamenei says nuclear talks ‘going well,’ but shouldn’t determine the future of Iran

Former Bezeq chief Shaul Elovitch arrives for a court hearing in the trial of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judge nixes plea deal with company accused in Netanyahu’s Case 4000

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons/ via JTA)

Hebrew Union College to end rabbinical program in Cincinnati

By Andrew Lapin

The repair shop of Ludo Eyckmans in Stabroek, Belgium. (Google Maps)

Belgian mechanic says he won’t service Jews’ cars due to Israel’s Ukraine stance

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Children in Africa benefit from safe drinking water thanks to Israeli technology brought to them via the nonprofit Innovation Africa. (courtesy)

Expert hopes green version of Israel Bonds could help world fund better future

'Backpack, Operation Solomon, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, 1991' from Zion Ozeri's 2022 Haggadah 'Pictures Tell.' (Zion Ozeri)

Jewish lensPhotos tell story of Jewish life around the globe in new Haggadah

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport, on October 13, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Consumer watchdog orders El Al to address numerous customer complaints

In this image from video, a black mink fur coat, right, and a signed opera poster belonging to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, are seen inside Potomack Company Auctions in Alexandria, VA, on Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)

Supreme swagGinsburg’s art, fur coat, awards up for auction to benefit opera

By Mark Sherman

A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, on July 11, 2017. (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

Boston couple helping city build its first Holocaust museum

By Andrew Lapin

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, on March 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UK PM Johnson and his finance minister to be fined over ‘partygate’ COVID scandal

Andor Stern, 91, is recognized by the Brazilian Holocaust Memorial as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor. (Courtesy of the Sao Paulo Holocaust Memorial)

ObituaryAndor Stern, recognized as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor, dies at 94

By Marcus M. Gilban

Gilbert Gottfried performs at the Comedy Central 'Roast of Roseanne' in Los Angeles, on August 4, 2012. (John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

ObituaryGilbert Gottfried, comic actor with iconic rasp, dies at 67

By ANDREW DALTON

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