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What Matters Most On Sunday, April 24, 2022

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Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Diaspora minister warns of ‘a deterioration’ of the Temple Mount status quo

‘The price will be huge’: Nachman Shai says more Jews are visiting the flashpoint holy site, with some praying there, leading to an escalation

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with UN General-Secretary Antonio Guteress at UN headquarters in New York, on September 27, 2021. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Bennett to UN chief: International community must not serve terrorists’ agenda

Christian pilgrims hold candles as they gather during the ceremony of the Holy Fire at Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)

In fresh public rebuke, Jordan condemns Israel for Holy Fire crowd restrictions

Amman says Israel ‘must respect the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its sacred [sites], and stop all restrictive measures’

Dr. Samir Sobhi Mahamid, Mayor of the Israeli Arab town Umm al-Fahm, in his office, on February 4, 2020. (Oded Balilty/AP Photo)

Mayor of Arab town of Umm al-Fahm confronts residents for rioting over Temple Mount

File: Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, March 29, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank anti-terror raids

By AFP and ToI Staff

Pictures of candidates Emmanuel Macron (L) and Marine Le Pen are displayed during the second round of voting in the French presidential elections at the French Embassy in Beijing on April 24, 2022. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Voting begins in France as Macron battles far-right Le Pen in presidency run-off

By Stuart Williams

While incumbent holds lead in polls, far-right is closest it has ever been to power; analysts caution low turnout could sway the result in either direction

Centrist candidate and French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with supporters after a campaign rally Friday, April 22, 2022 in Figeac, southwestern France. (Benoit Tessier, Pool via AP)

France votes in election showdown between centrist Macron, far-right Le Pen

By Sylvie Corbet

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Apr. 24: As Bibi eats mufleta, who stirs the pot on the Temple Mount?

Editor David Horovitz talks status quo and relaxed COVID regulations; political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn reports back from Mimouna with former PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Former prime minister and currently opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Mimouna celebration in Or Akiva, April 23, 2022. (Courtesy Likud Party)

Post-Passover celebrationBennett: When the people of Israel are together, we will win

‘We’re coming back,’ Netanyahu tells invigorated supporters, as government teeters

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

At traditional Mimouna dinner, ex-PM promises to return to power ‘soon,’ as Likud party activists describe their new energy to topple the coalition

Walid Taha, Chairman of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Report: Ra’am to boycott Knesset hearing on ousting Yamina rebel MK from party

French President and centrist La Republique en Marche (LREM) party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with supporters as he holds a rally on the last day of campaigning, in Figeac, southern France, on April 22, 2022 (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

Live updates (closed)

French exit polls: Macron set for 2nd presidential term with 58% of vote

Far-right’s Le Pen projected to secure 42%; incumbent would become the first French president in 20 years to win another five years in office

6:27 pm

Lapid congratulates Macron: 'An important leader, a true friend of Israel'
6:25 pm

French far-right leader Le Pen concedes defeat
6:10 pm

Jon Stewart to receive Mark Twain Prize for American humor

I didn’t recognize you without your mask

Remember being stuck within 100 meters of home? Ordering groceries? So much Netflix. Finally, at least for now, we’re reclaiming our lives – and our smiles

Cuzzupa: Jewish traditions hide in South Italy’s easter bread

The post-Passover Mimouna was celebrated throughout the Mediterranean, while non-Jewish neighbors looked on and adopted the art of braiding dough

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a press conference with international media in an underground metro station in Kyiv on April 23, 2022 (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Zelensky says Ukraine must always be ready: ‘That’s the reality of our neighborhood’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ukrainian president responds to reporter’s question as to whether his people must live in a state of high alert, similar to Israelis

People protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey closes airspace to Russian planes flying to Syria, despite close ties

By AFP

Smoke and fire is seen after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky)

Ukraine says Russian strike on Odesa killed 5, including three-month-old infant

The West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin, on October 12, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Settler shoots and wounds 3 Palestinians near Hebron – report

Witnesses say clash started when Palestinian man was attacked on his land by a group from nearby Bat Ayin settlement

IDF soldiers allegedly assaulting an Israeli-Arab truck driver in the Palestinian village of Hizma near Jerusalem. (Screenshot; in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF probing soldiers’ suspected assault of Arab Israeli truck driver in West Bank

Illustrative: A IDF military vehicle drives near the border with Gaza east of Bureij, on December 6, 2019. (Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

Israel said readying for possible flare-up with Gaza following repeated rocket fire

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy, center, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Parliament President Baerbel Bas attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

President of Germany’s Bundestag to attend Knesset Holocaust Remembrance Day events

Baerbel Bas accepts invitation from Mickey Levy, after Knesset speaker addressed German parliament on international remembrance day

Rahat mayor: There's a war here, it's the Wild West

Girl, 14, hurt in Rahat shooting; mom says ‘gunfire all night, but no police’

Teen shot in abdomen while at home; multiple houses, businesses targeted by gunmen in dispute between 2 families; girl’s mother says they repeatedly called police, but no one came

Screen grab of a video apparently showing gunmen opening fire toward a store in Rahat, April 24, 2022 (Screen grab/Kan)

Police at the scene of a deadly shooting in Qalansawe, on April 23, 2022. (Courtesy)

Woman critically injured in shooting outside her Qalansawe home, attacker flees

A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Former COVID czar calls for end to airport tests for arrivals

Prof. Ronni Gamzu says that checks are irrelevant now, find only ‘small percentage’ of daily infections

New York Yankees' Ron Blomberg heads for first after as he grounds out against the California Angels during a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Blomberg became the first major league designated hitter in an opening-day game, on June 6, 1973. (Harry Harris/AP)

Catch up with ‘Designated Hebrew’ Ron Blomberg, baseball’s first designated hitter

By jacob gurvis

49 years ago, this proud Jew from Atlanta made history while wearing Yankee pinstripes

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UTJ MK Yaakov Litzman speaks during a United Torah Judaism faction meeting, on December 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MK Yaakov Litzman gets pacemaker after feeling ill over weekend

Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on April 23, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF foils smuggling of 200 kilograms of drugs on Egypt border

By Emanuel Fabian

Eytan Stibbe pictured by SpaceX before the April 8 launch of the Dragon spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (SpaceX)

Israeli astronaut sees another delay in return to Earth; is now set to land Monday

An honor guard member is covered by the flag of Saudi Arabia, in Washington, on March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Iran-Saudi talks to resume in Iraq on restoration of ties

By AP

US Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, attends a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Long-serving US Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah dies at age 88

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

Emad Sharghi, held as a prisoner in Iran until September 18, 2023. (Courtesy)

Blinken calls on Iran to release American held for spying

By AFP

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