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What Matters Most On Monday, May 2, 2022

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel demands apology for Russian FM’s ‘unforgivable’ claim Hitler had Jewish blood

Bennett blasts Lavrov’s ‘lies’ as FM summons envoy for ‘clarification’; Lavrov had defended ‘denazification’ of Zelensky-run Ukraine by saying ‘some of worst antisemites are Jews’

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is seen following a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 7, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Ukraine FM responds to Lavrov: ‘He can’t hide the deeply rooted antisemitism’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint press conference with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President following their talks in Moscow on March 24, 2022. (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP)

Lavrov: So what if Zelensky is Jewish, even Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli secular protesters shout slogans in Jerusalem on August 12, 2017, during a demonstration of ultra-Orthodox Jews against businesses that operate on Saturdays in the city. The slogan, which rhymes in Hebrew, says, 'We're not against the Sabbath, we're against religious pressure.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Poll: In Israel, right-wing Jews now less likely to see shared future with Arabs

By Judah Ari Gross

New survey from Jewish People Policy Institute shows deepening entrenchment of attitudes among different segments of Israeli society, likely due to recent political shifts

President Isaac Herzog at Beit Hanassi, the President's residence in Jerusalem, April 2022 (Ariel Jerozolimski for The Times of Israel)

Independence Day

Herzog champions dialogue as key path to warm ties, slams ‘fake news’ stirring hate

By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz

In ToI interview for Independence Day, president says he’s using the ‘immense soft power’ of his office to try to foster understanding – within Israel, in the region and among Jews

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets with then-Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog in Ramallah on August 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser/File)

Herzog speaks to PA’s Abbas for the 1st time since outbreak of Temple Mount clashes

Kosher in the Bahamas

Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.

Israeli security and rescue personnel at the scene of a shooting attack, at the entrance to Ariel, in the West Bank, on April 30, 2022. (Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

‘One of a series of responses’: Hamas takes responsibility for Ariel terror shooting

Group claims deadly attack outside West Bank settlement part of its response to ‘defiling of al-Aqsa’ in move slated to cause further escalation with Israel

6:34 pm

Authorities looking into whether 3 deaths at assisted living home caused by food poisoning
6:20 pm

'One of a series of responses': Hamas takes responsibility for Ariel terror shooting
6:07 pm

Communications minister: Israel seeking to set up 'Iron Dome' against cyber attacks

Palestinians chant pro-Hamas slogans following Eid al-Fitr prayers in front of a banner supporting the terror group at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on May 2, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90

200,000 Muslims attend Eid prayers at Al-Aqsa compound — Waqf

By Aaron Boxerman

Muslim officials say turnout is highest in years, mostly from East Jerusalem; Palestinian arrested for hanging massive Hamas banner at holy site

A knife used in a stabbing in Haifa, April 15, 2022. (Israel Police)

Teen girl charged with terrorist act over stabbing of Haifa man

By Alexander Fulbright and Emanuel Fabian

Palestinians throw rocks at an Israeli bus outside Jerusalem's Old City on April 17, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Police arrest 5 for attacks on buses going to Western Wall during Passover

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 2: Opposition flexes at the Knesset

Political reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses a special parliament session and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports on an Israel travel restrictions for US armed forces

Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett (left) speaks to Ra'am leader MK Mansour Abbas in the Knesset, on November 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett said to meet Mansour Abbas in first since Ra’am froze role in government

Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Nader Talebzadeh, Iran’s chief propagandist, opened doors for me

Posthumous rumors that the mother of my ’friend’ was Jewish have surfaced – and conversations I had with him have now taken on a new meaning

Deplorable politicians, AIPAC and safeguarding Israel’s precarious security

In today’s broken Washington, the crucial efforts to strengthen US-Israel ties must include working with Republican members who are anathema to me

Fragments of a Russian jet fighter on a private house in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Stas Yurchenko)

‘A super-hero legend’: Ukraine admits ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ fighter pilot is a myth

By ARIJETA LAJKA

Social media credited mystery pilot with shooting down tens of Russian jets since start of invasion, but after media reports falsely identify slain pilot, air force comes clean

In this image provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a Red Cross official waves a white flag while approaching the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (International Committee of the Red Cross via AP)

Evacuation begins for civilians trapped in Mariupol steel plant

By Cara Anna and YESICA FISCH

File: A Russian military convoy moves on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces near Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 16, 2022 (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

Russian general, 200 soldiers said killed in Ukrainian military strike

Prominent evangelical Zionist Mike Evans stands in front of the Friends of Zion museum in Jerusalem after he unveiled his "Ukraine Can't Breathe" campaign, April 4, 2022 (courtesy)

Interview'Just as important as food is hope'

In Jerusalem, a Christian Zionist leader makes it his mission to save Ukraine’s Jews

By Lazar Berman

Inspired by George Floyd protests and own childhood, outspoken Netanyahu ally Mike Evans launches ‘Ukraine Can’t Breathe’ campaign, delivering aid and helping families escape war

Bolshoi scraps performances by directors critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By AFP

Palestinians fume at UNRWA’s proposed delegating of services to other UN agencies

Some warn of plot to dismantle the body they see as a ‘reminder’ of the issue of Palestinian refugees, and not just a service provider; Israel has long pushed for its closure

A Palestinian worker unloads foodstuffs donated by the European Union through the World Food Program and distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the West Bank village of Arrabeh near Jenin, Dec. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

High Court dismisses petition by Palestinians cut off from land by security barrier

By Aaron Boxerman

Israel said to block Palestinian-American activist from traveling abroad

By AP

Officers seize 20 handguns from Palestinian gun smugglers in southern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Family and friends attend the funeral for Vyacheslav Golev, who was shot dead by terrorists on April 29, 2022 during his shift as a security guard outside the Ariel settlement, in Beit Shemesh on May 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

‘He always protected everyone’: Guard killed in Ariel terror attack laid to rest

Hundreds attend funeral in Beit Shemesh of 23-year-old Vyacheslav Golev, who saved his fiancée from terrorists’ bullets

Israeli security and rescue personnel at the scene of a shooting attack, at the entrance to Ariel, in the West Bank, on April 30, 2022. (Flash90)

Ariel terrorists planned in advance to torch car, were picked up by father: reports

Nigerian students Funke Oluwatosin, left, and Deborah Ologbenla, right, pose for photos in Hillel sweatshirts. (Courtesy of Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz via JTA)

A long, strange journey: 2 Nigerian students flee Ukraine, end up at Berlin Hillel

German Jewish community center shelters pair who were studying in Kyiv; it is now campaigning and raising funds so they can complete their medical training in US

Religious leaders bring ‘message of hope’ to war-torn Ukraine

By Judah Ari Gross

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (R) and then Yamina MK Abir Kara present their plan to reduce the bureaucratic burden on small businesses, May 1, 2022. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

Ahead of early budget fight, Shaked plans to streamline small business regulations

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Expected to be signed into effect in 2 weeks, interior minister and MK Abir Kara’s amendment to Business Licensing Order eases up on bureaucratic requirements

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel visits the Museum of Antiquities in Gush Etzion, December 8, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)

Communications minister faces Haredi backlash after easing kosher phone rules

Reporter's Notebook

How US toy makers and publishers created an alternative Jewish universe

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Lego rabbis, Hasidic coloring books and teen books — minus the boyfriends — are just a few ways in which popular culture has been adapted for Haredi kids

In this file photo taken on January 09, 2012 Paris night celebrity, singer, actress and businesswoman Regine poses with a long Ted Lapidus skirt drawn by Erte with the famous "boa" at the Tajan galery in Paris. - Regine died at the age of 92, her granddaughter told AFP on May 1, 2022. (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP)

Obituary

Regine, legendary French-Jewish singer who ‘invented the discotheque,’ dies at 92

By Jean-Francois Guyot, Rana Moussaoui and Jurgen HECKER

The ‘queen of the night’ at one time ran a global nightclub empire but was better known in her homeland as an important singer-songwriter and an actress

In this undated image provided by the Jewish National Fund-USA, Dr. Morton Mower and his wife, Toby, pose for a picture. Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died at age 89. (Courtesy of Jewish National Fund-USA via AP)

Obituary

Morton Mower, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator, dies at 89

By AP

In addition to saving lives of many, US cardiologist also hailed as a prominent Jewish philanthropist and friend of Israel, where he visited weeks before his death

File: People at a beach in Tel Aviv watch a military airshow during Independence Day, on May 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Independence Day 2022

Where to see the Israeli Air Force’s annual Independence Day flyby

By Emanuel Fabian

Air force display and acrobatic airshows to take place Thursday from Tiberias in north, along Mediterranean coast, through Jerusalem, to IAF base in south – including Hebron flyby

Israelis watch a fireworks show during Israel's Independence Day celebrations after more than a year of coronavirus restrictions in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Tel Aviv joins cities scrapping Independence Day fireworks in nod to vets with PTSD

More Headlines

Facebook page of alleged Iranian operatives uncovered by the Shin Bet. (Shin Bet)

Iran used fake Facebook profile to gather intel on targets in Israel – Shin Bet

By Emanuel Fabian

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks on his cellphone during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, July 20, 2020. (John Thys, Pool Photo via AP)

Spain: Israeli spyware used to infect phones of PM, defense minister

Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir attends a flag parade near Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police investigating death threats against far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir

Illustrative: People outside a Shufersal supermarket in Safed on April 6, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Another recall: Shufersal says some of its biscuits contaminated with nylon

Young boys light smoke bombs as they celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Muslims around world mark Eid al-Fitr holiday under shadow of surging food prices

By MARIAM FAM, Niniek Karmini and KATHY GANNON

Group rides horse-drawn carriage through Kfar Masryk on April 30, 2022 (Screen grab)

‘Shabbat, the Jews are sleeping, let’s play’: Group arrested running wild in kibbutz

Police patrol on the Tel Aviv beach boardwalk on March 25, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

5 Chinese workers indicted for kidnapping Tel Aviv employer’s wife in wage dispute

The new Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Las Vegas, April 2022 (Video screenshot)

Powerful symbolism at new Holocaust memorial in Las Vegas

Screen capture from video of Israeli MMA fighter Natan Levy in his first UFC fight, Las Vegas, April 30 2022. (YouTube)

Israeli fighter secures his first victory in top-level UFC

People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court in connection with the war crime trial against Hamid Noury who is being questioned in Stockholm District Court, Stockholm, November 23, 2021 (Duygu GETIREN / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

Tehran summons Sweden’s envoy over war crimes trial of Iranian ex-official

By AFP

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