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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) attends a press conference in Moscow on April 27, 2022 and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid addresses a press conference in Casablanca, on August 12, 2021. (Yuri KOCHETKOV / various sources / AFP)

'Current Israeli government supports Kyiv neo-Nazi regime'

Moscow, under fire for Hitler comments, says Israel backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Ukraine

Russia calls comments by Lapid ‘anti-historical,’ defends Lavrov’s suggestion the Nazi leader had Jewish blood, claiming some Jews in Holocaust did ‘absolutely monstrous deeds’

Lapid says Russian envoy subjected to ‘tough conversation’ over Lavrov comments

‘No words’: Zelensky looks for Israel to ice Russia ties over ‘Jewish Hitler’ claim

Israel: ‘Message made clear’ in rebuke of Russian envoy for Lavrov’s Hitler remarks

By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies

A Ukrainian soldier celebrates in a check point in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Israel reportedly leaning toward sending defensive military aid to Ukraine

Pope Francis delivers his speech during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope: Orban says Putin plans to end war by May 9, when Russia marks defeat of Nazis

By ToI Staff and AFP

From the blogs

What if remembering was an act of loneliness?

Suppose the killers of your son were never found and it was always Memorial Day for you – how would you comfort yourself on Yom HaZikaron?

Israelis wave flags outside Jerusalem's Old City on April 20, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

From The Hartman Institute

Israel’s National High Holidays

Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’atzmaut unite Israelis around a shared story, but they also highlight divisions. Tal Becker, Donniel Hartman and Elana Stein Hain discuss.

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 3: President on his ‘soft power’; Elite and the chocolate factory

Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses highlights from Herzog interview and health writer Nathan Jeffay analyzes the Strauss salmonella outbreak and a new blood bank

The world’s most protected blood bank, newly opened in Israel (courtesy of American Friends of Magen David Adam)

Israel opens world’s most protected blood bank, rocket-proof and underground

By Nathan Jeffay

Blood is a ‘strategic asset,’ so $135M. Magen David Adom facility has thick concrete walls and defense against missiles, biological and chemical attacks, earthquakes, cyberterror

Karina Andreiko, a 5-year-old Ukrainian girl, is about to undergo heart surgery by a team led by Dr. Sagi Assa, head of invasive pediatric cardiology, from the Save A Child's Heart non-profit organization, at the Wolfson Medical center in Holon, near Tel Aviv, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)

5-year-old Ukrainian girl receives lifesaving treatment in Israel

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

As Israel, US prep for Biden visit, second regional forum reportedly being weighed

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

US president expected in late June; according to Axios, White House looking to build on ties forged during March’s Negev Summit, though plans are not concrete

President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

In Independence Day letter to Herzog, Erdogan wishes Israel prosperity, well-being

By Lazar Berman

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi (L) and President Isaac Herzog (R) observe a moment of silence as a siren sounds at the state ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims, at Jerusalem's Western Wall, on May 3, 2022. (Video screenshot)

Live updates (closed)

Kohavi: The fallen won’t return home, but thanks to them many more will

IDF chief of staff thanks bereaved families during speech at Kotel ceremony; joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony pulls 1000 in Tel Aviv, dozens in Bethlehem suburb and 200K online

6:44 pm

'How long will it last': 1,000 in Tel Aviv, dozens in Beit Jala hold Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony
6:16 pm

Nides: I give Israel 'a lot of credit' for its handling of Jerusalem tensions
5:51 pm

Kohavi to bereaved families: Your loved ones won't return, but thanks to them many more will

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

An Israeli mother’s prayer before Memorial Day

They say that all Israeli mothers look at their children at some point knowing that we have to give them away

Dana Levinson Steiner

Millennial Jews are choosing between Israel and social acceptance

An alarming number of young, non-religious Jews say they’ve had to hide their identity because of the anti-Israel climate

IDF disabled veteran Itzik Saidyan. (Facebook)

Memorial Day

IDF vet who self-immolated: We remember fallen friends all year, not just on one day

PTSD sufferer Itzik Saidyan, who set himself on fire to protest neglect by authorities, releases audio clip on eve of Memorial Day, thanks public for support

Soldiers place Israeli national flags showing black sashes atop with the Hebrew word "Remembrance" on graves, at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 13, 2021, as they pay respects to fallen soldiers on Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day). (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Some bereaved families tell ‘terror supporting’ cabinet to stay away on Memorial Day

By Michael Horovitz

(L) Public Security Minister Omer Barlev (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90) and (R) Barak Sharabi (Courtesy)

Minister reveals classified details of 1984 Syria death of soldier under his command

On eve of Memorial Day, Barlev says in interview that death of Barak Sharabi, 21, ‘deep inside Syrian territory’ is among those he finds hardest; military censor later lifts gag

New Hope MK Sharren Haskel in the plenum hall of the Knesset, June 9, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

‘No absences’: Coalition gears up for battle on eve of Knesset reopening

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

All coalition MKs told they must be present for the summer session’s first three weeks, without exception; meanwhile, coalition lacks a whip and, potentially, Ra’am’s 4 votes

Idit Silman, then-head of the Arrangements Committee, leads a Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Silman publicly urges her friends in Yamina and New Hope to quit coalition

Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021, after meeting with President Reuven Rivlin for consultations on which lawmaker should form the next government. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judge, interior minister trade accusations amid complaint of alleged interference

Hamas armed wing calls killing of Vyacheslav Golev 'heroic'

Hamas claims deadly Ariel terror shooting, vows it ‘won’t be the last’

By Aaron Boxerman

The terror group has repeatedly praised, but rarely taken responsibility for, attacks against Israelis in recent years

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)

A Muslim worshiper wears a Hamas flag during a protest following Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

East Jerusalem sheikh indicted for inciting violence in Al-Aqsa Mosque speech

Screen capture from video of Khaled Abu Jaudah, whose son was convicted of killing an IDF solider in an terror attack, accosting the father of the victim at the Beersheba District Court, April 27, 2022. (Channel 12 News)

Father of convicted terrorist indicted for threatening victim’s father in court

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

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 )

Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Jewish man given 5-year sentence for assaulting Arab during 2021 Gaza war

Academic Amir Hetsroni in a debate on 'Online TV' in 2021. (YouTube screenshot)

Incendiary academic wounded by chair thrown at him on camera in Ashdod

High Hopes Lab's carbon capturing balloon. (Courtesy, High Hopes Lab)

Israeli balloon tipped as world’s 1st affordable, scalable method for carbon capture

High Hopes Lab, in central Israel, which captures frozen carbon 9 miles above Earth, aims to catch 1,000 metric tons per balloon per day, for less than $50 a ton

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

Security service says account had thousands of friends, mostly Israelis; it examined their willingness to harm targets, including Arab diplomats and businessmen

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel and Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Gaby Portnoy, director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 2, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Seeing hack attacks on the rise, Israel orders telecoms to erect ‘cyber Iron Dome’

By Tobias Siegal

Illustrative: View of a hospital patient food tray. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Food poisoning suspected as three die at Holon shelter for people with disabilities

A team sent by the Health Ministry to the Beit Dafna shelter finds severe deficiencies in the facility’s kitchen

View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)

Fire breaks out at Strauss-Elite factory shuttered over salmonella outbreak

By Michael Horovitz

'Tefila' features David Broza on guitar and vocals, the 25-voice Moran Choir from Israel, gospel singers from New York City, and, on bass, the Israeli-American Omer Avital, who also did the orchestrations. (Courtesy Temple Emanu-El/ via JTA)

Israeli musician David Broza helps NYC synagogue ‘re-envision’ Friday night services

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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Demonstrators gather outside of the US Supreme Court on May 2, 2022 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Bombshell opinion leak shows US Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade

By Mark Sherman and Zeke Miller

Mourners listen to the wife of former Meretz MK Ilan Gilon at the social activist's funeral in Kfar Saba, May 3, 2022 (Screen grab)

Funeral held for ex-Meretz MK Gilon: ‘He roared with all his might when he saw evil’

Demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, near the White House in Washington, June 1, 2020. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump pushed for opening fire on White House protesters, ex-Pentagon chief reveals

By AFP

This rendering provided by Lifang Vision Technology in May 2022 shows designs for the planned renovation of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, which on Oct. 27, 2018, was the scene of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. (Lifang Vision Technology via AP)

New design plans released for memorial at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt equates anti-Zionist rhetoric with antisemitism

Finnish metal band Swallow the Sun will return to perform on May 21, 2022 in Israel (Courtesy Jussi Portraits)

Woven into sorrowFinnish metal band Swallow the Sun to return to Israel

By David Sedley

'Jerusalem Cafe,' oil on canvas by Zavi Apfelbaum, part of her exhibit 'Light, Life and the Land - Scenes from Israel that opens May 3, 2022 at Teatro Paesana in Turin, Italy (Courtesy Zavi Apfelbaum)

Diplomacy on canvasArtist offers small glimpses of Israeli life in dreamy oil paintings

By Jessica Steinberg

Illustrative: This photo provided by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces shows the flag of the Islamic State and and bags taken from fighters who were arrested by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after IS militants attacked Gweiran Prison, in Hassakeh, northeast Syria, January 21, 2022 (Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, via AP, File)

Gantz designates 4 alleged IS fighters as foreign terrorists, per US request

Luisa Rubio, head of Wayra X, an innovation arm of Spanish telecom giant Telefonica. (Courtesy)

InterviewSpanish telecom giant Telefonica scouts Israeli startups for disruptive tech

By Ricky Ben-David

Then Memphis Grizzlies forward Omri Casspi in action during an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, December 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP/Matt Slocum)

Former Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi steps onto high-tech court as VC investor

By Ricky Ben-David

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