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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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Herzl Hajaj heckles Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as he addresses the Mount Herzl Memorial Day ceremony for terror victims on May 4, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Interior Minister Shaked told: 'You should be ashamed'

‘Traitor’: Bennett heckled by several bereaved relatives at Memorial Day event

PM called a ‘swindler,’ told to shut up, during lengthy disturbance at ceremony for terror victims; he says, ‘Beloved families, I hear your pain’; other families deplore disruption

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett places a wreath during the official Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on May 4, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

On Memorial Day, Bennett urges unity, warns ‘era of immunity’ over for terrorists

A ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, in Moshav Yashresh, on May 3, 2022. The sign reads "Yizkor" or "in memoriam." (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Memorial DayDivided Israel honors nation’s fallen as leaders look to heal wounds

Elizaveta Sherstuk, director of a Ukrainian Jewish organization in the town of Sumy, who is one of 12 people chosen to light torches to mark the start of Independence Day, in an undated photograph. (Jewish Distribution Committee)

Interview

She helped get hundreds to safety in Ukraine; now she lights a torch in Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross

Elizaveta Sherstuk was chosen to represent the Diaspora at Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony. ‘This is the acknowledgment of the importance of what we do’

Op-ed

Israel, heed the president’s plea for unity. Our future depends upon it

Herzog used his Memorial Day speech to implore the nation to heal its divisions. Anything else is a betrayal of the fallen, and a guarantee of disaster ahead

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)

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)

‘Arguments fall silent in cemeteries’: Herzog calls for unity in Memorial Day speech

President Isaac Herzog addresses the state ceremony for Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims, at Jerusalem's Western Wall, on May 3, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Speech‘Our sons and daughters who fell did not ask who was right-wing, who was left-wing’

Emergency Fund for Ukrainian Refugees

We provide daily accommodation & food to hundreds of refugees who are fleeing Ukraine. Help us help them!

Ukrainian volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps with their flags demonstrate their strength, during Ukrainian Volunteer Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Moscow: Israeli ‘mercenaries’ fighting with far-right Ukrainian unit

By AFP and ToI Staff

Leaning into incendiary claim that Jerusalem is backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kyiv, Russian Foreign Ministry alleges Israelis are ‘practically shoulder to shoulder’ with Azov Regiment

Red Army veterans and supporters march in Haifa for Victory Day, celebrating victory over the Nazi regime in World War II, on May 10, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)

Report: No foreign envoys invited to Israeli V-Day event due to Russia tensions

Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, addresses the media during a press conference at the embassy of the Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, February 11, 2022. (AP/Michael Sohn)

Exclusive'His statement is very close to justifying the Holocaust'

Top Zelensky aide: Lavrov shows Russia a threat to Jews, Israel can’t stay on fence

By Lazar Berman

Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak tells The Times of Israel that he expects Israel to be more pro-Ukrainian after Moscow insinuates Jews share blame for the Holocaust

Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at a joint press conference by Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu and Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)

Report: Zelensky received PR advice from Netanyahu aides

Smoke rises from the grounds of the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol on April 29, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andrey Borodulin/AFP)

Ukraine says Russia has launched ‘powerful assault’ on besieged Mariupol plant

File: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar (left), during a ceremony unveiling the memorial to members of the Jewish resistance in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, on June 4, 2019. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/AFP)

Russian chief rabbi: ‘It would be nice’ if Lavrov apologized for Hitler comments

By Cnaan Liphshiz

In rare internal criticism, Berel Lazar calls diplomat’s false claims of Nazi dictator’s Jewish roots ‘shocking’

In this photo provided by the Swedish Armed Forces on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, troops prepare in the Baltic Sea region. (Joel Thungren/Swedish Armed Forces/TT via AP)

‘We are against Nazism, they are not’: Russian campaign labels Swedes Nazis

By Michael Horovitz

No more miracles

I am no longer the starry-eyed immigrant to the miraculous modern Jewish state; 14 years ago, my teenaged son was killed by Hamas terrorists

Yochi Rappeport

Yom Hazikaron – Where are the women?

How can it be that women, who have fought and died for Israel by the thousands, are not allowed to participate in the country’s official Memorial Day service?

Benjamin Miller

My combat experience in the Yom Kippur War

The bravery of low-ranking soldiers committed to protecting their country and families was key in 1973 – but victory came at a terrible price

It’s not just Israelis hurting on Yom Hazikaron

Our annual joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony helps remind us that we are all slaves to this devastating cycle of bloodshed, and the only way out is together

Israel 1948: Vidal Sassoon in combat

Fighting for Israel’s independence was formative, leaving the legendary stylist with confidence, grim memories, and a commitment to Zionism and the Jewish people

I miss them. I will never forget them. I promise.

For Amir, Uzi, Avinoam, Danny, Dudu, Nachshon and Moshe, killed in 1973. And for Beno and Ami and Amatzia – Yom HaZikaron 2022/5782

The 'Roaring Lion' monument at Tel Hai in northern Israel commemorates the deaths of eight Jews, six men and two women, who were killed in late 1919 and early 1920 in clashes with local Arabs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Memorial Day

The hidden American history of one of Zionism’s foundational battles: Tel Hai

By Judah Ari Gross

Two of those killed in the 1920 clash were veterans of the American 39th Jewish Battalion, Jacob Tucker and William Scharff, but for years their roles, and even names, were unknown

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 4: Memorial Day in Israel; Russia doubles down on antisemitism

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman breaks down the ongoing debate in including terror victims on Memorial Day; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David sheds light on cool-tech

Live updates (closed)

Blinken to Israelis: ‘Our bonds are unshakeable; Yom Atzmaut sameach’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offers Independence Day congratulations, looks forward ‘to continuing our work to create a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous Middle East’

6:36 pm

State ceremony at Mount Herzl concludes
6:15 pm

Palestinian arrested after attempting to cross into Israel from Gaza
6:11 pm

Blinken to Israelis: 'Our bonds are unshakeable; Yom Atzmaut sameach'

Amir Hayek, Israel's ambassador to the UAE, speaks at a Memorial Day ceremony in Abu Dhabi, May 3, 2022. (Courtesy of the Israel Foreign Ministry Spokesperson)

Israel Memorial Day ceremony held in Abu Dhabi, in first for any Arab country

By Michael Horovitz

Event led by Amir Hayek, Israel’s ambassador to the UAE, who says he was brought to tears of ‘sadness, hope and emotion’

'I call you an angel because you really are one'

Officer slain in Bnei Brak attack honored across country for heroic sacrifice

Amir Khoury, 32, the last member of Israel’s security forces killed before Memorial Day, remembered by family, fiancee and others for giving own life to save others from terrorist

Samia Khoury cries at a makeshift memorial for her son, Amir Khoury, at the spot where he was killed while responding to a March 29 terror attack in Bnei Brak, in footage aired by Channel 12 news on May 3, 2022. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

A memorial event for ultra-Orthodox soldiers in Jerusalem on May 4, 2022. (Courtesy)

‘Haredi society no longer left behind’: Memorial held for ultra-Orthodox soldiers

By Emanuel Fabian

A memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2022, as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

Israelis, Palestinians observe annual joint memorial ceremony, watched by 200,000

By Aaron Boxerman

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides during his swearing-in ceremony as new ambassador to Israel, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

US envoy: I give Israel ‘a lot of credit’ for its handling of Jerusalem tensions

Tom Nides notes recent friction in capital, which included frequent clashes on Temple Mount, didn’t spiral into war with Gaza-ruling Hamas as it did last year

Palestinians chant slogans and wave Hamas flags after Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, hours after Israeli police clashed with protesters at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Hamas warns Israel ‘playing with fire’ as Temple Mount groups plan Thursday visit

By Aaron Boxerman

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

A flyer during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Brussels for Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian academic detained in Tehran, February 13, 2017. (DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP)

Iran set to execute jailed doctor accused of spying for Israel

By AFP

Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested in April 2016 while attending a conference in Tehran, then put on trial and sentenced to death in 2017

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By Nathan Jeffay

Omicron didn’t wipe out the previous variant, which is super-resilient and could reemerge with a vengeance, according to peer-reviewed study based on cutting-edge sewage monitoring

Family members visiting a family member at the coronavirus ward of Ziv Medical Center in the northern city of Safed on February 15, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

An arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 28, 2021, heads to a mandatory COVID test. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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By Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman

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Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg)

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, on May 3, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Leaked Supreme Court draft ignites abortion firestorm in Washington

A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, May 2, 2022 in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ExplainerUS Supreme Court leak brings Jewish views on abortion back to fore

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Gustavo Bassani as Yosi in the new Amazon Prime Video series, 'Yosi, the Regretful Spy,' walks in the rubble after the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association attack. (Courtesy Daniel Burman/ Amazon)

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The scene of a deadly crash near Kiryat Malachi on May 3, 2022. (Courtesy)

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Illustrative: Underground construction on the Red Line as part of the Tel Aviv Light Rail system, on September 13, 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Key parts of planned metro line in central Israel may be delayed to 2040

By Danielle Nagler

Lebanese people wave a Hezbollah flag as tankers carrying Iranian fuel arrive from Syria at al-Ain in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on September 16, 2021. (AFP)

NY jury set to begin deliberating in trial of man accused of spying for Hezbollah

By Larry Neumeister

Elisabeth Finch (R) appears as a nurse on an episode of the television series 'Grey's Anatomy' (screen capture: YouTube)

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ writer falsely claimed to lose friend in Tree of Life massacre

By Andrew Lapin

Republican Senate candidate JD Vance speaks to his supporters during an election night watch party, May 3, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

Trump-backed JD Vance beats Mandel, other contenders in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary

By AP and ToI Staff

The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City. (Screenshot/Emek Shaveh)

From the webPlans to spice up Jerusalem with attractions could upend city’s delicate balance

Framed extracts of French writer Louis-Ferdinand Celine's (portrait) correspondence displayed at the Gallimard gallery during the exhibition titled 'Celine, recovered manuscripts' in Paris, May 3, 2022. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)

Manuscript by famed pro-Nazi French author resurfaces after 78 years

By Hugues HONORE

Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing on March 3, 2021, examining the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in Washington, DC.(Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP)

Senator Feinstein says she’ll continue to serve after report of memory issues

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