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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 5, 2022

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Israel celebrates 74th Independence Day with flyovers, barbecues and a Bible quiz

Bennett hails Israeli spirit to overcome adversity as tens of thousands flock to parks and nature reserves; IDF bases reopen for visits after coronavirus hiatus

Dvir Merzbach and Hillel Cohen square off in the final round of the annual International Bible Quiz on Israel's Independence Day, on May 5, 2022. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Israeli teens tie for 1st place in International Bible Quiz

An Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on May 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

With ‘quiet’ fireworks and calls for kinship, Israel kicks off 74th Independence Day

Interview

Tal Schneider and David Horovitz

Herzog to ToI on Israel at 74: Celebrate, unify, seize moment for regional dialogue

President hails ‘amazing’ achievements of ‘zestful’ Israelis, urges global Jewish unity while predicting further antisemitism surge, sees no prospect of permanent Palestinian deal

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

President Isaac Herzog speaks during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 74th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on May 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Heroines and heroes’: President honors 120 outstanding IDF soldiers and officers

By Emanuel Fabian

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)

Bereaved family groups deplore ‘extremist’ hecklers for politicizing memorials

Israeli police restrain a Palestinian amid clashes at the Temple Mount on May 5, 2022, as the Jerusalem holy site was reopened to non-Muslim visitors. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Palestinians, Israeli police clash as Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors

Scuffles break out after non-Muslims once again permitted to enter Jerusalem holy site following end of two-week Ramadan closure; 21 suspects arrested, two cops lightly hurt

Palestinians look at homes which were demolished by Israeli authorities in the West Bank village of Khalat Aldabe, south of Yatta, on June 17, 2019. (Wissam Hashlamon/Flash90)

High Court greenlights expulsion of 1,300 Palestinians from army firing zone

By Aaron Boxerman

A composite photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem, on Sunday, March 6, 2022; and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 12, 2022. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP; Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelensky calls Bennett to discuss Lavrov’s ‘scandalous’ Hitler comparison

By ToI Staff and AFP

Ukrainian leader says he has ‘fruitful’ talks with PM, updates him on war with Russia; earlier lamented world’s ‘weak’ response so far to Russia claim that Hitler had Jewish blood

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives for his meeting with US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 30, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelensky: With its Nazism claims, Russia ‘following same concept of Goebbels’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Analysis

Lavrov’s ‘Jewish Hitler’ comments are latest manifestation of an old, dangerous myth

Rumors about Nazi leader’s ancestry go back to the 1920s, but are dismissed by Holocaust scholars; plainly, the idea remains useful for some, including Putin

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looks on as he gives a press conference after meeting Ukraine's Foreign Minister for talks in Antalya, on March 10, 2022. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

‘Our ties are unbreakable’: Biden, world leaders share Independence Day messages

Canada’s Trudeau vows to ‘continue to oppose efforts to isolate Israel in international fora’; amid diplomatic spat, Putin says he is ‘confident’ in Russia-Israel relations

US President Joe Biden sends a video greeting to Israel to mark its 74th Independence Day on May 5, 2022. (Screenshot)

The commander of the Yamam police counter-terrorism unit lights a torch during the ceremony for Israel's 74th Independence Day at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hidden behind hat and mask, police counterterror chief lights Independence Day torch

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend an event for outstanding soldiers, as part of Israel's 74th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on May 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett: Never in a thousand years did I imagine leading this government

Illustrative: People watch fireworks during a show to mark Israel's 71st Independence Day in Jerusalem on May 8, 2019. For May 5, 2022's Independence Day, numerous municipalities scrapped fireworks displays out of concern for people with PTSD. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Analysis

The demise of fireworks: How PTSD awareness changed Israel’s Independence Day

Widely considered a ‘must’ for Israel’s birthday until now, fireworks canceled this year in many cities and towns out of respect for military veterans suffering from post-trauma

ToI Podcast

Daily Briefing May 5: On Independence Day, digging up the roots of Israeli society

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur takes time out from his family BBQ to elucidate what it was like for Jews the days before and after May 5, 1948

From the blogs

74 reasons to love Israel

From Yom Kippur bike-riding to sea turtles, the meditative power of the Negev and good-looking men, Krembos, hummus, wine, and how simply everyone helps everyone else

Susannah Schild

Seven quiet trails for Yom Ha’atzmaut

If you want to celebrate the birth of Israel out in nature, enjoying its beauty… and you also want to avoid the BBQing crowds, try one of these hikes

This is a Yom Ha’atzmaut post

Life here is deeply flawed, but bombs and inequality and poverty and all, it’s where I can be a Jew no matter what else I do, and there’s nowhere I’d rather be

Kenneth Jacobson

On Yom HaAtzmaut, celebrating the new era of normalization

As Arab states normalize relations with Israel, others continue to criticize the Jewish state, and in starker terms than ever

Irene Rabinowitz

Dawn’s child at 74

The Jewish state and I were born in the same year, but regardless of my focus on the news from Israel, it was not a given that I would make aliyah – until I did

Soldiers at the 74th Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on May 04, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel at 74: Economy shows resilience, though clouds loom large on the horizon

By Shoshanna Solomon

While Israel has weathered the past two years well, economically speaking, experts note areas of caution like flow of funds, inflation, housing prices, cost of living

This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections shows Frank Atwood, who was sentenced to death in the 1984 killing of 8-year-old Vicki Lynn Hoskinson in Pima County. The Arizona Supreme Court has set a deadline of July 21, 2021, for prosecutors to request a warrant that would trigger Atwood's execution. Atwood is among the first death row prisoners in Arizona to be eyed for execution since 2014. (Arizona Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Arizona offers gas chamber execution to ex-Jewish death row inmate

By AFP

Frank Atwood, sentenced to death in 1987 for murder of an 8-year-old girl, is son of Jewish woman who fled Austria; local Jewish community unsuccessfully appeals use of Zyklon-B

Staff Sergeant Barak Sharabi, a soldier in Sayeret Matkal who was killed in Syria in 1984, during his service (Courtesy Barak Sharabi memorial website)

Minister’s revelation shines new light on 1984 death of commando behind enemy lines

By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff

For years, the military would only say Barak Sharabi died in an unspecified operational incident; now new details have been revealed on the top-secret action in Syrian territory

In this photo taken from video, smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. (AP Photo)

Ukraine: Russia ‘trying to destroy’ last troops in besieged Mariupol steel plant

By AFP

Ukrainian military says Russian forces have renewed offensive on Azovstal facility as Moscow-announced ceasefire and humanitarian evacuations set to begin

Ukrainian soldiers stand on their armored personnel carrier, not far from the front-line with Russian troops, in Izium district, Kharkiv region, on April 18, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP)

US intelligence helped Ukraine target Russian generals — report

By AFP

Two women, lower right, look out a window after a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. Russian missile strikes targeted the city in western Ukraine, hitting electrical substations and disrupting power. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

By Jon Gambrell and Cara Anna

Demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

US Orthodox Jews prepare for balancing act ahead of reversal of abortion rights

Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups are getting ready for a potentially delicate political balancing act if Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

UN chief expresses ‘grave concern’ over Hezbollah’s arms ahead of Lebanese elections

Antonio Guterres calls for Iran-backed terror group to become ‘a solely civilian political party’ and demands ‘free, fair, transparent and inclusive’ vote for parliament on May 15

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech via video during a gathering to mark al-Quds Day in the southern suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut on April 29, 2022. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

A fluorescent imaging immunofluorescence of cancer cells in 2D with nuclei (specifically the DNA) in blue, cytoplasm (the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell) in red, and DNA damage foci in green. (Nicola Ferrari via iStock by Getty Images)

‘Bio’ food, precision oncology to take center stage at biomed summit in Tel Aviv

By Ricky Ben-David

Three-day annual conference, marking 20th year, brings together thousands of participants for newest innovations in medical and heath tech

Hadar students read a piece of text together. (Courtesy of Hadar/via JTA)

'Now there’s no stream of Judaism in which I fully fit in'

Who counts as a Jew? Pioneering yeshiva fumbles admissions criteria, renewing debate

By Jackie Hajdenberg

NY’s Hadar quickly removes erroneous language on website saying applicants should have two Jewish parents, but sparks heated conversation about egalitarianism and Jewish identity

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The Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Feuding Rahat families said to reconcile after shootings turn town into ‘Wild West’

Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair during the audience to the Participants to Plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General, on May 5, 2022, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)

Suffering from knee pain, Pope uses wheelchair in public for first time

By AFP

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

Truck driver in deadly wreck suspected of negligent homicide, recklessness — police

Dave Chappelle arrives at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, October 27, 2019. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Dave Chappelle tackled onstage during standup routine

Dutch Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven and Prince Pieter-Christiaan lay a flower during the National Military Remembrance Day at the Grebbeberg Military Field of Honor in Rhenen, on May 4, 2022. (Sem van der Wal/various sources/AFP)

In first, ‘Hatikva’ played at Dutch ceremony to honor nation’s fallen

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Weapons seized by security forces near al-Auja in the West Bank, after an alleged gun-smuggling over the border with Jordan on May 2, 2022. (Israel Police)

IDF, police seize 10 handguns from Palestinian gun smugglers in Jordan Valley

By Emanuel Fabian

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