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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 7, 2022

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Oren Ben Yiftah, 37, who was killed in the terror attack in Elad on May 5, 2022 (Courtesy)

First Elad victim drove terrorists to city, officials say, as pair eludes manhunt

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Oren Ben Yiftah reportedly did not know two were in Israel illegally or had plans to attack people; police believe suspects still in Elad area inside Israel

Israeli forces secure the area of a terror attack in Elad, on May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hunt for terrorists in Elad attack expands to Arab communities, fence area — report

Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a meeting in Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Israel said to threaten Hamas chief Sinwar as calls for his head grow louder

Mediators reportedly warn of possible military moves against Gaza or terror leader himself in response to terror cheerleading; message apparently sent before Thursday attack

Tense Shabbat in Elad sees armed synagogue-goers as terror suspects elude capture

Pair who killed 3 on Thursday are thought to still be in area surrounding central Israeli city; thousands of police officers deployed nationwide, with focus on entertainment venues

The scene where three people were murdered in a terrorist attack in Elad, on May 6, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend funeral service in Elad for Yonatan Havakuk and Boaz Gol, killed the night before in a terrorist ax attack, on May 6, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

After deadly attack, chief rabbi urges synagogue-goers to bring guns

Israeli forces arrive at the scene of a terror attack in the central city of Elad, on May 5, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Officials expect terror wave to last all year — report

Security source tells Kan public broadcaster 66 attacks prevented since mid-March, over 500 suspects arrested, even as authorities struggle to crack down on violence

Israeli troops demolishing the home of a suspected terrorist in Silat al-Harithiya, on May 7, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF demolishes home of Homesh terror suspect; troops clash with Palestinians

Israelis protest at the Gush Etzion junction against Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's visit to US president Joe Biden and on what they claim to be the freeze on settlement development, on August 24, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Jordan: A 'flagrant and grave breach of international law'

US slams slated settlement approvals: ‘Deeply damages prospect for 2 state solution’

State Department spokeswoman expresses Biden administration’s ‘strong opposition’ hours after Israel announces plan to green-light 4,000 units for Jewish towns in West Bank

Palestinian Issa Abu Eram takes his flock of sheep out for the afternoon graze, in the West Bank Beduin community of Jinba, Masafer Yatta, on Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Jordan warns against eviction of Palestinians in South Hebron Hills area

By ToI Staff and AP

An Afghan woman waits to receives food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers order all women to cover head-to-toe in public

By AP

Decree, which calls for women to only show eyes and recommends wearing the head-to-toe burqa, confirms rights activists’ worst fears following group’s return to power

Supporters of President Donald Trump, including Aaron Mostofsky, right, who is identified in his arrest warrant, walk down the stairs outside the Senate Chamber in the US Capitol, in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Aaron Mostofsky, pelt-wearing son of a Jewish NY judge, jailed for January 6 role

By Michael Kunzelman

Mostofsky, one of most recognizable of those who stormed US Capitol, dressing as a caveman in fur pelts and a police bulletproof vest, will serve 8 months in prison

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, speaks about Twitter, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Marjorie Taylor Greene cleared to run for reelection after insurrection charges

By Kate Brumback

These Ukrainian refugee mothers inspire our synagogue

Ahead of Mothers Day in Italy, these 5 courageous women are a shining light of optimism in the face of difficulty, and hope in the face of uncertainty

Who may grieve over those murdered at Elad?

To those on the right who swoop down and pick at the carcasses of these poor victims for political gain – please just stop

In this September 21, 2016, file photo, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

EU suggests IRGC terror delisting compromise in attempt to save Iran nuke talks

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Bloc policy chief Borrell tells newspaper that overall US designation could be lifted, with the restrictions remaining on certain parts of the organization

Smoke rises after an alleged air strike in eastern Syria, on May 7, 2022. (Social media)

Syria says airstrikes target area where Iran-backed forces known to operate

State media doesn’t attribute alleged aerial assault near Deir Ezzor to any country; no immediate reports of casualties

A man and a girl who left a shelter in the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal walk to a bus escorted by Russian Army serviceman in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, on Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Dozens more Ukrainian civilians rescued from besieged Mariupol steel plant

By Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell

Russian and Ukrainian officials say evacuations to continue Sunday; Putin believed trying to complete conquest of strategic city ahead of May 9 World War II victory celebrations

Did New York Holocaust museum ban Florida Governor Ron DeSantis?

Museum denies it told Tikvah Fund, a think tank, that it could not hold event if Florida governor was to speak

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, on February 24, 2022, in Orlando, FL. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Analysis

Carrie Keller-Lynn

As the coalition teeters, UTJ appears to make its move, but it’s not what most think

Pundits speculate the Haredi party may be abandoning the opposition, but it says it’s sticking with the Likud-led bloc even as it appears to grow impatient with Netanyahu

UTJ leader MK Moshe Gafni speaks in the Knesset on September 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ari Kligman hopes to follow his older brother in being drafted into the MLB. (Courtesy of Marc Kligman/via JTA)

'We are not going to play on Shabbos'

Jewish MLB draft pick Elie Kligman’s younger brother could follow him to the majors

The 6-foot-2, 190-lb. Ari Kligman is only 20 months his brother’s junior. His 89-mph fastball just might make them the first-ever big-league Orthodox pitcher-catcher sibling duo

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A swastika on an antisemitism awareness billboard in New York City, May 5, 2022. (Courtesy/JewBelong)

NY police searching for person who sprayed swastika on Holocaust awareness ad

Damage is seen to a shrine, believed to be the burial place of Benjamin son of Jacob, following a fire near the city of Kfar Saba, on May 6, 2022. (Israel Police)

Jewish shrine near Kfar Saba damaged in fire, police say

Chelsea's owner Roman Abramovich, center, applauds after Chelsea were presented with the Premier League trophy after their English Premier League soccer match against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, on May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

LA Dodgers owner said to sign deal to buy Chelsea soccer team from Roman Abramovich

By ToI Staff and AFP

A tourist takes a selfie inside the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, on September 25, 2019. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA)

Photos of Holocaust sites blocked from Apple’s automated ‘Memories’ albums

By Cnaan Liphshiz

The scene in Kiryat Ata where a 62-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in the stairwell of a residential building, May 7, 2022. (Magen David Adom)

Woman, 62, stabbed to death in Kiryat Ata; son arrested on suspicion of murder

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the Field End Infant school, in South Ruislip, London, on May 6, 2022, following the local government elections. (Daniel Leal/Pool via AP)

UK Conservatives lose key strongholds in local vote as pressure mounts on Johnson

By Agencies and ToI Staff

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea tests suspected ballistic missile designed to be launched from submarine

By KIM TONG-HYUNG

A view shows the multi-million-dollar mega yacht Scheherazade (Rear C), docked at the Tuscan port of Marina di Carrara, Tuscany, on May 6, 2022, after its basin was reflooded (Federico Scoppa/AFP)

Italy impounds $700 million superyacht allegedly linked to Putin

By AFP

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