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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 12, 2022

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The site in Jenin where journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (blurred) was seen fatally shot early on May 11, 2022, as a colleague looks on (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Live updates

TV: IDF probe focused on exchange of fire 150m from where Al Jazeera reporter killed

Report says Israel also asked Palestinian Authority for helmet Shireen Abu Akleh was wearing to analyze it, but was rebuffed

6:24 pm

UN calls for end to bombings of schools in Ukraine war
6:06 pm

House panel probing US Capitol riot subpoenas Kevin McCarthy, 4 other GOP lawmakers
5:38 pm

Israel expected to soon drop mask mandate on airplanes

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a ceremony for Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed amid clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF raid, in Ramallah on May 12, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Abbas says reporter’s death will go to the ICC so Israel doesn’t ‘go unpunished’

By Aaron Boxerman

PA leader tells thousands at memorial for Shireen Abu Akleh that he doesn’t trust Israel, won’t cooperate on probe; Israel urges joint investigation to find who fired fatal shot

In this undated photo provided by Al Jazeera Media Network, Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, stands next to a TV camera with the Old City of Jerusalem in the background. (Al Jazeera Media Network via AP)

Palestinians refuse joint Israeli probe into reporter’s death; won’t transfer bullet

Al Jazeera's Abdel Samad Nasser broadcasts a report before an image of his network colleague Shireen Abu Akleh at the Qatari news broadcaster's main headquarters in the capital Doha on May 11, 2022. Abu Akleh was shot dead during clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen as she covered an IDF raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp earlier in the day. (Karim Jaafar / AFP)

Muslim world slams Abu Akleh killing, but largely refrains from blaming Israel

By Lazar Berman

Op-ed

The narratives are set in the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. We need the truth

A veteran reporter was killed in the course of her work while clearly identified as ‘Press,’ How? Who by? Many of us think we can figure out the answers, but we don’t actually know

Shireen Abu Akleh reporting from the West Bank for Al Jazeera in an undated clip (Al Jazeera screenshot)

Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai attends the Jewish People's Lobby, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister on probe into reporter’s death: ‘Israel’s credibility not the highest’

Protesters hold candles and a photo of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while covering clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF raid in Jenin, in Haifa on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

US demands ‘immediate and thorough’ probe into journalist’s death in West Bank

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks from a military base in the West Bank, on May 11, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief says he regrets journalist’s death, still unclear who shot her

By Emanuel Fabian

Aviv Kohavi vows full investigation into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh; says ‘at this stage’ it’s impossible to know if Israeli troops or Palestinians fired fatal shot

In this undated photo provided by Al Jazeera Media Network, Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network, stands next to a TV camera with the Old City of Jerusalem in the background. (Al Jazeera Media Network via AP)

Shireen Abu Akleh remembered as one of Arab world’s leading journalists

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Palestinian protesters in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina clash with police during a protest condemning the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen, May 11, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Hundreds gather in Israeli cities to protest death of Al Jazeera reporter

By Tobias Siegal

This picture taken on May 10, 2022, shows construction work in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev, near Jerusalem. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

UN envoy: Decision 'further entrenches the occupation'

Israel authorizes plans for 4,427 West Bank settlement homes

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

More than half of units get final approval for construction; interior minister hails retroactive legalization of two outposts as a ‘celebration for the settlement movement’

A Palestinian boy walks while backdropped by his home village of Susiya in Area C of the West Bank on July 24, 2015. (AP/Nasser Nasser)

Israel to advance plans for 1,000 Palestinian homes in West Bank’s Area C – official

'There are Jews like me, like you'

Jewish Ukrainian soldier in besieged Mariupol plant asks Israel to rescue garrison

By Lazar Berman

Vitaliy Barabash says in Facebook video that there are other Jewish soldiers in the Azovstal complex; Ukrainian sources put the number at over 20

Jewish Ukrainian soldier Vitaliy “Benya” Barabash calls on Israel and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to rescue the garrison defending Mairupol's Azovstal steel plant from Russian forces, May 11, 2022 (screenshot)

The Sha'ar Ramon roadside inn. The trash midden is seen on the right next to the entrance gate. (Roy Galili)

Archaeology

Ancient trash a treasure in mapping first steps to globalization on Incense Route

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Sifting through refuse at roadside inns from 300 BCE to 300 CE uncovers ‘social archives’ that help explain the social and economic organization of the Nabatean caravan trade

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 12: Ra’am saves coalition, again, in thunderous Knesset session

The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; an action-packed day at the Knesset; and a Jewish organizational kerfuffle

MK Ayman Odeh (left), head of the Joint List, and MK Ahmad Tibi attend a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

‘Can’t work like this’: Right-wing coalition MKs object to Joint List cooperation

An Israeli woman uses her phone in front of a building in Herzliya that housed the NSO Group intelligence firm, August 28, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/File)

Opposition pushes through preliminary bill for probe into police spying

Illustrative image: A woman snores as her husband covers his ears (karenfoleyphotography via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli study: To save lives, doctors should ask post-menopausal women if they snore

By Nathan Jeffay

Doctors often don’t ask about snoring, and patients are embarrassed to raise issue, meaning many miss getting a diagnosis of sleep apnea, which can lead to illness and even death

Philip Handleman

The US armed Israel in ’73 – it must do the same for Ukraine today

The free world’s sole superpower is signaling weakness just as Russia renews its onslaught and commits more atrocities

Paint that cools buildings, concrete that absorbs water

The climate crisis demands we rethink the materials Israel builds with and innovate for global markets committed to cutting CO2 emissions

Analysis

Jacob Magid and Aaron Boxerman

Frustrated by his cautious approach, Palestinians lose faith in Biden

Officials in Ramallah appreciate US president’s restoration of two-state solution narrative, but not his refusal to reopen diplomatic missions or embrace Abbas

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 10, 2010. (AP/Bernat Armangue)

Israeli security at the scene of an attempted terror attack near the Temple Mount compound, in Jerusalem's Old City. May 11, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Palestinian shot after lunging at police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City

By Aaron Boxerman and Emanuel Fabian

Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank town of Rummanah, May 9, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF arrests 2 more Palestinians for allegedly aiding suspects in Elad terror attack

By Emanuel Fabian

This photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, and released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, shows the scene of damage by two missiles that allegedly struck the Iranian oil tanker Sabiti, at the Red Sea. (SHANA via AP)

IDF said to probe 1,200 troops without finding source of leaks on Iran ship sabotage

Massive investigation fails to establish who leaked info on strikes against 12 vessels, mostly carrying oil, reported last year by Wall Street Journal

Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmedreza Djalali is seen in Barcelona, Spain in 2014, before Iran sentenced Djalali to death for allegedly spying for Israel. (Vida Mehrannia via AP)

ExplainerWife of Swedish-Iranian facing death as ‘Mossad spy’ says Iran is ‘sacrificing’ him

By Isabel Debre

People hold placards during a rally in Paris for French citizen Benjamin Briere, a tourist who has been jailed in Iran for nearly two years, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

France says two of its citizens detained in Iran, calls for their immediate release

By AFP and ToI Staff

Volunteers load bodies of civilians killed in Bucha onto a truck to be taken to a morgue for investigation, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Addressing UN rights council, Ukraine says Russia inflicting ‘pure evil’

By AFP

Top rights body set to vote on draft resolution calling for probe into alleged war crimes by Moscow since invasion’s start, with a view to holding those responsible to account

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier sits inside a tank at a position near Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 9, 2022. (Felipe Dana/AP)

Ukraine says it will hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian soldier

By Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell

This file photo taken on February 24, 2022 shows Finland's President Sauli Niinistö (R) and Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin addressing a press conference on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Helsinki, Finland (Markku Ulander / Lehtikuva / AFP)

Finland’s leaders in favor of applying for NATO membership ‘without delay’

Shlomo Filber, former director-general of the Communications Ministry court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Judge questions state witness Filber over contradictory testimony at Netanyahu trial

Former communications ministry director says he may have misunderstood hand gesture made by Netanyahu, and that his testimony to police was possibly wrong

Jerusalem's proposed 'Burj Khalifa,' the Epstein Building. (AS + GG Architecture)

Jerusalem eyes its own Burj Khalifa as Israeli cities seek new heights

By Danielle Nagler

Architects are planning supertall buildings to dominate the skylines of tomorrow

Government must invest more in R&D to keep tech sector growing, warns new report

By Ricky Ben-David

Israeli construction tech unicorn hopes to transform home building

By Danielle Nagler

Israel’s StoreDot demos electric vehicle battery that can recharge in 10 minutes

By Ricky Ben-David

An invasive ring-necked parakeet in Israel. (Doron Hoffman, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)

89% of Israel’s ecosystems have declined in biodiversity, state comptroller says

Report, which says state has no strategic action plan for dealing with decline, coincides with battle between green organizations, environment minister over biodiversity bill

Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Israel to take part in world’s longest non-stop relay to highlight climate change

Neal Adams poses in his office in New York, April 14, 2008. (Nicholas Roberts/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)

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Remembering Neal Adams, a comic book legend who championed Holocaust awareness

By Rafael Medoff

Rabbi Elie Abadie says a blessing as he hosts a lunch for a Jewish business delegation at a villa that serves as a temporary synagogue for his congregation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Despite normalization with Israel, plans for Dubai synagogue at a standstill

By Isabel Debre

Fast-growing Jewish community is running up against series of hurdles in the Gulf, where non-Muslim practice is tightly controlled and permits for religious buildings are limited

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By Andrew Lapin

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Relative of top crime boss shot, seriously wounded in suspected hit

Photos of missing residents are posted at a makeshift memorial at the site of a collapsed building in Surfside, Florida, north of Miami Beach,on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Andrea SARCOS / AFP)

Lawyers say $997 million settlement reached for Southside condo collapse survivors

By Curt Anderson

Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, South Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

New Jersey man convicted of getting Hezbollah training, cleared of scouting targets

By Larry Neumeister

Illustrative: Police vehicles are parked on the grounds of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, January 24, 2022. (R.Priebe/Pr-Video/dpa via AP)

German police said to foil an attempted school ‘Nazi attack’ by teenager

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An elevator that crushed a worker to death at Jeruslaem's Vert Hotel, May 11, 2022. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services.)

Maintenance worker crushed to death by service elevator at Jerusalem hotel

Illustrative: Father holding his baby girl at home. (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)

Ministers push plan for more paid paternity leave to reduce wage gap

Men pray in front of the coffin of military solider Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Ali, who was killed in battle, during his funeral service, in Qalyubia province, Egypt, May 8, 2022. At least 11 Egyptian troops, including an officer, were killed May 7, 2022 in a militant attack on a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal, the military said. (AP Photo/Sayed Hassan)

Egyptian army says five soldiers killed by jihadists in northern Sinai

By AFP

Bronze medalist Or Sasson celebrates on the podium of the men's-over 100kg judo contest at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 12, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Double Olympic medal-winning Israeli judoka Or Sasson announces retirement

In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019 file photo, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol after he blocked a unanimous consent vote on a long-awaited $19 billion disaster aid bill in the chamber. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump endorses Thomas Massie, incumbent opposed by Republican Jewish Coalition

Kate Winslet arrives at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

From our partnerKate Winslet: My narration of Gaza movie with Hamas ties is not a stance on conflict

The Corps des ballet Dortmund Ballet brings its version of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" to the Israeli Opera stage in the 2022/2023 season (Courtesy Leszek Januszew)

Singing his praisesOde to Theodor Herzl to premiere at Israeli Opera

By Jessica Steinberg

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