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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 19, 2022

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Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi attends a Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs meeting, in the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud weighs trying next week to advance bill for elections

Meretz MK Rinawie Zoabi quits coalition, putting it in minority

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Aaron Boxerman

In letter to Bennett, Arab Israeli lawmaker says she ‘cannot support a coalition that harasses the Arabs’; Rinawie Zoabi had long bucked coalition line

From left to right: MK Yariv Levin, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and MK Miki Zohar at the Knesset on June 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition celebrates as coalition becomes minority: ‘No right to exist’

Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi. (Ariel Jerozolimski)

Live updates (closed)

After leaving coalition, Meretz MK says will vote her ‘conscience’ on new elections

But Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi also suggests she could back government ‘from the outside’ if it shifts policies: ‘The Arab public is fed up’

6:18 pm

Lapid and rebel Meretz MK speak, agree to meet Sunday
6:08 pm

US Congress approves new $40 billion aid package for Ukraine
5:41 pm

Coalition chiefs said pessimistic about government's survival after Meretz MK quits

People carry Israeli flags as they march during the annual Celebrate Israel Parade, June 3, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

'During COVID, we lost the streets'

‘A powerful, visible message’: 40,000 expected to march in New York’s Israel parade

Sunday’s annual event, canceled by pandemic since 2020, seeks to affirm support for Jewish state, bring together disparate community; top US and Israeli politicians to attend

State Representative Summer Lee, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania's 12th District US Congressional district, speaks to supporters before being endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 2022. (AP/ Rebecca Droke)

Pro-Israel groups see mixed results after pouring millions into Democratic primaries

(From left) Democratic representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts respond to remarks by US President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their 'broken' countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rashida Tlaib introduces resolution for US to formally recognize Palestinian Nakba

Celebrate Israel Parade together again!

JCRC-NY’s Celebrate Israel Parade is back LIVE on Sunday, May 22 at noon. Click here for more details

'We needed solutions. But shuttering it? That's a solution?'

Mount Meron festivities pass peacefully, but pilgrims gripe at new safety measures

By Judah Ari Gross

Police, organizers imposed strict limits on numbers of visitors to the Bar Yochai tomb complex for Lag B’Omer holiday after 45 people were trampled to death at last year’s event

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with the police as they try to enter the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron, during the Lag B'Omer holiday that commemorates the 2nd-century Jewish scholar's death, May 19, 2022. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

‘Extremists’ tear down barriers, clash with cops as Meron pilgrimage ends in chaos

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend Lag B'Omer celebrations in Meron on May 18, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Pilgrims return to Meron for downsized event, a year after crush that killed 45

By Michael Horovitz and Judah Ari Gross

Op-ed

Israel wants to be recognized as Jerusalem’s responsible sovereign. Tell the cops

The handling of Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral contradicted Israel’s claim to act as the capital’s wise and temperate authority. Those in charge have a lot to answer for

Israeli police confront mourners as they carry the casket of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, almost toppling it, outside Saint Joseph's Hospital during her funeral in Jerusalem, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

A mural of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on display, in Gaza City, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Military Police will not open probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s killing – report

People carry the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem, May 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pallbearer beaten at Abu Akleh’s funeral arrested, lawyer says

Leader of the opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Defying Netanyahu, Likud MKs want to back coalition bill on funding for IDF vets

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Government now plans public ‘roll call’ vote on scholarships, in bid to shame opposition into supporting troops; Likud chief says better to see coalition fail

Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi at the Knesset, May 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Yesh Atid lawmaker heckles Joint List MK, he repeatedly calls her ‘human scum’

Year after it drew Hamas rockets, Israel OKs J’lem Day flag march via Damascus Gate

By Tobias Siegal

Hamas launched 11-day war with Gaza during last year’s contentious parade; organizers thank Minister Barlev for approving route through Muslim Quarter; Gantz and Lapid said wary

Participants in the Flag March near Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

[Illustrative] Palestinian students supporting the Islamic Hamas movement wave national and movement flags as they attend a debate ahead of student council elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, on May 17, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

Hamas supporters celebrate student election win at top West Bank university

By AFP and ToI Staff

Palestinian students supporting the Hamas terror group wave flags as they attend a debate ahead of student council elections at Birzeit University on the outskirts of Ramallah in the West Bank, on May 17, 2022. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

Hamas wins landslide victory in student elections at flagship Birzeit University

By Aaron Boxerman

File: Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left) and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meet at the White House in Washington, May 19, 2022. (Shmulik Almany/GPO)

Gantz meets US national security chief for talks on Iran, Israel’s security

By Tobias Siegal

In Washington, defense minister emphasizes need to ‘work closely and prepare for any future scenario,’ amid reports Tehran advancing nuclear program

A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

US official: Israel ‘enthusiastic’ about Biden’s restoration of aid to Palestinians

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and US President Joe Biden. (composite image: AP, Flash90)

Report: US threatens visa waiver plan over planned entry restrictions to West Bank

By Tobias Siegal

Leader of the opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 19: Likud battles over IDF bill; change in Haredi community?

Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses parliamentary battles and negotiations; reporter Amy Spiro deep-dives into the aftermath of the Chaim Walder abuse scandal

Solidarity with Israel doesn’t mean we all agree

Jews everywhere can debate Israel’s policies, but we have a profound understanding of the important of a sovereign, independent Jewish state

Haviva Ner-David

Nakba: When independence is catastrophe

With deep listening and inner work, we heard testimony, bore witness, and began the healing that will allow us to move toward peace. It was a sacred encounter

Security forces help passengers and crew off Sabena flight 571, following its 1972 hijacking at Lod Airport (Ron Ilan/Israel Defense Forces Archive)

‘Mechanics are en route’: Defense Ministry releases logs from 1972 Sabena hijacking

By Emanuel Fabian

Military archive marks 50 years since ‘Operation Isotope’ when Sayeret Matkal commandos disguised as technicians stormed flight 571 to rescue passengers from Palestinian terrorists

Archaeology

Massive bust of illegal antiquities trade seizes 1,800 coins and ancient artifacts

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Man from central Israel suspected of smuggling thousands of priceless treasures abroad for years through an online store

ToI@10 event

Tickets here! J’lem, May 24: Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War tour

Join us for the first evening in our ToI@10 series: Author Matti Friedman in conversation with ToI’s David Horovitz at Jerusalem’s First Station — plus a Leonard Cohen cover band!

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and son Yair in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2020. (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

13 months in jail for man who tweeted about wanting to kill Netanyahu and his son

People ‘hiding behind a keyboard’ should ‘expect a harsh punishment and jail time,’ prosecution says of Asher Ben David

Unfinished construction of one of the three metal wall roadblocks encircling Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Ra'anana home, January 13, 2022. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

High Court slams state’s handling of construction at PM’s residences

By Michael Horovitz

A cloud of smoke is seen over the Gaza Strip, after the Iron Dome intercepted a drone, May 19, 2022 (screenshot: Twitter)

Iron Dome intercepts suspicious aircraft over Gaza — IDF

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says device didn’t enter Israeli airspace; unclear if it belonged to Palestinian terror groups

An IDF military outpost on the border between Israel and Lebanon, July 20, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Sirens blare in north as Israeli military accidentally fires at own drone

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Hezbollah supporters raise their fists and cheer, as they listens to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah through a giant screen during an election campaign, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah leader declares ‘big victory’ despite losing parliamentary majority

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Interview

Calling Obama administration ‘cowardly,’ Danny Danon releases book on UN tenure

In ‘Lion’s Den,’ veteran Likudnik writes on Russia’s surprising help at Turtle Bay, laments current Israeli coalition’s ‘inexperience’ at the top

In this photo from June 13, 2018, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks to the General Assembly before a vote to condemn Israeli actions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, at UN headquarters in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP)

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Family members and security guards clash at the Galilee Medical Center on May 18, 2022 (Screencapture/Channel 12)

Hospital staff attacked in northern Israel ahead of strike over mounting violence

Workers load packages of Israeli humanitarian aid for Ukraine onto El Al aircraft, at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on March 1, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

Health minister pledges to fly injured Ukrainians to Israel for medical care

By Michael Horovitz

Rina Schenfeld, Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino will perform 'Date' on May 19, 2022 (Courtesy PR)

It takes twoVeteran dancer Rena Schenfeld performs with 2 partners in ‘Date’

By Jessica Steinberg

Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin sits in the defendant's box at the opening of his trial on a charge of war crimes for having killed a civilian, in the Solomyansky district court in Kyiv on May 18, 2022. (AFP/Genya SAVILOV)

Facing wife of man he killed, Russian soldier on trial in Ukraine asks ‘forgiveness’

By Charlotte Plantive and Dmytro Gorshkov

Freshly harvested cannabis (iStock)

First-ever export of Israeli medical cannabis seeds heads to US

Israeli kickboxer Loai Sakas after winning the world championship in Turkey, May 18, 2022. (Israel Kickboxing Association)

Arab Israeli wins kickboxing world championship in Turkey, drapes himself in flag

Illustrative: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, April 24, 2021. (NASA via AP, File)

Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech

By Ricky Ben-David

Bees populate new high-tech beehives, part of the Beehome project, in Israel's Kibbutz Beit Haemek in the northern Galilee, on May 14, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Kibbutz employs new smart hive tech to keep its bees buzzing

By Alexandra Vardi

Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)

After 2-year delay, Shuly Rubin Schwartz inaugurated as JTS’s first woman chancellor

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A picture of a meeting between President Isaac Herzog and Jewish leaders in Jerusalem distributed by the President's Residence in December 2021, with faces of females blurred, as it appeared in Behadrei Haredim according to a lawsuit. (Courtesy: IRAC)

Female Jewish leaders sue Haredi news site for blurring their faces

By Tobias Siegal

Alon Kastiel at the Tel Aviv District court on July 23, 2018. (Flash90)

State prosecutors to appeal early release for serial sex offender Alon Kastiel

Illustrative: Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Wise guySacha Baron Cohen to helm ‘Chelm,’ a cartoon about a shtetl of fools

By Andrew Lapin

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