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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 26, 2022

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File - Mourners gather around the coffin of Iran's Revolutionary Guards colonel Sayyad Khodaei during a funeral procession at Imam Hussein square in the capital Tehran, on May 24, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

'It damages future cooperation'

Top MK: US leak saying Israel admits hit on Iran colonel may harm trust, isn’t true

By Lazar Berman

Ram Ben-Barak denies Israel took responsibility for Sunday’s killing in Tehran of IRGC’s Khodaei; Israeli officials believe American counterparts talked to New York Times

People walk past a banner showing Iran's Revolutionary Guard Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, prior to his funeral ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Israel said to tell US it killed IRGC officer, who was deputy head of covert unit

People walk past a giant Jerusalem Municipality flag hung across from the Old City on May 26, 2022, ahead of Jerusalem Day. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel warns Hamas that Jerusalem march will go ahead even at risk of violence — TV

Report says Gaza-ruling terror group also told not to fire rockets during Jerusalem Day on Sunday in message relayed by mediators

6:32 pm

IDF drone found after crashing in Lebanon; Military: No concern of leaked info
6:17 pm

IDF expects 1,500 rockets could be fired daily from Lebanon in war with Hezbollah
6:14 pm

Israel said due to 'sharpen' travel warnings over fears of Iranian revenge attack

Hundreds of right-wing activists waving flags attempt to attend a march through Jerusalem's Old City on April 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Minister Zandberg: March endangers Israelis and Palestinians

US Embassy bans employees from Old City during Jerusalem Day, and previous Friday

In warning ahead of contentious parade on Sunday, US government workers in Israel also ordered to stay away from Damascus Gate and keep out of Old City altogether after dark

Nationalist Israel Jews wave Israeli flags as they march outside the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City, on June 15, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

US pushing Israel to reroute controversial Jerusalem march away from Muslim Quarter

Police officers guard during the 'Flag March' at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police ramp up alert to top level ahead of contentious Jerusalem Flag March

Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, as reported by Channel 12 news, July 17, 2021. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Judge rules against Jews who prayed at Temple Mount, accepting state’s appeal

District Court says right to freedom of Jewish worship on holy site ‘is not absolute, and should be superseded by other interests’; earlier ruling angered PA, Hamas and Jordan

Hezbollah supporters wave flags in front of a poster showing the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount painted on an Israeli built border wall as they mark the twenty second anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 25, 2000, in Kfar Kila village, Southern Lebanon, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Ahead of Flag March, Hezbollah chief says Al-Aqsa violation ‘will blow apart region’

Making history with Jerusalem to benefit Israel’s most vital causes

In honor of Jerusalem Day 2022, an ambitious week of giving will be held in support of charities on the pulse of Jerusalem’s future.

Then-environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on March 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud opposes its own lawmaker’s bill to widen tax on plastic bags

Coalition rallies to support Gila Gamliel’s legislation, but falls a vote short after Ra’am chair accidentally votes against; Knesset advances 2 similar bills proposed by coalition

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Ysrael Beytenu party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Liberman said to be planning fresh economic cuts targeting Haredim

Illustrative: Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks with Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri during a meeting in Jerusalem, March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bill to expand tax on plastic bags divides Netanyahu-led opposition

Op-ed

Israel’s untenable political dysfunctionality exposed in a ridiculous Knesset battle

Our government strains to govern. Our opposition is unremittingly hostile — as opposed to constructively and pointedly critical. Meantime, external and internal challenges mount up

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a party meeting at the Knesset, on May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 26: Political minefield at West Bank settlement Homesh

Political reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn is debriefed on a crazy week before heading off to the Homesh hotspot; news editor Amy Spiro uses reality TV as a window into Israel’s reality

When do you take down the flag?

For generations, the blue and white that became our Israeli flag were a dream. And now it inspires us and shelters us… until we take it down for next year

The futility of seizing a Palestinian flag

The nationalistic symbolism draped over Shireen Abu Akleh’s death doesn’t change the political situation, and that is what actually warrants attention

Satellite image of the Parchin facility, April 2012 (AP/Institute for Science and International Security)

Engineer said killed in incident at Iran’s Parchin military facility

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Another employee injured at site that has been linked to country’s nuclear program and seen mysterious blasts in the past

Robert Malley, the Biden administration special envoy for Iran, testifies about the JCPOA during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, May 25, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

US envoy on Iran: Chances of new nuclear deal are ‘tenuous’

By Jacob Magid and AFP

Technicians work at the Iranian Arak heavy water reactor, 150 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, on December 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran said to have utilized confidential IAEA papers to cover up its nuclear activity

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, on May 19, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

US says it hasn’t been asked to help in probe of Al Jazeera reporter’s killing

By ToI Staff and AP

Israeli officials appear to dispute State Department spokesman’s remark, insisting they’ve invited US to participate in their inquiry

Arab-Israeli director Maha Haj poses during a photocall for the film "Mediterranean Fever" at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Israel-born director dedicates film at Cannes Festival to ‘assassinated’ reporter

By Tobias Siegal

Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh. (WAFA)

Top Abbas adviser al-Sheikh to lead PLO’s executive committee

By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff

Salvador Raimondo Ramos, 18, the gunman behind the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers. (Twitter/Screenshot)

Mother of 18-year-old Texas school shooter says he ‘wasn’t a violent person’

By ToI Staff and AP

‘He kept to himself; he didn’t have many friends,’ Adriana Reyes says of her son, rejecting reports of a violent history; Biden urges new limitations on guns

Onlookers say cops hesitated to charge into Texas school as massacre unfolded

By Jake Bleiberg, JIM VERTUNO and Elliot Spagat

Minutes before attack, Texas gunman wrote he shot grandmother, planned to kill kids

By Acacia Coronado and JIM VERTUNO

Jewish groups share horror over Texas shooting, but remain split on gun control

In Morocco, Israeli innovation minister hails ‘amazing’ opportunities ahead

By Ricky Ben-David

Orit Farkash-Hacohen signs wide-ranging agreement with counterpart to boost Israeli-Morocco cooperation in agri-tech, water management, food, AI

Israeli Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Orit Farkash-Hacohen (left) speaks with former Moroccan energy minister Amina Ben Khadra and SNC CEO Avi Hasson at the 'Connect to Innovate' conference organized by Start-Up Nation Central in Casablanca, Morocco, May 25, 2022. (SNC)

President Isaac Herzog addresses the assembly during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, on May 25, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

At Davos, Herzog issues sweeping call for ‘renewable Middle East’

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz to make delayed India visit next week, marking 30 years of security ties

By Emanuel Fabian

Tel Aviv's Habima square on March 28, 2022, designed by sculptor Dani Karavan (Courtesy Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

On Open Houses weekend, TLV honors Dani Karavan, site-specific sculpture pioneer

By Jessica Steinberg

Annual Batim Mibifnim architectural event, starting Thursday, marks first anniversary of award-winning artist’s death, with tours of his studio and his monumental public works

Tiran Island, in the Red Sea, Egypt, February 10, 2017. (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Senior US officials reportedly in Riyadh for talks on deal that’ll need Israeli nod

McGurk, Hochstein make covert trip in effort to finalize transfer of Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia; Israel hopes Riyadh will take steps toward normalization in tandem

Israel's Firqat Alnoor orchestra plays in front of the pyramids in Cairo as part of the Israeli Embassy's Independence Day celebrations in May 2022. (Screencapture/Kan)

Israeli orchestra performs in Egypt for the first time in 40 years

Israel Ogalbo and Mali Levi in 'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem from Yes Studios (Courtesy Nati Levi)

7 Ladino predecessors of Israeli show that's now on Netflix

‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ joins short list of TV and movie shows featuring Ladino

By Gabe Friedman

The language was spoken by Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire and North Africa who had fled the Spanish Inquisition; today, their descendants are seeking to reclaim it

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Travelers at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. April 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)

Amid wage dispute, Israelis abroad increasingly unable to get replacement passports

By Michael Horovitz

Isidore Zuckerbrod (left) and Renata Szyfner at the Wall of Honor in the Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem on May 25, 2022. (Yad Vashem)

Son of Holocaust survivors reunites with daughter of rescuer at Yad Vashem

Illustrative photo of buildings in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa, September 14, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

With fork, knife and scissors: Man indicted for ‘frenzied’ attack on Haifa passersby

By Michael Horovitz

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Ysrael Beytenu party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Finance minister seeks to penalize Ben-Gurion University for pro-Palestinian rally

Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on May 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF captures 105-kilogram drug shipment on Egypt border, arrests one

By Emanuel Fabian

The 'Wing of Zion,' the Israeli version of Air Force One, is seen above Ben Gurion Airport, on its first test flight, November 3, 2019. (Yoav Weiss/Israel Aerospace Industries)

Israel’s Air Force One being mothballed before even making first operational flight

An illustrative photo of the Jerusalem light rail passing through Shuafat. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

East Jerusalem man accused of planning to launch fireworks at light rail

Roman Abramovich, former owner of Chelsea, smiles following the team's victory during the UEFA Champions League in Porto, Portugal, on May 29, 2021. (Alexander Hassenstein/UEFA/Getty Images via JTA)

Sale of Chelsea FC by Russian-Israeli billionaire Abramovich okayed by Portugal

By AP

Lt. Rom Abergil is seen at a military court hearing, on January 27, 2022. (Screenshot/Ynet)

Military court increases sentence of IDF officer who secretly filmed female soldiers

By Emanuel Fabian

Israeli medics transfer a heart attack victim from an ambulance to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba (Photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)

Government advances long-dormant plans for new Beersheba hospital

Rep. Henry Cuellar speaks at a campaign event on May 4, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

In Texas Democratic primary, AIPAC-backed candidate claims victory

A protester stands outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, flanked by anti-Israel and antisemitic signs, in 2020. On Jan. 18, 2022, the Ann Arbor City Council formally condemned the weekly protests, which had been going on for 18 years. (Alex Sherman/Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

US Supreme Court rejects petitions against longtime Ann Arbor anti-Israel protesters

By Andrew Lapin

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