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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 31, 2022

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Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett showing documents he said prove Iran spied on the International Atomic Energy Agency, May 31, 2022. (Twitter)

‘The proof’: PM publishes seized papers he says show Iran spied on UN nuke watchdog

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Bennett rebuffs Iranian foreign minister’s claim that Tehran’s alleged IAEA spying operation is just ‘Zionist lies’; the documentary evidence ‘is here in my hands,’ he says

Illustrative: Iran's alleged atomic warehouse in Turquzabad, Tehran. (YouTube screenshot)

IAEA: Iran yet to clarify presence of nuclear material at undeclared sites

By AFP and ToI Staff

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)

Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile is now 18 times 2015 deal limit, UN watchdog says

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A general view of the Camlica Mosque, the largest mosque in Asia Minor, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 28, 2018. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel/ File)

Report: Israel directly warns 100 of its citizens to leave Turkey due to Iran threat

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Telephoned alerts come after National Security Council publishes dire travel advisory, as Israel braces for Tehran’s retaliation to assassination of senior IRGC officer

Five Israelis that Iran's Fars agency says could be targeted by the regime, May 29, 2022 (Courtesy)

Iranian outlet names five Israeli intel and tech experts as potential targets

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in background, July 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran ‘threatening maritime security,’ Blinken says, after seizure of Greek tankers

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing May 31: UAE & Israel sign free trade agreement; more Knesset chaos

Political correspondent Tal Schneider on the opposition’s united bloc; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on why teachers are striking for the wrong reason

Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai signs a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, Israel's first with an Arab country, May 31, 2022. From left to right: Ohad Cohen, director of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry, Israeli Ambassador to the UAE Amir Hayek, Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbibai, Emirati Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al-Marri, Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja, and Juma Al Kait, director of the Emirati Foreign Trade Administration (Anuj Taylor, Strap Studios)

Israel, UAE ink ‘groundbreaking’ free trade deal, in 1st with Arab state

By Ricky Ben-David

Former prime minister and current opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu during a court hearing in his trial, at the Jerusalem District Court, May 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court rejects prosecution’s request to amend Netanyahu indictment

Judges rule that altering alleged timing of meeting at heart of bribery accusation would be unfair to defense; they okay adding witnesses in Case 1000, dealing with illicit gifts

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett strolls with aide Naomi Sasson (right), whose resignation was announced on May 30, 2022. (Courtesy)

Bennett adviser resigns, third aide to quit in two weeks

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, on July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates (closed)

US insists it’s committed to reopening consulate after officials tell ToI otherwise

State Dept. spokesman does not deny issue put on backburner, but says Washington sees reopening as ‘an important way for our country to engage with Palestinians’

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7:41 pm

US confirms ToI report that it's urging Palestinians to share evidence from Abu Akleh probe with Israel
7:33 pm

US insists it's committed to reopening consulate after officials tell ToI otherwise

Reporter's notebook

Riding along on an NGO’s rescue mission in Ukraine, an exodus of the innocents

By Klara V. Lisinski

As battles raged around us, I joined a group of volunteers bringing supplies to the beleaguered villagers northeast of Kyiv and extracting those who wanted to flee

EU leaders ban most Russian oil imports in ‘maximum pressure’ to end Ukraine war

By David Stout and Julien Girault

Russian soldiers Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov, right, and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin attend their trial hearing in Kotelva, northeastern Ukraine, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Ukrainian court jails two Russian soldiers for 11 years for firing at civilians

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at his New Hope party's Monday faction meeting, May 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Lacking votes, coalition pulls bid to extend application of Israeli law to settlers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

‘Emergency situation’ existing since 1967 is set to expire at the end of June; despite supporting the measure ideologically, opposition parties are expected to vote against it

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at his Likud party's weekly Knesset faction meeting, May 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ideology aside: Right-wing opposition leaders vow to defeat all coalition bills

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Blue and White MK Michael Biton leads an Economic Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Renegade MK to resume voting with coalition after PM pledges to review reforms

Ori Hanan Weisberg

It’s not a few bad apples

As long as the very nice people of the moderate Religious Zionist community sanction the Flag March route, it remains an exercise in the humiliation of others

This blog won’t make the news

Suicide is scary and seems unsolvable, so we avoid reckoning with it. If we keep it up, we can expect to lose another 500 Israelis to this scourge each year

Backgammon and ambulances: How language opens doors

Broken Arabic got me 60% off my purchase. My one word of Russian broke the ice at a volunteer gig. And Hebrew paved my entrance into Israel. These are my stories

How Mount Sinai cures the ills of the Tower of Babel… and Facebook

Unprecedented technology, ready information, and mass communications are tearing our society apart. Shavuot provides an antidote to all that

The Kirya, IDF headquarters, seen from the Sarona Market in central Tel Aviv, on March 21, 2018. (Shai/Flash90)

Sirens blare in Tel Aviv, in what IDF says is a false alarm

Incident result of a ‘malfunction in the public announcement system used at the Kirya base,’ army says

Illustrative: Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in the village of Burqa in the northern West Bank, December 25, 2021. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

IDF: Troops open fire at Palestinian rioters in southern West Bank, striking one

Israeli soldiers carry out a raid in the town of Rummanah in the West Bank on May 8, 2022, at the home of a Palestinian accused of carrying out a fatal axe attack in the central city of Elad two days earlier. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

IDF issues demolition order for West Bank home of Elad terrorist

By Emanuel Fabian

Half of Jewish Israelis back prayer on Temple Mount, mostly to ‘prove sovereignty’

By Judah Ari Gross

40% of those polled are opposed, while the rest are unsure; survey comes as record numbers of Jews ascended to the esplanade on Jerusalem Day

Jewish religious nationalists wave an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount, May 29, 2022. (Screen grab)

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: No reason to fund Haredi institutions that teach ‘idleness’

Members of the far-right, anti-miscegenation group Lehava wave the organization's flag alongside Israeli flags during a march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City as part of Jerusalem Day on May 29, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

After extremism at march, Gantz weighs terror label for far-right La Familia, Lehava

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and Judah Ari Gross

PM hails Jerusalem Day flag parade as critical for maintaining Israeli ‘sovereignty and governance’ despite Hamas threats; Lapid says festivities tainted by extremists, racists

Chief Rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at the 'Besheva' group, on February 7, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

US nixes visa of Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, who’s been accused of racism – report

A woman kisses the head of Kozo Okamoto, the only surviving perpetrator of a 1972 massacre of 26 people in a terror attack carried out by members of the Japanese Red Army (JRA) at Israel's Lod airport, in Beirut on May 30, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

With last gunman, Palestinian terrorists in Beirut mark 50 years since Lod massacre

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Attack at airport, which killed 26, was one of the worst bloodbaths in Israel’s history; PFLP terror group members celebrate with last perpetrator, Kozo Okamoto

Dvir Sorek, 18, a yeshiva student who was stabbed to death outside a West Bank settlement on August 8, 2019. (Courtesy)

Hamas cell commander given life sentence for 2019 slaying of student

By Emanuel Fabian

Parliament meets to confirm Lebanon's new government at a Beirut theater known as the UNESCO palace so that parliament members could observe social distancing measures imposed over the coronavirus pandemic, September 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s newly elected and divided parliament holds first session

By Bassam Mroue

Pakistani-American Anila Ali gives a book to President Isaac Herzog during a rare trip by a Pakistani national to Israel in May. (Twitter)

Pakistani-American defends Israel visit amid criticism back home

By Munir Ahmed and Tia Goldenberg

Delegation prompts fierce outcry in Islamabad, with one participant getting fired from his job; Herzog says trip shows possibility of growing ties between Israel and Muslim world

After new district lines were finalized last weekend, multiple politicians are facing new challenges to be elected. These include (from left) Rep. Jerry Nadler, Rep. Mondaire Jones, State Senator Brad Hoyhlman, former Rep. Max Rose, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and Rep. Carolyn Maloney. (Courtesy/JTA)

5 ways New York’s Jews are affected by the new congressional district maps

'If you're scared, then don’t be a cop. Go flip burgers'

Uvalde locals fume at ‘inexperienced’ police chief who delayed killing gunman

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Jamie Stengle

Blame after mass school shooting being directed at Pete Arredondo, who grew up in Texas town and entered post last month pledging to prioritize communication and solution-finding

Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Law enforcement personnel stand outside a funeral home during a visitation for Amerie Garza, a 10-year-old victim who was killed in last week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Justice Department probe seeks to shed light on police time lapse in Uvalde shooting

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

People leave a funeral home after attending a visitation for Amerie Garza, a 10-year-old victim who was killed in last week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Uvalde students begin summer break by saying final goodbyes to slain classmates

By Adriana Gomez Licon

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Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teachers Union at a protest of Israeli teachers demanding better pay and working conditions in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

20,000 teachers protest in Tel Aviv for higher wages: ‘End the disrespect’

A woman talks to a friend from her apartment balcony, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jerusalem on March 31, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Virus czar: Compulsory quarantine for COVID-19 patients could end next month

A fire in the Peace Forest in Jerusalem on May 30, 2022. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)

Five hospitalized due to smoke inhalation from Jerusalem brush fire

The so-called "Judensau," or "Jew pig," sculpture is displayed on the facade of the town church in Wittenberg, Germany (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

German court mulls bid to remove antisemitic ‘Jew pig’ church sculpture

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Germany's Ballett Dortmund will perform in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa on June 8-14, 2022 (Courtesy Ballett Dortmund)

Bouncing backGermany’s Dortmund dancers in Israel after 2-year delay

By Jessica Steinberg

Iranians gather at the site where a ten-story building collapsed as rescue operations continue in the southwestern city of Abadan on May 24, 2022. (Tasnim News/AFP)

Death toll in Iran apartment building collapse rises to 34

By AFP

A visual representation of Bitcoin, at the 'Bitcoin Change' shop in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Hungary busts massive Israeli-led fraud and money laundering ring

By AFP

American businessman Todd Boehly attends the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Watford at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/ Alastair Grant)

Russian oligarch Abramovich completes sale of Chelsea soccer team to American tycoon

By Steven Griffiths

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler walks across the field during a game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 27, 2022. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Gabe Kapler, SF Giants’ manager, to skip pregame national anthem in protest

By PHILISSA CRAMER

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud speak to reporters at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 14, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Blinken, Saudi counterpart discuss efforts to extend Yemen truce, avoid oil spill

Medical staff at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital wear safety gear, as they work in the hospital's newly reopened COVID ward in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

Israel approves 19 programs for $30 million digital health initiative

By Ricky Ben-David

An aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, December 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

5 missiles hit Iraqi base, narrowly missing US-stationed soldiers

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