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What Matters Most On Monday, May 1, 2023

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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (L), in Israel at the head of a bipartisan delegation, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, May 1, 2023 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

Close US-Israel ties make world safer, House leader tells Netanyahu

By Lazar Berman

Kevin McCarthy meets with president and prime minister before heading to Knesset for special session

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks in the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 30, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

US House Speaker McCarthy: If Biden doesn’t invite Netanyahu to DC soon, I will

US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (right) arrives in Israel and is greeted by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, April 30, 2023. (Noam Moshkovich/ Knesset Press Office)

Ahead of Knesset address, US House Speaker McCarthy calls Israel ‘blessed nation’

By Lazar Berman

Bara'ah Jaber Masarwa (right) and her sons Amir and Adam, murdered overnight in Taibe on May 1, 2023. (Courtesy)

Mother and two baby sons found stabbed to death in Taibe

Husband arrested on suspicion of killing Bara’ah Jaber Masarwa, 26, and two sons, Amir, 2, Adam, 6 months, in grisly overnight slaying, amid ongoing rash of deadly violence

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Homicides in first 4 months under Ben Gvir double the same period in 2022

Illustrative: Israelis practice shooting handguns at the Olympic Shooting Range in Hertzliya, October 18, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90/File)

Ben Gvir moves to ease gun bureaucracy in bid to arm civilians against crime, terror

The “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with a battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans, in a marble sarcophagus from 251/252 CE. (Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Archaeology'The Romans respected the demands of some Jewish holidays'

Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds

By Melanie Lidman

High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire’s army

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File: US President Joe Biden meets then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. At left is Secretary of State Antony Blinken; 2nd-left is US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides. (GPO)

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White House reiterates Netanyahu to get invite but visit not currently planned

Comments by administration spokesman come after US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged to host Israeli PM at Congress if Biden doesn’t soon extend invitation

6:20 pm

Jewish politician files for congressional run against George Santos in New York
6:05 pm

White House reiterates Netanyahu to get invite but visit not currently planned
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Palestinian boy killed by lion at private zoo in Gaza

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) at a dinner with Haredi activists, May 1, 2023. (Walla screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Levin accuses US administration of cooperating with judicial overhaul opponents

By Michael Horovitz

In closed-door remarks, justice minister acknowledges US officials’ anti-overhaul stances are heartfelt; adds he’s at a disadvantage due to alleged media support for judiciary

President Isaac Herzog attends a ceremony in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

After Levin’s speech against High Court, Herzog asks officials to ‘restrain remarks’

Israelis protest Communication Minister Shlomo Karhi's appearance at a libertarian conference in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

Anti-government protesters interrupt Karhi, Rothman at libertarian confab

By Michael Horovitz

The path to regime change in Iran runs through Reza Pahlavi

All the West’s other approaches have failed. The Shah’s exiled son offers the best hope for a peaceful transition to a free Iran

Menachem Bombach

A Haredi call for compromise between religious and secular

As we await Israel’s future Haredi majority, we must commit to dialogue among all citizens to determine the common ground we share

No country can afford global isolation, not even Israel

If Israel’s policymakers won’t listen to feedback from world leaders, they should at least heed the rapid ’relocation’ of their own citizens

Tomorrow I will be so far away: Like a wildflower

The idea of leaving the kibbutz felt like a colossal failure, like the breaking of a marriage – this song got me through it

Archaeology'We're taking advantage of an intersection of opportunities'

Abraham Accords allow Israelis to excavate two huge ‘genizas’ found in rural Morocco

By Melanie Lidman

Normalization lets Israeli researchers formalize ties with Moroccan experts to investigate remnants of Jewish life – with aid of Israelis who once lived in those abandoned villages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MKs Yisrael Eichler, center and Meir Porush in the Knesset, January 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

Haredi parties said to back down from demand to pass IDF draft law before budget

Shas, UTJ reportedly acquiesce to Netanyahu’s request to wait on highly contentious legislation, but leading rabbis must sign off

Illustrative: Newborn babies at the English Mission Hospital, in Nazareth, October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

High Court ends Orthodox monopoly on conversion of non-Jewish kids up for adoption

Then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-defense minister Benny Gantz in September 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi, Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

National Unity continues to outpoll Likud, and Gantz still favored over Netanyahu

Judge Khaled Kabub at the Tel Aviv District Court, November 13, 2014. (Flash90/File)

Supreme Court justice’s remark on lack of ‘violence’ in rape case sparks outrage

Association of Rape Crisis Centers files complaint against Khaled Kabub for releasing a rape suspect from custody due to ‘no significant use of physical violence’

Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Flash 90)

Four mayors arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from garbage disposal company

Ahmed al-Mansoori, director of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, shows visitors around the Holocaust Gallery, in Dubai on January 11, 2023. (Karim Sahib/ AFP)

Yeshiva University to hold 1st of its kind Jewish studies conference in UAE

New York Modern Orthodox college will partner with Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Humanities in Dubai, as Gulf state boosts Jewish education programs following Abraham Accords

Foreign ministers of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt meet in Amman on May 1, 2023, to discuss Syria's long-running conflict. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Arab diplomats meet in Amman to discuss rapprochement with Syria

In this photo released by KhabarOnline News Agency on September 18, 2019, Ali Reza Akbari speaks in an interview. (KhabarOnline News Agency via AP, File)

Report: Israel got intel on Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program from executed spy

By ToI Staff and Agencies

NY Times says UK told Israel about nuclear activity at Fordo based on info from Ali Reza Akbari, who was hanged in January; Russia assisted Tehran in identifying source of leak

Illustrative: An Iranian police officer walks at Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, February 25, 2019. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iranian senior police official reportedly shot dead inside his car

Counter-protesters at a planned neo-Nazi demonstration in Ormond Beach, Florida, thank Volusia County Sheriff Michael Chitwood 'for standing against antisemitism,' April 22, 2023. Chitwood has had white supremacists who have threatened him online arrested and extradited to his county. (Nadia Zomorodian, courtesy of Volusia County Sheriff via JTA)

'This sheriff is not like all the others'

A Florida sheriff is on the warpath against neo-Nazi ‘scumbags’ who want him dead

By Andrew Lapin

Mike Chitwood says he’s coming after the Goyim Defense League, one of the most prominent antisemitic organizations in the US, after its leaders move to his area

NYC council okays annual ‘End Jew Hatred Day,’ though some object

Berlin police ban pro-Hamas signs, lsrael flag burning during May Day rallies

By Lazar Berman

A Palestinian man after being allegedly beaten by Israeli settlers on April 30, 2023. (via WAFA)

Settlers accused of beating Palestinians in northern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Two men require hospitalization after attack near town of Burqa north of Nablus, allegedly by group from nearby illegal settlement of Homesh; shepherd also reportedly assaulted

Israeli military vehciles are seen in the West Bank city of Jericho, May 1, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Palestinian teen killed, six others hurt during IDF raid near Jericho

By Emanuel Fabian

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The Asi Stream at Kibbutz Nir David. (Shlomi Mishali, Pikiwiki Israel, Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5)

After long battle, plan announced for public access to scenic kibbutz stream

By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes

Illustrative photo of carbon emissions from a power plant. (YouTube screenshot)

Climate bill delayed as Energy Ministry argues it should head panel on emission cuts

File: People shop for dairy products at the Shufersal Deal supermarket in Katzrin, on November 28, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Dairy prices to rise by 9%, with further hikes for next 3 years

Cost of basic milk and cheese products had been set to rise by 16%, but last-minute agreement slows process; prices to rise by 3% each May until 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), alongside Education Minister Yoav Kisch (center) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a press conference, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2023. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Government announces plans to ease costs for parents of kids aged 0-3

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An IDF officer with the rank of major is seen participating in a protest in support of the judicial overhaul in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12 news; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF officer ousted from his position for attending pro-overhaul rally in uniform

By Emanuel Fabian

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (left), receives the Champion of Global Human Health Award from Professor Yitshak Kreiss, director general of Sheba Medical Center, Washington, April 30, 2023. (Ron Sachs/CNP)

Sheba Medical Center presents Dr. Anthony Fauci with award for COVID cooperation

By Renee Ghert-Zand

The body of a 59-year-old man on board an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Bangkok May 1, 2023. (ZAKA)

Israeli man dies on El Al flight to Thailand

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: Israeli passports in Jerusalem, January 18, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Battling backlog, Interior Ministry to open up passport services without appointments

IAF T-6 Texan II planes fly over Tel Aviv while performing during an air show as part of Independence Day celebrations on April 26, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Air Force training plane slightly damaged during emergency landing after malfunction

By Emanuel Fabian

Mykhayl Shulha, center, cries next to the coffin of his sister Sofia Shulha during a funeral prayer in Uman, central Ukraine, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

23 killed in Uman missile attack, including 6 children, laid to rest

The scene of a deadly crane collapse on Reines Street in Tel Aviv on May 1, 2023 (Magen David Adom)

Construction worker killed in Tel Aviv crane collapse

File: A pedestrian walks past a First Republic Bank in San Francisco on April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US seizes assets of First Republic Bank, third to collapse in 2 months

The scene of a fire in Kafr Qasim, May 1, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Services)

Palestinian man dies in blaze in Arab Israeli city of Kafr Qasim

By Michael Horovitz

Hope Carrasquilla, the former Dean of the Tallahassee Classical School, Florida (right) with Cecilie Hollberg, director of Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia museum looking at Michelangelo Buonarroti's colossal marble statue "David," in Florence, central Italy, April 28, 2023. (Guido Cozzi/Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze via AP)

Ex-US principal visits ‘David’ after being forced out for showing statue to pupils

By AP

A Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Urum al-Jawz, in Idlib province, Syria, October 20, 2020. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)

Islamic State leader in Syria killed in Turkish raid — Erdogan

By AFP

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana plays Hotel California during a reception at the Knesset in Jerusalem for US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, April 30, 2023. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

What a nice surpriseOhana shreds ‘Hotel California’ on electric guitar for McCarthy

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