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What Matters Most On Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit in the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Smotrich tries to smooth over tensions

Likud: If Ben Gvir doesn’t like how Netanyahu runs government, he can leave

By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon

Angry response comes after far-right Otzma Yehudit announces boycott of Knesset votes to protest ‘feeble’ reaction to Gaza rockets; party leader Ben Gvir challenges PM to fire him

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours Lod, April 17, 2023. (Flash90)

Coalition tensions rise as Otzma Yehudit boycotts Knesset over ‘feeble’ Gaza response

Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza City on May 2, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

‘Enough excuses’: Coalition amps up pressure on PM for firm response to Gaza rockets

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the IDF's Northern Command headquarters on January 10, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu said blocking Gallant from visiting US until he gets an invite

TV says PM twice blocked defense minister from traveling to Washington and New York with White House so far holding back from inviting Netanyahu

6:22 pm

Amid judicial overhaul talks, Dermer meets with ex-Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak
6:05 pm

US, Germany announce progress in initiative to boost Holocaust education
5:46 pm

Dozens in Sderot protest weak military response to Gaza rockets

The site where a rocket fired from Gaza into southern Israel, hit and damaged a car in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, May 2, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hamas health ministry says civilian killed in strikes

IDF: Gaza terror groups fired 104 projectiles at Israel in daylong flare-up

By Emanuel Fabian

Spokesman says Iron Dome had 90% interception rate, military investigating rockets landing in Sderot, wounding three; army preparing for resumption of hostilities at any moment

An explosion in Gaza, May 2, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

Israel, Gaza terror groups agree to ceasefire after rockets, IDF response

By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike on May 2, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Sirens blare in south as IDF strikes Hamas sites in Gaza in response to rocket fire

By Emanuel Fabian

From Matan

What’s the difference between Shabbat and Yom Tov?

In this almost poetic episode with Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, we explore the spiritual and qualitative differences between Shabbat and the holidays in our religious lives.

Op-ed

A reminder from Gaza: Israel dare not be distracted or divided

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier on Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here. As of early Wednesday, rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel had halted, and a tense ceasefire had taken effect. This... Continue Reading

Israeli children look at a damaged car in the southern city of Sderot following rocket fire from Gaza on May 2, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli security forces and emergency personnel cordon off an area in the southern city of Sderot on May 2, 2023, following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Foreign national moderately hurt as Gazan terrorists launch rocket barrage on south

By Emanuel Fabian

Interview

From pre-state to present, political cartoons paint picture of a dynamic Israel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

New book uses the work of Israel’s leading editorial cartoonists, who hold the country’s leadership accountable through clever imagery and biting satire

The family of Lucy Dee, who was killed along with two of her daughters in a West Bank terror shooting, meet with the recipients of organs she donated, at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, May 2, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

‘Like I’m with her’: Terror victim Lucy Dee’s family visits recipients of her organs

A month after Palestinian terrorists killed Dee and 2 of her daughters, widower and surviving children use stethoscope to listen to her heartbeat inside woman who got transplant

Israeli troops demolish the home of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly stabbing and ramming attack last year, in the West Bank village of Hares on May 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF razes West Bank homes of terrorists who carried out deadly attacks last year

By Emanuel Fabian

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)

Netanyahu’s Haredi allies turn up heat, reiterate demand for military exemption law

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

UTJ minister Porush tells PM to go home if he can’t keep coalition deal vow to pass law before budget approval; fellow MK threatens party may avoid voting for crucial state budget

Construction of the new Tel Aviv Light Rail, the Red Line, Allenby station, in Tel Aviv, September 13, 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Regev aims to replace state company building Tel Aviv metro due to light rail delays

All earth to love: My father slowed the nuclear arms race

The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty he negotiated still stands, but it has too much lethal wiggle room when it comes to protecting what really matters

Sharing a bottle of arak for my father’s soul

All the men knew I was at minyan to mourn my dad; clearly, they were saying amen to my prayer in their hearts, if not aloud or consciously

Deputy speaker of Ukraine's parliament Olena Kondratiuk in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

'After WWII, Israel found Jewish kids from around the world'

Help us get our kids back from Russia, urges senior Ukraine lawmaker visiting Israel

By Lazar Berman

Deputy speaker of Kyiv’s parliament Olena Kondratiuk is leading a delegation stressing the need for Israeli expertise in early warning systems, shelters

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Gleb Nikitin, during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, May 3, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia claims it foiled drone attack aimed at killing Putin in Kremlin

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Says Iran response will see 'collapse' of Iron Dome defenses

Iran’s president threatens swift demise for Israel should it attack his country

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has warned that should Israel launch a direct military strike on his country, it would be overwhelmed by the immediate response and destroyed. “Iran's power today is within the country, and Iran's power in the region is of an unmistakable magnitude," said Raisi in... Continue Reading

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks with the Lebanese pro-Hezbollah news outlet Al Mayadeen in an interview aired May 2, 2023 (screenshot)

Raisi meets Assad on first visit to Syria by an Iranian president in 13 years

By Albert Aji and Kareem Chehayeb

Revolutionary Guard has taken over Iran’s economy, secret files said to show

2 killed as Revolutionary Guard base in Iran rocked by explosion

By AP

Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in the southern town of Tel Sheva on May 3, 2023 (police)

Amid spiraling crime wave, two more shot dead in 4th and 5th killings in a day

Several others injured; man stabbed to death in Holon; head of Arab community umbrella group accuses Ben Gvir and police of deliberate inaction

The scene where a man was shot dead near to Qalansawe, May 3, 2023. (Israel Police)

Three separate killings within hours as deadly crime wave continues

Justice Minister Yariv Levin meets with Haredi activists in Bnei Brak on April 30, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter)

‘Demonstrably false’: US pans Levin’s claim it’s cooperating with overhaul opponents

State Department dismisses accusations from justice minister, who said that statements from Biden officials prove administration is in sync with activists against judicial shakeup

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (L) arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023; Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023. (Flash90)

Coalition said weighing proposal to pick next 2 Supreme Court judges with Hayut’s OK

Inside Story

Republicans, Dems accuse each other of dissing Israel, as 2024 campaigns get going

WASHINGTON (JTA) — As the 2024 election gets into gear, both Republicans and Democrats are again using Israel as a wedge issue. A lot has changed in both countries since the last presidential election, but in the halls of Congress, the battle over Israel is playing out in familiar ways. Republicans have accused US President Joe Biden of snubbing Prime Minister... Continue Reading

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)

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks at a special session of the Knesset plenum, May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Chinese embassy lashes out at McCarthy for criticizing Beijing in his Knesset speech

Adidas sued in US over Kanye deal that was axed after antisemitic outbursts

By AFP

Torsten Ove, left, of the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Adam Reinherz of the PIttsburgh Jewish Chronicle confer on the first day of jury selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial, April 24, 2023. (Toby Tabachnick via JTA)

'What we're doing isn't common, but it just makes sense'

Jewish media, striking journalists unite to cover Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial

In an unusual collaboration, the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Jewish Chronicle have set aside their roles as competitors to better serve a community still shaken by trauma

German lawmaker Matthias Moosdorf campaigns for the right-wing populist AfD party in Zwckau, Germany on May 10, 2021. (Courtesy of Moosdorf)

2 lawmakers from Germany’s right-wing populist AfD party visit Yad Vashem

By Canaan Lidor

Defending visit, chairman of national Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem says the site is open to all and ‘does not engage’ with German party’s members

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, with EU counterpart Josep Borrell in Brussels, Belgium, on May 2, 2023. (Johanna Géron/Israel Embassy Brussels)

Foreign Minister Cohen buries hatchet with EU foreign policy czar Borrell

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Diplomats from Muslim countries serving in Israel and local Muslim leaders attend an iftar meal hosted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry April 2, 2023. (Sivan Shachor/GPO)

Gulf ambassadors skipped Foreign Ministry ‘iftar’ to send message – European official

By Lazar Berman

Automakers, including Daimler Truck are using the software platform developed by Israeli startup Foretellix for the the testing and verification of autonomous driving systems. (Courtesy)

Toyota, Nvidia invest in Israeli developer of testing tech for autonomous vehicles

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli mobility tech startup Foretellix raises $43 million from a Series C funding round, with participation of Volvo Group and other investors

A Palestinian man counts stacks of banknotes at a currency exchange counter in the West Bank city of Ramallah on October 5, 2021. (Abbas Momani/AFP)

World Bank warns outlook ‘bleak’ for Palestinian economy

By AFP and ToI Staff

More Headlines

Photos on porcelain decorated with the images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad are displayed in a souvenir shop in Damascus, Syria, on April 18, 2016. Political observers say Russia’s brazen Syria intervention emboldened Putin, giving him a renewed Middle East foothold and helped pave the way for his current attack on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Leaders of Russia, Iran, Syria not invited to King Charles III’s coronation – report

By ToI Staff and AP

A woman looks at a picture of Iranian reporters Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi posted on Twitter, in Nicosia on November 2, 2022. (Christina Assi/AFP)

Imprisoned Iranian journalists win top UN prize for exposing death of Mahsa Amini

By AP

The Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem, phhotographed on July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ombudsman: Consider removing unit probing police misconduct from prosecutor’s office

Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on October 22, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Contentious general once again left out of new IDF promotions

By Emanuel Fabian

Boris Palmer, the mayor of Germany's southwestern city of Tuebingen, is seen at a press event on May 17, 2022. (Bernd Wei'brod/dpa via AP)

German mayor takes ‘time out’ after repeated use of N-word

By AP

A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

US says COVID vaccine requirement for international travelers will end on May 11

By AFP

Israel Police officers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Former Premier League soccer player detained at airport over massive corruption probe

Iddo Gefen won the 2023 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. (Uri Barkat via JTA)

For 1st time, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author, translator

By Gabe Friedman

Ben Platt arrives at the premiere of 'Dear Evan Hansen' on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Jewish starBen Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for 'Parade' at New York City Center, November 1, 2022. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages via JTA)

High noteFlood of Tony nominations caps big year for Jewish Broadway

By Andrew Lapin

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