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What Matters Most On Saturday, May 13, 2023

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Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza toward Israel, with one apparent misfire, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

IDF: 1,234 rockets fired at Israel since start of fighting

Gazan working in Israel killed, another badly hurt by rocket hit; truce talks stall

By Emanuel Fabian

National security adviser says Israel not engaged in ceasefire negotiations, as Islamic Jihad vows to ramp up bombardment of Israeli cities after fresh airstrikes on Gaza

Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel. Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel, Islamic Jihad said to weigh ‘improved’ Egyptian offer for ceasefire in Gaza

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iyad al-Hassani (left), a top Islamic Jihad official in the group’s military council, in charge of its operations department. (Courtesy); Smoke rises above buildings after airstrikes by Israeli warplanes, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 12, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel kills another top Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City airstrike

By Emanuel Fabian

'There was a love between them that you don't see every day'

Woman killed by rocket was helping paralyzed husband reach shelter, says grandson

The woman killed in a rocket strike in Rehovot was named as 80-year-old Inga Avramyan, as her grandson said Saturday that she died as she tried to help her paralyzed husband reach shelter. Avramyan's husband Sergei had limited mobility after a car accident left him partially paralyzed and... Continue Reading

Police and rescue forces at the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza hit and damaged a house in Rehovot on May 11, 2023, killing resident Inga Avramyan. (Flash90)

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Organizers nix Saturday overhaul protests over Gaza threat; some vow to rally anyway

Leaders cancel demonstrations, including in Tel Aviv, due to concerns of possible rocket attacks; some groups will still march to Kaplan Street, others vow to protest in north

The Backstreet Boys performing in Rishon Lezion on April 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Orit Pnini)

Saturday’s Backstreet Boys concert in Israel canceled as conflict with Gaza drags on

By ToI Staff and Melanie Lidman

Shrapnel from a projectile in a parking lot in the southern city of Netivot, after terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket barrage at Israel, May 13, 2023. (Twitter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Live updates (closed)

Ceasefire appears to hold after brief rocket attacks from Gaza, IDF strikes

Israeli jets hit Islamic Jihad targets in Strip after central and southern towns come under fire post 10.p.m truce; national security adviser says ‘quiet will be met with quiet’

12:00 am

Palestinians in Gaza celebrate ceasefire announcement
11:03 pm

Sweden wins Eurovision, Israel's Noa Kirel finishes in 3rd place overall
11:01 pm

Roads shut near Gaza over fears of anti-tank missile attacks to open at 6.am. -- IDF

Judy Blume seen in the documentary 'Judy Blume Forever.' (Courtesy of Prime Video via JTA)

'I learned about boys, breasts, bras, religion, all of that'

Judy Blume is having a moment. Here’s why Jewish women love her work

The author of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ – newly adapted for the screen – crafts protagonists who deal with a range of teen issues as well as issues of Jewish identity

Evacuation diary: Fear of driving

We Gaza border kibbutzniks have been warmly welcomed in Nahariya, but I’m too old for this nonsense. I need my home

Alex Lazarus-Klein

Jews and Blacks came together after a mass shooting. What took so long?

The May 14, 2022 killings felt far away to some Jews in Buffalo, NY even though the attack happened just down the road

A rare Mediterranean monk seal, later named Yulia, resting on a beach in central Israel, May 13, 2023. (Guy Levian/Nature and Parks Authority)

Sealwatch

In first, endangered seal snoozes on central Israeli shore

By Michael Horovitz

Nature and Park Authority volunteers arrive to guard rare Mediterranean Monk Seal, urge public to keep distance until she returns to sea

In Sussita, a marble pillar lies next to a platform that likely once held a statue donated by a prosperous couple who moved to Caesarea. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Israel Travels

Revamped as a national park, ancient Sussita’s rich history is even more accessible

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Settled 2,200 years ago and razed in an earthquake in 740 CE, the Golan Heights site changed hands numerous times over the years. It is now easier to reach for intrepid visitors

Drag acts perform during the second semi final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP/Martin Meissner)

Explainer

It’s Eurovision time: Here’s how the contest works and who to watch for

By Jill Lawless

67th annual song contest’s grand finale to be broadcast live from Liverpool on Saturday night; 26 acts including Israel’s Noa Kirel to compete; Sweden and Finland among favorites

Noa Kirel of Israel performs during the first semifinal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Eurovision 2023Israel’s Noa Kirel rides ‘Unicorn’ to Eurovision grand final

Trailing in polls, Erdogan vows to respect democracy if he loses Sunday’s election

By Fulya Ozerkan

Turkey’s president, who has held the post since 2014, is fighting for his political life against an energized, unified opposition

Analysis

Amir Bar Shalom

Israel needs a new policy to push Hamas out of its comfort zone

Amid the hostilities between Israel and Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the advice of the security establishment, issued a clear directive to ministers: Keep Hamas out of your rhetoric. Up until Friday, only two ministers broke ranks: Energy Minister Israel Katz, a Likud MK who reportedly got a scolding as a result, and Finance... Continue Reading

Hamas terrorists in Gaza City on December 10, 2022. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, right, during the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

S&P affirms Israel’s credit rating, warns of ‘persistent’ domestic, regional risks

Ratings agency says economic growth to slow to 1.5% in 2023; In reported talks with S&P representatives ahead of decision, Netanyahu vowed overhaul would not pass in original form

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Rayburn Room at the Capitol Building in Washington, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Only Republicans speak at ‘bipartisan’ Israel gathering to replace Tlaib’s event

Prominent pro-Israel Democratic lawmakers not invited to McCarthy’s discussions after US House speaker reserved space Democratic congresswoman wanted to use for Nakba meeting

Inbar Lanir poses with her gold medal after winning the World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Israel’s Inbar Lanir wins gold at World Judo Championships in Qatar

Judoka becomes Israel’s 3rd world champion, dedicates her win to those under rocket fire

Palestinian firefighters clean blood stains at the site where two Palestinian gunmen where killed during an Israeli army raid in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Two Palestinian gunmen killed as IDF raids hideout apartment in West Bank’s Nablus

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says troops detonate several primed explosives at Balata refugee camp residence, used by terror operatives planning attacks; no soldiers hurt in clash

Illustrative: Police at the scene of an apparent criminal shooting at the Re'im Parking Lot, near the border with the Gaza Strip, December 24, 2022. (Israel Police)

2 killed by gunfire in Nazareth, Kafr Manda amid soaring crimewave

Nazareth shooting thought linked to feud between criminal organizations; man in his 20s killed in Kafr Manda, 77 members of Arab community killed in violence since start of year

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Eliane Karp, left, with her husband, former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, at a convention in Dublin, Ireland, October 16, 2014. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images via JTA)

Jewish former first lady of Peru flees to Israel after extradition request

By Jacob Kessler

Film festivalSingers, eco-activists, designer dreams: True tales at 25th Docaviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Third from left is Israel Talpaz, cofounder and CEO of SeeTree, April 28, 2023. (NYSE)

Company that offers farmers intel on trees adapts tech to measure carbon absorption

Screen capture from video of what the US Navy's 5th fleet said was a 'unsafe' encounter with Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, June 20, 2022. (YouTube)

US to send reinforcements to Gulf after increased Iranian threat to shipping

By AFP

A mother hugs her son in front of a memorial at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2019. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Pittsburgh Jewish community tracks jump in hate speech amid synagogue massacre trial

A woman holds a photo of Benjamin Briere, a captive of Iran, during a rally in Paris, France, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)

France says 2 citizens freed from Iranian prison, on way to Paris

By Elaine Ganley

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