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What Matters Most On Monday, May 15, 2023

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Hizky Sivak of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is taken out by Knesset guards from a Finance Committee meeting and a vote on the Arnona Fund at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lawmakers scuffle in Knesset over municipal tax plan as Arab communities join strike

Smotrich looking to compel cities to end strike that has shuttered schools and services in dozens of towns; Labor MK threatens to go to court, says move discriminates against Arabs

View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)

Several major municipalities strike over coalition plan to redistribute local taxes

Federation of Local Authorities chair and mayor of Modiin Haim Bibas speaks at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on May 14, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Mayors call sweeping strike Monday to protest being forced to share municipal taxes

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study in the Lithuanian Slabodka yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, July 8, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Cabinet approves NIS 13.7b in state funds to meet Haredi coalition demands

By Sharon Wrobel

Disbursements include NIS 3.7b to ultra-Orthodox yeshivas; Treasury warns spending disincentivizes Haredi labor and could lead to huge losses in GDP, higher taxes

View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)

Strauss announces price hikes of up to 6% on coffee, snacks and olive oil

Religious Zionist party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset plenum, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ben Gvir says party opposes budget over lack of funds ‘to Judaize Negev and Galilee’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a UN event commemorating the Palestinian 'Nakba,' in New York, May 15, 2023. (Screenshot: UN; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

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At Nakba event, PA leader likens Israel to Nazis, says it ought to be ousted from UN

By Michael Bachner

Mahmoud Abbas claims Israel joined UN on condition of Palestinian statehood, right of return; says US, UK founded state to ‘get rid of their Jews’; adds Israel lies ‘like Goebbels’

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Municipal strike to continue until Thursday, but schools resume tomorrow
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Likening Israel to Nazis, Palestinian leader Abbas says country lies 'like Goebbels'

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In this handout photo, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with senior Palestinian officials, including leaders of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups, in the Syrian capital Damascus on May 4, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office)

Hamas gave sanctuary to Islamic Jihad leaders during 5-day Gaza operation — report

Gaza terror group didn’t directly join fighting, but reportedly offered support after Israel launched offensive; Iran said to offer PIJ $5 million for every day of fighting

A rocket is fired from Gaza City towards Israel, on May 10, 2023. (Mahmud HAMS/ AFP)

Rocket launched from Gaza shatters calm, but fragile ceasefire appears to hold

By Emanuel Fabian

Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a festival in Nablus to support Palestinian terror groups in Gaza and the West Bank, May 11, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 15: Looking to rule the PA, Hamas sat out the recent Gaza conflict

The UN General Assembly Fourth Committee votes on measures addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at UN headquarters in New York, November 11, 2022. (AP/Jeenah Moon)

Israel’s UN envoy urges other diplomats to stay away from Monday ‘Nakba’ event

Erdan claims some already convinced to shun commemoration, which he says promotes ‘Jew-hatred’ and ‘serves to inflame tensions’

Abdullah Abu Jaba, a Palestinian laborer from the Gaza Strip who was killed by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket, May 13, 2023. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Gazan man killed in rocket strike on Israel recognized as victim of terror

An Israeli soldier takes measurements at the home of Khaled Kharousha, accused of helping his father, a Hamas terrorist, in carrying out a deadly attack in Huwara, in the West Bank city of Nablus early May 13, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian gunman killed as IDF prepares to raze Huwara terrorist’s son’s home

By Emanuel Fabian

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Noa Kirel of Israel during the flag ceremony during the Grand Finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Hamas, undeterred, sat on the sidelines as Islamic Jihad and Israel slugged it out

For the third time since Operation Black Belt in 2019, Hamas sat out a fight between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Though it maintained a “Joint Operations Room” with other groups and put out a statement with Islamic Jihad about resistance, the Gaza-ruling terror group seemed to be content watching from the sidelines and letting... Continue Reading

Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, delivers a speech during a meeting with people at a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Far-right leader and politician Itamar Ben Gvir during the Flags March on Jerusalem Day at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, June 15, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ben Gvir said likely to participate in controversial Jerusalem Day ‘Flag March’

From the blogs

When Israel gave Hamas something worth not fighting for

The latest clash showed that what’s good for Gaza can be good for us – it’s time to implement game-changing humanitarian plans for the Strip

Photo illustration: Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on May 12, 2021. (Edi Israel/Flash90; Egor Suvorov/iStock)

Analysis

Slapdash attempt to hack rocket sirens may be cause for serious alarm about Iran

Boasts by ‘Sudanese’ hackers may be farfetched, but their goal of keeping civilians from shelter shows the deadly aims of Iranian cyber warfare, possibly backed by Russian know-how

The unbearable lightness of discarding Lag BaOmer bonfires

The smell, the mess, the inconvenience – is that all leftists see in this unique, culturally deep Israeli tradition?

Passports, protests, and politics

The massive backlog in providing basic services to citizens is a quintessential lack of governance

Archaeology

Swimmer discovers precious marble cargo from 1,800-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Roman-era raw materials likely came from Turkey and were on their way to a southern Holy Land port; archaeologists hope to find wood remains of ship during excavations next week

An employee assaults a protester at the Pastoral Kfar Blum Hotel in northern Israel, on May 15 2023. (Screengrab via Maariv used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Anti-overhaul activists attacked with chairs, flagpoles as they protest minister

Hotel staff members beat demonstrators as Economy Minister Barkat, accompanied by staff from right-wing Kohelet think tank, meets with local authority leaders

Illustrative: A meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem on February 22, 2017, with justice minister Ayelet Shaked, chief justice Miriam Naor, finance minister Moshe Kahlon and members of the committee (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset to elect Judicial Selection Committee MKs but Levin unlikely to convene panel

By Jeremy Sharon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Justice Minister Yariv Levin during the weekly meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on April 2, 2023. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)

Levin said to threaten to quit government if overhaul bills remain shelved

Supporters of Turkish president and AK Party (AKP) react after early exit polls of Turkey's general elections at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, on May 14, 2023. (Adem ALTAN/AFP)

Turkey set for historic run-off vote after Erdogan falls just short of majority

By Fulya Ozerkan, Burcin Gercek and Remi Banet

Incumbent president wins 49.3% in first poll, vows to lead country for for another five years, while rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu trails at 45%, below survey predictions

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the 74-year-old leader of the center-left, pro-secular Republican People's Party (CHP) speaks at the party's headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo)

ProfileKilicdaroglu, the quiet accountant giving Turkey’s Erdogan his biggest challenge

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Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave flags as they wait for the results of Turkey's general elections on May 14, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Runoff pits tradition against progress in battle for Turkey’s future

Fashion designer and artist Akiva Alpert. (Courtesy)

Interview'I realized you can assimilate or you can learn more'

Neurodivergent fashion designer-to-the-stars wears his Jewish identity on his sleeve

By Cathryn J. Prince

Akiva Alpert got his start battling a controversial Urban Outfitters release by issuing his own Judaic-themed line. Now he works with celebs such as Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the end of a press conference, May 10, 2023. (Haim Zach / GPO)

Analysis

From pariah to bosom buddy in 7 weeks: Netanyahu’s rehabilitation of Yoav Gallant

It didn’t take long for the prime minister to go from kicking his defense chief to the curb to courting him for photo ops; some of it has to do with national security

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s poll numbers bounce back after Gaza campaign, surveys show

Elzbieta Cajzer, head of the museum's collections department, shows a collection of shoes that belonged to child victims of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on its grounds, Oswiecim, Poland, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz museum begins heartrending work preserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children

By Vanessa Gera

In two-year effort, museum processing 100 shoes a week while other evidence, such as hair shaved from victims, turns to dust as the years pass since Holocaust

Holocaust survivors want Tel Aviv to pull out of Christie’s looted art conference

By Canaan Lidor

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