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What Matters Most On Thursday, May 22, 2025

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A Jewish man, standing behind US police tape, talks on his cellphone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP)

Netanyahu: 'Shocked by the horrifying antisemitic murder'

Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in shooting attack at Washington, DC, Jewish Museum

By AP, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Victims were a couple about to get engaged; shooter yelled ‘Free Palestine’ as arrested; Trump: ‘Horrible’ killings ‘obviously’ based on antisemitism; security raised at all embassies

Yaron Lischinsky, right, and his partner Sarah Milgrim, both employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US who were killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy in Washington)

Yaron Lischinsky, Sarah Milgrim named as victims of Washington, DC, shooting

By Zev Stub, ToI Staff and JTA

US Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, walks to her car as law enforcement work the scene after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

'Our community is holding each other tighter tonight'

Pain, anger for US Jews at killings of Israel Embassy staffers, amid ‘a relentless campaign of hate’

ADL says Jews will not be cowed or intimidated amid spiraling rise in antisemitism since October 7 massacre and Gaza war; Betar urges US Jews to move to Israel

Emergency personnel work at the site where two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 22: Day 594 – Shock after 2 Israel embassy staffers killed in DC

By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Jeremy Sharon

Police at an anti-Israel protest in Times Square, New York City, January 6, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Killings in Washington follow series of attempted terror attacks against US Jews

Maj. Gen. David Zini, head of Training Command and General Staff Corps, attends a handover ceremony at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on July 8, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

May 22: Security chiefs said caught off guard by PM’s announcement of next Shin Bet head

By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid

Report: Netanyahu previously passed on promoting Maj. Gen. David Zini because he was ‘too messianic’ * Barnea and Dermer to meet with Witkoff on sidelines of Iran nuclear talks in Rome

8:08 pm

Lapid urges PM's Shin Bet appointee not to accept role
8:04 pm

Gaza health system at breaking point as Israeli hostilities intensify, WHO says
8:03 pm

'Sometimes in war accidents happen': PM expresses regret for shots fired at diplomats in Jenin

Illustrative: A pro-Israel counter-protester at an anti-Israel demonstration in Times Square, New York City, January 1, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Promoted podcastJPPI

Is Israel isolated?

Now even Trump is showing signs of distance. Lahav Harkov of Jewish Insider joins us to break down what it all means.

Left to right: The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu at the archaeological site of Sebastia in the West Bank on May 12, 2025. (Courtesy of Heritage Ministry)

Far-right ministers blame Yair Golan for shooting of Israeli embassy staffers

‘Yair, the blood of the embassy employees is on your hands and on those of your friends,’ tweets Amichay Eliyahu; President Herzog calls on public to ‘stop this ugly mudslinging’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at his office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2025. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)

Says Trump told him he has 'absolute commitment' to Israel

Netanyahu sets implementation of Trump’s Gaza relocation plan as new condition for ending war

By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg

At rare press conference, PM insists Qatari funds sent to Hamas at Israel’s request did not enable Oct. 7, seems to downplay terror group’s capabilities: ‘Attacked in flip-flops’; falsely claims Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha was not invaded

Former hostage Emily Hand speaks on May 21, 2025, at a Kibbutz Be'eri rally held for the hostages in the kibbutz's temporary quarters in Kibbutz Hazerim. (Courtesy Kibbutz Be'eri)

Ex-hostage Emily Hand, 11, urges Netanyahu: ‘Go make a deal now, because this can’t go on’

By Jessica Steinberg

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a House Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs hearing on the budget for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 21, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Rubio ‘optimistic’ Gaza war could end soon, but admits having felt same way before

The murders outside the museum were foreseeable: That’s the problem

Despite warning signs, society and law enforcement agencies fail to recognize and prepare for violence fueled by antisemitism

Adam Zagoria-Moffet

Jewish law is clear: Religious values come before military objectives

From sieges to civilian casualties, rabbis have wrestled with questions of morality in war for centuries

Employees work inside a bakery in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, after Israel allowed limited humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territory on May 22, 2025.(Eyad BABA / AFP)

IDF: 4 projectiles launched from north Gaza

After delays, Palestinians say first food aid beginning to be distributed in Gaza

By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

‘We expect distribution of bread to begin,’ says Gazan aid worker, but it’s ‘a drop in the ocean’ of need; IDF issues large evacuation order for north Gaza

Aid trucks carrying food arrive at a World Food Program warehouse in Az-Zawayda, central Gaza Strip, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

UN says it has ‘collected and dispatched’ 90 truckloads of aid into Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip makes its way to the Kerem Shalom crossing as Border Police officers prevent activists from blocking the road in southern Israel, May 21, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Two right-wing activists arrested after groups try to block aid trucks reaching Gaza

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A High Court of Justice hearing on petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, April 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court doesn't issue operative orders as Bar quitting June 15

High Court rules Shin Bet head’s dismissal ‘unlawful’, PM had ‘conflict of interest’

By Jeremy Sharon

AG immediately instructs Netanyahu to refrain from appointing new Shin Bet chief as a result of the court ruling; PM says he’ll ignore her and denounces ‘disgraceful’ court decision

Israel said readying to quickly strike Iranian nuclear sites if US-Iran talks fail

Military has assessed that attack window may close, Israeli sources tell Axios; US source says Washington concerned Israel could go ahead without prior approval from Trump

Israeli Air Force fighter jets prepare to head out for strikes in Iran, early October 26, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

US delegates leave the Omani Embassy in Rome after closed-door meeting with an Iranian delegation to discuss Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Fifth round of nuclear talks set for Friday in Rome as Iran insists on right to enrich

By AFP and ToI Staff

The interception of a Houthi ballistic missile, May 22, 2025. (Screenshot: X)

Houthis fire two ballistic missiles at Israel, IDF says both intercepted

By Emanuel Fabian

No injuries or damage in latest attacks from Yemen, less than a week after Israeli Air Force bombed ports controlled by the Iran-backed group

IDF's probes into Oct. 7

IDF rushed to Kibbutz Kissufim as Hamas invaded, but some attackers stayed for days

Army inquest finds that civil defense squad and troops blocked terrorists’ movements during Oct. 7 onslaught; one civilian mistakenly killed by soldiers

Isreali soldiers patrol next to a burned house at Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel, October 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Analysis

EU, UK review of trade ties over Gaza war could take bite out of business, exporters fear

Experts warn of domino effect on investment into Israel and overall business environment as key European partners seek to pressure government over its wartime policies

A pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protester holds a placard during a rally against Israel in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP/Yorgos Karahalis)

Israeli soldiers search a Palestinian village next to the West Bank settlement of Bruchin, the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez (seen in the insert photo), who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, May 15, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo and courtesy)

IDF: Hamas terrorist killed in West Bank on Saturday shot dead pregnant woman last week

By Emanuel Fabian

Members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union stand behind a gate on the eastern entrance of Jenin camp during a visit to the city of Jenin, on May 21, 2025 (Mohammad MANSOUR / AFP)

International outrage rings out after troops fire near dozens of diplomats in Jenin

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

US removal of sanctions would provide boon for cash-starved Syria, and perhaps beyond

Lifting sweeping Caesar Act implemented in 2022 will open door to desperately needed international investment, bolstering stability and maybe even helping lead to trade with Israel

Syrian men speak on their phones on a street in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP/Omar Sanadiki)

Troops of the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade operate in southern Syria, in a handout photo issued on May 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel, Turkey said to agree to prevent clashes in Syria, establish hotline

Activists protest the war in Gaza, in Jerusalem, April 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

'I can't just keep going on as if this is all okay'

Some pro-Israel advocates are now using words like ‘genocide’ to describe the Gaza war

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

Having backed Israel’s military action after Hamas’s October 7 atrocities, a growing number of Jews see the recent aid blockade, high death toll, and threats of annexation as a red line

Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman speaks during a commencement ceremony on Columbia's main campus, in Manhattan, May 21, 2025, in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

Columbia U president backs international students amid protests at commencement

Claire Shipman acknowledges detained anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil, says democratic norms ‘cannot be taken for granted,’ as some boo and anti-Israel protesters gather outside campus

George Washington University students carry a sign during an anti-Israel protest as George Washington University President Ellen Granberg speaks at a commencement ceremony in Washington, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US university bans student for commencement speech calling to divest from Israel

By Andrew Lapin

Michigan State University displayed an image of Adolf Hitler as part of a trivia quiz prior to a football game, October 21, 2023. (Alexander Haenke/X via JTA)

Michigan State pays $35,000 to settle lawsuit over use of Hitler photo on jumbotron

By JTA and ToI Staff

2,300-year-old gold rings found at the Givati Parking Lot excavation, outside Jerusalem's Old City in 2024 and 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

'We believe the residents had some connection to the Temple'

2nd gold ring found in City of David sheds light on enigmatic Hellenist era in Jerusalem

By Rossella Tercatin

The artifacts might have been buried by a young girl on the eve of her wedding, but whether she was Judean, Greek or both remains a mystery

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers are drafted into the military at an induction center, April 28, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF draft crisis

Only 1,212 of the 24,000 Haredi men called up in past year have begun enlisting

By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian

Haredim continue legislative boycott for third week in effort to pressure PM to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service. Coalition bills removed from agenda

More Headlines

Screen capture of video showing a man using a knife to prise loose a mezuzah from a Jewish home in London, May 19, 2025. (X: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

London police hunt man who hacked mezuzahs off Jewish homes

By Stuart Winer

US President Donald Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of white ‘genocide’

By AP

A car burns following an Israeli drone strike on a Hezbollah operative in Ain Baal, Lebanon, May 21, 2025. (Screenshot: X)

3 Hezbollah operatives killed in Israeli drone strikes in Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

Elise Stefanik speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), February 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Yeshiva University faculty members sign letter decrying Elise Stefanik graduation honor

By Grace Gilson

FILE: This handout picture provided by the UAE Presidential Court shows the Qatar Amiri Flight Boeing 747-8 aircraft carrying Qatar's Emir upon landing at Abu Dhabi's Presidential Airport on November 9, 2023. (Abdulla AL-BEDWAWI / UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT / AFP)

US accepts $400 million Qatari luxury jet gift for use as Trump’s new Air Force One

By Phil Stewart and David Shepardson

View of the sea and the coast of Crete from Elounda, Greece on September 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel shakes as 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Greek islands

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Senator Peter Welch (D) of Vermont addresses the US Senate during a debate on Gaza aid, Washington DC, May 20, 2025. (Screenshot / X)

Most Senate Democrats sponsor resolution calling for ‘urgent delivery’ of Gaza aid

By Grace Gilson

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, on May 21, 2025/ (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Beirut, PA agree that Lebanon won’t be used as a launchpad for attacks on Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

A closed light rail station on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, on May 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

9 Jerusalem light rail stops closed for months, causing significant disruptions

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative: A scratched out and defaced KIDNAPPED poster depicting an 84-year-old Israeli taken hostage to Gaza on October 7 as seen in Nim Shapira's film 'TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets.' (Eyal Bau Cohen)

Chicago mayoral pick resigns amid criticism for tearing down Israeli hostage poster

By Grace Gilson

A member of Irish band Kneecap wears a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London on November 21, 2024. (Screen grab/YouTube)

Member of Irish band Kneecap faces terror charge for flying Hezbollah flag at concert

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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