1,500 mourn terror victim Yehuda Guetta, 19 * Noa Tishby’s ’Simple Guide’ to Israel makes waves * Lapid tasked to form gov’t; Bennett would be P M first... if it happens

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, May 6, 2021 [‘At least we had time to say goodbye’: 1,500 at terror victim’s funeral]( By [TOI staff]( [Yehuda Guetta, 19, killed in Sunday West Bank shooting, mourned as sensitive student who aimed for elite IDF unit; settler leader urges gov’t to ‘come to its senses’ and retaliate]( [Student, 19, dies of injuries after West Bank drive-by shooting]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian shooter in deadly West Bank drive-by apprehended by Shin Bet]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Israeli actress Noa Tishby’s ‘Simple Guide’ to Israel shakes up US progressives]( By [Robert Sarner]( [Endorsed by both Bill Maher and Ben Shaprio, the book seeks to stop left-leaning people ‘from being used by voices who want to dismantle’ the most ‘misunderstood country on Earth’]( [President tasks Lapid with forming coalition; Bennett would likely head it first]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Yesh Atid leader, backed by 56 MKs, given 28 days to muster majority after Netanyahu fails, says he’ll do so ‘as soon as possible’; Bennett: Now is time for a unity government]( [Netanyahu warns of ‘dangerous, left-wing’ Lapid-Bennett government]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing May 6 – Can Lapid light the way toward a stable government?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Yamina MK doubles down on opposing coalition with the left]( By [TOI staff]( [MK Amichai Chikli says he’ll vote against a government with Meretz or Joint List; meanwhile 2nd party member says Likud made him lavish offers to defect]( [Bennett battles to keep his own party on board as he pushes for unity government]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( Live updates [LIVE: After outcry, compromise agreed on funding for wounded veteran care]( By [TOI staff]( [Budget for plan to improve care scaled back to NIS 300 million; Netanyahu vows to bring proposal for cabinet approval ASAP]( [European Union recommends reopening to Israeli tourists]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [European Council adds Jewish state to list of countries whose citizens should not face entry restrictions to the bloc’s 27 countries due to COVID]( [White House aims to vaccinate 70% of US adults by July 4]( By [Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire]( [India hits another dire record in COVID-19 outbreak with 3,980 deaths in a day]( By [ASHOK SHARMA]( ToI investigates [Remote, fearful and suspicious: Why Israel’s Negev Bedouin remain unvaccinated]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Nearly 5 months into Israel’s immunization drive, only 38% of eligible Bedouins have gotten a dose despite warnings of another wave among the community; Bedouin MK: ‘I’m scared’]( [Israel to extend Green Pass for the vaccinated and recovered until end of 2021]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Sara Himeles]( [The best antisemitism definition is one that goes deep]( [A new definition of antisemitism asks whether a given expression is antisemitic ’on the face of it,’ but anti-Jewish hatred is frequently found beneath the surface]( [Michael Segal]( [Israel to Diaspora: Stay away]( [3 key ways the Jewish state could streamline the process of welcoming vaccinated visitors from abroad]( [CRM]( [Iran Guards chief threatens to disrupt Israeli maritime trade operations]( By [TOI staff]( [Ahead of Quds Day, Hossein Salami says recent attacks on ships show how vulnerable Israel’s sea routes are; FM Zarif blasts ‘apartheid regime’]( [Israel said to carry out airstrikes in Syria for second straight night]( By [TOI staff]( [Iraq reveals it is mediating ongoing talks between rivals Iran and Saudi]( By [AP]( [Israeli scientists develop tiny swallowable ‘tweezers’ for use against bacteria]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Creators predict people will one day take pills containing millions of these molecules, capable of breaking through defenses that germs construct around themselves]( [In East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinians brace for battle over evictions]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Court to rule as early as Thursday on four families that may be removed from their homes by a law they say is unfairly tilted against them, with tensions in the capital on the rise]( [US ‘deeply concerned’ by Israeli advancement of outpost legalization bill]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Palestinian teen said killed in clashes with IDF amid rising West Bank tensions]( By [TOI staff]( [Eleven minutes at Meron: Video shows how deadly crush unfolded]( By [TOI staff]( [TV news airs security camera footage showing how treacherous walkway at religious festival rapidly went from being mostly clear to a crowded deathtrap]( [Police chief said to ask attorney general for state inquiry into Meron disaster]( By [TOI staff]( [Democratic melee as US pro-Israel group picks fight with longtime Jewish leader]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Democratic Majority for Israel calls well-known progressive Nancy Kaufman an ‘enabler of antisemitism,’ before retracting after hailstorm of criticism from more liberal groups]( [Ex-congressman gets jolt of support in horse race for US ambassador to Israel]( By [JTA and Jacob Magid]( [50 prominent Jewish Americans sign letter panning ‘social justice ideology’]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [Jared Kushner launches peace institute to advance Abraham Accords]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [New initiative will promote trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges between Israel and Arab countries; Israeli American entertainment mogul Haim Saban among founders]( [Biden to UAE crown prince: Israel normalization of ‘strategic importance’]( By [TOI staff]( [Russia says it’s ready to promote direct Israeli-Palestinian contacts]( By [AP]( [CRM]( Interview [Laura Moser’s run for Congress made her feel more Jewish. So she moved to Berlin]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Alienated by ostensible allies on the political left, the would-be US politician says she prefers knowing to look over her shoulder as an outsider, rather than be taken by surprise]( More Headlines [Man killed, 6 hurt in car crash on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway]( By [TOI staff]( [Startup hopes to ease burden of US mourners with a ‘GPS’ for grief]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Family of Israeli shot dead in US claims it was antisemitic attack, not robbery]( By [TOI staff]( [Former Labor party chief Amir Peretz says he won’t run for president]( By [TOI staff]( [Touchdown! SpaceX launches, lands Starship in first successful flight]( By [Marcia Dunn]( [Release of suspect in Bronx synagogue attacks reignites debate over bail reform]( By [Shira Hanau]( [French FM visits ailing Lebanon with message of ‘great firmness’]( By [AP]( [Britain sets up ‘VC club’ to boost investor activity in Israel]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2021 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved