As violence rises, cops may limit J’lem Day events * Analysis: City on fire * Court delays eviction hearing * Bennett, Lapid race to form gov’t * Ancient lamp’s 2nd half?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, May 9, 2021 [Police mull limiting or canceling Jerusalem Day events amid violence, tensions]( By [TOI staff]( [Security officials said to warn cabinet that Flag March could lead to escalation; police source says cops told to avoid live fire amid fears fatalities will exacerbate tensions]( [Police on high alert after Palestinian riots in Jerusalem, Gaza rocket fire]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu, Lapid back security forces: ‘We won’t allow violence, terror threats’]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Supreme Court delays session on Sheikh Jarrah evictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Court grants AG’s request for postponement of Monday hearing on pending removal of several Palestinian families from homes claimed by Jewish nationalists]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [Jerusalem’s on fire, and it’s poised to spread in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank]( [The Israel Police have failed to contain the violence in the capital — the worst in at least 4 years — and the country’s political leadership is nowhere to be found]( [Israel fears further escalation within days; Fatah warns of ‘all-out conflict’]( By [TOI staff]( [TV: Palestinians stocked rocks for Temple Mount riots, police caught unawares]( By [TOI staff]( [90 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem clashes; IDF strikes Gaza after rocket fired]( By [TOI staff]( [Violent protests held at capital’s Damascus Gate and along Strip’s security fence; Israeli aircraft targets Hamas post after projectile lands in field]( [Arabs across Israel protest Jerusalem clashes; cops block buses to Temple Mount]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu, Gantz said seeking to delay court hearing on Sheikh Jarrah evictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Gaza incendiary balloons spark dozens of fires in south for 4th straight day]( By [TOI staff]( [Police sappers work to defuse suspicious device attached to balloon; airborne attacks come amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem, West Bank]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing May 9 – As al-Aqsa seethes, are we headed for another intifada?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [CRM]( [UAE, Bahrain pan Israel’s ‘storming’ of Al-Aqsa, amid international condemnation]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Gulf states say Israel has responsibility to de-escalate, blast its ‘provocations’; nations also warn against pending evictions of Sheikh Jarrah Palestinians from their homes]( [Sanders, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez slam Israel over pending Sheikh Jarrah evictions]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Lapid, Bennett know they must form a government quickly – or not at all]( [The prospective new heads of an unprecedentedly diverse and divided ‘unity coalition’ have an uphill battle ahead of them, and Netanyahu is busy laying traps]( [‘Change bloc’ seeking to swear in new government as early as Tuesday]( By [Raoul Wootliff and Tal Schneider]( [With pressure from Netanyahu on Yamina MKs, Lapid and Bennett are working to finalize coalition agreements between 7 parties in the next two days]( [Yamina MK: My decision to potentially vote against unity government was not easy]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Vicki Cabot]( [Mother’s work…]( [Before we reduce motherhood to a socially engineered plan to procreate, remember the matchless joy and wonder in watching a child grow]( [Shmuel Rabinovitch]( [After Meron: We must never forget that we are brothers]( [My nephew perished in the crush, and I see first-hand: the divisions among us do not matter. We are all in pain together]( [Active COVID cases in Israel fall below 1,000 for 1st time since March 2020]( By [TOI staff]( [Vaccination campaign continues to bear results, as all municipalities now classified as ‘green’ with low infection rating; virus czar says talks to be held on wearing masks indoors]( [Italy mulls dropping quarantine rules for Israeli arrivals from mid-May]( By [AFP]( [Virgin Atlantic to ramp up Israel flights after UK gives ‘green’ nod]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Doctors set to strike, say government neglecting health now that COVID is beaten]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [‘Physicians are angry, we’re very angry,’ says union deputy chairman, discussing fears that 600 doctors recruited during pandemic could soon be fired]( [Matching half of 2,000-year-old lamp found in Jerusalem said located in Budapest]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Hungarian archeologist reaches out to Israelis to say he may have found a match for the rare face-shaped piece discovered on road used by Jewish pilgrims on way to 2nd Temple]( [New US summer camp for Orthodox Jews bars vaccinated individuals]( By [Shira Hanau]( [‘Health coach’ behind Camp Hikon cites various debunked claims about danger of COVID shots, emblematic of skepticism in community; so far, no children are signed up]( [Saudi Arabia releases first-ever photos of holy Kaaba stone]( By [TOI staff]( [With hajj pilgrimage limited due to COVID restrictions, kingdom publishes high-resolution images of al-Hajar al-Aswad, which believers say fell from heaven at time of Adam and Eve]( [What Nevada’s growing Jewish community loves about living Jewishly in the desert]( By [Howard Riell]( [CRM]( More Headlines [PM aide faces suspension for soliciting fawning videos from Meron families]( By [TOI staff]( [After warning Israel may be in path, Chinese rocket breaks up over Indian Ocean]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [7-year-old dead, 3 siblings seriously injured in Jisr az-Zarqa apartment fire]( By [TOI staff]( [France arrests neo-Nazi group planning violent attack]( By [AFP]( [Rights group says Israel may still be arming Myanmar; NGOs call for arms embargo]( By [Edith M. 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