ISRAEL UNDER FIRE: Hamas targets center, airports; attack drones in south * Jewish-Arab violence overwhelms police * Horovitz: Moral clarity amid 2 wars * Podcast, blogs

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, May 13, 2021 Presented by Telus International Live updates [LIVE: Major barrage fired at Tel Aviv, Beersheba; attack drones target southern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Projectile travels 250 km, falls near Eilat, longest-range rocket ever fired by Hamas; 7 killed in Israel; 72 Palestinians dead including dozens of terrorists, IDF says]( [Heavy barrage hits Tel Aviv, Beersheba; Hamas calls it revenge for slain leaders]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Child hurt running to shelter; terror group says it used long-range missile in failed attack on Eilat, and launched new ‘suicide drones’; IDF hits four anti-tank missile teams]( [Gaza rocket volleys target south at dawn as IDF hits key Hamas positions]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Jewish-Arab violence rolls through cities like wildfire, with police overwhelmed]( By [Itamar Sharon and Stuart Winer]( [Leaders horrified as hooligans fill streets, burning, beating, shooting, smashing; Netanyahu says may send army into towns; Bat Yam mob assault on Arab man decried as ‘un-Jewish’]( [Gantz orders callup of Border Patrol reserves as Jewish-Arab violence spirals]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Ex-head of Israel space program critically injured when rioters burn Acre hotel]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Israel shuts Ben Gurion Airport to incoming flights; US airlines start canceling]( By [TOI staff]( [Amid dangers posed by ongoing rocket fire from Gaza, arriving planes diverted to Ramon airport near Eilat; departures continue from Ben Gurion; US airlines begin canceling flights]( [Chevron shuts Tamar offshore gas platform as Hamas says it targeted facility]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Israel, Hamas and our vicious internal rupture: An attempt at moral clarity]( [We’re deep in two wars – against a cynical terror-state next door and an explosion of murderous intolerance within. No country can tolerate the former, or function amid the latter]( FROM OUR SPONSOR [Work from home in Israel]( [Join Lionbridge as a part-time Independent Contractor. We are currently recruiting for the role of Media App Search Analyst in Israel. Click here for more info >]( [5-year-old boy killed, dozens others injured as Gaza rockets pound Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Fresh volleys target south, center of country; Ido Avigal, 5, fatally struck by shrapnel that penetrated window of fortified room in Sderot during major Hamas barrage]( [Grandmother, child, teen girl, caregiver: Victims in Israel of Gaza rockets]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Jeep hit by anti-tank missile in deadly attack was parked in open view of Gaza]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( Top Ops [Tamar Weissman]( [Betrayal in the Galilee]( [I’ve lived in beautiful, boring northern Israel for almost 3 years, and my Arab Israeli neighbors had earned my trust. Now I’m mad… and oh so disappointed]( [David Bryfman]( [If you’re a Jewish educator this week…]( [You prepared your lessons, and then news from Israel changed everything. So you redid your lessons and comforted your students. What about yourselves?]( [Alan Kaufman]( [Israel forgot herself]( [PM Netanyahu and his government were blindsided, having left the country vulnerable to a shabby, terrorist militia of fundamentalist fanatics]( [Donniel Hartman]( [I cannot just put my anger aside until things are quiet]( [No question Hamas is a repulsive, immoral enemy. And yet, Israel, enamored by its own power, has failed its duty to strive to be smarter, more just, more visionary]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing May 13 – As rockets rain, is Israel on the brink of civil war?]( By [TOI staff]( [Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Jewish mob’s vicious attack on presumed Arab in Bat Yam caught live on Israel TV]( By [Ben Sales]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Iron Dome has saved many lives, but has it made Israel safer?]( [Though tactically a runaway success, some believe the active missile defense system blunted Israel’s traditional boldness and gave leaders cover to let the Hamas threat fester]( [Hamas official tells Russia: We’re ready for ceasefire with Israel]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel’s promising ‘precision’ COVID drug starting trial in Greece next week]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Medicine hailed as a ‘huge breakthrough’ by inventors and as a ‘miracle drug’ by Netanyahu embarks on path to possible approval, in hope it will help crisis spots like India]( [Super-Pharm looks to expand robotic facilities as online demand booms]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [CRM]( [Biden tells Netanyahu he hopes violence will be ‘closing down sooner than later’]( By [Jacob Magid and AFP]( [President says US diplomacy in high gear on Hamas conflict, stresses Israel has a right to defend itself; PM signals not yet interested in ceasefire, says tackling terror targets]( [Biden official heading to Israel amid efforts to end Gaza fighting]( By [Jacob Magid]( [25 House Democrats call on Blinken to condemn East Jerusalem evictions]( By [Jacob Magid]( [UN Security Council to hold 3rd meeting in a week on Israel-Palestinian clashes]( By [Jacob Magid and AFP]( [No coalition talks until Jewish-Arab violence abates, says kingmaker Abbas]( By [TOI staff]( [Ra’am leader urges calm and doesn’t rule out joining a Lapid government, but won’t pay attention to politics until clashes end]( [From far-right to Islamist parties, leaders condemn Jewish-Arab violence]( By [TOI staff]( War of words [From Gal Gadot to Trevor Noah, celebrities weigh in on the Israel-Gaza violence]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [As rockets rain down on Israel and mobs riot in the streets, the Hollywood elite take to their social media accounts to make their opinions on the conflict public]( [With Andrew Yang tweet, Israeli-Palestinian conflict spills into NYC mayor race]( By [Andrew Silow-Carroll]( [Amid Gaza fighting, Pakistani actress quotes Hitler about killing Jews]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Germany vows ‘no tolerance’ after Israel-flag burning outside synagogues]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Palestinian man tries to stab Israeli soldiers in Hebron, is shot — IDF]( By [TOI staff]( [PA: 2 Palestinians shot by IDF were security officers, not terrorists]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Fintech firm Nayax starts trading on TASE after IPO of shares]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Baby steps / Batsheva brings youth ensemble outside, for Deca Dance]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Poland gives money to group led by student who made antisemitic remarks]( By [Katarzyna Markusz]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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