LIVE: Violence spreads to W. Bank * Hamas rockets disrupt kid’s funeral * Biden: Israel not overreacting * Bennett abandons Lapid * Analysis: Ha mas now leads Palestinians

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, May 14, 2021 Live updates [LIVE: 4 Palestinians said killed by IDF in West Bank clashes as violence spreads]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Hamas fires to disrupt funeral of 5-year-old rocket victim * IDF targets Gaza homes of Hamas chiefs * southern Israel under heavy fire * Shin Bet: Jewish-Arab violence is ‘terror’]( [Biden says he doesn’t think Israel overreacting in response to Gaza rockets]( By [Jacob Magid]( [US president says question is how to get Hamas to stop ‘indiscriminate’ attacks; Washington blocks Security Council meeting on issue, where Israel would likely have been criticized]( [Hamas rockets squandered moment in which US sympathies were with Palestinians]( By [Jacob Magid]( [US House speeches on Gaza expose growing rift in Democratic party on Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Bennett rules out ‘change gov’t’ amid national unrest, renews talks with Likud]( By [Tal Schneider and Raoul Wootliff]( [Yamina leader tells associates that ‘when there is a wave of pogroms by Arabs across the country, and when IDF forces must be involved, this is a reality-changing event’]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [In rocket war ‘for Al-Aqsa,’ Hamas has already won the Palestinian leadership]( [No matter how the fighting in Gaza goes, Fatah is sidelined and the Gaza-based terror group has made deep inroads into the Arab Israeli street]( [Photo Essay / Deadly duel: Photos capture battle between Iron Dome and Hamas rockets]( By [TOI staff]( [‘Reconsider travel to Israel’: US issues advisory for Israel, West Bank and Gaza]( By [Jacob Magid and AP]( Top Ops [Sharon Weiss-Greenberg]( [I spent the night in a bomb shelter with my kids before. Last night was different]( [My family moved to Israel for many reasons, but certainly, this was not one of them. I do not want such violence to be the reality here]( [Yair Lapid]( [This is your country and we will not let the violence win]( [We will not abandon the country to those who try to exploit our every frustration to turn against each other]( [Ronnie Perelis]( [Tuning in from afar: I reach across the sea with my radio app]( [I listen to Israel Army radio’s finest, interrupted by sirens warning of incoming missiles, and remember that this news isn’t a far-away abstract story]( [Simeon Cohen]( [A prayer for my daughter]( [May she grow up to see the day when Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians see each other as brothers and sisters]( [Udi Dekel]( [Israel must establish the rules of the game]( [Hamas’s long-planned attack is an effort to position itself as the defenders of Jerusalem. Israel must shatter the terror group’s assumptions]( [Andrew D. Lappin]( [The Arab street is quiet – and the reason is Iran]( [With Tehran’s fingerprints on Hamas rockets, countries in the region know they may be next. So why is Biden so keen for a rapprochement with Iran?]( Analysis [Aaron Boxerman]( [With Israel and Gaza already beset by chaos, West Bank ‘explosion’ looms]( [Palestinian Authority security forces have cracked down on some protests; Hamas’s influence said to be spreading widely in the area, sparking fears that relative calm may not last]( [IDF says stabbing attack thwarted in West Bank; Palestinian assailant killed]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( From the blogs [Gilead Sher]( [I grew up in a divided Jerusalem. I’d like to live in a shared one.]( [Saving the Zionist enterprise while respecting the Palestinian right to self-determination requires courage and leadership – which are sadly lacking]( [IDF: Overnight bombardment targeted Hamas’s tunnel network under Gaza City]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Military says 160 aircraft dropped 450 missiles on 150 targets in operation, as ground troops in Israel struck terror operatives who try to attack them]( [Israeli air, ground forces bombard northern Gaza in heaviest strike yet]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Police chief said to blame far-right lawmaker Ben Gvir for ‘internal intifada’]( By [TOI staff]( [In briefing, Kobi Shabtai reportedly tells Netanyahu the Kahanist MK always ‘shows up to fan the flames,’ as police begin to gain control of unrest]( [Soldier viciously beaten in Jaffa, synagogue burned in Lod, as rioting deepens]( By [TOI staff]( [4 Jewish suspects held over fatal shooting of Arab in Lod are released on bail]( By [TOI staff]( [Jews and Arabs start to push back against violence, rallying nationwide]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Shocked by series of arson and mob attacks in Jewish-Arab cities and beyond over recent days, Israelis demonstrate for calm]( [Netanyahu calls for administrative detentions to quell Arab-Jewish violence]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [In nights of Arab-Jewish violence, memories of October 2000]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Explainer [Parenting under fire: As rockets rain, a bomb shelter guide for Israeli parents]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Expert insight into managing your children’s’ mental health: Don’t tell them to stop being scared, embrace the tears, and expect regression, like bedwetting, says therapist]( [IDF: Hamas chiefs spurred to launch war after seeing Monday Temple Mount clashes]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Military Intelligence believes group hopes to paint itself as ‘defender of Jerusalem’; Israeli strikes on Hamas, Islamic Jihad setting them back for years to come, army assesses]( [Hamas makes unverified claim it’s using new rocket that can hit all of Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [In posthumously published book, Ruth Bader Ginsburg puts own stamp on her legacy]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [A personally chosen collection of favorite legal briefs, US Supreme Court opinions and dissents, and recent speeches aim to show how Jewish jurist fought for a more perfect union]( Reporter's Notebook [Lazar Berman]( [In war-weary Ashkelon, resilience, experience and concern over one fresh twist]( [Residents and emergency room doctors alike have lived stoically through innumerable rounds of conflict with nearby Gaza, but internal Arab-Jewish violence has them shocked]( [In Tel Aviv, between sirens, one resident reflects it’s ‘quiet like Yom Kippur’]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Singers back on stage, but current unrest may threaten planned shows]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Window of shelter where rocket shrapnel killed boy appears to have been sound]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Military spokesman says Ido Avigal’s death at home in Sderot was caused by an ‘incredibly rare’ convergence of events, as rocket piece shot through protective metal plating]( [Hundreds attend funeral of Omer Tabib, IDF soldier killed by anti-tank missile]( By [TOI staff]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: A proposed cure for conversion ‘perversion’ in the State of Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [For Shavuot, an in-depth conversation with Rabbi Seth Farber on the history of conversion — and how it all went awry in the Jewish state]( [European Jews brace, yet again, for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza unrest]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Many fear ‘the import of the conflict’ phenomenon will increase assaults; in 2014, Europe saw the worst wave of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust amid Israel-Hamas fighting]( [French gov’t seeks to ban pro-Palestinian protest in Paris, citing 2014 clashes]( By [Agencies]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Rihanna draws praise, criticism after solidarity with both Israel and Gaza]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Gaza faces increasing power, water shortages, partly because of own rocket fire]( By [Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman]( [IDF: 3 rockets fired from Lebanon hit sea off northern coast]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [China says US ‘ignoring’ plight of Muslims by blocking UN meeting on Gaza]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Gaza’s hospitals, already struggling amid COVID, now face wounded from strikes]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [ICC may probe current Israel-Gaza round of violence in war crimes investigation]( By [TOI staff]( [The honeymooners / Newlywed officers will give honeymoon away to couple from the south]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Blinken dismisses Republican calls to cease nuclear talks due to Hamas rockets]( By [Jacob Magid and AFP]( [Israeli startups raising funds virtually and faster, survey shows]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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