Fears truce may fail; Hamas holds victory parade * UNHRC orders permanent Israel probe * Canada Jews under fire * Progressives & antisemitism * A dog’s eye view of Shoah

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, May 28, 2021 [IDF preparing for possibility truce will fall apart; Hamas holds victory parade]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Defense officials warn ceasefire is highly unstable, could quickly deteriorate into conflict again; Army chief says getting ready ‘for next campaign’]( [IDF Intelligence hails tactical win in Gaza, can’t say how long calm will last]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Gantz seeks to extend IDF chief’s tenure by a year amid ‘regional challenges’]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross]( [UN rights council orders unprecedented open-ended probe of Israel]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Body votes for permanent inquiry on alleged violations; Netanyahu pans ‘shameful decision,’ says council has ‘anti-Israel obsession’; envoy Erdan calls it ‘appalling, antisemitic’]( [Hamas chief’s niece has been hospitalized in Israel for over a month — report]( By [TOI staff]( [UN appeals for $95 million in Gaza aid for ‘immediate’ humanitarian needs]( By [Agencies]( [Canada’s Jews reeling after wave of antisemitic attacks sparked by Gaza conflict]( By [David Lazarus]( [Tensions flare between pro-Palestinian, pro-Israeli activists in rallies across country, with Jews being spat on, cursed, physically and verbally assaulted in several instances]( [23K join virtual rally against antisemitism uniting leaders from both US parties]( By [JTA, TOI staff and AP]( Analysis [Ron Kampeas]( [Progressive Democrats pan antisemitism while lumping it with other forms of hate]( [From Sanders to The Squad, many lawmakers apparently unwilling to decry attacks on Jews without also denouncing Islamophobia or ‘all forms of racism’]( [Swastika stickers slapped on Alaska Jewish museum, gay bar]( By [MARK THIESSEN]( [Jewish mob beats Arab driver in Binyamina; Jewish family home firebombed in Lod]( By [TOI staff]( [In Binyamina some 10 assailants smashed victim’s windows, yanked him out and struck him repeatedly; none hurt in Lod incident]( [Rally held in Lod for Arab man shot dead in recent ethnic clashes]( By [TOI staff]( [Fears of ‘civil war’: Crisis hotline flooded with calls during city riots]( By [Zeela Kotler Hadari]( Top Ops [Daniel Polisar]( [Excavating the Bible: Eilat Mazar was a founder of Israel]( [Mazar’s excavation found compelling evidence of a 10th cent. BCE Israelite kingdom that just might have been David’s. Here’s the story of how she got started]( [Dov Linzer]( [Is inclusion a Jewish value?]( [Jewish society needs a concept of ’membership,’ where the disabled, the neurodiverse, and any who are marginalized are all equal members in good standing]( [Steve Rodan]( [Israel’s White Paper? US Jews find locked doors]( [The Law of Return isn’t working. American Jews aren’t being allowed to move to Israel. What is going on?!]( [Peta Jones Pellach]( [Context matters: Why Miriam and Aaron dare rebuke Moses]( [The body’s needs and desires are not wrong, but they can be distracting, and when you talk to God regularly, you just may need to set them aside]( Film review [Man’s best friend is hero in ‘family’ Holocaust film told through dog’s eyes]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Based on successful Israeli novel, movie ‘Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog’ pares down complex narrative to convey historical and ethical lessons to younger generations]( [CRM]( [Authorities suspect Italy cable car brakes repeatedly deactivated over the years]( By [TOI staff]( [Local media says officials may make further arrests amid possibility more workers knew about actions; Israeli parents, toddler killed in crash laid to rest in Israel]( [Israeli boy critically hurt in Italy cable car crash communicating with aunt]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Giro d’Italia riders to donate prize money to cable car crash victims]( By [AFP]( [Blinken warns Israeli leaders Sheikh Jarrah evictions could spark new violence]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Top US diplomat says he passed along concern during visit to region, during which he heard of interest from both sides in maintaining Gaza ceasefire]( [Irish parliament denounces Israeli West Bank policies as ‘de facto annexation’]( By [AP]( [Jewish Democrat spearheads push to expedite aid to Palestinians]( By [Ron Kampeas]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Catfish, sharks, and eels, oy vey! Non-kosher fish eaten by Israelites]( By [TOI staff]( [A new archaeological study of fish remains finds that regardless of biblical ban, ancient Holy Land residents didn’t get the memo that fins and scales are a must]( [95.1%: Syria’s Assad wins 4th term in sham election, will rule till 2028]( By [AP]( [No vote held in areas of worn-torn country controlled by rebels where at least 8 million displaced civilians live; 5 million refugees in neighboring countries refrain from voting]( [Assad election win hailed by Iran as ‘big step’ for peace]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Hezbollah deputy says Nasrallah ‘is fine’ after IDF claimed he contracted COVID]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( Interview [With Jews and Israel under assault, Indiana governor here to ‘answer the call’]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Eric Holcomb meets Netanyahu, visits Iron Dome battery; says both parties stand against Hamas terrorism]( [Massachusetts city adopts resolution critical of Israel; BDS measure falls short]( By [Penny Schwartz]( [Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas among 600 musicians to urge boycott of Israel]( By [JTA]( [Likud minister Katz accuses MK Barkat of ‘subversive’ action against Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Finance minister expresses outrage as former Jerusalem mayor calls conference to announce his ‘vision’ for the country]( [Lapid and Bennett meet to once again discuss forming government]( By [TOI staff]( [New Shoah Foundation podcast connects Holocaust testimony with today’s headlines]( By [Matt Lebovic]( [Drawing from USC Shoah Foundation’s audiovisual archive, ‘The Memory Generation’ seeks to ‘expand the pyramid of memory’ by giving survivors’ voices contemporary relevance]( [CRM]( More Headlines [AG to indict Litzman for obstruction of justice, breach of trust in Leifer case]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli study suggests method to reduce dangers of cancer-causing protein]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [American Jewish journalist detained in Myanmar while trying to leave country]( By [Stacy Gittleman]( [No place like home? / Dancer, musician daughter explore family wounds at Israel Fest]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Tourism Ministry welcomes US theology students as 1st tour group in over a year]( By [TOI staff]( [Man punched on Austrian train for asking passengers to stop denying Holocaust]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [State won’t file civil lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu in illegal catering case]( By [TOI staff]( [Facebook reverses ban on posts claiming COVID-19 was lab-made]( By [AP]( [Genesis Group donates $4 million in COVID relief to European Jewish institutions]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Israel Museum director steps down after four years]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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