Extremist MK to visit Temple Mt * Israel nabs IS suspects * Ukraine ostracizes Holocaust film director * When Leonard Cohen went to war * ’Food security’ at Negev Summit

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Tuesday, March 29, 2022 [Amid heightened tensions, Ben Gvir aims to visit Temple Mount on Thursday]( By [TOI staff]( [Police chief yet to decide whether to allow far-right MK into holy site, with situational assessment to be held]( [‘I want my daughter back’: Funerals held for police officers killed in Hadera attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right MK clashes with police minister at scene of Hadera shooting]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Turkey hails Istanbul talks as ‘most significant progress’ since war began]( By [TOI staff]( [Top Ukraine negotiator says Putin-Zelensky meeting possible after progress in talks; ruble surges 10% after Moscow says it will reduce military activity near Kyiv]( Interview [Ukraine’s most famous director ostracized for unflinching film on Babyn Yar pogrom]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [Last week, Ukrainian Academy Award winner Sergei Loznitsa was dismissed from his country’s Film Academy after making a film on the Holocaust. His work is taking the US by storm]( [Irpin mayor says city bordering Kyiv liberated from Russian control]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Shin Bet, police round up 12 suspects with alleged IS links in overnight raids]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Arrests take place in Umm al-Fahm, hometown of terrorists who killed two officers in Hadera, and in other Arab cities; official says wave of arrests will ‘intensify’ in coming days]( [Terrorist in deadly Hadera attack handed reduced prison sentence by judge in 2016]( By [TOI staff]( [Shin Bet, cops to round up terror convicts with IS links in wave of arrests — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz meets Jordanian king in Amman to discuss tensions amid Ramadan]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Defense minister presents steps Israel intends to take to ensure freedom of worship in Jerusalem; Abdullah warns Gantz over need to stop potential ‘provocative actions’]( [Police minister said to have visited Jordan to discuss preventing Ramadan flare-up]( By [TOI staff]( [‘We are one,’ Abbas tells Jordanian king during rare West Bank visit]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( Interview [Why Leonard Cohen joined a war to sing for his brothers, and never spoke of it again]( By [David Horovitz]( [Using Cohen’s own notes, and recollections of Israeli soldiers who heard him, Matti Friedman teases out the astounding story of the Jewish singer-priest on the Yom Kippur frontline]( Don't miss out [Get The Times of Israel app]( [Find out faster when news that you care about breaks, with notifications right to your phone.]( [Moscow says it will curb assault on Kyiv, Chernihiv; Russian troops seen withdrawing]( By [Nebi Qena and YURAS KARMANAU]( [Ukraine confirms withdrawals around capital and Chernihiv, as ceasefire talks appear to produce first fruits, but Zelensky warns Russians regrouping for counterattack on Irpin]( [Abramovich, Ukrainian peace negotiators suffer suspected poisoning in Kyiv]( By [TOI staff]( [As Ukraine-Russia peace talks kick off in Istanbul, Erdogan urges ‘end to tragedy’]( By [Agencies]( Top Ops [Alon Tal]( [My AIPAC criticism is rooted in profound appreciation]( [Representing true Israeli interests means drawing the line at endorsing politicians who corrode the very foundations of the democratic system]( [Tuly Flint]( [Bennett, instead of the Kremlin, go to the Mukataa]( [It’s time for the prime minister to admit that what he is asking Russia and Ukraine to do is what the world has been asking of Israel and Palestine]( Reporter's notebook [Lazar Berman]( [For staff at hotel that hosted Negev Summit, ‘food security’ was the biggest concern]( [The Kedma at Sde Boker only found out it would be hosting the six-way event a few days before; it ran smoothly, once the security protocol for food preparation was established]( [Analysis / At Negev Summit, allies calmed somewhat by US recommitment to the region]( By [Lazar Berman]( [68 US senators press Blinken to quash open-ended UN probe into Israel]( By [Jacob Magid]( Inside story [Jacob Magid]( [For Israel, the Negev Summit was all about Iran. For other participants, not so much]( [Foreign diplomats involved say Tehran wasn’t what brought them to Sde Boker, as each country has its own concerns that justify participation in first-of-its-kind gathering]( [Blinken calls Saudi FM hours after Arab foreign minister summit in Israel]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [EU foreign policy chief says Iran is holding up nuclear deal with ‘no end’ in sight]( By [AFP]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing March 29: What happens next, after Hadera attack and Negev summit]( [Times of Israel editor David Horovitz and religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross discuss deadly terror, Sde Boker confab, the Western Wall and MK Alon Tal]( [Arab environment ministers call on wealthy nations to keep climate cash promises]( By [Sue Surkes]( [At first UN Middle East and North Africa regional climate confab, West’s failure to provide annual $100 billion to help poor nations cope with climate crisis emerges as key issue]( [UAE aims to go green while continuing to produce oil]( By [Sue Surkes]( [In Dubai, Israel’s climate envoy urges the Arab world: ‘Let us share climate tech’]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Where are you for Seder? Website pairs Israeli hosts with new Ukrainian immigrants]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Step is part of a government initiative to let citizens offer help to newcomers from former Soviet Union, though most offerings not yet functional]( [In Nof Hagalil, a school for Russian-speakers offers relief to Ukrainian refugees]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [10,000 have immigrated to Israel in wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine — ministry]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Prosecutors to cross-examine state witness in Netanyahu trial after inconsistencies]( By [TOI staff]( [After initially seeking to treat Filber as hostile witness, attorneys agree not to do so for now, though they suspect him of trying to undercut statements he’d made previously]( Archaeology [Earliest mosaic in Israel dedicated to Jesus may soon be sprung from prison]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [3rd-century Christian structure and 3 mosaics with inscriptions – including ‘to the God Jesus Christ’ – were uncovered at Meggido jail in 2004-08; it may now become a tourist site]( [The most memorable Jewish moments of the 2022 Oscars]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Composer Hans Zimmer and producer David Dinerstein win statuettes, but high-profile figures Steven Spielberg, Andrew Garfield and Maggie Gyllenhaal come away empty-handed]( [Will Smith apologizes for assaulting Chris Rock at Oscars: ‘I was out of line’]( By [Jake Coyle]( [CRM]( More Headlines [High Court rules Israel Prize must be given to professor accused of BDS support]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [High Lowry price / Lowry painting of historic Welsh synagogue goes for £277,000]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Forever young / Canadian crooner Paul Anka books Caesarea for July 18 concert]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Bennett postpones India trip after COVID diagnosis]( By [TOI staff]( [Ohio lawmaker says Holocaust studies can be taught from German soldier’s perspective]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Eugene Melnyk, owner of hockey’s Ottawa Senators, dies of illness at 62]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Israeli arms maker Elbit inks international deals worth over $150 million]( By [Luke Tress]( [Iran bombed Iraq’s Kurdish region over natural gas plan involving Israel – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli food tech startup teams up with Tufts University for cell-cultivated fish]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Baby drowns in bucket of paint in Netivot]( By [TOI staff]( [Dozens of children go missing on desert hike, found with drones]( By [TOI staff]( [In the clouds / In new video, Cardi B and Summer Walker croon in Israeli designs]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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