Nationalists set for Old City march despite police ban * PM bans far-right MK from area * Hamas: Finger on trigger * Palestinians inside Al-Aqsa throw Molotov cocktails

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Presented by [Israel from the Inside]( [Firebrand MK Ben Gvir barred from joining nationalist march into tense Old City]( By [TOI staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Far-right lawmaker vows to go to Damascus Gate anyway; organizers say they will go ahead with parade despite police rejecting request to secure route through Palestinian areas]( [Hamas says ‘finger on the trigger’ ahead of planned right-wing Jerusalem march]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinans inside Al-Aqsa Mosque throw Molotov cocktails; right-wingers plan march]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian rioters hurling petrol bombs spark small fires at mosque, amid minor clashes; Israeli parade organizers say it will go ahead, despite police ban on current route]( [Thousands attend Passover priestly blessing at Western Wall in tense Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: In shift, Israel to supply helmets, flak jackets to Ukraine]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Defense minister tells Ukrainian counterpart efforts underway to procure defensive equipment for emergency services, after refusing for months to send aid that could anger Russia]( From Daniel Gordis [Has Israel altered the self-destructive DNA of Jewish history?]( [A conversation with Amotz Asa-El, author of ‘The Jewish March of Folly,’ a fascinating book on the lessons of Jewish history and failure of Jewish leadership]( [After two years, Israel scrapping indoor mask mandate from Saturday night]( By [Alexander Fulbright]( [Move must still be okayed by Knesset; comes after US judge struck down mask rule on public transit; Israelis have been subject to requirement for all but 10 days since April 2020]( [Health Ministry reports 12 cases of mysterious liver disease in children]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [‘History won’t forget war crimes,’ EU chief says in Ukraine; 5 million flee country]( By [Agencies]( [Charles Michel tours devastation in Borodyanka as he becomes latest Western leader to visit country in show of support amid Russian invasion]( [Ukraine gets warplanes from unidentified source; besieged Mariupol faces ‘last days’]( By [Anatoly Stepanov]( [Russia pours in troops, assails eastern Ukraine in potentially pivotal battle]( By [Adam Schreck]( [Non-Muslims to be barred from visiting the Temple Mount during the end of Ramadan]( By [TOI staff]( [Widely reported move, which occurs every year, aimed at de-escalating tensions as diplomacy ramps up, but angry nationalists accuse government of folding to terror]( [UN envoy avoids casting blame for Jerusalem violence during Security Council huddle]( By [Jacob Magid]( ToI Podcast [Daily Briefing April 20: Why doesn’t Israel better explain Temple Mount clashes?]( By [TOI staff]( [Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses tensions in the Temple Mount and Gaza, as senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur looks at why Israel avoids offering explanations]( [Pro-Palestinian group at New York University Law alleges ‘Zionist grip on the media’]( By [Jacob Henry]( Top Ops [Fred Maroun]( [When praying is a crime and fanatical violence is a virtue]( [To maintain peace, Israel is forced to compromise even on the fundamental freedom of religion of its Jewish citizens]( [David Mason]( [Jews must protest UK plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda]( [Sending those seeking refuge to a country with a deplorable human rights record contradicts core values of mercy, humility and kindness]( [UAE summons Israeli envoy over ‘attacks on civilians, incursions into holy places’]( By [Jacob Magid]( [As Abu Dhabi blasts Israeli response to Palestinian rioting on Temple Mount, Blinken holds marathon calls with Lapid, Abbas and Jordanian counterpart aimed at calming tensions]( [UAE pulls out of Independence Day flyby amid tensions over Temple Mount clashes]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkey’s Erdogan expresses concern over Temple Mount tensions in call with Herzog]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Analysis [Emanuel Fabian]( [Gaza’s anti-aircraft capabilities are neither new nor likely to be effective]( [Expert says 50-year-old Soviet Strela-2 shoulder-fired system, hyped by Hamas, is easily countered and has limited functionality, with aging missiles and makeshift power solutions]( [Gantz threatens Gaza if rockets continue, vows Temple Mount status quo protected]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Islamic Jihad shows off ‘tunnel city’ as it readies for next campaign against Israel]( By [Adel Zaanoun]( [During media tour in Gaza, terror group claims it has defensive and offensive tunnel systems, with the latter to be used for taking soldiers captive and repelling ground offensives]( Analysis [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Key French-Jewish institutions endorse Macron, fueling debate on role in politics]( [CRIF and Consistoire have become increasingly partisan over past decade; CRIF warns that individual freedoms, social diversity, tradition and France’s stability at stake on Sunday]( [80 years after being told she had a future, this Jewish singer is getting recognized]( By [Victor Wishna]( [Madeline Forman quit her nascent musical career to help sustain her Russian immigrant family in New Jersey. Now, experts are lauding her long-buried recordings]( [New York Times makes Joseph Kahn its 5th Jewish executive editor since 1964]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner assumes newspaper’s top journalist job after working as managing editor]( [Singer Shlomo Gronich under fire for racist comments at music festival]( By [TOI staff]( [Artist tells audience he’s glad they’re all ‘Ashkenazim’ and uses derogatory term for Mizrahi Jews; later apologizes, as family explains he suffers from dementia]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe’s return to Earth delayed yet again due to weather]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel’s counter-terror bureau weighs warning against travel to Qatar for World Cup]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli murdered during armed robbery in his Netherlands apartment]( By [TOI staff]( [Police investigator suspected of providing criminals with internal info]( By [TOI staff]( [Marvin Chomsky, who won Emmy for influential TV series ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Orlando’s Holocaust museum is getting a huge expansion]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [Putin aide says Jerusalem Old City property dispute is at top of Russian agenda]( By [TOI staff]( [Warden of jail where Jeffrey Epstein died quietly retires amid federal probe]( By [MICHAEL BALSAMO and Michael R. 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