UAE praises steps to calm Jerusalem; other Arab FMs decry ’provocation’ * Rocket hits Sderot * ’Simply a lie’: Bennett spars with Amanpour * ’Funny Girl’ Beanie Feldstein

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, April 21, 2022 [Emirati FM tells Lapid he welcomes Israel’s steps to calm tensions in Jerusalem]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and Jacob Magid]( [Day after UAE summoned Israeli ambassador for rebuke, foreign minister tells al Nahyan that nations must keep working to promote peace between Israel and Middle Eastern Arabs]( [Erdogan says Jerusalem tensions won’t affect ties with Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Senior Israeli diplomat takes Jordan to task for harsh Temple Mount criticism]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Gazan rocket hits near Sderot home after day of Jerusalem tensions]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [No injuries reported in second attack this week, but four treated for anxiety; unclear why Iron Dome missile defense battery not utilized; house lightly damaged]( [IDF hits Hamas sites during pair of overnight raids in response to Gaza rocket fire]( By [TOI staff and Emanuel Fabian]( Liveblog [LIVE: Meeting in Amman, Arab ministers decry Israel’s ‘blatant provocation’ in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Nations including UAE, Morocco, call on Jerusalem to prevent non-Muslim worship on Temple Mount; Gantz vows ‘tough response’ to Gaza terror as Hamas threatens Israel]( [‘Simply a lie’: Bennett spars with CNN anchor Amanpour over Jerusalem tensions]( By [TOI staff]( [‘No, sir, you cannot say that to me,’ Christiane Amanpour tells prime minister after he calls her comments on settler violence, West Bank ‘blatantly false’]( [Palestinians, cops clash at Temple Mount as Jews make last visits until Ramadan ends]( By [TOI staff]( [Police arrest 7 suspects for throwing firebombs at officers from Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday; clashes come hours after IDF strikes targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire]( [IDF to shutter West Bank, Gaza crossings to Palestinians on last days of Passover]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Lone-wolf Palestinian terrorists show private gripes now top ideology, say analysts]( By [AFP]( [Jerusalem ‘flag march’ curbed as police block nationalists from Damascus Gate]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Police presence and strategic roadblocks contain crowd of several hundred protesters, including far-right MK Itamar Ben Gvir, who vows to erect a temporary office in area]( [Shin Bet said to warn allowing Ben Gvir at Damascus Gate would start a Gaza War]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [Itamar Ben Gvir’s incendiary patriot games]( [MK banned from Damascus Gate presents himself as a flag-waving defender of Israel, but shows indifference to the deadly dangers, including to Israelis, he risks exacerbating]( [Coalition roiled anew after lawmaker says Ra’am Temple Mount demands being mulled]( By [TOI staff]( [Russian envoy: We’ll ‘respond accordingly’ if Israel gives Ukraine defensive gear]( By [TOI staff]( [Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov issues vague warning after Gantz announces shipment of helmets and flak jackets to Ukrainian emergency services]( [In policy shift, Israel to send flak jackets and helmets to Ukraine]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Israeli envoy to Russia: Would be ‘honor’ to host Putin-Zelensky talks in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Putin claims ‘liberation’ of Mariupol, but orders troops not to storm last holdout]( By [Joris FIORITI and Joshua MELVIN]( [PMs of Spain, Denmark visit Kyiv in latest show of Western support as Biden hails Ukraine for resisting invasion: ‘They’re tougher and more proud than I thought’]( [Holocaust survivor dies sheltering from Russian strikes on Mariupol]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukraine adds local Jewish leader to list of pro-Russian ‘traitors’]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Russia tests new intercontinental ballistic missile, threatens West]( By [AP]( [Putin hails successful launch, saying Sarmat will make countries ‘think twice’ about aggressive intentions against Moscow]( Top Ops [Ariella Nadel]( [If Philo observed Passover from my porch]( [This festival has always been about family and friends and large pots of soup — and it grants us renewed strength to return to the post-holiday routine]( [Laura Wharton]( [The Temple Mount and the mounting violence]( [Palestinians are losing hope, Israelis are turning a blind eye to their distress – the future depends on Israel facing, not ignoring, the problem]( [In bitter debate, Macron accuses Le Pen of being ‘dependent on Mr. Putin’]( By [Stuart Williams and Adam PLOWRIGHT]( [Little cordiality shown in bruising 3-hour exchange ahead of Sunday’s election, with incumbent battering far-right challenger’s record on Russia, while she focuses on gov’t ills]( [German intel agency warns antisemitism is filtering into mainstream discourse]( By [AP]( [BfV chief Thomas Haldenwang says hateful imagery present at protests over COVID restrictions, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russia’s war in Ukraine]( [New Jersey man charged with federal hate crimes for alleged antisemitic attack spree]( By [Luke Tress]( Interview [Beanie Feldstein: ‘Funny Girl’ role ‘incredibly meaningful for me as a Jewish woman’]( By [Linda Buchwald]( [The first-ever Broadway revival of the Barbra Streisand classic is currently in previews; the show officially opens at the August Wilson Theatre on April 24]( [Airports Authority website targeted by pro-Iranian hackers in suspected cyberattack]( By [TOI staff]( [Authority says site back online with no damages to operational systems after DDoS attack; group based in Iraq says offensive meant to coincide with anniversary of Soleimani killing]( [Iran claims to arrest three people accused of spying for the Mossad]( By [AP]( [Housing prices keep soaring, up 15% from last year]( By [Danielle Nagler and Ricky Ben-David]( [Prices for homes reach new highs as government hopes for market to ‘moderate’; investor activity drops]( [‘We found nothing’: Thousands seized by Islamic State in Iraq, Syria remain missing]( By [Bassem Mroue]( [Years after jihadis’ territorial defeat, journalist whose brother disappeared while reporting on Syrian civil war is working on platform to help families get info on loved ones]( [CRM]( [Twitter account goes viral for sharing Easter explainer thread using Jewish jargon]( By [Jackie Hajdenberg]( [One of the people behind ‘JewWhoHasitAll’ handle says goal is ‘to make people more aware of the dominant culture, more aware of the Christian-normative society that we live in’]( [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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