Minister: Israel will pay ’huge price’ of status quo eroding, Jews praying on Temple Mt. * France votes * Netanyahu: We’re coming back * Hours of gunfire in Bedouin town

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, April 24, 2022 [Diaspora minister warns of ‘a deterioration’ of the Temple Mount status quo]( By [TOI staff]( [‘The price will be huge’: Nachman Shai says more Jews are visiting the flashpoint holy site, with some praying there, leading to an escalation]( [Bennett to UN chief: International community must not serve terrorists’ agenda]( By [TOI staff]( [In fresh public rebuke, Jordan condemns Israel for Holy Fire crowd restrictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Amman says Israel ‘must respect the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its sacred [sites], and stop all restrictive measures’]( [Mayor of Arab town of Umm al-Fahm confronts residents for rioting over Temple Mount]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank anti-terror raids]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Voting begins in France as Macron battles far-right Le Pen in presidency run-off]( By [Stuart Williams]( [While incumbent holds lead in polls, far-right is closest it has ever been to power; analysts caution low turnout could sway the result in either direction]( [France votes in election showdown between centrist Macron, far-right Le Pen]( By [Sylvie Corbet]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Apr. 24: As Bibi eats mufleta, who stirs the pot on the Temple Mount?]( [Editor David Horovitz talks status quo and relaxed COVID regulations; political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn reports back from Mimouna with former PM Benjamin Netanyahu]( Post-Passover celebration [‘We’re coming back,’ Netanyahu tells invigorated supporters, as government teeters]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [At traditional Mimouna dinner, ex-PM promises to return to power ‘soon,’ as Likud party activists describe their new energy to topple the coalition]( [Report: Ra’am to boycott Knesset hearing on ousting Yamina rebel MK from party]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Police minister says Rahat violence ‘intolerable,’ reinforcements to be sent in]( By [TOI staff]( [After multiple shootings in southern town, Omer Barlev says cops ‘obligated to act to stamp out crime in the city. 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