Shell in luggage prompts panic at airport * Fiddler, behind the scenes * Holy hand grenade? * Lebanon confab urges Israeli ties * Why US ignored diplomats’ Hitler warning

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, April 29, 2022 Presented by[Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center]( [Panic at the airport as American family tries to board plane with souvenir bomb]( By [TOI staff]( [Security clears Ben Gurion departure hall after travelers reveal unexploded artillery shell in a suitcase; man sent to hospital after fleeing on luggage conveyor belt, falling off]( [Marking al-Quds Day, Iran general vows support for anyone ‘ready to fight’ Israel]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [President predicts ‘destruction of the Zionist regime’ as thousands of Iranians call for ‘death’ of Jewish state and US, burn flags in first rallies since before pandemic]( [UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has moved centrifuge workshop to underground facility]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran paper publishes antisemitic piece praising Hitler]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Documentary takes film lovers behind the scenes of making ‘Fiddler on the Roof’]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [‘Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen’ breaks down the movie magic of a beloved 50-year-old musical, and shows how the film brought gentile director Norman Jewison closer to Judaism]( from our sponsor [Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner with Bob Dylan – Virtual Event on May 2]( [Join Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center CEO Stephen Daniel Arnoff for a special conversation on his new book, “About Man & God & Law: The Spiritual Wisdom of Bob Dylan”]( [Ben Gvir blasted by Bennett after blaming Shin Bet head for security blunders]( By [Tobias Siegal and TOI staff]( [Far-right MK accuses Ronen Bar of failing to address terror wave and instead dealing with blocking him from Old City; PM accuses Otzma Yehudit politician of being ‘anti-Israeli’]( [Resign or we’ll harm your family, letters with bullets said to warn PM Bennett]( By [TOI staff]( Exclusive [Lapid and Mansour Abbas agree Ra’am will end boycott, return to battered coalition]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [Islamist party to again back government, which will advance the faction’s priorities such as recognizing Bedouin towns and providing funding to Arab communities]( [Mansour Abbas said to boycott coalition leaders’ meeting, as demands unaddressed]( By [TOI staff]( [Temple Mount prayers for last Friday of Ramadan end peacefully after morning clashes]( By [TOI staff]( [More than 160,000 reported to attend; PA accuses Israel of fomenting violence at holy site; police vow not to let ‘extremists’ undermine freedom of worship]( [Palestinians, police clash at Temple Mount on final Friday of Ramadan]( By [TOI staff]( [Millions pray at Mecca’s Grand Mosque in largest such event since COVID hit]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Tatiana Glezer]( [Anatomy of our departure from Russia, after Putin invaded Ukraine]( [The decision to leave my country was excruciating – we were happy. But they started silencing all dissent, and I’m ashamed of the pain wrought by the invasion]( [Abe Mezrich]( [Elon Musk, with his technology and trolling, mirrors the biblical Nimrod]( [And just as the ancient world was ambivalent about the mighty hunter, we’re not quite sure what to make of the business magnate]( [After 2-year pandemic hiatus, thousands take part in Auschwitz March of the Living]( By [Yaakov Schwartz and TOI staff]( [Eight survivors lead 2,500 participants, with some believing this year could be last time they will be able to attend event; first official delegation from UAE also joins in]( [At March of the Living, Polish president ties Holocaust atrocities to war in Ukraine]( By [AP]( [In first, Arab Israeli delegation joins March of the Living at Auschwitz]( By [TOI staff]( [At Lebanon multi-religious conference, calls to repeal ban on contacts with Israelis]( By [TOI staff]( [Speakers at confab hosted by Maronite Christian sect’s chief cleric push for Lebanese neutrality rather than close alliance with Iran]( Archaeology [Was Monty Python’s ‘Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch’ fact? Crusader-era explosive found]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Analysis of 11th-12th century vessel shards excavated in Jerusalem’s Old City give support to Crusader-era accounts of exploding projectiles — such as depicted in ‘The Holy Grail’]( Interview [Why did the US ignore diplomats who boldly raised an alarm about Hitler before WWII?]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [In new book ‘Watching Darkness Fall,’ former US ambassador David McKean illustrates how antisemitism, apathy and internal politics set America back in the war against Germany]( [White House to screen HBO’s ‘Survivor’ to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day]( By [DARLENE SUPERVILLE]( [Ukraine rails at Russia after deadly strike on Kyiv during UN chief’s visit]( By [david keyton and INNA VARENYTSIA]( [Journalist at US-funded Radio Free Europe killed in Russian missile barrage on Ukrainian capital; Zelensky accuses Moscow of trying to humiliate UN, urges ‘powerful reaction’]( [Biden blasts Russia over nuclear threats amid Ukraine invasion]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israel issues travel warning for Russian-backed breakaway region in Moldova]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [UK’s post-Corbyn Labour Party hosts Israeli Labor group in new sign of mending ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Members of Israel’s Labor party join politicians campaigning in London’s local elections, describe rekindled contact with sister party as a ‘great relief’ after Corbyn years]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: How does it feel? Bob Dylan thinker explores the singer’s spiritual wisdom]( By [TOI staff]( [Stephen Daniel Arnoff speaks about the music, lyrics and lessons learned from a lifetime of Dylan songs]( [2 Umm al-Fahm residents indicted for not preventing deadly terror shooting in Hadera]( By [TOI staff]( [Prosecutors allege Muhammad Gassan Mahajina, Hassan Mahajina knew the IS gunmen who killed 2 border cops last month intended to carry out attack, with latter helping them get ammo]( [2 Bedouin minors nabbed for blocking train tracks amid Negev tree-planting protests]( By [TOI staff]( [In Israel, Holocaust survivors from Ukraine ambivalent about the war-torn country]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Many Ukrainians killed Jews during World War II, collaborated with Nazis, and the country has honored antisemites, while others saved Jewish neighbors, say some survivors]( [Russian Jewish billionaire to donate $100 million for Ukrainian refugee relief]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [Mayor under fire for saying it was ‘easiest to despair, be killed in Holocaust’]( By [Michael Horovitz]( [Harold Livingston, a founder of the IAF and Star Trek screenwriter, dies at 97]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Known as a wisecracking radio operator, who led a failed protest against the air force, he went on to have a long career writing movies, TV shows and novels]( [CRM]( More Headlines [56 soldiers added to list of Israel’s fallen since last Memorial Day]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Health Ministry shuts down Strauss factory after massive salmonella recall]( By [TOI staff]( [Jerusalem apartment building fire kills 4-year-old who was trapped inside for hours]( By [TOI staff]( [World’s oceans face mass marine life extinction if warming continues — study]( By [AFP]( [Top court rejects appeal against construction of new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkish President Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia, in first since Khashoggi killing]( By [Robbie COREY-BOULET]( [Netherlands sees 10-year high in antisemitic incidents]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [English soccer fan fined, banned from games for Nazi salute he said was a wave hello]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [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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