Hamas head threatens ’regional, religious war’ * Guard killed in Ariel terror laid to rest * Biz owners vs taxman on repaying COVID grants * Delete your digital footprint

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, May 1, 2022 Presented by[OurCrowd]( [Hamas’s Sinwar threatens a ‘regional, religious war’ if Al-Aqsa is again ‘violated’]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Terror group’s Gaza chief vows attacks on ‘thousands of synagogues’ worldwide if police raid Al-Aqsa Mosque; urges West Bank Palestinians, Arab Israelis to commit terror attacks]( [PM hits back at Sinwar, swipes at Netanyahu: ‘Maybe Hamas misses suitcases of cash’]( By [TOI staff]( [Ra’am leader Abbas brushes aside Sinwar’s treachery claims: I don’t owe you anything]( By [TOI staff]( [Security guard killed in Ariel terror attack named as Vyacheslav Golev]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [23-year-old from Beit Shemesh used his body to shield fiancée from gunmen; the two had recently moved to West Bank settlement after getting engaged]( [Suspects nabbed in killing of Ariel security guard; PM: We’ll reach every terrorist]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Live updates (closed) / Israeli leaders hail arrest of alleged terrorists in deadly Ariel shooting attack]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [LIVE: Minister condemns death threats against far-right MK Ben Gvir]( By [TOI staff]( [Facebook messages targeting Religious Zionism MK come amid lawmaker’s public sparring with Shin Bet, which he claims isn’t doing enough to curb terror]( from our sponsor [Startups respond to the Ukraine crisis:]( [Startups are applying technology to address the challenges raised by the war in Ukraine. Hear CEOs and experts in Telemedicine, Energy, Health, Food Supply and Cybersecurity.]( [Ahead of its 74th Independence Day, Israel’s population rises to 9.5 million]( By [TOI staff and Judah Ari Gross]( [Country sees biggest immigration wave in 20 years, with 38,000 arrivals; latest stats find 73.9% of Israelis are Jews, 21.1% are Arabs and 5% members of other religious groups]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing May 1: Ariel terror attack & poison pen letters to the first family]( [Editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza Hamas head Yahya Sinwar’s explosive speech and its implications; military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on ripples of Friday’s shooting]( [Suspects in Ariel shooting scoped out attack site, saw it as a weak point – report]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF raids hometown of Ariel attack suspects, maps houses for demolition]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( Top Ops [Naava Shafner]( [The reckoning of an Orthodox feminist]( [When your role models lose that status, but the values they upheld are still the ones you hold dear, you can walk away or you can navigate some tricky terrain]( [Miriam Schacter]( [Yes, and: A response to JOFA and its crisis]( [Just because an organization does good, important work doesn’t mean it can’t make a mistake. We must do better, and without cancelling all that has been done]( [Lod imam arrested for suspected incitement after Temple Mount clashes]( By [TOI staff]( [Sheikh Yusuf Albaz questioned by police over comments on Al-Aqsa Mosque, his lawyer says; he was charged last year with incitement over online posts following May conflict]( [IDF to close West Bank, Gaza crossings for Memorial and Independence days]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Pigeons, flawed oversight: Health Ministry report on salmonella recall slams Strauss]( By [Amy Spiro]( [In initial report, ministry says pigeons in factory, construction work, and the lack of a food safety director could all have played a role in disease outbreak]( [‘Honest man with huge heart’: Ex-Meretz MK, social activist Ilan Gilon dies at 65]( By [TOI staff]( [Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum for former lawmaker who championed the rights of the most vulnerable in society]( [Mossad reportedly interrogated IRGC member in Iran over triple assassination plot]( By [TOI staff]( [Mansour Rasouli said to have been released after admitting to being tasked with killing Israeli diplomat in Turkey, US general in Germany, Jewish journalist in France]( [Officials believe 2 different people sent bullets, threats to Bennett’s family]( By [TOI staff]( [Investigators unsure whether threatening letters sent to PM’s wife and son last week are connected, after initially thinking the same person or group was responsible – report]( [Islamic State accuses Israel of slaying jihadist leader in Sinai airstrike]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Terror group says Abu Omar al-Ansari killed as Egyptian army launches new campaign in northern part of desert, with Israeli air support]( [Suspected Islamic State terrorists blow up gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai]( By [ASHRAF SWEILAM]( ToI investigates [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Business owners who must repay undeserved COVID grants go to battle with the taxman]( [Israel Tax Authority demands return of funds paid out to small businesses and to self-employed professionals who didn’t lose as much income as they had thought during lockdowns]( [Homeless man sets himself on fire outside Ashdod municipality]( By [TOI staff]( [Russia criticizes Israeli envoy to Ukraine for letter on renaming Kyiv streets]( By [TOI staff]( [Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman slams Michael Brodsky’s ‘flirting’ after he suggests to capital’s mayor that some public places be named for those who saved Jews in Holocaust]( [Speaker Pelosi meets Zelensky on Kyiv trip, pledges US support ‘until fight is done’]( By [Agencies]( [More bodies with hands tied found near Bucha, as Russia shells Ukraine’s east]( By [Joshua MELVIN]( [CRM]( [Right to be forgotten: Israeli tech firm says it can delete your digital footprint]( By [Jonah Mandel]( [Tel Aviv firm Mine says over 10 million requests have been sent to firms by users of platform; expert says Israeli public relatively indifferent on matter, legislation inadequate]( [A New Jersey firm thought it had a winning Passover product. Then things got sticky]( By [Jacob Henry]( [After the holiday, customers receive a surprise when supposedly easy-off Kosher Dekal countertop covers adhere too well due to a factory error in China — resulting in huge refunds]( More Headlines [Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at first post-COVID correspondents’ dinner]( By [Farnoush Amiri and Will Weissert]( [Jewish Israeli to become new programs director of Human Rights Watch]( By [TOI staff]( [Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump’s effort to overturn election]( By [Farnoush Amiri]( [Cabinet approves appointment of Avital Sompolinsky as deputy AG]( By [Rachel Bernstein]( [Police officer wounded in hit-and-run near Shoham; terror ruled out]( By [TOI staff]( [Risking jail, handful of Russian priests condemn Ukraine conflict amid threats]( By [Romain COLAS]( [Small earthquake rattles northern Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [20 Ukrainian civilians leave Mariupol steelworks, say soldiers holed up there]( By [AFP]( [Autistic actor to portray a character with autism on Israeli TV for the 1st time]( By [TOI staff]( [8-year-old Israeli wins European chess championship]( By [TOI staff]( [Rabbis, imams, deacons: Chicago Interfaith Trolley offers tour of religion in US]( By [BOB SMIETANA]( [Spotted / First birth of an Asiatic cheetah in captivity takes place in Iran]( By [AFP]( [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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