Clergyman slams cops as video shows them in hospital before funeral * ToI investigates: Abuse in Haredi world * Murderer & a startup * Blogs: Why I came out of the closet

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, May 16, 2022 Presented by [Atlantis in the Bahamas]( Live updates [LIVE: Video shows cops inside Jerusalem hospital where journalist’s funeral set out from]( By [TOI staff]( [Newly released security camera footage shows officers armed with batons inside building before heavily criticized police violence at start of procession for Shireen Abu Akleh]( [Top Catholic clergyman condemns police action at Al Jazeera reporter’s funeral]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa says incident was a ‘disproportionate use of force’ and ‘severe violation’ of fundamental human right of freedom of religion]( [Bellingcat probe suggests Israeli fire most likely killed journalist; but not 100%]( By [Josef Federman]( [Police violence at journalist’s funeral said to be over waving of Palestinian flags]( By [TOI staff]( [As calls to amend Nation-State Law gather steam, Shaked says Yamina will veto plans]( By [TOI staff]( [Minister calls on fellow lawmakers to not ‘amuse themselves’ with moves that violate the coalition agreement, as Blue and White pledges to bring equality bill to committee debate]( [Liberman urges boycott of PA’s Abbas, in apparent swipe at Gantz]( By [TOI staff]( [Druze officer killed in 2018 Gaza raid had denounced Nation-State Law]( By [TOI staff]( from our sponsor [Kosher in the Bahamas]( [Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.]( [Hezbollah and allies dealt a blow in Lebanon election, early results show]( By [AP]( [Christian Lebanese Forces party, among Iranian proxy’s most vocal critics, says it won at least 20 seats, making it largest Christian bloc in parliament]( [Satellite images show Syria site ‘completely destroyed’ in raid attributed to Israel]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Herzog, ministers meet new UAE leader during condolence visit to Abu Dhabi]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Police arrest axe-wielding Palestinian suspected of planning terror attack]( By [TOI staff]( [Suspect — a 22-year-old resident of Al-Bireh — found with suicide note in his possession; security forces arrest nine Palestinians in overnight West Bank raids]( [Jewish man said attacked, beaten after entering East Jerusalem neighborhood]( By [TOI staff]( [Education Ministry, Shin Bet said cooperating to identify terror-backing teachers]( By [TOI staff]( [Mark Shinar]( [Broken roads: Leadership, authenticity and sexuality]( [It was an otherwise normal Sunday in January when I had gotten a long-overdue oil change, a haircut, and came out of the closet. There are a lot of balls in the air, even when your world comes crumbling down and, truth be told, I’ve never been much of a multitasker. There wasn’t anything special about that day that compelled me to send Lauren a “can we talk?” text, but I did, and that’s when I would have said that the dominoes began to fall. Nowadays, I think it...]( ToI investigates [6 months after the Walder abuse scandal broke, has the Haredi world seen change?]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Activists and observers say much work remains to counter sex abuse and the culture of silence in the ultra-Orthodox community and its media: ‘I think the dust hasn’t settled yet’]( ToI@10 event [Tickets here! J’lem, May 24: Matti Friedman on Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War tour]( By [TOI staff]( [Join us for the first evening in our ToI@10 series: Author Matti Friedman in conversation with ToI’s David Horovitz at Jerusalem’s First Station — plus a Leonard Cohen cover band!]( [For first time, grave of alleged ‘disappeared’ Yemenite baby to be exhumed]( By [TOI staff]( [At request of surviving family, authorities plan to take DNA sample next week in effort to determine if interred child really is Uziel Houri, who was said to have died in 1952]( [In Israel, Nobel-winning author Olga Tokarczuk reflects on Poles, Jews and a messiah]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Writer says she doesn’t like to get involved in politics, but notes that Poles share Ukraine’s ‘sense of danger that Russia presents to the free world’]( [Netanyahu on prosecutors’ request to amend corruption indictment: ‘In your face’]( By [TOI staff]( [The prosecution has asked the court to change the charge sheet after seemingly self-contradicting testimony by key state witness Shlomo Filber]( [Lobbyists petition High Court to force Bennett to move to official Jerusalem home]( By [TOI staff]( [Police ask attorney-general to allow criminal probes of Joint List MKs Tibi, Cassif]( By [TOI staff]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing May 16: In besieged Mariupol, Jews fight alongside infamous Azov Unit]( By [TOI staff]( [Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David speaks about two troubling new reports; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on the Ukraine war and Lebanon’s recent elections]( [NATO sees Ukraine victory possible as defenders continue to foil Russia]( By [OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN]( Top Ops [Michal Raucher]( [Jewish tradition ‘permits’ abortion. That’s not enough.]( [The religious justification is still rooted in a system that does not support bodily autonomy or the ability to make decisions about one’s own body]( [Ari Gertner]( [Israeli high-tech doing fine, thanks]( [Insufficient government spending in the tech sector? A dire talent shortage? No, that’s not what the Israel Innovation Authority report showed.]( [Ra’am touts housing wins for unrecognized Negev villages in new deal with government]( By [TOI staff]( [Party says agreement reached to eliminate fines and threat of demolition for homes up to 70 square meters in size; opposition says coalition selling out for political survival]( [Analysis / Moving Kahana back to the Knesset is Bennett’s attempt to circle the wagons]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Convicted Israeli murderer is brains behind Rehovot health-tech startup]( By [Tia Goldenberg]( [Decades after murdering snake trapper Yaakov Sela, a former friend, Harel Hershtik is behind a startup poised to make millions of dollars with backing of prominent public figures]( [S&P affirms Israel’s AA- rating, citing resilient economy despite security risks]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Housing prices soar by more than 16% in past year, highest rise in over a decade]( By [TOI staff]( [High Court rejects petitions against plan to build cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Judge says court only intervenes when planning process is flawed; as legal opposition route closes, opponents of plan vow to launch public campaign]( [Ousting stigmas, Israel’s first mental health expo happening Monday – in English]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Event in Jerusalem will tackle stigma surrounding mental health and give much-needed guidance as pandemic has brought many challenges to the fore, say organizers]( [Serious COVID cases in Israel drop below 100 for first time in months]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Officials say Buffalo shooter researched, targeted black neighborhood]( By [CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL BALSAMO]( [US set to remove Kahane’s ‘Kach’ group from foreign terrorism blacklist]( By [AP and Jacob Magid]( [French city rekindles burkini brouhaha with pool rule change]( By [Amelie HERENSTEIN and Adam PLOWRIGHT]( [Nakba Day commemorations pass largely peacefully; 3 arrested at Tel Aviv rally]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Iran to consider postponing death sentence of academic convicted of aiding Israel]( By [AFP]( [Jenin gunmen protest death of Daoud Zubeidi, brother of jailed terror chief]( By [TOI staff]( [Brawl erupts at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market between Jews and Arabs]( By [TOI staff]( [Air force commando in serious condition after snake bite]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Does Putin have cancer? Oligarch close to Kremlin claims Russian leader ‘very ill’]( By [TOI staff]( [Teachers union threatens strike over new salary agreement]( By [TOI staff]( [Fire chief bans bonfires on Lag B’Omer festival outside of designated areas]( By [TOI staff]( [1 killed, 4 critically hurt in shooting at California church, suspect in custody]( By [DAMIAN DOVARGANES and Christopher Weber]( [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? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved