Lapid: Don’t eulogize gov’t * PODCAST: Joshua Prager on America’s abortion crisis * ToI investigates: Missing at Meron * COVID not yet an endemic * Interview: Autumn Rowe

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, May 20, 2022 [‘It’s not over’: Despite MK’s defection, Lapid says too early to eulogize coalition]( By [TOI staff]( [Rinawie Zoabi won’t rule out resigning from Knesset, which would return seat to Meretz; says will support coalition ‘for now’; Horowitz said to have ‘long, good’ talks with her]( [In first comments, rebel Meretz MK ambiguous on support for new elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Analysis / New elections creep closer with resignation, but coalition of 59 not buried yet]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( Times Will Tell [PODCAST: How the clash of sex and religion spawned America’s abortion saga]( By [TOI staff]( [Joshua Prager, author of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for non-fiction ‘The Family Roe,’ dissects potential fallout of a leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V Wade]( [Oklahoma legislature passes ban on nearly all abortions]( By [AFP]( [Inside Story / Crush of sexist, antisemitic abuse driving women from high-profile positions]( By [AMANDA SEITZ]( ToI investigates [Thousands go to Meron to find themselves spiritually. Three have never come back]( By [Marissa Newman]( [The cradle of Jewish mysticism is also where Moishy Klinerman, Moshe Ilowitz and Haviv Ben-Abu were last seen. As Lag B’Omer’s throngs leave, searchers remain to scour the mountain]( [Environment Ministry reports reduced Lag B’Omer bonfire pollution]( By [TOI staff]( Explainer [Nathan Jeffay]( [As more COVID rules axed, Israel in stable state, but not yet at endemic stage]( [In a Times of Israel Q&A, epidemiologist Michael Edelstein says that while Israel has COVID calm, and is abolishing travel-related rules, big fluctuations in cases still possible]( [IDF identifies soldier’s gun that may have killed journalist, needs bullet to verify]( By [Josef Federman]( [Military official calls on PA to turn over bullet and cooperate in probe of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, which it has been refusing to do due to lack of trust in Israeli authorities]( [IDF: Soleimani’s son-in-law using civilian flights to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah]( By [TOI staff]( [Tehran and terror group endanger civilians by transporting advanced armaments on civilian flights to Damascus Airport, warns Israeli Army’s Arabic-language spokesperson]( [Israel says it foiled Iranian operation to lure Israelis abroad, possibly nab them]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Gantz asks Pentagon chief to bolster anti-Iran coalition in Mideast]( By [Tobias Siegal]( [Medical staff told to watch out for monkeypox as outbreak in Europe grows]( By [TOI staff and AP]( [Health Ministry says no cases in Israel, but with the disease spreading in Europe, urges precautions, recommends those from abroad who develop fever and lesions seek treatment]( [Explainer / What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?]( By [Maria Cheng]( [Patient attacks doctor at Wolfson hospital in third assault on medics this week]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [How Shabbat dinner helped launch Grammy-winning, Black-Jewish songwriter Autumn Rowe]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [After collaborating with Diana Ross and Jon Batiste, the artist dishes about pulling herself up by the bootstraps and how she’s paying it forward with The Songwriter Fund]( [Likud vows to oppose coalition’s scholarships bill for IDF combat veterans]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and TOI staff]( [Party says it will only back bill if it covers 100% of tuition for former soldiers, instead of proposed 67%, after some members had expressed support for the coalition legislation]( [Despite resignation, Meretz MK reportedly unlikely to vote for new elections]( By [TOI staff]( [Finance official said to propose child benefit cuts to Bedouin who practice polygamy]( By [TOI staff]( 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!]( Top Ops [Barry Rosen]( [I was an Iranian hostage too, and I say the West must not let this man die]( [Any party that takes hostages, even without executing them, cannot be a good faith partner – freeze all negotiations until Iran’s hostages are released]( [Ruthi Soudack]( [The girls at the gate]( [I look forward to the day I’ll greet the Arabs who come to visit their ancestral home without suspicion. I’ll offer them tea, and we’ll hear each other’s stories]( [Russia ‘disappointed’ by recent Israeli statements — senior official]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Deputy foreign minister says Moscow expects a balanced, objective approach on Ukraine war from Jerusalem, as ties come under strain]( [US approves $40 billion for Ukraine as Biden gets behind Sweden, Finland NATO bids]( By [Aurelia End and Camille CAMDESSUS]( [Zelensky mockingly compares Russia’s laser threat to Nazis’ fake weapon propaganda]( By [TOI staff]( [From the web / Videos, witness testimony show how Russians executed Ukrainians in Bucha]( Concert review [On tour, US-Israeli sister-trio HAIM are having the time of their lives]( By [Jordan Hoffman]( [At Madison Square Garden, the multitalented rockers have as much – or more – fun as their audience, with a quirky and charismatic stage presence that makes the huge venue intimate]( [Arizona inmate whose Jewish mom fled Nazis will be executed, but not in gas chamber]( By [JACQUES BILLEAUD]( [Frank Atwood declined to pick a method for death sentence to be carried when asked by officials, so default of lethal injection to be administered]( [Turkish foreign minister said planning to tour Temple Mount during Israel trip]( By [TOI staff]( [Turkey’s top envoy, Mevlut Cavusoglu, is set to visit Jerusalem next week in a diplomatic breakthrough, but his plan to go to holy site is causing tensions with Israel, report says]( [Jordanian king puts ‘erratic’ half-brother under official house arrest]( By [Agencies]( [Historian says NY’s Jewish Museum sanitizes filmmaker’s WWII record in new exhibit]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [CRM]( [Israeli star chef Einat Admony cooks up a new gig: Standup comedy]( By [julia GERGELY]( [The culinary queen credited with popularizing Israeli food in the US is revamping the Comedy Cellar’s Olive Tree Cafe — and dishing out some off-menu jokes onstage]( More Headlines [Window into the self / Letters by Jung showing interest in Jewish texts up for auction]( By [TOI staff]( [Security forces thwart attempted smuggling of 4,000 bullets into West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( [Housing prices in Israel rise as mortgage borrowing slows]( By [Danielle Nagler]( [Van driver tries to hit security forces at West Bank checkpoint, police say]( By [TOI staff]( [IDF practices protecting convoys from riots during war, attack on army HQ]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Traveling violation / Amar’e Stoudemire drops Nets coaching gig to focus on Shabbat game]( By [Gabe Friedman and CALEB GUEDES-REED]( [GOP lawmaker asked to testify on suspected ‘recon’ tour ahead of Jan. 6 insurrection]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Vying for talent, IAI jabs at darker side of Israeli tech sector]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [NY mayor meets with women rabbis to discuss antisemitism, climate change]( By [Jacob Henry]( [Israeli Dudi Sela’s French Open tennis match probed for suspected fixing — report]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Man shot to death in mini-market in central town of Jatt]( By [TOI staff]( [Right-wing activist indicted for sending death threats, bullets to Bennett family]( By [TOI staff]( [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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