Israeli hospital treats Hamas head’s niece * Blinken: Israel took major steps to avoid hitting Gaza civilians * Cotler: 2 states is possible * F oxman: Where’s the vision?

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Thursday, May 27, 2021 Presented by CDPB Law Firm Live updates [LIVE: Relative of Hamas chief has been hospitalized in Israel for over a month — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Report quotes sources saying Ismail Haniyeh’s niece is being treated at Tel Aviv hospital after a bone marrow transplant, was there as fighting in Gaza raged]( [Israel dresses down French envoy for FM’s ‘Israel at risk of apartheid’ warning]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [FM Ashkenazi tells envoy that comment by Le Drian was ‘far from reality’ and a prize to terrorists; says Israel expects its friends not to drive anti-Israel activities]( [Hamas Gaza chief threatens new, heavier onslaught if Israel ‘violates’ Al-Aqsa]( By [Agencies and Aaron Boxerman]( [Netanyahu slams France for ‘insolent’ claim Israel at risk of apartheid]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Blinken: Israel ‘took very significant steps’ to avoid hitting Gaza civilians]( By [TOI staff]( [In interview with Israeli TV, top US diplomat laments lost lives, ‘especially children’; underlines Biden’s support for two-state solution and return to Iran accord]( [FM Ashkenazi to visit Egypt for Gaza talks next week]( By [Lazar Berman and Agencies]( [Egypt said to invite Israel, PA, Hamas to Cairo for long-term ceasefire talks]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Times of Israel Podcast [Daily Briefing May 27 – When the antisemitism volcano erupts, who is to blame?]( By [TOI staff]( [Welcome to our 100th episode! Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today]( [Mark Ruffalo apologizes for suggesting Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Gaza]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Israel envoy to UAE warns of ‘Kristallnacht’ moment after antisemitic attacks]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Analysis [Jacob Magid]( [Can US help rebuild Gaza without rehabilitating Hamas?]( [Biden administration says it wants to use post-war opportunity to strengthen the PA; past efforts have failed to benefit Gazans and prevent terror rulers from rearming]( [Biden administration adds $38.5 million in aid to the Palestinians]( By [JTA and Jacob Magid]( [‘You can always count on us’: UK top diplomat visits Israel after Gaza fighting]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [David Horovitz]( [At a moment of crisis for Israel in US, ex-ADL head warns: Israel has no vision]( [‘Israel, moving right, is interacting with an America which is at best being more progressive,’ says Abraham Foxman. The Hamas war exposed the fault lines, and time is running out]( From our sponsor [Portuguese citizenship for descendants of Sephardi Jews]( [Descendants of Sephardi Jews may now obtain Portuguese/European citizenship. CDPB, an international law firm based in Israel, provides all needed legal assistance.]( From the Blogs [Irwin Cotler]( [Gaza: 10 steps on the road not yet traveled]( [Remove Hamas and its ilk from the picture, and Israeli-Palestinian peace is possible: two states for two peoples living side by side in peace and security]( [UN rights chief: Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza may constitute ‘war crimes’]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [But High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet notes IDF did take ‘precautions’ such as advance warning, says charge applies if attacks were indiscriminate in impact on civilians]( [People are accusing Israel of genocide. These human rights lawyers beg to differ]( By [Ben Sales]( [World Health Organization passes motion alleging Israel violating health rights]( By [TOI staff]( [After Gaza ceasefire, UAE and Israel get back to developing ties]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [No momentum lost in normalization between countries as fighting raged with Palestinian enclave; Israeli envoy says local authorities showed ‘understanding’ of situation]( [Qatar says it will contribute $500 million for Gaza reconstruction]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Blinken visits Jordan, wrapping up Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [7 cops questioned over shooting of Sheikh Jarrah girl in back with sponge round]( By [TOI staff]( [Police Internal Investigation Department suspends 3 officers for 1-2 weeks; clip shows girl, 16, shot as she enters her East Jerusalem home and a stun grenade is then thrown inside]( [Lauded for killing terrorist 6 years ago, police officer now probed over death]( By [Stuart Winer]( [San Francisco teachers group becomes first US K-12 union to endorse BDS movement]( By [Gabriel Greschler]( Analysis [Lazar Berman]( [Was Khamenei behind the barring of moderate presidential candidates in Iran?]( [After conservative council paves way for hardliner to win, determining the supreme leader’s stance may hold key to anticipating Iran’s next moves in Vienna nuke talks]( [Khamenei urges Iranians to ignore calls to boycott vote as hundreds disqualified]( By [AFP]( [Rouhani urges more ‘competition’ after Iran presidential candidates banned]( By [Amir Havasi]( Top Ops [Jonathan Rynhold]( [Netanyahu’s responsibility for the Jewish-Arab meltdown in Israel]( [The Prime Minister empowered and emboldened Itamar Ben-Gvir and his racist, thuggish followers, who were key in triggering the inter-communal violence]( [Gary Rosenblatt]( [A rabbi’s accuser wanted me to tell her story. Here’s why it took 20 years.]( [My source went public after longstanding sanctions were lifted against the rabbi who committed sexual improprieties. Had he repented enough? She thought not]( [CRM]( [Thousands to take part in US virtual rally against antisemitism]( By [TOI staff]( [Major Jewish organizations call online protest to demand meaningful policy changes, action against anti-Jewish hate]( [Jewish Democrats accuse colleagues of antisemitism over Israel criticism]( By [JTA and Jacob Magid]( [Hundreds protest New York’s Museum of Modern Art board’s Israel ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Yamina, Religious Zionism trade blame for lack of right-wing government]( By [TOI staff]( [Shaked doesn’t rule out prospect of forming coalition with ‘change bloc’ after Smotrich accuses Yamina of pretending to drop negotiations with Netanyahu’s rivals]( [Ex-Walla CEO testifies he led a campaign against Rivlin on Netanyahu’s behalf]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( [Project invokes teens’ Holocaust diaries to inspire youth to reflect on Covid]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Potatoes that glow when in pain: Scientists tap into tubers in trouble]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Hebrew University researchers implant gene with fluorescent protein that changes color according to levels of stress indicated by quantity of potentially harmful free radicals]( Obituary [Fearless pioneering biblical archaeologist Eilat Mazar dies at 64]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Jewish history and Holocaust studies scholar murdered in Ukraine]( By [JTA]( [After cough-filled speech, Israeli military hints Nasrallah may have COVID]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Vulture thought extinct from Israel for 30 years spotted twice in a month]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Assad dismisses critics as Syria votes to extend his grip on power]( By [Maher Al Mounes and Rouba El Husseini]( [Viva la cinema / A cinema paradiso comes to Israel with Italian film fest]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Pope kisses Holocaust survivor’s Auschwitz tattoo]( By [AP]( [Israel-based cybersecurity experts expose ongoing hack attacks on Uighurs]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Progress on rye / 6 US Jewish delis run by women that you need to know about]( By [Rachel Ringler]( [Now I am a rich man / Grandfather takes biggest-ever Israel lottery jackpot of NIS 76m]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Alan Dershowitz sues Netflix for $80M over Epstein show]( By [AP]( [Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press editor who entered Capitol on Jan 6, to be replaced]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Early American chews / The Jewish history of Bazooka bubble gum]( By [Joanna O'Leary]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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