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What Matters Most On Monday, May 18, 2020

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Amiram Ben-Uliel sits in the Lod District Court on May 18, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Pool Photo via AP)

Jewish extremist convicted of killing 3 Palestinian family members in 2015

Amiram Ben-Uliel also found guilty on 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 of arson in West Bank’s Duma terror attack, acquitted of membership in terror organization

Analysis

Ebullient Netanyahu laughs off the notion that new government will be his last

Gantz plays second fiddle as the prime minister relishes the start of another 18 months, minimum, at center stage

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Chagall Hall of the Knesset after the swearing-in of Israel's new government, May 17, 2020. (GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset, May 17, 2020, after the new government was sworn in. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

After 508-day crisis, Israel’s new government finally sworn in by Knesset

The first meeting of the new unity government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset, May 17, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool)

World leaders, Pompeo congratulate Israel on new unity government

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

German Chancellor Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Modi, Austrian Chancellor Kurz issue congratulations to Netanyahu and Gantz, Israeli public

Opposition leader Yair Lapid at the Knesset, as the 35th government of Israel is presented on May 17, 2020. (Knesset/Adina Veldman)

Lapid predicts ‘crooked’ new government will fall quickly

Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett (L) and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz meet in the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Courtesy)

Yamina chair says party heading to opposition with ‘head held high’

New FM Ashkenazi endorses Trump peace plan as ‘historic opportunity’

By Raphael Ahren

Incoming top diplomat says deal could shape Israel’s borders, but annexation should be ‘advanced responsibly’ in keeping with Jerusalem’s strategic interests

Incoming Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, right, with his predecessor, incoming Finance Minister Israel Katz, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 18, 2020 (Foreign Ministry)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Chagall Hall of the Knesset after the swearing-in of Israel's new government, May 17, 2020. (Kobi Gideom/GPO)

Netanyahu: Fighting ICC war crimes probe among government’s key objectives

By Raphael Ahren

Students work in the field at the Arava Institute. (Courtesy)

West Bank annexation will threaten Israel’s natural resources, institute warns

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and then-Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman, at the first meeting of the 35th Government, in the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Coalition flaw isn’t all the new ministries, but the ones that were ripped apart

Israeli prime ministers have always invented extra cabinet posts to help stabilize coalitions, but rarely by slicing vital agencies or halving ministers’ terms

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset, May 17, 2020, after the new government was sworn in. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Times of Israel PodcastLISTEN: Mazel tov, after 508 days of labor, an Israeli government is born!

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press briefing after his meetings with Iranian leaders, in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Live updates (closed)

EU says won’t recognize unilateral Israeli annexation in West Bank

By Joshua Davidovich

Bloc’s FM reiterates support for two-state solution, says Israel’s extending of sovereignty over settlements, Jordan Valley would be ‘contrary to international law’

8:08 pm

EU says won't recognize unilateral Israeli annexation in West Bank
7:40 pm

Italy records lowest number of virus deaths, new cases since pre-lockdown
7:26 pm

Pompeo denies firing of inspector general was 'act of retaliation'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, right, and Health Ministry General Manager Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference about the coronavirus at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Outgoing health minister says office’s director ‘exaggerated’ virus fears

Yaakov Litzman, who came under heavy criticism for his handling of crisis, says Netanyahu acceded to Moshe Bar Siman-Tov’s ‘overblown’ assessment of pandemic danger

Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 19, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

As pressure from faithful mounts, government plans to reopen synagogues

Molly Bernstein

In the next ’hood over from my house, people could use a helping hand

Some call COVID-19 the great equalizer. They couldn’t be more wrong — which is why IsraAID is breaking its own rules to help people in need in Israel

Daniel Chertoff

Jerusalem divided: 1947

It was a ’hodgepodge’ of neighborhoods. Today, with Arabs and Jews on the corona frontlines, the fissures are slowly fading

Meyer Shwarzstein

21 months of kaddish – thanks to the daily minyans

When my parents died, a faithful 10 helped yoke me into prayers where I could heal: I grabbed hold of the sturdy Aramaic phrases to pull myself out from my internal abyss

Haviva Ner-David

Is the state really AC or is AC a state of mind?

In this supposed ’After Corona’ world, I’m more frightened than ever, not just of dying, but of dying alone, separated from my children

A health worker draws blood from a patient for a COVID-19 antibody test at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Florida, on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Interview

COVID tests 2.0: An expert explains the IDF’s wide-scale serological screening

Immunologist Mordechai Gerlic has started testing soldiers’ blood, convinced it’s the best way to keep them safe from virus during missions

A medical team member wearing protective gear takes a swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on April 30, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Virus cases continue to fall, but small increase in patients on ventilators

A Mayanei Hayeshua medical team treats a patient with COVID-19 at the coronavirus unit in Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, Israel, April 13, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli lab completes successful coronavirus vaccine tests on rodents – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Yuval Carmi at a Rehovot hospital following a heart attack, May 17, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 13)

Falafel vendor who became symbol of virus economic toll suffers heart attack

Yuval Carmi hospitalized, with doctor saying condition related to recent stress; store owner says he faced derision online following tearful interview last month

A closed cafe on Nachalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv, on April 14, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

Restaurant reopening to be brought forward to coming days

Illustrative: Students and teacher at Hashalom School in Mevaseret Zion, near Jerusalem, May 17, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

2nd staff member at Rehovot school diagnosed with virus; 35 kids quarantined

Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of the Israeli flag during their annual protest to mark Quds, or Jerusalem Day, in Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran MPs ban work with Israel, including using its software, as acts against God

Unanimously adopted new law also calls for ‘virtual embassy in Palestine’; Rouhani allows residents of low-risk virus regions to attend anti-Israel al-Quds day prayers Friday

Iraqi security forces at the crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syria's Boukamal, in Qaim, Iraq, September 30, 2019. (Hadi Mizban/AP)

Airstrike attributed to Israel said to kill 7 Iran-backed fighters in east Syria

By AP

Iranians, some wearing face masks against the coronavirus, attend Laylat al-Qadr prayers, one of the holiest nights during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, outside a mosque in the Tehran, on May 13, 2020. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran announces new phase in virus fight despite nearly 2,300 new cases

By AFP

Then-Chinese ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei, left, speaks at a ceremonial reception to mark the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 24, 2019 (Sergey Starostenko/Xinhua via AP)

China said to backtrack on sending team to probe death of ambassador in Israel

Beijing reportedly confirms Du Wei, 57, died unexpectedly ‘of health reasons’ in his home in Herzliya; body to be repatriated Wednesday after ceremony

Author and photographer Neil Kramer in a quarantine-style bath with mother and ex wife crowding in. (Courtesy of Kramer)

Interview

NY photographer humorously captures life under quarantine with mom and ex-wife

By Jen Maidenberg

More Headlines

Rabbi Eliezer Berland arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on February 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Sex offender rabbi to be indicted for fraud, money laundering, pending a hearing

A motorist guides his Porsche convertible along a nearly-empty South University Boulevard, April 5, 2020, in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. (AP/David Zalubowski)

Porsche joins forces with Israeli smart car startup to ‘feel the road’ better

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Evangelical Christians from various countries wave flags as they march to show their support for Israel in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Trouble in paradise: ‘GOD TV’ spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals

By Joseph Krauss

A Magen David Adom ambulance in Tel Aviv, on May 17, 2020. (Magen David Adom)

Man, 60, dies of heatstroke in Dimona amid scorching heatwave

Multinational Force & Observers troops stand in formation during a change of command ceremony in Sinai, Egypt, July 15, 2019. (US Army/Staff Sgt. Kulani J. Lakanaria)

US lawmakers oppose defense secretary’s push to withdraw US troops from Sinai

Screen capture from video of a police officer on trial for the negligent homicide of an Ethiopian-Israeli teen. (Walla news)

Cop who shot Ethiopian-Israeli broke rules by firing at ground, says prosecutor

Culture Minister Miri Regev at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Yedioth Ahronoth/Pool)

Tel Aviv mayor sues Miri Regev for NIS 500,000 in defamation suit

Illustrative: Police and medical personnel at the scene of a suspected murder-suicide in Petah Tikva on January 17, 2020. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Three men shot dead within 24 hours in separate incidents

People participate in the annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on June 14, 2019. (Flash90)

Hotline launched for complaints about ‘conversion therapy’

Klaus Meine, frontman of the German metal band Scorpions, performs during the Peace Rock Festival attended by 250,000 on August 13, 1989, at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. (AP)

World is closing inScorpions frontman denies ‘Wind of Change’ was written by the CIA

For illustration: A team works on a high-tech project (Photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Global network to boost women in tech sets up Israel chapter

By Shoshanna Solomon

A Facebook post by Michael Ronen Agmon, which calls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the 'foe of Israel.' (Facebook)

Tel Aviv man arrested for inciting violence against Netanyahu

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