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What Matters Most On Monday, May 25, 2020

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MK Yair Lapid speaks during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on him to quit, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2020. (Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Lapid says Netanyahu’s ‘horror show’ shows why he should have quit as PM

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Opposition leader lambastes premier over ‘terrible’ address before start of criminal trial; Ya’alon assails Gantz, premier’s rival-turned-ally, for keeping silent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by Likud lawmakers as he gives a press statement ahead of the start of his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, May 24, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Full text: In pre-trial speech, Netanyahu assails the justice system and media

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at a briefing at UN headquarters in New York with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on February 11, 2020. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)

Ex-PM Olmert, who was jailed for graft, says ‘thief’ Netanyahu to face same fate

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former prime minister Ehud Olmert, left, attend the funeral of Likud MK Zeev Boim in Binyamina, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Pool)

Op-ed

Victim of a left-wing coup? Why Netanyahu’s conspiracy theory is foul and absurd

PM claims cops, prosecutors et al want to oust him for ideological reasons. But his predecessor, Olmert, was also prosecuted. And he was set to cede settlements, parts of Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his lawyer Micah Fetman (L) at the Jerusalem District Court for the start of his trial on corruption charges, May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu says he won’t accept plea bargain in his corruption trial

PM doubles down on attack on justice system, says he has nothing to hide, in TV interview hours after taking defendant’s bench

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement ahead of the start of his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After opening day of trial, Netanyahu unlikely to be in court again this year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement before entering a courtroom at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020, for the start of his corruption trial. Among those alongside him from left are Likud MKs and ministers Gadi Yevarkan, Amir Ohana, Miri Regev, Nir Barkat, Israel Katz, Tzachi Hanegbi, Yoav Gallant and David Amsalem. (Yonathan Sindel/Pool/AFP)

Netanyahu’s solidarity team includes most, but not all, of Likud’s ministers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) on trial at the District Court in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Israel media review

Pics and it didn’t happen: 6 things to know for May 25

By Joshua Davidovich

As his trial begins, Netanyahu comes out swinging by showing contempt for the court, but it’s photos of the PM in the dock and with all of his friends that set the tone

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with then-cabinet secretary and current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, May 26, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/ Pool/ Flash90)

Netanyahu hosts activist suspected of threatening AG who indicted him — report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement before entering a courtroom at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020, for the start of his corruption trial. Among those alongside him from left are Likud MKs and ministers Gadi Yevarkan, Amir Ohana, Miri Regev, Nir Barkat, Israel Katz, Tzachi Hanegbi, Yoav Gallant and David Amsalem. (Yonathan Sindel/Pool/AFP)

TV report claims to debunk five of Netanyahu’s ‘political coup’ arguments

Then-defense minister Naftali Bennett of Yamina, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of right-wing parties, on March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Bashing Netanyahu prosecution, Yamina proposes law banning probe of sitting PM

By Joshua Davidovich

Opposition party accuses law enforcement community of politically motivated attempt to oust prime minister, says premier can’t be expected to run country while defending self

6:37 pm

Hackers tried to sabotage Israeli anti-coronavirus efforts -- report
6:19 pm

Spain shaves coronavirus death toll by almost 2,000
6:11 pm

Netanyahu mulling pushing for more time in court, televised trial -- reports

Israeli soldiers opening gates for tank during the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon, on June 22, 2000. (Flash90)

Stunning, infuriating TV

Judah Ari Gross

20 years after Lebanon pullout, docuseries dives into the ‘War With No Name’

Nearly 700 soldiers were killed during Israel’s 18-year occupation of Lebanon; journalist Matti Friedman teamed up with the Kan broadcaster to tell their story

IDF tanks near houses in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on July 22, 1982. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Some of Israel’s Lebanon veterans still searching for help

By Alexandra Vardi

Intellectual inconsistency on annexation

Alan Solow’s suggestion that US Jews should speak out against Israel imposing what it deems a defensible eastern border is morally troubling

Decoding the dark side of anti-lockdown protests

When extremist groups like the Three Percenters and Proud Boys wield guns and call officials ’tyrants,’ they are signalling a cry to resistance

Jessica Steinberg

Stuck at home, a surplus of fresh spring vegetables was the start of many culinary adventures, but none so valuable as relaxing over the bounty with family

A prime minister on trial: questions and answers

How long will the proceedings take? What about immunity? And has there ever been a sitting PM anywhere who faced criminal charges? (Yes, one)

A man walks by closed shops in the Mamilla Mall near Jerusalem's Old City on April 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel’s economy shrinks 7.1% in Q1 amid virus, sharpest decline in 20 years

Figures show only area of personal consumption to see growth during pandemic was food, drink and tobacco; Economy Ministry announces NIS 500 million in benefits for self-employed

Trains to restart, along with live performances, as virus regulations eased

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre fails to reopen Sunday as planned

By AFP and ToI Staff

Cabinet earmarks another NIS 14b for coronavirus economy relief

3,500-year-old Canaanite clay piece found on Tel Gama (the Canaanite city of Yarza) in March 2020. (Emil Eljam/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

3,500-year-old Canaanite prison scene discovered by 6-year-old on a hike

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) stands alongside fellow Likud lawmakers at the Jerusalem District ahead of the opening hearing of his corruption trial on May 24, 2020. With Netanyahu (from left): Ariel Kelner (Likud candidate); Shlomo Karai MK; Finance Minister Israel Katz; Education Minister Yoav Gallant; Nir Barkat MK; Minister without Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi; Keti Shitrit MK; Gadi Yevarkan MK; Minister of Public Security Amir Ohana; Mai Golan MK; Minister of Intelligence Eli Cohen; Transportation Minister Miri Regev; Minister for Liaison between the Government and the Knesset David Amsalem. (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu/Twitter)

Reporter's notebook

Making a literal stand, Netanyahu sends message it’s not just him on the bench

As his trial opens, the premier avoids dreaded photo of himself sitting humbled on the defendants’ bench, instead releasing shot in which he is surrounded by fellow Likud MKs

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, on November 20, 2019 (left); Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit addresses the press in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2019. (Gali Tibon; Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Under fire from Netanyahu, AG says he won’t be cowed by ‘unfounded’ claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his lawyer Micah Fetman (L) at the Jerusalem District Court for the start of his trial on corruption charges, May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)

Gantz: Netanyahu entitled to presumption of innocence, will get a fair trial

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a conference in memory of former IDF chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on December 25, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Officer fired, 4 others censured after soldier informant dies by suicide

By Judah Ari Gross

After probe, IDF chief chides Military Police investigators for their source recruitment methods, reprimands soldier’s commanders for failing to locate him after he went missing

Illustrativeechnicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a lab at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on March 17, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

First death in five days takes Israel’s virus toll to 280

Health Ministry says total number of infections is 16,720, with 14,203 people recovered; 43 in serious condition, 34 of them on ventilators

Two masks that have been modified by Yair Ein-Eli to make them self-cleaning (courtesy of The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)

Masks may become self-cleaning, with Israeli scientist’s USB-powered hack

By Nathan Jeffay

Children at a kindergarten in Jerusalem after a two month coronavirus lockdown, May 10, 2020. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90)

Jerusalem kindergarten assistant gets virus, sending 30 kids to quarantine

IDF forces on the scene of a stabbing attack near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on January 18, 2020. (IDF Spokesperson's Office)

2 Palestinians try to stab soldiers, are shot — IDF

Locals reject army’s account, pointing out that if farmers had really tried to attack soldiers they would not have been allowed to check themselves into a hospital

Defying COVID-19 restrictions, Israelis enjoyed the beach in Tel Aviv, as temperatures rose to 40 degrees in some parts of the country, May 16, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Long, intense and dangerous heat waves likely to become more common, expert says

But as the Mediterranean region warms 20% faster than the global average, an ambitious government roadmap, with 31 action points to help Israel adapt, remains without funding

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A researcher at a laboratory in Haifa's Technion University. (Courtesy)

16 Israeli research projects on personalized medicine get millions in funding

By Shoshanna Solomon

The cast of 'Hashoter Hatov.' (Netflix/ via JTA)

Locked down? Open up to… satirical Israeli police series ‘Hashoter Hatov’

By Lior Zaltzman

Lior Simon, left, and Gili Raanan, partners at cybersecurity VC fund Cyberstarts (Yossi Zliger)

Israeli VC fund Cyberstarts closes $100 million second fund

By Shoshanna Solomon

The sanctuary at Congregation Anshai Emeth in Peoria, Illinois (Facebook via JTA)

Several windows smashed at Reform synagogue in Peoria, Illinois

By JTA

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, the alligator Saturn swims in water at the Moscow Zoo, in Moscow, Russia. An alligator that many believed to have once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo. The zoo said the alligator, named Saturn, was about 84 years old and died on Friday. (AP Photo/Mikhail Bibichkov)

See you later‘Hitler’s alligator’ dies at Moscow zoo, aged 84

By AP

A member of the New Jersey National Guard directs traffic at the entrance to a drive-thru COVID-19 testing center in Paramus, N.J., Friday, March 20, 2020. The facility opened Friday in Bergen County which has been the state's hardest-hit area. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Services to resume in NJ county where rabbis were first to end communal prayer

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, Republican of Staten Island, questions New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government February 11, 2019, in Albany, NY (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NYC lawmaker: Being ‘Republican in New York’ like being IDF in Six Day War

By JTA

Year Course students this spring wear masks while volunteering. (Courtesy of Year Course/ via JTA)

As colleges go virtual, US students plan to visit Israel on gap year programs

By Josefin Dolsten

In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo from left, Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, South Carolina (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots

By Will Weissert and Bill Barrow

Workers wearing protective masks walk by on a street in Qatar's capital Doha, on May 17, 2020, as the country begins enforcing the world's toughest penalties for failing to wear masks in public, as it battles one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Qatar virus tracing app’s invasive requirements stir rare privacy backlash

By Gregory WALTON

A woman prays behind a closed door of Masoume shrine in the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, March 16, 2020 (AP Photo/Str)

Iran reopens key shrines after two-month virus closure

By AFP

Police arrest suspects as part of a year-long investigation into illegal trade of weapons and drugs, May 25, 2020 (Screen grab/Israel Police)

Dozens arrested for illegal weapons, drugs after top criminal turns agent

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