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What Matters Most On Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Court rules alleged child sex abuser Leifer fit to be extradited for trial

Judge says former school principal feigned mental illness to avoid facing 74 counts of child sex abuse in Australia; defense plans appeal after July 20 extradition hearing

The Sorek Desalination Plant, November 22, 2018. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Amid US pressure, Israel taps local firm over China for $1.5b desalination plant

By AFP and TOI staff

Officials cite huge expected savings in water costs and significantly better tender bid as reason IDE Technologies was awarded Sorek B project, largest of its kind worldwide

Illustrative: A view of the Sorek A Desalination Plant, November 22, 2018. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Israel media reviewChinese water torture: 6 things to know for May 26

By Joshua Davidovich

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, January 31, 2020. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)

Live updates (closed)

As EU’s Borrell speaks with FM Ashkenazi, no mention of annexation

Borrell’s office says he stressed EU’s wish to ‘continue working with new Israeli government in a constructive and comprehensive way, in spirit of longstanding friendship’

6:00 pm

EU's Borell speaks with FM Ashkenazi, statement does not mention annexation
5:52 pm

US Senate committee votes to upgrade status of anti-Semitism czar
5:42 pm

Report: Abbas not ruling out dismantling PA if Israel annexes West Bank

Illustrative photo of mitochondrial DNA testing at the State of California Department of Justice Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory in Richmond, California, February 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

2 drugs for Gaucher’s disease also fight COVID-19, Israeli defense lab finds

By Judah Ari Gross

Defense Ministry-run Institute for Biological Research identifies medications treating the genetic disorder that can be used against viruses; one already has FDA approval

Leading HMO urges preparation for massive second virus outbreak in winter

By Stuart Winer

Israeli vaccine research centers reportedly among sites targeted by hackers

Israel’s virus death toll rises to 281; fewer than 30 people on ventilators

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives for a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset, May 25, 2020. (Flash90)

Netanyahu said to tell Likud MKs: West Bank annexation on for July

At weekly faction meeting, prime minister says he has a date in mind and won’t change it; also cautions a second, deadlier coronavirus wave could be on the way

Erdogan says Turkey ‘won’t allow’ Israel to annex parts of West Bank

Lapid: Netanyahu attempting to spark a civil war

By Raoul Wootliff

Liberman: Netanyahu inciting ‘civil war’ to save himself

By Raoul Wootliff

Ilana Spitz Epstein

‘I wish they would close all the shuls!’

I was never a big fan of prayer – my mind wanders, I make deals with God – but this pandemic has upped my role in helping others ’do Jewish,’ and it’s been good for me too

Shlomit Shahino-Kesler

Housing Minister Litzman will be good for secular Israelis

Expanding affordable housing for ultra-Orthodox Israelis means a bigger pie for all Israelis and less tension over haredi ’encroachment’

The annexation time bomb

There’s a connection between Netanyahu being on trial and his inclination to carry out the symbolic act of extending Israeli sovereignty

Loving the convert: A national priority

A wall of bureaucracy (at best) is no way to welcome those who are committed to Judaism and the Jewish people; plus, it contradicts Israel’s past chief rabbis’ traditional approach

From top left: Screenshots of The Canadian Jewish Record, The Canadian Jewish News, and TheJ.ca. (Screenshot)

Inside Story

Canada welcomes two new Jewish outlets, but COVID-19 has media on life support

By Robert Sarner

'It's my spiritual country and I want to defend it. Period'

Sacred and profane collide in two new films on Church of the Holy Sepulchre

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Even as church reopens from coronavirus closure, two documentaries portray complex modern struggles at site where Jesus is believed to have been crucified, buried and resurrected

Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian, and Franciscan clergymen stand inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on May 24, 2020, (GALI TIBBON/AFP)

Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre reopens after coronavirus closure

By AP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a protective face mask, in the courtroom at the District Court of Jerusalem on May 24, 2020, at the start of his corruption trial. (Ronen Zvulun / POOL / AFP)

Police: Netanyahu’s attacks are unfounded; fourth probe possible

Senior officer tells TV news that though PM has sought to harm force, he will get fair treatment if additional case opened; premier accuses cops of making threats

Officers stand guard as a convoy transporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020 (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Court said considering moving Netanyahu trial location due to chaos it causes

El Al planes at the Ben Gurion International Airport, April 12, 2020. (Flash90)

In further blow to El Al, Airports Authority demands millions in back payments

Struggling national carrier has already warned of collapse if bailout negotiations with the government fail

El Al workers protest against the company's intention to withdraw funds from the workers' compensation funds, in front of Bat Yam Regional Court on April 30, 2020 (Flash90)

Labor talks with El Al union said to devolve into chair-throwing melee

This photo taken on February 18, 2019, shows parked planes at the Lufthansa terminal of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany. (Christof Stache/AFP)

Germany approves 9 billion euro aid package for Lufthansa

By David McHugh

Reporter's notebook

As retail chains flourish, NY’s Orthodox small business owners protest closures

By Cathryn J. Prince

Grassroots movement #ReopenNY asks Gov. Cuomo to allow suffering entrepreneurs to operate within safety guidelines, as the country’s big box stores conduct business as usual

Sign at the entrance to Satmar Hasidic sect village of Kiryas Joel. (Uriel Heilman via JTA)

NY ultra-Orthodox school found with ‘hundreds of students inside’ amid lockdown

Vietnam Veteran Kitch Kichula, wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, pays his respects at the at the Vietnam War Memorial on Memorial Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 25, 2020. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Pandemic brings smaller, subdued US Memorial Day observances

By Amy Forliti and MATTHEW BROWN

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with thousands of students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Israel urges Twitter to boot Iranian leader after his ‘eliminate Israel’ tweets

By TOI staff and Raphael Ahren

Strategic affairs minister sends letter to social media giant accusing Ali Khamenei of breaking its rules, promoting anti-Semitism

Iranian head rabbi Yehuda Gerami, in an interview with Iranian TV broadcast on Quds Day, May 22, 2020. (Screenshot/ Twitter)

Iran’s head rabbi berates Israelis, Netanyahu: ‘You don’t represent Judaism’

Screen capture from video of members of the Hezbollah terror group's Radwan Unit in training. (YouTube)

Hezbollah commandos’ video threatens Israel, warns of ‘disaster from the north’

(Image by Imagno/Getty Images; design by Arielle Kaplan/via JTA)

Locked down? Open up to… Yiddish, starting with these 10 words

By Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg

To help get your family through virus crisis, get off your tuchas

Muslim worshipers offer Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a park in Jaffa, May 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Jubilant over low virus rates, Arab Israelis enjoy Eid as pandemic ‘Victory Day’

By Nathan Jeffay

More Headlines

Japan's Keisuke Honda, left, and Palestine's Abdallah Jaber contest for the ball during the AFC Asia Cup soccer match between Japan and Palestine in Newcastle, Australia, January 12, 2014. (Rob Griffith/AP)

Palestinian national soccer team star booted for signing with Israeli squad

By Stuart Winer

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy during Super Bowl 51 at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images/AFP)

Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring sells for over $1 million in virus fundraiser

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

The platform of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, pictured from the northern beach of Dor on December 31, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Noble Energy ‘violating law’ by failing to share pollution data — ministry

US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington, May 18, 2020. (Evan Vucci/Ap)

WHO suspends coronavirus trial of hydroxychloroquine drug taken by Trump

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh addressing a press conference in Ramallah on March 29, 2020. (Wafa)

After two months, Palestinian Authority ends coronavirus lockdown

By Aaron Boxerman

T cells attacking a cancer cell (frentusha; iStock by Getty Images)

Some autoimmune diseases are work of overzealous T cells, researchers say

By Shoshanna Solomon

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (L) of Yamina speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with leaders of right-wing parties at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Seeking to split coalition, Yamina floats law banning prosecution of sitting PM

By Raoul Wootliff

Lea Maria Jahn in a performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in February, 2020. (JTA)

Horror, not humorBrazilian Jewish groups condemn German comedian’s Holocaust joke

By Marcus M. Gilban

Illustrative: A woman waits at a bus stop near a public bomb shelter, by the southern kibbutz of Kfar Aza on July 06, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

In false alarm, rocket sirens blare in Gaza border areas

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