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What Matters Most On Sunday, May 31, 2020

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A Los Angeles Police Department kiosk is seen ablaze in The Grove shopping center during a US protest over the death of George Floyd, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Protests over police killings rage in dozens of US cities

By Tim Sullivan and STEPHEN GROVES

Clashes, violence reported in many of the nationwide mass rallies, with demonstrators decrying killing of black man by white cop

Major US cities under curfew as clashes spread on 5th night of protests

By Charlotte Plantive, Joy POWELL and Laurent Banguet

Protesters in some US cities target Confederate monuments

By AP

Wife of cop charged in death of George Floyd files for divorce

By AP

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

As Minneapolis burns, Jewish mayor takes heat for the response

By AP and ToI Staff

Previously hugely popular, some are now questioning Jacob Frey’s future prospects, as his city is riven by violent protests while authorities struggle to respond

US faith leaders wrestle twin traumas in protests, virus

Pickup driver plows through protest in Florida

By AP and ToI Staff

Twitter and Trump: A feud years in the making finally erupts

By Barbara Ortutay

Iyad Halak. (Courtesy)

Gantz expresses sorrow over police killing of East Jerusalem man with autism

The mother of a Palestinian man with special needs, who police said was shot dead when they mistakenly thought he was armed with a pistol, cries as she shows his picture on her mobile telephone, at her home in East Jerusalem, on May 30, 2020. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Police officer under house arrest after killing of special needs East J’lem man

Israelis protest in Jerusalem following the police shooting of Iyad Halak, May 30, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)Ohana on shooting of East J’lem man: Don’t judge officers until probe is over

New Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (L) and outgoing Health Minister Yaakov Litzman at a passing of the baton ceremony at the Health Ministry on May 18, 2020. (Health Ministry)

As infection rate spikes, health minister warns of new lockdown

Edelstein says closure could come ‘much faster than people think’; Netanyahu says policy change to be weighed, but economy must stay ‘open’

Illustrative: Israeli students and teachers wear protective face masks as they return to school, at Hashalom School in Mevasseret Zion, near Jerusalem, May 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Virus cases found in 6 more schools as ministers decide against sweeping closure

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

COVID-19 test machines bought from Chinese firm don’t work in Israel – report

Israelis lounge outside a closed restaurant on the beach in Tel Aviv, on May 25, 2020 as the beaches of Tel Aviv were officially re-opened for the public after they were closed in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Netanyahu adamant: COVID-19 virus ‘not affected at all by the climate’

PM criticizes ‘Israelis sunbathing crowded together on the beaches,’ and warns: ‘Until a vaccine is found, we are on a long journey adjacent to an abyss’

Israelis enjoy a day at the beach in Tel Aviv on May 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Pandemic not behind us, next few days are a test, warns Netanyahu

A party is held at Ha'Oman 17 nightclub in Tel Aviv, in violation of social distancing guidelines, May 2020 (video screenshot)

Nightclubs, eateries sanctioned for violating pandemic rules

Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on May 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel media review

Wave bye-bye: 6 things to know for May 31

By Joshua Davidovich

Israelis who decided that health guidelines are for suckers may bid farewell to the return of good times as rising infections spark fears of Wave 2.0. Who’s to blame? Everybody

Israeli soccer returns after months of coronavirus hiatus, with a Premier League match between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem on May 30, 2020 (Flash90)

Israeli soccer returns after 3 months, with empty stands and heavy restrictions

Magen David Adom medical workers collect samples for coronavirus testing in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Antibody testing to begin Tuesday after weeks of delays — report

Muslim worshipers pray at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on May 31, 2020, after the site had been closed for over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Temple Mt. reopens to thousands of Muslims, hundreds of Jews; 8 Muslims arrested

Officers accuse suspects of trying to prevent Jews’ entry; no major incidents after police braced for clashes following months of virus closure and in wake of Palestinian’s killing

Israeli security forces walk past the Dome of the Rock shrine, as they arrive at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 11, 2019, after clashes broke out during the overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and Tisha B'Av. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Temple Mount reopens amid fears of unrest after autistic man shot dead by police

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

How ultra-Orthodox parties became the biggest winners in Israel’s new government

While others were distracted by annexations, rotations and newfangled ministries, Shas and UTJ quietly won control over key ministries and major bottlenecks of economic policy

Aryeh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Shas party, seen with United Torah Judaism's Yaakov Litzman at a "Sheva Brachot" event for Deri's daughter, soon after her marriage in Jerusalem, December 23, 2015. At right is Deri's wife Yaffa; at left is former Shas MK Ariel Atias (Yaacov Cohen/FLASH90)

Rana, mother of Iyad Halak, 32, holds his photo at their home in East Jerusalem's Wadi Joz, May 30, 2020 (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Live updates (closed)

Teacher says she shouted, ”he’s disabled!’ before cops gunned down Palestinian

Iyad Hayak’s teacher says police ignored her pleas; family says police refused request to run funeral procession through Temple Mount

6:33 pm

AIPAC announces cancellation of 2021 policy conference
6:26 pm

UN Middle East envoy condemns police killing of East Jerusalem man with special needs
6:21 pm

George Floyd's brother says Trump didn't give him chance to talk in condolence call

A tale of two Rwandan war criminals, one captured, one dead

The arrest of a kingpin of the 1994 genocide highlights the importance of delayed justice. So does discovering that another perpetrator died

Is COVID-19 stressing you out? Tapping may be just the thing

With psychological difficulties at an all-time high, this new, DIY therapeutic technique can help stave off depression

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits with then-minister Ze'ev Elkin during a special cabinet meeting for Jerusalem Day at the Ein Lavan spring in Jerusalem, June 2, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

West Bank annexation could be delayed for days or weeks, Likud minister says

Despite Netanyahu saying he doesn’t intend to change July 1 date, Ze’ev Elkin says move depends on completion of Israeli-US committee’s mapping process

Reverend William Taylor, top left, and local people standing with social distancing observe a 30 second silence during a remembrance event as they add the names of five people who recently died to the community "We Grieve" wall at Clapton Common, in London, May 28, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Grieving London community unites around mural in honor of rabbi killed by virus

By DANICA KIRKA

Rev. William Taylor started London community project with friend Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, and painted ‘We Grieve’ on wall after Pinter’s death. It’s now the site of a weekly ceremony

A group of US protesters surrounded several National Guard vehicles that were driving on Lake Street towards the blockade under the Hiawatha Light Rail station and forced them to reverse out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 2020. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Mass protests in US, France, Hong Kong raise fears of renewed virus outbreaks

By brian melley and John Seewer

Crematorium workers wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, push a corpse into the oven of its crematorium at Sao Francisco Xavier cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 29, 2020 (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Global coronavirus cases top 6 million, with 370,000 deaths

By AFP

More Headlines

The Austrian parliament session in Vienna, Austria, January 10, 2020. (Ronald Zak/AP)

Israel lauds Austrian parliament for urging action against Hezbollah

By Raphael Ahren

An explosion is seen following an alleged Israeli attack on a Hezbollah arms cache near Homs in central Syria on May 1, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Report: Iranian militia sites targeted in northern Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Police stop traffic to allow family of geese to cross highway, May 29, 2020 (Screen grab/Israel Police)

Birds of a featherPolice block highways so geese families can cross

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 30, 2020 (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX blasts off on historic crewed launch, opening commercial space travel era

Illustrative: Participants at the DLD Tel Aviv Digital Conference, Israel's largest international Hi-tech gathering, featuring hundreds of start ups, VC’s, angel investors and leading multinationals, held at the Old Train Station complex in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Most early stage Israeli startups at risk of closure due to pandemic — survey

By Shoshanna Solomon

People swim in two freshwater pools that rest under a large waterfall of the Nahal Zavitan. (Phil Sussman/Flash90)

Man drowns while swimming at Golan Heights stream

An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in el-Arish, 290 kilometers (180 miles) east of Cairo, North Sinai, Egypt, January 31, 2015 (AP Photo)

Egypt army says 19 Islamic militants killed in Sinai ground and air operations

By AFP

Illustrative -- An injured Imperial Eagle at the veterinary hospital at the safari park in Ramat Gan, March 3, 2013 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Record number of animals injured as parks teem with visitors after lockdown

Activists block the Ayalon Highway near Tel Aviv on May 31, 2020, demanding increased stipends for people with disabilities. (Lavi Naor/courtesy)

Activists briefly block Ayalon highway, demand benefit boost for disabled

In this file photo taken on December 04, 2019 Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at US President Donald Trump walking past her during a group photo as part of the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London (CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / POOL / AFP)

Trump says he will delay G7 summit and invite other countries

By Jerome Cartillier

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