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What Matters Most On Sunday, June 14, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and alternate-PM and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2020. (Sebastian Scheiner / POOL / AFP)

Netanyahu, Gantz, Ashkenazi meet US envoy, amid differences on annexation

Israeli leaders sit down with David Friedman as PM’s planned July 1 start date for unilateral move nears; report says partial annexation or postponement of plan being weighed

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 19, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

UAE said to warn Washington annexation will cripple Gulf backing for Trump plan

A bunch of wooden pallets in the Jordan Valley on February 2, 2020. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)

Israel media reviewKill ’em with kindness, confusion or nukes: 5 things to know for June 14

By Joshua Davidovich

From the blogs

Yossi Klein Halevi

A plea to Gantz, Ashkenazi: Israel and its friends need you to block annexation

Such a step, in any form, will undermine Israel’s commitment to negotiate over disputed territory and betray defenders of Zionism throughout the world

Then-Supreme Court justice Anat Baron on March 8, 2017 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Supreme Court justice receives threat; ‘incitement’ blamed

By Michael Bachner

Statement says letter with unspecified ‘despicable’ content was sent to Judge Anat Baron, links matter to attacks on justice system by Netanyahu and his allies

Avi Nissenkorn of the Blue and White Party attends an election campaign event in Shefayim, on July 14, 2019. Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Justice minister vows to defend courts, rejecting attacks by Netanyahu, allies

Interview

Haviv Rettig Gur

Why some on the right see Netanyahu’s trial as unjust – even if he’s guilty

Prosecuting the PM for trading influence for favorable media coverage isn’t an attack on the right, but on ‘the legitimate boundaries of politics,’ says attorney Gil Bringer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Likud MK Shlomo Karai at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 13, 2020 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Likud MK asks AG to probe reporter days after PM retweeted call for imprisonment

Israelis swim in the Sea of Galilee on June 12, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90 *** Local Caption)

Live updates (closed)

Fewer than 100 new daily infections reported for first time in over week

By Joshua Davidovich

Health ministry says 83 new infections in past day, marking lowest tally since June 6; death toll steady at 300

6:37 pm

Minister says work starting to bring 300 families to Ramat Trump
6:23 pm

Senior al-Qaeda commanders killed in Syria strike -- monitor
6:16 pm

Israel in talks with Moderna to move up vaccine list -- report

An IDF soldier (center) helps a Palestinian man (left) flee from a group of Israelis attacking him in the West Bank city of Hebron on June 13, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Israeli suspects in Hebron attack on Palestinian yet to be questioned

Law enforcement officials said to identify those involved in assault broken up by IDF soldier, some of them minors

An IDF soldier (center) helps a Palestinian man (left) flee from a group of Israelis attacking him in the West Bank city of Hebron on June 13, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Gantz commends IDF soldier who helped Palestinian man flee violent Jewish group

An IDF soldier (center) helps a Palestinian man (left) flee from a group of Israelis attacking him in the West Bank city of Hebron on June 13, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Israeli soldier helps Palestinian man flee violent Jewish group in Hebron

An Etihad Airways flight with aid for the Palestinians to fight the coronavirus pandemic is unloaded at Ben Gurion Airport on May 19, 2020. (Nickolay Mladenov/Twitter)

Despite PA objections, UN still hoping to get UAE virus aid to West Bank, Gaza

Second installment to be sent to Ashdod port once it clears customs at airport; from there, entire shipment to be distributed to both Palestinian territories, official says

A bunch of balloons attached to an incendiary device is prepared to be flown into Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border east of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, January 22, 2020. (Ail Ahmed/ Flash90)

Cluster of balloons suspected of carrying explosives from Gaza lands in Israel

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinians lift placards during a protest against Israel's plans to annex parts of the West Bank, at Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Hamas said threatening to resume Gaza protests unless Qatari funds arrive

The proposed Silicon Wadi hi-tech development in Wadi Joz, East Jerusalem (Screenshot from Jerusalem muncipality promotional video)

Analysis

As mammoth high-tech hub is eyed for East Jerusalem, will it benefit locals?

Urban planners say that ‘Silicon Wadi’ project does not answer needs of Wadi Joz residents, must include housing; up to 200 existing Palestinian businesses to be evicted

Firefighters work to extinguish a vehicle set alight in Jaffa on June 13, 2020, as protests continue over city plans to build a homeless shelter on an ancient Muslim burial site. (Israel Fire and Rescue Services, Dan District)

Police arrest 5 over Jaffa protests against construction plan on Muslim site

Security forces gather ahead of protests in Jaffa, June 12, 2020. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

US Embassy issues security alert for Jaffa after cars torched during unrest

The breakfast club: Isolation version

Chatting when it’s early in Maine and Israeli tea-time, if all else fails, we annoy Alexa: ’Tell us about Yom Kippur.’ ’Here is a recipe for kippers.’ We laugh: NO, NOT HELPFUL!

Israeli media’s smearing of a devoted public servant

Claims health ministry official Prof. Itamar Grotto improperly granted a billionaire a quarantine waiver were entirely unfounded

‘Woke’ Orthodox women in the US use Instagram to fight racism

Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020. (Flash90)

Outgoing health czar says new virus wave can be curbed without lockdown

In parting remarks, Moshe Bar Siman-Tov says Israelis are tired of rules but must be made aware that virus not going away

Top doctor won’t be fired for letting billionaire skip quarantine, officials say

Cabinet confirms appointment of new Health Ministry director-general

Head of Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital hospitalized after ‘small stroke’

Demonstrators shut down an interstate after the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia, June 13, 2020. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Atlanta police chief resigns after officer fatally shoots black man

By Russ Bynum and brynn anderson

Protests in US city surge after Rayshard Brooks gunned down in Wendy’s parking lot after grabbing officer’s taser, running away

United States Military Academy graduating cadets wear face masks as they stand next to their socially-distanced seats during commencement ceremonies in West Point, New York, June 13, 2020. (AP/John Minchillo, Pool)

Trump addresses West Point grads but largely ducks controversies

By AFP

Police apprehend a protester in Whitehall near Parliament Square, London, during a protest by the Democratic Football Lads Alliance against a Black Lives Matter protest, June 13, 2020. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

UK’s Johnson condemns ‘racist thuggery’ as far-right activists clash with police

By ToI Staff and Agencies

This undated electron microscope image made available by the US National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Study: Dominant form of virus ‘10 times’ more infectious than original strain

Researchers say mutation in Wuhan virus gave it sturdier spikes to latch onto cells, with lab tests showing it is far more contagious; but some scientists urge caution

A person is injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, taken by Oxford University in England, on April 23, 2020. (Screenshot/Oxford University Pool via AP)

AstraZeneca agrees to make experimental COVID-19 vaccine for Europe

By DANICA KIRKA

Medics at the scene of a stabbing of an ultra-Orthodox man in London on June 12, 2020. (Screen capture/Twitter)

London police charge man with attempted murder in stabbing of Orthodox rabbi

Authorities identify suspect as Stanley Francis, 44, say incident not being investigated as terror-related; victim, Rabbi Alter Yaakov Schlesinger, in stable condition

More Headlines

Illustrative: An ambulance outside the Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)

Pregnant woman dies days after suspected beating by husband

Professor Yael Amitai speaks on Channel 13 news, undated video (Screen grab/Channel 13)

Minister appoints prof once barred for supporting conscientious objection

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran edging closer to nuclear bomb, Israeli defense officials assess – report

Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, an Iranian man executed for allegedly spying for Mossad and the CIA. (Iranian media)

Iran: ‘Spy’ slated for execution gave Mossad, CIA intel on Quds Force in Syria

A Hertz car rental is closed during the coronavirus pandemic in Paramus, New Jersey, on May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

‘Absolutely insane’: Hertz, despite bankruptcy, allowed to sell $1b. in shares

By AFP and ToI Staff

A Maccabi Tel Aviv player kicks a ball during a match (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Maccabi Tel Aviv suspends players suspected of having sex with minors

Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial, January 9, 2020 (Flash90)

Prosecutors seek prison term for actor Moshe Ivgy, convicted of indecent assault

Rani Shifron, CEO of Healthier Globe, left to right, Tsvi Shmilovich, CEO EZMEMS, Muna Lo, Secretary of the Economic Division of the Taiwan Embassy in Israel (Nati Levi)

Taiwan tech firm i2i creates $70m program for Israeli startups to enter Asia

By Shoshanna Solomon

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