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What Matters Most On Friday, June 19, 2020

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Jordanian King Abdullah II delivers a speech at the European Parliament on January 15, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Frederick Florin/AFP)

Exclusive'The future is entirely up to Israel'

Jordanian king tells US lawmakers he’s trying to get Abbas back to peace talks

By Eric Cortellessa

In virtual briefings, Abdullah also warns congressional leaders that Netanyahu’s annexation plan would bolster Hamas

AnalysisIf Israel annexes, PA hopes a dozen European countries will recognize Palestine

By Avi Issacharoff

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (left) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, on June 18, 2020 (Wafa news agency)

Jordanian FM warns of ‘long and violent’ conflict if Israel pursues annexation

By Aaron Boxerman

Composite photo L to R: Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn in Brussels on February 26, 2018; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 24, 2020 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo; Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Interview

EU’s elder statesman: Annexation flouts biblical tenet ‘Thou shalt not steal’

By Raphael Ahren

Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn warns move would ‘make it very difficult’ for the EU to sign future agreements with Israel, explains why his country would recognize Palestinian state

AnalysisIsrael moves to placate Hamas, but won’t meet pricey prisoner swap demands

By Avi Issacharoff

A Palestinian demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli forces during a protest against US President Donald Trump's peace plan, in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, on February 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians in Jordan Valley fear annexation heralds displacement

By Joseph Krauss

Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a lab in Tel Aviv, on June 9, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israel records nearly 350 new coronavirus cases in one day, in first since April

Another death brings toll to 304 as daily diagnoses steadily rise; government tightens restrictions in hotspots, sends in IDF reservists; Palestinians see spike in West Bank cases

Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades, center, at the Ledra Palace Hotel inside the UN controlled buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. (AP/Petros Karadjias)

Cypriot president cancels Israel trip as COVID-19 cases surge

An Israeli medical worker tests samples of suspected Covid-19 cases in Tel Aviv on June 9, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Neighborhoods in two Bedouin towns locked down as virus case tally tops 20,000

Rafael Grossi, (left) Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), opens a virtual meeting of the Board of Governors of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, on June 15, 2020 (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

UN nuclear watchdog passes resolution criticizing Iran, in first since 2012

By AFP and ToI Staff

Motion calls on Tehran to provide IAEA inspectors with access to two sites suspected of undeclared nuclear activity in the early 2000s; Iran has blocked access for months

IDF Brig. Gen. Tal Kalman (center) is promoted to the rank of major general on June 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Ex-fighter pilot tasked with leading Iran fight promoted to major general

By Judah Ari Gross

In this Tuesday, June 16, 2020, photo, nurses prepare medicines for COVID-19 patients at the Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says virus cases top 200,000, death toll nears 10,000

By AFP

Archaeology

Archaeologists unearth Galilee Christian town sacked by Persians in 7th century

Remains of affluent, rural community discovered at Pi Mazuva in 2007 include crosses, pagan-inspired mosaic; new publication illuminates the Christians who lived there

Part of a Byzantine-era mosaic unearthed in 2007 in northern Israel at the Pi Mazuva dig site. (Courtesy/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Juneteenth Day

Using blood libel tactics, white mob massacred 300 blacks in 1921 Tulsa ‘pogrom’

In two days of slaughter, a racist offensive including police and air bombers destroyed Tulsa, Oklahoma’s all-black Greenwood district. None of the perpetrators ever faced justice

The aftermath of the Tulsa Massacre in 1921 (public domain)

People attend a public Shabbat service to protest against police brutality and in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Providence, R.I. (AP/Michael Dwyer)

As US seethes over racial injustice, Jews find meaning in Juneteenth observances

By Josefin Dolsten and PHILISSA CRAMER

Illustrative: DACA students celebrate in front of the US Supreme Court in in Washington,DC, on June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending protections for young immigrants

By Mark Sherman

In defense of Korach

Should society always be ecumenical, meeting individuals where they are, or can we accept the challenges that push for personal growth?

‘Hate fuel’ firing up online antisemites is too incendiary to publish

Yes, there are videos on the web of Jews being murdered. Failing to eliminate these and other horrific content is a green light for more Nazi terrorism

PHOTO ESSAY: Societal collapse during the coronavirus outbreak

As I felt the struggle of unemployment myself, I went out to the streets to document the stories of others who were facing the same situation, each with their own story

Race in America: We must all listen more intently

We Yeshiva U. professors know lecturing on Jewish suffering won’t actually combat persecution, so we’re hosting ’teach-ins,’ to determine how the past can energize our present

Aaron Fruchtman

I tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday

I wasn’t feeling well, and I’d been exposed, so the results weren’t a shock, but I can’t figure out why my HMO told me to take the bus to get tested (I didn’t)

P is for Falastin

Sometimes it’s P and sometimes it’s B, depending on transliteration. And while we’re having an Arabic lesson, how about that G in Gaza?

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2018. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Jerusalem/Flash90)

Bolton says Netanyahu was ‘dubious’ about Kushner leading new peace push

By ToI Staff and Agencies

In new book, former US national security adviser writes that premier ‘wondered why Kushner thought he would succeed’ in brokering Israeli-Palestinian agreement

Former US national security adviser John Bolton speaks in Nashville, Tennessee, February 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Bolton says Trump unfit for office; US president calls him a ‘sick puppy’

US President Donald Trump on his phone during a roundtable at the State Dining Room of the White House June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Trump on defensive after Bolton book, Supreme Court ruling

By AFP

Interview

Israeli anti-racism czar says police profile Ethiopians, still have a ways to go

Aweke Zena tells ToI that while recent years have seen ‘dramatic improvement, there’s ‘a great deal more that needs fixing,’ and law enforcement officials aren’t trying enough

Aweke "Kobi" Zena, coordinator of the National Anti-Racism Unit at the Justice Ministry. (Courtesy)

People wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport on March 10, 2020 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Coronavirus homecoming: Israel readies for post-pandemic wave of immigration

By Michael Blum

The ADL says the red triangle in a Trump campaign Facebook ad resembles a symbol used by the Nazis. (Screen shot from Facebook)

Facebook removes Trump ads containing symbol used by Nazis

Anti-Defamation League says inverted red triangle closely resembles badge used to identify political prisoners in concentration camps

Twitter flags Trump’s tweet of doctored ‘racist baby’ video

By AP and ToI Staff

Poll: Majority of Americans feel Trump adds to divisions in an unhappy country

By Julie Pace and EMILY SWANSON

Trump repeats claim China may have deliberately spread virus, admits no evidence

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)

Interview

First female chancellor of JTS says she ‘knows what needs to be done’

An Apple iPhone5s screen with Siri application icons. (Wachiwit/iStock by Getty Images

Agonizing over whether to take COVID-19 test? Soon your phone will tell you

By Nathan Jeffay

By listening to voices, an Israeli-Italian app in development aims to help people make clear-headed decisions on when to go for virus testing

Prototype of the self-disinfecting reusable mask developed by researchers at The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, on June 18, 2020. (Courtesy of Technion)

Israeli scientists develop self-disinfecting face mask

By JTA

New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger, second from right, at a Brooklyn park, June 16, 2020. Yeger has been fighting to have sleepaway camps opened this summer. (Benjamin Kanter/ via JTA)

Coronavirus crisis

Orthodox lawmaker dares Cuomo to close NY sleepaway camps operating despite ban

Lawsuit challenging governor’s order to shutter overnight programs likely won’t yield results in time; Jewish leaders urge civil disobedience, say camp provides essential education

New York State Senator Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, and New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger open up Kolbert Playground in the Midwood neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Benjamin Kanter via JTA)

NYC to reopen playgrounds after protest by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers

More Headlines

A man walks by trains at Yitzhak Navon station in Jerusalem on May 14, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

New train vouchers on offer ahead of Israel Railways’ reopening Monday

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

Education Ministry seeks injunction to force teachers to extend school year

Amir Peretz seen during a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 12, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Peretz declares cement import tariffs, is swiftly shot down by finance minister

Elor Azaria arrives at a military prison to start serving his sentence, on August 9, 2017. (Flash90)

Hebron shooter Azaria requests disability status for psychological damage

Illustrative: An El Al airline plane at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 17, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Nearly 200 Israelis head home after being stranded in Central America by virus

By JTA

In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio, File)

Honduras president stable after contracting COVID-19

By AP

Max Blumenthal (YouTube screen grab)

Trump retweets far-left Max Blumenthal’s censure of John Bolton

By JTA and ToI Staff

Alon Ushpiz (YouTube screenshot)

Diplomat Alon Ushpiz appointed new director-general of Foreign Ministry

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