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What Matters Most On Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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The scene of an alleged car-ramming attempt at a West Bank checkpoint near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, June 23, 2020. (Musa Al Shaer/AFP)

Amid questions over shooting, police release video of driver ramming checkpoint

By Alexander Fulbright and Aaron Boxerman

Border Police push back on charges that Ahmad Erekat was killed without cause; in 2nd video family says is months old, Erekat vows he is ‘no snitch’ for Israel

Driver tries to ram cops near Jerusalem, is shot and killed — police

PLO’s Erekat says cop ‘executed’ cousin en route to pick up sister for wedding

Troops open fire on Palestinians throwing fire bombs near settlement, 1 hurt

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 10, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Gabi Ashkenazi says Israel won’t annex Jordan Valley — report

By Joshua Davidovich

Public broadcaster quotes foreign minister telling associates ‘everyone understands’ the Jewish state won’t extend sovereignty over the area

6:24 pm

'He looked me in the eye... and rammed me,' recalls border cop injured in suspected ramming
6:23 pm

Intelligence units rewarded for recent 'successful covert operation'
5:49 pm

FM Ashkenazi says Israel won't annex Jordan Valley -- report

Jerusalemites wearing face masks on June 11, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Ministers unanimously back phone-tracking bill opposed by Shin Bet

Legislation allowing agency to monitor spread of COVID-19 will move ahead over objections of security service, after Netanyahu pushes for it and Blue and White gets on board

Police officers at the entrance to the city of Elad, June 24, 2020 (Flash90)

Partial lockdown starts in two cities in effort to stop virus

A Magen David Adom worker arrives to test a patient with symptoms of coronavirus in Jerusalem on June 23, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As virus cases pile up, with 420 in 24 hours, ministers weigh phone tracking

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)

Gantz signals support for unilateral annexation if Palestinians ‘say no forever’

By Alexander Fulbright

Defense minister lays out his conditions for backing the extension of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank lands, acknowledges move could be met with violence

US President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Washington, as White House adviser Jared Kushner listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senior Trump aides said to begin informal talks on whether to back annexation

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi speaks at a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, June 10, 2020. (Foreign Ministry/courtesy)

Foreign minister working behind scenes to derail annexation — report

Mitzpe Jericho mayor Aliza Pilichowski, June 22, 2020. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ Times of Israel)

Times of Israel Podcast

LISTEN: A week to annexation, settlement mayor not sure if her town’s in or out

US-born Aliza Pilichowski talks about not knowing whether Benjamin Netanyahu will apply full Israeli law over her Jordan Valley town of 3,500 next week — and other challenges

Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Ghassan Majali at a ceremony for new ambassadors at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, November 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jordanian ambassador said to warn he could be recalled if annexation goes ahead

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (L) greeting his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 23, 2020. (Foreign Ministry/courtesy)

Israel seeks Cypriot help in softening EU opposition to annexation

By AFP and ToI Staff

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

Over 1,000 MPs from across Europe call for ‘decisive action’ against annexation

By Raphael Ahren

Left- and right-wing lawmakers say failure to ‘adequately respond would encourage other states with territorial claims to disregard basic principles of international law’

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks to The Associated Press in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)

UN chief calls on Israel to abandon West Bank annexation plans

By AFP

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters on October 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

New Zealand urges Israel to reconsider West Bank annexation plan

By Raphael Ahren

3D render of a room with ultraviolet light (iStock)

For $1 per person, UV light can help protect world from virus, scientists claim

By Nathan Jeffay

Offices, schools and hospitals everywhere should be installing ultraviolet lights that clean air and disinfect rooms when empty, says Israeli-Spanish-British research team

Illustrative: An aid worker talks to an elderly woman before a test at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

Why some countries suffer more from coronavirus: Israeli prof blames care homes

By Nathan Jeffay

You bet my prayer is political

We always pray for a better world – and politics should be the way we make it happen

Diana Barshaw Rich

I’m a racist, or the perversion of language

If these days it’s racist to think a white person has as much right as a black person to quote Martin Luther King Jr., then that’s a label I’ll wear with pride

Alon Goshen-Gottstein

Coronaspection: Religious understanding in corona times

The combined wisdom of dozens of diverse spiritual leaders offers a unified vision of the potential for growth, hope and optimism

Everything you want to know about annexation, but were afraid to ask

An explainer about the application of sovereignty and how it differs from annexation, including who objects to the plan and why

Illustrative: Religious Jewish activists protest same-sex parenting and LGBTQ families, across from LGBTQ advocates in Tel Aviv, December 16, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Pride month

Avner Hofstein and Omer Sharvit

Gay conversion therapy to fix ‘reverse inclinations’ is alive and well in Israel

The controversial ‘treatment’ hasn’t gone away — it’s just changed its name and branding

Pride rainbow flags hang on poles on Agron street in central Jerusalem on June 4, 2019, ahead of the Jerusalem Pride Parade scheduled for June 6 that year (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Jerusalem Municipality covers up LGBT pride sign at US Embassy

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi observes a military exercise in northern Israel on June 23, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief warns anti-annexation unrest in West Bank could spill over to Gaza

By Alexander Fulbright

Aviv Kohavi tells troops they could soon be facing ‘riots and terror,’ but does not mention annexation plan by name

Poll shows Palestinians reject annexation, but divided on how best to oppose it

Qatar said threatening to end aid to Gaza in bid to press Israel on annexation

Gaza sick suffer as PA cuts coordination with Israel to fight annexation

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative Explosions seen in the city of Hama, Syria after suspected Israeli airstrikes on June 24, 2020 (Screencapture/Twitter)

Israeli airstrikes reported against Iranian sites in Syria, killing 7

By Aaron Boxerman

Syrian state media confirms two soldiers killed in one strike, while watchdog says 5 pro-Iranian fighters killed in second strike, with attacks blamed on Israel

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament in Tehran on May 27, 2020. (AFP)

Rouhani says he’s ready for talks if US apologizes for exiting nuclear deal

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Performer Yossi Banai, from an exhibit that opened June 18, 2020, at the Tower of David Museum, 'Banai, This is Our Song' (Courtesy Nino Hananiah Herman)

Banai exhibit at Tower of David Museum follows a musical family’s journey

By Jessica Steinberg

Pat Ennis Engel, right, stands with her husband Congressman Eliot Engel as he prepares to cast votes for primary elections Tuesday, June 23, 2020, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews).

In NY primary, insurgent Dem takes commanding lead over pro-Israel stalwart

By Eric Cortellessa

AOC-backed Jamaal Bowman beating veteran Congressman Eliot Engel by more than 20 percentage points; mail-in ballots still to be counted

In this photo from, June 23, 2019 file photo, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visit an old army outpost overlooking the Jordan Valley between the Israeli city of Beit Shean and the Palestinian city of Jericho. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, File)

Analysis

4 Jewish takeaways from the John Bolton book Trump doesn’t want you to read

Buried in the nearly 290 pages are some surprising nuggets, telling us a little more about Trump and foreign policy than we knew

Illustrative: Social worker and health care chaplain Chava Monastersky staffs the interfaith chaplaincy at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest in Seattle. (Gregory Gutterman Scruggs/Times of Israel)

In Seattle’s protest zone, rabbis at chaplaincy table create new rituals

By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs

More Headlines

Asem (L) and Salih (R) Barghouti at a rally in Kobar after the former was released from Israeli prison in April 2018 (screenshot: Twitter)

Palestinian given 4 life sentences for deadly 2018 terror attacks

By Alexander Fulbright and ToI Staff

The Orot Rabin Power Station in Hadera, seen from the ruins of ancient Caesarea, Israel, July 24, 2015. (Garrett Mills/Flash 90)

Coal-fired power to drop from 30% to 25% by the end of this year

Screen capture from video as journalist and commentator Amnon Abramovich, center, is escorted by police after he was surrounded by a mob at a right-wing protest in Tel Aviv, June 20, 2002. (Twitter)

Police extract veteran journalist from hostile mob at right-wing protest

By Stuart Winer

US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally, in North Charleston, South Carolina, February 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For Israelis who need to relocate, new Trump visa policy ‘more bark than bite’

By Shoshanna Solomon

Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Democratic Camp electoral alliance's campaign launch in Tel Aviv on August 12, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Woman says Epstein forced her to have sex with former PM Barak

A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Cannabis legalization bills pass early readings; ultra-Orthodox MKs walk out

Illustrative: A US police car in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Nevada Jewish man stabbed in head by man shouting anti-Semitic slurs

By JTA and ToI Staff

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

More than half of war crimes court’s members back tribunal after US sanctions

Amir Abu Laben, a driver accused of causing the death of Itay Margi, 8, in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 23, 2020. (Flash90)

Driver convicted of reckless homicide for killing boy, 8, on Yom Kippur

A Palestinian worker checks a truck carrying United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) aid supplies that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on May 12, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Donors pledge $130 million to UNRWA but budget shortfall remains

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Nvidia's founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaking at the firm's GTC developers conference in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2017. (courtesy)

US tech firm Nvidia teams up with Mercedes-Benz in self-driving car push

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An Israeli police car (Roy Alima/Flash90)

Woman stabbed and moderately injured; partner arrested

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