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What Matters Most On Thursday, June 25, 2020

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Illustrative image: Joyful man, cured of the disease, standing at a railway station in a medical mask (iStock/Nikolay Chekalin)

Kinder COVID? Israeli lab probes whether virus mutating to become less vicious

By Nathan Jeffay

As Italian doctor says virus has changed from an ‘aggressive tiger’ to a ‘wild cat,’ Tel Aviv virologist is tasked by Health Ministry to test ‘attenuation’ theory

A couple celebrates their wedding at a public park in Efrat, March 15, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Health chiefs: Weddings may be scaled back, older people should stay off buses

Jerusalem residents wearing face masks for fear of coronavirus walk and shop at the Mamilla Mall near Jerusalem's Old City on June 24, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health experts said to warn virus will soar, with 1,000 daily cases by next week

Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen speaks at a cyber conference at Tel Aviv University on June 24, 2019. (Flash90)

Mossad chief visits Jordan’s king amid annexation tension

With Amman threatening to rethink relations, Yossi Cohen said to bring Abdullah a message from Netanyahu

Kellyanne Conway says Trump to make ‘big announcement’ on West Bank annexation

After UN and Arab League warnings, Pompeo says West Bank annexation up to Israel

By AFP and ToI Staff

FM Ashkenazi says Israel unlikely to annex Jordan Valley — report

Magazine of a Bren machine gun found during an excavation under the Western Wall tunnels (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Locked, loaded and 53 years too late: Jordanian ammo found under Western Wall

The UN Security Council holds a debate via videoconference on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question, June 24, 2020 (UN screenshot)

At UN, Arab League head warns of ‘religious war’ if Israel annexes in West Bank

By AFP and ToI Staff

After Security Council meeting, Pompeo signals US backing for Israeli move; Israel’s envoy says it would be applying sovereignty, not annexing; UN chief warns of ‘watershed moment’

Abbas: If Israel annexes, it will bear responsibility as an occupying power

US State Department accuses Abbas of inconsistency on non-violence pledges

Hamas: Israeli annexation would be declaration of war

By Aaron Boxerman

From the blogs

We’ll defend annexation if needed – but here’s the thing

The many compelling arguments we’ll make to explain and justify it still won’t undo the steep price Israel will pay for taking this unpopular step

People walk with face masks on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on June 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

As virus numbers soar, government to declare more areas as restricted zones

By Michael Bachner

Health Ministry said recommending nationwide measures as renewed outbreak quickly becomes worse than the first

6:24 pm

IDF Military Intelligence chief, other commanders to enter virus quarantine
6:17 pm

Up to 8% of US population has been infected with virus -- CDC antibody survey
6:10 pm

Jordan's parliament speaker urges immediate steps against Israel over annexation

Ambassador Kyle O'Sullivan (L) presents his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin, August 7, 2019 (Irish Embassy in Israel/Twitter)

Interview

Despite pro-Palestinian bent, Dublin resists threatening Israel over annexation

Irish envoy says he’s not giving up on 2-state solution until both sides drop it; says Security Council, where Ireland recently won a seat, will respond to West Bank moves

Israel charges Gaza electrician with firing rockets, powering Hamas tunnels

11 months after announcement, Israeli building permits for Palestinians stalled

Palestinian charged with ‘deliberate killing’ of IDF soldier with brick

Analysis

Shoshanna Solomon

Netanyahu’s tax break panned as shameless against backdrop of economic meltdown

Even as some 800,000 unemployed find it hard to make ends meet, legislators get the public to foot the premier’s tax bill on fringe benefits he got from state

El Al workers protest the airline's intention to lay off some employees due to the coronavirus economic crisis, on May 10, 2020, outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Op-edWhy, exactly, have Israelis been ordered to pay Netanyahu’s taxes?

By David Horovitz

Yair Avidan takes up his post as Supervisor of Banks at the Bank of Israel on May 17, 2020 (Courtesy)

Watchdog asks banks to go easy on customers struggling with coronavirus crisis

By Shoshanna Solomon

Gal Gadot arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Gal Gadot said to violate virus quarantine regulations after return from US

‘Wonder Woman’ star, who often posted about need to stay home and safe, said to host visitors at luxury Arsuf vacation rental where family was isolating after Los Angeles flight

Illustrative: Israelis, wearing facemasks for fear of the coronavirus, shop for groceries at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem after it reopened according to the new government orders, June 16, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Phone-tracking bill advances in Knesset, despite Shin Bet opposition

Israelis wear protective face masks as they shop for food at the local market in Tzfat, northern Israel, June 24, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Virus cases surge, with 532 new infections in past day

Analysis

Will housing, hotels, highway devastate Jerusalem’s pastoral White Ridge hill?

National committee to discuss appeal Thursday against plans to build 5,000+ homes in unspoiled area, as city tries to meet national targets for housing to match population growth

Unusual corals like this one have been discovered in the deep sea area of the Palmachim Disturbance 30 kilometers off the Tel Aviv coast. (Haifa University Department of Marine Biology)

High Court petitioned to stop oil, gas exploration in unique marine habitat

The Dudaim dump site, the biggest landfill in Israel, near the city of Rahat in southern Israel, seen on August 10, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Environment minister: Waste sent to landfills must drop from 80% to 20%

Today was meant to be my wedding day

But instead, celebrations are on ice due to coronavirus, and I’m sitting in bed writing this with an emptiness in my belly

Why Benny Gantz sounds weak

The alternate prime minister has this one habit of speech that hints at a failure to lead: He speaks in negatives

Australian Nippers, a beach safety program that is being launched in Israel in July 2020 (Courtesy Israel Life Saving Federation)

The Brighter Side

Meet the Nippers: Aussie immigrants bring beach and sea safety to Israel

By Jessica Steinberg

Madonna poses for photographers upon arrival at the world premiere of the film 'The Beatles, Eight Days a Week,' in London, September 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Madonna excoriates Trump as a ‘Nazi,’ ‘sociopath’ for his Tulsa rally comments

Pop icon in online post criticizes US president for his handling of coronavirus pandemic, anti-racism protests after Oklahoma campaign event

Seth Rogen arrives at the LA Premiere of 'Game Over, Man!' on March 21, 2018, in Los Angeles (Willy Sanjuan/ Invision/ AP)

In jab at Mel Gibson, Seth Rogen applauds him for acknowledging Holocaust

By Gabe Friedman

MK Omer Yankelevich poses for a picture at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Profile

Meet the ultra-Orthodox minister tasked with mending frayed Israel-Diaspora ties

While coming under fire from some in the Haredi community for being a woman in a secular party, Omer Yankelevich’s appointment is largely welcomed by Jewish leaders in Diaspora

MK Yair Lapid arrives at a rally of self-employed and kindergarten owners calling for financial support from the government outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition chief Lapid said trying to skirt Shin Bet agents tasked to guard him

Mouize and Ranin introduce themselves to one another at the end of 'Cinema Rex' (Courtesy of Mayan Engelman & Eliran Peled/Cinema Rex)

Sneak peak inside

Israeli short animated film on historic ‘Cinema Rex’ wins international award

By Renee Ghert-Zand

More Headlines

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)

US said to slam covering of Jerusalem embassy Pride sign as sovereignty breach

Shani Orr Hama Kadosh, a Border Police officer who was injured in a suspected ramming attack on June 23, 2020, describes the incident in an interview the following day. (Screenshot/Channel 13)

‘He looked me in the eye and turned the wheel,’ says cop hurt in alleged ramming

Palestinians are seen crossing at the Erez crossing with Israel near Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on August 27, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

Gaza baby’s death blamed on PA’s halting of coordination with Israel

By Aaron Boxerman

Yehuda Wachsman, father of slain IDF soldier Nachshon Wachsman, watches a ransom video of his son in Hamas captivity, in an undated photo. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Yehuda Wachsman, father of murdered soldier Nachshon, dies aged 73

Iran's uranium conversion facility near Isfahan, which reprocesses uranium ore concentrate into uranium hexafluoride gas, which is then taken to Natanz and fed into the centrifuges for enrichment, March 30, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Iran secretly producing aluminum powder to launch missiles — report

In this August 1, 2009, photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari attends a press conference after his trial in Tehran (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hossein Salehi Ara, file)

Rights group: Iran TV aired 355 suspected coerced confessions over past decade

By Jon Gambrell

Jenny Slate at the Webby Awards in New York City, May 13, 2019. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Webby Awards via JTA)

Jenny Slate leaves Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’ because her character is biracial

By Gabe Friedman

A baby giraffe born in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, June 21, 2020. (Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)

High there!Newborn giraffe at Jerusalem zoo draws long list of names

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: New immigrants to Israel stepping off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport. (Courtesy Nefesh B'Nefesh/via JTA)

Nefesh B’Nefesh reports its highest-ever number of applicants for immigration

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus III, center, together with the Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land Fr Francesco Patton, center-right, and fellow church leaders from different denominations hold an ecumenical prayer outside the Petra hostel at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on July 11, 2019. (GALI TIBBON/AFP)

Jerusalem court nixes Greek church bid to stop property sale to right-wing group

John Bolton speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting in Las Vegas, March 29, 2014. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

As feud with Trump erupts, Bolton goes from pro-Israel hero to ‘John who?’

Screen capture from video of MK Ofer Shelah, Yesh Atid-Telem, left, with his back to the camera during an altercation while he was giving an interview to the Knesset Channel, May 2020. (Ynet)

Amid uproar about Knesset Channel firings over leaked tape, MK calls for boycott

By Stuart Winer

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