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What Matters Most On Friday, June 26, 2020

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An Emirati man and woman ride an escalator at Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as the country loosens its coronavirus restrictions, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

UAE confirms virus teamwork with Israeli firms, though not with Netanyahu gov’t

By ToI Staff and AFP

Abu Dhabi mum on state-to-state collaboration with Israel on fighting coronavirus, despite PM declaring imminent announcement from both countries’ health ministries

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

Mossad’s delivery in March of 100k virus test kits said to have come from UAE

Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan smiles during a news conference at the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Ministry in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Netanyahu says Israel, UAE to officially announce cooperation on coronavirus

People with face masks on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on June 24, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Increased enforcement throughout country amid 238 new infections, 4 more deaths

Diagnoses over past 24 hours stand at 499, continuing rising rates; 160 workers at Dimona reactor said quarantined after 2 employees come down sick

An existing smartphone app for tracking the spread of infection which determines who has been in contact with people who have been infected with the coronavirus. (iStock)

A ban from public places, or gentle persuasion? The future of virus tracking

By Nathan Jeffay

File: Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, chief of Military Intelligence, speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2019. (Flash90)

Military Intelligence chief to enter quarantine after exposure to coronavirus

By Alexander Fulbright

Yossi Herzog at a hotel in London circa 2015 (Courtesy)

ToI investigates

How the US Justice Department let an alleged Israeli fraud kingpin get away

By Simona Weinglass

For years, binary options operative Yossi Herzog allegedly stole millions while appearing to be above the law. Prosecutors caught up with him — then let him escape

A doctored picture of Hollywood actors Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson from "Back to the Future," which a Facebook prankster claimed was of an unidentified couple from 1950s Tel Aviv. (Courtesy/Ariel Plavnik via JTA)

First person

In prank gone awry, many believe ‘Back to Future’ photo is 1950s Israeli couple

Joke gets out of hand when Facebook user posts picture from film, asks for help identifying subjects, but recalls efforts to reunite Jews separated by Holocaust, other tragedies

A Fox store in Jerusalem (Wikipedia)

After backlash over dividends, Fox says it will forfeit millions in state aid

After leading efforts by big businesses amid pandemic to secure billions in grants, fashion chain CEO accused of ‘swinish’ behavior says taxpayer funds no longer necessary

File: CEO of Fox Group Harel Wiesel (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

‘Swinish capitalism’: Fox, which got millions in virus aid, pays huge dividends

Police officers enforcing social distancing rules patrol outside the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on June 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewEven pandemics deserve a second chance, apparently: 5 things to know for June 26

By Joshua Davidovich

Author interview

Renee Ghert-Zand

Nazi documents stashed in armchair take author on trail of ‘ordinary’ SS officer

In ‘The SS Officer’s Armchair,’ British-Jewish historian Daniel Lee retraces history of obscure lower-level Third Reich functionary, showing role he played in destroying lives

Robert Griesinger (right) in Wehrmacht uniform with one of the horses from the 25th Infantry Division c. 1939 (Courtesy of Jutta Mangold)

White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks in the White House, on April 2, 2020 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

No final decision on Israeli annexation after 3 days of White House talks

US Ambassador Friedman, Mideast envoy Berkowitz set to return to Israel for more work, less than a week before Netanyahu’s July 1 target date to start process

Jason Greenblatt, left, meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Jerusalem, on March 13, 2017. (Government Press Office)

Ex-Trump envoy: ‘Unfair’ of settlers to rap Palestinian state envisioned by plan

House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ted Deutch, Democrat of Florida, questions FBI Director Christopher Wray during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 7, 2017, on Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

191 House Democrats warn against Netanyahu’s annexation plans

By Eric Cortellessa

Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmuod Abbas upon his arrival in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 7, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad GHARABLI)

Report: Israel has told Abbas it will limit annexation to 2-3 settlement blocs

Ramallah official tells TV network that message conveyed via Jordan said Jerusalem no longer planning to annex the Jordan Valley

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi address the media at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 12, 2019. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Security chiefs said split on whether annexation will cause Palestinian violence

File: Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament attend a plenary session, October 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Belgian parliament calls for sanctions against Israel if annexation goes ahead

By Raphael Ahren

Keir Starmer, left, and Rebecca Long-Bailey of the UK Labour Party arrive at the cabinet office for Brexit talks in London, April 9, 2019. (Niklas Halle'n/AFP)

UK Labour leader sacks senior MP for sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’

Keir Starmer announces dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet after Jewish groups condemned her for tweeting an article linking George Floyd’s death to Israel

Michael J. Koplow

A diplomat’s guide to insulting your audience’s intelligence

In a recent op-ed, Amb. Ron Dermer seems to think readers will ignore Netanyahu’s outspoken rejection of a two-state solution

The pandemic tests our societies

The US with its focus on individuals’ rights could take a lesson from Israel’s book, in which life itself is the priority and young people are busy defending the country

Kohelet, Tolstoy and the red heifer

Our contact with friends and family dissolves our grief, and we emerge, still bereaved, but cleansed, purified, able again to face life (Hukat)

On the Rebbe’s yahrzeit: 7 life lessons

It’s quintessential Chabad: Don’t take yourself too seriously; live with joy; and realize why you’re not all that important by focusing on the needs of others

Andrei Gurbanov, a chess player from Haifa who won second place in the May 2020 World Chess Championship for disabled players held online due to the coronavirus (Courtesy Lior Aizenberg)

The brighter side

Coronavirus creates online opportunity for disabled chess players

By Jessica Steinberg

Games go online during the pandemic, making it easier to hold global competitions and play with just about anyone

Rabbi Vered Harris of Oklahoma City's Temple B’nai Israel, right, socially distances with synagogue executive director Rick Gratch, center, and music director Linda Matorin Sweenie, May 2020. (Courtesy)

Coronavirus crisis

Doc who coined term ‘flatten the curve’ opines on when US synagogues should open

Dr. Howard Markel developed America’s pandemic response policy following the SARS outbreak. Now he believes states are loosening measures too fast as virus continues to circulate

A healthcare worker talks to people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center coronavirus testing site in Houston, Texas, June 25, 2020. (Mark Felix/AFP)

Europe battles fresh virus surges as new US infections skyrocket

Illustrative: Medical tech (ipopba; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel wields startup tech against coronavirus second wave

By Guillaume LAVALLÉE

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, greets students as they wave Israeli flags during a ceremony opening the school year in the settlement of Elkana in the West Bank Sunday, Sep. 1, 2019. (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)

Analysis

Israel’s annexation bid contradicts its past stance, without legal explanation

PM Begin wanted to leave question of sovereignty over West Bank open, Oslo barred sides from unilaterally changing territory’s status. What justifies the change, and is it legal?

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

Israel said to expect ICC ruling on jurisdiction in war crimes probe within days

United Nations Special Envoy Nikolay Mladenov addresses an anti-annexation protest organized by Fatah in the Jordan Valley on Monday, June 22, 2020 (Screenshot/Palestine TV).

UN envoy warns Israeli annexation could fuel extremism

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this, March 19, 2018, file photo, New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres addresses a news conference in New York (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Analysis

The fallout from Eliot Engel’s likely defeat and a look at other US primaries

In a changing Democratic landscape, Israel is no longer sacrosanct, and aid to the Jewish state may be conditional

Senate candidate Charles Booker speaks at a campaign stop at Pikeville City Park in Pikeville, Kentucky, on June 22, 2020 (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

As Democratic party leaders age, progressive black politicians take stage

More Headlines

In this image taken from SKY video, emergency services attend the scene of incident in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday June 26, 2020. Police in Glasgow say emergency services are currently dealing with an incident in the center of Scotland's largest city and are urging people to avoid the area. (SKY via AP)

Police not treating Glasgow mass stabbings as terrorism

By AP

An explosion is seen in the night sky near Tehran in a video posted online by the country's Fars news agency, June 26, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Large explosion lights up Tehran night sky, state media reports

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz at the Knesset, May 17, 2020, after the new government was sworn in. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

Likud said weighing offering Gantz presidency to skirt rotation agreement

Illustrative: Explosions are seen in the Syrian town of Salamiyah on June 24 after an airstrike (video screenshot)

Israeli strike in Syria said to hit onion factory used by Iran to store weapons

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the first Cabinet meeting of the new government in the Knesset, on May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Ashkelon man indicted for making death threats against Netanyahu online

A cover image released by DC Comics of "Flash Facts" by Mayim Bialik (left), and Mayim Bialik (right), as she speaks at AT&T's SHAPE: "The Scully Effect is Real" panel on June 22, 2019, in Burbank, California. (Derek Charm/DC Comics via AP, left, and AP Photo)

AquawomanBialik and Batman: Actor teams up with DC for science books

By AP and ToI Staff

A portrait of an asylum seeker who is part of the Kuchinate arts collective, exhibited for World Refugee Day, on June 19, 2020 (Courtesy Michael Topyol)

Full colorAsylum seekers featured in living color through portraits and baskets

By Jessica Steinberg

The empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of OFJCC/ via JTA)

More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members

By Gabe Stutman

Illustrative: An olive grove (Sebi Berens/Flash90)

Police crack 11-year-old rape case using DNA evidence, charge suspect

Director Woody Allen attends a special screening of 'Wonder Wheel' in New York, on November 14, 2017. (Evan Agostini/ Invision/ AP, File)

New Woody Allen movie to premiere at Spanish film festival

By AFP

Attorney Alan Dershowitz talks to the press outside federal court in New York, on Monday, December 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dershowitz says he’s suing Netflix over sexual allegations in Epstein series

Static (left), Nasreen Qadri (center) and Ben El Tavori sing about gay pride in the 2020 Pride Week single, commissioned by the city of Tel Aviv, which had to cancel its Pride celebration due to the coronavirus (Courtesy screen grab)

Love of my heartSay you love me, sing pop stars for Tel Aviv Pride Week

By Jessica Steinberg

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