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What Matters Most On Monday, June 29, 2020

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Israelis wearing face masks are seen on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel cuts back gatherings to 50 people amid rising COVID-19 cases

Ministers also agree to limit capacity at event halls to 100 in outdoor areas starting July 9, keep cultural events capped at 250; Netanyahu vows to compensate those harmed

A medical team at the coronavirus unit at Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 4, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

‘It’s frightening’: Doctors say half of ‘cured’ COVID patients still suffer

By Nathan Jeffay

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks a press conference about the coronavirus at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Virus cases jump by nearly 500; ministers resume talks on restrictions

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel media review

Prognosis negative: 5 things to know for June 29

Rising case numbers make it difficult to dispute that country has entered second wave of pandemic, but media highlights lack of consensus among ministers over what to do about it

An employee takes the fingerprints of a woman who died from the new coronavirus before her remains are cremated at La Recoleta crematorium in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, June 27, 2020. The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday the highest number of deaths in Chile since the start of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

500,000 dead: World hits coronavirus milestone amid fears worst to come

By Nicole Winfield and KEN MORITSUGU

Israelis, some wearing protective face masks, in Tel Aviv on June 24, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Government extends unemployment benefits until mid-August

Exclusive

Muscling in on Dubai’s existing Jewish community, a Chabad rabbi stirs discord

New ‘Jewish Community of the UAE’ got much press, but upstart congregation’s eye for publicity backfires as local authorities order immediate closure of its social media accounts

A screenshot from a video on the Facebook page of the 'Jewish Community of the UAE' (Facebook)

Strawberries (Sarah Tuttle-Singer)

The taxi driver’s love story

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

’There was only one thing we could do, and it was her idea to do it’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Netanyahu said to hint annexation won’t begin on July 1 as he’d pledged

Public broadcaster says PM acknowledged to Likud MKs that extending sovereignty over West Bank lands ‘is a complicated process with lots of diplomatic and security considerations’

6:16 pm

Army says warning sirens in Gaza border area weren't triggered by rocket fire
5:55 pm

Rocket warning sirens sound in Gaza-area
5:41 pm

Netanyahu said to hint annexation won't begin on July 1 as he'd pledged

Uri Pilichowski

A settler’s unexpected reason to extend sovereignty

The Palestinians have suffered because of Israeli actions, yet they can best achieve freedom and a decent quality of life by following Trump’s plan, and its direct negotiations

Jessica Montell

Annexation is already here

The Seam Zone – the area beyond the Separation Barrier in the West Bank – is a testing ground for the treatment of Palestinians under annexation, and it’s a lousy model

The West Bank settlement of Ma'ale Efraim in the hills overlooking the Jordan Valley, February 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Interview

Haviv Rettig Gur

A former top IDF law expert questions the benefits of annexation

Pnina Sharvit Baruch led the unit that handles Israel’s rights and responsibilities in the West Bank. The PM’s plan, she says, could make everything, including building, harder

UN rights chief says annexation plans ‘illegal,’ consequences will last decades

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jordan said to warn Israel of harsh response to even minimal annexation

West Bank annexation could alienate Gulf, but won’t incur EU sanctions – experts

By AFP and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry, in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Gantz tells US envoys July 1 annexation start date ‘not sacred’

By Michael Bachner and Jacob Magid

Meeting Avi Berkowitz and David Friedman, defense minister says battling pandemic’s economic toll is more urgent; Netanyahu says Blue and White’s position ‘not a factor’

Palestinian leaders struggle to mobilize street against annexation plans

By Claire Gounon

As annexation looms, PM urges Palestinians to talks on basis of Trump plan

By Michael Bachner

Trump Square fountain in Petah Tikva gushes fake blood in annexation protest

Jerusalem event remembers murdered teen Shira Banki

In lieu of Pride parades, thousands attend rallies across Israel for LGBT rights

Demonstrations in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba held after annual celebrations scrapped due to pandemic; 27 far-right protesters arrested in advance as precaution

Sveta Kundish and Daniel Kahn in 'Mentshn-Fresser' (People Devourer) (Photo: Yeva Lapsker)

‘You poison our innards’: Revamped 1916 Yiddish pandemic song is new YouTube hit

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen performs a song with racist and conspiracy theory-laden lyrics at a far-right rally in Olympia, Washington, June 27, 2020. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Disguised Baron Cohen trolls far-right US rally, leads racist singalong

Comedian known for satirizing hateful ideologies sings anti-Semitic lyrics about Soros, hateful tune on Obama and Fauci, with some joining in, before he is whisked offstage

Israeli activist and former air force general Amir Haskel holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 28, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Ex-general arrested at anti-Netanyahu rally says a ‘line was crossed’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Amir Haskel, released Sunday, says his detention was worth it if it ‘lit the flame’ under protests against PM over his criminal charges

From left to right: Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the prime minister's chief of staff Asher Hayoun, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Tiff between Netanyahu, Gantz on media picked up on hot mic

Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry, in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Polls: Gantz’s party sinks to 9 seats, though voters sour on PM’s virus handling

Graphic Designer Milton Glaser in his studio in New York City (Photo by Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)

9 powerful designs by Milton Glaser, the iconic artist who died this month

By Gabe Friedman

More Headlines

Hamas members watch as a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners arrives at the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip as part of the deal for the release of hostage Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Hamas: Release of rearrested Shalit deal prisoners a precondition for new deal

By Aaron Boxerman

Artist's impression of a cable car crossing Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley to Mount Zion, from a promotional video uploaded to YouTube.

On eve of High Court hearing, new tourism minister backs Old City cable car plan

A protester pulls a rope around the neck of a man impersonating US President Donald Trump during a rally at Azadi (Freedom) Square in celebration of the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing, seeks Interpol help

By Nasser Karimi

AnalysisIs a Netanyahu-Kurz bromance responsible for Austria’s new direction on Israel?

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Explosions are seen in the skies over Damascus as the Syrian military fires anti-aircraft weapons at incoming missiles during an attack attributed to Israel on February 6, 2020. (SANA)

9 Iran-backed fighters killed in 2nd raid in Syria in 24 hours — monitor

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara at a welcoming ceremony for the Brazilian president at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Former PM residence worker to have phone searched over claims she lied to court

One of the street performers who will perform on the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on July 2, 2020, as part of an effort to support actors during the coronavirus (Courtesy, Shlomi Zanti)

Street partyStruggling performing artists coming to streets of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

By Jessica Steinberg

Construction of sea barrier at Zikim beach between the Gaza Strip and Israel, August 5, 2018. (Defense Ministry)

Gaza man arrested by IDF after trying to swim to Israel

Illustrative: Honeybees are shown on a frame at beekeeper Denise Hunsaker's apiary on May 20, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Sting operationHoney, I’m home: Massive beehive found in house’s window blinds

Stock quotes seen outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on August 26, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange starts English website for corporate filings

By Shoshanna Solomon

"I love this flag," states David Flynt of Hattiesburg, while standing outside the state Capitol with other current Mississippi flag supporters in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020. Lawmakers in both chambers voted for state flag change legislation today. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has already said he would sign whatever flag bill the Legislature decides on. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi votes to remove Confederate battle emblem from state flag

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS

Illustrative: The cover of an August 2017 issue of the German magazine Stern depicting US President Donald Trump extending his arm in a Nazi salute. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

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