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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 5, 2020

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This photo released July 2, 2020, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows a building after it was damaged by a fire, at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Live updates (closed)

Iran admits ‘considerable’ damage at Natanz nuclear site

Spokesperson says fire could slow down centrifuge development, claims authorities have pinpointed the source of mysterious blast

6:26 pm

Top army brass to meet on Gaza rocket fire
6:25 pm

300 IDF soldiers to help Health Ministry with virus tracing
5:59 pm

TV: Health Ministry seeking to put cap on restaurant diners, close beaches

Sheba Medical Center staff at the coronavirus isolation ward in Ramat Gan, June 30, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Deputy health minister: 2nd wave worse than 1st, mass gatherings must stop

Yoav Kisch says restrictions could prevent full lockdown; government adviser says infection rates could cause health system collapse; Lod and Ashdod classified as ‘red’ cities

Israel’s contact tracing system said to be vastly overwhelmed by virus spread

As police step up enforcement of virus rules, MKs to debate restaurant limits

Nearly 1,000 infections confirmed over Shabbat amid scramble to halt outbreak

Image from a video said to show a fire caused by an explosion at a power plant in Ahvaz, Iran, on July 4, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Gantz on Iran blasts: ‘Not every event that happens there is connected to us’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

How fear of a US retreat from the Mideast is driving Netanyahu toward annexation

Why the prime minister is still pushing to apply Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, despite legions of critics and even disquiet in the Trump White House

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a helicopter ride, during a tour of the Gush Etzion area and the IDF Etzion brigade, November 23, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Then Defense Ministry director-general Udi Adam attends a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Annexation not practical at the moment, says outgoing Defense Ministry chief

The Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank, on July 1, 2020 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

In West Bank settlements, money is on an annexation real estate boom

US President Donald Trump speaks during a 'Salute to America' event on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, July 4, 2020. (o/Patrick Semansky/AP)

US virus infections are 99% ‘totally harmless,’ claims Trump

By ToI Staff and Agencies

At White House Independence Day event, president says country will have a vaccine before the end of the year

1 killed, 1 seriously hurt as car rams protest on closed Seattle highway

By martha bellisle

Disunity on display as US riven by divisions marks independence

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Trump marks Fourth of July with speech assailing protesters, other critics

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Nicholas Jagdeo

Finding the lost Jews of Trinidad

I’m on a mission to document those who found refuge in the Caribbean nation and connect with their children: Maybe you know of someone?

Thou shalt mind each other’s business

8 steps to counter the increased silence that comes with social distancing, and reduce the staggering opportunity for undetected, and thus undeterred, domestic abuse

Police arrest an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, following a protest against the coronavirus restrictions April 19, 2020. (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Haredi protesters in Jerusalem scrap with cops over mask enforcement

Two arrested as dozens in Mea Shearim throw bottles and other objects at officers attempting to give a fine to a woman refusing to cover her face, police say

Police minister enters quarantine after top border cop tests positive for virus

Palestinian Authority reports 528 new coronavirus cases in West Bank

By Aaron Boxerman

UAE orders government shake-up as virus erodes economic gains

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Tzachi Hanegbi at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, on February 22, 2016. (Miriam Alsterl/Flash90)

PM rejects Likud ally’s dismissal of claim some Israelis can’t afford food

Netanyahu insists ‘the distress is real’ after Tzachi Hanegbi calls assertion ‘bullshit’ amid unemployment crisis caused by coronavirus

Likud's Tzachi Hanegbi attends an event at Kedem in the West Bank on September 5, 2019. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)

Likud minister apologizes for saying it’s ‘bullshit’ some Israelis have no food

FILE - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and son Yair in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2020. (Aleksey Nikolskyi/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Yair Netanyahu takes center stage — on social media and in corruption sagas

By AP and ToI Staff

Visitors study the room that used to be Anne Frank's at the museum devoted to her memory in Amsterdam, November 24, 2016. (Photo Collection Anne Frank House/ via JTA)

In tourist-free Amsterdam, locals are finally visiting the Anne Frank House

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Then Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan at a ceremony to install his replacement Amir Ohana, held at the Public Security Ministry in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Cabinet approves Gilad Erdan as ambassador to the UN and the US

Outgoing minister to take over as envoy in Washington after next US president is installed, says he will face the challenges of Iran as well as old and new anti-Semitism

Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at the annual Days of Remembrance event in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2019. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

Government said set to extend tenure of envoy to US until president inaugurated

Allen Fagin, CEO of the Orthodox Union, introduces New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in this undated photo. (Courtesy of the OU/ via JTA)

Interview

Orthodox Union head Allen Fagin on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life

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Kanye West answers questions from pastor Joel Osteen during a service at Lakewood Church in Houston, November 17, 2019. (AP/Michael Wyke)

Touch The SkyKanye West announces 2020 presidential run

By AFP

Illustrative: The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem. (Flash90)

Chief Rabbinate apologizes after its Facebook account used to post insults

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

A vendor waits for customers at a drive-thru farmers market, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas newspaper equates mask mandate with Holocaust, drawing fire

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

Gantz stands ground on 2-year budget, says new elections would be irresponsible

In this on May 19, 2020 file photo, a chemist holds a pack of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Mumbai, India. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

WHO says hydroxychloroquine does not help against COVID, ends trial

By AP and ToI Staff

A whale shark swimming in the Red Sea off the coast of Eilat, July 2018. (Shani Aloush, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Odd fishHarmless whale shark sparks scare at Eilat beach

Illustrative: A skull in the catacombs of Paris, France, on October 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Historical skulls, other body parts being sold on Facebook — report

Illustrative image of the American and Israeli flags. (3dmitry; iStock by Getty Images)

US, Israel need more health collaboration amid pandemic, policy paper says

By Shoshanna Solomon

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