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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 8, 2020

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A drill at Rambam Medical Center to transform its underground parking and wartime hospital ward facilities into an emergency hospital for large numbers of coronavirus patients, July 2020. (Courtesy of Rambam Health Care Campus)

Serious COVID-19 cases surge overnight as new record daily tally reported

Health Ministry says 1,320 infections confirmed throughout Tuesday; corresponding to steady rise in cases, number of serious patients jumps from 86 to 107

Business owners participate in an online group videochat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left, top row) on July 7, 2020 (screenshot: Channel 12)

‘We’re collapsing’: Netanyahu roasted by ailing businesspeople in Zoom call

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

Israel’s recent rise in serious COVID-19 cases partly due to change in criteria

By Nathan Jeffay

Israelis, some wearing protective face masks and some not, at a cafe in Tel Aviv on June 16, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Once a source of pride, Israel’s virus response now a cautionary tale for world

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2020. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

Israel media reviewThe little engine that couldn’t: 5 things to know for July 8

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, July 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Edelstein rejects ex-official’s criticism that Israel ‘lost its way ‘ on virus

A doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab for a coronavirus test (iStock)

30-minute COVID-19 test developed in Israel; inventor predicts it will go global

By Nathan Jeffay

AID Genomics says its tech will make on-the-spot testing a reality, getting regular life up and running; chief scientist says it can check planeload of passengers in an hour

Healthcare workers take test samples at a Clalilt health center in Modi'in, on July 07, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Health Ministry said set to reduce testing as system overwhelmed by outbreak

A negative coronavirus blood sample test (iStock)

Virus immunity concern as 2 recovered hospital staff seem to lack antibodies

By Nathan Jeffay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with his then-aide Natan Eshel, on August 28, 2011. (Amit Shabi/pool/Flash90/File)

Top Netanyahu aide says public, not government, to blame for renewed outbreak

With PM under fire for failing to take sufficient action to contain second coronavirus wave, Natan Eshel accuses ailing business owners of not following distancing rules

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)

Netanyahu said to have rejected plan in April to prevent renewed virus outbreak

Magen David Adom medical workers perform coronavirus tests at a drive-through testing site in Jerusalem on May 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel’s active coronavirus cases leaped by 500% in a month

A US Air Force Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling plane connects to a F-35 fighter jet over California, January 22, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Amid Iran tensions, Israel said to ask US to speed up delivery of air refuelers

By ToI Staff and Agencies

With threats from Tehran following blast at nuclear facility blamed on Jerusalem, Israel reportedly wanting to receive KC-46 Pegasuses, despite design problem, within 2 years

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Analyst: Blast at enrichment site set back Iranian nuke plans by months or years

By Judah Ari Gross

A building Iran claims was damaged by a fire at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of Tehran, on July 2, 2020. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Source close to Iranian agency calls blast at nuclear site ‘deliberate attack’

An illustration depicting the dolmen wall murals in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve. (Illustration: Hagit Tahan/ Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo: Yaniv Berman/ Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Unprecedented 4,200-year-old rock art etching of animal herd found in Golan tomb

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

End the Jewish State? Let’s try some honesty, first

To read Peter Beinart’s piece is to slog through an array of misrepresentations and omissions, and to feel dismissed because we know he hopes we don’t know enough to catch him

As I grieve for my daughter, I have a choice to make

Twenty-seven years of having Gavriella as my child on this earth was a gift, but it wasn’t nearly long enough. What we feel the strongest is love and loss

Michael J. Salamon

What about the wounded?

Those who don’t die from COVID-19 may suffer confusion, clumsiness, overwhelming lethargy, painful tingling, visual issues, a cough, blood clotting, brain swelling, or brain damage

Barbara Schwarck

I am a German gentile, and I have made Israel my home

I was sure the Jewish state did not want gay, German, non-Jews, but when I shifted my thinking and trusted my welcome here, I began to feel welcome too

In this Nov. 26, 2014 file photo, the brain-scanning MRI machine that was used at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Brain problems linked to even mild coronavirus infections, UK study finds

By Patrick Galey

Team finds acute disseminated encephalomyelitis diagnoses not linked to severity of COVID-19; survey carried out on 43 patients hospitalized in confirmed or suspected virus cases

A doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab for a coronavirus test (iStock)

In shift, WHO acknowledges ’emerging evidence’ of airborne virus spread

By AFP and ToI Staff

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a tour of a medical swab manufacturing facility in Maine, on June 5, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

US notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization

Interview

Former Mossad chief: Iran can’t be stopped in nuke bid, but can be deterred

Shabtai Shavit, an Iran expert who led the agency 1989-96, offers a sometimes shocking series of assessments and recommendations aimed at ensuring Israel’s safety and survival

Shabtai Shavit (YouTube screenshot)

Iran's government spokesman Ali Rabiei speaks at a regular news briefing, on July 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran says world ‘must respond’ to Israel after blast at nuclear site

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony in the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv on June 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Helicopter carrying IDF chief experienced a technical malfunction in mid-air

While military says Aviv Kohavi and other passengers aboard chopper last week weren’t in danger, TV report claims the incident nearly ended in ‘disaster’

6:30 pm

State Department: UN report 'whitewashing' Soleimai's record by criticizing drone strike
6:00 pm

Health minister said to have attended wife's birthday bash after announcing new virus restrictions
5:50 pm

IDF says helicopter experienced technical malfunction as chief of staff was onboard

Police officers enforce emergency virus
regulations Jerusalem, July 7, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox city declared ‘restricted zone’ as virus cases spike

Beitar Illit closed for 7 days starting Wednesday afternoon after infections skyrocket 224% in past week; mayor decries late night government announcement as a ‘disgrace’

Gantz enters quarantine after coming into contact with coronavirus carrier

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Ex-general said to be leading candidate to spearhead virus response

Israeli tech firms raise $2.5 billion in Q2 amid pandemic, data shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Keir Starmer of the UK Labour party delivers a speech at an election campaign event in Harlow, England, November 5, 2019. (AP/Matt Dunham)

Analysis

New UK Labour head is flushing out anti-Semitism. Where will he stand on Israel?

By Robert Philpot

Family members of an imam at a local mosque perform Friday prayers on the rooftop of their house, after the Palestinian Authority shut down mosques due to the coronavirus pandemic, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on July 3, 2020. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

How Hebron became the epicenter of the West Bank’s coronavirus outbreak

By Aaron Boxerman

Logging 82% of the Palestinian territory’s COVID-19 cases, the city’s unique social conditions have generated as many infections as Israel’s three hardest-hit cities combined

A paramedic from the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health disinfects Palestinian laborers to help contain the coronavirus, as they exit a checkpoint after returning from work in Israel, near the West Bank village of Nilin, west of Ramallah, on April 7, 2020. (Nasser Nasser/AP)

Palestinian Authority extends West Bank virus lockdown amid surge

By ToI Staff and AFP

Hezbollah supporters lift pictures of its terror chief Hassan Nasrallah and anti-US placards as they protest a statement made by the US ambassador criticizing the group at a rally in the southern suburb of the capital Beirut, June 28, 2020. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

Nasrallah says Hezbollah ‘ready to do anything’ to prevent annexation

By ToI Staff and AFP

Terror group chief says he received message from Hamas leader, vows to support Palestinians

Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate amendment seeks to ban use of US defense funding for Israeli annexation

By JTA and ToI Staff

Kassim Tajideen (C) arrives back in Beirut after he was sentenced last year in a US federal court for laundering money for Hezbollah, July 8, 2020 (Screen grab/LBC)

Lebanese man jailed in US for financing Hezbollah back home after early release

Ari Vroman trained and competed in a Tel Aviv Ironman of his own making, in the wake of the coronavirus (Courtesy Ari Vroman)

The brighter side

A triathlete runs, bikes and swims a 226-km race. He comes in first, and last

By Jessica Steinberg

Cyclists wear face masks on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2, 2020. (Carl de Souza/AFP)

Rio de Janeiro’s Jews adapt as virus wreaks havoc on Brazil, infects president

By Marcus M. Gilban

With cases skyrocketing nationwide and Bolsonaro confirmed infected, beach city’s Jewish community turns to online dance, chats and lessons, and many consider making move to Israel

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he’s treating virus with drug not proven effective

By MARCELO DE SOUSA and David Biller

Brazil’s Bolsonaro, long dismissive of virus, says he has COVID-19

By MARCELO DE SOUSA and David Biller

Brazil to become testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

More Headlines

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Knesset rejects bid to probe judges’ conflict of interest, despite Likud support

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with attorney Micha Fettman (L) inside the court room, as his corruption trial opens at the Jerusalem District Court, May 24, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/ Pool Photo via AP)

Days ahead of 2nd hearing in trial, Netanyahu’s lawyer resigns from defense team

In this February 27, 2018, photo, Malka Leifer, center, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Leifer’s lawyers file Supreme Court appeal against ruling she can be extradited

Grounded El Al planes at Ben Gurion Airport on April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)

After accepting bailout, El Al signs layoff agreements with parts of workforce

Police arrest demonstrators who threw rocks, burned trash cans in protest of decision to demolish cemetery in Jaffa on June 10, 2020 (Israel Police)

Court rejects appeal against construction on Jaffa Muslim cemetery

By Aaron Boxerman

US President Donald Trump waves upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 14, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)

Book by Trump’s niece offers scathing portrayal of ‘world’s most dangerous man’

By Larry Neumeister and Jill Colvin

A protest group called Hot Mess holds up posters of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Federal courthouse in New York City, on July 8, 2019. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)

New York state penalizes Deutsche Bank $150M for Epstein dealings

By Larry Neumeister

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson prior to an NFL game against the Chicago Bears in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

NFL star apologizes for posting anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Hitler

Illustrative photo of The New York Jewish Week

New York Jewish Week putting print edition on hiatus after 150-year run

Nucleai's team: Lotan Chorev VP R&D, Eliron Amir, COO, Avi Veidman, CEO, Albert Achterberg, CTO (David-Garb)

Nucleai raises $6.5 million to help pharma firms match drugs to cancer patients

By Shoshanna Solomon

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives to a court hearing at the regional labor court in Jerusalem, in the case of Shira Raban, a former employee at the Prime Minister's Residence, December 23, 2019. (Yonatan SIndel/FLASH90)

New cleaners at PM’s residence don’t have security clearance, will need guards

Ringo Starr in a live video broadcast on YouTube celebrating his 80th birthday, July 7, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Coming togetherRingo marks 80th birthday at online gig with Beatles hits, celebrity tributes

By Andrew MARSZAL

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