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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 12, 2020

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Protesters scuffle with police after a demonstration calling for financial support from the government amid the coronavirus crisis in Tel Aviv on July 11, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hundreds block roads, clash with police in Tel Aviv after economic protests

Cops arrest 19 demonstrators, use riders on horseback and pepper spray to disperse crowds as traffic stalls on a number of major roads

Deputy health minister: Mass rally in Tel Aviv was a ‘health terror attack’

Israel media reviewFitting a Rabin Square peg into an all-around hole: 6 things to know for July 17

By Joshua Davidovich

Thousands demand government action at Tel Aviv protest against economic policy

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Esther Amini's parents Hana Levi, 14, and Fatulla Aminoff, 34, as newlyweds.(Courtesy)

Memoir unveils double lives of Jews living incognito in fanatical Islamic Iran

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

As economy dangles over a precipice, Netanyahu and Gantz bicker and delay

A fight over whether to pass a one-year or a two-year budget has an easy solution, yet the bill remains stuck and Israelis continue to suffer

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lead a weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem)

Tel Aviv-traded firms cut dividends, hold on to cash as virus wreaks uncertainty

By Shoshanna Solomon

Jerusalem municipality evicts protest encampment outside Netanyahu’s residence

Live updates (closed)Backing Tel Aviv demonstration, Blue and White signals support for 2-year budget

A Magen David Adom paramedic tests a woman at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site on July 11, 2020. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)

Amid surge, active virus cases overtake number of Israelis who have recovered

Health Ministry reports 749 new infections overnight and 4 more deaths from COVID-19; 3 MKs instructed to enter quarantine

Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with police in Jerusalem over localized lockdowns of their neighborhoods due to a the spread of the coronavirus, July 11, 2020. (Israel Police)

10 arrested as ultra-Orthodox protest, violate local virus lockdowns

Illustrative. Magen David Adom paramedics transferring a man suspected of carrying coronavirus to an ambulance in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak, March 31, 2020. (Gili Yaari/ Flash90)

Israel’s 2nd wave has fewer serious cases as at-risk groups on guard — analysis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Approval rate for Netanyahu’s management of coronavirus outbreak plunges

By Michael Bachner

Survey finds 61% dissatisfied with PM’s policies after only 30% thought so in April; 75% disappointed with government; Netanyahu’s bloc down to 61 Knesset seats in election poll

6:35 pm

Treasury said to demand enforcement of social distancing rules in private homes
6:08 pm

UK study finds recovered COVID-19 patients could lose immunity within months
6:06 pm

Shin Bet tracking discovered 70% of last week's coronavirus patients -- report

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the government's economic policies during the coronavirus pandemic, July 11, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Government okays expedited stipends for self-employed amid public anger

Netanyahu pledges to secure swift approval for rest of proposed aid package; welfare minister raps promised assistance as a ‘hangman’s noose,’ not a lifeline

Palestinian high school students wave and spray artificial snow from a moving vehicle as they celebrate the announcement of their matriculation exams in Hebron in the West Bank on July 11, 2020. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

Amid pandemic, Palestinian high schoolers celebrate final exams results

By Aaron Boxerman

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the government's economic policies during the coronavirus pandemic, July 11, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Number of jobless rises over weekend as Israel reimposes some lockdowns

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: Palestinian members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas terrorist movement, during a patrol in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 27, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas denies commander arrested for collaborating with Israel

By Aaron Boxerman

Gaza-based terror group dismisses report by Palestinian media outlet close to its rival Mohammad Dahlan as ‘rumors and lies’

Hamas naval commander, suspected ‘collaborator,’ flees Gaza to Israel – report

Gas explosion rocks residential building in Tehran

Iran says misaligned missile battery led to downing of Ukrainian passenger jet

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell

HaDassah Sabo Milner

To my captain, as he leaves the army

You can be relieved that you have finished this long IDF stint as you embark on civilian life – and I can now sleep at night, without worrying about you in the army

The agony of the COVID-19 obituarist

In listening to so many mourners, journalistic detachment is impossible: Telling stories of the dead is how I honor my own father

Palestinians demonstrate against Israeli plans for the annexation of parts of the West Bank, in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Think tank simulation of annexation predicts ‘escalating events’ would halt it

Tel Aviv-based INSS exercise predicates violence, freeze of Jordan peace deal; concludes that Netanyahu’s plan to annex West Bank lands ‘reflects short-term thinking’

Mourners at the funeral of Ibrahim Abu Yaqoub, 29, who was shot in unclear circumstances in the West Bank, on July 10, 2020 (WAFA)

IDF to investigate fatal shooting of West Bank Palestinian

By Aaron Boxerman

Children's entertainer Roy Oz, also known as 'Roy Boy,' in a 2015 clip (YouTube screenshot)

‘Who wants to feed a Bedouin?’: Children’s TV star apologizes for racist video

In 5-year-old clip, Roy Oz repeatedly asks his children if they want to ‘feed’ kids they encountered during trip; Oz says he ‘deeply regrets’ the incident: ‘My way is one of love’

A selection of Elisheva Rishon's designs. (Image designs by Grace Yagel; product shots via Eli7 Designs website)

Black Modern Orthodox woman sells empowering Jewish apparel with Hebrew slogans

By ToI Staff and alma via jta

People wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus at the Mamilla mall in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Face mask can cut risk of infection to wearer by 65%, says US health expert

New research suggests increased protection for those wearing facial coverings, not just reducing spread

Jews pray next to their house as synagogues are limited to 20 people as per the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, Israel, July 9, 2020. (Oded Balilty/AP)

UK interfaith friends develop app to help tamp virus spread in houses of worship

British forensic psychiatrist Jenny Judge who is a long term sufferer with post-coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms, wears a heart monitor as she poses at her home in West Ewell, Surrey, south-east England, July 8, 2020. (GLYN KIRK/AFP)

Long tail of coronavirus can prolong suffering for months

By Kelly MacNamara

The cover of "Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries"

Book review

How Jewish heritage was saved for posterity by a university’s devoted librarians

The facade of The Drisco Hotel, which reopened its doors to Israeli tourists on May 20, 2020 during the coronavirus (Courtesy The Drisco)

Boutique hotels dare to reopen, welcoming Israeli guests… for now

By Jessica Steinberg

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Researchers from University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences examine a huge swarm of jellyfish that appeared off Haifa's coast. (Hagai Nativ/University of Haifa)

Tentacle spectacleIf virus doesn’t scare Israelis off beaches, monster jellyfish might

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mueller defends Russia probe, says Roger Stone still a felon

A man walks by campaign posters showing two contenders in Poland's presidential election runoff, conservative incumbent President Andrzej Duda and his rival, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, top, in Warsaw, Poland, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles go to polls to vote in tight presidential runoff

By Dario Thuburn

Screen capture from video of David Chaim, center, arrives at the Central District Court for the verdict in his trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Ofira, July 12, 2020. (Ynet)

Man convicted of murdering his ex-wife, burying her body in yard

Ophir and Dor Haberer lead a men's retreat in Colorado, in 2018. (Brian Hedden/ via JTA)

At virtual retreat Jewish-American men embrace vulnerability, address patriarchy

By Andrew Esensten

Aharon Aharon, CEO of Israel Innovation Authority, at a conference in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Ofer Vaknin)

Israel seeks edge at intersection of biology with engineering, AI

By Shoshanna Solomon

A fountain in Donald Trump Square in Petah Tikva is dyed red in a protest against West Bank annexation (screen capture via Twitter)

Suspect arrested over anti-annexation vandalism of Petah Tikva’s Trump Square

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland' on July 11, 2020. (ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)

As virus rages in US, President Trump finally wears a mask

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Beit Shemesh man suspected of choking son for not being religious enough

Israel Discount Bank's PayBox app (YouTube screenshot)

Israel Discount Bank says payments app PayBox not affected by startup folding

By Shoshanna Solomon

Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, on March 29, 2020 (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt arrests doctors, silences critics over virus outbreak

By AP

Austria's Health Minister Rudolf Anschober adresses the media during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, April 16, 2020. (Helmut Fohringer/APA via AP, Pool)

Citing Israeli virus surge, Austria gears up for ‘stabilization’ after reopening

By Julia ZAPPEI

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