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What Matters Most On Monday, July 13, 2020

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A woman exercises at the Mati gym club in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem on May 11, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

'You're finished in Likud,' coalition whip tells chairwoman

Knesset panel reopens gyms, pools, after Likud MK openly defies Netanyahu

Ruling party to take disciplinary action against coronavirus committee head Yifat Shasha-Biton for resisting PM’s pressure not to overturn cabinet decision

Jerusalem residents wearing face masks for fear of coronavirus walk on Jaffa Road in the city center of Jerusalem on July 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

8 new virus deaths confirmed in 24 hours as infections leap by 1,206

A man hangs a 'for rent' sign on a store in Jerusalem on July 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel media reviewThe hurt lockdown: 5 things to know for July 13

By Joshua Davidovich

Police enforcing a lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, seen at a roadblock on Begin Road in Tel Aviv, April 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Health Ministry officials said to conclude there’s no escaping 2nd lockdown

TV report comes hours after Health Ministry director assures Israelis his office working to prevent another statewide shutdown, but warns that infection rate has risen to 6%

6:26 pm

7 children, 2 women killed in Yemen air strike -- UN
6:15 pm

In apparent lack of confidence in successor, PM to meet with ex-Health Ministry director
6:09 pm

Poll: Plurality of parents would try to block hiring of Arab at their child's daycare

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a protective face mask, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/ Pool/ AFP)

Polls: Most Israelis dissatisfied with Netanyahu’s handling of pandemic

As protests mount, surveys suggest 75%-85% of Israelis unhappy with government’s economic response; Likud would lose three seats if elections held today, narrowly muster coalition

Nurses at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, February 19, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As virus cases surge, nurses threaten general strike over strain, lack of staff

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv, calling for financial support from the government, on July 12, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Anger mounts as self-employed discover virus stipends far less than PM promised

Police, municipal inspectors clash with protesters near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence, Jerusalem, July 13, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter)

Clashes as police clear protest encampment outside Netanyahu’s residence

Demonstrators say 6 injured as equipment confiscated in early morning raid; protest organizer describes incident as ‘pogrom’; Ya’alon: Eviction is attempt by PM to silence critics

Jerusalem municipality inspector speaks to a demonstrator near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on July 13 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Likud activists said behind complaints about protest encampment near PM’s home

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)þf

Top minister urges immediate 10-day national lockdown to stymie virus’s 2nd wave

Israeli soldiers wearing protective face masks walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on June 23, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

IDF sees massive jump in COVID-19 cases, nearly tripling in 9 days

By Judah Ari Gross

Number of servicemembers in quarantine also more than doubles in a week and a half as country is rocked by second wave of the pandemic

A dose of remdesivir (iStock)

Cut off in mid-treatment: Israel running out of lifesaving COVID drug remdesivir

By Nathan Jeffay

Health care workers take test samples of Israelis to check if they have been infected with the coronavirus, at a Clalilt health center in Lod, on July 05, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Health Ministry chief: Virus testing won’t be reduced, but some may get priority

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a late Prime Minister Golda Meir's 40th memorial ceremony in Jerusalem on November 18, 2018. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Golda had to pay, so should Bibi! Activist lawyer chases Netanyahu for his taxes

By Shoshanna Solomon

Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

There is no going back

In the wake of measles, we developed vaccines; in the wake of AIDS, we practiced safe sex. What new improvement will we find, in the wake of the coronavirus?

The right to asylum was recognized after the Holocaust. Is it over?

Trump is using COVID-19 as cover to end America’s system of welcoming and protecting hundreds of thousands of refugees from all over the world

Nancy Strichman

It’s my blogaversary. Here’s what I’ve learned about storytelling.

10 tips to personalize your story, develop your voice and hold your audience – whether you’re writing for yourself or your organization

PHOTO ESSAY: A visit to Ramla, a city not to be missed

From the marketplace and its cats to the mosques and churches of a mixed (majority-Jewish) city, this place offers a snapshot into the complexity of Israel

Matti Friedman’s newest book is 'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.' (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books/via JTA)

ToI Community Exclusive

Join author Matti Friedman to discuss his bestselling books and today’s Israel

Gain access to Thursday’s private webinar by becoming a ToI Community member today

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and ultra-Orthodox MKs to discuss the government's coronavirus response, on July 13, 2020. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Meeting with PM over coronavirus enforcement, Haredi MKs demand ‘end to abuse’

Netanyahu promises to take steps to address concerns over alleged discriminatory enforcement and police brutality against the ultra-Orthodox

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youths seen during a protest against the closure on the Romema and Kiryat Belz neighborhoods in Jerusalem that is currently under a lock down in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, on July 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

2 arrested in Jerusalem as ultra-Orthodox protest lockdowns for second night

Protesters demand government action at a demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against economic policy in the wake of the crisis triggered by the pandemic, on July 11, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

Health officials worry mass Tel Aviv protest could drive virus spike

COVID-19 patients lie on beds in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Recovered COVID-19 patients could lose immunity within months, UK study finds

Research on 90 patients, healthcare workers at London hospital finds that 60% had ‘potent’ antibody response when infected, but it was only maintained in 17% of them 3 months later

Illustrative. Working on a coronavirus vaccine. (iStock)

French expert warns full coronavirus vaccine unlikely by next year

By AFP

Rabbi Jason Nevarez, toward the back in light purple shirt, with his daughter Sophie at a socially distanced meeting with synagogue staff. (Courtesy of Nevarez/ via JTA)

What it’s like to start a job as a rabbi mid-pandemic

By Josefin Dolsten

Conservative Polish President Duda wins 2nd term after tight race

By Vanessa Gera

Populist incumbent’s campaign engaged in anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric, warning voters that his liberal opponent would sell out Polish families to Jewish interests

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda flashes a victory sign in Pultusk, Poland, on July 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda, left, and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda wave to supporters in Pultusk, Poland, July 12, 2020 (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Duda: A Polish president loyal to ruling populists

By Stanislaw Waszak and Anna Maria Jakubek

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, video uploaded Jan 14, 2018 (Screen grab/YouTube)

In first, Saudi researcher contributes article to Israeli academic journal

Tel Aviv University hails ‘unprecedented’ publication by academic from King Saud University, who says he wants to improve image of Prophet Muhammad in eyes of Israeli public

Illustration: Kveller, via JTA

The Jewish real estate developer who stood up to racist US housing policies

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, greets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province on June 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

China ‘strategic accord’ could give Iran a $400 billion boost, up military ties

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Under 25 year agreement reportedly finalized, Beijing and Tehran to increase military cooperation, including weapons development and intel sharing; China getting discount oil

Policemen arrest a protester during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights in Hong Kong on December 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

China slaps tit-for-tat sanctions on US lawmakers in human rights spat

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Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat speaks at the J Street National Conference, in Washington, October 28, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Top Palestinian official urges release of terror convict with COVID-19

By Aaron Boxerman and Sam Sokol

Soldiers from the Israeli Air Force's elite Unit 669 take part in an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Air force brings all special forces under one roof with new 7th Wing

By Judah Ari Gross

Armed homeowners standing in front their house along Portland Place confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. The protesters called for Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters had run-ins with local synagogue

By ToI Staff and JTA

Jordanian King Abdullah II greets local notables during a meeting at the Al Husseiniya Palace near Amman on July 12, 2020. (kingabdullah.jo)

Virus brought ‘under control’ in Jordan, king says

By AFP

A woman wearing mask and gloves prays at the grave of her mother, who died from the novel coronavirus, at a cemetery in the outskirts of the city of Babol, in northern Iran on April 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

COVID-19 claims over 20,000 lives across Middle East, mostly in Iran

By AFP

Director Quentin Tarantino and his then-fiance, Daniella Pik, with Cinematheque director Noa Regev to Tarantino's right, at the opening night of the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

Jerusalem Film Fest cancels rescheduled August event, hopes for December date

By Jessica Steinberg

A digital mock-up of a proposed Military Intelligence base that will be constructed in southern Israel. (Defense Ministry)

Mega-builder Shikun & Binui gets tender to build IDF intel complex in south

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli airline El Al planes parked at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel, on March 16, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Eli Rozenberg, son of US nursing homes owner, reportedly bidding for El Al

By Shoshanna Solomon

A still from "The Vigil" shows the horror movie's main character sitting guard over the body of a Holocaust survivor. (Vertigo Releasing)

Grave tidingsNew horror movie, in Yiddish, sees Jewish burial ritual gone wrong

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Bezeq workers installing fiber optic cables. (Courtesy)

From the webIsrael’s Bezeq to double internet speed, eyes fibre network launch

Israeli-Canadian billionaire cyclist and businessman Sylvan Adams pictured during a photo session and interview with AFP, in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2020. (Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP)

ProfileSylvan Adams, billionaire ‘ambassador,’ uses sports to show the Israel he loves

By Guillaume LAVALLÉE

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

US-Israel fund to invest $8 million in 10 new joint projects

By Shoshanna Solomon

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