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What Matters Most On Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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Thousands call on PM to resign over graft charges he faces

Police use force to disperse anti-Netanyahu protesters, 50 arrested

By Aaron Boxerman

Mounted officers charge demonstrators who block Jerusalem light rail, use water cannons against protesters

Demonstrators arrested during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence are brought to a remand hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court,, July 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Most of those detained at anti-Netanyahu rally freed, as row grows over violence

Border Police officers scuffle with demonstrators during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the PM's residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2020. (Yonatan sindel/FLASH90)

Anti-corruption protesters try to break through barriers at Netanyahu residence

A screenshot from video of a fire on a ship at the Bushehr port in southern Iran, July 15, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

7 wooden boats catch fire in shipyard at Iran port

By Agencies and ToI Staff

No signs of sabotage as authorities probe the cause of the blaze in Bushehr, the province housing the Islamic Republic’s only nuclear plant

Israelis in Tel Aviv, on July 14, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Government plan to issue stipends to all Israelis draws criticism

Finance Ministry opposes NIS 6 billion proposal, which would see families receive up to NIS 3,000; Netanyahu announces plan, urges Israelis to go out and spend

6:40 pm

Finance minister opposes stifling economy amid pandemic
6:31 pm

Netanyahu: World economy uncertain, we must take action
6:26 pm

Dismissing criticism, Netanyahu says: 'I've fought with bureaucrats before'

Police use water cannon on demonstrators during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media review

To the Bibicades: 5 things to know for July 15

By Joshua Davidovich

A protest against the prime minister turns violent, giving the right wing a chance to try and dunk on the left, as culture wars on both sides of the Atlantic take no prisoners

Border Police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against the closure on the Romema and Kiryat Belz neighborhoods of Jerusalem, on July 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police suspend officer filmed shoving unsuspecting Haredi man at protest

Israelis protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against the government's economic policies during the coronavirus pandemic, July 11, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Protester who attended mass Tel Aviv rally diagnosed with coronavirus

Serious virus cases reach highest number yet as hospitals fill up

Health Ministry figures show 195 patients in serious condition, including 57 on ventilators; death toll reaches 375, with 4 new deaths reported

Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a lab at Leumit Health Care Services branch in Or Yehuda, on July 14, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wears a face mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry, in Jerusalem, July 5, 2020. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)

As virus cases surge, Netanyahu lauds ‘success’ in handling outbreak

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

People wearing face masks on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on July 14, 2020. ( Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Virus cases reach daily high of 1,718 as ministers deadlocked over restrictions

Ranin Lala in a report broadcast on July 14, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 13)

Arab educator flooded with offers after report on racism she faced in job hunt

Ranin Lala says she is moved by outpouring of support after TV broadcast showed she was offered more opportunities when applying for daycare jobs under assumed Jewish-sounding name

Yehud Comprehensive High School students take their mathematics English matriculation examination in Yehud, July 8, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Schools to open in September, with classes capped at 18, education minister says

People inside a hyperbaric chamber like those used by Israeli researchers for their study on aging (Shutterstock)

Peer-reviewed study published in journal 'Aging'

Israeli doctor claims to ‘reverse’ aging with pure oxygen treatment study

By Nathan Jeffay

Volunteers aged 65-plus ended up with sharper brains after sessions in a special oxygen chamber, says Shai Efrati. One volunteer: ‘I entered healthy and left a tiger’

Ahlam Tamimi recalls her pleasure at early reports of the death toll in the Sbarro bombing (MEMRI screenshot)

18 Jewish groups urge US to push Jordan to extradite gloating Sbarro terrorist

By David Horovitz and AP

Ahlam Tamimi, who orchestrated 2001 Jerusalem bombing in which 15 people were killed, has been charged in US with conspiring to use weapon of mass destruction against US nationals

Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol, March 8, 2019, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Ilhan Omar snags Pelosi endorsement, but falls behind in fundraising

Police put up roadblocks at the ultra-Orthodox city of Beitar Illit outside of Jerusalem, which was declared a restricted zone due to a high rate of coronavirus infections, July 9, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Beitar Illit lockdown ends as ultra-Orthodox push back against restrictions

Health Ministry director-general informs mayor that limits on entry and exit will not be extended, even as coronavirus continues to rise among residents

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)

PM, ministers consider further virus restrictions, fail to agree on new measures

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

Netanyahu reportedly ‘furious’ with Gantz for blocking new virus restrictions

Desecrated grounds

I felt physically ill at the idea of using a cemetery for recreation, but composed myself so that I could discuss it with my children

How to make the most of remote learning

Listen to the kids. Establish a routine. And use Zoom for no more than 15 or 20 minutes per week (yes, per week!)

Hadassah Gotlieb

The ‘Children of God’ circus of Gondar, Ethiopia

The grinning kids flew through the air, performing double-backflips with no apparent effort – a sharp contrast to the many who are stuck on the ground there, awaiting aliyah

Yehudis Fletcher

Marital rape is expressly forbidden in Jewish law. However…

No sex ed plus nearly no interaction with your spouse-to-be plus the belief that marriage must be consummated the first night is practically a recipe for sex without consent

Screen capture of the Twitter page of Israeli writer and activist Hen Mazzig in a post using the JewishPriveleg hashtag, July 12, 2020. (Twitter)

Tales of Jewish suffering take over anti-Semitic ‘JewishPrivilege’ hashtag

By Stuart Winer

Twitter trend sees over 100,000 people share personal stories of discrimination, including US comedian Sarah Silverman and other well-known figures

Illustrative: Bari Weiss at her desk in The New York Times office in Midtown Manhattan, in 2018. (Josefin Dolsten)

Opinion writer Bari Weiss quits NYT, says colleagues called her ‘Nazi, racist’

By Josefin Dolsten

Illustrative: A man holds a bottle of pills (outline205; iStock by Getty Images)

Existing drug may downgrade COVID threat to common cold level — Jerusalem study

By Nathan Jeffay

Hebrew University professor says he’s worked out what makes the raging virus so vicious, and how to fix it using an anti-cholesterol med; no human testing done yet

A subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, March 16, 2020. (AP/Ted S. Warren, File)

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to enter final stage trials on July 27

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

The empty Ayalon highway near the entrance to Tel Aviv's usually buzzing business district, April 8, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli tech exits drop to lowest level in years amid pandemic

By Shoshanna Solomon

Yesh Atid MK Idan Roll attends a Knesset committee meeting on July 15, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Yesh Atid MK backtracks after saying public doesn’t need to obey lockdown

Idan Roll ‘apologizes for the misunderstanding’ after criticism from Rivlin, among others; says public must follow instructions, but leaves original tweet up

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health Minister: Steps like Knesset reversal of gym closings will force lockdown

Border Police officers at a roadblock as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for a protest against a lockdown in their neighborhood due to a coronavirus outbreak, in Jerusalem, on July 13, 2020 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israelis may be limited to spending High Holidays with nuclear family — report

By JTA

A collapsed section of coastal cliff in Ashkelon, southern Israel. (Courtesy, the Mediterranean Coastal Cliffs Preservation Government Company/Dr Roni Nehoray, GIS Director)

Beachgoers in danger from collapsing cliffs as authorities drag feet — report

State Comptroller: 9 years after government approved defenses plan, few solutions implemented, disagreements over which bodies are responsible remain unresolved

Aerial view of the ruins of the now defunct Electrochemical Industries Company near the northern city of Acre. (Hillel Tatro/Channel 13 Screenshot)

Don’t eat fish from Acre Bay, says senior researcher in mercury warning

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Then-environment protection minister Zeev Elkin attends the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, on January 21, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Top higher education official quits, compares minister’s policies to Turkey

Protesters demonstrate against Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank during a rally in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28, 2020. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images via JTA)

EU ministers said seeking list of deterrents to warn Israel off annexation

The exterior of the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, California. (Toglenn/Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)

California synagogues close again amid new statewide virus restrictions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a televised address to the nation in Istanbul, on May 11, 2020. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Jewish umbrella group slams Erdogan for vowing to ‘liberate al-Aqsa’

Then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked seen with then-chief justice Miriam Naor, then-Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and members of the Judicial Appointments Committee at a meeting in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu said working to block Shaked from joining panel to appoint judges

By Raoul Wootliff

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein speaks at a news conference at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Rabbi hurt in Poway synagogue shooting attack admits multimillion-dollar fraud

By Elliot Spagat

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men traveling to Uman in Ukraine for the Jewish new year holiday of Rosh Hashanah, seen at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on September 5, 2018. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Israelis to be barred from making annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage — Uman mayor

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg attends a panel with former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, October 30, 2019, at Georgetown Law's second annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for suspected infection

Israel's Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite takes off from central Israel on July 6, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Israel’s new spy satellite beams back its first photos…

By Judah Ari Gross

Hamas supporters march on the main road of Khan Younis City, Gaza Strip, on June 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas denies claim commander defected to Israel, provided detailed intelligence

Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)

F-35 pilot grounded after causing sonic booms over north, startling residents

By Judah Ari Gross

In this Dec. 10, 2018 photo, Nick Cannon poses for a portrait in New York to promote promoting his new show, "The Masked Singer." (Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)

ViacomCBS drops TV host Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic comments

By AP and ToI Staff

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