Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy Your Privacy Rights

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Saturday, August 1, 2020

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi's Western desert (Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File)

UAE has said nuclear ambitions are for 'peaceful purposes'

UAE announces successful start up of first nuclear plant in Arab world

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Nation’s representative to IAEA hails ‘historic milestone’; expert has warned of possible nuclear arms race in Middle East, says lack of crucial safety features may cause disaster

This undated photograph released by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, shows the under-construction Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi's Western desert (Arun Girija/Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation/WAM via AP)

The (renewable) power and politics fueling the UAE’s new nuclear plant

By AFP

Police officers at the Bilu shopping center after stores opened in defiance of regulations, August 1, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12 news)

Stores open their doors in defiance of weekend shutdown regulations

2 mall operators tell retailers they won’t intervene, after ultra-Orthodox ministers said to have delayed easing of rules over synagogue dispute; police warn shops in Bilu to close

Jerusalemites, wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus, shop at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem in Jerusalem on July 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Deaths rise to 512, as virus czar urges patience amid threats of defiance

File: Pilgrims to Uman celebrating at the grave of Rebbe Nachman, September 7, 2013. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Ukraine to let in at least 5,000 pilgrims for Rosh Hashanah, chief rabbi says

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, June 30, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Policeman arrives at man’s home, demands he delete Netanyahu photo from Facebook

Cop tells private citizen his use of undoctored photo, in which the PM appears to make a Nazi salute, is a criminal offense, and warns him he could be summoned for questioning

Yair Netanyahu in court in Tel Aviv, December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed the previous year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist. (FLASH90)

Yair Netanyahu called to court over ‘threatening’ tweet against protest leaders

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an IDF Northern Command base in Safed on July 28, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Netanyahu posts video highlighting ‘incitement to murder’ against him

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Israelis living in the Bay Area protest in San Francisco against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on July 31, 2020. (Screen capture: Facebook)

Israeli expats hold anti-Netanyahu rally in San Francisco

Dozens demonstrate against premier over his indictment on graft charges, alleged efforts to undermine democracy; event held near Golden Gate Bridge in nod to protests in Israel

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on July 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In latest anti-government protest, hundreds amass outside Netanyahu residences

Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Knesset on September 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ohana said to hint to top cop job contender he’s expected to strong-arm protests

Author interview

How the Mossad hunted the ‘Butcher of Riga,’ who murdered up to 30,000 Jews

A true-life psychological thriller reports on ‘Mio’ Meidad’s undercover mission, without backup, to exact justice — and foil a German plan to give Nazis amnesty

Illustrative: The infamous Rumbula massacre, in which around 25,000 Jews died over two days in late 1941, is depicted in a still from the new Latvian Holocaust historical drama film 'The Mover.' (Courtesy Washington Jewish Film Festival)

The railway tracks from where hundreds of thousands of people were directed to the gas chambers to be murdered inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II, in Oswiecim, Poland, on December 7, 2019. (Markus Schreiber/AP/File)

Survivor files German claim over payments by Jews for transport to Nazi camps

The yellow star, which Jews were forced to wear under Nazi rule, reads 'Jew', on display in a vitrine at the memorial place Wewelsburg in Bueren-Wewelsburg, Germany, 22 January 2015. (Caroline Seidel/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)

Dutch-Jewish fighter whose factory was used to make yellow stars dies at 98

By Cnaan Liphshiz

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks to the press on June 10, 2020, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

White House blasts ‘appalling’ Twitter policy on Khamenei’s anti-Israel posts

Press secretary pans social media company’s reluctance to label Iranian leader’s calls for Jewish state’s destruction, while it repeatedly applies warnings to Trump tweets

In this July 22, 2016 photo, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke talks to the media at the Louisiana Secretary of State's office in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Twitter permanently bans former KKK leader David Duke

By ToI Staff and Agencies

The icon for TikTok. (AP Photo/File)

Trump says he’ll act to ban China-owned app TikTok in US as soon as Saturday

An Iranian police officer and other people look through debris at the scene of a bomb explosion in a mosque, on April 12 2008 in Shiraz (AP photo)

Iran says it arrested head of US-based ‘terror group’ behind 2008 Shiraz blast

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell

Tehran alleges Jamshid Sharmahd also planned attacks for group that claimed 2010 killing of nuclear scientist for which Israel was blamed; unclear if he was lured from California

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)

Iran rules out drone or missile attack as cause of nuclear site blast

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this June 13, 2019 file photo, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Threats from China, Russia, Iran loom ahead of US presidential election

By Steve Peoples

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)

Israeli institute’s COVID vaccine candidate said very effective in animal trials

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Secretive Israeli research center’s shot shows near 100% efficacy in non-human trials, is on par with US company Moderna’s candidate, TV report says

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus crisis, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Fauci confident virus vaccine will get to Americans in 2021

By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE

Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a protest outside the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Interview

Malaysians start to reject traditionally virulent anti-Semitism, scholar says

By Raphael Ahren

Soldiers wait as Jewish settlers in Neve Dekalim are escorted from their houses in the Gaza Strip on August 18, 2005, the morning of the Gaza pullout, the event written about in Daniella Levy's 2020 book 'Disengagement.' (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

A reluctant settler examines the Gaza disengagement in her fiction

By Jessica Steinberg

How did it happen? How did so many Jews get murdered in Lithuania?

Once I began looking into the role of my grandfather, Jonas Noreika, I soon saw that the Germans couldn’t have committed these crimes alone

The month of Av: From grief to love

This Hebrew month tosses our emotions through the ringer, but in pushing us to grieve, it also opens the way for the regenerative love that is to come

Delicious Experiences connects customers with chefs for one-on-one video lessons. (Joann Pai/Delicious Experiences via JTA)

Israeli platform pairs would-be tourists with chefs for private online lessons

By Karen Chernick

Rabbi Yosef Langer on a yacht before the San Francisco Giants’ home opener, July 28, 2020. (Gabriel Greschler)

SF Giants’ own ‘Rally Rabbi’ doesn’t let virus stop him blessing first home game

By The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA

Jobless graduates gather in front of the Ministry of Oil to demand jobs in Baghdad, Iraq, July 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

With Iraq, Lebanon, Syria in economic collapse, virus adds to despair of young

By Zeina Karam and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

For millions in the Middle East, the pursuit of jobs, plans for higher education, and marriage preparations have been upended by the pandemic, plunging them into deep uncertainty

Virus wreaks economic havoc as global cases top 17 million

By AFP

With nearly 100,000 dead in Brazil, Bolsonaro says there’s ‘nothing to fear’

By AFP

UK puts lockdown-easing on hold as virus spread accelerates

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

"I wanted to show a different side that we don’t normally get to see,” Talia Osteen, the writer and director behind "Shabbos Goy," said of the short film's depiction of Orthodoxy. (Courtesy/Talia Osteen via JTA)

Vibrator stars in short film challenging portrayal of Orthodox Jews in Hollywood

More Headlines

Nick Cannon, left, reviewed the book about anti-Semitism that Bari Weiss, right, published in 2019. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images, Josefin Dolsten via JTA)

After Tisha B’Av fast, Nick Cannon reviews Bari Weiss’ anti-Semitism book

By PHILISSA CRAMER

In this file photo taken on January 19, 2020, Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, arrives to attend a church service at St Mary the Virgin Church in Hillington, Norfolk, eastern England (Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Documents: Epstein gave Prince Andrew underage girl for sex in blackmail bid

By ToI Staff and AFP

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP/FBI, File)

Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

Film director Alan Parker arrives at the opening ceremony of 26th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow on June 18, 2004. Parker, whose movies included 'Bugsy Malone,' 'Midnight Express' and 'Evita,' has died at the age of 76. A statement from the director’s family says Parker died Friday in London after a long illness. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

ObituaryAlan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Bugsy Malone,’ dies at 76

By Jill Lawless

The Ashkenazi Synagogue of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Courtesy/L'Chaim via JTA)

Uzbekistan Jews fight to save 124-year-old synagogue from demolition

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Seattle's Bamboo Garden, the city's only freestanding kosher restaurant, closed July 31, 2020 (Facebook photo)

Seattle’s only freestanding, certified kosher restaurant closes amid pandemic

By JTA

Yael Ilinsky votes for a second time at the Russian consulate in Haifa in June 2020 (Yael Ilinsky/Facebook)

Israeli citizen faces criminal charges for voting 3 times in Russian referendum

By JTA

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to police officers during a visit to North Yorkshire Police headquarters in Northallerton, northeast England on July 30, 2020. (Charlotte Graham / POOL / AFP)

British PM Johnson hands brother top honor with seat in House of Lords

By AFP

View Edition by Date

July	August 2020					September
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
Your Privacy Rights
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.