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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 6, 2020

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, speaks with the director of the Institute of Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, at the laboratory in Ness Ziona on August 6, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)

'We have a terrific vaccine,' says institute director

Gantz: Human trials of Israeli-made coronavirus vaccine to begin in mid-October

By Judah Ari Gross

Shot developed in Defense Ministry’s secretive Institute for Biological Research has already proven effective in animals

Israelis wear protective face masks as they shop for food at the Carmel market in Tel Aviv on August 5, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASh90)

Ministers ease weekend virus rules, back resumption of air travel

An Indian COVID-19 patient provides samples to a medic helping Israel's coronavirus mission to India. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office)

Determined to build COVID tests of future, Israel collects 20,000 swabs in India

By Nathan Jeffay

Lead-up to colossal blast began 7 years ago

Countdown to Beirut catastrophe: A Russian businessman, a decrepit ship, a spark

The chronology of Lebanon’s disaster runs through the ship MV Rhosus, its allegedly dodgy owner, a volatile cargo and the authorities’ blatant disregard for danger

A picture taken from the coastal road on the northern outskirts of Beirut shows smoke billowing following an explosion in the heart Lebanese capital on August 4, 2020 (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

AnalysisLebanese blame Beirut explosion on years of government corruption

By Aaron Boxerman

Lebanon probes blast amid rising anger, calls for change

By Sarah El Deeb and Bassam Mroue

Lebanon gives investigating committee four days to find culprits

By AFP

Tel Aviv municipality in Rabin square is lit up with the Lebanese flag in solidarity with the victims of the the Beirut port explosion, August 5, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘We’ll light up Tel Aviv…with our rockets’: Lebanese rebuff Israeli solidarity

Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the Knesset, May 17, 2020. (Knesset/Adina Veldman)

Netanyahu on offering aid to Lebanon: We distinguish between regime and people

By Raphael Ahren

Tel Aviv municipality in Rabin square is lit up with the Lebanese flag in solidarity with the victims of the the Beirut port explosion, August 5, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

After blast, Tel Aviv city hall lights up as Lebanese flag in solidarity

Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Israel media review

Looking for Hezbollah in the rubble: What the press is saying on August 6

By Joshua Davidovich

As Beirut residents pick through the wreckage, Israelis appear to be doing their own search to find traces of the terror group and clues as to its future

Citizens ride their scooters and motorcycles in front of a house that was destroyed in a massive explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel in advanced discussions to send medical equipment to Lebanon — TV

A wounded man sits on the ground waiting for aid at Beirut's port following a massive explosion that hit the heart of the Lebanese capital on August 4, 2020. (AFP)

Israeli MD to Lebanon: ‘Please, please put politics aside, accept our help’

By Nathan Jeffay

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Analysis

Judah Ari Gross

Beirut blast may see Lebanese scrutiny turn to Hezbollah’s weapon stores

Terror group liable to catch flack for keeping its explosives in civilian areas; IDF closely monitoring fallout of explosions, still bracing for possible border attack

Trump again says Lebanon blast might not have been accident

By Lolita C. Baldor and Deb Riechmann

In blast-hit Lebanon, Macron says he wants to coordinate international relief

‘Beirut is gone’: Survivors describe how a burst of power ravaged their city

By Sarah El Deeb and Bassam Mroue

Haifa Bay's industrial area, May 5, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

Interview

Nobel chemistry laureate rules out possibility of Beirut-like explosion in Haifa

Contradicting warnings that Lebanon disaster is a wake-up call for northern port city, Dan Shechtman says ‘people in Haifa die slowly from air pollution’

Mass ultra-Orthodox wedding 'drives me insane, angers me'

Israel has world’s highest per capita COVID-19 morbidity rate, virus czar says

Ronni Gamzu says country must reduce number of daily cases to ‘hundreds’ by September, or be forced again into lockdown

Ronni Gamzu attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset, April 23, 2014. (Flash90)

Israelis, wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus, shop at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on August 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

1,751 new virus cases found in 24 hours as death toll climbs to 569

A screenshot from a video said to show thousands of ultra-Orthodox at a wedding in Jerusalem, in violation of coronavirus restrictions, on August 5, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Thousands said to attend Jerusalem Hasidic wedding in violation of virus rules

Then-defense minister Naftali Bennett of Yamina, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of right-wing parties, on March 4, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Polls show support down for Netanyahu’s Likud if elections held; Yamina surging

By Michael Bachner

In 2 separate surveys, ruling party down to 29-30 seats after polling around 40 several months ago; 19% think Bennett most suited as PM, his party gets 19 seats in one of the polls

6:34 pm

US lifts advice to avoid all foreign travel due to pandemic
6:34 pm

Man who took hostages in France making pro-Palestinian demands -- reports
6:32 pm

Man, apparently armed, holds four hostages at French bank

Jelena Djurovic

How my mom became an Insta star without even trying

Her ’tough love’ parenting was more tough than love: things turned around when I helped make her into a Serbian social media sensation

Unpronounceable, overlooked, ignored: A Holocaust heroine

Her name was Stefania Wilczyńska, and when Janusz Korczak walked with 192 orphans to board a train to their deaths, she walked with them too

A still shot from 'Red Penguins,' by director Gabe Polsky. (Courtesy Universal Pictures Entertainment)

Director interview

As nebbish capitalist meets 1990s USSR hockey, drunk bears and mob hijinks ensue

By Jordan Hoffman

Now screening,, ‘Red Penguins’ traces marketing guy Steven Warshaw’s attempt to turn former Red Army hockey team on to US-style razzamatazz in time of chaos and corruption

Screen capture from video of 'The Handler,' played by Kate Walsh, in the Netflix series 'The Umbrella Academy.' (YouTube)

Critics again warn Netflix’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ promotes anti-Semitic stereotype

By JTA and ToI Staff

An anti-Netanyahu protester takes a direct hit to the head during a rally in Jerusalem, July 23, 2020 (video screenshot)

Anti-Netanyahu protester hit in head by water jet files complaint against police

Internal Investigations to review claim of excessive force at Jerusalem demonstration; Yonatan Kimel, 19, says he wants to ‘prevent such incidents from happening to others’

A screenshot from a video said to show thousands of ultra-Orthodox at a wedding in Jerusalem, in violation of coronavirus restrictions, on August 5, 2020. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Jerusalem mayor: Anti-Netanyahu protests more dangerous than huge Haredi wedding

Opposition lawmakers heckle Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he speaks in the Knesset, August 5, 2020. (Screenshot/Knesset Channel)

Opposition rips into Netanyahu at fiery Knesset session: ‘This isn’t your house’

Crowds in Tel Aviv celebrate the UN's vote for partition in 1947 (Courtesy of the Government Press Office, Jerusalem. Photographer: Hans Pinn)

Op-ed

Two-state solution: The worst and only way to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

From left and right they clamor for the ostensible panacea of a single state between the river and the sea. Spare us the dangerous and defeatist embrace of facile quick fixes

Yisrael Dror Hemed's 'Visit at the Museum 2017', one of the artworks that won him the Shiff Prize for Art in 2020 (Courtesy Tel Aviv Museum of Art)

Realistic portraits of masculinity win major art prize for lawyer-turned-artist

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Baby-faced 'corn mummy' does not contain any human or animal remains, rather corn and mud. (Screenshot)

That's a wrapMystery of Haifa mummies finally unraveled

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

The car of Yaqoub Abu al-Qia'an, following an incident initially claimed by police to be a terrorist attack, in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, southern Israel, January 18, 2017. Evidence subsequently came out that showed the incident was not a terrorist attack (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Relatives of Bedouin man shot dead by police in 2017 sue for NIS 17 million

Illustrative: People seen studying at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 30, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

National Library of Israel to suspend services, put 300 workers on unpaid leave

In a lab in the Teva Medical Factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, March 15, 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Teva joins forces with Icelandic firm to gain edge on biosimilars

By Shoshanna Solomon

A screen grab from a Health Ministry ad on COVID-19 (YouTube screenshot)

Not OK, cupidIsrael deletes quirky COVID-19 ad after China offended

Wiley performs at O2 Academy Brixton, March 2, 2018. (Ollie Millington/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)

YouTube removes rapper Wiley’s channel over ‘repeated violations’

By JTA and ToI Staff

HeraMed has developed a medical grade ultrasound monitoring device for home use (YouTube screenshot)

Tech taking OB-GYN care to the home in boost of telemedicine for women

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: An Israeli woman in a wedding dress is photographed with a view of the Old City of Jerusalem in the background. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Programs to enable weddings during pandemic reflect tension over marriage rules

Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush gives her victory speech at her campaign office in St. Louis, Missouri on August 4, 2020. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Candidate who urged support for Israel boycott wins Missouri Democratic primary

In an Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, Rashida Tlaib, left, then-Democratic candidate for the Michigan's 13th Congressional District, and Brenda Jones speak during a rally in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Rashida Tlaib wins Democratic primary in Michigan

Then-mayoral candidate Kate Gallego pauses before answering a question during a mayoral debate at Phoenix College Thursday, September 27, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

In coronavirus spotlight, Phoenix’s Jewish mayor walks tightrope in swing state

A banner reading "Hitler was right" on a bridge in Arizona. (Screenshot/KPNX 12News)

4 men arrested for hanging ‘Hitler Was Right’ banner on bridge in Arizona

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