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What Matters Most On Friday, August 7, 2020

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A woman yells at Lebanese soldiers during scuffles with soldiers as French President Emmanuel Macron a damaged area in Beirut, Lebanon, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s leaders face rage, reform calls after blast; 16 port staffers detained

By AFP

Grief turns to anger as Lebanese fume over negligence, corruption; France’s Macron in Beirut vows support for public; investigators hold workers, officials for questioning

Lebanese President Michel Aoun speaks during an address to the nation at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, November 21, 2019.
(Dalati Nohra via AP)

Probe examining if foreign ‘rocket or bomb’ caused Beirut blast — president

By ToI Staff and AFP

In this photo taken from footage provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, a Russian Emergency Situations employee works with his sniffer dog on the site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)

Rescuers in Lebanon recover more bodies days after Beirut blast

By Zeina Karam and Andrea Rosa

Tel Aviv city hall, on Rabin Square, is lit up with the Lebanese flag, in solidarity with the victims of the Beirut explosion, on August 5, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Many Lebanese have welcomed Israel’s solidarity and aid offers, Jerusalem says

By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren

In contrast with nasty social media posts and official silence on Israeli medical overtures after Beirut blast, ‘thousands’ of Lebanese have responded warmly, Foreign Ministry says

A soldier walks at the site of the massive explosion at the port of Beirut, August 6, 2020. (Thibault Camus/Pool/AFP)

Rebuffed by Lebanon, Israelis seek workarounds to get help to Beirut

By Nathan Jeffay and ToI Staff

A speech by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is transmitted on a large screen in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 31, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

Hezbollah chief’s speech, delayed due to blast, rescheduled for Friday evening

By ToI Staff and AFP

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) in his Jerusalem office (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Obituary

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who made the Talmud accessible, dies at 83

Israel Prize laureate and scholar credited with revolutionary translation and commentary of seminal Jewish texts in ‘once-in-a-millennium’ achievement

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. (Steinsaltz Center/courtesy)

‘His works will last for generations’: Leaders mourn Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

In this file photo taken on Nov. 10, 2010, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz smokes a pipe during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem. The 73-year-old rabbinical scholar had just completed a monumental 45-year project hailed in Jewish scholarly circles as a breakthrough of biblical proportions, the most comprehensive translation and commentary of the Talmud, with its 63 basic sections and nearly 6,000 pages. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s blog posts at The Times of Israel

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)

Polls signal slumping support for Netanyahu’s Likud, surge for Yamina

TV survey forecasts Naftali Bennett’s nationalist party would become the second largest in Knesset with 19 seats if new elections held today

Israel media reviewIt’s elections, boogie woogie woogie: What the press is saying on August 7

By Joshua Davidovich

Early election speculation grows as no agenda published for cabinet meeting

Haredi party leaders urge Netanyahu, Gantz to pass budget, avoid early elections

Magen David Adom medical workers seen at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing, at the entrance to the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, on April 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Analysis

East Jerusalem buckles under virus’s 2nd wave, while largely ignored by Israel

Figures show Jerusalem Palestinians disproportionately struck by COVID-19; health officials lament lack of coordination with municipality and massive budget deficit in hospitals

Medics work with COVID-19 patients at the isolation ward of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on July 29, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israel’s COVID-19 count surpasses 80,000 as serious cases continue to climb

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)

Criminal probe opened into mass ultra-Orthodox wedding in Jerusalem

Maya Jacobs and Yosef I. Abramowitz

Dear Noble Energy shareholders, Chevron is about to take you for a ride

OPINION: Israel won’t keep paying triple price for its own gas, and Chevron’s value will fall when climate is back on the US agenda. You will lose. All of us will.

Who will mourn us?

The Talmud spotlights the importance of eulogy, but as a single person, I wonder who will grieve for me after I am gone. (Daf Yomi Shabbos 153)

Sarah C. Rudolph

Was Canaan an improvement over Egypt?

The People of Israel are invited to settle in a place known for uncertainty and difficulty, where rain is desperately needed but never assured

I wish others knew what I know about Malki’s killer

She masterminded the 2001 murder of my daughter and 14 others in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing. Not only is she still free, she’s a celebrity

Illustrative: Police officers in Paralimni, Cyprus, August 19, 2019. (AP/ Philippos Christou)

Cyprus police question Russian businessman over Lebanon disaster

By AFP

Igor Grechushkin is believed to have been the owner of a ship whose cargo of ammonium nitrate was confiscated by Lebanese officials years ago and caused the deadly port blast

Boris Prokoshev, former captain of the ship that delivered explosive chemicals to Beirut, outside Sochi, Russia, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirill Lemekh)

Captain astonished to find out his ship delivered Beirut explosive

By DARIA LITVINOVA

Dr. Israa Seblani during her wedding photo shoot moments before the Beirut blast tore through the city. (Screenshot/Mahmoud Nakib via AFP)

Bride recalls moment Beirut blast rocked her wedding shoot: ‘I’m losing my life’

A soldier stands at the devastated site of the explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Analysis

Will Beirut’s port blast be a catalyst for change?

The Lebanese street is seething over the mismanagement that led to Tuesday’s catastrophe. Previous protests failed to elicit true reform, but could this time be different?

US aid begins flowing to Lebanon in wake of deadly explosion

By Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor

Lebanese police scuffle with anti-government demonstrators enraged by blast

By AFP

Trump’s Iran point man Hook quits as US pushes arms embargo

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this July 11, 2018 file photo, a drone equipped with a thermal camera flies over the plants at the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources' Jennings Environmental Education Center on July 11, 2018 in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

IDF: Small drone entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, brought down by troops

By Judah Ari Gross

Military says aircraft had been under surveillance after it crossed border near Mount Hermon; soldiers searching the area for remains

Israeli mobile artillery units sit in place in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Sirens sound in north in false alarm amid threats of Hezbollah attack

By Judah Ari Gross

An Israeli soldier stands next to a mobile artillery unit during an exercise in the Golan Heights on August 4, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/AP)

IDF still girding for Hezbollah attack, but some troops get a breather

By Judah Ari Gross

The Times of Israel startup and economics editor Shoshanna Solomon (left) interviews Israeli economist Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg (YouTube screenshot)

Behind the Headlines

WATCH: Israel must regain citizen trust to put nation on track, says economist

In online ToI interview, Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg says uncertainty over length and extent of pandemic is stunting economic stability, expanding wealth gap

The empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on June 12, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel said planning pre-flight tests, color coded countries as skies reopen

After ministers agree to widen flight availability from August 16, Airports Authority publishes tender to operate on-site lab, with passengers tested 72 hours before departure

US health agency relaxes travel advice for several countries, but not Israel

By AP and ToI Staff

Government okays scrapping weekend closures amid warnings of new restrictions

WHO warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’ in fight against virus

By AFP and ToI Staff

The-consul general of Israel in New York Dani Dayan at the Celebrate Israel Parade, June 2, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Interview

Back from NY, Dani Dayan losing sleep over future of Israel-Diaspora relations

By Raphael Ahren

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on August 6, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hundreds rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem in subdued affair

Demonstrators distribute hundreds of potted flowers to area residents, thanking them for patience; several dozen counter-protesters rally in support of the premier nearby

A protester wearing a face mask of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a demonstration against the government in Tel Aviv on August 1, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Facebook deletes 3 more suspected fake profiles that incited against Netanyahu

Social media applications of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Periscope, September 18, 2015. (HStocks/Istock by Getty Images)

Social media giants take fresh steps to curb US election manipulation

By Glenn Chapman and Rob Lever

More Headlines

Illustrative: A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli airstrike at Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, after Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets toward Israel, June 27, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)

IDF strikes Hamas site in Gaza after arson balloons spark fires in south

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Border Police officers at a lookout point near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 30, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

4-year-old East Jerusalem girl dies after being struck in head by bullet

Nylssa Portillo Moreno, a Jewish immigrant detained by ICE, was released following an activist campaign that included national Jewish organizations. (Photo illustration/ JTA)

Jewish woman released from ICE custody following national advocacy campaign

Illustrative: People walk at the University Village area of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

USC student gov’t leader says she quit due to harassment over support for Israel

B'nai Brith Canada has filed a police report over Głos Polski's article blaming Jews for the pandemic. (Courtesy of B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)

Polish-language newspaper in Toronto blames Jews for coronavirus pandemic

This post by the head of Philadelphia's NAACP chapter has drawn calls for his resignation. (Facebook via JTA)

Philly Jewish federation won’t work with local NAACP because of leader’s posts

Illustrative: The Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem (Mendy Hechtman/Flash90)

Delaware to require teaching of the Holocaust and genocide

Anti-Semitic messages posted during a Zoom virtual prayer by Congregation Shaare Tefilla in Dallas, Texas, July 30, 2020. (Screenshot: Instagram/Elizabeth Savetsky)

Dallas prayer ‘Zoom bombed’ with messages saying ‘Kill All Jews, Bomb Israel’

Members from France's elite tactical police unit RAID gather outside a bank during a hostage situation in the port city of Le Havre, northwestern France, August 6, 2020. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP)

Hostage-taker in France surrenders to police; reportedly made demands of Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs the groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram, in Ayodhya, India, August 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian PM lays foundation of Hindu temple at site of razed mosque

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and ASHOK SHARMA

Hussein al-Sheikh, a close confidant of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking on Palestine TV, the official PA channel. (Screenshot: Palestine TV)

PA official’s brother killed in clash with Palestinian security, igniting fury

By Aaron Boxerman

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he finishes speaking during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, August 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump bans dealings with Chinese owners of TikTok, WeChat

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