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What Matters Most On Friday, August 14, 2020

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the agreement for Israel and the UAE to establish diplomatic relations, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

'Together we can bring a wonderful future for our peoples'

Hailing ‘new era with Arab world,’ Netanyahu says others will follow UAE’s lead

By Raoul Wootliff

Touting ‘full and formal peace’ with advanced, innovative Gulf nation, PM notes Israelis will soon be flying direct to Abu Dhabi; insists annexation plan is only temporarily halted

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem on a phone call with UAE leader Mohammed Bin Zayed, on August 13, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/PMO)

In historic declaration, Israel and United Arab Emirates agree to normalize ties

By Raoul Wootliff, Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the agreement for Israel and the UAE to establish diplomatic relations, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Israel media reviewBibi breaks the Middle East: What the press is saying on August 14

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at the White House in Washington, August 13, 2020, after announcing Israel and the UAE were fully normalizing their ties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Israel-UAE signing in 3 weeks, annexation ‘off the table,’ at least now

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

Declaring ‘they’re going to have peace in the Middle East’ after UAE and Israel agree to full ties, Trump gives dramatic, confusing briefing, appears to contradict PM, then doesn’t

A view of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Israeli delegation said headed to UAE next week to move forward on deal

Head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen speaks at a cyber conference at Tel Aviv University on June 24, 2019. (Flash90)

From Mossad overtures to frenetic US diplomacy: How UAE deal reportedly happened

PA President Mahmoud Abbas heads a leadership meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 19, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool via AP)

‘Despicable, a betrayal’: PA blasts Emirates, demands retraction of Israel deal

By Aaron Boxerman

Ramallah recalls envoy to Abu Dhabi; Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi minister all praise agreement; Jordan, in cooler response, says Israel must enter into talks with Palestinians

Palestinian protesters burn a banner showing Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, August 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians on Temple Mount trample, set fire to picture of UAE leader

By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on June 29, 2020. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Turkey: History won’t forgive UAE for deal; Iran pans ‘strategic stupidity’

By AFP and ToI Staff

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, following the announcement of Israel's normalization agreement with the UAE, August 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

After Israel-UAE deal, Kushner indicates more Arab countries will follow

By Eric Cortellessa

Trump adviser says some other countries ‘were upset they weren’t first,’ adds US began working on ties between the two states 18 months ago; ramped up as annexation bid accelerated

Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Bahraini counterpart Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (R) pose for a photograph at the State Department in Washington on July 17, 2019. (Courtesy)

Israeli officials say Bahrain in advanced contacts to be next in line for ties

This image made from video shows Oman's new sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, taking part in a cannon-fire salute outside the Royal Family Council in Muscat, Oman, January 11, 2020. (Oman TV via AP)

Oman, also enjoying warming ties with Israel, backs Israel-UAE normalization

By ToI Staff and AFP

(L-R, rear) US senior presidential advisor Jared Kushner, US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien clap for US President Donald Trump after he announced an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize diplomatic ties, at the White House, August 13, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Op-ed

‘Historic’ indeed: UAE ties mark Israel’s biggest diplomatic advance since 1994

Agreement announced Thursday brings Trump’s peace plan to life, offers prospect of still wider relations, vindicates Netanyahu, staves off his damaging unilateral annexation plan

Lauding normalized ties, Tel Aviv city hall lights up with flags of Israel, UAE

Biden welcomes ‘historic’ Israel-UAE deal to normalize relations

By AFP

Many wars, rare peace accords: A look at Israeli-Arab ties over the years

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, walks through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2019, a day ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

Could the UAE deal save Netanyahu from a disillusioned Israeli right?

If it polls well, normalization agreement may push polarizing prime minister onto a new political trajectory: pivoting to the center to make up for lost votes from his base

Analysis5 winners and 4 losers in the historic treaty between Israel and the UAE

US President Donald Trump, accompanied by (From left), US special envoy for Iran Brian Hook, Avraham Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, applauding in the Oval Office at the White House, August 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Full text: Joint statement on ‘normalization of relations’ between Israel, UAE

MK Bezalel Smotrich in Jerusalem, on November 11, 2019. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)

Outraged by annexation halt, rightist leaders suggest time for Netanyahu to go

Yamina’s Bezalel Smotrich says right must present ‘alternative leadership’ to the PM; settler chief Elhayani declares premier ‘needs to be replaced’ if he gave up on sovereignty

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

Blue and White kept in dark on UAE deal; Netanyahu: It was at request of US

(From L-R) Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan, Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked, Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman and Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani and Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett, during a Yamina faction meeting in the Knesset on June 1, 2020. (Courtesy)

Right slams halted annexation, settlers cry betrayal, as most pols laud UAE deal

A tempered euphoria on the UAE-Israel agreement

The deal is a clear win for Israel, the UAE and the US, but annexation and the Palestinian issue remain potential stumbling blocks

The young ’wokes’

In the wake of Bari Weiss’s resignation, a growing subculture defines ’wrongthink,’ narrowing the bounds of what any of us can say

Joseph C. Kaplan

Coronavirus, kaddish, and kindness

After months of avoiding people, even a sanctioned prayer gathering (socially distanced, masked) made me feel uneasy

Michelle Waldman Sarna

The grace and humility of sweeping blue skies

Times are tough, but the human capacity to look beyond our surroundings and connect to ideas, values, and inspiration is transcendent (Re’eh)

Blue and White MK Tehila Friedman delivers her maiden speech at the Knesset, August 11, 2020 (Video screen capture)

'Keep trying to defeat each other - and we'll defeat future'

Israel is ‘fragile, flammable,’ freshman MK warns in speech watched by millions

By Haviv Rettig Gur

Blue and White MK Tehila Friedman’s searing maiden speech in the Knesset touches a cord with admonition that a Jewish state ‘is not a given’ and ‘our differences are not temporary’

UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash speaks to journalists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

Live updates (closed)

UAE minister: Long term freeze on annexation allows Palestinians to negotiate

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Anwar Gargash tells Israeli news site that normalization announcement was not symbolic and that he expects progress on various fronts to come shortly

6:19 pm

US assessment said to conclude 'Maintenance work' caused fire that led to Beirut blast
6:16 pm

Outflanked by UAE, Saudi Arabia remains mum on normalization deal
4:53 pm

1,525 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, Health Ministry reports

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 19, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

In halting annexation, UAE paints its Israel peace deal as win for Palestinians

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

As Jerusalem and DC hail historic agreement on normalization, leaders of the Gulf nation portray that aspect as secondary to keeping two-state option alive

UAE committed to Palestinian state, Arab Peace Initiative, spokeswoman tells ToI

By Raphael Ahren

UAE Jewish community celebrates peace with Israel, excited about direct flights

By Raphael Ahren

Mohammed bin Zayed: UAE strongman who normalized ties with Israel

By AFP

Emirati men perform a traditional dance in front of flags bearing portraits of Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, February 9, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib/ File)

Analysis

Upending traditional views on peacemaking, Israel-UAE deal truly heralds new era

Netanyahu proves wrong all those who argued normalization with Arab world is impossible without a solution to the Palestinian conflict — without giving anything tangible in return

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks to The Associated Press, in Lahore, Pakistan, February 18, 2020. (K.M. Chaudhry/AP)

UN chief, Europe, India welcome Israel-UAE deal, suspended annexation plans

By AFP and ToI Staff

Iranian official, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, then deputy foreign minister, speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, August 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

In 1st response from Iran, official says UAE will be ‘engulfed in Zionism fire’

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., talks to reporters about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump gives credence to false, racist Kamala Harris conspiracy

By AAMER MADHANI, Sara Burnett, AMANDA SEITZ and Jill Colvin

Speaking to reporters, the president notes ‘very serious’ rumors — which are false — that the VP candidate is not eligible to serve in the role

Alex Morse is challenging longtime incumbent Rich Neal in Massachusetts' 1st District. (Rob Deza via JTA)

Report: Claims against congressional candidate Morse concocted to boost opponent

By Josefin Dolsten

Screenshots from Madison Cawthorn's Instagram account show pictures from a 2017 visit to the site of a Nazi retreat used frequently by Hitler. In the caption of the now-deleted pictures, Cawthorn called Hitler 'the Führer.' (Twitter via JTA)

Madison Cawthorn’s visit to Hitler’s vacation home alarms his NC district’s Jews

Labor lawmaker Merav Michaeli speaks with Times of Israel chief analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on the new Behind the Headlines series, August 11, 2020. (YouTube Screenshot)

Behind the Headlines

WATCH: Meet the Labor MK opposing her own party to try to salvage its future

In online ToI interview, maverick lawmaker Merav Michaeli discusses her stand against joining the government, her plans to overhaul the chief rabbinate, and a future Labor makeover

More Headlines

A technician carries out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a lab at the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, on August 3, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israel’s confirmed virus cases surpass 90,000, but tests show downward trend

Riot police disperse protesters after polls closed in the presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus on August 9, 2020. (Photo by Siarhei LESKIEC / AFP)

In Belarus, young Jews among those picked up and jailed amid police crackdown

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative: An F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah, September 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Israeli Air Force scaling back its strikes in Syria as southern border heats up

By Judah Ari Gross

Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

Iran said readying to ratchet up enrichment at Natanz, violating nuke deal

Supporters of Maryam Rajavi, President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, demonstrate against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit in Paris, January 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

#Don’t_Execute: Viral campaign launched to stop Iran’s hanging of protesters

By Stuart Williams

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)

Israel strikes Gaza for 3rd straight night after balloons start 100 fires

By ToI Staff and AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, in a composite photo. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu indicates he will defy AG’s instructions on conflicts of interest

Iranian commandos fast-rope down from a helicopter onto the MV Wila oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, August 12, 2020. (US military's Central Command via AP)

US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz

By Jon Gambrell

US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, right, listens to an NGO volunteer during his visit to a main gathering point for volunteers, near the site of the explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, Pool)

US official says FBI joining Beirut explosion investigation

By Sarah El Deeb

Former Chief Scientist at the Environmental Protection Ministry, Sinaia Netanyahu. (YouTube screenshot)

Israel’s former chief scientist named to senior position at WHO

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the swearing in ceremony of the 23rd government in the Knesset on May 17, 2020. (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Report: Sara Netanyahu barred Ethiopian Israelis from residence living quarters

Illustrative. Israeli Border Police in East Jerusalem, on May 18, 2018. (AP/Mahmoud Illean/File)

Five Border Police charged with assaulting, robbing Palestinians

By Aaron Boxerman

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