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What Matters Most On Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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A German air force Eurofighter and an Israeli Air Force F-16 jet fly in formation near Munich in commemoration of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed, on August 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

In historic tribute, Israeli and German air forces fly over Dachau, Olympic site

During first joint drill on German soil, planes overfly Nazi concentration camp, also buzz Fuerstenfeldbruck airfield to honor 11 Israeli athletes killed in 1972 Munich massacre

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

The Palestinians weren’t betrayed by the UAE. They were simply left behind

There’s a lesson for the Palestinians in the normalization agreement: Israel can be pressured and swayed, but not by those champions of the Palestinian cause who seek to destroy it

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE's deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces, at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 24, 2016. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool photo via AP/File)

Illustrative photo: Al Fursan, or the Knights, a UAE Air Force aerobatic display team, perform on the second day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP/Kamran Jebreili)

Israel media reviewCan Israel hug the UAE without any arms? What the press is saying on August 18

By Joshua Davidovich

Mossad Director Yossi Cohen attends a handover ceremony for the position of IDF chief of military intelligence, at the Glilot military base, near Tel Aviv, on March 28, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Mossad chief lands back in Abu Dhabi for talks on normalization

An Israeli F-35 fighter jet takes off during the "Blue Flag" multinational aerial exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 11, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Emirati official said to confirm Netanyahu approved US sale of F-35s to UAE

But PM reportedly tells security cabinet that he’ll oppose any American decision to sell stealth fighters to Abu Dhabi, will lobby Congress to oppose it

6:21 pm

Saudi Arabia calls for Hezbollah to be 'punished' after Hariri verdict
6:18 pm

IDF confirms rocket fired from Gaza toward Israel
6:17 pm

Mali president, PM have been arrested -- mutiny leader

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)

The Dahlan enigma: One Palestinian leader isn’t condemning the Israel-UAE deal

By Aaron Boxerman

Some Palestinian officials believe Emirates-backed Mohammad Dahlan, a former top security official to PA President Abbas, was involved in the move to normalize ties

An lioness seen with her 6-weeks-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on May 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ZootopiaIsrael-UAE deal sparks online zoomance, plans for a lion cub play date

Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building during an event to celebrate the Dubai Expo 2020 One Year to Go, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 20, 2019. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

Palestinians to boycott Dubai Expo world fair over ties with Israel

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags line a road in the coastal city of Netanya on August 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Op-ed

Shalom, Abu Dhabi! Why the Israel-UAE agreement changes (almost) everything

It marginalizes both right and left, helps Israel globally, makes us less divisive in the US. But it doesn’t solve the Palestinian conflict – which is the most radical thing of all

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev during a visit to Ben Gurion Airport, August 17, 2020. (Facebook)

Israel working on direct Dubai route flying over Saudi Arabia – Netanyahu

A photo of Dubai's skyline with Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower in the center, as the sun sets over Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on April 4, 2016. (AFP/Karim Sahib)

Israelis eager to tighten ties to UAE after historic accord

From the blogs

What Emiratis are like: Insights from a Jew who lived among them

None of the Emiratis I was friends with were bothered by me being a Jew or a supporter of Israel. But others were…

US President Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner at a press briefing in the White House in Washington, August 13, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kushner: US will not agree to Israeli annexation ‘for some time’

By Eric Cortellessa

Netanyahu ‘has given us assurances that he won’t do it without our consent,’ Trump’s adviser says; world ‘starting to block out the noise’ from ‘illogical’ Palestinian officials

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, giving an interview to the Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia, August 17, 2020. (Screen capture: Sky News Arabia)

Netanyahu to UAE TV on annexation: Top priority now is expanding circle of peace

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Wittman Airport, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he moved US embassy to Jerusalem ‘for the evangelicals’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

52 F-35 jets line up for a launch exercise at Utah's Hill Air Force Base in show of force and combat readiness amid US-Iran tensions, January 6, 2020. (US Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw/Twitter screen capture)

Netanyahu denies reports UAE deal includes okay for sale of advanced US jets

‘Utter fake news,’ says PM, after normalization pact said to include removal of Israeli veto on multi-billion F-35 deal with Abu Dhabi, without defense establishment being notified

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a press conference in his office at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, on August 18, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense minister: It’s not good for Israel if other countries get F-35

By Judah Ari Gross

Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking with Sky News Arabia, August 17, 2020. (Twitter)

Netanyahu calls UAE a democracy, one of the most advanced societies in the world

Analysis

Despite worst economy in years, anti-Netanyahu protests struggle to grip nation

Lacking a coherent strategy, the protest seeking the PM’s ouster seems to have little interest in broadening its coalition, or restraining its radicals

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on August 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his then-chief of staff Ari Harow (L) arrive at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, November 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ex-Netanyahu chief of staff turned state’s witness against him indicted

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit speaks during an event at Bar Ilan University, March 4, 2020. (Flash90)

Dismissing PM’s claims against him, AG says Netanyahu can’t appoint top cop

Trump just dog-whistled to Christians that Jews are ingrates

Forget the false claim he moved Israel’s ’capital’ to Jerusalem, I worry when the US president suggests Jews aren’t excited enough

I spoke to Nick Cannon about anti-Semitism. This is what I learned.

If a celebrity with such influence in the Black community is willing to expose hate for what it is, we must partner with him

Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flags of the United Arab Emirates and Israel as the countries announced they would be establishing full diplomatic ties, on August 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

As Israel, UAE ties come out of closet, businesses are abuzz with excitement

By Shoshanna Solomon

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved says his email is ‘blowing up’ with messages from UAE potential partners; Vintage’s Alan Feld and UAE ‘brother’ exchange messages as trade potential looms

An illustrative image of fresh strawberries (MariuszBlach; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel, UAE teams may join forces to grow strawberries, blueberries in desert

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative photo of carbon emissions from a power plant. (YouTube screenshot)

Israel, US seek to fund joint projects in energy cybersecurity

By Shoshanna Solomon

A fire in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip caused from airborne incendiaries flown by Palestinians, August 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hamas said to demand new deal with Israel to end border violence

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Lebanese newspaper reports terror group told Egyptian mediators that ‘patience has run out,’ Gazans don’t fear major military campaign

The scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on August 17, 2020. (United Hatzalah of Israel)

Border guard moderately hurt in Old City stabbing; assailant shot dead

By Judah Ari Gross

Smoke and flames rise after Israeli aircraft carry out airstrikes near the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on August 12, 2020. (Said Khatib/AFP)

Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas targets in Gaza after fresh arson balloon attacks

By Aaron Boxerman and AP

The Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri, left, is greeted by Bertie Ahern, the Irish Prime Minister for talks at Government Buildings, Dublin, April 26, 2004. (AP photo/John Cogill)

UN-backed court: No proof Hezbollah leaders, Syria tied to Hariri assassination

Special Tribunal for Lebanon says evidence against terror group members accused of involvement in killing ex-PM is ‘almost entirely circumstantial’; verdict to come

A photo provided by Israel's mission to the United Nations on August 17, 2020, shows the alleged route of Hezbollah fighters during a border breach into Israel on July 27, 2020. (Israel's mission to the United Nations)

Israel tells UN: Hezbollah cell crossed border with sniper rifle, fatigues

By Judah Ari Gross

A family looks at the aftermath of the site of the August 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast

By AP

Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff in his Jerusalem office, January 2018. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

Behind the headlines

Move over Pacino: Join Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff to hear true tales of justice

Access Wednesday’s Behind the Headlines webinar by becoming a ToI Community member today

An IDF tank is seen firing a shell during an exercise in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

With drones, robots and sensors, IDF readies Ground Forces for future war

By Judah Ari Gross

Army looks to give high-powered tech to ground troops and improve communication between military branches as part of multi-year Momentum Plan

More Headlines

A medical team at the coronavirus unit of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, July 28, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Authorities ‘worried’ as serious COVID-19 cases surpass 400 for first time

In this image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Michelle Obama warns at DNC that Trump is ‘in over his head’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Alexandra Jaffe

In this image from video, US Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

Sanders calls for party unity to counter Trump’s ‘authoritarianism’

By Will Weissert

Channel 13's Doron Herman faints on air while reporting from Dubai on August 16, 2020. (Screen capture/ Twitter)

Can't take the heatIsraeli reporter faints during live broadcast from Dubai

Palestinian man is detained at the Qalandiya checkpoint after he was found to be carrying a knife, June 27, 2020 (Screen capture/Kan)

Police question security guard who shot deaf Palestinian at checkpoint

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog, left, and President Reuven Rivlin meet at a Jerusalem ulpan, Aug. 16, 2020. (Mark Neyman/GPO)

Jewish Agency predicts 250,000 new immigrants to Israel in next 5 years

Members of the Jewish community hold a protest against Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, outside the British Houses of Parliament in central London, on March 26, 2018. (AFP Photo/Tolga Akmen)

UK architect banned for calling Judaism a ‘cult,’ urging discrimination

Bezalel student Nadia Adler left the former Soviet Union as a young child and returned in her young adulthood to photograph her grandparents who stayed in Russia, for her final project on display in August 2020 (Courtesy Nadia Adler)

Shutter(ed)bugsCameras provide a way out for Bezalel students in lockdown

By Jessica Steinberg

Hundreds of Orthodox Jews protest outside the studios of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, against the program, 'The Jews Are Coming,' on August 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Here come the Jews: 1,500 protest satire TV show over depiction of religion

Yesh Atid-Telem leader Yair Lapid gives a statement to the press on April 21, 2020. (Elad Guttman/Yesh Atid-Telem)

Lapid: In ‘dangerous’ move, Netanyahu denying economic crisis

Prof. Sol Green with the certificate from the Keren Kayamet LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund honoring him on his 99th birthday with the planting of 100 trees in his name, July 15, 2020, Jerusalem. (Courtesy)

'Like a tree in a field'100 trees planted in Israel in honor of a mentor’s 99th

Illustrative: A Holocaust survivor shows her number tattoo. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)

Court: Florida principal should not have been fired for Holocaust uncertainty

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