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What Matters Most On Thursday, August 20, 2020

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Aerial view of the southern Israeli city of Eilat, October 21, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Netanyahu: Alleged Eilat gang rape of teen by 30 men a ‘crime against humanity’

Israeli leaders call for public soul-searching, swift prosecution of those responsible after girl, 16, said attacked at hotel; 2 suspects arrested

Aerial view of the southern Israeli city of Eilat, October 21, 2015. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Police investigate alleged gang rape of girl, 16, by more than 30 men in Eilat

Police remove former Shin Bet head Carmi Gillon from the protest tent against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the PM's Residence in Jerusalem, on August 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police disperse anti-Netanyahu protesters ahead of rally by PM’s supporters

By Aaron Boxerman and Anat Peled

Former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon and brigadier general Amir Haskel forcibly removed by officers, who say they are trying to avoid ‘friction between the parties’

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz holds a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah on March 1, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni /Flash90)

Gantz says ‘critical days’ for gov’t, won’t accommodate PM’s ‘personal problems’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Flash90)

Compromises rejected, badmouthing persists as budget crisis nears climax

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he expects not only Saudis, but also Iran, to make Middle East peace

By Eric Cortellessa and ToI Staff

President tells reporters he thinks Riyadh will follow Abu Dhabi’s lead and open up relations with Israel, then adds he believes Tehran will ‘ultimately come in too’

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 extends US peace offer to Iran, says Trump ready to talk, meet leaders

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin on August 19, 2020. (John MacDougall/Pool/AFP)

Saudi FM: No Israel normalization without peace with the Palestinians

By Aaron Boxerman

Israelis take part in a demonstration in support of the 16-year-old girl who says she was gang raped in Eilat, in Jerusalem on August 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Thousands protest in Tel Aviv, elsewhere over suspected gang rape of 16-year-old

Owner of Eilat hotel says no evidence alleged assault by 30 men took place there until proven otherwise, stresses she’s cooperating with police

6:34 pm

Several rockets reportedly fired toward Israel but land in Gaza
6:30 pm

US sanctions 6 senior Syrian government, financial officials
6:18 pm

Germany welcomes Israeli Air Force for first joint exercise

A doctor giving a vaccine (iStock)

Century-old vaccine limits COVID spread, so bring it back, urge Israeli experts

By Nathan Jeffay

The World Health Organization says no evidence supports using BCG to fight pandemic. Some Israeli biologists beg to differ — after studying stats for 63% of world’s population

Travelers head to the departure area at Ben Gurion Airport on August 17, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Report: Officials suspect Israelis flying overseas presented forged virus tests

The empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)

Study centered on Israel flight finds low virus transmission risk on planes

By AFP

Lebanese soldiers stand guard following the massive explosion in Beirut's port, August 6, 2020. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)

Report: Iran sold Hezbollah hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate in 2013

German paper says Quds Force supplied Iran with some 670 tons of explosive material around same time ship carrying nitrates that caused deadly blast arrived in Beirut

Trump confirms US will seek ‘snapback’ of international sanctions on Iran

By Sebastian Smith and Peter HUTCHISON

Iran says it seized Emirati boat over killing of 2 fishermen

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iran unveils 2 new missiles, including one named for slain general Soleimani

By AP

Two new F-35 fighter jets land at the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel from the United States on July 14, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

Trump: UAE bid for F-35s ‘under review’; Netanyahu confirms he sought IAF stance

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Channel 13 report, verified by PMO, says NSC chief Meir Ben-Shabbat went over Gantz’s head to ask air force chief directly what Israel thought of fighter jet’s sale to Gulf state

Israel media reviewWeapons of mass discussion: What the press is saying on August 20

By Joshua Davidovich

Israel said to express concerns to US over Saudi nuclear program

UAE says new nuclear power plant is connected to electrical grid

By Agencies and ToI Staff

I was the Jewish ‘journalism expert’ at United Arab Emirates University

I was the first Jew any of my students and most others during my time in Al Ain, had ever met. I never had a single negative reaction

We kept COVID-19 out of two nursing homes

Unfortunately, residents pay a price for the isolating measures that are keeping them alive, both in terms of how we provide care and how their families interact with them

A teenager blowing a shofar that has been modified for the pandemic with the addition of a face mask (Nathan Jeffay/Times of Israel)

Put a face mask on your shofar, so it won’t blast virus to worshipers — experts

By Nathan Jeffay

The sound of the ram’s horn blown during the High Holidays carries far and wide — and so may the germs of the person who blows it

Soldiers of the Home Front Command seen at a nursing home in the city of Bnei Brak, April 14, 2020 (Flash90)

Virus death toll leaps to 779 with inclusion of previously uncounted fatalities

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

Ministers to discuss restrictions, potential lockdown over High Holidays

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting with the Palestinian leadership to discuss the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalize relations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Mohamad Torokman/Pool Photo via AP)

Op-Ed

UAE deal gives Abbas a fresh opportunity; as ever, he seems bent on spurning it

Annexation is off the table; the Trump plan is open for negotiation. And the Palestinian Authority, rather than seizing the day, is heading with Hamas into the night

Palestinian youth hold a poster of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan as they protest against the United Arab Emirates' decision to normalize ties with Israel, in the village of Turmusaya near the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 19, 2020. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

At joint Hamas-Fatah rally in West Bank, 2,000 protest Israel-UAE deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A Palestinian hurls a Molotov cocktail toward Israeli security forces during clashes, near the city of Hebron, in the West Bank, on October 11, 2015. (AFP/Hazem Bader)

Army fires at West Bank Palestinians wielding Molotov cocktails; man said killed

Israel forgot 53 COVID deaths. Stats screw-up is devastating — and irrelevant

Statistics have become our pandemic security blanket, and with its major miscalculation, the government has taken away a source of calm

London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. (Google street view)

Anatomy of a rumor: London U says Hebrew year abroad not nixed, despite reports

By Jenni Frazer

In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords addresses the virtual convention on August 19, 2020. (DNCC via Getty Images/JTA)

US presidential race 2020

Gabby Giffords, Jewish gun-control activists get Democratic convention spotlight

First section of Wednesday’s convention dedicated to gun control; other topics include undocumented migrants and climate change — and especially the rise of women in politics

Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns American democracy on the line

By AP and ToI Staff

Kamala Harris, making history as VP pick, condemns Trump’s leadership ‘failure’

By Olivier Douliery and Sebastian Smith

How Jewish socialist summer camp shaped top US postal service official Ron Bloom

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Rudy Giuliani, seen in 2018 (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)

Giuliani: George Soros wants to destroy government due to his ‘sick background’

By JTA

Trump attorney says Black Lives Matter should be termed a ‘terrorist organization’; Jewish billionaire has been victim of anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories

Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, says he appreciates their support

By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin and AMANDA SEITZ

FBI tweets link to files on ‘Protocols of Elders of Zion,’ sparking anger

By Emily Burack

Biden disavows Linda Sarsour after she speaks at a Democratic convention forum

By JTA

More Headlines

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, December 26, 2019 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian opposition politician Navalny in a coma after alleged poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA

Illustrative: An Apple iPhone X (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Apple said to have secretively bought Israel’s Camerai, a maker of camera tech

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image of a mosquito biting through skin. (iStock by Getty Images/nechaev-kon)

West Nile fever is back, and coronavirus sufferers told to take ‘extra care’

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the annual AIPAC conference in Washington on March 26, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP)

Woman said arrested for allegedly threatening US ambassador to Israel

Illustrative: An Israeli tank takes position on the Israel-Gaza border. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza following latest arson balloon attacks

A piece of a broken mezuzah hangs on the doorframe of the Yismah Moché Synagogue in Paris, August, 14, 2020. (BNVCA via JTA)

Paris synagogue neighbor smashes mezuzah ‘to restore religious neutrality’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Belarusian opposition supporters gather for a protest rally in front of the government building at Independent Square in Minsk, Belarus, August 18, 2020. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Rights activists raise alarm over Israeli cellphone hacking tech sold to Belarus

A Nazi-looted painting by Nicolas Rousseau on display in a bid to trace its rightful owners in Verdun, France (Courtesy)

Nazi-looted French painting on display in search for rightful owner

By Murielle Kasprzak

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrives for the NFL football fall meetings in New York, October 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

In blow to prosecution, US court rules secret videos can’t be used in Kraft case

By TERRY SPENCER and Curt Anderson

A full moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, on May 18, 2019. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)

Meet 11 Israel-founded NY startups helping bust coronavirus challenges

By Shoshanna Solomon

Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority (Courtesy)

Innovation Authority adds $115 million to rescue cash-strapped startups

By Shoshanna Solomon

Emirates aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport, July 8, 2020. (KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Oil, tech, travel: Israel, UAE eye economic benefits of normalization deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

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