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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 3, 2020

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Illustrative: A doctor holds a swab and a test tube (Malkovstock; iStock by Getty Images)

Live updates (closed)

Israel has highest rate in world of new coronavirus infections per capita — TV

Figures using data from Johns Hopkins University show Israel averaged 199.3 new cases a day per 1 million residents in the week ending September 2

6:41 pm

Jerusalem records highest temperature in city since 1942
6:22 pm

France denounces US sanctions on ICC as 'serious attack'
6:05 pm

Israel has highest rate in world of new coronavirus infections per capita -- TV

Israelis wear protective face masks in Tel Aviv on September 2, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In record, over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed in a day

Coronavirus cabinet set to convene, with a health official warning there may be no choice but to introduce sweeping restrictions to curb the outbreak

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Rina Shel Torah yeshiva seen under quarantine following the spread of COVID-19 in the yeshiva, in the northern Israeli city of Karmiel, September 2, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Health minister, virus czar said set to propose full lockdown in 8 cities, towns

Yeshiva students study in separation capsules in Jerusalem on September 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media reviewPaint the town redder: What the press is saying on September 3

By Joshua Davidovich

Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) team wearing protective clothes in the coronavirus ward of Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), in Be'er Ya'akov, southeast of Tel Aviv, August 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers told hospitals could be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients in 2 weeks

Hebrew University research says country could see 600 serious cases by mid-September: ‘The present danger requires decisive action’

A healthcare worker takes samples from Israelis to test them for the coronavirus at a mobile testing station in the central city of Ramle, August 18, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Expert: Israel’s virus levels so bad many countries would’ve already locked down

By Nathan Jeffay

Then deputy health minister Yaakov Litzman, left, shakes hands with Ronni Gamzu during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/File)

Ultra-Orthodox press calls for virus czar’s resignation over rebuke of top rabbi

An Emirati man next to the Bather, also called Venus, statue by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, 1710-1795, at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Palestinians lead Arab artists to boycott UAE culture events after Israel deal

By AFP and ToI Staff

Encouraged by Abbas’s PA, cultural figures and intellectuals take a stand against Emirati-backed exhibits and awards, accusing the UAE of betraying the Palestinian cause

Security and business: Israel charts potential of ties with 3 more Gulf states

By Raphael Ahren

Top PLO official Saeb Erekat to mentor students at Harvard’s Kennedy School

AJC announces plans to open UAE office amid Israel normalization deal

Op-ed

Finally, an Arab state happy to be seen in the company of Israel

Meanwhile, the Abbas-misled Palestinians line up alongside Iran, Turkey and Hamas, just saying no. And not even ‘no, but…’

Illustrative: UAE delegates wave to the departing El Al plane at the end of the Israel-UAE normalization talks, with the US, in Abu Dhabi, September 1, 2020. (El Al spokesperson's office)

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi speaks at the "G20 Investment Summit - German Business and the CwA Countries 2019" on the sidelines of a Compact with Africa (CwA) in Berlin, Germany on Nov. 19, 2019. (John MacDougall/Pool via AP)

Egypt’s Sissi to Netanyahu: UAE-Israel deal a step to Mideast peace

By AFP and ToI Staff

Jared Kushner speaks next to US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien (R) in front of an El Al plane at the Abu Dhabi airport, following the arrival of the the first-ever Israeli flight to the UAE, on August 31, 2020. (KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Khamenei singles out ‘Jewish’ Kushner in tweet decrying ‘filthy Zionist agents’

The unveiling of a column head found at a dig at Armon HaNatziv, Jerusalem (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)

At popular Jerusalem promenade, archaeologists find a First Temple-era palace

Syrian air defenses respond to alleged Israeli missiles targeting south of the capital Damascus, on July 20, 2020. (AFP)

Presumed Israeli strike killed 16 Iran-backed fighters – Syrian opposition group

By Judah Ari Gross

State media denies casualties in late-night attack, the second within a week following a month-long lull in reported IDF raids

Illustrative: A Syrian surface-to-air missile explodes in the sky over southern Syria on August 31, 2020. (SANA)

Israeli jets strike airport near Homs — Syrian media

By Judah Ari Gross

My mother downplayed her Indian Jewish heritage. Now, I’m reclaiming it.

It was only in Mumbai, when I was standing in front of the synagogue my grandparents had been married in, that I felt a sense of belonging

Israel endorses the architects of the genocide in Darfur

It’s hard to see a direct benefit to Israel of supporting military commanders instead of civilian leaders. The meetings appear to be a favor to the UAE

The Israel-UAE agreement’s greatest achievement: Little Arab protest

In a sign of political maturity, the Arab public is more focused on voicing opposition to Iranian meddling in Iraqi and Lebanese affairs

Dear Steven Allan Spielberg

Only a man whose life once depended on hope and perseverance would send an email to the Hollywood superstar and expect a response

Eilat's Red Sea Hotel, where an alleged gang rape took place in mid-August 2020. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Main suspects in alleged Eilat gang rape named; 2 have criminal records

Ilizir Maierov, 27, and Isi Raphaelov, 28, are charged with rape; Osher Shlomo, 19, charged with aiding and abetting

Defense Minister Benny Gantz delivers a statement to the media at the Knesset on August 24, 2020. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

Cabinet okays policy to hold bodies of all alleged attackers

Previous Israeli policy was only to keep bodies of Hamas terrorists for a potential prisoner exchange; new guidelines may be susceptible to legal challenge

IDF: Palestinian who entered Israel from Gaza had bomb, knife

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

IDF nabs Palestinian who entered Israel from Gaza; suspected bomb found nearby

By Judah Ari Gross

Rosh Ha’ayin stabbing victim: Terrorist stabbed me 28 times, but I won

One of the 'Human Forms' sculptures and video art images created by artist Ivo Bisignano at the Beit Guvrin National Park, open until November 1, 2020 (Courtesy Ivo Bisignano)

Italian artist’s ‘Human Forms’ reopen a long-closed Beit Guvrin cave

By Jessica Steinberg

A patient receives a mammogram. (iStock)

Study gives life-saving impetus for Ashkenazi women to screen for breast cancer

By Nathan Jeffay

‘This is absolute evidence that you could well be saving your life’ simply by getting screened, Jerusalem researchers report

A woman wears a mask of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon figure appropriated by far-right groups, as she stands next to a woman holding a US flag and a "Trump 2020" hat, Thursday, May 14, 2020, during a protest rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Film review

New documentary chillingly chronicles how Pepe the Frog became a hate symbol

By Jocelyn Noveck

‘Feels Good Man’ examines how cartoonist Matt Furie’s chill stoner frog dude creation was turned into an alt-right meme representing hatred against Black people and Jews

Illustrative: The frontispiece of a 1912 edition of the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion.' (Wikipedia/ Public Domain)

Explainer100-year old hoax: Why the ‘Protocols’ is still a hit with anti-Semites

By Stephen Whitfield

Lara Trump, front and center, campaigned with Laura Loomer, on the right. Loomer is the Republican congressional candidate in the Florida district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. (Twitter via JTA)

Lara Trump campaigns with ‘proud Islamophobe’ Jewish congressional candidate

Max Fried pitches in a game for the Atlanta Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, August 9, 2020. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Max Fried idolizes Sandy Koufax — and this year he’s pitching like him

By Marc Brodsky

More Headlines

Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda enters the courtroom for the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, whose fugitive leader Kony is one of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects, at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

EU ‘standing by’ ICC after US sanctions the court’s prosecutor

By Agencies and ToI Staff

An illustrative image of a mother working from home (LightFieldStudios; iStock by Getty Images)

Work-from-home trend deepens social gaps, survey shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image of a hacker and online fraud. (scyther5; iStock by Getty Images)

Hackers steal $7.5m in endowment funds from DC Jewish federation

By Eric Cortellessa

A screen capture from video showing a man assaulting a Hasidic Jew in the Ukrainian city of Uman. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Ukrainian police probe assault of Jewish pilgrim in Uman

Illustrative image of climbing, success (kieferpix; iStock by Getty Images)

On the way up4 Israelis in Fortune’s ’40 under 40′ list of influential businesspeople

By Shoshanna Solomon

Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams (R) advises rabbis on how to prepare for the High Holidays in a call with the Orthodox Union, Sept. 1, 2020. (Screenshot from Zoom via JTA)

US surgeon general urges Orthodox Jews to be cautious over High Holidays

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, welcoming Shuli Moalem-Refaeli to the Likud party, September 2, 2020. (Likud)

In blow to Bennett, former Yamina MK joins Likud

Karlie Kloss is seen on March 06, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images via JTA)

Karlie Kloss, Joshua Kushner’s wife, will join Biden campaign event

By Gabe Friedman

The Vega rocket (SAB Aerospce via ISA)

Small step for manIn Israeli-Italian venture, tiny satellite launches into space

The Israeli flag seen on top of the Ofer Prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 1, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinian security prisoner, 45, dies in Israeli jail

Palestinian man Omar al-Hazeen (R) reacts at his torched house where his three children were killed in a fire ignited by a candle used to light up their room during a power cut in al-Nusirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on September 2, 2020. In response to the persistent arson balloon launches from the Gaza Strip, Israel has banned fishing off Gaza's coast and closed the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, cutting off deliveries of fuel to the territory's sole power plant. Power had been in short supply even before the shutdown, with consumers having access to mains electricity for only around eight hours a day. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

3 Palestinian children die in Gaza house fire

By Aaron Boxerman

Arnon Bar-David speaks to members of the Histadrut labor organization, March 29, 2019 (Screen grab via Facebook)

Histadrut federation declares labor dispute, paving way for public sector strike

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