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What Matters Most On Friday, September 4, 2020

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A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from the heat, on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on September 4, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Thousands without power, A/C in central Israel

At least 2 hospitalized for heatstroke as Israel roasts under extreme heatwave

One man in critical condition after collapsing in street in northern town of Kiryat Shmona; police warn people against going hiking as temperatures remain near record highs

An Orthodox Jewish talmudic seminary student wearing protectives suit, gloves, face mask and a face shield prays at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, September 3, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90)

Jerusalem bakes in hottest day since record-keeping began in 1942

People enjoy a hot summer day at the Ein Lavan Spring in the Jerusalem Mountains, August 30, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel roasts in extreme heat wave, day after Jerusalem broke all records

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of an F-35 fighter jet at the Israeli Air Force's Nevatim base in southern Israel, undated (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu decries ‘false allegation’ he secretly okayed F-35 jet sales to UAE

PM responds to report he stopped opposing sale of jets and ultra-advanced radar-jamming Growler planes that could give the UAE a considerable military advantage

In this December 12, 2016, file photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaches to one of the first two next-generation F-35 fighter jets after it landed during an unveiling ceremony upon arrival in Nevatim Air Force Base near Beersheba, Southern Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit, File)

Netanyahu secretly okayed F-35 jet sales to UAE, report claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Cabinet to convene on Tuesday for first time in over 3 weeks

Medical workers at the Barzilay Hospital, in Ashkelon handle a coronavirus test sample on March 29, 2020 (Flash90)

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; death toll climbs to 985

With capsules, masks and no guarantees, schools give lesson in acting on the fly

By Jessica Steinberg

Minister Litzman vows not to allow lockdown over High Holidays

IDF says 30 infected in virus outbreak on officer training base

Police enforcing a lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, seen at a roadblock on Begin Road in Tel Aviv, April 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Gov’t okays lockdown in 30 high-infection cities; virus czar: ‘A pivotal moment’

Rules expected to include ban on entering and leaving town, keeping residents within 500 meters of home, closing down public transportation, schools and non-essential businesses

Israel media reviewRed light, green light, 1, 2, 30: What the press is saying on September 4

Top health official says renewed national lockdown still possible ‘if no choice’

Some high-infection cities push back against restrictions, others welcome them

This combination of pictures taken on September 3, 2020 shows (L to R) representatives of Palestinian factions gathered at the Palestinian embassy in Lebanon's capital Beirut attending by video conference talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (screen); while their counterparts in the West Bank's Ramallah watch the speech of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh as he speaks in Beirut during the same meeting (ANWAR AMRO and Alaa BADARNEH / various sources / AFP)

Abbas meets Hamas, Islamic Jihad terror heads, says he won’t engage with US plan

By Aaron Boxerman

A car belonging to four Palestinians allegedly attacked with rocks by a group of settlers close to Turmus Ayya in the West Bank, September 3, 2020 (Credit: Palestinian Red Crescent)

Pregnant woman, 3 other Palestinians said injured by settler rock throwing

Palestinian security forces guard at the entrance to the West Bank city of Nablus on March 23, 2020, as part of measures to contain the coronavirus. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Security officials said to believe PA interested in reestablishing coordination

A screen capture from a video of Jessica Krug, speaking under the name Jess La Bombera. (Screen capture: YouTube)

US professor says she lied about being Black, and is really a Kansas City Jew

Jessica Krug says she built her life ‘on a violent anti-Black lie,’ calls herself a ‘culture leech’ for forging her identity

Officials work at a scene late Sept. 3, 2020, where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon the week before was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him in Lacey, Washington (AP Photo/Ted Warren)

US marshals shoot dead suspect in Portland killing of far-right protester

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ted warren

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The forgotten Olympic weightlifting hero of the Munich massacre

I never knew him personally, but I learn from Yossef Romano, a weightlifter like me, who sacrificed himself to give his teammates a fighting chance

Kenneth Jacobson

The UAE breakthrough could spread tolerance across the region

Will the Arab country’s push for a more pluralistic Mideast challenge the radicalism and anti-Semitism that have poisoned the region for so long?

Sarah C. Rudolph

A nation of treasure

If there’s one day God’s power over people is palpable, it’s Yom Kippur, when we ask for mercy – and yet, the Torah suggests we’re really equal partners (Ki Tavo)

The day our nursing home stopped being COVID-19-free

We sealed off the home, curtailed visits by family members, and multidisciplinary team members like me switched to working remotely. But would it be enough?

Artist Matt Furie draws the Pepe the Frog character in the new documentary 'Feels Good Man.' (Kurt Keppeler)

Interview

Duo behind Pepe the Frog film warn against writing off goofy hate propaganda

With new documentary ‘Feels Good Man’ premiering on-demand Sep 4, filmmakers say what started as a silly hate meme has bled into mainstream politics; ignore it at your peril

Screen capture from the Holocaust documentary film 'Final Account' of a former Nazi member of the SS looking at photographs. (video screenshot)

New documentary shows former Nazis unrepentant, even proud of serving in the SS

By Fiachra GIBBONS

US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on August 30, 2020. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP)

US’s O’Brien: We’re committed to 2-state solution; Palestinians need new leaders

Trump’s national security adviser says Palestinians have ‘unique opportunity’ for peace, jabs ‘Marxist-Leninist revolutionary struggle mentality’ of Palestinian leaders

A video of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during the Republican National Convention plays from the Rose Garden of the White House, on August 25, 2020. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Democrats seek probe into Hatch Act violations during GOP convention

By AP and ToI Staff

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

US sanctions on ICC prosecutor draw European criticism

By Valerie LEROUX and Adam PLOWRIGHT

US President Donald Trump arrives to attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, Sunday, November 11, 2018. (Benoit Tessier/Pool Photo via AP)

Report: Trump disparaged American war dead as ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’

By JAMES LaPORTA

US president declined to visit military cemetery in France in 2018 because he feared rain would mess up his hair and dead soldiers were ‘losers’ anyway, officials say

In Kenosha, Biden charges Trump ‘legitimizes the dark side of human nature’

By Jim Watson and Michael Mathes

Trump faces criticism for urging people to vote twice as a test of system

By Deb Riechmann and Jonathan drew

Facebook to ban new ads in week before US election; Zuckerburg warns of violence

By Glenn Chapman

This picture from June 25, 2019, shows a general view of the Four Seasons Hotel (R) in the Bahraini capital Manama, where the "Peace to Prosperity" Workshop is taking place. (Stringer/AFP)

Bahrain opens airspace to Israeli planes, following Saudi lead

Using Bahrain’s airspace could make route to UAE even more direct, though only if Qatari airspace is used as well

AnalysisUAE deal shows Arab-Israel conflict starting to come apart before our eyes

By Avi Issacharoff

El Al planes parked at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel, on August 3, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

As ties normalize, El Al announces weekly air cargo service to Dubai

By AFP

Charlie Kaufman answers questions at the press conference for 'Synecdoche, New York' during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Interview

Charlie Kaufman’s dual release of film, debut novel a dream come true for fans

By JP O’ Malley

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Attorney general says Netanyahu won’t have to step down when graft trial revs up

There had been speculation Avichai Mandelblit could rule premier must recuse himself when court hearings intensify in January; AG says PM sill must avoid conflicts of interest

Chief Justice Esther Hayut, at the Supreme Court on May 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court chief slams Knesset speaker’s ‘populist’ criticism of judiciary

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Sara Netanyahu appears in a video released on July 30, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Woman grilled by police over tweet invoking rape aimed at PM’s wife

Josh Cartu (L) and his brother David Cartu in a screenshot from a 2017 video in which they drove a Ferrari together. (Vimeo screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

US regulator charges 5 Israelis in $165 million binary options fraud scheme

By Simona Weinglass

Josh, Jonathan and David Cartu, previously sued in Canada, are charged by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission with ‘targeting and victimizing US residents’

Aryeh Greenes (L) and Aviv Mizrahi. (Courtesy FBI)

Supreme Court okays extradition of Israeli-American wanted for bank fraud

It takes 10 days for Rebecca King to brine the meat for her pork sandwiches. (Josefin Dolsten/ JTA)

Hog wild

LA pop-up The Bad Jew specializes in treif takes on Jewish food

By Josefin Dolsten

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Culture editor Jessica Steinberg interviews writer Etgar Keret for the Behind the Headlines series, September 2, 2020. (screenshot)

Behind the headlinesWATCH: Etgar Keret unveils his new COVID project, an 8-minute choreographed film

Sacks of free marijuana samples that were dropped from a drone in Tel Aviv on Thursday, September 3, 2020.

High from highDrone drops dozens of bags of free marijuana over Tel Aviv

Netta Barzilai takes on a Disney classic at their request, September 2020 (Courtesy Disney Records)

Expiali-joyousNetta Barzilai covers classic song from Disney’s Mary Poppins

By Jessica Steinberg

In this April 25, 2020 photo, a bird swims where dry land used to be at the Sea of Galilee, locally known as Lake Kinneret (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Sea of Galilee water level at 27-year high for early September

Jake Auchincloss in 2019 (Courtesy/Jakeforma.com)

Jewish ex-Marine wins Democratic primary for Massachusetts House seat

By WILLIAM J. KOLE

Screen capture from video of the scene of an alleged rape in Petah Tikva that happened on August 15, 2020. (Ynet news)

Man indicted in rape of woman, another accused of paying to join in

By Stuart Winer

The results of a reported Israeli airstrike on the Damascus International Airport on August 31, 2020. (ImageSat International)

Intel firm: Strikes on Syrian airfields halted Iran’s ability to transport arms

By Judah Ari Gross

Chilean and Lebanese rescuers search in the rubble of a building that was collapsed in last month's massive explosion, after getting signals there may be a survivor under the rubble, in Beirut, Lebanon on September 3, 2020. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

A month on, signal in Beirut rubble raises slim hopes for survivor

By BILAL HUSSEIN

A view shows the damaged site and grain silo following the massive August 4 blast in Beirut's port area, in Beirut on August 31, 2020. (GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP)

Over 4 tons of ammonium nitrate found near site of Beirut port blast

Illustrative: People in face masks ride the subway in Manhattan during the coronavirus pandemic, Aug. 27, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Jewish Federations of North America to raise $54 million for coronavirus fund

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