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What Matters Most On Thursday, September 10, 2020

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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)

In past, Israel took more land, Palestinians got more money

Kushner: Our plan is bid to save 2-state solution; Israel was eating up the land

Trump adviser warns Palestinians that if they continue to reject Trump peace proposal ‘the situation is just going to get worse and worse for them’; says US won’t ‘chase’ Ramallah

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)

Kushner says Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to allow all Israeli flights to use airspace

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event on judicial appointments, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kushner: Trump ‘very, very honored’ to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

By ToI Staff and AP

Medical staff work at the COVID-19 isolation ward of Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba on September 9, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Daily virus cases surge to high of nearly 4,000 as cabinet set to weigh lockdown

474 patients in serious condition with 158 listed as moderate; 43,455 tests carried out on Wednesday with positive rate remaining high at 9%

In this September 8, 2020, photo, an Israeli border policeman sets up a barrier as ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic wait to cross the street during an overnight curfew in Beit Shemesh (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Health minister: Hard to see scenario that avoids nationwide lockdown

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya's annual conference on September 10, 2020. (Screen capture: IDC)

Ex-IDF chief: Government has failed in pandemic response, lost public’s trust

By Judah Ari Gross

Magen David Adom ambulance workers wearing protective clothing seen outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Israel reports record virus death, infection tallies as lockdown options mulled

In grim new highs, country passes 4,000 virus cases, 22 fatalities in a day; number of patients in serious condition spikes to 488, with 143 of them on ventilators — also a record

3:41 pm

AstraZeneca resumes coronavirus vaccine trial after getting green-light from UK
3:39 pm

Iranian currency hits new record low against the dollar
6:22 pm

PM and wife to fly to US on private plane for fear of contagion -- report

Op-ed

A terrible injustice, belatedly acknowledged for the wrong reasons

Amid pre-dawn chaos in a Bedouin village, a civilian lost his life. So did a cop. And the authorities rushed to a false conclusion. Now the truth is out, and the damage is rippling

Israeli police stand next to a vehicle that crashed into police officers in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Israel Police)

Joint (Arab) List leader MK Ayman Odeh holds the body of Yaqoub Mousa Abu Al-Qia’an, in a funeral that took place on January 24, 2017, near the village of Umm al-Hiran. (Joint List Spokesperson)

Family of man killed by cops welcomes Netanyahu’s apology, demands compensation

By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman

Yaqoub Mousa Abu al-Qia'an. (Courtesy)

Minister visits family of Bedouin man slain by cops, mulls state payout

Ultra orthodox Jewish men pray outside an apartment building in the neighborhood of Ramot, in Jerusalem on September 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel media review

Home for the holidays: What the press is saying on September 10

By Joshua Davidovich

Israel appears to be zooming toward a lockdown, or something called ‘tightened restraint,’ with coverage portraying enhanced holiday restrictions as essentially a done deal

Lockdown could be ‘useless’ unless managed well, gov’t coronavirus adviser warns

By Nathan Jeffay

Virus cases are snowballing but hospitalizations aren’t, reassuring some doctors

By Nathan Jeffay

Government approves additional NIS 11 billion for provisional budget

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, later attorney general, during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, September 21, 2014. (AP/Menahem Kahana, Pool/File)

Likud MK vows to tear apart Justice Ministry if AG moves to disqualify Netanyahu

2nd MK says Mandelblit should go, amid reports he’s looking at forcing PM’s recusal over attacks on law enforcement; Netanyahu demands probe of prosecution’s alleged cover ups

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on September 9, 2020. (Screen capture/Facebook)

Netanyahu bashes AG as justice officials said weighing if PM must step down

President Reuven Rivlin (C) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at his official residence in Jerusalem on November 19, 2019. In the background is Likud coalition negotiator Ze'ev Elkin. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

MKs reject bills, aimed at PM, barring anyone indicted from becoming president

Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 10. 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Huge fire rages at Beirut port, weeks after devastating explosion

Lebanese army says fire started at warehouse with containers of tires, oil and other flammable materials, as massive plume of smoke stokes fears of fresh blast among residents

Former Lebanese Minister Sejaan Azzi (

Former Lebanese minister: Israel not plotting against Lebanon, wants peace

Lebanese President Michel Aoun, right, meets with David Schenker, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, September 10, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

US envoy: Israel-Lebanon maritime talks held up by ‘absurd’ sticking point

By ToI Staff and AFP

Self-employed people and kindergarten owners participate in a rally calling for financial support from the Israeli government in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Small businesses, self-employed threaten ‘anarchy’ if new lockdown imposed

By Shoshanna Solomon

At press conference in Tel Aviv, business owners call for ‘advance compensation’; closure during upcoming holiday season will cost economy NIS 13.6 billion, group warns

Illustrative: People walk with face masks on Jaffa street in Jerusalem on September 4, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Widespread reports of public flouting health directives as cases shoot up

Illustrative. A bus at the entrance to a neighborhood in Ashdod, July 2, 2020, during a closure on parts of the city (Flash90)

Man arrested for alleged attempt to stab woman who commented on his lack of mask

Illustrative photo of 200-shekel bills, February 7, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Analysis

Shoshanna Solomon

Why, amid collapsing economy wracked by COVID, is shekel near a 12-year high?

The shekel-dollar rate went below psychological threshold of NIS 3.40 to the dollar on September 1, the Israeli currency’s strongest level since July 2008

Illustrative image of a suitcase full of cash (ungorf; iStock by Getty Images)

Hidden cash economy is 10% of Israel’s GDP, and that’s an improvement — expert

By Simona Weinglass

The team of Israeli startup EverC, formerly EverCompliant (Courtesy)

Startup that uses AI to foil online money laundering raises $35 million

By Shoshanna Solomon

A banner showing the flags of Arab countries and reading "History will only glorify those loyal to Palestine" is seen during a rally against the UAE-Israel normalization deal, in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on September 9, 2020. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

In blow to Palestinians, Arab League refuses to condemn Israel-UAE deal

By Aaron Boxerman

Senior official says foreign ministers were not in agreement on Palestinian issue, after PA foreign minister criticizes body for failure to show unity in backing its cause

Walid Mansour, center, handcuffed, reenacts his alleged stabbing of an Israeli man at a building site in Rosh Ha'ayin. (Channel 12 news)

Palestinian indicted for terror, attempted murder in Rosh Ha’ayin stabbing

A road in the central West Bank where Ahmad Manasrah, 22, was shot dead by an Israeli soldier on March 20, 2019, in an undated photograph. (B'Tselem)

Court to check deal giving soldier 3 months of service for killing Palestinian

By Judah Ari Gross

Examples of Hebrew ostraca from Arad. (Michael Cordonsky, Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

Police forensics join AI algorithms to track down who wrote the Bible, and when

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Kosovars wave national flags as they wait to watch a military parade, during celebrations to mark the 11th anniversary of independence in Pristina, February 17, 2019.(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Analysis

How Israel justifies sudden recognition of Kosovo that has riled Serbia

For 12 years, Jerusalem eschewed ties with Pristina to avoid endorsing a unilateral statehood bid. Now officials cite various reasons why Kosovo and Palestine are not similar

Israelis are great at protesting – and their protests lead to zilch

The demonstrations, in their diversity, lack policy objectives. But if you want to influence the system, you have to participate in the system

Shayna Abramson

Babylonians, Romans and now Coronavirus

With a new threat at the gates, Israel is at risk of a replay of its epic, historic defeats rooted in selfishness and infighting

Baruch Tenembaum

Varian Fry – an unlikely American hero

Varian Fry went to Vichy France in 1940 and rescued 1,500 people from the Nazis for the simple, banal reason that he ’felt obliged to help’

Michael Granoff

An Israeli in Dubai

Just back from a 2-day business trip, what I found was not just a hunger for commerce, but a genuine yearning for friendship between peoples

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event on the grounds of Kuharchik Construction, Inc., in Exeter, PA, September 1, 2020. (AP/John Minchillo, File)

Pence to attend fundraiser hosted by QAnon fan who shared anti-Semitic posts

By AP and ToI Staff

Montana event will be at home of Michael Borland, who’s shared conspiracy theories about Rothschild family being behind ‘globalist’ conspiracy to create a totalitarian world order

Trump racks up foreign policy wins, but gaping holes remain as well

By Shaun Tandon

US intel official: I was told to downplay threats by white supremacists, Russia

French courts jail Muslim, white supremacist in separate anti-Semitic incidents

By JTA

More Headlines

Israelis who immigrated from Ethiopia hold up family photos of loved ones who remain in Ethiopia, during a protest to bring the rest of the Falashmura to Israel, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government to back airlift of 2,000 Ethiopians to Israel by year’s end

A bride who suffered a heart attack at her wedding has died at the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel on September 9 20202 (Screencapture/Channel 13)

Bride dies 9 days after collapsing at her wedding

Jessica Krug (Duke University Press)

White Jewish professor who posed as black woman quits university

By AFP

A picture taken from the Israeli side of the border shows Jordanian soldiers raising the national flag ahead of a ceremony at the Jordan Valley site of Naharayim, November 10, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Amid rising unemployment, Jordan reinstates national military service

By AFP

Leila Khaled at the congress of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, in Ankara, Turkey, February 11, 2018 (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Palestinian terrorist hijacker Leila Khaled set to speak at California event

By JTA and ToI Staff

Soccer legend Lionel Messi has agreed to be the face of the company, and lead a push to improve accessibility through OrCam’s devices (Courtesy)

Israel’s OrCam gets soccer star Lionel Messi to be face of startup to help blind

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: The Iranian warship Alborz, foreground, prepares to leave Iran's waters at the Strait of Hormuz, in this photo released April 7, 2015. (AP/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad)

Iran begins expansive annual war games amid tensions with US

Illustrative: Police in front of a school in Vienna, Austria, February 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Roland Zak)

Austrian government triples security funding for local Jewish community

By Raphael Ahren

Choreographer Ella Rothschild will unveil 'Pigulim' online at Tel Aviv Dance on September 16, 2020, as part of the annual festival's new online program (Courtesy Efrat Mazor)

A graceful pivotTel Aviv Dance goes online with nine premieres

By Jessica Steinberg

Paul Singer, seen at the Annual Meeting 2013 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2013. (Wikimedia Commons)

Billionaire Paul Singer’s fund reportedly seeks to scupper Chevron-Noble deal

By Shoshanna Solomon

Rami Aman, founder of the Gaza Youth Committee, was arrested by Hamas security services on April 9, 2020, after organizing a video call with Israeli peace activists. (Facebook)

Case filed at UN against Hamas after activist detained for speaking to Israelis

Roy "Chicky" Arad, 2013. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Haaretz journalist quits after women allege sex abuse, some involving minors

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