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What Matters Most On Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP/Julio Cortez)

2020 presidential debates

Trump dodges condemnation of white supremacists, takes aim at left instead

Asked to address issue at debate, president tells far-right group to ‘stand back, stand by,’ but adds that antifa is a more pressing issue, drawing criticism from ADL head

Illustrative: Members of the Proud Boys and other US right-wing demonstrators march across the Hawthorne Bridge during an 'End Domestic Terrorism' rally in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Far-right US group jubilant at Trump name-check, appears to gear up for violence

Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, center, gesturing during the first presidential debate between US President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden, right, September 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

Interruptions and insults fly as presidential debate turns into donnybrook

By Jill Colvin, AAMER MADHANI and Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Proud Boys wait to get into vehicles after marching across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, Oregon, Aug. 17, 2019. (Alex Milan Tracy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, JTA)

Explainer

Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that got a shoutout from Trump?

Founder Gavin McInnes made video he filmed in Israel titled ’10 things I hate about the Jews,’ and complained that Jewish people have a ‘whiny paranoid fear of Nazis’

An Israeli protester in Tel Aviv on September 29, 2020. The sign reads "You are responsible." (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel media reviewNothing to be proud of: What the press is saying on September 30

By Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Bemidji Regional Airport, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Bemidji, Minn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jewish Democratic group’s ad compares Trump era and 1930s Germany

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the 75th United Nations General Assembly via video message, September 29, 2020 (GPO)

IDF later details 2 more alleged Hezbollah missile factories

Netanyahu at UN reveals Hezbollah arms depot in Beirut, warns of fresh ‘tragedy’

By Raphael Ahren

In address to General Assembly, PM says another deadly blast possible, urges residents to ‘act now’; predicts other Arab countries will make peace with Israel ‘very soon’

Supporters of Hezbollah carry an oxygen tank at the site of Beirut's southern suburb of Janah which Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was a weapons depot belonging to the movement on September 29, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Taking reporters to site, Hezbollah denies Netanyahu claim of Beirut arms stores

By Aaron Boxerman

The location of an alleged Hezbollah arms depot next to a mosque in the Chouaifet neighborhood of Beirut, as claimed by the Israel Defense Forces on September 29, 2020 (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF adds two more alleged Hezbollah missile sites to Netanyahu’s UN claim

By Judah Ari Gross

Rabbi Elimelech Biderman and ultra-Orthodox Jews pray for forgiveness (Selihot) at the burial site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai in Meron, northern Israel, September 12, 2020 (David Cohen/Flash90)

Top health official: 1/3 of Israel’s virus infections are among ultra-Orthodox

Virus cases said found on 17 flights as pilgrims return from Ukraine, Belarus

PM talks with Hasidic leaders amid fear of virus spread at big Sukkot gatherings

Hundreds protest in ultra-Orthodox city after worshipers detained

People protest against the government outside the headquarters of the Tel Aviv District Israel Police, on September 29, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel passes law drastically limiting demonstrations during COVID lockdown

MKs ban travel of over 1 km to reach protests and prayers, cut attendance to 20; anti-Netanyahu rallies to be limited to 2,000 in clusters of 20; opposition slams harm to democracy

People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem on September 26, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Activists turn to High Court after Knesset restricts protests during lockdown

Anti-Netanyahu protesters disrupt a broadcast by Channel 20 at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, September 29, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Anti-Netanyahu protesters attack right-wing TV crew, disrupt broadcast

By Michael Bachner

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem, September 14, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Global loser: Israel’s sky-high infection rate almost 3 times any other in world

By Nathan Jeffay

‘I’m very worried,’ says doctor on front lines. As Jewish state gets attention for all the wrong reasons, stats expert says world should learn from Israel: Don’t make its mistakes

Illustrative image: A medic working in the underground parking lot of Rambam Health Care Campus, which was transformed into an intensive care facility for coronavirus patients, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 23, 2020 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Hospitals to add 1,500 beds amid overload; 15% of virus tests return positive

Israel Police officers at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem's Old City on September 27, 2020, during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Police step up enforcement, fines for flouting lockdown rules

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a school in Jerusalem, ahead of the opening of the school year, August 25, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Full lifting of lockdown could take a year, Netanyahu said to warn

Haredi Israelis 2.5 times more likely to test positive for virus; virus czar seeks massive fines for rule-breakers of up to $14,500

6:18 pm

Netanyahu orders health system to ready for 5,000 seriously ill virus patients
6:05 pm

Faster virus deaths may signal health system overload
5:57 pm

Officials said to prepare gradual reopening of schools

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

The oldest Jewish tradition of all: Protest

The good news: Jews tend to be highly ethical, and arguing leads to thinking out of the box. The bad news: in a health emergency, Israelis can’t get it together

Bracha Goldstein

This is unsustainable

Who am I to write of pain? Who am I to air my struggle, when so many cannot inhale? My son turned 10 in lockdown, my daughter 13. Who am I to say this is unsustainable?

Daniel Rosehill

Could ‘freier culture’ be behind Israel’s pandemic figures?

If Israeli society stops festishizing aggression and military might, and sets aside its norms of never apologizing and never being a sucker, we might just beat Covid after all

Jessica Levine Kupferberg

Will Ushpiz follow the rules?

Weary of everything Covid? Me too, so I helped create a family friendly health campaign, with ’punny’ posters to decorate your sukkah and lighten the mood

A little girl playing doctor. (Mario De Moya F via iStock by Getty Images)

Clowns in hazmat suits and a bed for mommy: Hospital opens COVID kids facility

By Nathan Jeffay

As patient numbers rise, some hospitals are struggling to give virus-positive children age-appropriate care. At new ward, there will be playrooms, parents, and entertainment

Israeli policemen stop vehicles at a checkpoint in East Jerusalem while enforcing a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, on September 25, 2020 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Netanyahu: Lockdown will last at least a month, possibly much longer

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan addresses the UN General Assembly, September 28, 2010 (Aliza Eliazarov/UN Photo)

Analysis

After years of bashing Israel at UN, UAE and Bahrain dramatically soften tone

What a difference a year makes: At 2019 General Assembly, the 2 Gulf states condemned alleged violations against the Palestinians. This time, they hailed their accords with Israel

UAE announces candidacy for UN Security Council seat

By AFP

UAE Envoy: We’re not a democracy, but public support allowed for normalization

At UN General Assembly, UAE reiterates ‘firm demand’ for Palestinian state

By Raphael Ahren

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

AG: Netanyahu may eventually need to be suspended as PM for conflict of interest

Avichai Mandelblit tells magazine he ‘nearly fell off a chair’ when he heard of alleged quid pro quo; prime minister’s lawyer accuses attorney general of obstructing justice

Anti-government protestors confront police outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

After outcry, Gantz says IDF troops won’t police anti-government protests

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

People rally to protest the death of George Floyd in Houston on June 2, 2020. (David J. Phillip/AP)

‘Avoidance is no longer an option’: US rabbis focus sermons on racial injustice

By Gabe Friedman

Progressive Jewish leaders use Yom Kippur addresses to call on congregants to take action on racism

The casket of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol, to lie in state in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger / POOL / AFP)

US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg buried in private ceremony

By AFP

US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks during a news conference with Congressman Ted Deutch (L) looking on in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 5, 2016, (AP/Lynne Sladky)

Congress launches inter-parliamentary task force to combat online anti-Semitism

Then-deputy minister Michael Oren reads his fiction to a crowd at Jerusalem's Tmol Shilshom on January 4, 2018. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Interview

Michael Oren defies political and artistic convention with book of short stories

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File: IAEA inspectors at Iran's nuclear power plant in Natanz on January 20, 2014. (IRNA/AFP/Kazem Ghane)

UN nuclear watchdog inspects second site Iran had previously barred access to

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah salutes the crowd after being sworn in as Kuwait's new Emir at the National Assembly in Kuwait City on September 30, 2020. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)

Kuwait swears in new emir after death of ruler

By Salima Lebel

A family rides the train, Monday, September 14, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

NYC to begin issuing mask fines as infections spike in ultra-Orthodox areas

By Karen Matthews

Anti-terrorism state prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard wearing a face mask speaks during a press conference on September 29, 2020, after a man armed with a knife seriously wounded two people on September 25, 2020, in a suspected terror attack outside the former offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Paris meat cleaver attacker charged with attempted terrorist killings

By AFP

The video of Bibi Shapiro singing "Avinu Malkeinu" was played during online Yom Kippur services through New York's Central Synagogue, September 28, 2020 (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)

Six with soulKid whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral sings at NY synagogue Yom Kippur service

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Shohreh Bayat, chief arbiter for the match between Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia and Ju Wenjun of China, is seen before the match during the 2020 International Chess Federation (FIDE) Women's World Chess Championship in Shanghai on January 11, 2020. (Stringer/AFP)

Iranian chess referee who ditched her country over hijab reveals Jewish roots

Likud's Gilad Erdan in Jerusalem, May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

UN will ‘lose its right to exist’ if it doesn’t treat Israel fairly, envoy says

Berman Hebrew Academy Head of School Dr. Rabbi Yossi Kastan donated his bone marrow to a 2-year-old girl, undated (Courtesy of Berman Hebrew Academy via JTA)

Leading by exampleUS Jewish principal donates bone marrow to 2-year-old

A crane that collapsed at a construction site in Yavneh, killing four people and injuring two more, May 19, 2019. (Flash90)

New tech accelerator seeks to boost startups in construction sector

By Shoshanna Solomon

This undated 2018 photo shows Dr. Mohammed Ayesh and his family in Gaza. (Ayesh family via AP)

Gazans left stranded abroad due to PA decision to cut ties with Israel

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ILLUSTRATIVE -- Members of the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement march through the town of Ludvika, central Sweden, on May 1, 2018. (Ulf Palm/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

Scandinavian neo-Nazis circulate anti-Semitic flyers on Yom Kippur

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative image of a hacker (stevanovicigor; iStock by Getty Images)

Israel’s IAI to help Bosnia boost cybersecurity via online training program

By Shoshanna Solomon

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