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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 4, 2020

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US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 2, 2020, as he heads to Walter Reed Military Medical Center, after testing positive for Covid-19.(SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump ‘not out of woods,’ but doctors cautiously optimistic on virus fight

By AP and ToI Staff

Trump’s condition on Friday was far worse than made public, White House admits

By ToI Staff and AFP

In video, Trump says he’s feeling better, hopes to be back from virus scare soon

Abbas wishes Trump ‘full and speedy recovery’ from COVID–19

Screen capture from video of clashes between police and the ultra-Orthodox community in the settlement of Beitar Illit, October 4, 2020. (Twitter)

Cop hurls bucket at boy, TV crew attacked by Haredi rioters amid virus crackdown

2 arrested in Beitar Illit after altercation with police, patrol car damaged by cinderblock, as violations of health rules in ultra-Orthodox areas continue

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim on October 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

COVID-19 in Haredi areasPolice crack down on virus violations in Bnei Brak, face unrest in Jerusalem

Israeli soldiers wear face masks at a police roadblock in Tel Aviv during the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, September 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

After criticism, IDF pulls troops from assisting police with lockdown

By Judah Ari Gross

US President Donald Trump seen in a video released on his Twitter account, speaking from Walter Reed Medical Center outside of Washington, DC, on October 3, 2020. (screen capture: Twitter)

Trump wondered aloud to friends if he will die of coronavirus — report

By ToI Staff and AP

White House releases changing and often contradictory reports on the president’s condition after his hospitalization Friday with COVID-19

White House chief of staff: Next 48 hours critical for Trump in virus fight

By AP and ToI Staff

Trump doing ‘very well’ say doctors, but insiders offer deeply worrying picture

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Attempt to trace source of Trump infection reveals many large crowds, few masks

By Calvin Woodward and Jill Colvin

Medical team member takes a swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus disease at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 30, 2020 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Top health official: Signs of infection slowdown, but caution still needed

Chezy Levy says too soon to tell if lower test rate and lower number of new cases is a trend; IDF task force says transmission rate still quite high, indicating undetected cases

Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rises by 49 over the weekend, to 1,682

Likud minister Gamliel catches COVID-19, feeling well

Joint List leader catches COVID-19, warns it’s ‘real and dangerous’

Police officers remove a protestor during protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

TA mayor bruised in scuffle; Organizers: We won't be stopped

Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu across Israel; activists assaulted, arrested

With mass demos barred, activists gather in smaller groups in hundreds of places; total turnout may be highest ever; police arrest 38; several attacked by opponents

Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)Tel Aviv protesters disperse after facing off with cops; over 20 arrested

A woman walks next to closed shops in Jerusalem on October 1, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

200,000 register as job seekers since start of lockdown

Anti-government protesters face off against police in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Defending cops’ handling of protests, acting police chief vows to keep enforcing

Motti Cohen says force will not ‘turn a blind eye’ to those who violate the law; protest movements accuse police of being political tool of government

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

MK calls for probe, claiming police ‘crossed the line’ at anti-PM protests

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum on August 24, 2020. (Knesset Spokesperson's Office)

Live updates (closed)

Blue and White members reject MK’s comment, say coalition to stay intact

By Michael Bachner

As Gantz’s party holds faction meeting, lawmakers say Miki Haimovich was merely expressing her own opinion when she said growing group favors ending partnership with Netanyahu

11:37 am

Infections slide among Palestinians amid questions about testing
6:46 pm

Blue and White members reject minister's comment, say coalition to stay intact
6:24 pm

NY mayor announces shutdown plan for 9 neighborhoods, including Jewish areas

A sign marks the Canadian border. (Lorie Shaull/Flickr/ via JTA)

US politics

Ahead of November election, growing numbers of Jews consider leaving US

Copper slag found at the Neveh Noy excavation in Beersheba. (Anat Rasiuk/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Archaeology

6,500-year-old metalworkers: Humanity’s 1st smelting furnaces found in Israel?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (R) watches as US President Donald Trump walks off Marine One while arriving at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 2, 2020 (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Well-wishers and tsk-tskers: What the press is saying on October 4

There’s plenty to cover in Israel with the pandemic and protests ongoing, but media attention is focused on Walter Reed Hospital, with feelings mixed regarding one man inside

Of presidents and health, history is replete with secrecy and lies

By Deb Riechmann

Ex-governor Chris Christie hospitalized with coronavirus

By AP

Republicans seek to pause Senate work — but not Supreme Court nominee hearings

By Laurie Kellman

Stephen Horenstein

Night visions (a photo essay with music)

On Sukkot, we bask in the raw wonder of nature, exposed to its elements, and abandon the chains of modern life to give ourselves the chance of seeing things with fresh eyes

Devoted Ugandan Jews deserve full embrace

If the Abayudaya were recognized as full Jews, as I believe they should be, then the WZO would not deliberate whether to permit them a Zionist federation under its auspices

A digital rendering of Israel's Ofek-16 reconnaissance satellite in orbit around the Earth, which was released on July 14, 2020. (Defense Ministry)

Israel’s newest spy satellite declared operational

By Judah Ari Gross

Three months after launch, control of the state-of-the-art reconnaissance satellite is handed over from Defense Ministry to IDF

Israeli soldiers take their positions on board the Navy Ship Lahav during a rare tour of Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli navy prepares for arrival of new upgraded warships

By Ariel Schalit

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Green Party leader Annamie Paul (Screengrab: YouTube)

Jewish lawyer named first Black woman to lead national party in Canada

By AFP

Tzipi Hotovely at her office in Jerusalem, February 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Incoming ambassador to UK Tzipi Hotovely arrives in London

By Raphael Ahren

Illustrative image of the American and Israeli flags. (3dmitry; iStock by Getty Images)

InterviewUS-Israel binational R&D fund seeks to increase funding for strategic edge

By Shoshanna Solomon

Austria's Salzburg plays Maccabi Tel Aviv in a Champions League playoff, September 30, 2020 (Screen grab)

3 players for Austrian soccer team positive for virus after playing Israelis

By AFP and ToI Staff

A screen capture from a webinar hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on October 2, 2020. (Screen capture: YouTube)

2 Gulf journalists describe harassment they faced for backing peace with Israel

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against Israeli settlement expansion in the village of Shufah, southeast of Tulkarm in the West Bank, on September 1, 2020. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian arrested with soldier’s knee to his neck is convicted of incitement

A person carries a sign supporting QAnon at a protest rally in Olympia, Washington, May 14, 2020. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

US House passes resolution condemning far-right QAnon conspiracy theory

By JTA and ToI Staff

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the budget, March 4, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US defense chief in Kuwait after death of emir

By AFP

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