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What Matters Most On Thursday, October 15, 2020

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Business owners protest against the ongoing nationwide closure in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2020. (Flash90)

As shopkeepers burn wares, PM says world talking of Israel’s lockdown success

Disagreements reported as ministers meet to decide on lockdown exit plan; Netanyahu hails tremendous achievements of closure, but small businesses say government has abandoned them

Business owners protest against the ongoing nationwide closure in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2020. (Flash90)

Israel media reviewArmageddon out of here: What the press is saying on October 15

By Joshua Davidovich

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri speaks at a Knesset faction meeting of his Shas party on September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Deri said to warn of possible Haredi ‘revolt’ if yeshivas barred from reopening

Police lead away the brother of the bride after breaking up a wedding that violated coronavirus restrictions in Givat Ze'ev on October 14, 2020 (screencapture/Twitter)

Probe ordered after violent clash as police break up wedding over lockdown rules

By Stuart Winer

Police lead away the brother of the bride after breaking up a wedding that violated coronavirus restrictions in Givat Ze'ev on October 14, 2020 (screencapture/Twitter)

After wedding shutdown, family of bride say cops shattered bottle on son’s head

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Screen capture from video filmed at the start of an alleged mass Sukkot celebration in the Kiryat Belz neighborhood of Jerusalem, October 7, 2020; the reporter who filmed it filed a police complaint, saying he was assaulted by participants. (Twitter)

Police arrest suspect in assault on reporter at Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox event

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli naval base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Attorney general rejects demand to probe Netanyahu role in submarine scandal

By Joshua Davidovich

In blow to anti-government activists, Mandelblit says not enough evidence to investigate prime minister over suspicious sale of shares of company linked to German shipbuilder

3:02 pm

Israeli soccer star Eran Zahavi tests positive for coronavirus
7:14 pm

IDF boots special forces officer who broke quarantine, lied about it
6:50 pm

Second video shows Beitar Ilit victim climbing on security vehicle, not hit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset on October 15 ahead of a vote on ratifying Israel's normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates (Gideon Sharon/Knesset Spokesperson)

Netanyahu hails ‘warm peace’ with UAE as Knesset debates normalization deal

By Raphael Ahren

PM says no hidden annexes or secret additions to accord signed in DC; opposition leader Lapid calls agreement ‘excellent’ but ex-defense minister Ya’alon to boycott vote

A picture taken on October 13, 2020, shows the Har Gilo settlement in the West Bank, with the city of Jerusalem seen in the background. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)

In first since annexation suspended, Israel approves 2,100 new settlement homes

By ToI Staff and AFP

A cargo plane operated by Etihad Airways, carrying medical aid for Palestinians related to the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, prepares to land at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on June 9, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

In first, UAE plane crosses Israel’s skies en route to Abu Dhabi

Former Sudanese MP Abu Al-Qasim Bortom in an interview with Arabic speaking Al-Arabiya Network Monday, October 12, 2020. (Screengrab: memri.org)

Sudanese ex-MP plans delegation to ‘accelerate normalization’ with Israel

By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff

Organizer tells ToI mission would focus on ‘cultural, humanistic’ ties between people, not on political or economic relations; says he’s received over 1,000 requests to join

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (L) listens to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak during their meeting at the State Department in Washington, October 14, 2020. (Manuel Balce Cenata/Pool/AFP)

Meeting Saudi FM, Pompeo encourages normalization with Israel

By AFP

Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, during a nationwide lockdown, October 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

Government lifts ban on outgoing flights for citizens

By AFP

First easing of lockdown restrictions does away with measure that had only allowed those who bought ticket before September 25 to fly

Coronavirus czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu at the Jerusalem Municipality, on October 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As cases drop to 2,000, virus czar says threshold for easing lockdown is close

Then Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel attends a ceremony in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Flash90)

TV: Gamliel infected 3 ministry staff on return from Yom Kippur lockdown breach

Op-Ed

Desecrating the name of the Lord

How to explain the blinkered defiance and contempt among an extremist minority in the ultra-Orthodox community for humankind’s efforts to thwart this pandemic, and how to tackle it

Ultra-Orthodox Jews outside Toldot Aharon synagogue in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim during Sukkot celebrations, on October 8, 2000, more than three weeks into a nationwide lockdown that orders curbs on gatherings in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus contagion (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police officers clash with Haredi men during a protest against the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, October 4, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Resentment of Haredim on virus violations set to dominate next election – expert

By Nathan Jeffay

An empty road in Tel Aviv on October 8, 2020, during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ministers to vote on separate lockdown exit plans for low, high infection zones

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 14, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Protesters demand Netanyahu be investigated in submarine graft scandal

By AP and ToI Staff

Several of PM’s confidants are suspects in Case 3000; attorney general set to respond Thursday to petitions for Netanyahu to be probed too

State asks High Court to bar publication of affidavits in submarine graft case

By Michael Bachner

Ex-official says suspect invoked Netanyahu’s name in submarine graft case

Mandelblit to civil service chief: Convene panel to select new state attorney

Yosef I. Abramowitz

Needed at the World Zionist Congress: A last-minute rebellion of decency

Will Reform and Conservative factions really vote, along with Blue and White, to retain a failed and corrupt leader of the Jewish National Fund?

‘Moser’ is one of the ugliest words in Judaism

This deadly accusation has a tragic history, linked to the assassination of Rabin, and to a vicious attack in Brooklyn just last week

Illustrative: Groups of protesters gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on October 07, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Orthodox Jews back Trump by massive margin, poll finds

83% of denomination say they plan to vote for the incumbent, compared to just 14% for Biden; 4% undecided with 20 days to election, while 76% say media biased against Trump

Illustrative: Heshy Tischler, left, leader of the Borough Park protests against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new restrictions intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus, dances with Borough Park residents on October 7, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesAFP )

Interview‘We’re at war’: Heshy Tischler, the Borough Park agitator aiming for NYC Council

AnalysisA guide to the diverse groups of Jews living in 20 NY virus hotspot ZIP codes

By Yaakov Schwartz

The baby born October 14, 2020, after an ex utero intrapartum procedure at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center)

Halfway through birth, Tel Aviv doctors open baby’s tumor-blocked airways

By Nathan Jeffay

With the baby’s head in doctors’ hands and the body still in the mother’s uterus, a staff of 30 bypassed his tumor, avoiding fatal oxygen deprivation

Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old security prisoner, while on hunger strike in Kaplan hospital in Rehovot, October 8, 2020 (Aaron Boxerman/Times of Israel)

After 81 days, hunger-striking Palestinian security prisoner at death’s door

By Aaron Boxerman

Maher al-Akhras was detained in July by Israeli authorities, who say he is a dangerous Islamic Jihad activist, but also plan to free him in November; he denies the accusation

Israeli troops measure the home of a Palestinian man suspected of killing a soldier with a brick, in the West Bank village of Yabed on June 11, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

After court blocks demolition, IDF to seal room of alleged Palestinian killer

By Judah Ari Gross

A video uploaded to TikTok shows two people running on graves at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem. (Screen capture: Twitter)

Man nabbed for TikTok video said to show him running on graves at Mt. of Olives

A TikTok video showing a teenager playing the role of a Holocaust victim (Screenshot)

Citing ‘trauma porn,’ MK raps TikTok for failing to halt spread of anti-Semitism

Representatives of Chinese-owned app come under fire at Knesset hearing, including for hosting videos in which teenagers pretend to be Holocaust victims for clicks

ToI Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaks with ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt on the Behind the Headlines online video series, October 14, 2020. (Times of Israel)

Behind the HeadlinesWATCH: ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, ‘Jew-hatred links all forms of US extremism’

People carry flags of right-wing party Svoboda and a banner reading "Fight to collaborators!" during a rally marking Defender of Ukraine Day in centre Kyiv, Ukraine, October 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Nationalist marchers in Kyiv say Ukraine is under ‘occupation’ by ‘Jewish clan’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Baron Cohen sued by Holocaust survivor’s estate over appearance in Borat sequel

Lawsuit says the recently deceased Judith Dim Evans, interviewed for upcoming film, believed it was a serious documentary and was horrified to learn it ‘mocks the Holocaust’

Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire E. Sufrin, co-editors of 'The New Jewish Canon: Ideas & Debates 1980-2015.' (Academic Studies Press)

Interview

Anthology compiles 70 ways of (anxiously) thinking about Jewish past and future

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

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In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz addresses reporters at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photos/Mark Thiessen)

Nude pics, arrests and anti-Semitic death threats: Scandal topples Alaska mayor

By MARK THIESSEN

Al Gross in an undated campaign photo (via JTA)

Al Gross, Jewish doctor who killed a bear, raises $9M in Alaska Senate race

In this Saturday, March 19, 2016 photo, Israeli actress Gal Gadot poses for photos during a press conference to promote the movie: "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Wonder words‘What am I, a goat?’ Watch Gal Gadot teach Hebrew slang

Kikar Meged, a traffic circle in Pardes Hanna, where an alleged attack against anti-Netanyahu protesters took place. (Screenshot: YouTube)

Man arrested for alleged fire extinguisher attack on anti-Netanyahu protesters

ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this Sept. 1, 2014 photo, the computers demo malware detection and realtime monitoring in Iran's nuclear facilities in a display organized by Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran admits cyberattacks on government targets this week, but no suspects named

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Director Roman Polanski poses during a photo call to the screening of "Based on a true story" in Paris, France, October 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori,file)

Yad Vashem to honor Poles who hid Polanski during WWII in Thursday ceremony

By Anna Maria Jakubek and Ben Simon

Illustrative: Arab Israeli students at the campus of Givat Ram at Hebrew University, on the first day of the new academic year, October 26, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Pandemic fallout for higher education especially tough for Arab students – study

By Shoshanna Solomon

A High Court of Justice hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)

High Court demands explanation from government over law banning protests

Plastic waste in the sea. (dottedhippo/iStock by Getty Images)

Plastic bags and containers make up 70% of Israel’s Med, Red Sea trash — study

Palestinian engineers employed by Nvidia (Courtesy)

US firm Nvidia to employ 100 West Bank engineers as salaried workers

By Shoshanna Solomon

In this Nov. 15, 2007, photo, US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, left, sits with his wife Virginia Thomas, as he is introduced at the Federalist Society in Washington(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

US Supreme Court judge’s wife: George Soros ‘really running the Democrat Party’

Bernard S. Cohen (Screengrab: Youtube)

Bernard Cohen, who brought Loving v. Virginia to the Supreme Court, dies at 86

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