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What Matters Most On Sunday, July 18, 2021

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Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett at a conference of the Srugim news site above the West Bank Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, on March 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

New government said seeking to delay demolition of Bedouin village

TV report cites letter sent by Lapid to cabinet secretary calling to postpone razing of Khan al-Ahmar in West Bank; Bennett criticized then-PM Netanyahu over previous delays

6:21 pm

Tel Aviv city hall lit up in colors of German flag for victims of deadly floods
6:16 pm

Argentine Jews mark anniversary of AMIA bombing: '27 years without justice'
6:09 pm

Omri Casspi retires from pro basketball: I reached heights I never dreamed of

Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, as reported by Channel 12 news, on July 17, 2021. (Channel 12 screenshot)

'A revolution, unfolding gradually under the radar'

Israel quietly letting Jews pray on Temple Mount, in break with status quo — TV

Network airs footage of daily sessions being held in the compound, with police turning a blind eye, in what would appear to be a reversal of decades-long policy

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews pray near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, June 18, 2018. Officially, Jewish prayer atop the mount is forbidden. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ Times of Israel/ File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing July 18 – Why Jews are increasingly praying on the Temple Mount

A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard as a group of Jews enters the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, during the annual Tisha B'Av fast day, on July 18, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Amid tensions at Temple Mount, some 1,700 Jews visit holy site for Tisha B’Av

By Aaron Boxerman

Far-right Orthodox Jewish activists install a partition to segregate men and women at the Western Wall egalitarian prayer plaza in Jerusalem during a Tisha B'Av prayer service on July 17, 2021 (Screen capture/Twitter)

Orthodox activists disrupt Tisha B’Av prayer at Western Wall pluralistic plaza

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot summer day, on July 6, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Heatwave hits Israel on Tisha B’Av fast, during period of intense global weather

Border Police officers give a face mask to a man on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 7, 2020, during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

PM: Police to track quarantined Israelis, with criminal charges for violators

Bennett asks for legal input on system that will send text messages to self-isolating; public health official says new approach needed at airport

An antigen speed test is pictured in a nursing home in Ammerschwihr, eastern France, on November 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Israel rolls out pilot for pharmacies to sell rapid home virus tests

A man wears a facemask at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on June 15, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Over 1,000 COVID cases recorded Friday in nearly 4-month high

Demonstrators participate in a vehicle caravan with a sign reading 'Trust in God not vaccines' outside City Hall, on April 22, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

12 accounts behind most online vaccine misinformation, COVID conspiracy theories

By ToI Staff and AP

Report finds ‘disinformation dozen’ responsible for 65% of anti-vaccine content on social media, reaching more than 59 million followers on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter

From the blogs

Allen S. Maller

A peaceful way to restore the Jerusalem Temple

In cooperation with Muslims, a hologram of a Jewish house of worship could be projected worldwide from a small space adjacent to the Dome of the Rock

Bewilderment, heartbreak, and pain: Mourning Lod

The city was alone because its residents suddenly felt alone: they couldn’t speak to each other; something had snapped in the people they had considered friends

David Breakstone

We even fight over antisemitism. I suppose that’s why the Temple fell.

With American Jewry so sorely divided, there is a risk this internal strife will prevent us from warding off the clear and present dangers we are facing

David I. Bernstein

A lot has changed since I began guiding student trips to Poland

Survivors no longer participate, the educators know more, Poland itself is different, and there’s little ’shock value’ for the kids. So why keep doing it?

Did illicit love lead England to expel its Jews?

The harshest edicts against Britain’s Jews may not have been issued because a couple of Dominicans converted to Judaism, but the timing is certainly convenient

Merkel to visit flood zone as western Europe death toll tops 180

By Christof STACHE and Michelle Fitzpatrick

Germany to set up special aid fund as national fatalities reach 156; worst storms in living memory draw attention to climate change policy ahead of elections

Rescuers check for victims in flooded cars on a road in Erftstadt, Germany, on July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Israeli president sends Germany condolences over flood deaths, offers aid

By ToI Staff and AP

Wiel de Bie, 75, stands outside his flooded home in the town of Brommelen, Netherlands, on July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Survivors recall escapes, ponder future after homes destroyed in Europe’s floods

By ERIC FUX and EMILY SCHULTHEIS

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

US slams ‘cruel’ Iran for linking prisoner swap to nuclear deal delays

State Department rejects claims from Tehran that US and Britain are holding swap ‘hostage’ to nuke negotiations, says Iran could simply free the prisoners now if it wanted

Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, leaves the 'Grand Hotel Wien' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, on May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Iran nuclear negotiator: Vienna talks must wait for new president to take office

Israeli director Nadav Lapid give a speech after he was awarded with the Jury Prize for the film "Ha'Berech" during the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on July 17, 2021. (Christophe Simon/AFP)

Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s ‘Ahed’s Knee’ wins jury prize at Cannes

Ceremony marred by jury president Spike Lee mistakenly revealing ‘Titane’ as Palme d’Or winner at start of evening; top prize goes to female director for only second time

Jacob Steinmetz is the first Orthodox player drafted by a Major League Baseball team. (Courtesy of the Steinmetz family via JTA)

'Why can’t I be the first?'

Kosher food, Shabbat pitching: Challenges of 1st Orthodox player drafted to MLB

Jacob Steinmetz confident he can maintain his religious lifestyle and thrive in Major League Baseball after being drafted by Arizona Diamondbacks

Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram picks up 5 gold medals at Tel Aviv tourney

Ashram is perhaps Israel’s greatest hope for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; national team also wins two golds

Linoy Ashram of Israel performs with the clubs during the 36th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Exterior of the Goerlitz Synagogue, September 1, 2006. (CC BY-SA 3.0/ Hans Peter Schaefer/ GNU FDL)

Saxony’s only synagogue to survive Kristallnacht restored after decades of work

By Toby Axelrod

More Headlines

A construction site for new residential housing in Be'er Yaakov, central Israel, on March 26, 2020. (Flash90)

Housing prices continue to spike, with 7.2% increase over past year

Illustrative: Programming scripts on a computer monitor. (Motortion/iStock by Getty Images)

Report: Israel pushed spyware firms to work with Saudis despite Khashoggi murder

Left to right: Members of the Joint List party MKs Osama Saadi, Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi and Mansour Abbas arrive for a consultation with President Reuven Rivlin on who he should task with trying to form a new government, in Jerusalem on September 22, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

With much of Joint List set to oppose budget, Ra’am calls party untrustworthy

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a media briefing on coronavirus in Downing Street, London, on July 5, 2021. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool Photo via AP)

In U-turn, British PM Boris Johnson to quarantine after COVID-19 contact

By Jill Lawless

Maryam Banat, 67, mother of Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat, holds a poster with his picture at a rally protesting his death at the hands of PA security forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Family of activist who died in PA custody accuses Ramallah of cover-up

By jack jeffery and IMAD ISSEID

Illustrative: Egyptian riot police stand guard in Egypt's capital Cairo, on September 27, 2019. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Egypt releases activists, journalist after US expresses concerns over detentions

By AP

French Prime Minister Jean Castex (C), French Junior Minister of Gender Equality Elisabeth Moreno (R) and French Junior Minister of Remembrance and Veterans Affairs Genevieve Darrieussecq (L) attend a ceremony at The Maison d'Izieu memorial to the exterminated Jewish children in Izieu on July 16, 2021.(Philippe Desmazes/AFP)

At Holocaust memorial, French PM urges fight against ‘temptations of barbarism’

By AFP

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

US-Israel fund to invest $6 million in six new joint projects

By Shoshanna Solomon

Police at the scene of a suspected mob killing in Tel Aviv on July 17, 2021. (Israel Police)

Alleged Jaffa crime boss shot dead in suspected mob hit

Illustrative: Reported footage from the scene of an alleged US drone strike in eastern Syria, on July 18, 2021. (Screenshot/Twitter)

US drone strikes truck in Syria used by Iran-backed militia

By AP and ToI Staff

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they wear masks and keep social distancing, a day before the annual hajj pilgrimage, on July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi Arabia holds 2nd scaled-back hajj of coronavirus pandemic

By Rania Sanjar

Pilgrims arrive to attend the Hajj season in the holy Saudi city of Meccca, on July 17, 2021. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)

In key reform, Saudi Arabia allows businesses to open during prayers

By AFP

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