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11:40:40	◀︎	The NYT's failure to rededicate itself to fairness
11:49:43	◀︎	Analysis: 2020 is a probably lot more competitive than you think
11:51:53	◀︎	Rules still differentiate between synagogues and restaurants
11:59:44	◀︎	Amir Peretz: Appalling words of praise for Yigal Amir at right-wing protest
12:02:00	◀︎	A car has collided with a 35-year-old cyclist Road 4, resulting in moderate injuries for the cyclist.MDA responders and paramedics treated the man at the scene and evacuated him to Hillel Yaffe hospital.
12:04:20	◀︎	Police have arrested a 22-year-old motorcyclist, a resident of Beitar Illit, who was found traveling Road 38 without a valid motorcycle license. He has been sentenced to conditional house arrest.
12:05:27	◀︎	A 40-year-old laborer was seriously injured after falling from a height a construction site in Karmiel.MDA responders and paramedics treated the man at the scene and transported him to hospital in Nahariya.
12:06:34	◀︎	Cyclist knocked down by car near Mishmar Hasharon
12:08:52	◀︎	Laborer injured after falling from ladder in Beer Sheva
12:10:00	◀︎	Harel tunnel on Highway 1 eastbound reopened
12:14:34	◀︎	A 70-year-old pedestrian has been knocked down and killed by a truck in Herzliya. MDA paramedics who arrived at the scene were forced to declare the man's death.MDA emergency responder Yissachar Weiss and paramedic Eidan Shina related: "When we reached the scene of the accident, we found the victim lying unconscious the ground, with no pulse or respiration, with severe internal injuries. We were forced to declare his death."
12:14:34	◀︎	Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel, despite pandemic
12:17:57	◀︎	Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has invited the head of the Knesset's coronavirus committee, MK Yifat Shasha-Biton, to a ministerial discussion the government's efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic.Shasha-Biton, a Likud member herself, has come under fire from her fellow party members in previous weeks, after she and other committee members overruled restrictions the general public imposed by the government.Galei Tzahal reports that a senior government official was present at the meeting, in order to facilitate the reaching of agreements between the two, and to enable Netanyahu and Shasha-Biton to agree future steps to take.
12:33:42	◀︎	Sounds of explosions can be heard from the Syrian side of the Israeli border in the Golan Heights.IDF sources report that damage from shrapnel was caused to a building and a car belonging to Israeli citizens the Israeli side of the border.
12:41:40	◀︎	India: Almost 1.3m reported infections, real numbers could be 40x greater
12:43:58	◀︎	Poll: Likud 35, Yesh Atid 17
12:49:38	◀︎	Explosions reported near Israel-Syrian border
12:54:13	◀︎	Syrian media is reporting anti-aircraft fire from Syrian missile batteries, in the south of the country, following an alleged attempt by a "hostile target" to enter Syrian airspace from the direction of the Golan Heights.Earlier, residents the Israeli side of the border reported sounds of explosions from Syria, and there was even shrapnel damage within Israel.
13:05:21	◀︎	The effects of post coronavirus fear-trauma the current rate of Aliyah.
13:18:56	◀︎	At 12:53 Friday afternoon, United Airlines flight 090 from Newark touched down at Ben Gurion Airport and then seconds later took off again, taking its passengers back over the Mediterranean Sea.The pilot announced that a sudden unexpected gust of wind had caused the pilots to change course. The plane then approached for a second, safe landing twelve minutes later.
13:21:12	◀︎	Lessons for Israel from Srebrenica, a quarter century on, Pt.2
13:24:40	◀︎	Shabbat times for Parshat Devarim (Chazon) - Shabbat Shalom!
13:29:11	◀︎	Binyamin region sees sharp rise in numbers of residents in quarantine
13:32:30	◀︎	Belgium: 3-month-old contracts Covid-19 and dies
13:33:38	◀︎	Couple accused of child abuse held in custody till Sunday
13:36:55	◀︎	A 50-year-old man suffered a heart attack while driving, lost consciousness, and collided with a security barrier in Tel Aviv, at the corner of Hahaganah and Yigal Alon Streets.MDA responders and paramedics resuscitated him, using a defibrilator to cause his heart to resume pumping, and ce his pulse returned they transported him to Ichilov hospital, in serious condition and still unconscious.
13:36:55	◀︎	'People still haven't absorbed the extent of this epidemic'
13:42:37	◀︎	A team of researchers from Hebrew University has reported that the proportion of coronavirus carriers in the over-65 age group is expected to rise from six to seven percent of the total."We should be avoiding all activities in enclosed spaces, such as gyms," e of the researchers told Kan News, "and making sure that people are not crowded together public transport. We must also do what we can to reduce overcrowding in hospitals and to stop virus transmissions within families."
13:44:55	◀︎	Motorcyclist killed in Tel Aviv crash
13:51:47	◀︎	UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited a health clinic in London this morning and was heard telling staff: "There's all these anti-vaxxers now. They are nuts. They are nuts!"The Guardian reports that Johnson made the visit partly in order to promote an expanded program of flu vaccinations for the coming winter, designed to take pressure off the country's hospitals in the event that the coronavirus surges during the traditional flu season.Nonetheless, Johnson said, "I think by the middle of next year, we will be well the way past [this epidemic]."
14:04:19	◀︎	Partial weekend lockdown to go into effect Friday
14:15:37	◀︎	In a meeting of the government's coronavirus cabinet today, Construction and Housing Minister Yakov Litzman (UTJ) demanded that synagogues be subject to the same restrictions as those applied to hotel restaurants, which are permitted to accommodate up to 35% of their capacity at any e time."There is no logical reason for discriminating between people coming to pray in a synagogue, where ly 10 people are currently permitted to gather at any e time, and restaurant clientele, where up to 35% of the area's capacity may be filled. The discrimination is even more blatant considering that people eating in a restaurant are not required to wear face masks while eating, whereas those praying in synagogues are required to wear them and also to adhere to social distancing regulations."Litzman, the former Health Minister, also noted that, "The data showing coronavirus transmissions within synagogues reveals a low rate of contagion, especially in comparison to hotels and restaurants. This situation must be rectified," he concluded.
14:24:50	◀︎	Several dozen protesters in masks gathered in front of Japan"s National Stadium in Tokyo today to protest the Japanese government's intention to hold the Olympic Games next year in Tokyo, given that no e knows whether the coronavirus epidemic will have died down by then. Today is the date which the 2020 Olympics would have commenced, had the coronavirus not intervened.Olympic organizers have promised that they will make extensive efforts to ensure safe travel to and within Tokyo for the expected 11,000 athletes, but The Guardian reports that there is growing opposition in Japan to the decision to host the Games, with a recent poll showing that ly around 20% percent of respondents were in favor.
14:31:38	◀︎	Israeli firm developing 30-second coronavirus breath test
14:32:45	◀︎	MK Avigdor Liberman, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, has criticized the government for its treatment of young people adversely affected by the coronavirus epidemic."Young people are angry, and rightly so," he stated. "The government has forgotten them. They are the es most deeply affected by all the regulations and restrictions, but their cries are falling deaf ears."The young are also those most likely to have been sent unpaid leave, or made redundant, and are now taking all kinds of odd jobs in order to save money for their post-army vacations or study programs," he continued. "Most of them are not eligible for unemployment benefit, like most students - around 300,000 of them."The grants the Prime Minister is proposing should be directed first and foremost to young people who served in the army and continue to serve in reserve duty," he said. "They should receive larger payments, before yeshiva or kollel students, regardless of how many children they have. This is what our national priority should look like."
14:37:17	◀︎	A 45-year-old man has been moderately injured in Harish. MDA responders and volunteers from United Hatzalah treated him at the scene before transporting him to Hillel Yaffe hospital in Hadera.Responder Benaya Assif related: "When we reached the scene, laborers working there told us that the victim was injured by a bulldozer while he was working the road. With the assistance of IDF medics, we gave him first aid and he was then transported to hospital in a mobile IDF intensive care unit."
14:54:21	◀︎	Defense Minister Benny Gantz held a telephone discussion with his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, this morning.The two discussed security cooperation between their countries, and the need to maintain regional stability."I stressed [to Mr. Singh] that I welcome the progress made our bilateral cooperation, progress that has been maintained throughout this epidemic period as well," Gantz said following the conversation. "I added that I am sure that the Israeli delegation due to fly out to India next week would prove to be of great help in combating the virus."
14:58:57	◀︎	Volunteers from the Etzion-Yehuda rescue unit have been summoned to rescue a hiker who began to feel ill while trekking through the area of Nahal Katlav in the Jerusalem hills. Medical personnel are also their way to the area.
15:04:39	◀︎	Ilhan Omar hit for mailer naming 3 of challenger's Jewish donors
15:05:47	◀︎	Russia will resume a limited number of international flights from August 1, The Guardian reports, but initially, ly to three destinations.Flights will take off from Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Rostov-on-Don, headed to Zanzibar (Tanzania), Istanbul and Ankara (Turkey), and London. Russia ceased all international flights at the end of March due to the coronavirus epidemic, and although the government is now claiming that the data support a limited resumption of air travel, the number of new cases continues to rise. So far, over 800,000 people have contracted the virus in Russia, where the official death toll stands at 13,046 people.
15:16:06	◀︎	King without a crown: Who rules over you?
15:38:47	◀︎	UK lecturer fired after saying 'Jews are the cleverest people’
15:49:06	◀︎	An inside look at the state of the 2020 election, public opinion the coronavirus crisis, and cancel culture's effect the election.
16:07:22	◀︎	'New elections would be a disaster'
16:13:04	◀︎	New weekend protective measures in effect from 5:00 this evening
16:19:51	◀︎	577 new COVID-19 cases since last night, 699 hospitalized
16:26:37	◀︎	Economic correspondent Nehemia Strassler believes that Prime Minister Netanyahu's ly chance to stay in power is to allow Naftali Bennett who heads the Yamina party to take charge of the fight against COVID-19."Bennett is the ly e with an organized plan to defeat the epidemic. Compared to Netanyahu, he's a lighthouse of sanity," Strassler wrote."Netanyahu really has no choice. He either appoints Bennett to head a coronavirus task force or public demonstrations will soon force him out of office," Strassler concluded.
16:36:51	◀︎	In response to a program running Israel Broadcast Corporation television that mocks Judaism, Knesset member Betzalel Smotrich (Yamina) has called for privatization of the corporation."There is no place for this program any place in the world and certainly not in a country of Jews, and even more so where public funds are involved. No e would dare mock any other religion. If there was such a program that mocked Islam, everyone would be fire," Smotrich said."The time has come to be zealous for Judaism and for the honor of the Master of the Universe," Smotrich added."Every Jew, whether religious or secular, with basic respect for Jewish tradition, must take part in this struggle," he concluded.
16:40:17	◀︎	Ponder Tisha B'Av: The Oslo Accords and Eaitan Hirsfeld
17:30:12	◀︎	How an Egyptian girl discovered that she's Jewish