FBI hints at Israeli effort to help Trump in 2016 * Op-Ed: Stunning COVID-19 stats * Inside story of THAT funeral * Top UK donor: Israeli politics violate Diaspora values

Redacted FBI document hints at Israeli efforts to help Trump in 2016 campaign BY TOI STAFF AND AP Affidavit quotes Trump confidant Roger Stone being told by a Jerusalem contact: ‘He is going to be defeated unless we intervene. We have critical intell. The key is in your hands!’   4 deaths raise virus toll to 219, but new infections continue downward slide BY TOI STAFF Health Ministry data shows 88 confirmed cases in last 24 hours; over half of the 15,870 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have regained their health   Government lifts 500-meter restriction on exercising outdoors BY TOI STAFF   ToI investigates / Virus lockdowns may be hiding an outbreak of violence against women, children BY SUE SURKES   OP-ED DAVID HOROVITZ It’s not over, and uncertainty abounds, but Israel’s COVID-19 stats are stunning Are we radically younger, more hygienic, less kissy? No. We have wonderful doctors and nurses, but so do other countries. So how has Israel kept a lid on the pandemic?   With 26,097 fatalities, UK has world’s third-highest virus death toll BY PAN PYLAS   Iran coronavirus toll tops 6,000 BY AFP   INSIDE STORY SHOSHANNA SOLOMON Businesses, economists decry ‘lack of leadership’ as pandemic batters economy Ad hoc addenda, poor implementation and too little, too late — a chorus of criticism for the government’s aid measures comes from firms big and small, along with the self-employed   Knesset committee extends Shin Bet tracking of virus carriers till Tuesday BY TOI STAFF   Independence Day curfew ends as Israel moves toward easing more restrictions BY TOI STAFF   ANALYSIS SHIRA HANAU Inside story of the funeral of a NY rabbi, a COVID-19 victim, that went so wrong The police wanted to help and ‘barricaded the streets.’ The synagogue aimed for a respectful, socially distant funeral. It didn’t work out that way. And then came the mayor…   Slammed for lashing out at NY Jews, mayor has no regrets for calling out danger BY TOI STAFF AND AP   Interview / Shulem Lemmer on being the 1st artist raised Hasidic to sign a major record deal BY CURT SCHLEIER   LIVE UPDATES Arab League calls West Bank annexation plans a ‘war crime,’ vows to back PA BY MICHAEL BACHNER Foreign ministers at emergency meeting draft resolution urging US to drop support for Israeli moves, set to go ahead in coming months as part of coalition deal   TOP OPS   MICK DAVIS Sir Mick Davis: Israeli politics violate Diaspora values Writing in the Jewish News, a major UK donor to Israel says the breakdown of its democratic values is an existential challenge to ties with the diaspora   ADAM S. FERZIGER American Jews are suffering. Can Israel help without patronizing?  With the pandemic’s devastating and disproportionate toll on centers of US Jewish life, a historical dynamic of aid-giving is reversed   JOSHUA BERMAN When Satmar met Wellhausen 5 Hasidim read my book on biblical criticism and wanted more; when we met on Zoom, I found like-minded thinkers in an unexpected quarter   A HASIDIC WOMAN IN ISRAEL The cold crown of corona Our pride in belonging to the Haredi community is on the wane – and our desire for the internet is rising   Biden says he’ll keep US embassy in Jerusalem if elected BY AGENCIES AND TOI STAFF Democratic candidate says he opposed Trump’s ‘short-sighted and frivolous’ decision to move mission, but ‘now that it’s done, I would not move the embassy back to Tel Aviv’   Biden under pressure to address sexual assault allegation BY ELODIE CUZIN   As Biden sex assault claim builds, some Jewish women reconsider their support BY RON KAMPEAS   ANALYSIS RAPHAEL AHREN Lots of bark, some actual bite? How the world will react to West Bank annexation In this time of pandemic, ‘there will be little patience with Israel,’ ex-Mossad chief warns   Access for Israeli farmers to Jordan border enclave comes to an end Thursday BY TOI STAFF   High Court rules hospitals can’t stop visitors bringing in bread during Passover BY TOI STAFF Ruling says guards can’t search belongings of visitors or make remarks about bringing in food that isn’t kosher for Passover; draws immediate rebuke from ultra-Orthodox lawmakers   Court freezes extension of acting state attorney’s tenure, which expires Monday BY TOI STAFF   Germany outlaws all Hezbollah activities, including by political wing BY RAPHAEL AHREN ... [Mensagem cortada]  Exibir toda a mensagem