Israel reopens; PM upbeat * Coalition deal revised * Haviv Rettig Gur: How High Court turned tables * Antibody breakthrough? * Hope for justice in saga of Malki Roth

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, May 5, 2020 [No more 100-meter limit; malls, libraries to reopen: All the eased regulations]( By [TOI staff]( [Loosened virus restrictions lift distance cap on traveling from home; allow swimming for exercise at the beach; and visits to national parks, nature reserves and heritage sites]( [31 new infections recorded over past day; virus death toll rises to 237]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel lifts limits on leaving home, visiting family; malls to open Thursday]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud, Blue and White agree to revise coalition deal after High Court criticism]( By [TOI staff]( [Parties to shorten proposed 6-month freeze on senior appointments to 100 days, won’t prevent passage of non-virus laws; say new government not dependent on expanded ‘Norwegian Law’]( [High Court pans coalition deal, but signals no ruling until relevant laws passed]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer]( By [David Horovitz]( [Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Under right-wing pressure, High Court turns on the cameras and turns the tables]( [Broadcasting live its hearings on politically explosive petitions against PM and coalition deal, top court decides to tell its story on its own terms; a million Israelis tuned in]( [PM warns of possible 4th elections if High Court intervenes in coalition deal]( By [TOI staff]( [Liberman declares himself PM candidate, alleging Netanyahu seeks new election]( By [Michael Bachner and TOI staff]( [CRM]( Israel media review [SANDFU — Situation almost normal, don’t f*** up: 6 things to know for May 5]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israel is getting back to some sort of new ordinary, albeit with the threat of a fresh virus outbreak and even more restrictions hanging over its head]( [As virus lockdown eased, number returning to work surpasses newly unemployed]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [World leaders pledge $8 billion for coronavirus vaccine research]( By [AP and TOI staff]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Netanyahu celebrates a victory over COVID-19; it marks his political triumph too]( [Announcing Israel’s gradual reopening, PM points to stats showing how effectively he’s led the battle against the virus]( [Israel pledges $60 million to global effort to find coronavirus vaccine]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Live updates [Despite virus, March sees 12% drop in death rate compared to last year]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Interior Ministry figures show that a total of 3,875 people died in March 2020, compared to 4,398 in March 2019 — a 5% drop compared to average rate from past decade]( From the blogs [Jon Spira-Savett]( [No large High Holiday services this year. There, we’ve said it. Now what?]( [At a time of year when our prayers ask ’Who will live and who will die?’ we would be demonstrating that we take responsibility for life and death]( [Defense minister claims Israel’s biological institute developed virus antibody]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Naftali Bennett hails ‘amazing achievement’; his office says shadowy defense research facility moving to patent treatment, approaching international companies to mass produce it]( [Scientists hope their nanomaterial surface coatings will help battle COVID-19]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Israel to start mass testing for virus antibodies in next 2 weeks — report]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Chaim Sukenik]( [Long-term online higher education is risky]( [Higher education is supposed to be a ticket to success; when we put college online, we make getting an education harder for those who need it most]( [Dov Chernichovsky]( [Israel is winning this COVID-19 war (for now) despite its healthcare]( [The danger is that this success will be attributed to a system in a dire need of reform]( [Cabinet forgets to renew lockdown of Israel’s worst virus hotspot – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Bedouin town of Hura, where cases have tripled over past week, said to to have slipped minds of ministers during Monday meeting]( [Some 20 national parks and nature reserves to open Wednesday by advance booking]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Cabinet said set to end mandatory quarantine at hotels for overseas arrivals]( By [TOI staff]( [Knesset approves extension of Shin Bet’s tracking of virus carriers]( By [TOI staff]( [14 dead, including Iranians, in Syria strikes attributed to Israel — report]( By [TOI staff]( [War monitor says death toll from bombardment on militia bases in Deir Ezzor region expected to rise; no word on fatalities in separate airstrikes near Aleppo]( [Strikes attributed to Israel hit Iran-linked defense labs, Shiite militia bases]( By [Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff]( [Hezbollah chief lashes out at Israel, US over ban by Germany]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Iran calls off Quds Day anti-Israel rallies due to coronavirus]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Will COVID-19 usher in a new era of homeschooling?]( By [Anna Rudnitsky]( [Could wastewater carry coronavirus? Expert says research needed urgently]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Dror Avisar, head of Tel Aviv University’s Water Research Center, says that nobody knows what dangers COVID-19 might pose in streams, groundwater, beaches]( [Israel well placed to secure antiviral drug remdesivir — health official]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Virus-afflicted 2020 looks very much like 1918 despite science’s march]( By [Calvin Woodward]( [CDC report predicts 3,000 virus deaths in US per day by June]( By [AFP]( [Internal government document also forecasts surge in infections beginning in mid-May, as some US states move to reopen their economies]( [Intel shared among US, allies contradicts Trump’s claims virus originated in lab]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump’s worst case scenario of 100,000 US virus deaths likely by June]( By [Ivan Couronne]( [World’s virus deaths top 250,000 as billions raised for vaccine push]( By [Paul Handley]( More Headlines [Can you see me now? / Israeli comic teaches mom to Zoom, scores video hit]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [NYC mayor who blasted Hasidic funeral has close ties with community]( By [SHIRA HANAU]( [Jewish comic Elayne Boosler says cousin mistakenly buried in Catholic cemetery]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Supreme Court rejects appeal against terror convictions of extremist settlers]( By [TOI staff]( [Tears are falling / Kiss frontman Simmons learns about Holocaust survivor mother’s ordeal]( By [Marcy Oster]( [Intel buys Israeli smart-transit startup Moovit for $900 million in bid for data]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [May the 4th be with him / Taika Waititi to direct new ‘Star Wars’ film]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Amid coronavirus, Israel micro-fund seeks to invest in wellness startup]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [WeWork co-founder Neumann sues SoftBank for aborted $3b deal]( By [Luke Tress]( [Letter shows first dictionary editor thought ‘anti-Semite’ wouldn’t be used]( By [Jonah Mandel]( [Dutch king admits Jews felt abandoned by great-grandmother during Holocaust]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [US will push countries to love their Jews more, anti-Semitism monitor says]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved