Annexation crisis: Abbas HAS cut security ties, Jordan warns, Saudis fume * Iran: Zionism a virus * How PM put his AG on trial * ’Good bloodline s’: Trump hails Henry Ford

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Friday, May 22, 2020 [Israeli officials confirm Palestinian Authority is ending security coordination]( By [Avi Issacharoff and TOI staff]( [After years of threats, sources say this time Abbas has truly halted cooperation, in protest of new government’s plans to annex West Bank areas]( [PA removes police stationed near Jerusalem, as Gaza said to freeze ties too]( By [TOI staff]( [Senior Palestinian official says PA no longer sharing intelligence with CIA]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Jordan warns it will review ties with Israel over annexation]( By [AFP]( [Amman accuses Jerusalem of taking advantage of attention on coronavirus crisis to implement ‘unilateral moves on the ground’]( [Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli plans for annexation in West Bank]( By [TOI staff]( [18 Democratic senators warn annexation will damage, erode US-Israel relations]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Avi Issacharoff]( [Cutting security ties, Abbas shows he’s serious — even if it risks everything]( [Ending coordination will hurt and endanger both Israel and the PA, but faced with Israeli annexation, the Palestinians are increasingly willing to employ desperate measures]( [Israel media review / Cutting the coordination cord: 7 things to know for May 22]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [On Quds Day, Iran’s leader says Zionism ‘a virus that must be eliminated’]( By [TOI staff]( [Ali Khamenei claims Jewish state is a ‘creation of Westerners and Jewish corporation owners,’ asserts it is growing ‘hopeless and powerless’ as regional resistance expands]( [EU condemns Iran’s ‘totally unacceptable’ threats against Israel]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Iran FM: ‘Disgusting’ for Israel to object to ‘final solution’ poster]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz joins PM in response to Iran threats: Arrogant words are sign of weakness]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu warns Tehran: Anyone threatening Israel with destruction faces a similar threat, after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calls Israel ‘virus that must be eliminated’]( [Op-ed / Iran has banned all use of Israeli tech. 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Israel’s coronavirus stats are worse than all its neighbors’]( [While Israeli leaders hail strategy, nearby countries fare better. ‘They’re wrong to say we did a great job,’ says one former Health Ministry director, but others aren’t so sure]( Analysis [Virus responses in Israel, US may permanently erode democracies, experts warn]( By [Rich Tenorio]( [As virus wanes, Israel’s blind and deaf step out into a more hostile world]( By [Marissa Newman]( Top Ops [Naftali Moses]( [On Jerusalem Day: The peace of power]( [Two young men, their faces covered, hurled grapefruit size rocks into the windshields of passing cars. And then they were gone]( [Chana Tannenbaum]( [Flags and the faces on God’s chariot]( [When the Jews undertook to mimic the angels and be God’s standard bearers in the world, they did not expect the dizzying pace of society today (Bamidbar)]( [Gerald M. 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