Protests rage in US; Jewish mayor takes heat * Gantz sorry for police killing of E J’lem autistic man * PM:Climate irrelevant to virus *New gov’ t a big ultra-Orthodox win

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, May 31, 2020 [Protests over police killings rage in dozens of US cities]( By [Tim Sullivan and STEPHEN GROVES]( [Clashes, violence reported in many of the nationwide mass rallies, with demonstrators decrying killing of black man by white cop]( [Major US cities under curfew as clashes spread on 5th night of protests]( By [Charlotte Plantive, Joy POWELL and Laurent Banguet]( [Protesters in some US cities target Confederate monuments]( By [AP]( [Wife of cop charged in death of George Floyd files for divorce]( By [AP]( [As Minneapolis burns, Jewish mayor takes heat for the response]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Previously hugely popular, some are now questioning Jacob Frey’s future prospects, as his city is riven by violent protests while authorities struggle to respond]( [US faith leaders wrestle twin traumas in protests, virus]( By [ELANA SCHOR]( [Pickup driver plows through protest in Florida]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Twitter and Trump: A feud years in the making finally erupts]( By [Barbara Ortutay]( [Gantz expresses sorrow over police killing of East Jerusalem man with autism]( By [TOI staff]( [Defense minister says he’s certain the shooting of Iyad Halak, who police said they mistakenly thought was armed, will be investigated quickly]( [Police officer under house arrest after killing of special needs East J’lem man]( By [TOI staff]( [Live updates (closed) / Ohana on shooting of East J’lem man: Don’t judge officers until probe is over]( By [TOI staff]( [As infection rate spikes, health minister warns of new lockdown]( By [TOI staff]( [Edelstein says closure could come ‘much faster than people think’; Netanyahu says policy change to be weighed, but economy must stay ‘open’]( [Virus cases found in 6 more schools as ministers decide against sweeping closure]( By [TOI staff]( [COVID-19 test machines bought from Chinese firm don’t work in Israel – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu adamant: COVID-19 virus ‘not affected at all by the climate’]( By [TOI staff]( [PM criticizes ‘Israelis sunbathing crowded together on the beaches,’ and warns: ‘Until a vaccine is found, we are on a long journey adjacent to an abyss’]( [Pandemic not behind us, next few days are a test, warns Netanyahu]( By [TOI staff]( [Nightclubs, eateries sanctioned for violating pandemic rules]( By [TOI staff]( Israel media review [Wave bye-bye: 6 things to know for May 31]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israelis who decided that health guidelines are for suckers may bid farewell to the return of good times as rising infections spark fears of Wave 2.0; who’s to blame? Everybody]( [Israeli soccer returns after 3 months, with empty stands and heavy restrictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Antibody testing to begin Tuesday after weeks of delays — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Temple Mt. reopens to thousands of Muslims, hundreds of Jews; 8 Muslims arrested]( By [TOI staff]( [Officers accuse suspects of trying to prevent Jews’ entry; no major incidents after police braced for clashes following months of virus closure and in wake of Palestinian’s killing]( [Temple Mount reopens amid fears of unrest after autistic man shot dead by police]( By [TOI staff]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [How ultra-Orthodox parties became the biggest winners in Israel’s new government]( [While others were distracted by annexations, rotations and newfangled ministries, Shas and UTJ quietly won control over key ministries and major bottlenecks of economic policy]( [CRM]( Live updates [Government approves widespread cuts in order to establish new ministries]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Creation of 6 new offices requires slashing of 300 positions and 1.5% spending reduction to free up NIS 100 million, in move opposition slams as ‘wasteful and out of touch’]( Top Ops [Efraim Zuroff]( [A tale of two Rwandan war criminals, one captured, one dead]( [The arrest of a kingpin of the 1994 genocide highlights the importance of delayed justice. So does discovering that another perpetrator died]( [John D. Loike]( [Is COVID-19 stressing you out? Tapping may be just the thing]( [A new technique is helping those having difficulty coping with the emotions and traumas of this pandemic]( [West Bank annexation could be delayed for days or weeks, Likud minister says]( By [TOI staff]( [Despite Netanyahu saying he doesn’t intend to change July 1 date, Ze’ev Elkin says move depends on completion of Israeli-US committee’s mapping process]( [Grieving London community unites around mural in honor of rabbi killed by virus]( By [DANICA KIRKA]( [Rev. William Taylor started London community project with friend Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, and painted ‘We Grieve’ on wall after Pinter’s death. 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