German FM heads to Israel to warn: Don’t annex * Meet the Boogaloo Bois, US extremists who (mostly) don’t hate Jews * Iran new nuke breaches * W hat makes a superspreader?

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, June 6, 2020 [TV: German FM to make urgent visit to Israel to warn against annexation]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu said determined to move ahead with annexing parts of West Bank and is working on high-resolution maps, despite threat of EU sanctions, ambivalence from US]( [US still working to bring Palestinians to the table on peace plan, diplomat says]( By [TOI staff]( [UN seeks meeting of Mideast mediators on Israel-Palestinians as annexation looms]( By [Edith M. Lederer]( [Tel Aviv rally against annexation plan to go ahead after police backtrack on ban]( By [TOI staff]( [Law enforcement want participants at Saturday evening protest limited to 2,000 although unclear how this would be enforced]( [Palestinians in West Bank protest Israel’s annexation plans]( By [AFP]( [PA said to tell ICC that Oslo Accords are void along with all other Israel deals]( By [TOI staff and Raphael Ahren]( Interview [A radical settler wages war against annexation — but he is far from alone]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi]( [For Ira Rappaport, who was a member of the Jewish Underground terror group in the 1980s, the Trump plan is a disaster; his misgivings are emblematic of growing alarm among settlers]( [Jerusalem minister: ‘We will not accept’ Palestinian state in Trump peace plan]( By [TOI staff]( [Prominent British Jews urge Israel not to annex West Bank lands]( By [JTA]( inside story [Ben Sales]( [Meet the violent US right-wing extremists who (mostly) appear not to hate Jews]( [The Boogaloo Bois, a nascent group pursuing an uprising against US government, wants to start a new civil war — and all ethnicities are apparently welcome]( [Facebook removes US hate group accounts pushing armed members to go to protests]( By [AP]( [Twitter, Facebook disable Trump campaign’s Floyd video tribute over copyright]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [9 virus cases found at nursing home as part of test program to catch outbreaks]( By [TOI staff]( [3 staff and 6 residents found to carry pathogen at Or Yehuda assisted living facility as part of random testing scheme; one person hospitalized, remainder are asymptomatic]( [144 new virus cases found in Israel over past day, with record 16,000 tested]( By [TOI staff]( [Government to soften contentious emergency virus bill after vast criticism]( By [TOI staff]( Explainer [Elizabeth McGraw]( [What makes a superspreader? And how central are they to COVID-19’s growth?]( [A patient’s biology, environment and behavior can greatly affect their potential to infect; studies show a small percentage of the sick may be responsible for majority of cases]( [Study shows virus patients with high blood pressure twice as likely to die]( By [AFP]( [In reversal of position, WHO tells public to wear masks if unable to distance]( By [Robin MILLARD]( [UN atomic watchdog says Iran now violating all restrictions of nuclear deal]( By [KIYOKO METZLER and David Rising]( [Confidential report says Tehran continues to increase its stockpiles of enriched uranium and enriching beyond levels allowed under nuclear deal]( [US circles proposal to extend Iran arms embargo among Security Council members]( By [AP]( [Iran FM throws ball back in Trump’s court on nuclear deal]( By [AFP]( Top Ops [Lisa Septimus]( [We have work to do]( [Are our black neighbors comfortable? 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