Tel Aviv rally denounces annexation * Huge US anti-racism protests * Knesset worryingly off-limits to public * A wild boar ate my homework * Blog: Rabbi at Floyd memorial

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, June 7, 2020 [‘It’s a war crime’: Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu annexation bid]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Meretz MK, Joint List leader says move would create ‘apartheid’; Sanders sends video message; police forcefully detain photojournalist covering event, arrest 4 demonstrators]( [Israel media review / Run it up the flagpole: 5 things to know for June 7]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Palestinians advancing UN resolution against annexation, Israel says]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Jordan to mull canceling peace deal if Israel annexes – report]( By [TOI staff]( [In Washington, a peaceful anti-racism protest after a week of unrest]( By [Eric Cortellessa]( [A few blocks from the White House, Black Lives Matter demonstrators recount their fraught experiences with the police as they demand systemic reforms]( [‘Time for a change’: Anti-racism protesters march across US]( By [Camille CAMDESSUS]( [Protesters pour into DC for city’s largest demonstration yet]( By [STEVEN SLOAN, David Crary and Tom Foreman Jr.]( [Fact check: As US protests expand, Trump creates alternate reality on Twitter]( By [Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen and ARIJETA LAJKA]( [A week later, Netanyahu says police killing of autistic man was a ‘tragedy’]( By [TOI staff]( [PM says Iyad Halak was ‘unjustly suspected’ when he was shot dead, and he expects incident to be ‘fully checked’]( [Police seemingly working to block release of video from shooting of autistic man]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Ohio woman, 22, dies after tear gassing at George Floyd protest]( By [TOI staff]( [Columbus City police says it will look into circumstances of Sarah Grossman’s death to see if there is a link to its policing]( [Detentions, injuries at anti-racism protests across Europe in solidarity with US]( By [Frank Jordans and Pan Pylas]( [From the web / Minneapolis mayor booed after refusing to commit to defunding, abolishing police]( [Palestinian pleads guilty to murder, rape of Israeli teen Ori Ansbacher]( By [TOI staff]( [Arafat Irfaiya to be sentenced at a later date for February 2019 attack in a Jerusalem forest, which Israel says was terrorism]( [Former Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shalah dies at 62]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [PA said to thwart attack on IDF despite official end of security cooperation]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [More Israelis oppose West Bank annexation than support it, poll finds]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Survey by dovish nonprofit finds that only half of Likud supporters favor move, while vast majority of Blue and White backers oppose it]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [At Knesset, virus restrictions keep public worryingly out of sight, out of mind]( [While pools, beaches and bars reopen, parliament remains steadfastly closed to advocacy groups and media, even as it prepares to pass the most important budget bill in decades]( [Netanyahu, Gantz said to form mini security cabinets to discuss annexation, Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Global virus death toll passes 400,000, with around 7 million infected]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( Top Ops [Suzanne Singer]( [I am the ‘fifth mother’]( [My son Alex and his fellow soldiers spent a night next to their tank in Lebanon, protecting the border towns. They still have not been recognized for the lives they saved]( [Yair Golan]( [The turning point that was the Six Day War]( [Before 1967, the IDF prepped well for war and it showed. Then attrition changed the terms, and the territories may hold the future in the balance]( [Aaron Weininger]( [I am a rabbi who attended George Floyd’s memorial service]( [As we stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, I asked myself ’How will I pray?’ But then a cry pierced the silence: ’I can’t breathe.’]( [David Harris]( [Why history still matters: The 1967 Six Day War]( [Politicians, diplomats, and journalists continue to grapple with the consequences of that war, but to make real sense of it, they need to pay attention to context]( [CRM]( [Resumption of train services delayed amid uptick in virus cases]( By [TOI staff]( [Transportation Ministry says rail travel will resume at a later date, subject to government approval and case data; Education Ministry says 127 schools and daycares now shut]( [Outgoing health chief warns fresh virus outbreak of unknown scope underway — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [3 more virus deaths bring Israel’s toll to 295; over 100 schools shuttered]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu says public carelessness driving coronavirus infections up]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [In first, Israeli judge rules that binary options victims were ‘defrauded’]( By [Simona Weinglass]( [In civil judgment that could set precedent for future lawsuits from overseas victims of years of fraud, Haifa judge orders B4binary.com owner Shabtay Yaacobi to repay $600,000]( Pigheaded [Sorry teacher, a wild boar ate my homework]( By [TOI staff]( [Haifa student gets best-ever excuse for not handing in schoolwork as hog infestation wreaks havoc in coastal city]( [Locked down? Open up to… eclectic singer-songwriter Riff Cohen]( By [Joy Bernard]( [12 said killed in airstrikes, attributed to Israel, on Iranian sites in Syria]( By [TOI staff]( [Bases were reportedly restocked and refortified three days ago; dead said to have been Iraqi and Afghan nationals; area targeted has been hit by Israel in the past]( [Netanyahu calls for sanctions on Iran, vows to curb its ‘aggression’]( By [AFP]( [Dozens wounded as supporters and opponents of Hezbollah clash at Beirut rally]( By [AFP]( More Headlines [State agrees on backing for NIS 250 million loan to save ailing carrier El Al]( By [TOI staff]( [Man charged with setting off bombs in 6 religious courts]( By [TOI staff]( [Hikers turn natural spring outside Jerusalem into a bubble bath]( By [TOI staff]( [Treasure hunting, three men get trapped in a Galilee cave]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli, US researchers to get $7.3 million for joint agriculture projects]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [UK’s AstraZeneca ‘on track’ to roll out virus vaccine in September]( By [AFP]( [US researchers eye tech wearables as virus early warning system]( By [Rob Lever]( [As Brazil yanks death tally, critics say extent of pandemic is being covered up]( By [DIANE JEANTET]( [Red alert / Rare ‘strawberry moon’ lights up sky in Israel and around world]( By [TOI staff]( [Police suspect man tried to murder his wife, then jumped from apartment window]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved