PM warns of COVID ’emergency’ as new cases soar * Gantz after Iran blasts: Not everything is connected to us * Eilat’s harmless shark * Why PM i s still pushing annexation

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, July 5, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya Live updates [Lawmakers approve 50-person limit in bars, event halls to stem virus]( By [TOI staff]( [New rules go into effect Monday morning; as virus cases continue to soar, Netanyahu warns Israel is in an ’emergency situation’]( [Deputy health minister: 2nd wave worse than 1st, mass gatherings must stop]( By [TOI staff]( [Yoav Kisch says restrictions could prevent full lockdown; government adviser says infection rates could cause health system collapse; Lod and Ashdod classified as ‘red’ cities]( [Israel’s contact tracing system said to be vastly overwhelmed by virus spread]( By [TOI staff]( [As police step up enforcement of virus rules, MKs to debate restaurant limits]( By [TOI staff]( [Nearly 1,000 infections confirmed over Shabbat amid scramble to halt outbreak]( By [TOI staff]( [Gantz on Iran blasts: ‘Not every event that happens there is connected to us’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Defense minister says Israel will do everything to prevent Tehran from going nuclear, but won’t comment on specific cases]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [How fear of a US retreat from the Mideast is driving Netanyahu toward annexation]( [Why the prime minister is still pushing to apply Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, despite legions of critics and even disquiet in the Trump White House]( [Annexation not practical at the moment, says outgoing Defense Ministry chief]( By [TOI staff]( [In West Bank settlements, money is on an annexation real estate boom]( By [Agencies]( [US virus infections are 99% ‘totally harmless,’ claims Trump]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [At White House Independence Day event, president says country will have a vaccine before the end of the year]( [1 killed, 1 seriously hurt as car rams protest on closed Seattle highway]( By [martha bellisle]( [Disunity on display as US riven by divisions marks independence]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Trump marks Fourth of July with speech assailing protesters, other critics]( By [Agencies]( [CRM]( Top Ops [Nicholas Jagdeo]( [Finding the lost Jews of Trinidad]( [I’m on a mission to document those who found refuge in the Caribbean nation and connect with their children: Maybe you know of someone?]( [Judy Klitsner]( [Thou shalt mind each other’s business]( [8 steps to counter the increased silence that comes with social distancing, and reduce the staggering opportunity for undetected, and thus undeterred, domestic abuse]( [Haredi protesters in Jerusalem scrap with cops over mask enforcement]( By [TOI staff]( [Two arrested as dozens in Mea Shearim throw bottles and other objects at officers attempting to give a fine to a woman refusing to cover her face, police say]( [Police minister enters quarantine after top border cop tests positive for virus]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian Authority reports 528 new coronavirus cases in West Bank]( By [Aaron Boxerman and TOI staff]( [UAE orders government shake-up as virus erodes economic gains]( By [Aya Batrawy]( [PM rejects Likud ally’s dismissal of claim some Israelis can’t afford food]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu insists ‘the distress is real’ after Tzachi Hanegbi calls assertion ‘bullshit’ amid unemployment crisis caused by coronavirus]( [Likud minister apologizes for saying it’s ‘bullshit’ some Israelis have no food]( By [TOI staff]( [Yair Netanyahu takes center stage — on social media and in corruption sagas]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [In tourist-free Amsterdam, locals are finally visiting the Anne Frank House]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Cabinet approves Gilad Erdan as ambassador to the UN and the US]( By [TOI staff]( [Outgoing minister to take over as envoy in Washington after next US president is installed, says he will face the challenges of Iran as well as old and new anti-Semitism]( [Government said set to extend tenure of envoy to US until president inaugurated]( By [TOI staff]( Interview [Orthodox Union head Allen Fagin on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life]( By [SHIRA HANAU]( More Headlines [Touch The Sky / Kanye West announces 2020 presidential run]( By [AFP]( [Chief Rabbinate apologizes after its Facebook account used to post insults]( By [Stuart Winer and TOI staff]( [Kansas newspaper equates mask mandate with Holocaust, drawing fire]( By [John Hanna]( [Gantz stands ground on 2-year budget, says new elections would be irresponsible]( By [TOI staff]( [WHO says hydroxychloroquine does not help against COVID, ends trial]( By [AP and TOI staff]( [Odd fish / Harmless whale shark sparks scare at Eilat beach]( By [TOI staff]( [Historical skulls, other body parts being sold on Facebook — report]( By [TOI staff]( [US, Israel need more health collaboration amid pandemic, policy paper says]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved