COVID: ’Apolitical’ rally tonight vs. gov’t policy * Revealed: ’Terrible’ SS site on UK soil * Alleged Iran strike ’as complex as Stuxnet’ * Bla ck US students for Israel

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Saturday, July 11, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Hundreds of cops deploy for ‘apolitical’ Tel Aviv rally against economic policy]( By [TOI staff]( [Organizers call to observe social distancing rules, wear masks; Police: ‘We are aware of the protesters’ desire to make their cries and their pain heard’]( [After meeting PM, self-employed Israelis push ahead with major Saturday protest]( By [TOI staff]( A new US-Israel strategy? [Israel’s alleged Natanz strike ‘as complex as Stuxnet,’ a major blow to Iran]( By [TOI staff]( [Blast at centrifuge assembly facility may have set back development by 2 years, experts tell the NY Times, with series of strikes causing ‘extreme internal and external pressure’]( [US court orders Iran to pay further $879m for 1996 Saudi truck bomb attack]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [With 188 dead in 24-hour spike, Iran says it cannot afford to shut down economy]( By [AFP]( [WHO urges aggressive virus measures as flare-ups spark new closures]( By [AFP]( [With global death toll over 556,000, World Health Organization calls for international solidarity; Trump feuds with Fauci; restrictions imposed in Hong Kong, Australia, Uzbekistan]( [Explainer / 5 COVID-19 myths politicians have repeated that just aren’t true]( By [Geoffrey Joyce]( [‘Strong evidence’ mothers can transmit coronavirus to newborns]( By [Patrick Galey]( [Tuberculosis vaccine BCG may reduce COVID-19 death rate, US study finds]( By [Luke Tress]( [As West Bank virus deaths rise by 4, Gaza markets open after 2 months]( By [TOI staff and Aaron Boxerman]( [Fatalities take reported deaths from the virus among West Bank Palestinians to 30]( [Jerusalem’s Church of Holy Sepulchre shuttered again amid coronavirus resurgence]( By [TOI staff]( [Jerusalem police say ‘gunfire reports’ just celebratory fireworks in city’s east]( By [TOI staff]( World war II [Robert Philpot]( [‘The most terrible camp’: After 80 years, cruelty of SS site on UK soil revealed]( [Archaeologists publish in-depth survey highlighting the historical importance of the oft-overlooked Lager Sylt, as well as the physical and psychological torture of its inmates]( [‘Spanish Schindler,’ who saved over 5,000 Jews during WWII, given online tribute]( By [JTA]( [Online retailer Shein stops selling swastika necklace after backlash]( By [Ben Sales]( [CRM]( [As Israel imposes lockdowns, 1,504 new cases reported in past 24 hours]( By [TOI staff]( [Lockdowns come into effect in neighborhoods in five towns and cities; death toll at 351, with 130 patients in serious condition, including 42 on ventilators]( [Haredi MK wants ultra-Orthodox parties to quit coalition over targeted lockdowns]( By [TOI staff]( [Health Ministry shortens contact tracing period; will reduce quarantine numbers]( By [TOI staff]( [Student leaders at historically Black US colleges join Israel advocacy effort]( By [Cathryn J. Prince]( [After anti-Semitic posts, NFL star DeSean Jackson speaks with Holocaust survivor]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Receiver says he is ‘bridging the gap between different cultures, communities and religions’; Philadelphia Eagles announces player has been punished for offensive quotes]( [Jewish NFL star Edelman speaks with DeSean Jackson following anti-Semitic posts]( By [Ben Sales]( [Stephen Jackson tells rabbi he ‘understands hurt’ over Rothschild comment]( By [JTA]( [Owner of DeSean Jackson’s NFL team produces a documentary about Hitler]( By [JTA]( inside story [Matt Lebovic]( [Preserved former slave house in Boston keeps Harvard and Tufts’ racist past real]( [New England’s elite universities are facing a fresh wave of scrutiny for their colonial ties to slavery and promotion of ‘scientific racism’]( [ZOA files complaint against Jewish groups for calling leader’s remarks ‘racist’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( Israel travels [How Kurdish Jews made their way to Jerusalem, shocked Herzl, began to thrive]( By [Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am]( Top Ops [Haviva Ner-David]( [Making mikveh history!]( [A 2,000 year-old-mikveh was discovered near my home, but without the right permits and funding, it will be replaced by a traffic intersection]( [David Sedley]( [The age of water]( [Scientists used to think that the water in space could not have withstood the fiery birth of the solar system, but now they see that it probably did (Pinchas)]( [Conservative influencer Bethany Mandel says you can call her a ‘Grandma Killer’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( inside story [Ron Kampeas]( [More Jews are backing a Democrat’s Maine Senate bid against pro-Israel incumbent]( [Sara Gideon’s bipartisanship, centrism and record of Israel support boost her popularity in battle with Susan Collins, as Dems set sights on swing state to get Senate majority]( [Interview / Once an outspoken advocate of 2 states, Peter Beinart now abandoning concept]( By [Ben Sales]( [Locked down? Open up to… perfect pandemic-era insight in ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’]( By [Penina Beede]( More Headlines [Police probe suspected sex attack on girl as she slept in tent at Sea of Galilee]( By [TOI staff]( [Trump commutes prison sentence of ally Roger Stone]( By [daniel woolls]( [Foreign diplomats tour northern border as Israel urges greater powers for UNIFIL]( By [TOI staff]( [Lebanese protesters rally outside US Embassy in Beirut against ‘interference’]( By [AP]( [Ahead of election, Polish president rejects Holocaust restitution claims]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Rafal Trzaskowski, the Europhile with sights on Polish presidency]( By [Bernard OSSER]( [Facebook tool that tracks users crashes popular iPhone apps]( By [Barbara Ortutay]( [New York City’s flagship JCC cuts 35% of jobs as pandemic layoffs continue]( By [SHIRA HANAU]( [Ghislaine Maxwell seeks $5 million bond in Epstein abuse case]( By [AP]( [Powerful / Thousands of jellyfish swarm Ashkelon power station]( By [TOI staff]( [Over 1,000 anti-corruption protesters rally outside PM’s residence]( By [TOI staff]( [Ahead of 2nd hearing, attorney with tax conviction joins Netanyahu defense team]( By [TOI staff]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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