Netanyahu, Gantz fight over democracy after biggest anti-PM demo * Docs find bullet in 9-year-old’s brain * COVID czar: Econ woes worse than vir us * German neo-Nazi march

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, August 2, 2020 Presented by IDC Herzliya [Netanyahu: Protesters are trampling on democracy; Gantz: They must be protected]( By [TOI staff]( [PM again attacks media over coverage, claims without evidence that protests are leading to virus outbreaks; defense minister says protests are ‘lifeblood of democracy’]( [Court orders Yair Netanyahu to remove tweet doxing protest leaders]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / 10,000 maniacs: What the press is talking about on August 2]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Israeli expats hold anti-Netanyahu rally in San Francisco]( By [TOI staff]( [In largest protest yet, over 10,000 rally against Netanyahu in Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Demonstrators flood Paris Square and much of city center as thousands of others gather at various junctions throughout country, calling on premier to resign]( [Police break up large Jerusalem anti-government rally after 1 a.m., 12 detained]( By [Aaron Boxerman and Anat Peled]( [5 taken into custody for accosting anti-Netanyahu protesters]( By [TOI staff]( [There's the rub / Anti-Netanyahu protests now feature massage tables]( By [TOI staff and Anat Peled]( [Shocked doctors find bullet lodged in brain of ‘sleepy’ 9-year-old, remove it]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [After East Jerusalem parents said they didn’t know what was hurting son, doctors were stunned to find he’d been shot; neurosurgeon, paged on way to Shabbat dinner, pulls bullet out]( Live updates [Defiant Likud MK says data, not pressure, to guide virus panel’s decisions]( By [TOI staff]( [Yifat Shasha-Biton set to meet Netanyahu to avoid her ouster as head of parliamentary committee; she has repeatedly reversed government’s pandemic restrictions]( [Coronavirus czar says COVID health woes are outweighed by socioeconomic crisis]( By [TOI staff]( [Ronni Gamzu says he has no plans for closures over Jewish New Year; hopes for return of flights in two weeks, but says US yeshiva students should not be on them]( [Testing slumps over weekend, but number of serious cases continues to rise]( By [TOI staff]( [Virus czar: Foreign students could be deported if they break quarantine]( By [TOI staff]( [3 ministers enter quarantine after minister Rafi Peretz tests positive for virus]( By [TOI staff]( [Court override bill dead in the water as Haredim, Liberman rule out support]( By [TOI staff]( [Shas, United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beytenu come out against controversial legislation that would let lawmakers override judicial rulings that strike down Knesset laws]( [Compromise sought to avoid ouster of renegade Likud MK who upended virus rules]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud whip says he’ll push for court override bill, sparking new coalition fight]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Rachel Wahba]( [We are not WhiteÂ]( [As I child I tried to pray my brown away, until I got to the US and heard ’where did you get your tan?’ With time I had to decolonize my brain]( [Yuval Cherlow]( [The ethical protest: Preserving our rights without devastating our morality]( [The public has the right to demand change, and that right must be protected. But that doesn’t make vandalism a legitimate tool of protest]( Analysis [Haviv Rettig Gur]( [Bennett wants to be the right’s anti-Netanyahu — and it’s working]( [Yamina is flourishing in the opposition as its leader works to position himself as the right-wing successor to the prime minister]( [CRM]( [Over a million Israelis start receiving government coronavirus handouts]( By [TOI staff]( [Payments for parents arrive first in controversial NIS 6.5b stimulus plan, to be followed by transfers to the elderly and, eventually, the rest of the population]( [Finance Ministry says it could take five years for economy to recover]( By [TOI staff]( [After outcry, education minister says popular culture program for kids won’t end]( By [TOI staff]( [Neo-Nazis, others hold massive Berlin protest against virus restrictions]( By [AFP]( [Some 20,000 people rally outside Brandenburg gate, calling pandemic ‘the biggest conspiracy theory’; politician dubs protesters, who shun masks and social distancing, ‘Covidiots’]( [‘It’s a tsunami’: As virus spread, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans]( By [LAURAN NEERGAARD and Nicole Winfield]( [Expect a ‘lengthy’ coronavirus pandemic, WHO warns]( By [Robin MILLARD]( [As cases spike, Iran reports highest single-day infection rate since early July]( By [AFP]( [GOP bars media from convention renominating Trump, citing COVID-19]( By [KEVIN FREKING]( [Charlotte, North Carolina, gathering would be the first such event closed to press in modern history; some delegations cite logistical issues with traveling]( [Biden eyes major shifts in US foreign policy, including restored Palestinian aid]( By [Matthew Lee and Will Weissert]( [Is Biden leaning toward Kamala Harris for VP pick?]( By [Bill Barrow and ANDREW HARNIK]( [Cabinet confirms Likud’s Tzipi Hotovely as new ambassador to London]( By [Raphael Ahren]( [Tzachi Hanegbi to replace her as settlements minister; outgoing envoy to UK Mark Regev, formerly Netanyahu’s spokesperson for foreign press, expected to return to his old position]( [Former defense brass demand commission of inquiry into submarine affair]( By [TOI staff]( [As part of lawsuit filed by anti-corruption group, affidavits urge Netanyahu be investigated in scandal over bribery in the procurement of German naval vessels]( [Breaking the glass thermometer: Women seek to give women a leg up in health-tech]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [We@Heathtech program hopes to propel junior women managers to executive positions; ‘We can either complain or bring about change from within,’ says co-founder]( [Locked down? Open up to… iconic film about US Jewish life, ‘Dirty Dancing’]( By [Stephen Silver]( More Headlines [With many US ritual baths closed, converts go to Jewish summer camp for a dunk]( By [Josefin Dolsten]( [Police probe video of men driving around Eilat with loaded assault rifle]( By [TOI staff]( [Passengers fire into air as convoy zooms through Bedouin town in broad daylight]( By [TOI staff]( [SpaceX astronauts launch back toward Earth for final leg of historic journey]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved