Published: 21 July 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
How Netanyahu lost focus, and his coalition lost control, in fight against COVID (Times of Israel)
PM has always sought to sideline competing ministers and make all the decisions himself; that strategy served him well in the first wave of the virus, but then he got distracted
Politics and populism — not coronavirus — are making Israelis sick (Jerusalem Post)
“Right now, everything is political,” Hadassah Medical Centre head Ze’ev Rotstein said.
EDITORIAL Coronavirus is still here but leadership isn’t (Haaretz)
Data shows where Israelis contract the coronavirus (Haaretz)
Weekly data provided to the coronavirus Knesset committee shows that only very few Israelis get ill after visiting beaches, pools or bars
Coronavirus chaos as govt, Knesset battle over what to do next (Jerusalem Post)
On Sunday, the Health Ministry reported that there were 1,414 people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus on Saturday. Of those infected, there are 238 in serious condition.
About 60 percent of appeals against quarantine based on digital tracking granted (Haaretz)
Less than a fifth of the 30,000 people who appealed the order, given following monitoring by security service in first half of July, firmly told to remain in isolation
PA announces alarming coronavirus infection rates in the West Bank (Jerusalem Post)
While Hamas has been managing to maintain low coronavirus infection rates in Gaza, the West Bank is experiencing an alarming rise in new infections in recent weeks.
Photo: Elderly people wait for a bus in Jerusalem, July 15 (Emil Salman)
