Published: 21 April 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Sobbing felafel seller, symbol of virus’s financial toll, moves TV crew to tears (Times of Israel)
Yuval Carmi, banned from operating his shop amid pandemic and deep in debt, pleads for Netanyahu’s help: ‘I’m embarrassed from my children. I have nothing to give them to eat’
Life returns cautiously to Israel's streets; self-employed protest (Jerusalem Post)
"We haven't been working for more than a month-and-a-half, we have loads of stock and the banks are putting pressure on us. We are lifting our heads up and we hope that it will be okay."
Business owners vent anger: Gov’t policies leading to economic catastrophe (Jerusalem Post)
The most significant display of public discontent to date occurred as the Knesset heard that only 3,000 of 41,000 requests for loans made by small- and medium-sized businesses
Updated guidelines: Israel’s eased restrictions in the battle against COVID-19 (Times of Israel)
Fines for not wearing face masks, some businesses allowed to reopen, and a new ‘purple badge’ standard for workplaces – all the details of the rules in effect from April 19
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Ultra-Orthodox leaders hold large Passover gatherings, violating Israel's coronavirus regulations (Haaretz)
Most of the Haredi community is said to have observed the health restrictions meticulously, but some leading rabbis even violated their own admonitions
Photo: Yuval Carmi, a falafel store owner in Ashdod who has been hit hard by the pandemic, April 19 (screen capture: Channel 13)
