Published: 24 July 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Knesset passes coronavirus law, weakening its oversight of government decisions (Times of Israel)
Law approved 48-35 gives cabinet wide-ranging powers to set virus restrictions, sidelines Yifat Shasha-Biton’s combative coronavirus committee
Knesset approves ‘Big Coronavirus Bill’, giving government more power (Jerusalem Post)
In practice, the bill will allow the government to bypass the Knesset's coronavirus committee and to implement urgent restrictions without the need for approval by the committee
Israeli restaurants vs. PM Netanyahu: 1-0 (Al-Monitor)
Celebrity chefs are championing the fight against the government’s decision to close down restaurants over the coronavirus pandemic
Edelstein: Knesset is leading us to coronavirus lockdown (Jerusalem Post)
Gov’t to name Barbash as coronavirus czar; health officials expect 1,000 serious patients within three weeks; defence ministry opens two new ‘coronavirus hotels’
Photo: Police check members of the public in Jaffa Street, Jerusalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
