Published: 27 November 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
World Bank: Palestinian economy to contract 8% in 2020 (Ynet)
The Palestinian economy already in dire straits before the pandemic only worsened after the internationally backed Palestinian Authority imposed a two-month lockdown in the West Bank in March
Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza battered by record surge in virus cases (Times of Israel)
Nearly 2,000 new cases diagnosed in day, with sky-high positivity rate sparking fears of wider, undetected outbreak; 17 die from virus in 24 hours
Cost of Israel’s Gaza blockade reaches $US17 billion says UN, with economy in freefall (Forbes)
Arab towns account for 45 percent of Israel's Covid-19 cases, and rising (Haaretz)
Testing is far too low, Arab Emergency Committee says, as is compliance with regional lockdowns – and it is unlikely to change without a proper economic safety net
Top Haredi rabbi orders all Haredi girls schools opened (Ynet)
Letter penned by Chaim Kanievsky's daughter says keeping female students at home borders on 'life threatening,' calls for 'appropriate caution' in reopening educational facilities in contravention of government health regulations
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‘Who’s not going to go?’: NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings (Times of Israel)
Defiant leaders of insular communities resent outside orders and are going to great lengths to keep holding mass weddings despite COVID-19 restrictions
Photo: Testing for corona in Hebron (EPA)
