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Sunday, March 8, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Police minister says he is mulling declaring state of emergency
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan reportedly says he is considering declaring a civilian state of emergency in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
“I’m going to consider the need to announce a ‘civilian state of emergency,’ which will give authorities much wider powers,” he says at the opening of a fire station in Jerusalem, according to Hebrew-language media.
“We are living in challenging times, between the coronavirus and the complicated political situation which we’ve been in for too long,” he says.
