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Christian Orthodox worshippers hold up candles lit from the Holy Fire as they gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 27, 2019 during the Orthodox Easter. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
April 3, 2020, 2:28 pm
Israel to help Christians share ‘holy fire’ ritual amid pandemic
Mysterious pre-Easter ceremony will be limited to 10 leaders, who will use creative means to deliver the flame to overseas communities
By Josef Federman
In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a speech from his Jerusalem office amid the coronavirus crisis. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP, File)
April 1, 2020, 8:30 pm
Netanyahu ending self-quarantine, 14 days after contact with ill adviser
While prime minister, family and several close aides tested negative for virus, they’ve been in isolation for past two days after learning that staff member contracted COVID-19
By Jacob Magid
Israeli coronavirus carriers partying at Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv, which is currently a quarantine facility, March 2020. (Screenshot: Instagram)
April 1, 2020, 4:02 pm
The only place where Israelis are gathering to party: Virus quarantine hotels
With country locked down, social media footage shows patients making the most of their situation, dismissing criticism: ‘Being sad will not help’
By TOI staff
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi speaks at a conference in memory of former IDF chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya on December 25, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 1, 2020, 8:29 am
IDF chief tests negative for coronavirus, but will remain in quarantine – army
Aviv Kohavi feeling well after entering isolation due to exposure to infected officer; two other top generals also cleared of COVID-19
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America, arrive at Ben Gurion airport on March 23, 2020, fromn Sao Paolo, through New York. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 1, 2020, 4:24 am
Netanyahu orders crackdown as arrivals from virus centers enter Israel unchecked
Defense Minister Bennett, who had announced mandatory tests and 14-day quarantine at hotel for all arrivals from US, Italy, Spain, France, says his plan was trashed by PM
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America arrive at Ben-Gurion airport on March 23, 2020, from Sao Paolo, Brazil, through New York. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 8:52 pm
In ‘idiotic’ breach, hundreds from virus epicenters enter Israel with no checks
Defense Minister Bennett, who had announced mandatory tests and 14-day quarantine at hotel for arrivals from US, Italy, Spain, France, says his plan was trashed by his superiors
By TOI staff
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, right, visits the Home Front Command in Ramle and speaks to its commander Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, left, on March 18, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 31, 2020, 5:54 pm
Army chief, 2 generals ordered to self-quarantine after meeting infected officer
Military says IDF head Aviv Kohavi, top officers Yadai and Haliva to remain in home isolation until at least the end of the week; will be tested
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 12:47 am
Despite self-quarantine, for Netanyahu it’s mostly business as usual
Few limits on PM’s work, except perhaps having to do his own hair and needing to avoid top secret matters in video conferences; octogenarian president, too, continues with routine
By Raphael Ahren
A billboard shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Avigdor Liberman, center, and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, wearing masks in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan on March 29, 2020. The text urges them to take off the masks, because "the people want unity." (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
March 30, 2020, 11:15 pm
Netanyahu tests negative for virus, but will remain in quarantine
Prime minister to remain in isolation until told otherwise by Health Ministry, after aide comes down with COVID-19; tests of his close aides and family also come back clean
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 3:16 pm
Netanyahu, aides self-isolating as precaution after adviser infected with virus
PM entering quarantine until health officials complete investigation into his possible exposure, contradicting earlier statement from his office saying isolation unnecessary
By TOI staff
A member of the Iranian Army works at a temporary hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
March 30, 2020, 1:20 pm
Prisoners riot in Iran after 100,000 convicts released to curb virus
Meanwhile in Jordan, authorities begin releasing thousands of citizens and foreigners who had been quarantined in hotels near Dead Sea
By Amir Vahdat and OMAR AKOUR
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 25, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 1:20 pm
Despite aide catching COVID-19, no quarantine for Netanyahu — for now
Contradicting reports, Prime Minister’s Office says premier was not in same room as Rivka Paluch in past two weeks, so isolation unnecessary
By TOI staff
The Dan Hotel in Jerusalem that was converted to receive coronavirus patients, March 17, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 10:10 am
Quarantine hotels set to open for ultra-Orthodox as fight against virus steps up
Authorities expand efforts in Haredi community after figures show they account for around half of COVID-19 patients; Bnei Brak rabbis urge public to cooperate
By TOI staff
Israeli children watch as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a live press conference on the new government restrictions for the public regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 on March 19, 2020. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
March 28, 2020, 8:55 am
How to get through the virus lockdown with your marriage and family intact
A clinical psychologist and couples therapist gives some tips on how to survive under new pressures of pandemic rules
By Sue Surkes
Israeli travelers who had been stranded in South America, arrive at Ben Gurion airport on March 20, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 25, 2020, 11:27 pm
Israelis coming from US, Italy, France, Spain to be tested for virus upon return
Defense Ministry says those coming from those countries have highest risk of disease, will be held in quarantine facility until tests come back
By Judah Ari Gross
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