PM, other Likud ministers, reportedly argued that not extending limitations to parliament could endanger at-risk lawmakers, but AG ruled government has no authority over Knesset.

Party dismisses reports that leader Gantz willing to dissolve it to join unity government in which he would serve as PM after Netanyahu.

Rivlin tells Edelstein he can’t let health crisis ‘harm our democratic system,’ after lawmaker from Netanyahu’s party shuts down parliament; Blue and White to petition High Court.

'Give this people a government,' pleads president in speech to near-empty chamber; Likud’s Tzachi Hanegbi arrives to take oath despite exposure to suspected COVID-19 patient

The entire student body of URJ Heller High in Israel, a high school affiliated with the Reform movement, will return to the United States on a chartered flight, along with dozens of students from other Israeli programs for American teens.
 

Coronavirus steps expected to cause $12 billion loss to Israel’s economy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced the arbitrary Israeli airstrikes in Syria, claiming that they are contributing to heightening tensions in the region.

A far-right lawmaker in Poland said that natural selection in pogroms have made Jews powerful, and that “there are theories” that rabbis provoked violence to achieve this.

The Russian side “reaffirmed its firm commitment to the two-state principle” based on UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, Moscow said.

Health Ministry says 11 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 39; 2 other patients returned from Spain, one from Italy and one from Belgium; 4 people have apparently caught virus in Israel.