Photo: Israel Police, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Knesset’s coronavirus cabinet has agreed to a three-week national lockdown in Israel as cases continue to spike. The decision came ahead of the Jewish high holy days while Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya is said to be overwhelmed and turning away new covid-19 patients. On Sunday,…

  Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last Saturday, about 20,000 protesters gathered outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem. With parallel gatherings held outside Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea and at over 300 bridges and major intersections nationwide, the demonstrations are in their eleventh consecutive week. Activists are calling on the prime minister to…

Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is "approaching bankruptcy", a former official has told the Jerusalem Post. The party is believed to be firing staff, facing huge debts to the banks and suppliers, and considering selling assets. The Likud, which has led Israel's government since 2009, is believed to have been hit hard financially by the country's…

Photo: Or Barenholtz, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations calling for Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation on Saturday night. An estimated 10,000 people rallied outside the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem – the largest gathering yet since the wave of protests started six weeks ago. There were also demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Haifa,…

Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to be angling to dissolve his newly formed "unity government" and plunge Israel into new elections - the fourth in just under 18 months. The prime minister and his centrist coalition partner, Benny Gantz, are locked in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over the budget…

Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting public pressure as Israel is rocked by the country’s largest demonstrations since the 2011 social justice protests. Thousands of people took part in demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem at the weekend, protesting against both the prime minister and his government’s bungled handling of…