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"On Friday, Israel will become the first country to enter a 2nd national lockdown." (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
The Democratic Hoax is affecting Israel now RainCaster Sep 2020 #1
Hmmmm....fake news? Nevilledog Sep 2020 #2
I give them credit MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #3
Coronavirus lockdown: Gov't approves three-week closure Klaralven Sep 2020 #4
And US is opening everything up. LisaL Sep 2020 #5
They opened schools pretty early over there. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #6
Well, the children somehow magically don't transmit covid. LisaL Sep 2020 #8
So will Trump Tweet about how they are a bunch of wimps and laugh at their masks? Midnight Writer Sep 2020 #7
So I guess the Democrats Billg and Soros Voltaire2 Sep 2020 #9
 

Klaralven

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4. Coronavirus lockdown: Gov't approves three-week closure
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 02:43 PM
Sep 2020
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/coronavirus-2651-new-cases-on-saturday-death-toll-1103-642074

Even before the meeting, in the morning, Housing and Construction Minister Ya'acov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) announced that he is resigning from the coalition, writing in his resignation letter that he believed Netanyahu intended from the start to have a full lockdown during the holidays out of a lack of appreciation for religious observance in comparison to other issues that are not being harmed in the fight against coronavirus.
"My heart is with the thousands of Jews who come to synagogue once a year and this year won't come at all due to the lockdown," Litzman wrote. "I warned against a lockdown during the holidays in every possible forum and emphasized that if there is a need for a full lockdown, it should not wait for a rise of infection to get to this pace."
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