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Medical staff wearing protective masks, glasses and suits treat a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Oglio Po hospital in Cremona, Italy March 19, 2020

Three die as coronavirus death toll rises to 15

Over 4,000 people are infected * 22-year-old in critical condition * Random virus testing starts Monday at three groceries

A closed Mikvah in the Ultra orthodox neighborhood of Meah Shearim, Jerusalem on March 25, 2020

Why didn’t the ultra-Orthodox take coronavirus seriously? - analysis

A HAREDI man walks in Jerusalem’s Geula neighborhood.

Gov't considering quarantining haredi cities over high coronavirus rates

Ultra-Orthodox rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

Leader of ultra-Orthodox world calls for lone prayer due to coronavirus

Breaking News

21:16 PM France reports 2,606 coronavirus deaths

20:59 PM 4,247 Israelis have coronavirus - 74 in serious condition

20:52 PM Deri to manage COVID-19 crisis for the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors

TOP NEWS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the nation on the coronavirus outbreak, March 19, 2020

Government likely postponed to next week due to ongoing disputes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a speech at his Jerusalem office, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the coronavirus, March 14, 2020

Netanyahu's corona scare proves political saga was too long - analysis

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz shakes hands with Blue and White MK Yair Lapid

Blue and White split in four parts after mergers and trades

Bennett calls for defense establishment to be responsible for corona fight

By ANNA AHRONHEIM , EYTAN HALON

NAFTALI BENNETT at the Defense Ministry this week.

Naftali Bennett and the coronavirus – analysis

Hot Opinion

The coronavirus regulations must be enforced on everyone By JPOST EDITORIAL

Peter Lerner

What we have here is a failure to communicate By PETER LERNER

My Word: Crowning the butterfly effect By LIAT COLLINS

Ehud Olmert

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Ruthie Blum

Right from Wrong: Netanyahu’s trustworthy coronavirus leadership By RUTHIE BLUM

MIDDLE EAST

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett during a special meeting discussing what will happen if a national state of emergency is declared due to coronavirus, March 2020

Israel's war-between-wars campaign against Iran continues

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

Members of firefighters wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they disinfect the streets, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 18, 2020.

Iran has nearly 67,000 people with coronavirus symptoms – report

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

There are more than 50,000 cases of coronavirus in Middle East

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Palestinian women work in a sanitiser factory amid precautions against the coronavirus, in Hebron in the West Bank March 12, 2020

PA says it will receive coronavirus tests kits, ventilators from China

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinian health workers wearing protective masks walk in a quarantine zone installed by the ministry of health to test passengers returning from China for coronavirus, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip February 16, 2020.

Hamas official suspended for allowing TV crew inside quarantine center

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

ANALYSIS AND FEATURES

TEST TUBE with coronavirus label is seen at the end of January.

30,000 coronavirus tests per day: Too little, too much, too late?

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Omer Levi and Oria Zisso are seen at the IDF graduation ceremony.

Olim friends from CA sworn into IDF with family watching via video

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Israelis on unpaid leave launch app to lead coronavirus fight in US

By ROSSELLA TERCATIN

Energy Ministry warns: Clean Passover dishes during COVID-19 safely

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A supermarket in the "purple industrial zone" of Petah Tikvah.

Coronavirus: How to avoid eating all day when confined at home

By ROSSELLA TERCATIN

JPost Spotlight

ALONA BARKAT had plenty of good times as the owner of Hapoel Beersheba

Alona Barkat bails on Hapoel Beersheba Once-beloved owner leaves soccer club’s helm after players reject salary reduction plan

President Reuven Rivlin is seen meeting with Fijian President Jioji Konrote. Both are wearing traditional blue-shaded attire.

Rivlin writes a letter to world leaders, wishes recovery from coronavirus "The virus we are facing makes no distinctions for national borders, and international cooperation is vital in fighting it."

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September appears on the balcony of the Israeli house at the Munich Olympic village on September 5, 1972

Theresa Halsa, last of the 1972 Sabena hijackers, dies age 65 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was a special operations soldier at the time, was wounded in the Israeli rescue operation which followed the hijacking.

Krzysztof Penderecki conducting in Argentina

Polish composer Penderecki, who was inspired by Jerusalem, dies age 86 The world-renowned composer and conductor was hailed for such brilliant works as 'Saint Luke Passion’ and ‘The Seven Gates of Jerusalem.’

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Israel News

Passengers wait to board a rescue flight from Nigeria back home to Israel.

Rescue flight carrying 206 Israelis takes off from Nigeria

By IDAN ZONSHINE

Shai Babad

Finance Ministry: Soaring unpaid leave to cost state NIS 15 billion

Coronavirus causes fuel prices to drop in Israel, Energy Ministry says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at a press conference

Gantz may block settlement annexation by new government

By LAHAV HARKOV

BENNY GANTZ, head of the Blue and White party.

Gantz is being accused of destroying the rule of law - or is he saving it?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

WORLD NEWS

BILL DE BLASIO

NYC Mayor to synagogues: Close for coronavirus or be shut down permanently

Protesters and militia fighters throw stones towards the U.S. Embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020.

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq debate best way to defeat US

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A US soldier runs at a coalition forces forward base near West Mosul, Iraq June 21, 2017

Iran and US preparing for new round of conflict in Iraq

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Pope Francis attends a meeting with bishops from the Vatican embassy in Tokyo, Japan, November 23, 2019

Pope backs UN chief's call for global ceasefire to focus on coronavirus

A woman wears a protective face mask as she walks in Tunis, Tunisia March 4, 2020

Tunisian workers on lockdown to produce 50,000 coronavirus masks per day

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

Antisemitism / BDS

The German magazine Der Spiegel, at a newsstand, in Athens

German journalist withdraws criticism of Israel as 'Corona Dictatorship'

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

THOUSANDS OF New Yorkers gather in Foley Square last week at the No Hate. No Fear. solidarity march against the rise of antisemitism

Whitewashing the Holocaust, antisemitism and Bernie Sanders

By MANFRED GERSTENFELD

A medical team sprays disinfectant to sanitize Imam Reza's holy shrine, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Mashhad, Iran

Organizer of Holocaust-denying cartoon comp has new theme: coronavirus

By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

Real estate market

Rising antisemitism boosts sales of luxury homes in Israel - report

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Giuseppe Alberti, Alleged martyrdom of Simonino da Trento, 1677, oil on canvas, Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio. Provincial monuments and collections.

Italian artist accused of antisemitism for new painting of blood libel

Diaspora

Old part of the Jewish cemetery of La Tablada, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentina's first Jewish coronavirus death is cremated, sparks controversy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recommends Israelis use the namaste greeting to avoid contracting coronavirus at a press conference in Jerusalem on March 4

MPs from across Europe seek Israel’s advice on tackling coronavirus

By LAHAV HARKOV

US Politics

US President Donald Trump

Coronavirus: Nearly 50% of Americans say Donald Trump is doing a good job

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

John Kerry attends the NATO Summit in Warsaw on July 8, 2016.

John Kerry says Massie 'tested positive for being an a**hole'

By ZACHARY KEYSER , REUTERS

Health & Science

Workers from a disinfection service company sanitize a street in front of a branch of the Shincheonji Church where a woman known as "Patient 31" attended a service in Daegu, South Korea, February 19, 2020.

Israel must follow an Asian model to confront coronavirus

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A medical team performing Alpha Tau treatment

Treatments for the coronavirus are being developed by Hebrew U and Yissum

JPOST TECH

Microsoft divests from Israeli facial recognition firm AnyVision

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Dyson designs new ventilator to fight coronavirus

By RACHEL WOLF , REUTERS

Food

THE WRITER (right) with top pastry chef Eran Schwartzbard

Pascale's Kitchen: A safe, sweet Passover

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN

FLAVORED HOMEMADE BREAD

In the Grain: A baker’s answer to the coronavirus

Culture

FILE PHOTO: Bob Dylan performs during the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 17, 2017. Picture taken June 17, 2017

Bob Dylan drops 17-min song inspired by Kennedy assassination

Actress Betty White accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Burbank

Betty White is in 'good health' self-isolating at her home in Los Angeles

By ZACHARY KEYSER

Judaism

Hasidic Jewish men gather for a morning prayer outside of a synagogue, closed due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Rabbinical school dean participates in experimental coronavirus treatment

By BEN HARRIS/JTA

MODERN MAN, who was accustomed to controlling the forces of nature, suddenly finds himself out of control

Parashat Vayikra: Let’s heed the call!

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

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Travel

PASSENGERS WAIT for their flights at Marrakesh Airport earlier this month. Several special flights departed Morocco, taking thousands of stranded Europeans home as the kingdom announced it was suspending all regular air traffic due to the coronavirus.

TRAVEL ADVISER: Travel in the time of the coronavirus

By MARK FELDMAN

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Gov't cuts but doesn't cancel public transport amid coronavirus threat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

OMG

General view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah amid the fear of coronavirus outbreak, at Muslim holy city of Mecca

Yemeni scholar: Jews, Israel and US made coronavirus to shut down Mecca

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Actress Nermine Sfar live streams belly dances on social media from her living room, entertaining viewers stuck inside through a coronavirus lockdown, in Tunis, Tunisia March 26, 2020

Coronavirus: Tunisians in lockdown entertained by belly dancer

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