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The Israeli Employment Service said that a total of 20,413 new applicants registered for unemployment benefits on Sunday night and Monday, bringing the total number of claimants to over 962,500.

Another Israeli succumbs to COVID-19 * Despite suspicion, Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus.

The danger presented by structures with a large number of people at risk began to be evident when, this month, several residents and members of staff of Migdal Nofim were diagnosed with the virus

Officials have been tracking the ongoing readiness of the food industry to produce food on a daily basis since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, and have included the availability of matzah.

Medical personnel are concerned that Israel could soon look like Italy or Spain.

Low approval for Lapid, Edelstein, Gantz, Litzman

Extremists attack Magen David Adom team injuring one

Two shipments departed from Shanghai, China and arrived in Tel Aviv earlier this week.

Caesar Premier Hotels in Jerusalem, Eilat and Tiberias have closed their doors and put about 600 workers on unpaid leave in light of the coronavirus crisis

Eastern Orthodox churches will still receive Holy Fire from Jerusalem.

This week's enlistment to go forward

The coronavirus has brought with it the unfortunate side effect of many more pets being abandoned.

Netanyahu could offer ambassadorships to disappointed Likud ministers left without portfolios.

The Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, the Ichilov Hospital, and the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa will each receive NIS 3m and the Israel NGO Latet will receive NIS 1m.

Drill was given special permission to take place despite continued spread of coronavirus.

While 140 airlines served Israel's largest airport prior to the coronavirus outbreak, only Aeroflot, United Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines are continuing operations.

Not only does she have to find ways to keep her own children busy, but she has to ensure her pupils are up to date with schoolwork online.

Hikers were still showing up in towns even with the restrictions on movement and the towns began to worry about infections, as many of them have older populations.

Palestinians usually mark the day in violent clashes with soldiers in Gaza and West Bank

The two countries are the places in which there are the most Israelis seeking to return to Israel as more flights around the world are canceled.

The total amount spent by the ministry will come to NIS 9 million.

"I don't see a model in which we end this situation with a small number of intubated patients or deaths."

It also brings a few dozen ventilators, tens of thousands of test kits, some 25,000 N95 masks, expects more medical equipment.

A partial collapse of the roof of the building was also discovered and a structural engineer was summoned.

The last time the Degania Dam was opened was in 2013.

The National Library of Israel has created an archive to document the impact of the coronavirus on Jewish communities around the world.

Cameras find Netanyahu doesn't have to quarantine

Labor MK Merav Michaeli: "I will call for a party conference and digitally vote against the government. I do not violate my promises to the voter."

Crackdown in response to complaints that products did not meet PA standards and regulations

Rivlin underscored in all these conversations that the whole policy towards the elderly, especially Holocaust survivors, should be reconsidered.

Once-beloved owner leaves soccer club’s helm after players reject salary reduction plan

Most of the scenes set among the hassidim are completely in Yiddish.

Is taking so many tests ideal? Will it help curtail the spread of the virus or let Israelis out of isolation?

Britain's PM has the virus, but at least he also has a government

Why did it taken so long for the the community to take the epidemic and its dangers seriously?

The discussion focused on the fact that the Corona epidemic has become fertile ground for the spreading of false and antisemitic propaganda against the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

All the criticism is fine and good and valid. What makes it a bit odd is that it is coming from Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

The flight was organized by the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria with the goal of removing hundreds of Israelis who were left stranded after the closure of airports in Nigeria and its neighboring countries

A nutritionist advises those social distancing and those quarantined how to maintain a healthy lifestyle

The families of both women, Omer Levi and Oria Zisso, had intended on flying in from the US for the induction ceremony until the coronavirus crisis made parents attending the ceremony impossible.

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

The Corona epidemic has become fertile ground for the spreading of false and anti-semitic propaganda against the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

"Amir Peretz shaved his mustache and said "read my lips, I will not sit with Netanyahu." We still believe Amir, I still believe Amir," Michaeli said of the Labor leader's promise before the elections

“It gave me incredible peace of mind to be able to reach out to Nefesh B’ Nefesh.”

Business travel too won't suddenly return to normal. There are no conferences planned for the summer, no Olympics in Japan.

Rabbi Kanievsky ruled that anyone not obeying social-distancing orders is like someone trying to murder another, is responsible for causing their death; permits reporting them to secular authorities.

The celestial cycles have spoken: the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 12 kicked off these traumatic times.

Why do I keep traveling, even when it's clearly much safer and less stressful to stay home?

One liter of 95 RON octane gasoline will cost NIS 4.89 including VAT, marking a reduction of NIS 1.03 or 17.4% since March.

"The virus we are facing makes no distinctions for national borders, and international cooperation is vital in fighting it."

Many people enjoy using the services of publicly placed containers which are full of boiling hot water as the amount of dishes involved is very big.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to apply Israeli law to all Israeli towns in the West Bank, in the framework of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

The number of unemployment benefit claimants has climbed to almost 939,500, or 22.6% of the workforce.

Bennett releases corona plan to do 30,000-50,000 tests to identify virus carriers quickly in order to restart the economy

Gantz's actions over the last year, including the deal currently being discussed, have helped guarantee that Netanyahu will face trial.

The world-renowned composer and conductor was hailed for such brilliant works as 'Saint Luke Passion’ and ‘The Seven Gates of Jerusalem.’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was a special operations soldier at the time, was wounded in the Israeli rescue operation which followed the hijacking.

IDF troops patrolling Israeli cities to enforce the nation-wide semi lockdown

Leader of the ultra-Orthodox world Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky finally instructs community not to pray together in prayer quorums.

Gantz ends up leading 17 MKs, Lapid 16.

Netanyahu, Gantz meet all night then fight all day.

Ultra-Orthodox communities have seen high numbers of coronavirus patients, leading to controversial allegations toward Haredi Jews.

The reporter faced allegations of antisemitism in his journalism.

Final divides over justice minister, Knesset speaker

No final agreement has been reached between Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to form a unity government, but they have made strides in that direction.

Several ambassadors to Israel from Europe asked the experts how their countries could better cooperate with Israel.

Gantz, Ya'alon face rebellions in parties

The Israeli Tourism Ministry estimates 5,000 Russian citizens remain in Israel, Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov said.

The novel coronavirus crisis offers a truly rare opportunity for meaningful learning about social, cultural and political realities.

In ordinary days, pre-coronavirus, as you walked through the bustling cafés, you were, in fact, walking past real ghost apartments.

Horoscope for the month of April.

At the time of writing there's in Israel 59,49 people in quarantine and 3,460 diagnosed with coronavirus in Israel.

A doctor noticed the problem on Friday after seeing that the health insurance lab noted his patient as testing positive for the virus, while the health ministry noted the result as negative.

The Health Ministry announced on Saturday that 3,460 Israelis tested positive for the virus, 50 of whom are in serious condition.

Jerusalem and Bnei Brak lead the country in numbers of coronavirus patients; Zikhron Ya'akov at the bottom with 12 patients.

As Mecca and Medina empty of Muslim worshippers, Arab regimes find themselves beseeching their people to stay home.

Rocket fire breaks lull in violence as both sides fight the coronavirus.

In a combined operation which included several Israeli delegations in the area, travelers from Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica itself arrived on the flight.

The expression of interest from both party leaders comes amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic facing the country, and following the split between the Israel Resilience party and Blue and White.

The program was originally announced as part of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's solidarity and trade mission to Israel in July 2019, and will focus on designating up to five 'Smart Cities.'

Gantz: Lapid, Ya'alon wanted elections; Lapid: Gantz didn't join because of the coronavirus

Prisoners who are found eligible under the new regulations will go on a 30-day "vacation," under house arrest conditions, at the end of which they will officially be released from prison.

The protest was held against the Supreme Court's decision to force Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to hold a plenary vote, over which he has resigned.

In a letter plastered on the walls of Haredi neighborhoods, they alert the population of the emergency of the situation.

The ministry is looking for hotels with at least 200 rooms in Tel Aviv and Gush Dan, the Sharon area, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

PM Netanyahu warns of more restrictions

"We have a more urgent national mission to help seniors in need of food and hygienic products so that they stay home," said Latet CEO and Executive Director.

The events are intended to be either writing workshops or directed reading and will be open for free to the public.

The argument over which Miranda score was best was broken up by the man himself, in Hebrew.

Multiple high-end apartments are available now, and developers are cooking up other luxury projects for the area, according to reports.

"At the end of the path, I believe it is not allowed to drag Israel to a fourth election in this very difficult time when the country is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and its consequences."

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The former speaker doubles down on his decision to resign and to buck the High Court

Forces from both Border Control and the IDF scanned the area shortly afterwards in search of the culprits.

IN CONTEXT: This week witnessed a constitutional crisis decades in the making.