With just hours before the Knesset's term would automatically expire because of the ongoing budget stalemate, Netanyahu attacks Defense Minister Blue and White over conduct that led to unraveling of partnership.
Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price says there is no indication that the mutated strain of COVID-19 has arrived in Israel; Health Ministry closely monitoring the situation. Health Minister Edelstein: We're in the midst of a third outbreak.
Benny Gantz could have been defense minister for four years. Instead, he will be defense minister for less than a year.
It was clear to everyone that the unity deal between Likud and Blue and White would be short-lived. The only question now is who will get hurt when the mudslinging begins.
Knesset fails to pass bill that would allow it to postpone vote on the state budget. By law, if parliament fails to pass the state budget it must dissolve, triggering a general election.
Netanyahu convenes "coronavirus cabinet" to discuss stopping air travel after UK discovers mutated virus strain. Meanwhile, Israelis aged 60 and over line up at medical clinics across the country to receive Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.
As companies race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and countries scramble to secure doses, questions about the use of pork products raise concerns immunization campaigns may be disrupted. Spokespeople for Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca say their vaccines do not include pork products.
Setting a personal example, Chief Rabbi David Lau, Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Avraham Rubinstein, IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi urge public to follow doctors' orders and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
At the request of Justice Ministry, Facebook takes down four groups that disseminated texts, photographs, and videos with "deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines."
Ministers blacklist arrivals from Britain, Denmark and South Africa due to newly discovered, highly infectious coronavirus variant. Israel may ban all tourists.
