PM Netanyahu realizes what many people still do not – that the true emergency government being formed is what Israel needs.  A bloated cabinet is the price we pay for unity.

National carrier El Al is six weeks from "total collapse," aviation experts warn. Heads of Israel's 3 airlines - El Al, Arkia, and Israir - are pushing for a merger to save industry from crashing.

Benny Gantz, Gabi Ashkenazi seeking the defense and foreign ministry portfolios, respectively, while PM Netanyahu faces tough choices about jobs for Likud ministers. Labor MK outraged that party leader Amir Peretz, MK Itzik Shmuli considering joining "indicted Netanyahu's radical Right" coalition.

In recent days, Iran has ordered the closure of nonessential businesses and banned travel between cities. But those measures came long after other countries in the region imposed more sweeping lockdowns.

Blue and White leader's decision to join PM Netanyahu and form a unity government was not a political betrayal. His act was not that of a once-in-a-generation patriot who gives up everything for his land and his people.