The same government hand that authorizes the use of the Orwellian "Big Brother" tool, must allow the Knesset and the public to oversee the use of these tools.

"All countries should be able to test all suspected cases, they cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asserts.

A growing number of Israelis hospitalized in isolation wards with a highly contagious disease. Defying the ban on public gatherings, parents of new IDF recruits crowd together outside IDF induction base.

In its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, Israel lies somewhere between eastern nations, which prioritize the collective, and the individualist West. Our lives depend on shedding previous thinking and adapt to a new reality.

Investors expect realistic steps from the government as opposed to strictly monetary measures from the Bank of Israel. We are not in the midst of a credit crisis, similar to 2008; this is a different animal.