Jerusalem District Court pushes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial date from March 17 to May 24 over coronavirus crisis.

Various steps may be necessary to "flatten the curve," but they cannot flatten Israel and its social fabric along the way.

The Europeans have grown accustomed to criticizing and preaching to the Jewish state, but it appears that tiny Israel has something to teach Europe this time, particularly in terms of striking the right balance between personal liberties and the good of the many.

Are we really ready for Israeli policy under a defiantly secular and not-so-Zionist government comprising Blue and White, Yisrael Beytenu, Labor-Meretz, and the Joint Arab List?

There are concerns that the number of infections in Iran is much higher than the confirmed cases reported by the government, with some Iranian lawmakers having questioned the official toll.