Unlike the baseball movie with its famous meme “If you build it, they will come,” Gantz will find that he cannot build a government, and they will not come.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu appeals to Israelis "to make sacrifices" by changing their daily lives. New measures could also mean changes to the school year.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wants a unity government, but no progress has been made. Senior Likud officials believe Blue and White will ultimately strike a deal without Labor and join Netanyahu's government.

According to the new State Department human rights report, the administration no longer considers Arabs in east Jerusalem as Palestinians but rather as "non-Israeli residents" of the capital.

Goverment to allocate 10 billion shekels to help businesses and industries adversely affected by the novel coronavirus as Israel expands containment measures. "The coronavirus will have a big impact, but we are entering this crisis in good shape compared to other countries," Netanyahu says.