Senior officers, including Personnel Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Moti Almoz, reprimanded for their role in inflating enlistment numbers of ultra-Orthodox soldiers. Military did not deliberately falsify the data, investigation finds.

Pollak is suspected of inciting violence and terrorism in an opinion piece published by Haaretz daily. Right-wing NGO who filed police complaint: Anyone party to gross incitement against Israeli soldiers and settlers must be made to answer for their actions.

Eleven Israelis stranded aboard coronavirus-infected cruise ship land in Israel, are whisked away to hospital for quarantine. One tests positive after landing. Health Ministry issues warning saying Israelis returning for Asian countries who breach the 14-day self-quarantine order endanger the public, could face up to seven years in prison.

Carol Christ pledged to continue to “speak out loudly and clearly in condemnation of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, anti-blackness, racism, and other hateful ideologies and perspectives that target people based on their identity, origins or beliefs.”

The Iranian leader takes page from presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, stating: "The truth is that with a 20-trillion-dollar debt, the US has one of the largest debts in the world today, and the gap between social classes is wider than ever."