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Israel is set to impose its third nationwide lockdown since the start of the pandemic. The lockdown aimed at tackling the COVID-19 resurgence will begin at 5 p.m. and last for at least two weeks, though health officials have indicated it would likely be extended to a month. The closure comes as daily coronavirus cases climbed steeply upward, surpassing 3,000 a day, amid fears that a British variant of the disease could be spreading undetected in the country. Israelis, wearing protective masks d...

Israelis artists protest against the COVID-19 lockdown, on November 8, 2020 in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) 1. Round three: A decision to place Israel under lockdown for an unprecedented third time is the major story of the day, even if the exact contours of the supposed lockdown are not exactly known. The lockdown leads most major news sites Thursday morning and dominates the print press, edging out Likud minister Ze’ev Elkin’s bombshell decision to quit the government and aim fire at...

Raoul Wootliff is the The Times of Israels political correspondent. A worker prepares ballot boxes March 25, 2019 at the Central Elections Committee warehouse in Shoham, before they are shipped to polling stations for the April 9 Israeli election. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (left) is seen with his back to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Knesset approves a preliminary reading of a bill to dissolve parliament, December 2, 2020 (Danny Shem-Tov / Knesset...

Likud MK Michal Shir at an orientation day at the Knesset, April 29, 2019. (Noam Moscowitz/Knesset) Likud lawmaker Michal Shir, who went rogue and voted against a bill that may have averted now nearly certain early elections, submitted her resignation from the Knesset on Tuesday. The Knesset overnight rejected a bill that would have deferred a Tuesday midnight deadline for passing the 2020 state budget, and thus set Israel on an almost certain course to its fourth general election in two years....

Kahol Lavan pointed to the indictments against Netanyahu following his remarks: “If there was no trial, there would have been a budget and there wouldnt be elections.” A bill that would have delayed the budget deadline to next Thursday, December 31, failed to pass on Monday, with 49 MKs voting against it, and 47 voting in favor. The bill called for approving the 2020 budget on the last day of the year, and the 2021 budget on January 6. Once that failed, efforts to put off the inevitable hal...

Follow Dec. 22, 2020 The Knesset parking garage became the scene of major political drama Monday that is leading the country into its fourth round of election in two years. The garage has in the past served as a regular hiding place for Knesset members seeking to emerge at the last minute to vote – in the process disrupting legislative battle plans. Nevertheless, when Knesset members Ram Shefa (Kahol Lavan) and Michal Shir Segman (Likud) suddenly emerged in the Knesset chamber to vote on Mond...

Israeli cannabis farm outside Tsfat (archive). Proponents of cannabis legalization in the Knesset, especially those who championed legislation to regulate a legal cannabis market in Israel, were behind the dissolution of Israel’s government on Monday night, and therefore also behind the collapse of the legislative process for legalization in Israel Cannabis Magazine reported Tuesday morning ( The magazine points out that the dissolution of the government before the bill for legalization was a...

Raoul Wootliff is the The Times of Israels political correspondent. Knesset members shout at each other after a bill that might have staved off elections is defeated, December 21, 2020 (Knesset channel screenshot) The Knesset overnight Monday-Tuesday narrowly rejected a bill that would have deferred a Tuesday midnight deadline for passing the 2020 state budget, and thus set Israel on an almost certain course to its fourth general election in two years. Barring a highly improbable rapprochement ...

MKs nix bill extending budget timeline, making elections almost inevitable Knesset likely to dissolve Tuesday night as legislation to buy another two weeks for budget talks is rejected with 49 MKs opposed and 47 in favor; Likud and Blue & White both face rebellion from within as each sees lawmakers vote no Moran Azulay, Reuters | Published: 12.22.20 , 08:28 A last-ditch effort to prevent the Knesset from dissolving automatically - and sending Israel into its fourth election in two years - fa...

Israel embarks on fourth election in two years as budget row topples Knesset Parliament dissolves as deadline to approve budget expires with coalition failing to legislate extension; Netanyahu to remain as PM until vote expected to take place on March 23; Likud set to remain biggest party despite strong challenge from its ex-MK Gideon Saar Ynet | Published: 12.23.20 , 00:06 Israel headed into its fourth election campaign in two years at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, as the deadline for pa...