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6 shares Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest against the police enforcement of lockdown orders due to the coronavirus outbreak, in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) A Knesset committee approved a bill Thursday that doubles fines for those who flout regulations, clearing it for its final plenum votes, although the timing of its second and third readings was still the subject of coalition wrangling ahead of a planned cabinet meeting to extend the current tightened lockdown, set to expire on Sunday. The move to raise the fines is opposed by Prime Minister Be...

Minister of Defense Benny Gantz visits the Jerusalem Municipality on November 10, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Coalition infighting continued on Wednesday over a bill that would step up enforcement of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by hiking fines for institutions that violate the rules. The Blue and White party has said that unless a proposal for far stricter enforcement passes, it will oppose the extension of all lockdown restrictions beyond Sunday. That discussion is planned for Thursday. According to Channel 12 News, the Health Ministry wants a week-long extension but may settle fo...

Israeli haredi officials, rabbinical authorities condemn rioting in Bnei Brak Israeli haredi officials, rabbinical authorities condemn rioting in Bnei Brak Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says he was “appalled” by the violence and “sacrilege” • Leading rabbis call rioters “reckless individuals” and order their followers not to participate in protests. By Hanan Greenwood Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against police enforcement of the country's COVID-19 lockdown in the city of Bnei Brak, Jan. 24, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. (January 26...

85 shares Haredi schoolchildren outside a school that opened in violation of COVID-19 lockdown rules following its closure by security forces, in the city of Ashdod on January 22, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP) Defense Minister Benny Gantz insisted Tuesday that the cabinet would not convene to discuss extending the national lockdown, currently set to end Sunday, until the regulations were enforced equally across all sectors of society. The threat came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly moved to soften a bill that would have doubled fines against violators of virus restrictions in o...

15 shares United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in the Knesset on November 24, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned violent pushback in the ultra-Orthodox community against the lockdown rules, while quietly moving to soften a bill that would have doubled fines against violators to appease his Haredi political allies. The emerging political compromise on the financial penalties was met with an ultimatum by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who warned he would prevent the government’s lo...