Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns against politicizing virus outbreak

TV reports country to buy four million units of drug made by Arcturus Therapeutics and Singapore's Duke-NUS medical school, recently granted permission to begin clinical trails

PM and Benny Gantz's Blue and White trade blame over state budget impasse; surveys see Yamina's Bennett rising, and widespread dissatisfaction over coalition's handling of pandemic

Temperatures predicted to be above usual for time of year; elderly and coronavirus sufferers in particular advised to stay indoors and drink plenty of water

Hours after passage of law that will soon neuter Knesset Coronavirus Committee, it overturns more ministerial decisions despite sharp rise in serious cases

Plane carrying some 20 Israeli officials and scientists, plus ventilators and novel devices that are not yet produced on a mass scale, to depart for Delhi in coming weeks

Legal adviser tells Amir Ohana that High Court order prevents barring protests against Netanyahu, despite neighbors complaining the gatherings have made their lives hell

Council for Higher Education says schools will need to arrange quarantine for incoming students; studies likely to be a mix of in situ and online

After President Rouhani said 25 million could be infected -- nearly a third of population -- officials downplay figure, saying it refers only to those 'exposed' to virus

Ministers must ensure their COVID policies are justified, feasible and fair, and then explain them coherently, or Israelis won't comply. Neutering Knesset oversight is no solution