A curfew-fuffle looms in the distance, though the government can't even agree on closing pools; and a should-be popular protest hits landmines even as the nation's woes multiply

A rally in Tel Aviv raises the people's cry over the economic damage wrought by the pandemic, but a bid to make it apolitical appears to merely highlight longstanding divisions

Netanyahu is seen as having his priorities mixed up, and the country's overall strategy of fighting the virus is revealed to be a unhealthy mix of confusion, bad data and hypocrisy

Once a coronavirus success story of the region, Israel is free-falling down the list of countries unable to control pandemic, with few willing to take responsibility

Israel shuts down some spots to fight rising infections rates, but the move appears to only add to already prevalent complaints over the state's handling of the crisis

Ministers mull new restrictions amid prophecies of virus doom and gloom, and handwringing over how badly country screwed up its return to normal and is still messing up tracking

Spiking coronavirus cases lead to slapdash lockdowns in a few neighborhoods, as the government appears to tackle the pandemic with the same chaotic zest it has used with annexation

Annexation day arrives, with plenty of apathy and no expectations that anything will actually happen, though the next month may still prove critical in the race for 30 percent

Day before July 1, the only thing that seems clear is that annexation hopes and fears may need to take a vacation, as veiled insults and vague proposals keep a lid on expectations

Rising case numbers make it difficult to dispute that country has entered second wave of pandemic, but media highlights lack of consensus among ministers over what to do about it