Netanyahu's plan to provide stimulus payouts to all Israelis, regardless of income, draws fury and leaves economists scratching their heads

A protest against the prime minister turns violent, giving the right wing a chance to try and dunk on the left, as culture wars on both sides of the Atlantic take no prisoners

The Knesset goes rogue in reopening pools and gyms, drawing harsh rebuke from the government and health officials, as the press drowns under mounting predictions of a lockdown

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