Nation's roads, markets and beaches slowly empty as thousands of police set up roadblocks and patrols across the country

7,000 policemen and soldiers set to enforce intensely controversial closure that began at 2 p.m. on eve of Rosh Hashanah, is set to last at least three weeks

Protestors will be divided into groups of 20 with 'reasonable distance' between clusters; numbers not being capped; police say they will expand area allocated for demonstrations

Cops have received numerous appeals to okay rallies on Sunday evening, the end of Rosh Hashanah, TV report says, and are concerned it is being used to dodge travel restrictions

Some 7,000 policemen and soldiers set to enforce intensely controversial closure that began at 2 p.m. on eve of Rosh Hashanah, and which is set to last at least three weeks

Deeply unpopular closure set to take effect at 2 p.m., amid expectations of significant financial damages and concerns of civil disobedience; 7,000 cops and soldiers to deploy

Israeli president says he has faith woes of the passing year will remind the Jewish people of mutual responsibility toward each other

'Lockdown turning into a joke,' Netanyahu complains in reported tense discussion with Ronni Gamzu; PM later denies the consultations have been friction-filled

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With limits of public gatherings and freedom of movement, the country's first closure put a damper on Passover. Now, the High Holidays look to be similarly subdued