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A strict three week national coronavirus lockdown for Israel will begin Friday afternoon. "Closure was planned in advance out of lack of appreciation for Jewish holidays" Israel's Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman resigning today over the coronavirus lockdown in Israel.... Thousands gathered in Montreal to protest restictions in Canada's province of Quebec. The Saturday protest came on the first day that police in the province were given authority to fine people who are not wearing a mask.... Armed citizens in Corbett, a community near Portland, set up roadbocks Friday after a fire was intentionally set using fireworks. The armed citizens were...

The minister is the head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party Israel’s homophobic health minister Yaakov Litzman has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after flouting his own lockdown to attend group prayers despite the ban on the public congregations, as per the Times of Israel report. The minister who is now infected with the coronavirus had earlier claimed that the coronavirus was the divine punishment for homosexuality.

According to Channel 13, 97.6% of the votes from Tuesday's elections have already been counted, Blue and White stands at 33 seats and Likud at 31 seats, with Blue and White leading by a narrow margin. It is important to note that these are still not the final results. Overnight, the committee was counting the near quarter of a million soldiers' votes cast by Israeli soldiers. The Central Election Committee (CEC) has been updating its website since the close of the polls at 10 p.m. on Tuesday. The last update was at 10:40 a.m. on Thursday: 4,354,991 votes had been...

Right-wing factions convened at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon, deciding to establish a "right-wing bloc" headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, that will work for the establishment of the next government. It was decided to form a joint coalition negotiations team for all factions in the bloc. In addition to Netanyahu, the meeting saw the participation of Minister Yariv Levin and faction heads: Yaakov Litzman, Moshe Gafni, Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked, and Bezalel Smotrich. Minister Aryeh Deri met with Prime Minister Netanyahu earlier this morning, as he was unable to attend the meeting due to the memorial ceremony...