1 Iyar 5780
25 April 2020
Three Photos of the Day
A police officer tries to stop an ultra-orthodox man in Beit Shemesh after he violated Corona guidelines about attending a synagogue (photo Yaakov Lederman).
Sandstorms hit southern Israel yesterday and last night. This is a photo from Sde Boker yesterday made by Avram Sabri of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority:
At the grave of David Ben Gurion and his wife Paula in Sde Boker.
Our third photo comes from Kibbutz Mefalsim on the Gaza border:
An explosive kite at Kibbutz Mefalsim today which was successfully defused (photo Tamir Steinman).
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Corona update . . .
4 pm Saturday: There are now 15,148 confirmed cases of Corona in Israel. 102 people are on ventilators. 198 Israelis have died. 6,159 have recovered.
There are widespread openings tomorrow: beauty salons, stores on the street, and restaurants (without seating). Malls remain closed for the time being but are expected to open after Yom Atzmaut (Independence Day).
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However, major chains such as Castro, Fox, Roladin, and about 200 other fashion and retail chains will not open their doors tomorrow because they are striking for government compensation of their losses during the last two months.
Masks must continue to be worn by everyone over the age of 7.
On the political front . . .
There is no news and probably will be none until after Yom Atzmaut (which begins at sundown on Tuesday).
All of the conjectures about what person will occupy what job is just that–conjecture.
For example, it seemed just 48 hours ago that Yariv Levin would definitely become the next Speaker of the Knesset. Now, it appears that he may be in line for being Ambassador to the U.S. for 18 months, and Foreign Minister for the next 18.
It is not exactly clear how long Netanyahu and Gantz have to implement the unity government, but it appears that they have until May 5. That date is 21 days from April 16–the date on which President Rivlin gave the Knesset a mandate for forming a government.
Meanwhile, those left out of the unity government, namely Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon continue to rail against PM Netanyahu and Benny Gantz. Today, on Israeli TV, Ya’alon ranted: “Netanyahu acts like a gang leader and a terrorist activist.” Asinine comments like this are par for the course as far as Ya’alon and Lapid are concerned.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.