Israel’s ’new way of life’: No daycare, malls, gyms * Haredi sect defies rules * Dismay at plan to track patients’ phones * PM trial put off * B logs: Getting through this

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, March 15, 2020 [No more daycare, restaurants, gyms or shopping malls: The new virus regulations]( By [TOI staff]( [Following up on Netanyahu’s announcement, Health Ministry lays out long list of businesses, services and activities that Israelis will now have to do without]( [All leisure venues closing as Netanyahu tells Israel: Adjust to new way of life]( By [TOI staff]( [Number of sick Israelis rises to 200 as government announces tough new measures]( By [TOI staff]( [Police bid to convince rabbi to close yeshivas as his sect defies virus rules]( By [Jacob Magid]( [While Hasidic and national religious sectors follow Health Ministry restrictions, Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox leadership orders schools to remain open]( [Israel media review / Flatten your enthusiasm: 6 things to know for March 15]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Government urges public not to storm supermarkets, as shelves emptied]( By [TOI staff]( [Service industry reels as guidelines force restaurants, some stores to shutter]( By [TOI staff]( [Owners lament new measures, say they should be allowed to serve up to 10 customers at a time, and more governmental help needed; many shops close altogether]( [Video shows man in Tel Aviv being arrested for violating quarantine]( By [TOI staff]( [Daily tests to triple, virus will eventually ‘disappear,’ says health official]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( Live updates [Jewish community head in France’s Alsace in serious condition with COVID-19]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Nonprofit headed by Maurice Dahan asks public to pray for him; World Zionist Federation head, Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson enter isolation]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [Thriving in a crisis, Netanyahu urges Israelis to wage ‘war on invisible enemy’]( [Exuding indispensability, PM in latest broadcast to nation unveils new raft of restrictions, far-reaching though less drastic than many had expected, to tackle coronavirus pandemic]( [Crisis hotline says thousands of Israelis calling over virus, isolation worries]( By [TOI staff]( [Finance Ministry said to predict NIS 11 billion hit to economy in 6 weeks]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu sparks privacy scare with move to track corona patients’ phones]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Shin Bet says it won’t use the invasive technology to enforce quarantines]( [IDF to tell some troops to stay home in fight to slow spread of virus]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Entire Foreign Ministry cadet course in quarantine due to case of COVID-19]( By [Raphael Ahren]( Top Ops [Shayna Goldberg]( [Getting through this]( [As we face this external menace that makes me worry that we are in free-fall, I try to feel the experience deeply, and find its purpose]( [Catriella Freedman]( [WFH: Tales from a work-from-home addict]( [9 tips for the new reality that has so many unexpectedly working from home, including: Stay away from the laundry!]( [Avi Shamir]( [Saved by the plague]( [The last thing this country needs is an ’emergency government’ led by a devious Bibi and a stammering Gantz]( [Sherri Mandell]( [Corona is not funny]( [It’s not all bad, though: for example, I enjoy reading about other people’s schedules — why do all the people with COVID-19 have the time to go from café to cafe?]( [Netanyahu’s trial delayed by over 2 months as court activity limited over virus]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [As country slows down with introduction of fresh far-reaching rules in attempt to stop pandemic, May 24 date announced just two days before scheduled hearing]( [Ya’alon: Netanyahu exploiting virus crisis for ‘personal political needs’]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Courts put in ‘state of emergency,’ likely postponing Netanyahu’s trial]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Entire Joint List backs Gantz as PM, heralding possible center-left government]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Arab-led alliance, including Balad, could hand centrist leader the majority he needs to be tasked by president; says it’s only to counter Netanyahu; will oppose unity government]( [PM’s offer to Gantz: I lead 6-month emergency coalition, or 4 years and I go 1st]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Knesset speaker insists MKs to be sworn in Monday, despite virus crisis]( By [TOI staff]( inside story [Aviad Houminer-Rosenblum]( [Joint List — 4 Arab parties on 1 slate — is poles apart but strong together]( [Knesset’s 3rd largest party is an unlikely band of religious zealots, social democrats, racist agitators — and pragmatists]( [Likud MK seeks to curb opposition chief’s powers in case it’s Joint List’s Odeh]( By [TOI staff]( [Vehicles smashed in apparent hate crime targeting Palestinian town]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Spain locks down its citizens, while France shuts nightlife]( By [Joseph Wilson and Geir Moulson]( [China, where the virus first appeared late last year, continues to relax its restrictions as crisis shifts westward toward Europe]( [Lifting spirits / Locked down Italians sing from balconies, dance the ‘Macarena’]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Wife of Spain’s prime minister tests positive for virus]( By [AP]( [UK departs from world in virus response, draws criticism]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Strategy based on presumption that most people will eventually get virus, and that severe measures unlikely to work]( [Hamas-run Gaza government shuts Egypt crossing to travelers amid virus crisis]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Iran says outbreak could strain health services already pressured by sanctions]( By [Nasser Karimi]( [Iran death toll from virus passes 600, as Syria shuts schools]( By [Amir Vahdat and Zeina Karam]( [Trump tests negative for coronavirus, doctor says]( By [Agencies]( [White House checks temperatures of reporters before they enter briefing room for press conference with US president, who has been in close contact with infected individuals]( [US extends European travel ban to UK, Ireland starting Tuesday]( By [Colleen Long, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI]( [Biden, Sanders to debate against backdrop of global pandemic]( By [Julie Pace]( inside story [Gabe Friedman]( [Gigs canceled by coronavirus, Jewish performers and educators innovate online]( [Young Jewish artists and spiritual leaders get creative]( [US Jewish summer camps are already preparing for the coronavirus]( By [Ben Sales]( [Top Dutch museums close over coronavirus, including Anne Frank House]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved