Virus: Netanyahu aide’s husband in hospital * After hundreds at funeral, top Haredi rabbi bans group prayer * Gantz exclusive: I chose the only path – emergency coalition

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Sunday, March 29, 2020 BREAKING NEWS [Husband of Netanyahu aide hospitalized with COVID-19; PMO: ‘Distance was kept’]( By [TOI staff]( [PM’s adviser on ultra-Orthodox affairs, who met with premier on Thursday, is tested for coronavirus after her husband found positive]( [Flouting rules, hundreds gather for Bnei Brak funeral as police look on]( By [TOI staff]( [Officials reportedly allow procession for leading figure of Haredi sect to go ahead with little attempt to enforce social distancing, as fears grow of community outbreak]( [Ultra-Orthodox leader bans ‘minyan’ prayers; officials mull Bnei Brak quarantine]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel media review / It’s their funeral: 6 things to know for March 29]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( Analysis [Judah Ari Gross]( [Failure to stop mass Haredi funeral reveals distancing’s fatal flaw: Enforcement]( [Police say they decided to allow hundreds of ultra-Orthodox to attend burial for important rabbi to avoid clashing with participants, tout victory that ‘only 400 people’ took part]( [Police fine 1,300 for breaking virus rules; official: Only 8 test results wrong]( By [TOI staff]( [Cabinet to weigh further restrictions as coronavirus cases climb]( By [TOI staff]( [Israeli doctor in Italy says new, innovative treatments ‘flattening the curve’]( By [Ira Tolchin Immergluck]( [Carmi Sheffer describes connecting patients to ventilators via scuba gear, placing them on stomachs, in battle with unpredictable virus which ‘spreads like wildfire’ among elderly]( [82-year-old Israeli tourist dies in Italy after contracting coronavirus]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Cremation of first Jewish victim of coronavirus in Argentina stirs controversy]( By [JTA]( Exclusive: From the blogs [Benny Gantz]( [I chose the only path possible at this time, a national emergency government]( [I will never compromise on democracy or on the underlying principles of the more than one million Israelis who voted for Blue and White]( [Litzman to remain health minister in unity government as Gantz backs down]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel Resilience will instead get justice portfolio, reports say; top doctors had demanded that a professional replace Litzman to deal with pandemic]( [Netanyahu, Gantz make ‘significant progress’ in all-night coalition talks]( By [TOI staff]( [Liberman says his party headed to opposition, slams Netanyahu-Gantz ‘unity’ deal]( By [TOI staff]( Live updates [Knesset panel okays breakup of Blue and White; Gantz keeps name]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Rightist MKs Hendel and Hauser split off to form new faction; Yesh Atid and Israel Resilience swap lawmakers; husband of Netanyahu aide confirmed infected with virus]( [Virus cases in Israel rise to 3,865; 66 seriously ill including man in his 20s]( By [TOI staff]( [54 people on respirators, while vast majority of COVID-19 patients have only light symptoms]( [Virus cases top 100 in West Bank and Gaza after infections emerge in more towns]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [Coronavirus crisis / Government reportedly close to deal on NIS 80 billion rescue package]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Lisa Grushcow]( [Temple of Zoom]( [It doesn’t matter if you wear PJ-bottoms with your suit jacket or if your kid unmutes you at the the worst moment, for we are not isolated, but together in the cloud]( [Michael Lipkin]( [When COVID restrictions become counterproductive]( [Strict home confinement will harm the immune system and the 100 meter distance limit might create more social interaction, not less]( [Woman in her 90s dies from COVID-19, raising Israel’s death toll to 14]( By [TOI staff]( [Director of Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak says the patient suffered from existing medical conditions before contracting the virus]( [92-year-old man in Jerusalem dies of COVID-19, Israel’s 13th death from virus]( By [TOI staff]( [Protest held outside Beersheba old age home after residents infected with virus]( By [TOI staff]( [Number of jobless Israelis nears 1 million, but rate of increase slows]( By [TOI staff]( [For Israel’s homeless, shelters become a haven from pandemic]( By [Sam Sokol]( [Trump backs away from New York quarantine idea after criticism]( By [Agencies]( [US president says strong travel advisory to be issued instead of roping off hotspot; US death toll from coronavirus outbreak tops 2,100, including over 650 dead in New York City]( [Global coronavirus death toll passes 30,000, two-thirds in Europe]( By [AFP]( [Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes life-or-death gamble on coronavirus]( By [David Biller]( [As coronavirus coops up many at home, ways to find inner peace indoors]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( More Headlines [Swastikas spray-painted at Bernie Sanders campaign office in Florida]( By [TOI staff]( [From our partner / ‘Adored’ British Reform rabbi Neil Kraft dies of COVID-19]( [Theresa Khalsa, hijacker of 1972 Sabena flight to Tel Aviv, dies at 65]( By [TOI staff]( [6 Israelis stranded in Peru airlifted out on Czech government-run flight]( By [TOI staff]( [Spain announces record 838 virus deaths in 24 hours]( By [AFP]( [With cafes and bars still open, Sweden’s virus restrictions make it an outlier]( By [david keyton]( [Israeli travelers stranded in Asian countries to make their way home — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Tangled up in history / Bob Dylan releases 17-minute song about JFK assassination]( By [AFP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2020 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved