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‘The Second Wave’ of COVID Hits Israel Like a Tsunami

‘WASTED WEEKS’

From paradigm to pariah in just weeks, Israel has lost control of the contagion, the economy’s cratering, unemployment’s at 23 percent, and the new government is crumbling.

Noga Tarnopolsky
Noga Tarnopolsky
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wears a protective mask, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he holds a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, July 5, 2020.
Gali Tibbon/Pool via Reuters
Noga Tarnopolsky

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