Second wave of virus pummels Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity is falling amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
Only a week ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was busy trying to salvage his annexation program and even toyed with the idea of dismantling the unity government and calling for new elections. The polls showed him reaching new heights with over 40 mandates despite the trial he faces and despite the expensive and bloated government he cobbled together when hundreds of thousands of citizens are unemployed.
But on June 6, at the very last minute, the prime minister stepped on the brake. Netanyahu convened the coronavirus cabinet in an emergency Zoom meeting and approved a list of stringent measures in an effort to halt the second wave of the disease, a round that looks even more severe than the first.