In Palestine, people believed basic goods would remain available, despite the coronavirus – and so they did. Mistrust of the authorities – Israeli and Palestinian – joins faith: ‘Ili maktub, maktub’ (What is written, is written) ■ Post #10
'There are shortages everywhere, in medication, in electricity and in supplies. We are trying to address this,' WHO's head of office says
COVID-19 is likely spreading in East Jerusalem but residents are afraid of testing because of stigma ■ Red Crescent employees not yet authorized to take samples
Faced with shortages, poor equipment and a sore lack of protective gear, Gaza’s doctors work in fear, with everyone betting on underfunded prevention
Man working in Israel without a permit was reported to authorities after being treated at Ichilov hospital and taken to the checkpoint where he immediately collapsed
Medical and human rights organizations call on Israel to lift its blockade of the Strip to boost supplies of medical equipment and protective gear
All residents must home-confine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as PM Shtayyeh urges Israel to provide adequate conditions for Palestinian workers in the country and share responsibility for Jerusalem's Palestinians
The two Palestinians who tested positive for coronavirus had returned from Pakistan and entered Gaza through Egypt
Israel Police partially closed most of the gates of Jerusalem's Old City to minimize the number of worshipers for the Friday noon prayer on the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Laborers earn relatively higher incomes in Israel, where some 100,000 Palestinians work, and in West Bank settlements
Palestinians with permits to leave are Gaza staying put, and cancer patients treated in Israel are required to be kept isolated upon their return
'Oh world, welcome into our permanent reality'
A near-hermetic blockade on the Strip means there are no coronavirus cases, although there are severe restrictions and plenty of fear
Israel's Chief Rabbinate said last week that Jewish worshippers should not come to the Western Wall or pray en masse there
Hamas is already enforcing the medical isolation for 1,400 Gazans suspected of having contracted the virus, but Israel is yet to decide how to move forward in the event of an outbreak in the Strip
'Israel is obviously behind this,' Osama said, speaking of the West Bank going under closure. 'And maybe it’s for the best' ■ Post #9
COVID-19 erupting in the Hamas-controlled, Israeli-blockaded enclave is seen by the defense establishment as a 'God-help-us' scenario
Residents suspect the decision may be more political than a move to curb coronavirus spread
Four children and three women among those who died
Monkeys are a common motif in Banksy's work, and The Walled Off Hotel, which abuts Israel's concrete West Bank barrier, features a model of a monkey wearing a bellhop's red jacket at its entrance
The Israeli army and the Iran-backed militant group Islamic Jihad exchanged blows following a border incident on Sunday, but Hamas did not get actively involved in the fighting and is ready to uphold a truce
