Israel reimposes COVID-19 restrictions
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Israel thought it had crushed COVID-19. Then cases surged.
By Sam Sokol
JERUSALEM (JTA) – It was just two months ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory over COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.
Ten weeks after recording its first cases, Israel had imposed a seri…