Netanyahu, Foreign Ministry engaged in international campaign to fight COVID-19

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the Coronavirus Global Response pledging event and Israel’s Foreign Ministry is also on the front line against the spread of COVID-19.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an speech at his Jerusalem office on March 14, 2020, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the Corona virus in Israel. - Netanyahu said Israel would shut down eateries, shopping centres and gyms in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Netanyahu also said he would ask the government's approval in the upcoming cabinet meeting set to be held via video conference to allow "technologies used in the war against terror" to be used to track the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an speech at his Jerusalem office on March 14, 2020, regarding the new measures that will be taken to fight the Corona virus in Israel. - GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images
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Israel’s political system was glued to TV screens May 4 as the High Court discussion on petitions against a unity government was broadcast live. Thus, few took the time to watch Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participating in the Coronavirus Global Response videoconference  hosted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The European Union and its partners hosted an international pledging conference with the aim of raising the equivalent of $8 billion to kick-start global cooperation against the coronavirus and for finding a vaccine. French President Emmanuel Macron, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and many other world leaders, including Netanyahu, took part in this drive.

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