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Netanyahu Ally Calls for Immediate Lockdown to Halt Virus Spread

People, wearing protective masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, walk in Tel Aviv on July 12.

Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images 

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A political ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for an immediate lockdown of 10 to 15 days to halt a second coronavirus outbreak.