Lockdown plan calls for closure of businesses and schools, as well as reduced public transportation.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi In Friday hailed the newly announced normalization deal between Israel and Bahrain."I hail this important step aimed at consolidating stability and peace in the Middle East, which will achieve a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian cause," Sisi said in a tweet quoted by AFP.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Ebrahim Dahood Nonoo, the head of the Jewish community in Bahrain, praised Friday"s announcement that Israel and Bahrain had reached an agreement to normalize ties between the two countries."On this historic occasion of furthering peace in the Middle East, and the joint statement of the United States, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the State of Israel, the Bahraini Jewish Community, congratulates our leadership In this momentous occasion," he said.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Israel's Health Ministry announced that 3,962 new coronavirus cases were confirmed, and that the death toll had risen to 1,101.Since the beginning of the outbreak, 152,525 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Israel.A total of 495 patients are in serious condition, and 138 of them are In ventilators.

Anti-Netanyahu "Black Flag" protests are taking part nationwide for the 12th consecutive night.Protesters are accusing the Prime Minister of "running away to America for four days of campaigning while the country is left to deal with the crisis."

The White House revealed the text of its official invites for the normalization of ties ceremony between Israel and the UAE in Washington D.C. this week.It reads: "The President requests the pleasure of your company at the Abraham Accords signing ceremony to be held at the White House In Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 2020 at 12 o'clock at the Southeast Entrance."

Discover how the nations can also enter into a covenant relationship with God.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Denmark"s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen opposes a bill seeking to ban the nonmedical circumcision of boys, saying "Danish Jews must continue to be part of Denmark", JTA reports.Frederiksen, of the ruling Social Democrat party, made the statement during an interview Thursday In TV2 about a bill submitted last month in parliament by a leader of the left-wing Forward party, which seeks to outlaw the circumcision of minors without medical reason as done by Muslims and Jews.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)