With a key election approaching, the world mired in a pandemic and political tensions rising, we are approaching emotional overload. Op-ed.

i24NEWS' correspondent Adi Koplewitz breaks down the controversy surrounding an anti-terror roadblock in the Hebron area.

The government approved in a telephone vote In Tuesday night the extension of the special state of emergency due to the coronavirus until October 13.The extension of regulations was proposed by Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.

A senior Palestinian Authority official In Tuesday claimed Israel and the US are blackmailing the Palestinian leadership by imposing financial sanctions.Nabil Shaath, adviser to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, said in a statement quoted by the Xinhua news agency that the PA has been suffering from a financial crisis because Israel and the US have pressured donor countries, including Arab nations, to stop their funds.

Ziad al-Nakhala, leader of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, called In the PLO to revoke its recognition of the "Zionist entity" and to rebuild the PLO in such a way that it becomes a framework that represents all Palestinian organizations.Speaking In the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Jihad, Nakhala advocated the declaration of a "stage of national liberation" in which priority will be given to the resistance against Israel in all its characteristics and the realization of national unity.

Despite criticism from some ministers, government extends emergency powers and lockdown restrictions for another week.

'Van Halen' lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen dies from cancer at age 65.

Dozens of haredim gathered in the Boro Park neighborhood of Brooklyn amid a New York State Governor's decision to restrict areas with high COVID-19 morbidity.Protest continues In Boro Park's 13th Ave., blocking a Citybus from passing: