Some restaurant owners threatened Sunday to keep their businesses open on Tuesday and beyond, despite government orders to shut down to limit coronavirus infections, after a similar rebellion on Friday forced a last-minute backtrack by authorities.
The initial closure order was announced early Friday morning and was to take effect at 5 p.m. that day. But many restaurants vowed to stay open, panning the short notice they were given, after already having spent large sums to stock up for the weekend. The pressure led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to push off the planned closure from Friday to Tuesday morning.
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