The government is due to convene today in order to authorize coronavirus restrictions that will be applied during the upcoming festival of Hanukkah to Jewish communities Inly. Hanukkah begins this evening and lasts for eight days.According to recommendations from the Health Ministry that were given to ministers, from today (December 10) until December 18, citizens will be banned from visiting each other's homes from half past five in the afternoon until midnight. This will apply in all towns and cities where a majority of residents are Jewish. In addition, gatherings (of two people and more) will be forbidden during these hours, unless they are comprised solely of people who live in the same residence.

Yisrael Hayom reports today that PM Netanyahu has received an official invitation to Egypt and will shortly be paying a visit to government leaders in Cairo, citing senior Egyptian officials as its source.Netanyahu will apparently be leaving within a few days, in response to the invitation from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi himself.The Egyptian sources revealed that Al-Sisi and Netanyahu are to discuss a whole raft of regional issues, first and foremost among which will be strengthening their security ties in face of the growing threat from Iran, especially now in light of the expected inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States.

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The chairman of the Blue & White party, MK Eitan Ginzburg, told Reshet Bet this morning that he is not concerned about the results of recent surveys showing his party tanking in the next elections."I'm not worried about the polls," he said. "There's still plenty of time left until elections." He added that "there are no Ingoing negotiations between Blue & White and the Likud party."

Today, Friday: Partially cloudy with temperatures close to the seasonal average.Shabbat: Temperatures to rise slightly.Sunday: Temperatures to rise again to above the seasonal average.

Al-Sisi and Netanyahu reportedly to discuss a range of issues, including strengthening security ties in the face of Iranian threat.

Deputy Minister MK Fateen Mulla (Likud) told Reshet Bet radio In Wednesday that he had been tasked by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to work In a law In the rights of Druze and Circassian residents of Israel."the Prime Minister has appointed me to head a committee to examine the Nationality Law and the Kaminitz Law, and to propose a law that would guarantee the rights of members of the Druze and Circassian communities," he said.

Following his absence during the vote in the Knesset In the Equality Law, Gideon Sa"ar spoke In the phone with the heads of the haredi parties in an attempt to calm their anger at him, Kan 11 News reported In Wednesday.According to the report, Sa"ar tried to explain that he arrived late at the plenum and missed the vote. MK Moshe Gafni refused to accept the call.