?A municipality worker blocks the door as a firefighter sprays disinfectant as a precaution? against the coronavirus at the Moshe Dayan Railway Station in Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel, Sunday, March 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 9:23 a.m.
Netanyahu rival becomes parliament speaker, signaling deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival was chosen on Thursday as the new speaker of parliament, an unexpected step that could pave the way to a power-sharing deal between the two men as the country grapples with a worsening coronavirus crisis.