http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201014-113330-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-emergency-within-an-emergency-within-an-emergency/ An Emergency within an Emergency within an Emergency - Israel’s “Special Emergency Coronavirus Situation” and Freedom of Assembly Hostovsky Brandes, Tamar eng 2020-10-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Benjamin Netanyahu Coronavirus Emergency freedom of assembly Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On September 17, 2020, I published a blogpost on Verfassungsblog, warning that while COVID-19 has not, at the time, been used in Israel as a justification for banning protests, there was reason for concern. The concern materialized on September 30, 2020. The Knesset amended the Coronavirus Law to allow the government to declare a “special coronavirus emergency situation” which raises an array of questions.