{"id":1403607,"date":"2022-03-28T01:59:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T05:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403607"},"modified":"2022-03-28T02:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T06:00:02","slug":"israeli-pm-bennett-tests-positive-for-covid-official-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-pm-bennett-tests-positive-for-covid-official-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli PM Bennett tests positive for COVID \u2013 official statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-pm-bennett-tests-positive-for-covid-official-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-28T051129Z_1_LYNXNPEI2R078_RTROPTP_0_ISRAEL-POLITICS_1.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister&#8217;s office in Jerusalem, March 27, 2022. Abir Sultan\/Pool via REUTERS\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19 but feels well and will work while self-isolating at home, his office said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The news came hours after Bennett, who has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and received a booster dose, visited the scene of a shooting in the Israeli city of Hadera, where two Arab gunmen killed two police officers before being shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, the prime minister will conduct an assessment \u2026 of last night\u2019s attack,\u201d Bennett\u2019s office added in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Participants would include the ministers of defence and internal security, the military\u2019s chief of staff and the national police chief, it added <\/p>\n<p>Bennett met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The prime minister, who turned 50 on Friday, has been a vocal proponent of vaccinations and masking, while avoiding lockdowns, as Israel battles the pandemic.       <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Maayan Lubell and Clarence Fernandez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister&#8217;s office in Jerusalem, March 27, 2022. 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