For shopkeepers and business owners in the Old City, a brief opening and recent closing have been of little relevance, because their main income base of tourists has not returned. The Israeli pandemic lockdown was partially lifted in May, but Israel went into a second lockdown Sept. 18 after a spike in the number of cases of COVID-19.
Jerusalem in the pandemic
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