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Coronavirus: Businesses Losing Hope as Israel's 3rd Lockdown Continues

As Israel’s third lockdown continues in its second month, anger has turned into a sense of hopelessness for small businesses.

“At this point, I just don’t know what to do,” said Jan Elazar Refoua, who owns the Ora gift shop in Jerusalem’s city center. “They tell us to close; they tell us to open. We can’t go on like this. We have been here for 40 years, and we have always worked with tourists. But now there are no tourists. Other than a few people calling to place orders, there’s nothing.”

“We have gotten some help from government grants, and they helped, but they aren’t enough,” he said. “If we open in the next week, we can keep the business going. But we don’t want to sit at home getting grants. We want to work.” (JPost / VFI News)

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