Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90
A man checks the temperature of a customer to be sure he does not have fever at the entrance to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, closed down for several weeks in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and thanks to huge pressure from the vendors and stall owners, Jerusalem’s iconic Mahane Yehuda open air market reopened on Thursday for business.

The opening came following a major discussion that took place between the representatives of the stall vendors, the heads of the business owners in the market, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kachlon, all of whom met via Zoom to discuss the matter.

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Less than a week ago, a well-known stall vendor in the iconic open air market died by his own hand after becoming overwhelmed by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.

The tragedy, made public on Sunday by the IDF’s Galei Tzahal Army Radio, further infuriated the other stall owners and business vendors at the market who have been hit very hard by the closures due to the pandemic.

As a result, dozens of stall owners clashed with police in an angry demonstration to demand the government allow the reopening of the market.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.