Liberman warns Israel will pay a 'heavy price' for decision, accuses Ronni Gamzu of 'failed decision-making'

Days after signaling opposition, Ronni Gamzu approves plan to allow in thousands of yeshiva and university students, warns against violating quarantine conditions

Meanwhile, Health Minister Edelstein says outcry over program is 'anti-Semitism,' and anyway majority of those arriving are not ultra-Orthodox

Postdocs, medical students and others for whom distance learning is not possible arrive at special quarantine dorms at universities as Israel continues to relax restrictions

With several leading rabbis reluctant to comply with Health Ministry orders to shut down schools and yeshivas, many students believe they are not at risk from coronavirus pandemic