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An illustrative photo of a patient receiving a measles vaccine in Israel. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel looking to purchase experimental Oxford COVID vaccine

Israel is negotiating for the rights to purchase a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine is safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, according...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz lead the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 7, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel adjusts $1.8 billion stimulus plan to exclude top earners

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Israel’s government decided on Monday to move ahead with a plan to disburse cash grants to all citizens to help stimulate the economy amid the COVID-19 crisis, though with a number of caveats. Following a...
Nurses protest against their work conditions at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem on July 20, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s nurses go on strike in protest over staff shortages

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Nurses across Israel launched a strike on Monday to protest staff shortages, which have added to the heavy strain they already endure as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives of the Nurses Association and the Finance Ministry...
Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana holds a press conference in jerusalem, on July 15, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli public security minister to attorney general: ‘Take the threats against Netanyahu seriously’

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Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana called on Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit over the weekend to take seriously what Ohana described as a growing threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family. In...
Orit Farkash-Hacohen, the chair of Israel's Public Utilities Authority, attends a discussion at an Economic Affairs committee meeting in the Knesset on March 18, 2014. Photo by Flash90.

Israel fights UN discrimination with green initiative

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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry unveiled a new program on Sunday that would essentially grade Israeli businesses according to their contribution to society, as part of an effort to offset potential blacklisting by the United...
Medical workers test residents in south Tel Aviv for COVID-19 at a temporary testing site, July 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israel’s COVID-19 cases near 50,000

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The number of coronavirus cases in Israel is rapidly approaching 50,000, the country’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. Some 1,595 people have been diagnosed with the virus between Saturday and Sunday, bringing the tally to...
Liat Ben Ari (center), the lead prosecutor in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial, at the Jerusalem District Court in Jerusalem on July 19, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Witness phase of Netanyahu trial to begin in January, court rules

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The second hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was held on Sunday. During the hearing, Jerusalem District Court Judge Rivka Friedman-Feldman ruled on the order of the cases of the trial—on fraud,...
First-grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school at Hashalom elementary school in Mevaseret Zion, a suburb of Jerusalem. on Sept. 1, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli education minister: Schools to open, but with restrictions

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Israeli Education Minister Yoav Galant announced on Wednesday that the new school year will open on Sept. 1 as usual, but with restrictions in place to stem the spread of coronavirus. Galant told reporters that...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting his stimulus plan in a press conference on July 15, 2020. Source: Facebook.

Netanyahu announces new stimulus plan: Cash for all Israelis

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan on Wednesday night to provide individuals and families with a government grant to help them through the coronavirus crisis and stimulate the economy. In a televised press conference,...
Magen David Adom medical workers perform COVID-19 tests at a drive-through site in Lod, on July 10, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

MDA launches pilot program for 15-minute COVID-19 test

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A Magen David Adom pilot program for a 15-minute coronavirus test was launched in the central Israeli city of Lod on Wednesday with Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch...