Report: Israel-China corona-lab deal stalls over DNA database access
Israel’ largest health-care provider, Clalit, has decided not to cooperate with a Chinese government company on coronavirus testing for fear that it would compromise the DNA data of its 4.9 million members, the N12 news site...
Italy approves experimental Israeli drug used to treat hospitalized corona patients
The Israeli biopharmaceutical firm Redhill Biopharma has treated a coronavirus patient in Israel with an experimental drug that aims to lessen symptoms, following Italy’s approval of its use, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
A coronavirus hospital...
Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment officially launched
Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment, sponsored by Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation and compiled by a panel of medical experts from the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAZHU) according to their clinical...
UK’s Labour elects new leader after Corbyn with goal to quash anti-Semitism in party
The U.K. Labour Party elected Keir Starmer over the weekend as its new leader, replacing Jeremy Corbyn, who has long been accused of letting anti-Semitism plague the party, in addition to himself holding hateful...
Pakistan rearrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case
The four men acquitted in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Peal in Pakistan have been rearrested and will remain in custody pending prosecutors appealing the ruling in the country’s Supreme...
Cooperation between Israel, Palestinians in fighting virus applauded during UN call
The U.N. Security Council held its monthly discussion on the Middle East via a video conference on Monday.
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov opened the discussion by praising the recent cooperation between...
American Jewish Committee cancels global forum in Berlin due to pandemic
American Jewish Committee has canceled its annual global forum due to the coronavirus pandemic, announced the organization on Thursday.
It was scheduled to be held in Berlin from June 14-17.
“It was a tough call to...
Canadian ambassador to Israel appointed UN special envoy for Afghanistan
Canadian Ambassador to Israel Deborah Lyons has been appointed as the U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan, said U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric in a press briefing on Tuesday.
“United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced the appointment of...
Last German honored as ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Yad Vashem dies
Gertrud Steinl, the last living German honored by Yad Vashem—the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem—for saving Jews during the years of World War II and the Holocaust, died on March 22 on the eve of...
EU sending 20 million euros to aid virus-embattled Iran
The European Union is planning to send 20 million euros in humanitarian aid to Iran as it struggles with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The E.U. will also support Tehran’s request for IMF financial help, E.U. foreign-policy...