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Daily Archives: March 16, 2020

A man prays at synagogue. Credit: Pixabay.

Is the virus hurting Jewish communities or showing their strength?

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For many Jewish communities in the United States, this was the week when synagogues were abandoned. In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many houses of worship were empty and may...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 8, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel needs a ‘national responsibility government’

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On Sunday, after a year of political deadlock, the eight parties that would be sworn into the Knesset the following day submitted to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin their recommendations for who should be tasked...
The logo of the "Africa for Palestine" group, formerly BDS South Africa. Source: Twitter

‘Rebranding’ BDS on the African continent

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The BDS movement, whose goal is for rest of the world to quarantine the State of Israel as though it was the coronavirus, is undergoing a “rebranding” in its South African heartland. Last week, BDS...
Entry sign to the state of Florida. Credit: Flickr.

Biden campaign launches Jewish outreach effort in Florida

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The Democratic presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden started a Jewish outreach initiative in Florida, where there are as many as 650,000 Jews—a good number of them seniors—on Sunday ahead of the state’s primary...
Natan Sharansky. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sharansky, Carr blast those attempting to blame Jews for coronavirus

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The Combat Anti-Semitism Movement held a digital awards ceremony on Sunday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Human-rights advocate and former Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky and U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr discussed anti-Semitic...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 8, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israeli COVID-19 cases hit 250, government mulls stricter measures

Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed Monday that the number of COVID-19 patients in the country had increased to 250. Four patients are in serious condition and the rest are showing little to no symptoms, according...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz arrives for a meeting with Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman in Ramat Gan on March 9, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Netanyahu rival Gantz to get first chance to form a government

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic firmly on most Israelis’ minds, the country’s political mayhem continued to unfold on Sunday as party leaders met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin for consultations in the wake of the...
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett meets with defense officials to discuss new protocols regarding Israelis who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, COVID-19. Credit: Naftali Bennett via Facebook.

IDF takes emergency steps to protect health of soldiers and civilians alike

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, the Israel’s defense ministry and Israel Defense Forces are taking unprecedented steps to both protect soldiers from infection and ensure readiness, as well as assisting infected civilians. Israeli...
Israel's Joint Arab List Party head Ayman Odeh speaks to the media outside his home in Haifa, a day after the Israeli general elections, March 3, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Joint List unanimously backs Gantz for Israeli premiership

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All 15 lawmakers of the Joint List alliance of Arab and Arab-majority parties on Sunday recommended Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as Israel’s next prime minister, marking...
Palestinians prepare an incendiary device to be flown towards Israel, near the Israel-Gaza border in the central Gaza Strip, Feb. 10, 2020. Photo by Ali Ahmed/Flash90.

Israel’s Light Blade can down Gazan kites and explosive balloons

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In early 2018, professor Udi Ben-Ami at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was working on a laser system for cutting thick plastic for greenhouses. But when terrorists from the Gaza Strip started sending explosive devices...