Daily Archives: March 23, 2020
400,000 people worldwide tune in for livestreamed concert by Idan Raichel
More than 400,000 people from around the world tuned in to watch renowned Israeli musician Idan Raichel’s livestreamed concert from his Tel Aviv living room on Sunday evening.
As part of the special event hosted by the...
Rabbinical organization in Israel forms food-distribution system for elderly amid virus
An Israeli rabbinical organization has created what it claims is a unique volunteer system for the distribution of food and basic necessities to the elderly and other homebound Israelis amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
The...
New Russian Jewish group seeks to mend Israel-Diaspora ties
Israel is currently battling two simultaneous crises: the first with the deadly coronavirus pandemic and another on the political front with advocates on both sides arguing that democracy is under threat.
Amid the political fallout,...
Are there enough hospital beds for Covid-19 and gun victims?
Baltimore Mayor Jack Young sounded a curious plea this past Wednesday: “We cannot clog our hospitals and their beds with people that are being shot senselessly because we’re going to need those beds for...
‘Constitutional’ sabotage of the democratic process
This week, Israel’s “center-left” bloc of political parties formally jettisoned former Israeli Chief Justice Aaron Barak’s constitutional vision and instead embraced the understanding of parliamentary sovereignty most commonly associated with the right. For decades,...
Lies, Transparency and Pandemics
Has the world ever been this perfectly synchronized? Whether you wake up in an isolated hamlet in one part of the globe or a teeming city in another, whatever your language or your time...
High Court orders Edelstein to schedule a vote on his replacement by Wednesday
Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein must schedule a parliamentary vote on his replacement by Wednesday.
The Likud Party, to which Edelstein belongs, had previously said that a...
Israeli COVID-19 cases exceed 1,200; Defense Ministry asks to be put in charge
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infections in the country had climbed to 1,238, with 24 people being in serious condition. The majority of cases are...
Israel announces ‘national emergency plan’ to rescue Israelis stranded abroad
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Saturday announced the creation of a “national emergency plan” to bring home Israelis stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ministry said in a press release that “Israeli...
Netanyahu urges Gantz to join unity government, vows ‘no shticks and tricks’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that his Likud Party and rival Blue and White Party had reached agreement on the outlines of a national unity government, and called on Blue...