Daily Archives: March 25, 2020
Sanders wins Democrats Abroad primary with nearly 37 percent of vote in Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won the Democrats Abroad primary, winning nearly 37 percent of vote of Americans living in Israel, announced Democrats Abroad on Monday.
In Israel, out of 638 votes, Sanders received 236, while the...
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...
Israel Aerospace Industries works with startups developing quantum technology
Israel’s largest aerospace company has announced a new program for assisting startups, some of which develop up-and-coming quantum technology.
Elta systems, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is teaming up with the Boston-based MassChallenge...
Israeli unemployment rate soars to 18.6 percent; official calls for total lockdown
The unemployment rate in Israel reached 18.6 percent on Tuesday with 91 percent of those now out of work being put on unpaid leave as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The nation’s unemployment rate...
Verter fun der Vokh: פֿרי֜לינג(צײַט – Springtime
acorn: דאָס חזיר־ניסל, ־עך
(begin to) bloom: צעבליִ֜ען זיך; צעצװי֜טע|ן זיך
blossom (n.): דער קװײט, ־ן; די בלום, ־ען
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La Conférence internationale sur le renouveau de la pensée islamique d’Al-Azhar et le rejet...
Par Y. Yehoshua *
En janvier 2020, Al-Azhar – principale institution religieuse en Égypte et dans le monde musulman sunnite – a organisé une conférence internationale sur le renouveau de la pensée islamique, parrainée par...
Imam sur la chaîne Al-Aqsa du Hamas : le coronavirus est un soldat d’Allah
Vendredi 20 mars 2020, veille de l’annonce de deux cas de COVID-19 dans la bande de Gaza, l’imam de Gaza Jamil Al-Mutawa déclarait, dans un sermon prononcé à la Mosquée blanche de Gaza, que...
Coronavirus death toll rises to two in Israel, both over 60
Israel’s second victim of coronavirus—a 67-year-old woman who suffered from “a serious pre-existing medical condition”—died on Tuesday at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
Israel’s first coronavirus fatality was 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even, who was living...