Daily Archives: April 20, 2020
‘Nationwide curfew could be imposed during Israel’s Memorial Day’
A senior Israeli defense official warned on Sunday that the government may for the first time in the country’s history impose a nationwide 24-hour curfew during memorial day next week to prevent a major...
Iran threatens ‘decisive’ action to US ‘miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf
Iran’s Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (NEDSA) said in a statement published on its affiliated Sepah News website on Sunday that its response to U.S. “error in calculation” in the Persian Gulf and...
Al-Aqsa mosque prayer banned during Ramadan due to coronavirus fears
Prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City will be banned during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in order to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Muslim clerics said on Thursday.
The Jordan-appointed...
Israeli Cabinet eases coronavirus restrictions, allowing some businesses to reopen
Israel on Sunday began easing some of the restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, making allowances for prayer quorums and allowing many businesses to reopen.
The new measures were a source...
China’s official Arabic-language TV: Coronavirus came from the US
China’s official Arabic-language TV station last month aired a video arguing that the coronavirus pandemic originated outside China, and likely in the United States.
In an episode of “China View” that aired on March 17...
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, by Binem Heller
In Varshever Ghetto is haynt joidesh nisn, escrito por Binem Heller, declamado por Hadassa Kestin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGmHz5U70E
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Binem Heller
Binem Heller was a...
Feeling Alive In Social Isolation
So now the new norm is going to be that no one is going to be shaking hands anymore. Touch is out. We are going to be viewing one another from a safe distance,...