Tag: Coronavirus
Chief of staff, 10,000 IDF soldiers in quarantine after possible exposure to COVID
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, along with 10,000 active duty and civilian employees, were ordered to quarantine on Thursday after being in close contact with people infected with COVID-19.
Kochavi is entering isolation for...
What The U.S. Coronavirus Response Says About American Exceptionalism
Coronavirus cases in Florida, Arizona and South Carolina are increasing faster than in any other country in the world, reigniting the debate over American exceptionalism. Nick Schifrin talks to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge...
Isaac Herzog: 2,200 Jews died of coronavirus in countries other than US, Russia
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog told Jewish leaders from abroad that the coronavirus has claimed the lives of some 2,200 Diaspora Jews, not counting those from the United States and Russia, the...
Israel’s ‘coronavirus Cabinet’ to weigh lockdowns of heavily infected areas
Israel’s coronavirus Cabinet is meeting on Thursday to discuss imposing closures on areas with high rates of infection.
According to Channel 12, the areas under consideration include Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Beit Shemesh, Ramle, Lod, Yavne,...
Pandemic politics in America and Israel
Nothing better illustrates Thomas Mann’s famous statement that “everything is politics” than the response of opposing ideological camps to the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
This makes sense. The global COVID-19 crisis affects two...
Gantz enters into quarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that he was entering isolation because of possible exposure to a person infected with coronavirus on Sunday evening.
Gantz tweeted on Wednesday: “Let’s start with the bottom line:...
Israel sees six more COVID-19 deaths, as Beitar Illit declared a restricted zone
Israel recorded six more coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 343, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Since Tuesday, more than 1,000 people tested positive...
Federal judge denies request to open overnight camps in New York state
A federal judge in New York denied a request for an injunction that would have allowed overnight camps in that state to open this summer.
The ruling stems from a case brought against New York Gov. Andrew...
El Al bailout of $400 million likely to result in airline being nationalized
Israel’s national carrier El Al announced on Monday that it had agreed to a government bailout deal that will likely result in the airline’s being nationalized.
According to the terms of the deal, the airline...
Head of Israel’s Public Health Service resigns, says country has ‘lost its way’
Professor Siegal Sadetzki, head of Public Health Services in the Israeli Health Ministry, resigned on Tuesday, voicing harsh criticism of the ministry’s handling of the second wave of COVID-19.
Sadetzki stated in her resignation letter...