Tag: Coronavirus
Some 200,000 Israelis have had COVID-19, new study shows
According to a new study by Tel Aviv University in conjunction with Magen David Adom and the Israeli Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control, some 2.5 percent of Israel’s population, or some 200,000 people,...
Health Ministry: Israel to keep borders closed until July
Israel will keep its borders closed to non-citizens until at least July 1, according to Israeli Health Ministry deputy director-general Itamar Grotto.
“We are still in the stage of preparing to reopen Ben-Gurion airport. We...
Thousands of Israeli students quarantined after COVID-19 cases found in schools
Multiple schools have been closed in Israel and thousands of students sent into quarantine after multiple students and staff members at schools in Jerusalem, Beersheva and Hadera tested positive for coronavirus.
In Hadera, a high...
Temple Mount reopens to worshippers for first time in two months
Jews arrived in droves to ascend to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, the first time that the sacred site was reopened to Jewish visitation since being closed due to COVID-19 concerns...
Netanyahu: ‘The Palestinians have to concede, not Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, and in the Jordan Valley in particular, is a historical step. This is nothing new. However, he apparently doesn’t view...
Israel’s State Comptroller to review government response to coronavirus
Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced on Sunday that his office will hold an in-depth review of the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Israel had recorded 17,106 coronavirus cases as of Monday morning. Some 14,811...
Iranian official: Coronavirus is the handiwork of America
The head of Iran’s Ammar Strategic Advisory Base, Mehdi Taeb, said in a video posted online in March that the coronavirus is the handiwork of the United States, and that the Iranian city of...
AIPAC cancels 2021 policy conference due to concerns about coronavirus
The annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., has been canceled for 2021 due to issues concerning the coronavirus, announced the pro-Israel lobby’s president, Betsy Berns Korn, in a mass email on Sunday.
“On behalf...
‘It’s not over’: Netanyahu urges Israeli public to follow COVID-19 regulations
Israeli schools will remain open despite a COVID-19 outbreak at a high school, the country’s Health Ministry said on Saturday, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that coronavirus curbs would be reimposed if infection rates...
Israel’s Health Ministry warns of new outbreak following sharp spike in COVID-19 cases
Israel’s Health Ministry held a special media briefing on Friday, citing a troubling spike in the number of coronavirus cases diagnosed daily.
After several days in which the daily tally dropped to single digits and,...