Tag: Coronavirus
Corona curfew, coalition deadline
As the clock was ticking on Monday evening towards his midnight deadline to form a government, Blue and White Party leader and temporary Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz addressed the Israeli people.
Ostensibly explaining to the...
Coronavirus and coalition politics dominate Israeli news
They say it’s like a war, but it isn’t.
Our wars are shorter, more dramatic, with something like an end coming after days or weeks. And those running them are more regimented and united.
It’s possible...
Israeli coronavirus cases near 12,000; death toll reaches 118
As of Tuesday morning, 11,868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus, which has so far killed 118 people in the country. According to the country’s Health Ministry, 181 patients are currently listed in serious...
United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer off ventilator, begins recovery from COVID-19
United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer woke up from a coma and was taken off a ventilator on April 9 at the University of Miami Hospital, where he is recovering from the coronavirus.
The 46-year-old, who...
Israeli defense company begins production of thousands of advanced ventilators
Israeli defense company Elbit Systems has set up a new production line to make thousands of advanced ventilators for hospitals in recent days.
A senior company source told JNS that the production line at Elbit...
A pandemic anti-Semitism ceasefire? Not a chance
Two weeks ago, something highly unusual happened. The United Nations praised Israel. The cause for this remarkable exception to the general rule of the world body’s Israel-bashing was the cooperation between Israel and the...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida
It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals.
What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...
Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir: ‘We have to make the most of the IDF’s abilities...
Israel Defense Forces’ Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the military’s point man with respect to managing the pandemic, is something of a lonely man these days. Given the restrictions imposed due...
Israel’s death toll rises to 110; former chief rabbi dies of COVID-19 complications
Five Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Monday, bringing the national death toll to 110. Four of the fatalities were elderly individuals with pre-existing medical conditions, while no details have yet been released regarding...
IDF naval commandos give Israeli coronavirus patients a hand
Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos are doing their bit to contribute to the country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic: Aside from sending some of its personnel to help distribute food and medicine at...