Tag: COVID-19
Breakthrough in bringing COVID-19 vaccine to Israel
“Significant progress” was made late Wednesday night in removing bureaucratic impediments to signing a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to enable the import of the coronavirus vaccine to Israel, the Prime Minister’s Office stated...
Report: COVID outbreak in Israel to worsen over winter
A new report from the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center finds that Israel is likely to see a spike in infections over the winter, when people will convene in small indoor spaces. The...
Netanyahu calls for Jewish-Arab unity at Knesset meeting on violence in Arab society
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a message of Jewish-Arab unity while warning against complacency with regard to the dangers of COVID-19.
During a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Combating Violence in...
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19 complications
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19. He was 65 years old.
Erekat was diagnosed with the coronavirus in early October. Having undergone a lung transplant in 2017, he was...
Netanyahu welcomes Pfizer vaccine announcement, says ‘end in view’ for pandemic
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s announcement that its COVID-19 has a 90 percent efficacy rate marked “an important day in the global struggle against coronavirus.”
Several other companies were...
A downsized Thanksgiving still means turkey and pie
Thanksgiving is the most widely celebrated American holiday, but this year, it’s going to look a little like Passover—families in their homes, eating a festive meal separately, maybe with a Zoom call planned. With...
In surprise move, third top Israeli health official resigns
Israel’s Health Ministry Deputy Director Itamar Grotto announced his resignation on Sunday in what some in the health-care system described as a “surprising move.”
Grotto is the third senior Health Ministry official to resign since...
Netanyahu: Retail shops to reopen Sunday with four-customer limit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that retail shops will be allowed to resume business on Sunday, with a four-customer limit.
Netanyahu said that the decision was reached during Wednesday’s coronavirus Cabinet meeting,...
Reinvented Shabbat Project to ‘bring Shabbat home’ in more than 1,600 cities worldwide
In a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, the seventh annual international Shabbat Project is organizing virtual pre-Shabbat events and providing educational materials for an intimate home-based Shabbat experience in more than 1,600 cities...
Retail stores in Israel start to open, despite government coronavirus restrictions
Some large retail merchandise chains and small shops in Israel are defying the government restrictions and opening their doors in protest against the government’s lockdown, which, like so many other nations worldwide, has been...