Tag: COVID-19
Israel poised to tighten lockdown as daily COVID-19 tally soars to 6,923
Israel set another negative record on Wednesday, as the Health Ministry pegged the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed in the span of 24 hours at 6,782.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Israel had recorded 200,041...
Due to pandemic, Israel’s president, justice minister announce pardons process for debt due to...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn on Tuesday announced the launch of a special pardons process for those in debt due to fines and those in financial difficulties, due to the...
In pre-recorded UN speech, Trump touts Mideast regional accomplishments
In his speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his accomplishments on Iran and Mideast normalization deals with Israel.
In a pre-recorded address from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room...
Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official
The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...
Report: Israeli Health Ministry head tells hospitals to cease elective procedures, open new COVID-19...
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levi on Monday called on the country’s hospitals to cease performing elective procedures and to take urgent steps to handle the country’s steadily rising coronavirus morbidity rate.
In a...
Israelis brace for High Holidays in shadow of second lockdown
On Rosh Hashanah eve, as Israelis were bracing for a second nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry on Friday morning said it had registered 5,238 new cases in the past...
Rosh Hashanah 5781: Only together
My fellow Israelis, tonight I am speaking to you on the eve of the State of Israel’s second lockdown, and I ask you to open your heart to me and to what I have...
Israeli health minister: Public must understand that ‘we are at war’
With less than a day before Israel becomes the first Western country to impose a second nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein urged the public to adhere to government...
Rules for Israel’s second lockdown
The Israeli Health Ministry, Finance Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office released a joint statement on Wednesday detailing the final list of regulations approved by the Cabinet for the nationwide lockdown scheduled to go into...
Rosh Hashanah prayers during lockdown: A guide for perplexed Israelis
Synagogues across Israel were busy on Wednesday making preparations for Rosh Hashanah prayer services under the shadow of coronavirus and public-health restrictions.
The Health Ministry has issued clarifications for its regulations on holiday prayer, with...