Tag: COVID-19
Israel must get morbidity down by Sept. 1 to avoid lockdown, says national task...
Israel’s National Coronavirus Project Manager Roni Gamzu said on Wednesday that if the country’s COVID-19 morbidity levels don’t decline by Sept. 1, local or national lockdowns will have to be considered.
Following a meeting of...
What to teach (and not teach) your children about Israel
As if Jewish educators didn’t have enough problems these days, actor Seth Rogen set off a controversy which, along with giving his new Jewish-themed movie undeserved publicity, focused attention on the failures of Jewish...
Pandemic, opposition to Netanyahu mark August
Dog days of August? Or political morass, with no effective leadership? And wandering amidst a pandemic that can be ignored. By some.
Israel has recently been mired in a quarrel as to whether to budget...
Even during the pandemic, it’s always the Jews …
One of the most frightening twists of the global coronavirus pandemic is the worldwide uptick in anti-Semitism. This almost included a prime-time slot on Fox’s “Soul TV” for America’s most notorious anti-Semite, Louis Farrakhan....
The perils of COVID incumbency create a summer of woe
Only a few months ago, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to illustrate the vast differences in management skills between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The former was slow to react to the...
100-plus Israeli tech companies work to develop solutions against corona
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is being experienced in countries around the world, and Israel is no exception. Many Israeli startup and tech companies are facing great challenges in their ability to...
349 Israelis in serious condition as coronavirus death toll rises to 554
More than 22,000 coronavirus tests conducted in Israel from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday resulted in 1,801 new confirmed cases, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
According to Health Ministry data, as of Tuesday afternoon,...
Israeli Finance Ministry report: Economy unlikely to reach pre-pandemic growth until 2025
Israel’s Finance Ministry assesses in a new report that it could take the economy until 2025 to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rates and growth statistics.
According to the report, released on Sunday by Channel 13,...
Israeli health minister says coronavirus infection rate flattening out
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that the coronavirus curve was again flattening, but said that the numbers were still far too high.
During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister...
Israel begins rollout of COVID-19 stimulus payments
More than 1 million Israeli citizens woke up on Sunday to find that a one-time government stimulus payment had been deposited into their bank account, according to Israeli media reports.
The country’s National Insurance Institute...