Tag: COVID-19
Israel approves coronavirus financial-aid package for small-business owners
The Israeli government approved a new financial-aid package on Sunday for self-employed businesses that have been struggling due to coronavirus restrictions.
The package presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yisrael Katz...
Young American immigrant to Israel revealed as person bidding to purchase El Al
Eli Rozenberg, a 30-year-old immigrant to Israel from the United States, is the person interested in purchasing El Al Israel Airlines, Globes reported on Sunday.
According to the report, the prospective buyer is the son of businessman...
Of 1,000-plus new coronavirus cases, only 8 percent reported among elderly Israelis
The 24-hour period from midnight on Friday to midnight on Saturday saw another 1,147 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel. More than two-thirds (67 percent) of new cases were confirmed in people aged 0-39....
World Jewish leaders: ‘Paradigm has shifted,’ as Israel emerges as pillar in corona crisis
In somewhat of a role reversal, Israel has emerged during the global coronavirus crisis as the main supporter of Jewish communities worldwide.
In a Wednesday briefing with Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog and...
Chief of staff, 10,000 IDF soldiers in quarantine after possible exposure to COVID
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, along with 10,000 active duty and civilian employees, were ordered to quarantine on Thursday after being in close contact with people infected with COVID-19.
Kochavi is entering isolation for...
What The U.S. Coronavirus Response Says About American Exceptionalism
Coronavirus cases in Florida, Arizona and South Carolina are increasing faster than in any other country in the world, reigniting the debate over American exceptionalism. Nick Schifrin talks to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge...
Isaac Herzog: 2,200 Jews died of coronavirus in countries other than US, Russia
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog told Jewish leaders from abroad that the coronavirus has claimed the lives of some 2,200 Diaspora Jews, not counting those from the United States and Russia, the...
Israel’s ‘coronavirus Cabinet’ to weigh lockdowns of heavily infected areas
Israel’s coronavirus Cabinet is meeting on Thursday to discuss imposing closures on areas with high rates of infection.
According to Channel 12, the areas under consideration include Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Beit Shemesh, Ramle, Lod, Yavne,...
Pandemic politics in America and Israel
Nothing better illustrates Thomas Mann’s famous statement that “everything is politics” than the response of opposing ideological camps to the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
This makes sense. The global COVID-19 crisis affects two...
Gantz enters into quarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that he was entering isolation because of possible exposure to a person infected with coronavirus on Sunday evening.
Gantz tweeted on Wednesday: “Let’s start with the bottom line:...