Tag: COVID-19
Israel puts two cities on partial lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a partial lockdown on Tuesday on the haredi city of Elad in central Israel, and on five haredi neighborhoods in Tiberias. Non-residents are forbidden to enter the restricted zones for one week...
Israeli defense exports reached $7.2 billion in 2019, growth expected to slow
Israel, one of the world’s largest exporters of military technology and expertise, exported $7.2 billion worth of arms in 2019—down from $7.5 billion the previous year due to the coronavirus, according to a Defense...
Women’s hackathon in Jerusalem results in solutions for pandemic’s acute needs
Nearly 100 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Tal and Lustig campuses for women, comprised of religious and Ultra-Orthodox students, completed a 44-hour online hackathon in which they designed and marketed innovative solutions...
Israel steps up enforcement measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
Israel on Monday approved a series of steps regarding the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including beefing up enforcement measures and authorizing the creation of a new national enforcement authority.
Among the steps approved...
Palestinians put West Bank cities on lockdown following spike in coronavirus cases
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Saturday that lockdowns will be put in place in Hebron and Nablus following a surge in COVID-19 infections in the P.A.-controlled cities.
In an emergency meeting on...
Israel on edge as COVID-19 numbers start to surge
Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday ordered hospitals to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus as infections climbed to more than 300 per day.
The ministry diagnosed 341 cases in the past 24 hours—the highest...
Jewish music bigs Benny Friedman and Mordechai Shapiro belt it out for charity
More than 5,000 people tuned in to the virtual “Battle of the Singers,” featuring well-known Jewish entertainers Benny Friedman and Mordechai Shapiro, and sponsored by the Orthodox Union’s Yachad leading organization for individuals with...
New model by Israel Aerospace Industries uses AI to forecast changes in COVID-19 patients
Israeli defense company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a model that predicts changes from one day to the next in the medical status of COVID-19 patients, using artificial intelligence, big data and machine-learning...
Israel’s trains to resume operations; cultural events of up to 250 people allowed
Israel’s train service will resume operations under new regulations on June 22 after being shuttered three months ago, the country’s coronavirus Cabinet announced on Wednesday.
Just 500 passengers—75 percent of the railcars’ capacity—will be allowed...
Israeli finance minister: ‘No room’ for another full COVID-19 lockdown
Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz said there will not be another wide-scale coronavirus lockdown in the country, and that any new measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 will be more narrowly targeted.
“We won’t...