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The empty Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv on April 8, 2020. All intercity travel has been banned until after the first days of Passover. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel approves $6 million in grants to startups, companies combating coronavirus

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The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) approved NIS 22 million (approximately $6 million) in grants last week for 35 startups and companies trying to combat issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. On March 17, the IIA,...
A Pluristem scientist at work. Credit: Pluristem.

US patient receives Israeli coronavirus treatment with 100 percent survival rate

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An American patient diagnosed with the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been given a treatment by Israeli-based Pluristem that, so far, has a 100 percent survival rate. The development, which occurred under the Israel’s compassionate-use program, comes...
Leaders from the international grassroots organization Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) and the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) host a digital event with keynote speakers from Israel, inspirational stories of Christian leaders and a musical concert. Source: Screenshot.

Christians and Jews meet online to probe Israel’s response to pandemic

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Early this month, more than 35,000 Christians and Jews from around the world gathered virtually to learn about Israel’s response to the coronavirus and rising anti-Semitism. Organized by the international grassroots organization Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM)...

Corona curfew, coalition deadline

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As the clock was ticking on Monday evening towards his midnight deadline to form a government, Blue and White Party leader and temporary Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz addressed the Israeli people. Ostensibly explaining to the...
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Coronavirus and coalition politics dominate Israeli news

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They say it’s like a war, but it isn’t. Our wars are shorter, more dramatic, with something like an end coming after days or weeks. And those running them are more regimented and united. It’s possible...
Israeli soldiers in the Home Front Command Unit give out food packages to elderly people in Jerusalem obliged to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, April 7, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli coronavirus cases near 12,000; death toll reaches 118

As of Tuesday morning, 11,868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus, which has so far killed 118 people in the country. According to the country’s Health Ministry, 181 patients are currently listed in serious...
United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer. Source: United Hatzalah via Facebook.

United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer off ventilator, begins recovery from COVID-19

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United Hatzalah founder Eli Beer woke up from a coma and was taken off a ventilator on April 9 at the University of Miami Hospital, where he is recovering from the coronavirus. The 46-year-old, who...
Israel Defense Forces' personnel have taken over the handling of international arrivals at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.

Israeli defense company begins production of thousands of advanced ventilators

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 Israeli defense company Elbit Systems has set up a new production line to make thousands of advanced ventilators for hospitals in recent days. A senior company source told JNS that the production line at Elbit...
Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, spray disinfectant in the streets of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2020, during a campaign aimed at slowing down the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

A pandemic anti-Semitism ceasefire? Not a chance

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Two weeks ago, something highly unusual happened. The United Nations praised Israel. The cause for this remarkable exception to the general rule of the world body’s Israel-bashing was the cooperation between Israel and the...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida

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It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals. What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...