Tag: COVID-19

Israel Defense Forces’ Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the military’s point man with respect to managing the pandemic, is something of a lonely man these days. Given the restrictions imposed due...

Five Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Monday, bringing the national death toll to 110. Four of the fatalities were elderly individuals with pre-existing medical conditions, while no details have yet been released regarding...

Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos are doing their bit to contribute to the country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic: Aside from sending some of its personnel to help distribute food and medicine at...

Israel’ largest health-care provider, Clalit, has decided not to cooperate with a Chinese government company on coronavirus testing for fear that it would compromise the DNA data of its 4.9 million members, the N12 news site...

Several Jerusalem neighborhoods went into full lockdown on Sunday afternoon following a late-night Security Cabinet meeting. The lockdown primarily focuses on ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods with high COVID-19 morbidity rates and will remain in effect until...

A report submitted last week by a team of experts appointed by Israel’s National Security Council presented what it said were the necessary preconditions for exiting the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus...

The list of signatories to a new letter organized by the Israel Policy Forum protesting the possibility of Israel passing legislation in the upcoming months to annex parts of the West Bank is full of familiar...

The Israeli biopharmaceutical firm Redhill Biopharma has treated a coronavirus patient in Israel with an experimental drug that aims to lessen symptoms, following Italy’s approval of its use, The Jewish Chronicle reported on Tuesday. A coronavirus hospital...

Human-rights activist Natan Sharansky, the winner of this year’s $1 million Genesis Prize award, has asked the Genesis Prize Foundation to donate the money to help organizations and individuals impacted by the coronavirus, the...

My dear people of Israel, this year we are celebrating the Passover seder in difficult circumstances, in the shadow of coronavirus, a plague for modern times. It has necessitated harsh rules for us all. Suddenly,...