Tag: COVID-19
The pandemic is a time for prayer as well as action
There have been a lot of low points in the discussion about the coronavirus pandemic in the last few weeks. The Trump administration has supplied some of them as the president spoke about the...
Gantz foments Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads coronavirus response
In the midst of a bitter political crisis and without the support of a functioning Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been leading an aggressive response to coronavirus to limit the spread of...
Israeli researchers announce new, faster testing method for COVID-19
Researchers at Israel’s Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus have successfully tested a new method, called “pooling,” that they claim will dramatically increase the country’s ability to test for COVID-19. Because...
Unity talks continue despite Knesset shutdown, COVID-19 crisis
With Israel’s Knesset shut down and amid an ongoing national health crisis, negotiations towards a unity government are quietly continuing.
Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, shut...
Israel bars foreigners from entering nation; minister says headed for ‘full shutdown’
Israel banned foreigners from entering the country unless they have residency permits in order to try to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the Population and Immigration Authority.
“Following two weeks of restricting entry...
Coronavirus causes a surge of unemployment in Israel
More than 100,000 Israelis have been laid off and are eligible for unemployment benefits as a result of the economic situation in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
In a seven-hour period on Wednesday, 28,000...
Rosanna Arquette alleges Israel knew about virus, put ‘lives at risk for profit’
Actress Rosanna Arquette alleged in a now-deleted tweet that Israel “has been working on a vaccine for a year already” and has put “lives at risk for profit.”
“So Israel has been working on...
White House tells Chassidic community to follow coronavirus measures
In a conference call on Tuesday with the White House, Chassidic rabbis and leaders of the Orthodox community were told to follow the U.S. government’s measures and guidance to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) seriously.
After...
Former leader of Jewish community in Milan, 79, dies from coronavirus
Michele Sciama, former secretary-general of the main Jewish communal-life organization in Milan, Italy, died of the coronavirus on March 16 at the age of 79.
Sciama, who was known by those close to him as...
Coronavirus and the Palestinians
Alongside the dramatic health and political developments in Israel, there have also been developments on the Palestinian side, that while not as dramatic are worth watching. The coronavirus scare has captured Palestinian public opinion.
Aside...