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Blue and White Party Head Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabia Hotel in Ramat Gan on March 07 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Gantz foments Knesset crisis as Netanyahu leads coronavirus response

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 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...
Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for COVID-19 in a lab at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel, on March 17, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli researchers announce new, faster testing method for COVID-19

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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...
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at the memorial ceremony for the late Israeli President Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Sept. 19, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Unity talks continue despite Knesset shutdown, COVID-19 crisis

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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...
Baggage claim area at Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 2020. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Israel bars foreigners from entering nation; minister says headed for ‘full shutdown’

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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...
A sign announcing the closure of a playground in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat. The government ordered all bars, restaurants, malls and public entertainment areas to close in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, March 18, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Coronavirus causes a surge of unemployment in Israel

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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...
Actress Rosanna Arquette. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Rosanna Arquette alleges Israel knew about virus, put ‘lives at risk for profit’

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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...
Sign when entering Kiryas Joel, a Chassidic community in Upstate New York. Source: Screenshot.

White House tells Chassidic community to follow coronavirus measures

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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...
A view of Milan, Italy. Credit: Jöshua Barnett/contemplicity.com via Flickr.

Former leader of Jewish community in Milan, 79, dies from coronavirus

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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...
Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Coronavirus and the Palestinians

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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...
A woman wears a face mask for fear of coronavirus infection, on a flight from Israel to Italy on Feb. 21, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel evacuates backpackers stranded in Peru

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that a passenger jet will be sent to Peru to begin evacuating Israelis that were stranded in the South American country when it shut its borders in an...