Tag: Vaccine
PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday denied accusations that its vaccine rollout plan was based on cronyism and lacked transparency. The finger-pointing was raised in a letter sent by the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human...
Israel’s health minister says 90 percent of those over 50 ‘vaccinated or recovered’
Ninety percent of Israelis over the age of 50 have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, said Israeli health minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday.
Seventy-five percent are eligible for a “Green Pass,” noted Edelstein,...
Israel approves $45 million program to fight crime in Arab communities
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved the allocation of 150 million shekels ($45 million) to combat crime in the country’s Arab sector, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The money will go towards...
Who’s legitimizing the vaccine blood libel?
Don’t put all the blame on “Saturday Night Live” and Michael Che.
One of the show’s head writers and the co-host of its “Weekend Update” skit was guilty of spreading a hateful smear of Israel during the show’s most...
Netanyahu: Children under 16 likely to be vaccinated by summer
Israel will reach a critical milestone by the end of March and the beginning of April in the nationwide effort to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel Hayom.
Netanyahu said that he...
United Hatzalah to suspend volunteers who decline vaccination
Eli Beer, founder and president of United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest volunteer-based emergency medical service, ordered all chapter heads nationwide—Jewish, Muslim and Christian, both secular and religious—to make sure that all of the volunteers in their...
A pregnant pause to consider vaccine denial
A tragedy that befell a Jerusalem family this week and resonated throughout the country should serve as a cautionary tale. A pregnant mother of four was admitted last Tuesday to the COVID-19 intensive-care unit...
Israeli Health Ministry: Pfizer vaccine close to 99 percent effective
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is close to 99 percent effective in preventing death, hospitalization and severe cases of the disease, according to data released on Saturday by the Israeli Health Ministry.
The study compared those...
Netanyahu urges those over age 50 to get vaccinated ASAP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a fervent appeal on Tuesday to the 570,000 people over 50 years old in Israel who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Almost 100 percent of the deaths...
Israel, Cyprus announce ‘green passport’ travel agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades announced at a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday that the two countries had reached a “green passport” tourism agreement.
Under the agreement, which...