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Opposition pulls 1,000 amendments in marathon Knesset session

Opposition pulls 1,000 amendments in marathon Knesset session

“We are finally ending the political dead end,” said Blue and White MK Eitan Ginzburg.   The Knesset plenum had been set to vote all… Read More ›

From New York to Milan, how coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities worldwide

From New York to Milan, how coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities worldwide

While Israel, with 238 dead, has virus largely under control, Jewish rate of death is exponentially higher in Diaspora where COVID-19 is devastating parts of… Read More ›

Israel must reopen carefully to avoid fresh outbreak

Israel must reopen carefully to avoid fresh outbreak

Opinion: As confident as I am in the healthcare system’s ability to cope with the coronavirus epidemic, reopening the country too quickly could see the… Read More ›

Gantz at Independence Day ceremony: Israel must prepare for tough times

Gantz at Independence Day ceremony: Israel must prepare for tough times

“We will win war” against coronavirus, Knesset speaker says   Knesset Speaker Benny Gantz compared the fight against the coronavirus to Israel’s wars in his… Read More ›

High Court: Shabak can’t track patients’ phones without legislation

High Court: Shabak can’t track patients’ phones without legislation

Gov’t zigzags on 500-meter limit for sporting activity * Cabinet to meet on returning to school today * Death toll hits 201 * No new… Read More ›

Finding coronavirus vaccine is international effort

Finding coronavirus vaccine is international effort

Opinion: Many global organizations have warned us for years that a worldwide epidemic was imminent, but Israel’s leaders brushed them off and the country was… Read More ›

Before Israel reboots its economy…

Before Israel reboots its economy…

Opinion: Although the national campaign against coronavirus is far from over, our leaders must show the lessons they learned in handling the pandemic so we… Read More ›

Sobbing falafel seller, symbol of virus’s financial toll, moves TV crew to tears

Sobbing falafel seller, symbol of virus’s financial toll, moves TV crew to tears

Yuval Carmi, banned from operating his shop amid pandemic and deep in debt, pleads for Netanyahu’s help: ‘I’m embarrassed from my children. I have nothing… Read More ›

The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it’s never manufactured

The Trump administration paid a bankrupt company with zero employees $55 million for N95 masks, which it’s never manufactured

  The Trump administration has awarded a $55 million contract for N95 masks to a company with no experience producing medical supplies and whose parent… Read More ›

Gov’t to discuss Israel’s exit strategy as death toll hits 131

Gov’t to discuss Israel’s exit strategy as death toll hits 131

Arab villages in northern Israel identified as having a high number of infected people * Police issue more than 3,000 tickets   The government will… Read More ›

Israel’s young generation will foot the coronavirus bill

Israel’s young generation will foot the coronavirus bill

Opinion: While the new finance minister will start their term clutching an open checkbook, it is our children who will end up paying for loans… Read More ›

Alone at Passover, but not lonely

Alone at Passover, but not lonely

Opinion: Coronavirus doesn’t only force us to hunker down at home and stock up on toilet paper, it exposes issues we have long suppressed in… Read More ›

With 149,000 cases, New York state becomes world’s top coronavirus hotspot

With 149,000 cases, New York state becomes world’s top coronavirus hotspot

State now has more patients than any country outside the America; Governor Cuomo says epidemic appears to be stabilizing: ‘We are flattening the curve’  … Read More ›

Italy, Spain, and France reported declines in daily coronavirus death tolls. Their governments don’t plan to lift national lockdowns and social distancing rules anytime soon.

Italy, Spain, and France reported declines in daily coronavirus death tolls. Their governments don’t plan to lift national lockdowns and social distancing rules anytime soon.

  Italy, Spain, and France each reported slight declines in daily coronavirus death tolls on Sunday. The three countries responded to the coronavirus with strict national lockdowns in early… Read More ›

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Nursing homes are under a particular threat, as the elderly community is more at risk from the novel COVID-19 than any other age group.  … Read More ›

Netanyahu says public should celebrate Passover, Easter, Ramadan alone

Netanyahu says public should celebrate Passover, Easter, Ramadan alone

Another Israeli succumbs to COVID-19 * Despite suspicion, Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus.   The Israeli public is being asked to celebrate Passover, Easter and… Read More ›

Coronavirus in Gaza is both a threat and an opportunity for Israel

Coronavirus in Gaza is both a threat and an opportunity for Israel

Opinion: Although the northern border appears to pose no threat right now, in the Hamas-controlled enclave a massive COVID-19 outbreak might result in another cross-border… Read More ›

Netanyahu aide reportedly tests positive for coronavirus

Netanyahu aide reportedly tests positive for coronavirus

Prime minister met with adviser on ultra-Orthodox affairs Rivka Paluch on Thursday, raising concerns he may have been exposed to the virus   An adviser… Read More ›

‘That’s when all hell broke loose’: Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals

‘That’s when all hell broke loose’: Coronavirus patients start to overwhelm US hospitals

“We ended up getting our first positive patients — and that’s when all hell broke loose,” said one New York City doctor. The doctor, who… Read More ›

China, On Virus PR Offensive, Sends Masks And Experts Abroad

China, On Virus PR Offensive, Sends Masks And Experts Abroad

  BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against a new virus shifts to Europe and beyond, China is supplying millions of masks and other desperately… Read More ›