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Online learning for elementary and middle school students to end Thursday

Online learning for elementary and middle school students to end Thursday

Summer vacation, fall holidays to be shortened; teachers reach agreement with treasury, will get paid leave until after Passover   Online learning for elementary and… Read More ›

Coronavirus: With only around 300 cases, why is Israel in near-lockdown?

Coronavirus: With only around 300 cases, why is Israel in near-lockdown?

Almost every aspect of the country’s crippling medical system can be understood as the coronavirus crisis unfolds.   The novel coronavirus that has spread across… Read More ›

Now is not the time to attack Netanyahu

Now is not the time to attack Netanyahu

Opinion: As the coronavirus keeps spreading worldwide, some journalists have leveled irresponsible criticism at the PM and the tough decisions he must make; this stems… Read More ›

Netanyahu rebukes a complacent Israeli public: This isn’t vacation. Stay home!

Netanyahu rebukes a complacent Israeli public: This isn’t vacation. Stay home!

As virus cases rise to 337, PM says ‘too many’ failing to grasp gravity of situation; top health official warns thousands could die, with hundreds… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Israel places severe limits on public, private sectors

Coronavirus: Israel places severe limits on public, private sectors

Close to 300 Israelis sick with COVID-19.   The government imposed increasingly severe limits on both the public and private sector on Monday evening, as… Read More ›

Fighting coronavirus should not weaken Israeli democracy

Fighting coronavirus should not weaken Israeli democracy

Opinion: A caretaker government that does not have majority support from voters or members of Knesset must not be allowed to decide on measures that… Read More ›

Ministers approve controversial phone tracking program to halt virus

Ministers approve controversial phone tracking program to halt virus

Emergency measure okayed unanimously in late night phone vote; PM says order to snoop on citizens with advanced technology will be in effect for 30… Read More ›

Rivlin negotiating unity government with Netanyahu, Gantz

Rivlin negotiating unity government with Netanyahu, Gantz

Majority recommends Gantz to form coalition.   President Reuven Rivlin brought together Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and the negotiating… Read More ›

China’s coronavirus past is Israel’s future

China’s coronavirus past is Israel’s future

Opinion: Experts speculated that the People’s Republic would be best place to handle a crisis like this, as opposed to Western countries, which were thought… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial postponed under emergency order

Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial postponed under emergency order

All non-urgent court sessions with the exception of bail hearings are postponed under the order.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial has been postponed as… Read More ›

Number of Israel’s coronavirus cases rises to 178, say health officials

Number of Israel’s coronavirus cases rises to 178, say health officials

Health Ministry says most of the patients are hospitalized, with a handful of the infected being treated at home; the number represents an increase of… Read More ›

No more daycare, restaurants, gyms or prayer quorums: The new virus regulations

No more daycare, restaurants, gyms or prayer quorums: The new virus regulations

Following up on Netanyahu’s announcement, Health Ministry lays out long list of businesses, services and activities that Israelis will now have to do without  … Read More ›

Overcoming the ‘corona’-virus of politics? – analysis

Overcoming the ‘corona’-virus of politics? – analysis

For weeks, it looked like Israeli politicians across the political spectrum were so infected by the virus of politics that they were putting it ahead… Read More ›

PM calls for emergency government with Gantz to tackle coronavirus

PM calls for emergency government with Gantz to tackle coronavirus

Saying virus does ‘not differentiate’ between Jews and non-Jews, political left and right, Netanyahu appeals to Blue & White leader, vowing that they ‘we will… Read More ›

Despite fears and stigma, most recover from coronavirus illness

Despite fears and stigma, most recover from coronavirus illness

At least 60,000 people have recovered from COVID-19, with most reporting only mild symptoms no worse than a cold or flu   SEATTLE, Washington (AP)… Read More ›

Israel protests Russian FM Lavrov’s meeting with Islamic Jihad leader

Israel protests Russian FM Lavrov’s meeting with Islamic Jihad leader

The Russian side “reaffirmed its firm commitment to the two-state principle” based on UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative,… Read More ›

Israel’s coronavirus cases reach 100, health officials confirm

Israel’s coronavirus cases reach 100, health officials confirm

Health Ministry says at least 91 of the infected are hospitalized, with two being in a serious condition; 4 others are in a moderate condition,… Read More ›

OP-ED: The day the PM, trying to stop a pandemic, asked us to rethink human contact

OP-ED: The day the PM, trying to stop a pandemic, asked us to rethink human contact

No handshakes, hugs, kisses. Caps on weddings, communal prayer, concerts. No overseas travel. It’s no way to live, yet in the virus’s shadow, we are… Read More ›

CLOSED!! Home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita

CLOSED!! Home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita

Due to the rise in concern about the spread of the Corona virus, family members announced that, at least until the next week, Rav Chaim… Read More ›

President Reuven Rivlin receives official March 2 election results

President Reuven Rivlin receives official March 2 election results

“There are many who are looking here with hope that answers will come from this house. The answers are for you to find,” Rivlin said.… Read More ›