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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 ›

‘We are past the time for quarantine’

‘We are past the time for quarantine’

Analysis: The next few weeks will present a growing number of infections and hospitals will need more intensive care units and more respirators; This is… Read More ›

Virus cases in Israel hit 76, including Ben Gurion Airport worker, yeshiva head

Virus cases in Israel hit 76, including Ben Gurion Airport worker, yeshiva head

Airfield employee said admitted to hospital, not tested and released, then diagnosed 2 days later without having been quarantined; Delta suspends NY-TLV route   The… Read More ›

Economic Remedies Abound In Crisis, But Can They Deliver?

Economic Remedies Abound In Crisis, But Can They Deliver?

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has a palette of options it can use to shore up an economy imperiled by anxiety over the coronavirus… Read More ›

CDC: Older Americans should consider stocking up on food and medications and avoid venturing out as coronavirus spreads

CDC: Older Americans should consider stocking up on food and medications and avoid venturing out as coronavirus spreads

  In a media briefing on Monday about the novel coronavirus, Dr. Nancy Messonnier focused on making recommendations for people at a higher risk of getting… Read More ›

El Al CEO: ‘National responsibility’ means int’l flights must continue

El Al CEO: ‘National responsibility’ means int’l flights must continue

Flights will be operated according to the level of customer demand, Usishkin said, after the government decided to require 14 days of self-quarantine for all… Read More ›

The coronavirus coalition

The coronavirus coalition

Opinion: In a political catch-22, Israel needs to make urgent decisions about the economy that on one hand cannot wait for the formation of a… Read More ›

Fighting virus, Israel orders all arrivals from abroad into 2-week quarantine

Fighting virus, Israel orders all arrivals from abroad into 2-week quarantine

Measure to be in place for 2 weeks, not applied retroactively; foreigners given 3-day reprieve, then will be allowed in only if they can show… Read More ›

Trump Says White House To Seek Possible Payroll Tax Relief Amid Virus Outbreak

Trump Says White House To Seek Possible Payroll Tax Relief Amid Virus Outbreak

  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief, as he looks to calm financial… Read More ›

Head of the New York/New Jersey port authority has coronavirus, governor says

Head of the New York/New Jersey port authority has coronavirus, governor says

The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tested positive for coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Executive… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu may quarantine all travelers who enter Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu may quarantine all travelers who enter Israel

39 Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus. Health Ministry clarifies that all Israelis who attended AIPAC and returned after March 5 must enter home-isolation.   As 39… Read More ›

Israel’s panic over coronavirus causes immeasurable damage

Israel’s panic over coronavirus causes immeasurable damage

Opinion: Despite the drastic measures taken by the Health Ministry, COVID-19 still found its way to the country; the new virus, however, not only has… Read More ›

Number of Israeli coronavirus cases jumps by 14, raising total to 39

Number of Israeli coronavirus cases jumps by 14, raising total to 39

7 of the new patients returned from European countries, 6 came into contact with sick individuals in Israel; medic among newly diagnosed, though cause of… Read More ›

Arabic Paper In Canada Says Israelis Bury Palestinians Alive And Steal Their Organs

Arabic Paper In Canada Says Israelis Bury Palestinians Alive And Steal Their Organs

TORONTO (JTA) – An Arabic-language newspaper in the greater Toronto area published an article falsely accusing Israel of burying Palestinians alive and stealing their organs,… Read More ›

Oil plummets 31% in biggest drop since Gulf War as Saudi cuts spark all-out price war

Oil plummets 31% in biggest drop since Gulf War as Saudi cuts spark all-out price war

  Oil markets tumbled the most in decades overnight on Sunday. The sell-off was fueled by sinking demand due to coronavirus concerns. This was the… Read More ›

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

AIPAC attendees arriving home after March 5 also require isolation. Three conference attendees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, two from New York and one from… Read More ›

New cases of coronavirus bring Israeli sufferers to 25

New cases of coronavirus bring Israeli sufferers to 25

Netanyahu said he will enlist youth and military to assist in disinfection efforts in public places including buses and trains, considering extending the school Purim… Read More ›

Israel reportedly decides on self-quarantine for arrivals from NY, Wash., CA

Israel reportedly decides on self-quarantine for arrivals from NY, Wash., CA

Formal announcement on latest rules to fight coronavirus expected within hours; no flights from US to be banned; Holland added to list of restricted countries… Read More ›

First Lady Pushes Back Against Critics Of Her Tennis Tweet

First Lady Pushes Back Against Critics Of Her Tennis Tweet

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Melania Trump pushed back Saturday after photos she tweeted of herself overseeing a White House construction project generated an… Read More ›

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China, trapping 70 people

Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China, trapping 70 people

Shanghai – Search and rescue efforts continued Sunday after a hotel collapsed in southeastern China on Saturday, trapping about 70 people, officials in the city… Read More ›