Nov 26, 2020
COVID-19 spikes as Israel lifts lockdown
The Israeli Ministry of Health reported this morning that 1,069 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. The latest data reflects the first time daily virus cases…
Nov 24, 2020
Gaza health sector near collapse by COVID-19
Gaza public health officials are warning that a sharp increase in coronavirus infections in the Palestinian enclave could soon overwhelm its limited medical system as soon as next week. The…
Oct 26, 2020
Israel’s Corona Cabinet approves phased school reopening
Israeli schoolchildren enrolled in the first through fourth grades will return to the classroom on 1 November, according to the decision of the government special Coronavirus Cabinet. The country is…
Oct 20, 2020
Israeli vaccine set to begin human trials
The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has announced that human trials of its coronavirus vaccine are set to get underway later this month. The name of the Israeli vaccine…
Oct 19, 2020
Ultra-Orthodox defy Israel’s COVID plan
Several prominent Israeli politicians are advocating the enactment of stern measures against Jewish religious seminaries and schools that fail to comply with government directives to curb the coronavirus pandemic, primarily…
Apr 08, 2020
Israel’s COVID-19 rate slows on Passover Eve
Israel’s Ministry of Health is reporting a slight slow-down in the number of newly-diagnosed cases of the coronavirus. 9,404 Israelis are nevertheless currently combating the disease. 122 of the overall…
Apr 07, 2020
Nationwide Israeli lockdown on Passover
Israel’s mortality rate from the coronavirus rose by 8 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths to 60. There has also been a steady rise of confirmed…
Jan 05, 2017
Israeli-Arab man stabbed by suspected Ultra-Orthodox Jew
An Arab-Israeli man was stabbed and lightly wounded in his hand, when a man dressed as an ultra-orthodox Jew attacked him, after hearing the victim speaking in Arabic. Police…