JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis began voting Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years, a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls predict …
Read More »Netanyahu’s fate hinges on Tuesday’s election
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israelis began voting Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years, a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Opinion polls predict …
Read More »Number of severe virus cases in Israel falls below 600 for the first time since late December
For the first time since late December, the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Israel dropped to less than 600, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday night. According to ministry data, 586 …
Read More »Israel, Denmark and Austria join forces against COVID-19
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel, Denmark and Austria agreed Thursday to join forces in the fight against COVID-19 with an investment in research and vaccine deployment to protect people against new …
Read More »Israel’s High Court Says Non-Orthodox Converts Are Jews
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel’s Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the country’s powerful Orthodox establishment on Monday, ruling that people who convert to Judaism through reform and conservative movements …
Read More »Virus deaths in Israel drop sharply as vaccines rise
Israel saw a sharp decline in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the second part of February, health officials said Monday. The Health Ministry said 2,393 people have died from the coronavirus …
Read More »Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity lurks
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Violet light bathed the club’s stage as 300 people, masked and socially estranged, erupted in gentle applause. For the first time since the pandemic began, Israeli musician …
Read More »Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity lurks
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Violet light bathed the club’s stage as 300 people, masked and socially estranged, erupted in gentle applause. For the first time since the pandemic began, Israeli musician …
Read More »Pregnant woman dies of COVID, child does not survive
As concerns mount about the dangers of coronavirus variants for pregnant and young women, the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem said Sunday that a 32-year-old woman in her third trimester had died …
Read More »Ultra-Orthodox Londoners roll up their sleeves to fight COVID
As people from across England huddled indoors amid freezing temperatures and a nationwide lockdown, nearly 300 older men and women lined up outside a health center in northeast London to get vaccinated …
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