Benjamin Kerstein
ARTICLES BY: Benjamin Kerstein
Israeli Police Set to Step Up Enforcement of Coronavirus Restrictions Over Passover
Israeli police are set to escalate their administration of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown over the upcoming Passover holiday, which begins next week, the news site...
Fight Against Coronavirus Tantamount to Global War, Head of IDF Medical Corps Says
The head of the IDF Medical Corps said on Tuesday that Israel was lucky to have two months to make crash preparations for combating the...
Israel Said to Be Making Progress Toward Coronavirus Vaccine, as Medical Workers Concentrate on Blood Plasma Therapy
Israel is making significant progress toward developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, the N12 news site reported on Tuesday. Earlier that day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Announces New Coronavirus Restrictions, as Massive Economic Aid Plan Unveiled
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced new restrictions on movement and gatherings in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus, while...
Mossad Brings Massive Shipment of Medical Equipment to Israel
Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, is bringing massive amounts of medical equipment to the country to fight the coronavirus, news site N12 reported on...
Victim of Monsey Antisemitic Stabbing Attack Dies Three Months Later
A Jewish man who was critically wounded in an antisemitic stabbing attack in Monsey, New York, late last year died of his injuries on Sunday. Josef...
The Plague and a God of Absolute Freedom
Our current predicament, faced with a pandemic whose sudden appearance and terrible toll confuses and terrifies us, has occasioned much comment from the religiously-minded. In these...
Pompeo Tweets Video of Iran’s Rouhani Saying Efforts to Lift Sanctions Due to Coronavirus Actually Intended to Enrich Regime
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a video over the weekend showing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying that the purpose of Iran’s public relations...
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Praises Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation on Coronavirus
The United Nations point man on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process praised coordination between the Jewish state and the Palestinian Authority on fighting the coronavirus, according...
Israeli Army to Deploy Hundreds of Troops Sunday to Help Enforce Coronavirus Lockdown
The Israel Defense Forces are set to deploy across the country in order to aid police in enforcing the current coronavirus lockdown, Israeli news website...
Israeli PM Netanyahu: ‘We Got Past Pharoah, We’ll Get Past Corona’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday warned that a total shutdown of the country was imminent if the number of Israelis infected with the...
Relatives of Israeli Coronavirus Fatalities Speak Out: ‘It Could Happen to Anyone’
The relatives of the five Israelis who have died of the coronavirus so far spoke out on Wednesday, expressing grief and urging others to follow...
Israeli Rabbis Rule Video Conferencing for Passover Seders Permissible in ‘Emergency Situation’
As the coronavirus crisis continues in Israel, families are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover with relatives and friends absent due to the ongoing lockdown. In...
Coronavirus Death Toll in Israel Rises to 3
An 87-year-old man has become Israel’s third coronavirus fatality, the news site N12 reported on Tuesday. Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem stated that the man had...
