Posts Tagged: Israel coronavirus
Israeli Hospitals Begin Return to Normal Activity as COVID-19 Numbers Drop
JNS.org - Israel’s coronavirus death toll has reached 219 after 12 more people died of COVID-19 since Wednesday night, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday....
Initiative Brings Artists Into Homes of Those With Disabilities During COVID-19 Crisis
JNS.org - In the new reality of self-isolation, certain populations like people with disabilities, children and youth-at-risk, who rely on interactive therapy for cognitive stimulation,...
Israelis May Be Required to Install Coronavirus Tracking Phone App to Enter Malls
JNS.org - Israelis may be required to download a mandatory coronavirus tracking phone app if they want to enter malls or markets. The app would allow...
Israel-Haters Can’t Resist Antisemitic Slanders on COVID-19
JNS.org - Tens of thousands of Arab citizens of Israel serve as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals. Arab Israelis comprise 17 percent...
Israeli Air Force Pays Tribute to Medical Workers Fighting Coronavirus With Independence Day Flyover
As Israel celebrated its 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the IAF’s Aerobatic Team paid tribute to medical workers with a...
Israel’s COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 208; Infection Rate Continues to Slow
JNS.org - Four more Israelis died of COVID-19 late Monday and early Tuesday, bringing Israel’s death toll to 208, according to the Israeli Health Ministry....
Fly-Past, Flags on Rooftops Mark Israel’s Independence Day Under Lockdown
Military jets flew in formation over Tel Aviv's deserted parks and streets on Wednesday, cheered on from rooftops by flag-waving residents in face masks as Israel marked...
Israeli Leaders Ring in Subdued Independence Day Celebrations With Messages of Unity
Israel kicked off festivities marking its 72nd Independence Day on Tuesday night with the traditional torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Due to coronavirus-related restrictions,...
Parking Lot Prayers: Muslims in Jaffa and Jerusalem Improvise for Ramadan
Shortly after sunset, Muslims in the ancient Israeli port city of Jaffa filed quietly into an empty parking lot for Ramadan prayers, after the coronavirus...
Cemeteries Off-Limits as Israelis Honor War Dead Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
With military cemeteries and ceremonies off-limits, Israelis went online on Tuesday to mourn their war dead in annual remembrances held under the shadow of the coronavirus...
Israelis Take to Balconies to Sing ‘Hatikvah’ at End of Memorial Day Ceremony
At the end of Monday night’s nationally-televised Memorial Day ceremony, many Israelis across the country went on to their balconies or porches and sang the...
Israel Comes to a Halt in Memory of Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism
Israelis stood in silence -- many on the balconies of their homes due to coronavirus restrictions -- on Monday night as a one-minute siren sounded...
Israel to Reopen Some Schools Next Week if Coronavirus Curve Allows
Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
Israel’s Top Court Says Government Must Legislate COVID-19 Phone-Tracking
Citing grave dangers to privacy, Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that the government must bring its use of mobile phone tracking deployed in the...
