How Shin Bet, Israel Police Will Use Tracking Technology to Battle New Enemy: COVID-19
Shin Bet director Nadav Argaman stated that his organization has “answered the request of the professional echelon in the Health Ministry, out of national responsibility and an understanding that we have the ability to save the lives of Israeli citizens.”
Is the Virus Hurting Jewish Communities or Showing their Strength?
Social distancing could further weaken institutions already shaken by a changing demography. But could going online and the imperative to social action help revive them?
Gantz has No Government, and He Knows It
Theoretically, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz has the votes to form a coalition. In practice, though it’ll never happen, which is why Gantz is now attempting to unseat Netanyahu via legislation.
100,000 Israelis Stranded Abroad Scrambling to Return Home
There’s just one problem. Every day, more and more airlines are cancelling flights making reaching Israel more and more complicated.
Corruption in Health Ministry Blamed for Israel’s Failings in Coronavirus Crisis
And although the Health Ministry’s CFO requested to open bids to other competitors, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman as well as the ministry’s chairman Shai Siman-Tov have refused to acquiesce.
The Big Trump Dump! Dow Down 3,000 Points!
With today’s market flushing in response to everything Trump and the Fed had to say and do last week, the market has in less than one month stripped away Trump’s biggest boast throughout his tenor as president.
Israel’s Arab Problem
Giving the Joint List the influence they could have would not only be dangerous to Israel, but be short lived because no Israeli government in any good conscience would truly allow Israel to be undermined these ways.
‘Plague’ of Locusts to Hit Egypt Area, But Not Israel on Passover
According to Locusts Watch’s three-month forecast, the threat will pass south of Israel before heading east towards Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan.
Time’s Up: Israel’s Gates are Officially Locked to Non-Citizens, Jew and Gentile Alike
But as the number of coronavirus cases surpassed the 400 mark on Wednesday, Israel’s Health Ministry has decided to issue a directive banning all tourists from all other countries from entering the Jewish State.
Israel’s Coronavirus Patients to be Quarantined at Five-Star Hotels
Both the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv and the Hyatt Hotel in Jerusalem will be converted into quarantine centers.