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Covid-19 Health Safety Countries Ranking by the Deep Knowledge Group

Israel ranked first for corona safety by Hong Kong think tank that caught Netanyahu’s eye

Head of financial think tank that ranked Israel safest country to be in for for coronavirus health safety presented 'quite positive predictions that Israel may stay at the leading position.'

March 31, 2020

Tel Aviv city hall lights up in solidarity with America

As coronavirus infections soar in both countries, Tel Aviv City Hall was lit up with the American flag 'in solidarity with the American people.'

March 31, 2020

Health Minister calls for curfew on ultra-orthodox city with serious outbreak

Head of ultra-orthodox party Rabbi Yaakov Litzman calls for total curfew on Bnei Brak to try and stem massive infection rate in mostly religious city.

March 31, 2020

Health Ministry asks all Israelis to wear masks, America may follow suit

Ministry of Health tells Israelis to wear masks out of the house to fight coronavirus spread. CDC appears on verge of same message for America.

March 31, 2020

Ramon airport to serve as desert ‘parking lot’ for foreign airlines

The Israel Airports Authority has promised cheaper rates in comparison to Europe. Two companies are expected to start storing their aircraft next week.

March 31, 2020

IDF chief of staff enters quarantine

Kochavi enters quarantine a day after the prime minister also went into self-isolation.

March 31, 2020

Western Wall prayer notes removed, stones sanitized to protect worshipers

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, rabbi of the Western Wall and Israel's other holy sites, supervised the removal to make sure it was done properly using gloves and disposable wooden tools.

March 31, 2020

Top Israel health official fears coronavirus surge during Passover

'Today, we are paying the price of Purim's events, and we're concerned that Passover will bring more significant events,' said Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov.

March 31, 2020

Israeli corona patient jumps from hospital window

Man who was hospitalized a week ago with coronavirus leaps from window after showing signs of stress. Government urged to establish psychiatric committee as pandemic stress mounts.

March 31, 2020

Getting a refund for canceled flights may be harder than you think

In defiance of Israeli law, some airlines are only offering future credit for flights instead of paying customers back within 21 days.

March 31, 2020

Israel’s 17th and youngest COVID-19 victim, 49, mother of twins, had struggled to conceive

A 49 year-old mother of young twins latest victim as number of infected Israelis leaps to 4,831 and police crack down on closure violators.

March 31, 2020

IDF begins patrolling Israel’s streets to enforce corona rules

Each soldier will operate paired with a police officer and will wear a badge with Israel's flag on it. Only commanders will carry weapons.

March 31, 2020

Benjamin Netanyahu quarantine television speech

Israel imposes severe new restrictions, announces $23B aid package

Netanyahu tells nation 'there is no choice,' putting restrictions in place that ban almost all meetings outside of immediate family.

March 30, 2020

Right-wing party threatens to topple new gov’t’ if abandoned by Netanyahu

The right-wing faction, which currently holds three ministries, criticized Netanyahu 'for not even considering Yamina for a major portfolio.'

March 30, 2020

Netanyahu goes into quarantine after aide falls ill from corona

Prime Minister Netanyahu entered quarantine until the end of a study. He is also being retested.

March 30, 2020

Harvard expert: Israel’s dilemma – imperil economy or risk higher death toll

Leading economist says total shutdown may save 'several hundred' lives, but cripple Israel economically.

March 30, 2020

south tel aviv migrant coronavirus police

Illegals clash with Israeli police, reject coronavirus restrictions

Police attempted to disperse large groups of illegal immigrants in South Tel Aviv’s Neve Shanaan neighborhood as confrontation turned physical.

March 30, 2020

Israel schedules two more rescue flights for Australia and New Zealand

The flights to repatriate Israelis follow others to Africa, Peru and Thailand.

March 30, 2020

Race for ventilators: Israel seeks 5,000 for worst-case scenario

The number of ventilated patients is expected to rise drastically. The Health Ministry fears an Italy-like scenario.

March 30, 2020

‘Save us’: Israeli airlines plead to government for help

The three Israeli airlines are asking for hundreds of millions in state loans to enable them to keep afloat.

March 30, 2020

Israel opens quarantine hotels for ultra-orthodox

Ultra-orthodox Jews with their large families are hard hit by coronavirus; government setting up quarantine hotels to reduce chance they'll infect family members.

March 30, 2020

Israeli police take heat for not applying curfew rules equally between secular and religious

Criticized for not applying law equally to Orthodox and secular Jews, police say fines were not given in order to prevent disturbances.

March 30, 2020

Infections pass 4,000 as official casts doubt on effectiveness of curfew

Infection rate still doubling about every three days; health officials warn full closure might increase infections at home.

March 30, 2020

US Embassy warns Americans in Israel: Come home now while you can

U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem warns that it doesn't know when American citizens in Israel will be able to return to the U.S. in light of the corona-related air travel shutdown.

March 29, 2020

15th corona fatality in Israel; nearly 4000 are infected

Recent reports of young people becoming seriously ill have raised fears that the virus is not just dangerous to elderly people with a history of illness.

March 29, 2020

Israel deploys new ‘isolation’ ambulance to fight coronavirus

Magen David Adom reveals new ambulance that is a medical isolation unit on wheels for transporting patients infected with the highly contagious coronavirus.

March 29, 2020

Netanyahu mulls 3-week lockdown to contain pandemic

Armed soldiers may patrol streets with police, with those 65 and older forced to stay at home as the most at-risk population.

March 29, 2020

Netanyahu, Gantz hammering out unity deal, dividing up ministries

The two sides are in the process of dividing cabinet positions among coalition partners; agree to keep religious party leader in health ministry, but replace Knesset speaker.

March 29, 2020

‘Young not invincible’: Israeli, 22, in serious condition as corona targets all

The young man is reportedly a nonsmoker with no pre-existing medical conditions.

March 29, 2020

IDF set to assist police in enforcing corona regulations

Soldiers assisting police officers will not have 'legal authority' over civilians, IDF Spokesman Hedi Zilberman said.

March 29, 2020

MK defects from Lapid: ‘Gantz doing the right thing’

MK Tamano-Shata, formerly of Lapid’s Yesh Atid party, defects to Gantz’s Israeli Resilience party to join unity government.

March 29, 2020

Coronavirus hits haredi communities in Israel hard

As coronavirus spreads throughout Israel, haredi communities emerge as hotspots where rates of infection are particularly high.

March 29, 2020

Pets a vector? Belgian cat contracts coronavirus

'Animals are not vectors of the epidemic, so there is no reason to abandon your animal,' says Belgium's National Council for Animal Protection.

March 29, 2020

Israel finds mistakes in corona lab tests, all results being rechecked

So far, eight cases have been found where people were given false positives or negatives for the coronavirus.

March 29, 2020

‘Significant’ progress in Netanyahu-Gantz unity negotiations

Intense negotiations to form unity government resumed Sunday in attempt to reach agreement as country edges towards national shutdown to fight coronavirus spread.

March 29, 2020

Israel’s corona death toll reaches 12, over 3,600 total cases diagnosed

The Israeli government is mulling new emergency measures, with the health minister warning that the next two weeks will be 'critical.'

March 28, 2020

Netanyahu and Trump agree to ‘cooperate closely’ during corona call

"The two leaders agreed to cooperate closely to combat the virus and minimize its global impact," in addition to "discuss[ing] critical bilateral and regional issues," said a statement from the White House.

March 28, 2020

Israeli, Chinese firms collaborate to build emergency testing center

Israeli DNA testing company MyHeritage announced plans to work with China-based BGI on a new testing facility capable of performing 10,000 coronavirus tests a day.

March 28, 2020

Fears post-corona unemployment will severely impact Israel’s youth

Israel's low pre-corona era unemployment rate of 3.4 percent will not return soon. Officials fear a 10 percent jobless rate when the crisis ends, with those under 34 most affected.

March 28, 2020

After shocking reversal by Netanyahu’s rival, Israelis wait to see shape of new gov’t

Political dust has yet to settle in wake of shocking turnaround by opposition leader Benny Gantz; Netanyahu still till fill out other coalition partners.

March 27, 2020

Israel coronavirus death toll rises to 10, more than 3000 infected

Two elderly patients succumb to coronavirus as infections continue to rise; IDF deploys first 500 troops deploying to assist Israeli police in enforcing expected national curfew.

March 27, 2020

Defense Ministry looking to open 20 more ‘corona hotels’

The Defense ministry stipulated that the hotels must have at least 200 rooms in a single building.

March 27, 2020

WATCH: Palestinian Authority Reports First Coronavirus Death

It’s unclear how the woman contracted the disease, but it’s possible that infections are still passing back and forth between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

March 27, 2020

WATCH: Israeli economy takes a hit

Unemployment in Israel has skyrocketed to over 20 percent in March alone due to the coronavirus.

March 27, 2020

Former Gantz partners blast him for ‘selling out’ to Netanyahu

Gantz's former partners lash out, say he abandoned the million voters who put him in the Knesset and sold out to "crawl" into a Netanyahu-led government.

March 26, 2020

Gantz elected Knesset Speaker as he heads into unity government

Gantz noted the corona crisis as one of the reasons a 'national emergency government' was needed.

March 26, 2020

Political shocker: Blue and White breaks apart as Gantz joins Netanyahu

It's not yet known what position in the government Gantz will fill in the year-and-a-half before he is expected to take the premiership.

March 26, 2020

IDF preparing to deploy to support coronavirus curfew

IDF to deploy 16 battalions of unarmed soldiers to support police enforcement of expected national curfew to fight the spread of the coronavirus.

March 26, 2020

Israeli town protests as elderly pushed out to make way for corona patients

Anticipating an influx of sick, the Ministry of Health decided to clear out geriatric centers for coronavirus patients.

March 26, 2020

8 dead in Israel as virus strikes three elderly

All three of the victims had serious pre-existing conditions.

March 26, 2020

5,000: Magic number of ventilators Israel needs to cope with crisis, health official says

Netanyahu describes 'fierce, wild and vicious competition around the world to acquire medical equipment.'

March 26, 2020

‘Worst is still ahead,’ Israeli officials warn as coronavirus cases rise

"We’re nearing the exponential phase of the epidemic," Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said.

March 26, 2020

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 1, 2019.

Edelstein: Israel’s Supreme Court erased separation of powers

The High Court's behavior in this instance appears to lend credence to years of right-wing criticism that the court is going beyond its authority.

March 26, 2020

Yuli Edelstein speaks about his resignation as Knesset speaker

The veteran Speaker of the Knesset again blasted the High Court’s attempt to 'take over' the legislature.

March 26, 2020

Snapshot of coexistence during corona crisis goes ‘viral’

Israeli ambulance crew took quick break to fulfill their prayer obligations during hectic shift, giving moment of hope during coronavirus crisis.

March 26, 2020

Speaker of the Israeli parliament Yuli Edelstein

Analysis: In his final act as Knesset Speaker, Edelstein ‘upholds dignity’ of parliament

The High Court could have decided not to accept the petition on the grounds that ruling on legislative bylaws oversteps judicial boundaries.

March 26, 2020

Netanyahu: ‘Stay at home, stay alive,’ complete lockdown if virus spread continues

“'ou must stay at home. Stay at home - stay alive. Everyone has to obey, no exceptions,' the prime minister stated.

March 25, 2020

Saying goodbye: Families of Israel’s coronavirus victims mourn

Saying goodbye: Families of Israel’s Coronavirus victims in mourning

March 25, 2020

Rivlin tells Netanyahu, Gantz to be ‘responsible,’ unite amid pandemic crisis

Israel's president appeals to prime minister and opposition leader to end political fighting and unite to fight coronavirus pandemic while 'we are burying our dead'.

March 25, 2020

On Arab Mother’s Day, Joint List MK sends blessings to mothers of terrorists

'It is disgraceful that so-called Zionists in Blue and White and Yisrael Beiteinu enlisted the support of the Joint List, which supports terrorism and doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist.'

March 25, 2020

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