Tagged coronavirus

Yair Lapid

Opposition slams Netanyahu over corona failure, lockdown

CORONAVIRUS

Israel goes from hero to goat in corona fight: Citizens might have only themselves to blame

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 24, 2020

Jimmie Åkesson

Sweden’s right-wing populist party seeks to draw support from local Jewish community

Crime Minister protest group

Israeli ‘crime minister’ movement vows to flout corona rules, continue protesting PM

Empty Ayalon highway

Economic damage from full closure could cost Israel $10.6 billion

Shaare Zedek hospital staff wearing protective clothes in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2020. (Flash90/Nati Shohat)

Israel hospitals overloaded, showing first signs of cracking

CORONAVIRUS

International travel association appeals to keep Ben Gurion airport open

Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital coronavirus ward

‘There is no choice’: Netanyahu, ministers agree to total lockdown until after holidays

Coronavirus economic protests

Israelis support halting protests, will avoid synagogues on Yom Kippur

Israel UAE Bahrain

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 23, 2020

New York Jews

New York City warns of new coronavirus outbreaks in Orthodox neighborhoods

CORONAVIRUS

Israel on precipice, nearing state of emergency: Daily corona cases spike to nearly 7,000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli cabinet weighs tighter lockdown as virus spreads

CORONAVIRUS

Israel’s corona fight: No sign of easing, seriously ill approaching red line

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli government votes 10% cut to ministers’ salaries as gesture during crisis

Professor Roni Gamzu

WATCH: ‘You spit in the doctor’s face,’ corona czar chides rule-breakers

Israel Soccer Europa League

WATCH: 6 players from Tel Aviv pro soccer team test positive for COVID-19

Tel Aviv Beach Protest against coronaviruslockdwon

Israel’s corona rate surpasses USA

Israel highest per-capital coronavirus infection rate

Jerusalem ICU doctor: ‘We are now in a battle for survival’

Orthodox protest

Ultra-orthodox frustration spills over into violence against police

Thousands of protesters flout lockdown rules, flood streets of Jerusalem

Yoav Kish

WATCH: Israel’s Deputy Health Minister warns of ‘dead in the streets’

Magen David Adom ambulance crew

Health officials: Israel heading for corona disaster like Italy

Coronavirus ventilators

Israel selling off surplus ventilators despite rise in serious coronavirus cases

El Al passenger plane

El Al now owned by 27-year-old yeshiva student

Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan

WATCH: Weekly Israel News Recap – September 17, 2020

CORONAVIRUS

Israel’s lockdown starts Friday: The question is will its citizens obey?

Yuli Edelstein

Israeli Health Minister says lockdown won’t work as daily cases soar past 5,000

coronavirus patient hospitalized

Nearing 5,000: Infection rate rockets days before Israel’s national lockdown

Netanyahu Bennett

WATCH: Netanyahu rival slams corona lockdown as ‘blow to small businesses’

CORONAVIRUS

Israeli hospital chiefs torn on need for lockdown

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

Haredi minister quits government over lockdown imposed during holidays

Curfew in Jerusalem

Daily virus cases surpass 4,000 for 2nd day as Israel heads toward lockdown

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel in full crisis mode as cabinet meets: Chances of 1-month lockdown rated high

MIDEAST ISRAEL PROTEST

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 10, 2020

Israel’s small business federation: Lockdown will bring anarchy

Anti-Netanyahu Demonstration

Anti-Netanyahu protests are ‘engine for disease’; at least 55 with corona took part in demonstrations

Students in small groups at the Ateret Shlomo Yeshiva in Modiin Illit. (Flash90/Yossi Zeliger)

1000 yeshiva students infected with corona, some allegedly on purpose

Arab wedding

WATCH: Thousands attend Arab weddings in Israel, with few masks and no supervision

CORONAVIRUS

WATCH: Top Israeli hospitals prepare for ‘twindemic’

Israel curfew Bnei Brak

Health Ministry warns of month-long, nationwide lockdown

Trump

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 9, 2020

Coronavirus disease

WATCH: Coronavirus is more stable than you think, Israel virus expert warns

Bar Mitzvah

Israel’s corona czar: ‘These holidays won’t be like your normal holidays’

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 8, 2020

CORONAVIRUS

Israeli corona cases hit record high, night curfews imposed on 40 cities

WATCH: Corona curfew-breakers threatened with arrest by Israeli police

Israel UAE

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 7, 2020

BEITAR ILLIT SETTLEMENT

‘Netflix haredi-style’: Israel’s ultra-religious set up their own home entertainment in wake of corona

Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing seen outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 6, 2020. (Flash 90/Yonatan Sindel)

Hospitals ‘on verge of collapse’: Israeli Physicians Association recommends full lockdown on red cities

Deri Netanyahu

Lockdown downgraded to night curfew as Netanyahu responds to Ultra-Orthodox

CORONAVIRUS

Israeli death count passes 1,000: Corona czar ‘terrified’ of coming high holidays

Ultra-Orthodox Jews

WATCH: ‘Rage in the streets’ – Ultra-Orthodox city leader warns of violence if corona lockdown imposed

Ichilov Medical team

Israel now has world’s highest coronavirus infection rate

Jerusalemites wearing face masks

600,000 Israelis head for lockdown as pandemic spirals out of control

Gamzu

Gov’t greenlights lockdown of 30 Israeli cities amid massive corona spike

terror attack

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – September 2, 2020

MIDEAST ISRAEL PROTEST

Corona calamity: Israel’s daily cases surge, lab workers on strike, death toll approaches 1,000

school

WATCH: Students head for class as Israel grapples with COVID-19