Tagged lockdown

CORONAVIRUS

China puts 13 million residents in lockdown ahead of Games

Naftali Bennett

Israel bans entry of all foreigners due to ‘concerning’ Omicron variant

CORONAVIRUS

Israeli study shows mental-health cost of repeated COVID lockdowns

COVID-19

WATCH: The newest COVID mutation that’s scaring scientists everywhere

Naftali Bennett

Bennett defends no-lockdown policy, says protecting livelihoods saves lives

Prof. Nadav Davidovitch explains lockdowns, mental health

WATCH: Israeli physician reveals how lockdowns impact mental health

delta variant coronavirus

WATCH: Israel imposes new rules in hopes of preventing lockdowns

wheelchair-bound dancer.v1

WATCH: Israeli dance festival returns, includes wheelchair-bound performer

Naftali Bennett

Bennett: ‘No lockdowns, we’re keeping economy open’ as coronavirus cases spike

Israel's strategy for combating coronavirus

WATCH: Israel considers new strategies to avoid next COVID lockdown

Virus Outbreak Britain Vaccine

After clot scare, AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in locked-down Europe

Virus Outbreak Britain Europe Protests

WATCH: Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in London

Wild boar

Israeli hogs gone wild: Haifa has a serious problem and its mayor is AWOL

WATCH: ‘No new lockdowns,’ vows Israeli government with elections looming

Ben Gurion International

Israel on verge of reopening airport in advance of elections

Jerusalem

Return to ancient times: Israelis make pilgrimage to Jerusalem on foot to avoid corona checkpoints

Virus Outbreak Palestinians

Amid corona surge, Palestinians announce 12-day lockdown

Purim

WATCH: Tel Avivians find loophole in Purim lockdown

Purim

Israel imposes Purim curfew, but ‘forgets’ this about Jerusalem

Ben Gurion Airpor

Number of people entering Israel reduced to 200

Israel starts reopening economy after two-month lockdown

Israel Jordan Border

WATCH: What You Probably Missed This Week but Shouldn’t Have

Mamilla mall

Israel opens for business, corona be damned (sort of)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s corona cabinet makes some headway, talks will continue tomorrow

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

UNDER THE RADAR: What You May Have Missed This Week but Shouldn’t Have

Israeli market

Israeli mayor rebels, declares city open, disregarding corona regulations

Israelis Stranded at Sea

‘Turkey treated us better than Israel,’ say Israeli sailors stranded at sea

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

WATCH: 40,000 Palestinian workers illegally enter Israel during lockdown

Netanyahu Gantz

Netanyahu blasts Defense Minister: ‘Blood of the dead will be on your hands’

CORONAVIRUS

Israel begins exit from 3rd lockdown; infection rate high

olim lockdown

WATCH: Would-be immigrants to Israel left out in the cold by shuttered airport

CORONAVIRUS Ichilov Hospital

New Israeli drug may be world’s first to successfully treat Covid-19

Tel Aviv lockdown

WATCH: What will happen in Israel after lockdown?

Netanyahu

Netanyahu: 1 million vaccines to arrive within a week, economy to open gradually

Haredi Funeral

WATCH: Ultra-Orthodox mass funeral in Jerusalem defies authorities

Airport pandemic

Closure of Ben-Gurion airport blocks cancer patients from life-saving procedures

CORONAVIRUS

Israel apologizes for ‘unsuccessful joke’ blaming UAE for surge in corona deaths

Haredi wedding

Ultra-Orthodox appear oblivious to growing public anger in Israel as large hasidic wedding held

coronavirus

Health officials warn: Israel’s closures may last longer

Police Haredi clash

Israeli police clash with ultra-Orthodox who refuse to close schools

wedding hasidic

Netanyahu backs police in breakup of large haredi wedding, says corona scofflaws commit ‘bloodshed’

CORONAVIRUS

Israel’s lockdown offers no relief as cases spike and fear of yet another mutation takes hold

CORONAVIRUS

WATCH: Israeli lockdown not seeing results as daily corona cases spike over 9,500

ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWISH

Yeshiva students v. Israeli police in coronavirus clashes over seminary closures

CORONAVIRUS

Despite vaccinations, Israeli health official admits ‘pandemic is raging’

Mahane Yehuda market

WATCH: Israel begins 2-week lockdown as schools shutter, Covid hotels reintroduced

WATCH: ‘We could have avoided lockdown,’ Israeli doctor says

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu demands ‘full lockdown immediately’ and gets it, beginning Thursday

Medical workers test Israelis at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat on January 4, 2021. (Flash90/David Cohen)

Netanyahu to call emergency Covid meeting in 24 hours; Health Minister warns more stringent action needed

Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein

Israel’s Health Minister calls for tighter lockdown, gets support from surprising corner

CORONAVIRUS lockdown

WATCH: California doc calls lockdowns ‘failure of imagination’

coronavirus

Israel’s 3rd lockdown not really working as infection rates rise

Israeli Police

Opinion: Doctors against lockdowns

Gaza Strike

WATCH: Daily Israel News Recap – December 27, 2020

CORONAVIRUS

Israel deploys 6,000 police to enforce coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus

Israeli government orders 25-day national lockdown starting Sunday

Jerusalemites wearing face masks walk in Jerusalem City Center on December 13, 2020. (Flash90/Olivier Fitoussi)

Israel’s Health Minister: ‘No escape’ from third lockdown

Ben Gurion Airport

Israel halts foreign travelers from UK over fears of mutating coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS lockdown

Israel facing third lockdown even as vaccines arrive in country

police

Israel expecting nightly curfews as virus cases continue to climb