Today, 2,130 unemployed workers filed for unemployment benefits. The first full day that Israel is emerging from the recent lockdown saw many employees fired. This brings the total number of unemployed in Israel to over … Read More
Cure for COVID?
An Israeli hospital may have found the cure to COVID. Researchers at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced positive results in preliminary trials for a cure for COVID-19. Professor Nadir Aber developed the medicine, named EXO-CD24. … Read More
Israel Expands Vaccination Campaign
Israel’s Ministry of Health expanded its vaccination campaign to anyone aged 16 or over. Until now, Israel only allowed Israelis over the age of 35 to get the vaccine, later adding high school students between … Read More
Iran Inches Closer to Nuclear Weapon
Iran continues to enrich uranium with a larger number of advanced centrifuge machines in an underground plant. Reuters obtained a copy of a report recently released by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency). In it, … Read More
Israel, Kosovo Normalize Ties
Israel and Kosovo’s foreign ministers established diplomatic relations in a virtual ceremony on Monday. This is an historic move, especially because Kosovo will open its embassy in Jerusalem. It is the first Muslim-majority nation to … Read More
Israeli Police Chief Called “Hitler”
Anti-Semitic graffiti calling new Israeli police chief “Hitler” was found in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem. The incident comes amid growing unrest over enforcement of lockdown restrictions, which resulted in protests and riots in mostly … Read More
Vaccine Effective in Israel
Not a single serious case of COVID-19 has been reported among those who have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. This latest report is promising despite the rising infection rate among the general population. … Read More
Ultra-Orthodox Rioters Destroy Bus
Ultra-Orthodox rioters destroyed a public transportation bus outside the Mea Shearim neighborhood on Tuesday. They are protesting the application of lockdown rules to their schools, synagogues, and other institutions. A spokesperson for Egged Transportation stated, … Read More
Israel To Shut Down Airport
The government is closing Israel’s only international airport starting Tuesday until the end of the nationwide lockdown on January 31. The move aims to “seal” the state after UK, South-African and California mutations of COVID-19 … Read More
Israel’s Poverty Rate Rises
Israel’s poverty rate has risen by 7% this past year. The National Insurance Institute released a report that since March 2020, the number of citizens living below the poverty line has increased, accompanied by a … Read More