A top Iranian cleric said the country’s citizens can use a future coronavirus vaccine developed by Israel if “there is no substitute.”
The coronavirus pandemic may force political rivals Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz to come together to face the crisis as a united nation with a united government.
Health officials are urging the public to wash their hands often as one method of defense against the deadly coronavirus.
On Wednesday, Israel President Reuven Rivlin received the official results of Israel’s latest election. This coming Sunday, he’ll meet with the various parties of the next parliament where they’ll recommend to the president who should form the next government Benny Gantz of the Blue and White or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud.
Senior officials in the Hezbollah terror group are in quarantine after contracting the coronavirus, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Wednesday.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel spiked dramatically over the last 24 hours and the number is expected to rise even higher.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will begin as scheduled on May 17 after the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday rejected Netanyahu’s request to postpone it.
The first venue that comes to mind when Purim celebrations are being organized is not likely to be the White House. But this year, the saga of Queen Esther, her faithful cousin Mordechai and the villainous Haman, first reached my ears at a White House briefing on antisemitism. That venerable story was recounted by Elan Carr, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism.
Israel has taken the unprecedented step of requiring all international travelers to be quarantined for two weeks upon arrival. The decision is already having an enormous impact on tourism and the economy.
Israel is considering requiring everyone who enters the country to be quarantined for 14 days regardless of which nation they’re coming from to curb the spread of the coronavirus.