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Bennett: Economy will stay open as much as possible in Omicron wave Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says that despite skyrocketing COVID cases in the country, he is working to ensure the economy stays open. Omicron is a variant that infects more than all the other variants put together, says Bennett in a live press conference ahead of a scheduled meeting of the COVID cabinet this evening
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admin | January 11, 2022
Millions of Israelis are defined as others by religious law. Israels statistics bureau is now set to define them as extended Jewish. In Israel, nearly half a million citizens are defined as others a category for those who are neither Jew nor Arab
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admin | January 11, 2022
While the rest of Israels coronavirus testing network is straining to cope with massive demand, the situation in the countrys Arab community is entirely different: The resumption of classes following the school winter break has led to a small uptick in requests for PCR testing and for more rapid antigen testing administered by medical personnel, but many community COVID coordinators report very limited demand on the whole for testing in the countrys Arab locales. As of Monday, data from the Arab Emergency Committee, a panel of public health experts and public figures that was established at the beginning of the pandemic, pegged 22 Arab communities as red the highest rate of infection and another 21 just one notch lower at orange.
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admin | January 11, 2022
Israeli leaders are likely looking at the unrest and power struggles in Kazakhstan with trepidation. Although the Central Asian republic rarely enters the public discourse and ties seem so marginal that there are no direct flights between the two countries, Kazakhstan is an important source for imported oil and a lucrative market for Israeli arms
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admin | January 11, 2022
The Israeli government does not intend to freeze the Western Wall deal, which was meant to provide the Conservative and Reform movements with a proper egalitarian space and official status at the Jewish holy site. But neither does it plan to push ahead with it at full force. This conflicting message was conveyed to leaders of the non-Orthodox movements, as well as to representatives of the government and Jewish communities in the Diaspora, at a meeting held on Monday with Cabinet Secretary Shalom Shlomo
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admin | January 11, 2022
OPINION: Historians usually date the start of the Holocaust to June 1941 when German troops invaded the Soviet Union, identified Jewish civilians, lined them up and shot them by the thousands.
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admin | January 11, 2022
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron gestures while he speaks during his interview with Reuters in Jerusalem June 16, 2020.
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admin | January 11, 2022
In the lines for COVID tests, on the preschool parents WhatsApp groups and the incidental chatter on Zoom, the impression is that there is a broad Israeli consensus: The guidelines are extremely confusing. Muttering this sentence these days is akin to muttering something generic about the weather, a surefire way to break an awkward silence and evoke nods of agreement in solidarity from everyone around you. Man, the new guidelines are so confusing, arent they
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admin | January 11, 2022
The two terebinths that grow atop Tel Azeqa have lost their leaves. Six stone cubes have been placed beneath the trees and the view opposite the high observation point is wonderful.
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admin | January 11, 2022
(JTA) A marketing firm that has worked extensively with Jewish nonprofits has declined to work with one because of growing concerns among its staff members about groups with significant programming in Israel.
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Comments Off on A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic…
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