Israel is in a dilemma over how to deal with Jewish Russian oligarchs as the international community imposes sanctions on businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Israeli government has appointed a special commission to study ways in which the country can continue to honor its founding principle of serving as a refuge for […]
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Israel will allow the entry of unvaccinated tourists from March 1
Updated on 02/20/2022 11:13 am Israel will allow from next March 1 the entry of tourists not vaccinated although they must present a negative PCR before flying and undergo another examination upon landing. “We are seeing a steady decline in morbidity data, so it is time to gradually open up when we were the first […]
Palestinians are victims of “apartheid” in Israel, denounces Amnesty International
As several local NGOs and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have already done, Amnesty International (AI) described Israel’s policy towards Palestinians as “apartheid”, who would be treated as “an inferior racial group”, statements refuted by the Israeli authorities. . In April 2021, HRW caused a stir by supporting the position of several Palestinian and Israeli NGOs […]
First visit by an Israeli president to the United Arab Emirates
The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, arrived this Sunday to United Arab Emirates, in an unprecedented two-day visit that marks a new stage in the rapprochement of Israel with this Gulf country since the normalization of its relations in 2020. Invited by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and de facto leader of the country, Mohamed […]
The agonizing death of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine
Expulsions and demolitions of Palestinian family homes in East Jerusalem, and the approval of more settler settlements there and elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, doom the two-state solution, seen for decades as the only way out of the peace process in middle East Come in Israel Y Palestine. “Prepare to attend the funeral of […]
COVID-19: how Israel is dealing with the omicron wave
Israel, facing a wave of COVID-19 due to the very contagious omicron variant, has decided not to confine, offer a fourth dose of vaccine and appeal to the “responsibility” of its citizens. The Hebrew state closed its borders after the discovery at the end of February of the first case of omicron. But it reopened […]
Israel Becomes Test Case for Fourth COVID Vaccine
A year after implementing the world’s fastest vaccination program against the coronavirus, Israel has begun administering fourth doses across the board amid a surge in cases of the omicron variant. Although the number of severe cases and deaths remains well below last year’s peak, infections have soared to a record high and could once again […]
After omicron, now appears the “flurona”, a mixture between flu and COVID: the first cases
Updated on 03/01/2022 08:04 am In the midst of the global health crisis, a new manifestation of COVID has emerged, it is the mixture with the flu, called “flurone”. The first case in Israel of this new infection was known at the weekend, and today in Catalonia, Spain. Although there is still very little scientific […]
Israel identifies its first case of “flurone”: COVID and flu together
Updated on 02/01/2022 11:57 am Israel detected its first case of simultaneous contagion of coronavirus and influenza virus, known as “flurone”, in an unvaccinated pregnant woman, the Israeli Ministry of Health confirmed today to Efe. The woman was discharged on December 30 after being treated for mild symptoms derived from this double infection, the Times […]
Israel tests fourth dose of COVID vaccine, awaits authorization from ministry
Updated on 12/27/2021 08:54 am An Israeli hospital administered the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday to a test group, as the country considers authorizing the measure for vulnerable populations in a bid to overcome an increase in infections driven by the omicron variant. The study of the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat […]