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Follow Jan. 26, 2021 The Israel Defense Forces are demanding an extra three billion shekels ($920 million) for military procurement in the 2021 defense budget, after having already received their requested 2.5 billion shekels for this year. The demand has outraged many in the government, given the grim economic situation and the expected cuts in other ministries’ budgets. After it became clear that the government wasn’t going to approve the 2021 budget before it dissolved, IDF Chief of Staf...

Jan. 22, 2021 In December 6, 1949, the Israeli cabinet convened for its weekly meeting. The previous day, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion had dropped an international bomb by declaring Jerusalem to be Israel’s capital. But there were other items on the agenda now. One was the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice. Only five justices then served on the highest court in the land. The court’s president was Justice Moshe Zmoira. The minister of justice who appointed him, Pinchas Rosen, had...

Follow Jan. 19, 2021 As COVID-19 infection rates have skyrocketed in ultra-Orthodox towns and cities, enforcement of pandemic regulations there has been much lower than in other Israeli municipalities, new analysis shows. By contrast, fines were levied at a far higher rate in Arab towns in relation to their number of coronavirus cases.   The analysis was conducted by the organization Israel Hofsheet (Be Free Israel), which advocates for religious and cultural pluralism, based on statistics pr...

66SHARES A Jan. 14 article by National Public Radio’s Daniel Estrin grossly misleads, falsely suggesting that Israel withheld the coronavirus vaccine from Palestinian prisoners even as other prisoners received the jab. In fact, Amir Ohana, Israel’s Minister of Public Security had previously called for a ban on vaccines for all prisoners, and on Thursday Health Minister Yuli Edelstein overruled him, making clear that all prisoners in Israeli jails — Palestinian and Israeli alike — wil...

Health Ministry releases details of agreement with coronavirus vaccine producer, but redacted document doesn't address all questions, including some ethical worries

Likud, Joint List lawmakers violate restrictions at ceremony ■ Man dies after ventilator disconnected, staff only noticed minutes later ■ Israel extends vaccination campaign to people over 45 ■ Two million Israelis vaccinated, as cases remain at record highs ■ West Bank active cases drop below 7,000

695 shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (R) at a Maccabi Healthcare Services clinic in the central city of Ramle, as a kindergarten teacher becomes the 2 millionth Israeli to be vaccinated against COVID-19, January 14, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Israel on Thursday marked the milestone of having inoculated 2 million people with the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, as the country pushed forward with the national vaccinatio...

Setting course for next million, PM says vaccination campaign's success will allow Israel to ease restrictions while 'Europe plans lockdowns well into March and April'; some 110,000 Israelis already received 2nd booster shot

2 million Israelis have received the first dose of the COVID vaccine Ynet | Published: 01.14.21 , 19:36 A kindergarten teacher from Ramle Thursday became the 2 millionth Israeli to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein were there to congratulate her. comment

CoronavirusIsrael By Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM - People receives a Covid-19 vaccine, at Clalit Covid-19 vaccination center in Yerushalayim.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Israel’s coronavirus vaccination drive passed the two millionth mark on Thursday. A kindergarten teacher from Ramle was the 2 millionth Israeli to receive the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein were there to congratulate her at the Ramle clinic. B...