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The goal of the legislation is to make the conversion more accessible and welcoming.

Electronic Bracelets to Track Israeli Citizens Arriving from Abroad During Pandemic Daniel Sonnenfeld Pilot program to offer an alternative to staying in a quarantine hotel Israel will launch a pilot program on Sunday to test electronic tracking bracelets as a tool for enforcing quarantine, obligatory for all people entering the country. The option, designed to ensure arrivals from abroad stay inside their homes during the mandatory isolation period, will mean they do not have to spend time i...

Israel is in the midst of an extensive vaccination campaign, and is beginning to see a drop in COVID infections and severe cases. Israel exited its third nationwide lockdown, but inbound and outbound flights remain suspended except for special cases. So far, 5,660 Israelis have died of the virus. Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have received 30,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by Israel. It may take a while st...

Unvaccinated Israeli Youth May Prolong Coronavirus Restrictions Daniel Sonnenfeld 02/11/2021 Only 9% of Israelis ages 20-29 have been inoculated in the week since they were invited to get their shots Almost 90% of Israelis older than 60 have received the first shot of the vaccine against the coronavirus. Israel’s youth, however, are not rushing to vaccination centers. Israel announced a week ago that vaccinations are open to all Israelis ages 16 and up, yet only 9% of Israelis in their 20s...

Pressure grows for flights to rescue Israelis stranded abroad Although there have been flights between Frankfurt and Tel Aviv, thousands of Israelis are stuck in New York and Dubai. After El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL) filed a request to operate special flights from New York for Israelis left stranded overseas by the closure of Ben Gurion airport, Knesset Constitution Committee chairman Yakov Asher (United Torah Judaism) has also requested that rescue flights be operated from the US to...

Israel to mull another lockdown extension amid row over higher fines Ministers set to convene on Thursday in an effort to extend closure by another week; but if no agreement is reached on the bill to double fines virus violators, majority of whom from Haredi sector, lockdown will end Sunday Itamar Eichner, Nina Fuchs | Published: 01.27.21 , 13:53 Israels government said Wednesday it will discuss another extension to the current lockdown amid a row over fines for coronavirus violations, which...

Israel must stay in lockdown for extra week, infectious disease expert warns Prof. Galia Rahav says barring miracle drop in infection rates, extension is crucial to preventing possible fourth closure, believes Israel will begin inoculating children as soon as Pfizer publishes findings on vaccine efficacy for under-16s Ynet | Published: 01.26.21 , 14:38 One of Israels leading infectious disease experts warned Tuesday that the countrys coronavirus morbidity levels mean it cannot end the curre...

MK Yaacov Asher (United Torah Judaism). During Monday’s meeting of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Committee Chairman MK Yakov Asher (UTJ) addressed the riots in Bnei Brak that protest the government’s coronavirus measures, saying, “What we have seen in recent days is not Bnei Brak, this is not the character of its residents.” MK Asher is the former mayor of Bnei Brak. He explained that “there are marginal groups here that are tarnishing the name of this great and impo...

Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana condemns the “savage violence” after three police officers suffer light wounds during clashes in the mainly ultra-Orthodox city.

As tensions rise amid Israel’s third COVID-19 lockdown, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin calls on police to be “compassionate” but stresses there can be no tolerance for violence.