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Israel's dilemma: Can the unvaccinated return to workplaces? ILAN BEN ZION, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 12 1of12FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, people eat in a restaurant as restrictions are eased following months of government-imposed shutdowns, in Tel Aviv, Israel. While Israel provides a glimpse of what may be possible with high immunization rates, it also offers insight into the problems that lie ahead: Workplaces and schools are now grappling with what to do with those who refuse to get vaccinated.Ariel Schalit/APShow MoreShow Less 2of12FILE...

Israel turns to carrots, and maybe some sticks, to persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts Dina Kraft © Provided by The LA Times Israelis receive COVID-19 shots at a vaccination center set up in a shopping mall parking lot in Givataim. (Oded Balilty / Associated Press) Amid pulsating techno music and the clinking of cocktail glasses, a young woman with long, dark curls sat outside a Tel Aviv bar summoning the courage to overcome her phobia of needles to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Hila Baron, 29, flanked by a close friend on one side and a paramedic on the other, both patiently mu...

More Coverage To help make that happen, controversial new legislation was passed Wednesday that permits the health ministry to provide municipalities with the names, addresses and contact information of residents who have not been vaccinated. The law allows city workers to use the information to contact those people and try to convince them to do so. The measure also grants the education and welfare ministries access to that information. Advertisement Haim Katz, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, said in parliament that the law was justified given the stakes. “I’ve been asked, ‘What...

× Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Jazz ShawPosted at 11:01 am on January 3, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Even as Israel has enjoyed rapprochement with several Arab states that have traditionally been enemies over the past year, they’ve also been hit hard by the pandemic, as have most nations of the world. But the government’s response and efforts to slow the spread of the disease has been significantly different than what we’ve seen in the United States. America has had more than its share of lockdowns and quarantines, along with reminders to engage in social distancing a...