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0 shares The director of the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Ronni Gamzu, formerly the country’s coronavirus czar, says his hospital will begin vaccinating the general population against COVID-19 from Sunday, according to the Ynet news site. Israel is currently only vaccinating those over 60. Gamzu says the hospital aims to inoculate 4,000 people a day against the virus. Registration will open on the hospital website on Thursday, he says. I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it's full of beauty and ...

Some Likud lawmakers are calling for party primaries to shake up Benjamin Netanyahu’s party slate ahead of the March elections, following the defection of several Likud members to Gideon Sa’ar’s new party, New Hope. MKs Nir Barkat, Eli Cohen and Shlomo Karhi, express support for the move in interviews with Army Radio. Karhi says the internal vote is needed to “restore the trust of its voters,” while Cohen says a final decision will be made next week. Sa’ar quit Likud earlier this month to form New Hope and challenge Netanyahu from the right in the upcoming vote. He was joined by L...

1,509 shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweets a chart from Our World In Data showing Israel to be the current world leader in administering COVID-19 vaccines to its population, surpassing the UK. “Tremendous success!” he tweets, alongside the chart showing Israel at the top of the list (0.83 per 100 people). Israel began its drive on Sunday, while Britain started on December 8. The data for the UK and the US, however, was last updated on Monday, while Israel’s appears to be up-to-date. הצלחה אדירה! ישראל במקום הראשון בעולם לחסן את אז�...

New study shows Israel leads all democracies in most elections held since 1996 Israel Democracy Institute advocates reforms to adopted to help stabilize Israel's shaky political system as country heads to fourth election cycles in two years i24NEWS | Updated: 12.23.20 , 21:11 The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) said on Wednesday that the Jewish has held more elections than any other liberal democracy in the world since 1996. The vote on March 23, 2021, will be Israel's eleventh election for Israel Parliament (Knesset) since the May 1996 vote in which Benjamin Netanyahu first became prime ...

0 shares The Goldberg Committee, which vets senior government appointments, will convene tomorrow to discuss the nominations of the new police commissioner and head of the Prisons Service. Border Police chief Yaakov (Kobi) Shabtai has been nominated to serve as the next Israel Police commissioner, a position that has been vacant for two years. Katy Perry was tapped to serve as the next chief of the IPS. She will be the second woman to lead the organization if approved. Kobi Shabtai, commander of the Border Police, on September 28, 2017 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)   I'm proud to work at Th...