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CoronavirusIsrael By Hamodia Staff YERUSHALAYIM - Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 1:03 pm | ט"ז טבת תשפ"א Boxes containing vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in a refrigerator at Augusta University in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday morning. Mchael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) The Health Ministry denied a report on Thursday that a shipment of one million Moderna vaccines are on their way to Israel next week, according to Channel 12. Moderna was quoted as saying there is no such plan to advance the March delivery date. “We would like to clarify that as of now, we don’...

CoronavirusIsrael By Aryeh Stern YERUSHALAYIM - ​ Police set up temporary roadblocks at the Gilo junction, outside Yerushalayim, as Israel enters its third nationwide lockdown, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, on Sunday. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, chaired by MK Rabbi Yaakov Asher (United Torah Judaism), approved on Wednesday the cancellation of the directive requiring all Israelis returning from abroad to be quarantined in state-run coronavirus hotels. The committee also extended by 60 days the national state of emergency ...

Dec. 29, 2020 Authorities in Israel, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, are grappling with the current increase in coronavirus cases, which has prompted directives to curb its spread but also an effort to mitigate the economic consequences of the crisis. Israel has entered a third nationwide lockdown, and has severely limited the entry of foreigners into the country as cases continue to spike. Israelis returning from abroad are obligated to go into quarantine for 14 days – or 10 days if they twice test negative for COVID-19. Israel currently has 40,929 active cases; 3,292 people have died. ...

Likud, Blue & White at odds as budget compromise set to fail in Knesset plenum Knesset committee approves the bill that would delay the deadline for passing of a state budget, but MKs appear unconvinced, vowing to reject it; Likud says Gantz 'dragging' Israel into elections because his party is 'falling apart' Moran Azulay | Published: 12.21.20 , 18:03 Likud and coalition partner Blue & White are at odds over demands for solving the political deadlock as the bill, which intends to help the two sides find compromise on a state budget, is set to fall short of a majority in the Knesset plenu...

Follow Dec. 21, 2020 On Thursday evening members of Kahol Lavan’s Knesset faction gathered for Hanukkah candle-lighting at the home of Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay, in the town of Kadima-Tzoran. “Friends, relax over the weekend,” party leader Benny Gantz told them. “There won’t be any compromise. We’re going to elections.” They gave him a skeptical look. At least some of them don’t consider him the same Benny that they knew, whom they believed, whom they relied on with their eyes closed. He messed everything up for them. Bibi gets immunity – just not the kind h...