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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 in state-financed “quarantine hotels” and that the government can allow more people to enter the ...

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 still for a mass vaccination campaign to get under way, and many months for it to reach enough members...

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 have received the injection since then. With the end of COVID-19 restrictions hinging on the widesp...

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. Asher told the Knesset Constitution Committee that he had asked Minister of Transport Miri ...