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Israeli court orders halt on phone tracking without more legislation (source — www.smh.com.au) 27/04/2020 00:12:17

Israel last month said it was using the Shin Bet's phone-surveillance technology to identify people exposed to the coronavirus by retracing their movements.

It Didn't Take Long For Extremists To Blame Jews For Coronavirus (source — www.huffingtonpost.co.uk) 26/04/2020 08:00:06

Life at present is far from normal and though our focus must rightly be on health and safety, when it comes to anti-Semitism, this old hatred adapts to the new normal without hesitation. It didn&...

Covid-19 'vanishes' after 70 days with or without intervention, claims professor (source — www.mirror.co.uk) 26/04/2020 01:39:28

Professor Isaac Ben-Israel made the claims about Covid-19 in a self-published article but his calculations have been criticised, as there is no country that can be used as a baseline

Coronavirus outbreaks die out within 70 days regardless of lockdown measures, expert claims (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 24/04/2020 13:35:19

Coronavirus outbreaks can die out within 70 days without any intervention, an expert has claimed. An Israeli professor has said all efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 will lead to the same results...

Coronavirus imperils Ramadan meals, assistance in Gaza (source — www.thesundaily.my) 24/04/2020 06:23:48

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is a time for giving, with mosques and charities feeding thousands, but coronavirus has left many in the Gaza Strip wondering how t...

Reporter's Notebook: Witnessing the bravery of Israel's coronavirus first responders (source — www.foxnews.com) 23/04/2020 03:16:43

Fox News went inside an Israeli coronavirus ward to see the fight against the deadly virus first-hand.

Coronavirus: Israeli inventors offer up $500 build-it-yourself ventilators as hospitals scramble for more breathing machines (source — www.independent.co.uk) 22/04/2020 17:21:05

AmboVent is the brainchild of a team led by David Alkaher, the chief technology officer at an electronics unit of the Israeli Air Force

Israeli UN Ambassador Danon: Palestinians getting coronavirus aid from Israel respond with outrageous claims (source — www.foxnews.com) 22/04/2020 15:12:25

Israel has gone to great lengths and donated generously to protect Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from the coronavirus pandemic, but our lifesaving assistance has been greeted by Pal...

Coronavirus fuels rise in anti-Semitism, Israeli researchers warn (source — www.foxnews.com) 22/04/2020 01:20:30

A research report released Monday by Tel Aviv University claimed that the novel coronavirus has caused a spike in anti-Semitic rhetoric blaming Jews for the global pandemic and the subsequent economic...

Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony Held by Israeli Paramedics (source — www.news.com.au) 21/04/2020 21:10:07

Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service, held a ceremony to pay their respects to Holocaust survivors on Holocaust Remembrance Day, footage posted online April 21 shows. This vid...

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