Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Israel’s sectors with high productivity and employment, such as tech, commerce, and industry, will be the first to resume work

CTECH Back to Normal: Tech First, Culture Last by Omri Milman April 12, 2020 Israel’s return to normalcy post coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown is set to start with its most productive sectors, first among them the country’s tech sector, according to … Continue reading

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“That Israel’s health system had to enlist Mossad was evidence that it had not readied itself to respond to the type of threat represented by the coronavirus”

NEW YORK TIMES Israel’s Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad by Ronen Bergman April 13, 2020 When Israel’s health minister was found to be infected with the coronavirus early this month, all high-level officials in close contact … Continue reading

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Amnesty International employee betrays Gazan peace activist for “collaborating” with Israels

UN WATCH Amnesty researcher prompts Hamas to arrest peace activist April 13, 2020 Amnesty International, the group that was founded to free political prisoners, is being asked to terminate its relationship with a Gaza researcher after the New York Times … Continue reading

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“A low-tech, high-energy hour managed to be both perfectly silly and profoundly moving” (and it was almost 100% non-political)

JEWISH WEEK How a Celebrity ‘Seder’ Modeled Real Jewish Pluralism by Andrew Silow-Carroll April 14, 2020 I’ll confess: I get a little giddy when Jewish celebrities acknowledge, never mind celebrate, their Jewishness. Over the years, I’ve spilled more ink over … Continue reading

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World Health Organization has history of singling out Jewish state

FREE BEACON WHO’s Anti-Israel Bias Raising Questions About Organization’s Direction by Adam Kredo April 13, 2020 The World Health Organization’s decision-making body has a history of singling out Israel for criticism, fueling concerns of bias as the United Nations organization … Continue reading

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“If the Democrats are to defeat Trump, Sanders’s leftist and anti-Israel supporters must embrace the nominee, but what will he have to give them to secure their support?”

JNS Biden needs the Bernie Bros. Will he give them a say in policy? by Jonathan S. Tobin April 14, 2020 In a flight of fancy and an almost superfluous reminder of his irrelevance, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman … Continue reading

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“Residents of neighborhoods with high infection rates to be confined to one of seven zones dividing the capital starting at noon, but can leave for work or other essential needs”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods to be locked down starting Sunday by Staff April 11, 2020 Several Jerusalem neighborhoods with high coronavirus infection rates will be locked down starting Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said early Sunday. … Continue reading

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“Jews don’t need a crisis to tell them who or what they are. For Jews, the sense of who and what they are is what sustains them through such crises”

JNS The story that Jews repeat on Passover is the secret of their survival by Melanie Phillips April 8, 2020 As Jews around the world celebrate the festival of Passover this week, the ironies are painful. The festival celebrates the … Continue reading

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“It has become clear that the Jewish Chronicle will not be able to survive the impact of the current coronavirus epidemic in its current form”

ALGEMEINER After Nearly 200 Years of Publication, Coronavirus Drives UK’s Main Jewish Newspaper Into Liquidation April 8, 2020 One of the world’s oldest Jewish newspapers announced that it was going into liquidation on Wednesday, with staff members learning on the … Continue reading

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Israeli tech companies raised $2.74 billion across 139 deals during the first quarter of 2020

CALCALIST Despite Covid-19 Crisis, Israeli Tech Registers Record Quarter by Hagar Ravet April 5, 2020 The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis may have shaken the world’s economy to its core, but Israeli tech still managed to close a record-high quarter. Israeli tech … Continue reading

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