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“For COVID-19, Iran has relied on foreign antisemitic conspiracies to add weight to misinformation about the origins of the virus”

JERUSALEM POST Iran’s Regime Pushes Antisemitic Conspiracies about Coronavirus by Seth Frantzman March 8, 2020 Iran’s Press TV, which represents the regime’s English-language propaganda, has been pushing antisemitic conspiracies about the coronavirus to distract from the mullah regime’s mishandling of … Continue reading

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“No flights from US to be banned; Holland added to list of restricted countries”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel reportedly decides on self-quarantine for arrivals from NY, Wash., CA by Staff March 8, 2020 Passengers arriving in Israel from New York, Washington state, and California will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days under new … Continue reading

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“The US president is fumbling in the face of a health crisis of unknown proportions”

ASIA TIMES Fumbling in the face of coronavirus could lose Trump the election by David P. Goldman March 5, 2020 Panic returned to the US stock market on Thursday as the federal government fumbled in the face of a health … Continue reading

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“Chief rabbi urges keeping lips off hands touching mezuzahs; European rabbinical group bans those feeling unwell from synagogue, even to recite the Kaddish prayer for the dead”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Coronavirus takes toll on religious life as rabbis advise against ritual kissing by Stuart Winer March 4, 2020 Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau on Wednesday said Israelis should avoid touching and kissing mezuzahs affixed to … Continue reading

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Iranian Parliament spokesman: “Any citizen found to be “spreading rumors” about the virus would be sentenced to flogging and one-to-three years in prison”

NATIONAL REVIEW Iranian MP Says Government is Concealing ‘Horrific Numbers’ of Coronavirus Deaths: ‘It’s Not As If We Can Hide the Cemeteries’ by Zachary Evans February 28, 2020 An Iranian member of Parliament on Friday said cases of the Wuhan … Continue reading

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Israeli Coronavirus vaccine discovery “identified as a by-product of MIGAL’s development of a vaccine against IBV, a disease affecting poultry”

JEWISH PRESS Israeli Researchers Make Breakthrough in Development of Coronavirus Vaccine by Aryeh Savir February 27, 2020 Israeli researchers at MIGAL – Galilee Research Institute have developed an effective vaccine against avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) and are adapting it … Continue reading

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Israeli company’s antiviral masks are headed to Hong Kong to combat deadly coronavirus

ISRAEL 21C New antiviral masks from Israel may help stop deadly coronavirus by Abigail Klein Leichman January 28, 2020 Jerusalem-based Argaman is nearing commercialization of a reusable, washable, breathable antiviral facemask called Bio-Block. According to founder and CEO Jeff Gabbay, … Continue reading

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Israel and coronavirus

JTA Israelis called to gather at Western Wall to pray for #coronavirus victims around the world February 16, 2020 Hundreds of Israelis gathered at the Western Wall on Sunday evening after a prominent rabbi in Israel called for a mass … Continue reading

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