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A kindergarten in Moshav Yashresh, Israel, Oct.18, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Did COVID lockdowns harm children’s immune systems?
In the months after Israel lifted the majority of social restrictions, a sharp incline was reported in respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among the 0 to 3 age group, revealed a peer-reviewed study by Ben-Gurion University.
Maayan Hoffman
Feb. 20, 2022
Israelis in Tel Aviv wear protective masks in accordance with coronavirus regulations, Oct. 26, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
There’s no cure for health-authority pig-headedness
Any doctor who doesn’t toe the going ideological line is attacked for being irresponsible or, worse, for causing the death of innocent people.
Ruthie Blum
Jan. 18, 2022
Tel Aviv, April 4, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Israel may have achieved herd immunity against COVID-19
With 56 percent of its citizens vaccinated and another 15 percent recovered, Israel may be the first country where people who are immune protect those who aren’t.
Abigail Klein Leichman
April 8, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 1, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Did Netanyahu outmaneuver his political opponents by calling off immunity push?
The Israeli prime minister is now banking that all eyes are on the newly released Mideast initiative, and that the public sees him as the only one who can lead the country to the historic opportunities presented by the peace plan.
Dov Lipman
Jan. 28, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Jan. 27, 2020. Photo by D. Myles Cullen/White House.
Netanyahu pulls the rug out from under his rivals
Hours before the ceremony in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump to present the Mideast peace plan, including a map of the borders of the proposed demilitarized Palestinian state, the Israeli premier announced that he was withdrawing his request for immunity.
Ruthie Blum
Jan. 28, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli parliament members during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu withdraws request for parliamentary immunity
“I will not let my opponents interfere with the historic move I am leading,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in Washington for talks on the Mideast peace plan.
Yehuda Shlezinger
Jan. 28, 2020
Israeli Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (right) attends the first election committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on Dec. 18, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Edelstein: Knesset prepares to debate possible immunity for Netanyahu
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein “fell into the trap laid by the left,” say sources close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Blue and White leader Benny Gantz: “Netanyahu requested a debate on immunity—Netanyahu will get a debate.”
Jan. 20, 2020
Arrangements Committee chairman MK Avi Nissenkorn is seen during a committee vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Jan. 13, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Knesset panel votes to move ahead on Netanyahu’s immunity request
Panel votes 16 to 5 in favor of forming a key committee to deliberate on the request • Netanyahu: “Blue and White have zero achievements to show the citizens of Israel, so they kidnapped the Knesset.”
Jan. 14, 2020
Legal adviser Eyal Yinon at during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Nov. 6, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Citing conflict of interest, Likud files petition to block ruling by Knesset legal adviser
The legal opinion in question regards whether Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has the authority to postpone the creation of a Knesset committee to address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s immunity request prior to the March 2 elections.
Jan. 12, 2020