Austria and Denmark will produce new Covid vaccines without help from the EU after the bloc’s jab roll-out descended into a slow-paced shambles. Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s prime minister, and Danish leader Mette Frederiksen announced today that they will travel to Israel to discuss development of a second generation of coronavirus vaccines with health authorities there. Israel … Read more
There is a new rule at Meir Elbaz’s synagogue near Tel Aviv. Only people who can produce a green pass, Israel’s new Covid passport, may cross the threshold. If you don’t have one of the highly-prized passes, you are relegated to the courtyard and forced to listen to prayers through the open windows. ‘It’s a … Read more
Israel’s parliament today passed a law allowing the government to share the identities of people not vaccinated against the coronavirus with other authorities. The move on Wednesday has raising privacy concerns for those opting out of inoculation. The measure, which passed with 30 votes for and 13 against, gives local governments, the director general of … Read more
Israel is banking on vaccine passports to re-open its economy with gyms, hotels, restaurants and swimming pools , bars and restaurants open to those with a ‘green pass’ who have had two doses of a jab. More than a third of Israel’s 8.6 million population has been fully vaccinated in the world’s quickest immunisation programme … Read more
Israel has opened a Covid vaccination centre in a bar and is offering a free drink to anyone who gets a shot to encourage young people to get vaccinated. Tel Aviv’s Jenia gastropub, which has been closed for long period during the pandemic, opened its doors to serve punters a different type of shot on … Read more
An Iranian judo world champion has been pictured posing with his Israeli rival as he is competing in an international contest in Tel Aviv against the wishes of Tehran. Saeid Mollaei defected to Germany after he disobeyed a direct order from Iran’s minister to withdraw from the 2019 Judo World Championships in Japan to avoid … Read more
London film director who flew to Israel on private plane stages hunger strike to protest being quarantined in £240-a-night hotel at government’s expense Dekel Berenson, 41, said the Israeli government’s Covid response was ‘abysmal’ Israeli-born Berenson travelled from Cyprus where he said he had isolated for 11 months and insisted he should have been allowed … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial some six weeks before Israeli voters again pass judgment on his leadership. ‘I confirm the written answer submitted in my name,’ Netanyahu said, standing before a three-judge panel in a heavily-guarded Jerusalem District Court. He was … Read more
Kosovo has established diplomatic ties with Israel, becoming the latest Muslim-majority country to do so in a US-brokered deal. The tiny Balkan state also recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel – a move that puts it at odds with the rest of the Islamic world. Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his counterpart from … Read more
Israel to send 5,000 vaccine shots to Palestinians following pressure from the UN and rights groups to immunise the full 4.8million population of the West Bank Israel said it would send coronavirus vaccine shots to Palestinian Authority The move follows global pressure to ensure Palestinians are vaccinated Israel’s vaccine rollout is widely regarded as the … Read more