Unlike the rest of the country, the residents of the hotel aren't in lock-down. Or at least, not within the hotel. "We can do whatever we want. We've arranged schedules for ourselves. We play games, we listen to music, we dance, we do yoga, I do standup, we hang out, ...
The police are out in full force. They always are during these holidays to maintain order among the crowds of hundreds of thousands that come to pray. But this year, they are out to ensure that there are no crowds, as Jerusalem remains under virtual lockdown. ...
Israeli officials warn that Wednesday night will be a make-it-or-break-it event in the fight against coronavirus. ...
In its efforts to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the Israeli government has deployed thousands of Israeli soldiers to work with the police, along with the health and interior ministries, emergency health services Magen David Adom and other civilian authorities. ...
At least three women in Israel. have been murdered since the lockdown began in March. ...
Cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian medical professionals to battle COVID-19 virus has been taking place since mid-February. ...
Israel is now about to have a government for the first time in almost a year and a half. How did it get here? ...
Mahmoud, the nurse working in the hospital in the north, concludes, “the medical system is a place of equality between Arabs and Jews, both for staff and for patients. But outside of the medical system, Arabs are discriminated against in many ways. We have needed systemic solutions to create greater ...

Israel was one of the first countries to respond forcefully to the coronavirus. Many of the steps taken to contain

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The possibility of a full outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the Gaza Strip is both likely and terrifying. More than two million people, over half of them children, live in the 139-square-mile area, one of the world’s most highly-populated regions. Unemployment stands at 52 percent and half of the ...

Like most first-world people stuck in their homes, Israelis are using traditional and social media to connect with others and

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Much of the time, Israeli society is fractured by differences and resentments. Sometimes, we define ourselves more by whom we’re

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