Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned yesterday that deaths from coronavirus could reach 10,000 by next month, Israeli media reported. “We could reach a million infected within a month,” he told Israeli Channel 12 News. “There could also be 10,000 dead Israelis.” During a six-hour meeting on the telephone with other Israeli ministers, Netanyahu presented what he called the Health Ministry’s “nightmare scenario,” warning of the huge number […]
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A Palestinian labourer suffering from coronavirus symptoms was found dumped by Israeli authorities at the Beit Sira checkpoint that connects Israel and the occupied West Bank. Footage recorded by 25-year-old Ibrahim Abu Safiya who found him “dumped like trash,” has gone viral on social media. It shows the Palestinian labourer who works in Israel lying near the checkpoint, causing people to express their outrage over the […]
An Indian migrant who was mistaken for a Chinese man was brutally assaulted by two Israelis in an apparent racist attack related to the coronavirus outbreak. The attack, reportedly by Israeli media on Saturday, saw Am-Shalem Singson, who came to Israel from Manipur, India, in 2017, being taunted by two Israeli men who thought he was Chinese, before they violently assaulted the 28-year-old. The Israeli men, […]
A new poll has revealed that a broad national unity government is the most popular option amongst Israelis, but a plurality also believe that a fourth election is inevitable, reported the Jerusalem Post. According to the poll, published by Israel Hayom newspaper today, 31 per cent of respondents said they preferred a broad unity government (i.e. Likud, Blue and White, and other parties from across the […]
An Israeli general said that “the death of former President Hosni Mubarak is a good occasion to remember an Arab leader who understood the meaning of peace with Israel, and added a human perspective to it. He was the only leader in the region who maintained more than anyone else peace with Israel and stability in the Middle East.” Shimon Hefetz added in his article in […]
Benjamin Netanyahu has called on his countrymen to abandon traditional handshakes in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. Instead he recommended a no-contact gesture like India’s ‘Namaste’ greeting or the Hebrew shalom. Netanyahu said that he has already adopted the no-handshake policy, and suggested that his fellow Israelis do the same. “You can try to implement the Indian system of Namaste or say another word […]
In a major international survey, only 37 per cent of Israelis said human rights groups should be able to operate freely, as reported by the Times of Israel. The 34-nation poll, conducted by the US-based Pew Research Centre from May-October 2019, focused on views of, and support for, democracy and democratic institutions. Support in Israel is “significantly lower than in most countries for freedom of expression, […]
Global ecommerce company Amazon has been accused of discriminating against Palestinians by offering free shipping to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank but not to Palestinians living in the same area. In findings released in an investigation by the Financial Times, the newspaper discovered that by taking all of the illegal settlement addresses and entering them into Amazon’s delivery portal, the company extends its website’s offer […]