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The mall, an initiative of the Jerusalem Municipality, is free for local businesses to join and will be promoted by the municipality through a variety of platforms.

Lebanese media also reported Israel tied to air strikes.

For many in the business sector there is little appetite to celebrate at all. Others, looking at measures implemented by other governments, are green with envy.

IAI and Invoytec to produce Israeli-developed ventilators in missile production plant.

Two military systems developed by Elbit and IAI will remotely monitor and measure vital signs

"My goal is to enable the Knesset to function as well as possible under the circumstances," Gantz said.

To finance the initiative, Ogen allocated NIS 30 million NIS in lending capital.

Ashkenazi: Bennett’s plan to allow NSO group to store surveillance data is intolerable.

Netanyahu's office said IIBR director had informed him of "significant progress" in designing a vaccine prototype and that the institute "is now preparing a model for commencing an animal trial."

The spy chief has racked up major wins against Iran and the coronavirus, is scandal-free, has charisma and leans to the Right.

“One people one table” invites everyone to join so that anyone left alone in their home can celebrate the Passover Seder with their big family - the nation of Israel.

New instructions for religious observance issued by Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau in light of new coronavirus restrictions

The agriculture and finance ministries said they have taken the "exceptional" move to persuade shipping companies to change their routes for greater and faster imports.

Anti-riot police were dispatched to Kufr Aqab on Monday after armed clashes erupted between residents and activists from the nearby Qalandia refugee camp.

It’s been three weeks since news broke that the Weizmann Institute can conduct so many COVID-19 checks – so why isn’t it? "This can be the game changer Israel needs to combat the virus."

Distance learning has proven itself. We have received excellent responses from teachers and students, if the situation persists, we will put in more agenda."

Memories of weddings and secret dates in the ghetto, of forbidden gifts, of mutual care and support, of dreams of home, family, and their own country fill the space.

Likud, Blue and White restart talks

The startup Hyro may provide a possible solution to the severe shortage of coronavirus testing capacity.

Israel has provided medical equipment for the PA to combat the pandemic, as well as guidance and cooperation with Palestinian medical crews.

"As part of this important response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Playtika is fully committed to helping people worldwide stay safe and feel connected."

The combined group has assets of some EUR 8.5 billion in Germany.

Dismissing that the Knesset committee will act as a "rubber stamp," MK Oded Forer said the plan must include compensation for severely affected industries, including the tourism industry.

The three were in contact with a commander in the reserves who was diagnosed with the virus on Tuesday

Before jumping, the man was considered to have mild symptoms. He had been transferred to the hospital from home care the week before.

Troops arrested father of deadly 2018 Givat Assaf, Ofra shooter

Growing Iran-US tensions in the last year have led to US airstrikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed proxies, and this has angered the Iraqi government

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemns Palestinian and Israeli incitement, but does not mention Abbas

The most notable of the additional services provided has been to proactively reach out to those most vulnerable during the crisis, such as lone soldiers, the young and elderly, and the unemployed.

The soldiers will accompany Israel police officers and have a special tag. The commanders will also carry weapons.

The consequences for agriculture and tourism impact all of Israel.

Kahlon says goodbye to politics

The haredim don’t trust the government and they haven’t for years. The same is true when it comes to Israeli-Arabs and the Arabs who live in east Jerusalem.

Ashkenazi: Bennett’s NSO idea is intolerable

Government, police increase efforts to stop spread of coronavirus in ultra-Orthodox sector

The Israeli Employment Service said that a total of 20,413 new applicants registered for unemployment benefits on Sunday night and Monday, bringing the total number of claimants to over 962,500.

Government approved new set of restrictions * Another Israeli succumbs to COVID-19 * Despite suspicion, Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus

The danger presented by structures with a large number of people at risk began to be evident when, this month, several residents and members of staff of Migdal Nofim were diagnosed with the virus

Officials have been tracking the ongoing readiness of the food industry to produce food on a daily basis since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, and have included the availability of matzah.

Medical personnel are concerned that Israel could soon look like Italy or Spain.

Low approval for Lapid, Edelstein, Gantz, Litzman

Extremists attack Magen David Adom team injuring one

Two shipments departed from Shanghai, China and arrived in Tel Aviv earlier this week.

Caesar Premier Hotels in Jerusalem, Eilat and Tiberias have closed their doors and put about 600 workers on unpaid leave in light of the coronavirus crisis

Eastern Orthodox churches will still receive Holy Fire from Jerusalem.

This week's enlistment to go forward

The coronavirus has brought with it the unfortunate side effect of many more pets being abandoned.

Netanyahu could offer ambassadorships to disappointed Likud ministers left without portfolios.

The Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, the Ichilov Hospital, and the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa will each receive NIS 3m and the Israel NGO Latet will receive NIS 1m.

Drill was given special permission to take place despite continued spread of coronavirus.

While 140 airlines served Israel's largest airport prior to the coronavirus outbreak, only Aeroflot, United Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines are continuing operations.

Not only does she have to find ways to keep her own children busy, but she has to ensure her pupils are up to date with schoolwork online.

Hikers were still showing up in towns even with the restrictions on movement and the towns began to worry about infections, as many of them have older populations.

Palestinians usually mark the day in violent clashes with soldiers in Gaza and West Bank

The two countries are the places in which there are the most Israelis seeking to return to Israel as more flights around the world are canceled.

The total amount spent by the ministry will come to NIS 9 million.

"I don't see a model in which we end this situation with a small number of intubated patients or deaths."

It also brings a few dozen ventilators, tens of thousands of test kits, some 25,000 N95 masks, expects more medical equipment.

A partial collapse of the roof of the building was also discovered and a structural engineer was summoned.

The last time the Degania Dam was opened was in 2013.

The National Library of Israel has created an archive to document the impact of the coronavirus on Jewish communities around the world.

Cameras find Netanyahu doesn't have to quarantine

Labor MK Merav Michaeli: "I will call for a party conference and digitally vote against the government. I do not violate my promises to the voter."

Crackdown in response to complaints that products did not meet PA standards and regulations

Rivlin underscored in all these conversations that the whole policy towards the elderly, especially Holocaust survivors, should be reconsidered.

Once-beloved owner leaves soccer club’s helm after players reject salary reduction plan

Most of the scenes set among the hassidim are completely in Yiddish.

Is taking so many tests ideal? Will it help curtail the spread of the virus or let Israelis out of isolation?

Britain's PM has the virus, but at least he also has a government

Why did it taken so long for the the community to take the epidemic and its dangers seriously?

The discussion focused on the fact that the Corona epidemic has become fertile ground for the spreading of false and antisemitic propaganda against the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

All the criticism is fine and good and valid. What makes it a bit odd is that it is coming from Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

The flight was organized by the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria with the goal of removing hundreds of Israelis who were left stranded after the closure of airports in Nigeria and its neighboring countries

A nutritionist advises those social distancing and those quarantined how to maintain a healthy lifestyle

The families of both women, Omer Levi and Oria Zisso, had intended on flying in from the US for the induction ceremony until the coronavirus crisis made parents attending the ceremony impossible.

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

The Corona epidemic has become fertile ground for the spreading of false and anti-semitic propaganda against the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

"Amir Peretz shaved his mustache and said "read my lips, I will not sit with Netanyahu." We still believe Amir, I still believe Amir," Michaeli said of the Labor leader's promise before the elections

“It gave me incredible peace of mind to be able to reach out to Nefesh B’ Nefesh.”

Business travel too won't suddenly return to normal. There are no conferences planned for the summer, no Olympics in Japan.

Rabbi Kanievsky ruled that anyone not obeying social-distancing orders is like someone trying to murder another, is responsible for causing their death; permits reporting them to secular authorities.

The celestial cycles have spoken: the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 12 kicked off these traumatic times.

Why do I keep traveling, even when it's clearly much safer and less stressful to stay home?

One liter of 95 RON octane gasoline will cost NIS 4.89 including VAT, marking a reduction of NIS 1.03 or 17.4% since March.

"The virus we are facing makes no distinctions for national borders, and international cooperation is vital in fighting it."

Many people enjoy using the services of publicly placed containers which are full of boiling hot water as the amount of dishes involved is very big.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to apply Israeli law to all Israeli towns in the West Bank, in the framework of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

The number of unemployment benefit claimants has climbed to almost 939,500, or 22.6% of the workforce.

Bennett releases corona plan to do 30,000-50,000 tests to identify virus carriers quickly in order to restart the economy

Gantz's actions over the last year, including the deal currently being discussed, have helped guarantee that Netanyahu will face trial.

The world-renowned composer and conductor was hailed for such brilliant works as 'Saint Luke Passion’ and ‘The Seven Gates of Jerusalem.’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was a special operations soldier at the time, was wounded in the Israeli rescue operation which followed the hijacking.

IDF troops patrolling Israeli cities to enforce the nation-wide semi lockdown