Lockdown

Lockdown lifted following reported active shooter situation at New Jersey air force base

The lockdown was implemented following a possible active shooter situation on base, KAN reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US B-2 Spirit bomber, part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, stops for refueling at the US military base on Diego Garcia in this file photo taken October 8, 2001, following an air strike mission over Afghanistan.
Incoming freshmen march to their living quarters after the Oath of Office ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 26, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland.

US naval academy on lockdown following report of armed intruder - report

A former midshipman reportedly returned to the US Naval Academy with a weapon, prompting a campus-wide lockdown as gunshots were heard inside Bancroft Hall.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative image of people in an office.

An end to remote work? Even Zoom employees are asked to return to office

Workers living within 50 miles of a Zoom office will be returning to in-person work at least two days a week.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People adapted to the imposed decrease in social interaction

Social anxiety: Impact of forced lockdowns and isolation

For people with preexisting social anxiety conditions, the return to social life post-COVID is more complicated.

|ByDR. MIKE GROPPER

End of third lockdown in Israel: Where do we go from here?

Despite having had a month in which to prepare an exit plan, once again the government left it to the last minute – and then some.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A man is seen at a produce stand at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market during Israel's third lockdown.

Coronavirus corruption: Israel’s inexcusable failure - opinion

It is simply unconscionable that Israel has spent more time in lockdown than any other nation in the world and yet it still doesn’t have the COVID-19 pandemic under control.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByEMILY SCHRADER
A man smiles under his mask outside Jerusalem’s Rebar fruit juice stand. Since the start of this pandemic most of us a have been, to some degree, consumed by the fear of infection and spread of disease.

Coronavirus in Israel: These restrictions will be eased on Sunday

Restrictions will be lifted for the public starting this Sunday morning.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Stores in Jerusalem's Mamilla mall are seen closed amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, on January 14, 2021.

Abortions may be easier to access thanks to NCJW efforts

The organization will lead a reproductive-rights focused Shabbat, intent on delivering information and tools to fight for abortion access, especially during the pandemic.

FEBRUARY 5, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN
Amy Bettys, co-chair of the Women's Health and Reproductive Rights organization, raises her fist during a chant outside of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office in support of the Reproductive Health Act during a Reproductive Rights rally in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, March 22, 2017.

High Court petition filed demanding reentry for citizens stuck abroad

The decision has left an estimated hundreds of Israeli citizens stranded abroad who had flown out before the airport was shut down.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
The departure hall of an almost empty Ben-Gurion Airport, January 25, 2021.

Coronavirus: Government agrees to extend lockdown until Friday morning

The cabinet also voted to continue with its ban on international flights until Sunday

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN, MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in Jerusalem amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, on January 14, 2021..

Knesset votes to double fines for corona violators

The parliament met in a rare meeting on a Sunday in order to preempt the end of the lockdown that had only been passed through Sunday night.

JANUARY 31, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli police reinforce regulations outside on Jaffa street on January 06, 2021, during the 3rd lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Airport lockdown: Package deliveries continue as usual

Since January 26, all passenger flights through Ben Gurion Airport have been canceled.

JANUARY 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE ALMOST empty Ben-Gurion Airport last week.

Sperm supply is low, so women created an underground supply network

Women have not been dating due to social distancing measures, and also "hung out at home and in sweatpants," creating the perfect greenhouse for egg production and freezing.

JANUARY 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A technician inspects through a microscope a semen sample at a human sperm bank inside a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, China February 21, 2019.

Flight of Israelis approved to land in Ben-Gurion from NY

This is the second instance where a flight with Israelis was approved to land at Ben-Gurion Airport.

JANUARY 31, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The departure hall at the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on January 25, 2021.