Published: 13 August 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: Out of power and craving the spotlight, Netanyahu is playing dirty politics with the vaccine campaign
Guess who's fuelling Israel's disastrous Covid anti-vaxxer movement? (Haaretz)
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: Out of power, but still eager for the spotlight, Netanyahu is now playing politics with Israel's COVID vaccine campaign. It's unforgivable
Israeli court: Employer can force staff to vaccinate, be tested for Covid (Jerusalem Post)
The ruling sets a precedent for other Israeli companies being able to force their staff to vaccinate against the coronavirus or test against their will.
A third of Israeli Arabs have yet to be vaccinated against Covid (Haaretz)
Additionally, only 16 percent of children age 12-15 in the Arab community have been vaccinated compared to 34.6 percent in the general population
Birthright cancels dozens of trips to Israel due to new quarantine rules (Times of Israel)
Organization which brings young Jews to Israel for free shelves 42 of its 10-day visits planned for the summer after government orders all arrivals from US to isolate for a week
READ MORE
French police detain woman for poster deemed antisemitic at COVID protest (Jerusalem Post)
Cassandre Fristot, an activist for the far-right National Rally party, held up a brown cardboard poster at the rally Saturday in Metz condemning President Emmanuel Macron.
Photo: Israelis lift placards in Tel Aviv as they chant slogans denouncing the government's renewed restrictions to combat Covid (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
