Published: 11 December 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu: Vaccine drive to begin Dec. 27, with 60,000 shots given a day (Times of Israel)
Prime minister encourages all to be inoculated, says authorities developing ‘green passport’ allowing entry to malls, events for those who receive the inoculation
After curfew bites dust, cabinet to seek Chanukah ban on visits to others’ homes (Times of Israel)
Ministers to also consider closure of shops after 5.30pm for duration of holiday in bid to cut down infections by keeping people from gathering
Israeli officials finally admit: anti-coronavirus surveillance data is false (Haaretz)
Israeli lawmakers for months voted to extend the Shin Bet’s mandate to track citizens, despite warnings that it wasn't working
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Israel to start testing Palestinian workers for COVID-19 at checkpoints (Times of Israel)
Tests will be conducted randomly; workers who refuse to be checked will not be permitted to enter, officials say
EU promises COVID-19 vaccines, clean water for Gaza (Jerusalem Post)
According to the UN, there are 15,989 Palestinian COVID-19 cases in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and 10,091 in Gaza
Photo: Palestinian students affiliated with the United Nations “UNRWA” wear face masks in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on November 25(Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
