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Results244Israel’s Gatekeepers have become enablers of a dangerous policy
The cabinet came up with a trick allowing the privacy violation of law-abiding citizens to continue for at least another six weeks, while at the same time seeking to enshrine it in ordinary legislation.
The High Court, Israel’s Last Line of Defense
By the way, despite the Israeli siege, the Palestinian Authority managed to cope with the coronavirus better than the omnipotent Rambo did.
Bodies of Jews from abroad still flown to Israel for burial despite coronavirus crisis
Although bringing the bodies to Israel is complex and costly, even under ordinary circumstances, some 300 bodies, including many COVID-19 victims, have been flown in for burial since February.
PM’s brother: ‘Stop taking visiting leaders to Yad Vashem first’
In Independence Day lecture, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu says visits are about national interests, not pity, and exposing anti-Semitism should not be focus of Israel’s overseas PR campaign.
Vatican archives show Pope Pius XII knew of WWII killing of Jews
German scholars exploring newly opened trove of documents find letter indicating Pope knew of massacre of Jews in Warsaw and Lviv from own sources, but denied it to Americans.
The Eichmann Files
Sixty years after Eichmann’s capture, the evidence used against him is revealed: Thousands of telegrams and transcripts prove how his monstrous policy was implemented, how he tried to cover up the annihilation, how he raged when the monthly targets for Jews on death trains were missed, and how he personally made sure to send even children to Auschwitz.
Coronavirus and Constitutional crises make Independence Day 2020 no less depressing than Memorial Day
Military cemeteries are abandoned and independence festivities canceled as Israelis worry about their personal safety and the country’s well-being.
Why did the High Court do a 180° turn on the Shin Bet in only 10 d?
Because the face of the country changed – and the High Court simply followed.
‘Health Ministry’s decisions are based on whims’
“Decisions need to be made according to statistics, not according to whims; the raw figures pertaining to the coronavirus aren’t accessible to professionals,” Prof. Hagai Levine tells colleagues in a meeting of medical association heads.
Closer to the Coronavirus than Anyone
Battling COVID-19 alongside doctors and nurses are the sometimes transparent but no less crucial lab technicians, radiographers, social workers and cleaners.
Israel’s Cabinet tells Court it won’t release minutes of Coronavirus deliberations
The state released some summaries, but said disclosure of full transcripts would have “a chilling effect” on government discussions.
Knesset blocks police from getting addresses without court order
”Having the police check compliance by visiting people’s homes was not worth the harm to their privacy” – Ayelet Shaked.
Who is the new Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn?
Much of the discussion has revolved around what kinds of High Court justices Nissenkorn will appoint, with implications for who may hear appeals by Netanyahu if he is convicted in the bribery trial.
Newly eased guidelines are almost unenforceable, but that may NOT matter
If you can’t run more than 500 meters for exercise, but can run 5 kilometers for groceries, what’s the point of the restriction? To show people HOW TO BEHAVE, one expert says.
When an ancient pandemic killed millions in Roman Empire
The Israel Museum highlights the story of the Antonine Plague, which erupted in 165 CE, wreaked devastation for a decade.