Israeli study finds vaccine hesitancy predicts future COVID-19 vaccine side effects

While the production of COVID vaccines could have been the “light at the end of the pandemic tunnel”, this outcome was hampered at critical stages by vaccine hesitancy from the public. Read more

Israeli study finds 4th vaccination reduces serious disease

A  study has found that the rate of severe disease among people who received the 4th dose of vaccine against Coronavirus was lower by a factor of about 3 compared to people who only received three vaccine doses. Read more

Has the time come to bribe the unvaccinated?

“How can we as a society stand by and watch people die when a simple shot could prevent a life-threatening illness?” That was the agonised question asked by a group of nine healthcare providers in Minnesota who took the unprecedented step of publishing an advertisement in local news outlets begging people to get vaccinated last weekend. Read more

President Herzog gets 4th Covid vaccination from Arab Israeli nurse, warns country omicron will hit every household

The President of Israel Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog visited the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Centre yesterday to launch its fourth COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

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Vaccinations for Israeli children 5-11 -why not the PM’s son?

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accompanied his son David (9) as he received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine today at a Clalit Health Services clinic in Herzliya. Read more

Israel approves COVID-19 vaccination for 5- to 11-year-olds

Israel has approved coronavirus vaccination for children aged 5 to 11, the Health Ministry announced in a press conference on Wednesday night. Read more

PM Bennett calls on Arab citizens of Israel: “Get vaccinated today”

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today made a sincere and heartfelt personal and public appeal to all Israeli Arabs who have not yet been vaccinated against the Coronavirus to go out and do so now. Read more

ECAJ calls for Jewish Emergency Management Plan vaccination message to be shared

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has asked all of its affiliate and constituent bodies to share a video urging members of our community to get vaccinated. Read more

MDA vaccinates Palestinian workers

As part of the national effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, the government has decided to provide vaccinations to Palestinian workers with permits to work in Israel. Read more

PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout

The Palestinian Authority has denied accusations that its vaccine rollout plan was based on cronyism and lacked transparency. Read more

Inoculate, insinuate, intimidate and inaugurate

The week leading up to 20 January 2021 is proving to be chock full of action on many fronts. Read more

Israeli Health Ministry reports four cases of South African COVID-19 variant

Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Saturday that four cases of the highly contagious South African COVID-19 variant have been discovered in Israel. Read more

Netanyahu gets injection number two

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein have received the second dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine. Read more

Israel vaccination number 1,000,000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein have met the 1,000,000^th person in Israel to be vaccinated. Read more

Edelstein: ‘Unbelievable’ 280,000 Israelis vaccinated against COVID-19

Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Sunday that 280,000 Israelis had so far been inoculated against COVID-19. Read more

What about measles and vaccination? Ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple was for many years Australia’s highest-profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Jewish religious issues. After serving congregations in London, Rabbi Apple was chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, for 32 years…he answers the question and other. Read more