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July 5, 2020 at 9:01 pm
Thousands of police officers were deployed across Israel on Sunday as coronavirus cases continue to rise, threatening to undo weeks of efforts to contain the spread of the deadly disease.
Israel Police released a statement which said that officers would be deployed to multiple command posts set up around the country to enforce coronavirus restrictions that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week.
Due to the increase of the spread of coronavirus across the country, the police statement reads, “it was decided that a task force of eight command posts will be specifically involved in implementing health and safety rules and regulations on public transport, public areas, restaurants.”
Israel’s police forces will also confirm that people who have...
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July 5, 2020 at 8:55 pm
Florida surpassed 200,000 coronavirus cases as the state reported another 10,059 new positives on Sunday.
The state has reported more than 10,000 new cases for a fourth straight day as the country sees another surge in the pandemic. Florida is among 11 states where numbers have spiked, at least doubling over the past two weeks.
On Saturday, Florida reported 11,458 new cases of the virus, which breaks its previous records and approaches New York’s highest daily tally of 11,571 from April.
Read more at NBC NEWS.
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July 5, 2020 at 8:50 pm
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, White House coronavirus task force member, joins ‘Fox News Sunday’ for an exclusive interview.
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July 5, 2020 at 8:47 pm
Israel is in the midst of a renewed, “very strong” resurgence of COVID-19 that will see “an increase and a doubling of the number of severe cases,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting.
“The World Health Organization has marked the Middle East as a focus of the global spread. This is not passing over Israel. It is here,” said Netanyahu, who added that the new outbreak posed a challenge for the state of Israel and its health system.
Four Israelis died of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the country’s death toll since the start of the pandemic to 330, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
According to ministry data, there were 804 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing ...
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July 5, 2020 at 8:43 pm
The US notched 57,683 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours Friday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed, the third consecutive day with record numbers of new infections.
The Baltimore-based university’s tracker showed the total number of cases since the pandemic reached the US at 2,793,022 as of 8:30 pm (0030 Saturday GMT).
The university also recorded a further 728 fatalities, bringing the total US death toll to 129,405.
Read more.
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July 5, 2020 at 8:25 pm
The incident at Natanz nuclear facility near Tehran has caused “significant damage,” the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran said on Sunday.
A spokesperson for the national organization added that the damage could slow down the development of centrifuges in the site.
According to outlet Haaretz, an Iranian report cited a top official who said that following the incident, his country will build a “larger facility with more advanced equipment.”
Read more at i24NEWS.
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July 5, 2020 at 8:20 pm
Hundreds take part in anti-annexation protest in which activists call to abolish police, Israel and American government, and cry ‘From Gaza to Minnesota, globalize the Intifada!’
At a pro-Palestinian, pro-Black Lives Matters demonstration in Brooklyn this week, participants called to eliminate the Jewish state as well as the United States, amid chants of “Death to Israel,” “Death to America” and “From Gaza to Minnesota, globalize the Intifada!”
Several hundred people were reported to take part in the July 1 rally at the New York City borough, defined as a “Day of Rage” event to respond to Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had originally intended to start the process o...
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July 5, 2020 at 3:21 pm
Israel is a world leader in digitization, cyber and medical technology, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Deputy Secretary General Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen said on Sunday.
Speaking at an online conference hosted by The Jerusalem Post/Maariv group marking 10 years since Israel joined the OECD, Knudsen said, “The Israeli level of development and digitization is twice that of other OECD countries.”
The Jewish state contributes a great deal to the world’s knowledge and has a “very strong foundation” for future growth, said Knudsen.
“Israel has one of the highest levels in internet accessibility for children up to age six. Israel has a lot of information in the field of network security, and it contributes a lot to our knowledge...
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July 5, 2020 at 3:17 pm
BALTIMORE — We know turtles have a reputation for being a tad slow-moving, but would that change if one has a custom Lego wheelchair attached to it?
The zoo fastened a custom Lego wheelchair on an Eastern box turtle that was injured in the summer of 2018, and today the turtle has been released to its natural habitat after healing thanks to the new ride.
In July of 2018, the turtle was found in Druid Hill Park with several fractures along the bottom of his shell that made it hard for him to move.
Dr. Ellen Bronson is the senior director of animal health, conservation, and research at the zoo. She said the placement of the fractures was unique and wouldn't allow for usual healing methods to work, meaning the team had to get creative.
"He h...
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July 5, 2020 at 3:15 pm
Kimberly Reese has never visited Ghana, but she is already designing her dream home there. The Ohio mother of five says she doesn’t feel safe in the United States.
“Some of us are tired,” said Reese. “Some of us just want to be in an environment where we don’t have to look over our shoulders. Where we don’t have to worry about our sons getting pulled over.”
She’d rather focus on floor plans some 6,000 miles away.
As the United States again confronts its history of racism, as outrage again erupts over police killings, leaders in Ghana say they’re rolling out the welcome mat for black Americans who want to get away from the turmoil.
The government has negotiated with local chiefs to earmark 500 acres of land near the nation’s ce...
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July 5, 2020 at 3:06 pm
Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian defense said, after a fire at its Natanz plant which some Iranian officials said may have been caused by cyber sabotage.
The Natanz uranium-enrichment site, much of which is underground, is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog.
Iran‘s top security body said on Friday that the cause of the “incident” at the nuclear site had been determined, but “due to security considerations” it would be announced at a convenient time.
Iran‘s Atomic Energy Organization initially reported an “incident” had occurred early on Thursday at Natanz, located ...
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July 5, 2020 at 2:54 pm
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Friday suggested a current flat death rate in states seeing a troubling rise in coronavirus cases could be misleading.
In remarks on “Fox & Friends” Friday, Adams warned: “We know deaths lag at least two weeks and can lag even more.”
“In the beginning, nursing homes were hit really hard, and the majority of our deaths were occurring on people who were 60, 65 and older,” he said.
“Now the majority of cases are in people who have an average age of 35, and so those folks are gonna have less comorbidities, they’re gonna be less likely to end up in the hospital and to die.”
Read more at NEWSMAX.
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July 5, 2020 at 2:54 pm
The Feds are looking into possible campaign finance misdeeds by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff and lead rainmaker, who suddenly resigned Friday, federal sources told The Post.
The inquiry centers on two political action committees founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, the top aide who quit along with Ocasio-Cortez spokesman Corbin Trent,the sources said. Trent left to join the congresswoman’s 2020 re-election campaign.
The brash Chakrabarti, who masterminded Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and steered her proposed Green New Deal, had caused uproar in the halls of Congress with a series of combative tweets that contributed to a rift between his rookie boss and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“People were not happy that he used his Twitter account to comment about members ...
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July 5, 2020 at 2:25 pm
Baltimore, MD – July 5, 2020 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Adler, Z’L, (Brooklyn, NY), father of Mrs. Tzirel (Adler) Izraelev, Rabbi Yanky Adler, Rabbi Motty Adler, Mrs. Chumie (Adler) Waullk and brother of Rabbi Yitzchok Adler, and Mrs. Yocheved (Yogi Adler) Markowitz,
Baltimore Shiva: Rabbi Yitzchak Adler will observe shiva at 423 Yeshiva Lane, Balto., MD, 21208 (410 484 4172). Hours noted below. Please respect the wishes of the aveilim and observe the instructions noted below.Due to the current situation, based on the recommendations of Dr. J. Jakobovits, we ask that you:
1. Please wear a mask in the house
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July 5, 2020 at 12:12 pm
Israel’s defense minister said on Sunday it is not “necessarily” behind every mysterious incident in Iran, after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage.
Israel, widely believed to be the region’s only nuclear power, has pledged never to allow Iran to obtain atomic weapons, pointing out that Tehran advocates its destruction. Iran denies ever seeking nuclear arms and says its atomic program is peaceful.
The underground Natanz site, where a one-story building was partly burned on Thursday, is the centerpiece of Iran’s uranium enrichment program and monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog.
Asked whether Israel had anything to do with “m...
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July 5, 2020 at 11:58 am
New regulations limit number of worshippers in synagogues, guests at weddings, or customers at bars to maximum of 50.
The Knesset’s Coronavirus Committee approved Sunday afternoon new restrictions on public activity which were drawn up last week by the government.
Under the new restrictions, starting Monday at 8:00 a.m., weddings will be limited to a total of 50 people – down from 250 people under the current regulations.
The new regulation will also apply to synagogues, bars, and event halls, with no more than 50 people allowed in at any given time.
According to statistics released by the Health Ministry, there are now 11,189 confirmed active cases of the coronavirus in Israel.
The number of patients in serious condition has risen to 86, including 29 on ventilators. R...
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July 5, 2020 at 11:38 am
Nearly 30 people were shot overnight in the city — 14 of them in northern Manhattan, police sources said.
The NYPD wasn’t able to immediately provide the number of shootings, but confirmed that at least 10 people had been shot — two fatally — overnight.
The July shootings come on the heels of a violent June in the city. With a total of 205 shootings during the month, it was the bloodiest June in 24 years — going back to 1996, when the NYPD logged 236 incidents, the NYPD said.
Read more at NY POST.
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July 5, 2020 at 9:22 am
Commander of Sayeret Matkal and deputy enter quarantine after female soldier in unit diagnosed with COVID-19.
The commander of the elite Sayeret Matkal, Colonel J, and his deputy went into quarantine after a female soldier in the unit was diagnosed with coronavirus, Galei Tzahal reported.
Dozens of other headquarters soldiers from the unit were sent to quarantine as well, according to the report.An IDF spokesperson said in response, "A coronavirus patient was identified last week in one of the intelligence branches. To prevent further infection, dozens of headquarters personnel serving as combat supporters were proactively quarantined."The spokesperson stated further, "Although not in direct contact with the patient, the unit commander and his deputy decided to isolate them...
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July 5, 2020 at 9:16 am
LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Tommy Macias, a 51-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore, California, had been very careful over the past few months. Macias, a truck driver, knew that due to his diabetes he was at high risk if he contracted COVID-19, so he stayed at home and wore a mask when going out, maintaining social distance from others. However Macias made just one error that cost him his life. He went to a barbecue party with some friends. He didn’t know that someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, but showed no symptoms, was also present at the party.
“It was all preventable,” said Gustavo Lopez, Macias’ 52-year-old brother-in-law. “That person knew he had corona and still went. He should have known better, and that one mistake cost [Macias] his life...
