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A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, December 23, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
High Court limits Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance to those who won’t cooperate
By TOI staff
Judges rule mass tracking program can only be used as a ‘complementary tool’ starting March 14; deputy health minister slams ruling as ‘crime against the health of Israelis’
Moti Kahana on a plane from Dubai to New Jersey in february 28, 2021. (Courtesy Moti Kahana)
Stuck abroad, philanthropist hatches a modern Exodus to bring Israelis back home
By Tal Schneider
Police at the scene where a man was injured after being hit by a car in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on February 28, 2021 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Man killed after being crushed by minibus during Jerusalem COVID protest
By TOI staff
French police officers check cars at the French Belgium border in Neuville en Ferrain, northern France, February 1, 2021. (AP/Michel Spingler)
March 1, 2021, 12:42 pm
Frenchman, 88, caught speeding at 116 mph on way to get vaccine
Police confiscate license and impound the car of man who says he was running late for his COVID-19 inoculation
By AFP
A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, December 23, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
March 1, 2021, 12:34 pm
High Court limits Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance to those who won’t cooperate
Judges rule mass tracking program can only be used as a ‘complementary tool’ starting March 14; deputy health minister slams ruling as ‘crime against the health of Israelis’
By TOI staff
East Jerusalemites receive COVID-19 vaccine injections at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Old City on February 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 1, 2021, 6:47 am
In East Jerusalem, vaccine turnout climbs — but lags behind infection rates
Health officials report slight improvement in people getting shots, but it may be too little, too late as Palestinian neighborhoods see sky-high coronavirus positivity numbers
By Aaron Boxerman
Moti Kahana on a plane from Dubai to New Jersey in february 28, 2021. (Courtesy Moti Kahana)
March 1, 2021, 2:17 am
Stuck abroad, philanthropist hatches a modern Exodus to bring Israelis back home
Moti Kahana has spent years smuggling Jews out of dangerous places. Now, with Israel’s borders shut, he’s looking to the sea and recent history for a way to smuggle people back in
By Tal Schneider
Police officers prevent revelers from entering Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market after they shut down a street party during the Jewish holiday of Purim, February 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 1, 2021, 12:23 am
After Purim breaches, Health Ministry said to weigh delay in easing restrictions
Official tells newspaper that government needs to see if illicit gatherings negatively affect morbidity rate
By TOI staff
Police at the scene where a man was injured after being hit by a car in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on February 28, 2021 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 9:50 pm
Man killed after being crushed by minibus during Jerusalem COVID protest
Driver plows into crowd demonstrating against virus restrictions, attempts to flee but is arrested; says he was trying to escape stones thrown at his vehicle
By TOI staff
Fifth grade students return to school in Efrat, February 21, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 9:32 pm
Netanyahu says all students to return to class in low-infection areas
Premier proposes extending school year into summer to make up for lost time; teachers’ leaders oppose plan
By Luke Tress
Medical professionals in full protective equipment tend to an elderly man on a ventilator in the critical care coronavirus unit at Sheba Medical center in Ramat Gan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 28, 2021, 6:34 pm
Vaccines in action: Over-70s now use no more ventilators than under-50s
In October the elderly outnumbered under-50s by 6 to 1; now, with vast majority of over-70s immunized, the age groups use the machines in broadly equal numbers
By Nathan Jeffay
Young people dressed up in costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, dance at a street party in the neighborhood of Nahlaot in Jerusalem on February 28, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 4:59 pm
Mass gatherings in Jerusalem as thousands get together for banned Purim parties
Revelers stream into capital as virus transmission rate ticks upward; police enter ultra-Orthodox neighborhood to remove hanged effigy of officer
By TOI staff
The Daily Briefing
February 28, 2021, 4:07 pm
PODCAST: Daily Briefing Feb. 28 — Israeli politics’ massive ego problem
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By TOI staff
Ben Gurion Airport stands nearly empty, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
February 28, 2021, 3:27 pm
Amid outrage over COVID entry ban, Israel may let all citizens fly home to vote
Regev says cabinet will consider scrapping controversial permits system for Israelis wanting to either leave or return, which critics say is politically influenced, undemocratic
By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff
The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 12:58 pm
Israel’s entry ban on citizens ‘unparalleled in democratic world,’ watchdog says
Israel Democracy Institute experts say sweeping restriction on Israeli nationals is extremely problematic from constitutional perspective, could infringe on right to vote
By Raoul Wootliff
Israeli police officers enforce the COVID-19 regulations in Tel Aviv on February 27, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 11:52 am
Transmission rate nears 1 as officials warn Purim parties could halt reopening
R-value shows virus spread nearly at point of expansion again; health minister implores Jerusalemites to ‘leave the parties until after the coronavirus’
By TOI staff
Illustrative. Three pilots stand in front of an F-16 fighter jet as it takes off from the Israeli Air Force's 117th Squadron, which was closed on September 30, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 28, 2021, 9:26 am
Air force pilots sent to train in US removed from return flight due to entry ban
2 Israeli aviators taken off plane and told that only one had a permit from controversial committee which gives exemptions to flight ban; eventually both allowed to fly home
By TOI staff
Police patrol the Mahane Yehuda market, as they enforce a night curfew during Purim, Jerusalem February 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 2:58 am
Traffic to Jerusalem blocked for last day of Purim curfew to curb virus spread
Authorities fear gatherings in ultra-Orthodox areas will cause infections but are not expected to strictly enforce rules in capital, report says
By TOI staff
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