
Israel's Population Is Growing at a Dizzying Rate. Is It Up for the Challenge?
By 2065 Israel is slated to be the second-most crowded nation on earth. Can it continue to grow like Nigeria while maintaining a standard of living like the Netherlands?
By 2065 Israel is slated to be the second-most crowded nation on earth. Can it continue to grow like Nigeria while maintaining a standard of living like the Netherlands?
The task of prioritizing who would receive the coronavirus vaccine when was done in an entirely professional way. What followed was something else
That’s the price the coronavirus cabinet agreed to pay by imposing a third lockdown
From reckless elected officials to rebellious populations, Israel has a problem with compliance
Israel paid a high price, but looking at excess deaths, the answer is not so much. In any case, even years from now, scientists and medical professionals will continue to argue about what actually happened in 2020
First shipment already arrived, but getting it into millions of arms is a vastly complicated business
Avoiding concentrated power in the hands of Netanyahu and the Health Ministry allowed a decentralized network to efficiently boost testing rates
The crime rate in Arab communities has jumped 50% in the past five years, while the homicide rate among Arabs is seven times the rate among Jews, data shows
'If there were 100,000 tests a day, we would never need a lockdown,' says one public health expert who argues that the economy should stay open during the coronavirus outbreak
In theory, the Moderna contract should have been much more balanced and reasonable than the Pfizer deal, but this isn’t quite the case
The agreement for four million coronavirus vaccines is more of a statement of intent than a legally binding deal. Netanyahu has taken full credit, but there are no sanctions if Pfizer reneges
Israel currently has purchase agreements with two other companies, Moderna and Arcturus, and there’s no guarantee either will deliver a safe and effective COVID vaccine product. But there's some hope
Although deals were struck with other producers, Pfizer could still meet Israel's relatively small demand of 2 to 4 million vaccine doses
At least the ultra-Orthodox understand the value of keeping schools open for the sake of the children, not just to let parents return to work
Employees infected with coronavirus sent to work because manpower shortage left no choice, Health Ministry admits
COVID-19 serological surveys were poorly conducted, while actual school data shows how to manage the risk
But by foregoing differential treatment in favor of a national lockdown, Netanyahu is punishing communities that rallied to fight the virus – and ruining the incentive to do better
Officials still debating fine points of plan slated to go to coronavirus cabinet next week
The prime minister has shown no interest in weighing risks properly, and is determined to tighten coronavirus lockdown no matter what
The coronavirus is the latest example of a long-term act of self-destruction
The recovery from the first lockdown was impressive. But the second lockdown and the growing political chaos could deal a fatal blow this time
Less draconian measures failed because the state did little to enforce them. Instead, the economy now faces paralysis
Looking at finance, health, employment and defense, Israel is on a concerning path
Prof. Ronni Ganzu has to do whatever he can to prevent a nationwide lockdown until the High Holy Days begin
Fiscal policy is out of control as the two men compete for who can spend more irresponsibly, and it's citizens who will pay the price
Finance Minister Yisrael Katz last week compared himself to the legendary ruler. But he and his boss, Netanyahu, are wreckers, not builders when it comes to fiscal policy and government
The CBS counted 427,000 unemployed Israelis, the National Insurance Institute 500,000, and the Employment Bureau 880,000
Prime minister’s insistence on managing the coronavirus crisis alone, while undermining government’s decision-making processes brought us to the failure of the second wave
The coronavirus threatens to leave long-term unemployment in its wake, and the government is only starting to think about how to cope with it