 COVID-19 fines delayed after haredi pressureHaredi parties inform PM they will not support bill that was then removed from Knesset agenda. Education Ministry slashes daycare budgets without warningSuddenly, in the middle of the school year, the Ministry has discovered a legal issue that must be rectified immediately. Gantz asks Supreme Court for six-month extension for haredi Draft LawHaredi MKs suspect opposition parties of delaying a decision until after elections - in order to use it as a key campaign issue. New study: Epidemic & lockdown have hit haredim, Arab-Israelis far harder economicallyIn a crisis, almost 50% of haredim and Arab-Israelis would see their savings run out within a month. Bennett scores accolades from haredi journalistsBennett stood by the haredim when they were attacked. Today: 'It's impossible to tell the haredim not to learn Torah'; haredim respond. Netanyahu: It is more difficult for the haredimPrime minister notes greater population density among haredi sector, calls for cooperation in bringing coronavirus numbers down. 'There can't be one law for some, and another law for others'Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz addresses haredi guideline violations and dispute with Likud over budget. MK Gafni tells PM: Leave our schools open, no harm will resultDegel HaTorah MK clarifies that his party intends to abide by the ruling of its spiritual head, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. 'Isolate the haredim, cut them off,' says Prof. Gabi Barbash"The haredi problem is truly difficult to address," says former Health Ministry director-general. "They have politicians in a stranglehold." Police close haredi schools opened in defiance of regulations, fine principalsSchools opened following a ruling by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, after negotiations with the government broke down. Watch: Talmudei Torah open in violation of health instructionsSchools open in haredi communities despite continued ban on opening of grade schools. 'Over 1/3 of new coronavirus cases are haredim'Health Ministry officials brief haredi media on why health officials currently oppose reopening yeshivas. Bnei Brak records 62% drop in new coronavirus casesThe number of those recovering is now double the number of new cases. ZAKA chief: People are walking around one day, and two days' later they pass away"Is this really just a political debate?" asks Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, "or are we simply facing a reality?" 'We need to rethink hospitalizing so many coronavirus patients' says Prof. Barbash"Haredim have improvised a home-care system; we should be funding doctors and nurses to do the same." Haredim to government: Keep us in lockdown, but let the schools reopenEach haredi group formulates its own method of adjusting to the coronavirus reality. Netanyahu to haredim: Take care of yourselves, no dancing on Simchat TorahPM delivers message to haredi community ahead of Simchat Torah holiday. 'There is no herd immunity It's a death sentence for thousands.' Health experts: Haredi death rate due to coronavirus 3x higher than it should beOnly 3% of haredim are over 65, but their share of fatalities is disproportionately high. Violent confrontations with police in Modi'in Illit, Tel AvivSeveral police officers were injured in the incidents; arrests were made. Watch: Haredi children attack vehicle with soldierIDF soldier's car surrounded by children, young men who curse, throw stones at him. Liberman: Haredim spit in face of the rest of the countryYisrael Beyteinu chairman slams mass funeral for Pittsburgh Rebbe. 'Netanyahu, haredi parties must move to opposition to beat coronavirus.' Karlin-Stolin Rebbe contracts coronavirusIn Karlin chassidus, restrictions are adhered to meticulously. Haredi confidence in following the rules is now likely to plummet. 400 buses ordered for demonstrationsHaredi groups order hundreds of buses for Jerusalem, other cities to allow demonstrators to return home in solitary confinement. Bnei Brak mayor apologizes for 'bad joke' train videoMayor apologizes after municipality hires actor to pretend to keep haredim off of trains to protest light rail routes. Bad joke: The truth behind the train station videoFollowing responses of outrage, man seen in video blocking haredim from boarding train found to be actor hired by the city of Bnei Brak. Gantz: Netanyahu seeks to divide IsraelisAlternate PM meets with haredi reporters, says draft law is ready to be passed, expects haredi parties to abide by agreement. B'tsalmo protests against metro plan that doesn't include stops in Bnei Brak'Unthinkable' to pay tens of millions in programs so haredim can work, but deny them access to transportation there, organization says. Poll: 43% of haredim learned online during coronavirus shutdownNew poll shows uptick in haredi population's use of internet, with more haredim working online from home than other sectors. Report: Netanyahu seeks NIS 400 million for haredi yeshivasPrime Minister Netanyahu reportedly seeks to convince haredi parties not to oppose new elections with new funding for yeshivas. MK Ayelet Shaked: High time to dissolve the coalitionShaked said that with the haredim not getting any of their wishes met and a bevy of other issues, the coalition could no longer keep going. Benny Gantz: 'We'll set up 13 coronavirus hotels for haredim'About 4,000 sick and isolated so far evacuated to hotels adapted for haredim: 'Entire security system mobilized for challenge to save lives' MK Moshe Gafni: 'Why is there a closure only in our cities?'Degel Hatorah Chair: 'The haredi public's mood is despondent on an unprecedented level; the feeling is they deal with us unfairly.' 'There's no information, testing, economic solutions, or enough hotels'MK Smotrich offers services as haredi coronavirus liaison: 'There's chaos, lack of communication, feeling they locked city, threw away key.' Police superintendent meets 13-year-old haredi girl who was confronted by policeAfter video of police confronting young girl sparks outrage across Israel, the girl tours police station with her family. Senior staff member at haredi yeshiva tells students to increase 'honor of Torah scholars'Spiritual leader at hardest-hit haredi yeshiva implies coronavirus outbreak due to disrespect of Torah and Torah scholars. Clashes between protesters and police in JerusalemHundreds of haredim protest closures imposed by city.MK Betzalel Smotrich in Betar Illit: 'Without full partnership this won't work'Yamina MK visits War Room in Betar Illit, which faces closure and increase in morbidity, and returns with some insights. Criteria for imposing lockdowns on cities to be published in advancePM agrees to demand by Aryeh Deri to publish guidelines for declaring restricted areas amid reports of discrimination against haredim. Jerusalem Mayor: Closure will turn neighborhoods into coronavirus incubatorsJerusalem Mayor warns Health Ministry measures to combat coronavirus in haredi neighborhoods may only worsen situation.Haredi rabbi warns: 'Yeshiva students may be roaming the streets'Coronavirus may have caused 'what Zionists haven't managed to accomplish in 70 years,' Rabbi Yitzhak Koldetzki says. Jerusalem: Haredi men stop Arabs from harassing haredi women - and are attackedHaredi men step up, demand gang of Arabs cease harassing haredi women - and are attacked by the Arabs. Hamodia attacks: The haredim have lost confidenceWhen the media needs blood, there's nothing like turning on the haredim, merchandise that always has buyers, says Hamodia's Yaakov Reinitz. Yaakov LItzman scraps plan for new haredi city in northern NegevHousing Min. Litzman scraps plan for new haredi city - after government invested tens of millions in planning. Shas MK: Exercise judgment before imposing a lockdownMK Moshe Abutbul recommends that policymakers calculate their steps when it comes to imposing coronavirus lockdowns. 'It's wrong to lock down an entire city,' says MK Meir PorushMK Porush: Because of a few dozen virus cases, 50 thousand haredi residents of Elad are in lockdown. Haredi employment in public sector far below government goalShas MK Michael Malchieli urges Finance Committee meeting to force recruitment of haredim for public service positions. Eastern Jerusalem resident arrested over sexual assault of haredi teenResident of Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem arrested on suspicion of assaulting haredi youth. UTJ MK: The haredi public is neither right nor leftMK Yaakov Asher says his party will bring the issue of sovereignty before its rabbis before deciding whether to support it. Avigdor Liberman: Haredim raise generations of children to be 'election fodder'Yisrael Beyteinu Chairman: 'Netanyahu sold secular, traditional, religious Zionists to haredim in liquidation sale.' Haredim call on Netanyahu to bring Yamina into governmentLeaders of haredi parties call for united right-wing bloc to be included in government. Yeshivas to reopen after coronavirus crisis? Not in some hasidic circlesDespite plan allowing yeshivas to reopen, some hasidic groups have instructed their communities to continue distance learning. Survey: Most haredim are adhering to Health Ministry's coronavirus guidelinesSurvey shows vast majority of haredim adhering to Health Ministry guidelines for social distancing, personal protection. Girl hit by stun grenade: 'It felt like my head was burning'Zissy Margaliot, 9-year-old who was hit by a police stun grenade, speaks about her experience. Police break into Bnei Brak apartment to stop the musicWell-known haredi singers Ruli and Yoely Dickman perform live from their apartment to bring some joy to their neighbors, and then... Ron Cobi, former Tiberias mayor, calls on public to pray for Rabbi Dov KookRon Cobi, long known for his opposition to haredim settling in Tiberias, has called for the city's residents to unite in prayer 'They put us in this ghetto and washed their hands of us' say Bnei Brak residentsBnei Brak residents describe failure of gov't to provide adequate health services in coronavirus crisis. 'Did we bring the virus to Israel?' From Hebrew press: 'Enlightened' pogrom against Israel's haredimThe criticism leveled at haredi society is not entirely unfounded, but vilifying them in a period when we need national solidarity shows total lack of understanding of their community. |
