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The Chevra Kadisha, or Jewish burial society, is demanding that the Health Ministry vaccinate its workers, citing the risks of interring the bodies of people who succumbed to the coronavirus.
It has given the ministry an ultimatum, saying that if its members do not receive the shots by Wednesday, they will stop burying COVID-19 victims, according to the Ynet news site.
Members of Hevra Kadisha, an organization which prepares bodies of deceased Jews for burial according to Jewish tradition, take away a body of a person who died from coronavirus in Jerusalem, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean) I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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A Saudi court sentenced prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
The verdict and sentence pose a challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s relationship with United States President-elect Joe Biden, who has criticised Riyadh’s human rights record.
Loujain al-Hathloul drives towards the United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia border before her arrest.
Loujain al-Hathloul
Ms Hathloul s sister said the 31-year-old, who has been held since 2018 following her arrest along with several other women’s rights activists, will appeal the sentence.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a ban on alcohol sales and says mask-wearing would be mandatory in public, as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases.
Ramaphosa says during a televised speech that alcohol would be temporarily banned from midnight to help emergency services already under pressure.
He also announces it would be “compulsory for every person to wear a mask in public spaces,” saying it was a “drastic measure, now necessary.” I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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