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Gideon Sa’ar, leader of the right-wing “New Hope” party formed recently after he left the ruling Likud party, tells an Arab-Israeli television station that he intends to have members of minority goups join his party, possibly including Muslims.
“I have five more weeks until the slates are submitted, but we will include minorities in our Knesset slate, it’s important to me,” Sa’ar tells Hala TV.
Asked if he also means Muslims, Sa’ar answers: “Why not? The question is a question of values.”
Gideon Sa’ar, seen during a visit to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem on December 16, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
In Israel, as in the United States, ultra-Orthodox communities have been hard hit by the coronavirus.
Now new data from the Health Ministry shows that one in 132 Haredi adults in Israel over the age of 65 has died from the coronavirus, compared with one in 475 adults over 65 among the general population, according to the Israel Hayom daily. That puts the COVID-19 death toll among ultra-Orthodox adults over 65 at 3.6 times that of the general population.
Haredi families in Israel often live in cramped quarters, with large families in small apartments, allowing the virus to spread easily among family members. The communal nature of the ultra-Orthodox lifestyle has made their communities particularly susceptible to the virus, as has continued resistance to social distancing measures and lockdowns. Even as the country has gone through several lockdowns, some Haredim have continued to come together for large weddings, funerals and other gatherings.
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Russian investigators open a criminal probe into Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, alleging he spent more than 356 million rubles ($4.8 million) of donations to his organizations on personal acquisitions.
The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, says in a statement that Russia’s most prominent opposition figure used the money for acquiring “personal property [and] material assets and paying expenses [including holidays abroad],” saying that the donations were therefore “stolen.” AFP I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Ron Huldai announces he is running in the upcoming elections as leader of a new party which will be called “The Israelis.”
In a press conference, Huldai says the problem is that “we have grown accustomed” to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption and divisive style of leadership, and says he will get Israel out of its current despair.
“We have grown accustomed to a crazy government. I will no longer stand idly by, I am here to announce a new party,” he says, recounting his history as an IDF fighter pilot, as an educator and for the past 22 years as the mayor of Tel Aviv.