29 Tammuz 5780
21 July 2020
TODAY’S BLOG:
From Corona to Syria: The News From Israel
The daily Corona update . . .
As of 8 am this morning (Tuesday):
There are 51,676 confirmed cases—an increase of 1,641 since this time yesterday (8.1% of all people tested yesterday tested positive–the highest percentage yet)
22,060 of these confirmed cases have recovered—an increase of 471
264 are in critical condition—an increase of 10
80 of the most critically ill are on ventilators—an increase of 10
415 have died–an increase of 6
There are 29,616 active cases.
*Dysfunction reigns supreme again this morning with the Health Minister Yuli Edelstein deciding that all restaurants will be closed for in-restaurant dining at 5 am., and the head of the Knesset Corona Committee declaring that she will open them at 10 am. Rules and restrictions literally change by the minute.
*A Dun and Bradstreet analysis of businesses in Israel shows that 37,600 businesses permanently closed in Israel during the first six months this year. This includes 1,550 restaurants, bars, and cafes; 1000+ construction and renovation contractors; 600+ transportation companies; and 450 fashion and clothing stores. Obviously, you can see that thousands of small mom and pop businesses also shut their doors for good.
The analysis also estimates that an equal number if not more will close during the second half of the year.
*New statistics on the infection in Israeli schools: 584 students and teaching staff have been infected with Corona. In terms of students, the older the age, the higher the infection rate.
In terms of the teachers and teaching assistants:
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14% of those infected are kindergarten teachers
47% are elementary school teachers
39% are middle and high school teachers
The city with the highest number of students and teachers infected is Jerusalem.
*Getting ready for the vaccine: after already signing an agreement with Moderna to bring a vaccine to Israel, the Ministry of Health is now in the final stages of negotiating bringing more vaccine to Israel.
This additional vaccine will come from the British/Swedish company AstraZeneca which is working on a vaccine in conjunction with Oxford University.
Non Corona items:
The new agreement between Iran and China . . .
. . . is nothing short of a disaster. Not only will the agreement bail out the mullahs economically (and provide cheap oil to the Chinese for 25 years), but also the Chinese military will cooperate with the Iranian military.
And, of course, Chinese scientists will help the Iranians develop nuclear weapons–just as they helped the North Koreans and the Pakistanis.
A “blood covenant ceremony” near Tzfat . . .
As you may not know, there is a constant effort by different Jewish organizations to “redeem” Jewish children.
This past week a group of Jewish mothers who had children from Muslim fathers came to Mt. Meron for a kind of summer camp (shortened because of Corona). These women have decided that they wanted to return to Judaism and raise their children as Jews after first having raised them as Muslims because of their husbands.
The “camp consisted mainly of fun activities but also included meeting the Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita, who warmly welcomed them and stressed the importance the covenant of the Jewish people (hence the term “blood covenant ceremony.”)
The attacks in Syria last night . . .
Israel carried out a number of attacks against Iranian proxy positions in and around Damascus last night.
This photo taken by a Syrian last night shows just that one blast occurred in downtown Damascus.
From about midnight last night until this moment (8 am), there has been the constant roar of planes overhead.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.