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Yaakov Litzman

Headline / Government / Coronavirus

Minister Litzman Resigns in Protest of Upcoming Holiday Lockdown Decision

By Jewish Press Staff

Litzman said that it was a mistake to have pushed off the Coronavirus lockdown for so long, and Gamzu's plan all along was to shut down the shuls on the High Holidays.

Israel / Politics / Elections

Chareidi Parties Demand Netanyahu Include Yamina in the Coalition

By Jewish Press News Desk

Meanwhile Rafi Peretz reportedly received an offer to jump ship and join the coalition by himself without Yamina.

Featured / Israel / Politics / Health and Medicine

Minister Litzman Wants to Replace Health with Housing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister Litzman has been receiving a lot of criticism over his ministry's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Headline / Israel / Global / Coronavirus

Netanyahu: The Coronavirus Crisis is Fundamentally Different, It Will Get Harder Before It Gets Easier

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu: "With G-d's help and the cooperation of all of us, we will overcome this crisis."

Israel / Asia / Coronavirus

Japan Refuses to Release Israelis Quarantined on Coronavirus Infected Cruise Ship

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel’s embassy in Japan has been working to ensure that the Israelis receive needed medications and kosher food.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / Europe / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Eurovision Demands Israeli Commitment to Allow In Fans Who Are Anti-Israel

By JNi.Media

The EBU also demands that Israel agree not to restrict in any way the events related to the contest that would fall on Shabbat.

Featured / Headline / Government / Health and Medicine

Epidemic: 42 Israelis Infected by Leptospirosis

By JNi.Media

The Health Ministry's Director General said there are 242 other patients suspected of contracting Leptospirosis.

IDF & Security / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Litzman: No Compromise On Draft Law

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Litzman: We have no interest in going to elections, but we can’t compromise on such a substantial and fundamental issue.

Photo of the Day

A Grand Opening in Tzfat

By Photo of the Day

The new Radiotherapy department was opened at Ziv Hospital.

Featured / Politics / Government / Holidays & Observances / Anti-Israel NGOs / Israeli Arabs

Arab NGO Demands Ending Passover​​ Ban on Chametz in Israeli Hospitals

By JNi.Media

As environmental and religious tit for tat go, in February Adalah fiercely condemned Israel's new 'Muezzin Law,' which set out to curb the imposition of Muslim calls to prayer on non-Muslims.

Government / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / China

PM Netanyahu, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Attend Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu noted that both countries have longstanding traditions and are committed to building societies that promote technology and innovation.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Islamists / Religious & Secular in Israel / Israeli Arabs

Haredim Block Muezzin Law, Say It Threatens Pre-Shabbat Siren

By JNi.Media

Interestingly, several Muslim and European countries have enacted laws compelling their mosques to "muffle" their loudspeakers, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

Former Chief Pathologist: Hebron Terrorist Was Already Dead When Azaria Shot Him

By JNi.Media

The contradiction between the two expert opinions could result in changing the indictment, but not necessarily in an acquittal.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Liberman Appointed Defense Minister After Government Compromise

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman was unanimously voted in as defense minister by the cabinet after a government compromise.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Hareidi Rabbis Rejected Netanyahu Request that Lapid Join Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu is ready to expand the government with Lapid's Yesh Atid Party, but the rabbis nixed the idea. "Lapid is a red line."

Haredim & Hassidim / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Secular Leftists Applaud New Hareidi Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"I, Yaakov Litzman, pledge…to be faithful to the government of Israel and to its laws."

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religion

Ashkenazi Hareidi MK Now Cabinet Minister for First Time in 60 Years

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Torah sages surrendered to the High Court's ruling that a "Deputy Minister" cannot act as Minister.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

High Court Demands Ultra-Orthodox Deputy Health Minister Be Upgraded to Minister or Fired

By JNi.Media

Deputy Minister Litzman is considered by most of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to be one of the most competent elected officials today.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Health and Medicine

Medical Marijuana to be Available at Pharmacies

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Acting Health Minister Yaakov Litzman says it will be supervised like any other drug that is considered a narcotic.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Health and Medicine

Litzman to Reduce MRI Wait Time to a Maximum 3 Days

By Shalom Bear

Deputy Minsiter of Health Litzman advances MRI usage in Israel--again.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Likud Begins Coalition Building

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu said he wants to have a government formed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Science and Tech

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

By Jewish Press News Desk

MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) responded strongly to Health Minister Yael German's (Yesh Atid) proposed legislation that would permit the state to automatically harvest organs from all dead Israeli without their explicit consent, unless the citizen previously signed a organ donor refusal card. Litzman said, according to an Arutz-7 report, "This disgusting proposal has no place […]

Serials

Persuaded – Chapter III

By Barbara Bensoussan

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