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Weekly Newsletter
July 9, 2020
In this issue:
  • Update on the situation in Israel
  • WATCH: Israel Launches New OFEK-16 Spy Satellite Into Space
  • WATCH:  Deputy Minister of Health Yoav Kisch Zoom Webinar - Tue., July7th

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Update on the situation in Israel
  • Israel is experiencing a second wave of Coronavirus after keeping levels of the disease very low during the first wave. The coronavirus cabinet met this week to determine the next steps to help stop the renewed spread of the novel coronavirus and approved a series of new restrictions effective immediately: clubs, bars, cultural shows and gyms will close and synagogue attendance is limited to 19 people. Israel has now suffered 346 deaths from Coronavirus.
  • Kan Radio News reports that the Finance Ministry is expected to publish a new financial aid programme that will focus on increasing unemployment benefits to people made redundant due to the coronavirus and which will be paid for a year from today. The programme also allows for regular monthly payments to the self-employed for the coming year as well as financial aid to businesses that have been adversely affected by the pandemic. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuersday with Finance Minister Yisrael Katz and top Finance Ministry officials to discuss the plan. There are currently close to 850,000 people in Israel who are unemployed.
  • Israel has successfully launched a new spy satellite into space Monday morning. The “Ofek 16” is an electro-optical satellite with advanced capabilities. Once it goes into orbit around the earth, the satellite will undergo a series of tests to ensure its intactness and the level of its performance.
WATCH: Israel Launches New OFEK-16 Spy Satellite Into Space
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MK Yoav Kisch Zoom Webinar July 7, 2020
Israel Deputy Minister of Health Yoav Kisch speaks to AFL

Deputy Minister of Health Yoav Kisch joins AFL's Exclusive Webinar Series with Israeli Leadership to discuss the second wave of COVID-19 and how Israel is handling the spike in new daily cases moving forward.

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