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Monthly Issue/September 2020

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Arnon Bar-David, chairman of the Histadrut (Photograph: Histadrut)

Histadrut Fought Public Sector Wage Cuts, and Won. Histadrut chair Arnon Bar David: "We will not allow the public sector to pay the price for government incompetence” | After unions declared a labor dispute, the Treasury was forced to reconsider

By Jonathan Kershenbaum 0

From left, Dr. Neve Tov, Vice President of Clinical Development and Medical Director, and Amir London, CEO of Kamada. (Photo: Dafna Eisbruch, Nati Levy)

Israeli Company Kamada Breaks Ground with Promising COVID-19 Treatment. Rehovot-based pharmaceutical company is first in the world to produce new plasma-derived antibody treatment for corona patients, still in development stages | "11 people whose condition could have badly deteriorated celebrated Rosh Hashanah with their families thanks to the speed with which we operated."

By Asaf Zvi and Dafna Eisbruch 0

(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) .Virus czar, Professor Roni Gamzo

Coronavirus Czar Apologizes to Public for Inability to Prevent Full Lockdown. After two months as coordinator to manage the virus, Professor Gamzu expressed his regret to those harmed by lockdown | Gamzo apologized particularly to the ultra-Orthodox public "who saw in my statements and decisions a violation of its community and customs”

By Lily Sieradzki 0

Man walking down the stairs in Beitar Illit. (Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Beitar Illit Rises Up as Country Locks Down. Residents of the ultra-Orthodox city in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, insist that "decision-makers are only human beings," as they prepare to resist lockdown | “Laws that cannot be enforced and do not make sense, are null and void"

By David Twersky 0

Dubai. “In a few decades, trillion-dollar hypermodern cities could become a monument to their lost greatness.” (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, file)

"Coronavirus is Child's Play Compared to the Climate Crisis". Professor Dan Rabinowitz proposes a solution to humanity’s “existential crisis:” for oil-rich Middle East countries to profoundly change course | Israel has just signed a peace treaty with two of them

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Demonstration in Tel Aviv in protest of the gang rape case in Eilat. "Those who committed these acts chose to ignore and close off their hearts" (Photo: Tamar Shemesh)

After Eilat, Israel Reckons with Rape Culture. Gang rape in Eilat proves to be a reflection of deeper issues of violence against women | “It's about using force, violence and relationships. It's their conscious choice not to ask themselves questions, to look at sex as something that 'I deserve', that I should take at the expense of women”

By Lily Sieradzki 0

Ido Fromer, Asaf Shalev and a teacher (from left to right) in the Science Center in Yerucham. (Photo: David Twersky)

Back to school during the pandemic: innovating in times of crisis.. Yeruham, a development town in the southern periphery of Israel, forges ahead with a creative education program | Ido Fromer, director of the city's Education Department: "We need to push the limits and create learning spaces with technologies like 3D printers and robots adapted to the 21st century"

By David Twersky 0

People walking by closed shops on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on September 21, 2020, during a nationwide lockdown. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

"Why Haven’t They Learned Their Lessons From the Last Lockdown?”. Too little, too late: Many Israeli employees and small business owners can't make ends meet with the meager financial compensation offered for losses incurred during Israel's second lockdown

By Jonathan Kershenbaum 0