Doron Avigad

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Doron Avigad

A day of reckoning for ultra-Orthodox leaders?

The COVID-19 mortality rate of ultra-Orthodox Israelis aged 65+ is four times that of the general Jewish population. Will this staggering statistic lead to an internal self-reckoning among the Haredi community and its leaders?

March 4, 2021

Has COVID pushed Israelis to the brink of uprising?

All the signs are there: From amass refusal to pay fines for violating Covid-19 regulations to an ever-diminishing legitimacy of the government and law enforcement agencies to take action. Has the pandemic brought Israel to the brink of civil uprising?

November 25, 2020

"People will lose their homes and end up on the street"

As the crisis threatens to drag more people toward rock bottom, experts are warning of the long-term economic impact of COVID-19 and a wave of new homeless

October 16, 2020

Why are poor people more likely to contract the coronavirus?

Almost all the towns and cities with a high number of corona patients are at the bottom of the socioeconomic rankings. And not only in Israel

May 22, 2020

The Women Who Got Lost in the Health System

E. is 22 years old. A. is not even 17. M. postponed her wedding. All three women found themselves with unwanted pregnancies in the middle of the corona crisis. They, like many other women, were left to "solve the problem by themselves" when the Ministry of Health ordered a stop to all "non־emergency" procedures in hospitals in March and April. The ministry shirked its responsibilities, leaving the hospitals to act as they saw fit and the distressed women and teenage girls to fend for themselves.

May 5, 2020

"If we step on this landmine, we will see entire psych wards infected"

With not enough protective gear, years of neglect, and marginalized populations not always capable of understanding, Israel's psychiatric hospitals warn of disaster

March 31, 2020

"No testing for corona in the Arab sector. The situation will blow up in our faces."

Aiman Saif, the former director of the Authority for the Economic Development of the Minority Sectors, warns of an economic catastrophe and calls on the Joint List to talk to everyone – including the Likud.

April 2, 2020

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