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Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights

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Guidelines for Foreign Nationals arriving in Israel by Airline flights Entering Israel by airline flights requires adherence to COVID restrictions and polices. Information for travelers Important links: Conditions for the arrival of foreign nationals in Israel Recognition of foreign vaccination or recovery by Israel Pre-flight At the airport in Israel Conditions for the arrival of…

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Northern Syria’s most severe COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms health system

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Northern Syria’s most severe COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms health system Northern Syria is experiencing its most severe wave of COVID-19 as needs rapidly outpace already limited oxygen supplies and health facilities begin to run out of testing kits, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021. Support and…

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US Arab Radio promotes COVID vaccinations in October

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US Arab Radio promotes COVID vaccinations in October US Arab Radio partners with Life for Relief and Development to push COVID vaccinations during the month of October 2021 Corona Vaccine, Safety and Hope: A US Arab Radio Campaign to Educate and Support the Vaccine Efforts, sponsored by LIFE for Relief and Development and MDHHS (The…

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Pandemic is widening an increasingly bitter US political divide

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Pandemic is widening an increasingly bitter US political divide The US is a divided country, and not just between those who hate former President Donald Trump and those who hate his successor, Joe Biden. The coronavirus pandemic has not only turned US politics upside down and on its head, but also created a new political…

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UN expe­­rt says global coordination and more equitable sharing of COVID-19 vaccines key to recovery

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UN expe­­rt says global coordination and more equitable sharing of COVID-19 vaccines key to recovery GENEVA (22 January 2021) – States a­­­nd non-state actors must cooperate in an equitable, globally coordinated vaccine distribution programme, such as the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) led by the World Health Organization, or risk stalling recovery from the…

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Iraq: Displaced people extremely vulnerable to COVID-19

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Iraq: Displaced people extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 Two years since the end of the war with the Islamic State group, more than 1.3 million people in Iraq are still displaced from their homes and are now extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 due to overcrowded and unhygienic living conditions, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins…

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Arab American Community receives face mask donation from Willie Wilson Foundation

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Arab American Community receives face mask donation from Willie Wilson Foundation Dr. Willie Wilson and the Willie Wilson Foundation on Monday June 15, 2020 donated thousands of face masks and gloves to members of the Chicagoland Arab American and Muslim Community on Monday during a meeting at the Palestine Club Center in Bridgeview. Wilson has…

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Response to COVID-19 in Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp

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Response to COVID-19 in Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp Anera is beginning a multi-faceted response to COVID-19 in Wavel camp for Palestinian refugees in Baalbeck, Lebanon. A Palestinian refugee who fled the Syrian civil war, and who lives near the camp, tested positive for the virus today. She traveled in and out of the camp often,…

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A Gaza-based startup is helping digitize e-commerce across the Arab world

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A Gaza-based startup is helping digitize e-commerce across the Arab world Palestinians in Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip launch online e-commerce site, Matjaree, to stimulate sales and economy during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. A Gaza-based startup is helping the Arab world shop online during pandemic A Gaza-based team of internet and computers experts are helping the Arab…

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AHRC Office and Volunteers Working Remotely, Our Work Continues

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AHRC Office and Volunteers Working Remotely, Our Work Continues The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) in compliance with government instructions has closed its physical office to the public and is working remotely. AHRC and its volunteers continue to work and address concerns especially related to prisoners’ and immigration detainees’ issues. We ask for patience. We…

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The Novel Coronavirus is a Challenge to All of Us

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The Novel Coronavirus is a Challenge to All of Us There is no doubt that the novel coronavirus has turned our life upside down. One can honestly say there is life before the virus and life after it. The virus is a threat to all of us. No one is immune and the virus is…

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Video: Coronavirus funeral for Mansour Tadros

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Video: Coronavirus funeral for Mansour Tadros Mansour Tadros died on March 28 as a result of the coronavirus and was buried in a “social distancing” funeral on March 31 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. This is a video of the funeral in which mourners were forced by social distancing requirements set by the nation and the…

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AHRC urges States, Federal governments to address jails and correctional centers

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AHRC urges States, Federal governments to address jails and correctional centers The American Human Rights Council is urging that states and the Federal government provide support against the spread of the coronavirus in American prisons and correctional centers. The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the nation’s human rights community in calling upon state governments…

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