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“We’ve been following the work-from-home model for more than a decade.” Gaza City, March 30 – Changes in professional habits in response to the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in struggles for many employees and contractors transitioning to ...

by Issa Amro, Palestinian activist Hebron, March 26 – Philosophers and thinkers have long grappled with the nature of a given act: its context, its purpose, and of course its effects, to determine whether that act complies with or violates ...

“All we can do is practice social distancing and increase testing. It’s going to be rough.” Madrid, March 26 – As coronavirus overwhelms medical systems across the continent, local and national figures have voiced increasing concern that their society’s traditional ...

“Torah is the best guardian,” intoned a young man, citing a martyred sage. Jerusalem, March 25 – Students disregarding official warnings to avoid leaving the home if at all possible and not to congregate or spend time in proximity with ...

“Oh, good, finally some acknowledgement for my case,” mused Maryam Farouk, 38. “Can I leave my bedroom yet?” Damascus, March 24 – Almost ten thousand COVID19-positive citizens in the Syrian Arab Republic claim to be the single patient that the ...

“It would be absurd to suggest that a party that got less than a third of the vote, and could not forge an alliance with enough others to form a majority, should get to lead,” they each argued. Jerusalem, March ...

“Give me some time with the leaders of the parties to the conflict and I’ll get them to see the correct decision, if they know what’s good for them.” Giv’at Shmuel, March 19 – Heads of a family who have so ...

Field testing a device to prevent sneezes or coughs from reaching people on the Israeli side of the border. Gaza Envelope, March 19 – Israel’s Combat Means Development Authority has produced a prototype device to interdict viral particles expelled by ...

Jerusalem, March 18 – Dear Diary, The situation continues to look grim. Our stocks of precious toilet paper look visibly diminished – we may have only seventeen rolls remaining – and Rose continues to obsess about running out of toothpaste. ...

The National Guard imposed the siege despite a complete lack of rockets, incendiary balloons, attack tunnels, and other military threats. New Rochelle, New York, March 17 – A Palestinian spending time on this side of the Atlantic found himself subject ...