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Israel is still long way from being coronavirus free

Israel is still long way from being coronavirus free

Opinion: Despite optimism over successful vaccine roll out and hopes that seriously ill cases would decline, there is much that is unknown about vaccine’s ability… Read More ›

Wary of Biden attack on Iran, Israel revisits military options – report

Wary of Biden attack on Iran, Israel revisits military options – report

President-elect Joe Biden wants to rejoin the deal if Tehran – which denies seeking the bomb – returns to strict compliance.   Israel is revising… Read More ›

Israel’s virus vaccination campaign could be one big clinical trial for Pfizer

Israel’s virus vaccination campaign could be one big clinical trial for Pfizer

Opinion: While Israel’s nationwide vaccination campaign is a monumental success, the government’s willingness to provide U.S. drugmaker with personal data on Israelis violates its obligation… Read More ›

UAE-Israel Business Summit 2021 – watch live

UAE-Israel Business Summit 2021 – watch live

Towards a new era of growth, peace and stability HEAR FROM THE LEADERS OF TWO OF THE WORLD’S MOST PROGRESSIVE NATIONS Wednesday, January 13, 2021… Read More ›

Health Ministry: Over 20% of Israelis have received first virus vaccine shot

Health Ministry: Over 20% of Israelis have received first virus vaccine shot

New data shows 10.5% of Jerusalem residents have received the vaccine, while in Tel Aviv 19.8%; southern town of Omer takes the lead with 40%… Read More ›

Alleged Israeli airstrikes near Syria-Iraq border

Alleged Israeli airstrikes near Syria-Iraq border

According to SANA, the damages caused by the airstrike are being evaluated.   Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted sites in the Deir Ezzor region of eastern… Read More ›

Israel has moral duty and health need to vaccine Palestinians

Israel has moral duty and health need to vaccine Palestinians

Opinion: The coronavirus does not care about borders and national identities, and with both populations mingling for work or commerce, Jerusalem must make sure out… Read More ›

Netanyahu gets A for vaccines, F for pandemic

Netanyahu gets A for vaccines, F for pandemic

Opinion: In 71 days, Israelis will head to the polls and might finally decide on who they want as a leader: a flashy showman and… Read More ›

Coronavirus: 700,000 more Pfizer vaccines arrive in Israel

Coronavirus: 700,000 more Pfizer vaccines arrive in Israel

Health Ministry considering round-the-clock vaccination.   Some 700,000 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine landed in Israel on Sunday and were met at Ben-Gurion Airport by… Read More ›

Israel’s hospitals need life support of their own

Israel’s hospitals need life support of their own

Opinion: Will politicians ever understand importance of increasing expenditure on national healthcare system, not just by expanding drugs Israelis are entitled to, but by hiring… Read More ›

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox need a Haredi-free government

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox need a Haredi-free government

Opinion: Haredi politicians preserve their power by perpetuating the inability to earn a decent wage and ensuring they alone can provide state handouts to their… Read More ›

Will US-Israel relations go down in flames with the Trump presidency?

Will US-Israel relations go down in flames with the Trump presidency?

Israel now has to reckon with Trump’s legacy and his massive footprint in the Middle East.   Watching the riots in Washington from Israel, a… Read More ›

What happened in Washington can happen in Israel too

What happened in Washington can happen in Israel too

Opinion: Politicians who enable populist leader who attacks very foundations of democracy in order to incite a mob to riot exist in Jerusalem as well… Read More ›

ISRAEL MEDIA REVIEW – House of pain: What the Israeli press is saying about the US Capitol rampage

ISRAEL MEDIA REVIEW – House of pain: What the Israeli press is saying about the US Capitol rampage

An anguished and curious Israel looks on in dread for its own democracy after the attack on the US Capitol Building, and some are not… Read More ›

Syria TV: Israel air strikes target Damascus area

Syria TV: Israel air strikes target Damascus area

Military defectors says missiles targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard bases, Syrian army says projectiles flying over Golan stuck several sites, air defenses downed some missiles Israel… Read More ›

Israel’s coronavirus testing centers are a horror show

Israel’s coronavirus testing centers are a horror show

Opinion: Centers where hundreds wait in line to find out whether they have the virus are, ironically, an infuriating potential hotbed for new infection; indeed… Read More ›

‘Final effort’: Cabinet okays 2-week lockdown to counter mushrooming virus cases

‘Final effort’: Cabinet okays 2-week lockdown to counter mushrooming virus cases

Full closure to take effect midnight Thursday, shutting all schools, non-essential businesses; daily cases hit 8,000 amid fears of unchecked British variant spread; 1.5m vaccinated… Read More ›

Ministers to convene Tuesday to discuss tighter virus lockdown

Ministers to convene Tuesday to discuss tighter virus lockdown

Netanyahu appears to be in favor of a stricter closure for at least 10 days, while Gantz opposes total shutdown of schools; ministers approve new… Read More ›

Hospital heads: 3rd COVID wave shaping up to be worst yet; Edelstein: Like Italy

Hospital heads: 3rd COVID wave shaping up to be worst yet; Edelstein: Like Italy

Top doctors say rise in coronavirus patients steeper than ever; health officials said to warn of 10,000 cases a day if lockdown not tightened  … Read More ›

Mossad chiefs: Iran may avenge Soleimani killing after Biden inauguration

Mossad chiefs: Iran may avenge Soleimani killing after Biden inauguration

Former Mossad director Shabtai Shavit told the ‘Post’ that “the Iranians’ patience is never-ending.”   Two former Mossad chiefs and a former national security council… Read More ›