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Israeli COVID-19 vaccine to begin human trials next week

Israeli COVID-19 vaccine to begin human trials next week

“I am confident in our vaccine, I believe in it and in the ability of the institute scientists who developed it” – IIBR director, Prof.… Read More ›

Why is Netanyahu denying his peace deals have a price?

Why is Netanyahu denying his peace deals have a price?

Opinion: Losing a bit of technological superiority in the region and forfeiting plans of West Bank annexation are all reasonable enough prices to pay for… Read More ›

Mossad head: Saudi normalization ties to be announced after US election

Mossad head: Saudi normalization ties to be announced after US election

US-mediated normalization talks between Israel and Oman are reportedly close to achieving a breakthrough.   A normalization announcement between Israel and Saudi Arabia will most… Read More ›

A gulf that will swallow up Israel

A gulf that will swallow up Israel

Opinion: Conspiracy theories nurtured by both sides of the political spectrum serve to do nothing more but tear Israel apart in the midst of the… Read More ›

Israelis press ahead with weekly anti-Netanyahu protests

Israelis press ahead with weekly anti-Netanyahu protests

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday night outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding the Israeli leader’s resignation. Weekly… Read More ›

Likud’s lead over Yamina rises to 10 seats in new poll

Likud’s lead over Yamina rises to 10 seats in new poll

Gamliel was cleared of all charges this week by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party enjoyed a resurgence in a Panels… Read More ›

Israel’s medics are fighting coronavirus on three fronts

Israel’s medics are fighting coronavirus on three fronts

Opinion: Medical professionals are fervently battling to save lives from COVID-19 and keeping their hospitals offering routine services during the second wave often in the… Read More ›

Israel, Sudan said to reach final agreement to normalize ties

Israel, Sudan said to reach final agreement to normalize ties

Announcement to be made over weekend or early next week, reports say, following trip by Israeli-US delegation to Khartoum   Israel and Sudan will announce… Read More ›

Israel has put all its eggs in Trump’s basket

Israel has put all its eggs in Trump’s basket

Opinion: After Jerusalem’s long insistence on supporting the Republican party and its followers at all costs, a Biden victory will force it to go cap… Read More ›

US intelligence says Iran sending emails, trying to intimidate American voters

US intelligence says Iran sending emails, trying to intimidate American voters

Both Tehran and Moscow obtained voter registration with the goal of interfering in election; FBI director says US will impose costs on any foreign countries… Read More ›

Erekat’s Hadassah care must be top priority for Israel – comment

Erekat’s Hadassah care must be top priority for Israel – comment

Treating chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat in a Jerusalem hospital should serve as a reminder of what it means to be a Jewish state.  … Read More ›

Israel’s majority must rise up against radical Haredi minority

Israel’s majority must rise up against radical Haredi minority

Opinion: The leaders of the Haredi community have rewritten the rules of the game, pretending to be the persecuted when they are the persecutors, a… Read More ›

IDF hits Hamas-linked subterranean site after Gaza rocket fire

IDF hits Hamas-linked subterranean site after Gaza rocket fire

Military says projectile intercepted by Iron Dome system; exchange follows uncovering of attack tunnel from Palestinian enclave that reached into Israeli territory   Israel struck… Read More ›

Hadassah hospital consulting with US medics on COVID treatment for Erekat

Hadassah hospital consulting with US medics on COVID treatment for Erekat

Earlier, Erekat said he was experiencing “difficult symptoms resulting from my lack of immunity as a result of lung transplantation.”   Veteran PLO official Saeb… Read More ›

The Ramallah lynching was our warning of what was to come

The Ramallah lynching was our warning of what was to come

Opinion: The dark suspicion, separation and iron hand that categorizes Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians today can all be traced back to the brutal murder… Read More ›

Trump to drop Sudan from terror list in presumed prelude to Israel normalization

Trump to drop Sudan from terror list in presumed prelude to Israel normalization

Northeast African nation, under strong pressure from Washington, would become 3rd Muslim-majority country in two months to formalize ties with Israel   NEW YORK —… Read More ›

Countdown to third lockdown has begun

Countdown to third lockdown has begun

Opinion: Only last week, PM promised us a ‘cautious and gradual’ lockdown exit; days later Netanyahu, along with other ministers, voted to reopen the education… Read More ›

Landing in Bahrain to sign deal, Israeli official stresses ‘genuine peace’ hopes

Landing in Bahrain to sign deal, Israeli official stresses ‘genuine peace’ hopes

In first, El Al plane carries Israeli delegation to Manama to formalize relations: Bahrain FM: ‘I hope this visit marks another step on road to… Read More ›

The moral stain of ignoring pandemic regulations

The moral stain of ignoring pandemic regulations

Opinion: While the legal term ‘moral turpitude’ may not include violations of the coronavirus mitigation directives, those harming the public effort to beat the outbreak… Read More ›

As Lockdown Eases, Israelis Again Gather Against Netanyahu

As Lockdown Eases, Israelis Again Gather Against Netanyahu

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, resuming the weekly protest against… Read More ›