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Bnei Brak rabbis call to celebrate Simchat Torah at synagogues depsite virus rules

Bnei Brak rabbis call to celebrate Simchat Torah at synagogues depsite virus rules

City’s top spiritual leaders say outdoor prayers are preferable but allow parishioners to gather in synagogue courts as well as within the buildings themselves; PM… Read More ›

To hell with public trust and personal example

To hell with public trust and personal example

Opinion: The prime minister’s complete silence over Likud minister Gila Gamliel’s lockdown breach and her lies about it prove once again that Benjamin Netanyahu is… Read More ›

Cabinet approves extending limit on demos as protests surge

Cabinet approves extending limit on demos as protests surge

A source in Blue and White said that if coronavirus numbers go down in the upcoming week, the party’s ministers may oppose renewing the limitations… Read More ›

Poll shows Bennett’s Yamina pulling 23 seats, Likud dropping to 26

Poll shows Bennett’s Yamina pulling 23 seats, Likud dropping to 26

Channel 12’s survey shows majority of Israelis support snap elections, despite vote taking place only 6 months ago, and want Gamliel to be fired as… Read More ›

Ministers approve 1-week extension for restrictions on protests, prayers

Ministers approve 1-week extension for restrictions on protests, prayers

Law limiting demonstrators to 1 kilometer from home extended to October 13; march held in Tel Aviv in violation of police orders; ultra-Orthodox scuffle with… Read More ›

Easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions not likely before October 18

Easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions not likely before October 18

Netanyahu: No decision on changes until at least Monday   Israel is set to remain under lockdown for at least another two weeks, according to… Read More ›

IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza after rocket launch

IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza after rocket launch

This is the first launch since 13 rockets were fired at Israel during the White House signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords establishing normalized relations… Read More ›

John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19

John Hagee, prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor, ill with COVID-19

Son says 80-year-old founder of Christians United for Israel recovering after illness was detected early   SAN ANTONIO  — Prominent megachurch pastor and conservative activist… Read More ›

Can Trump’s COVID-19 illness derail the Israeli-Arab normalization train?

Can Trump’s COVID-19 illness derail the Israeli-Arab normalization train?

Even without COVID-19, the timeline for additional deals was tight, but now that timeline has been further shortened.   In 1919, former US president Woodrow… Read More ›

A mortality tale

A mortality tale

Opinion: Upon becoming infected with COVID, both the U.S. president and an Israeli rabbinical leader did a huge service to their communities, becoming living proof… Read More ›

Israelis Persist In Rallies Against Pm Despite Lockdown

Israelis Persist In Rallies Against Pm Despite Lockdown

  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing ahead… Read More ›

Smaller percentage of people screened for coronavirus test positive

Smaller percentage of people screened for coronavirus test positive

Currently, there are 71,509 people with the virus in Israel, 840 who are in serious condition, among them 224 who are intubated.   The number… Read More ›

Defying protest ban, thousands of Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu

Defying protest ban, thousands of Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu

Clashes break out between protesters and police in several locations across Tel Aviv, with at least 12 people arrested and hundreds of fines handed out;… Read More ›

Sukkot in the shadow of corona: 7,643 new cases reported on Friday

Sukkot in the shadow of corona: 7,643 new cases reported on Friday

Currently, there are 70,941 active cases of the virus in Israel, 849 who are in serious condition, among them 201 who are intubated.   As… Read More ›

Top rabbi who urged disregard for coronavirus rules has COVID

Top rabbi who urged disregard for coronavirus rules has COVID

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 92, insisted religious study institutions remain open in violation of health directives on grounds that ‘canceling Torah study is more dangerous than… Read More ›

Suspect arrested for alleged car-ramming at anti-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv

Suspect arrested for alleged car-ramming at anti-Netanyahu rally in Tel Aviv

Pini Luzon, who was filmed accelerating into protesters, claims he was trying to flee scene after feeling ‘surrounded and attacked’ in his car   A… Read More ›

Israeli tourism minister resigns to protest Netanyahu

Israeli tourism minister resigns to protest Netanyahu

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s tourism minister resigned from the fractious government Friday, saying he doesn’t have an “ounce of trust” in Prime Minister Benjamin… Read More ›

Gov’t tightens coronavirus restrictions, extends closure as cases soar

Gov’t tightens coronavirus restrictions, extends closure as cases soar

Ben-Gurion Airport to be closed from October 1-14.   The government overnight voted to tighten coronavirus restrictions and extend the lockdown another three weeks. A… Read More ›

Nearly 9,000 virus cases recorded Wednesday as infections hit new high

Nearly 9,000 virus cases recorded Wednesday as infections hit new high

Health Ministry says 810 people in serious condition, with 206 on ventilators, amid worries over hospitals being unable to cope with influx of patients  … Read More ›

Netanyahu, in UN speech, warns of more Hezbollah peril for Beirut

Netanyahu, in UN speech, warns of more Hezbollah peril for Beirut

PM says ‘no doubt’ other Arab, Muslim states will sign treaties.   Hezbollah has a secret arms depot next to a gas company that could… Read More ›