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Israel set to become first country in world to offer COVID boosters to over-50s

Israel set to become first country in world to offer COVID boosters to over-50s

Health Ministry expert panel backs move, which is expected to be okayed by ministry chief; HMOs say people can begin scheduling appointments for 3rd shot… Read More ›

Israel must defeat the anti-vaxx variant

Israel must defeat the anti-vaxx variant

Opinion: Fake news sites and conspiracy theories are multiplying as fast as the Delta strain is spreading, but those opposed to getting the life-saving jab… Read More ›

Israeli leaders pan ‘disgrace’ as Poland passes law curbing WWII property claims

Israeli leaders pan ‘disgrace’ as Poland passes law curbing WWII property claims

FM Lapid says Jerusalem will review 2018 joint statement on Holocaust remembrance; Knesset speaker cancels plans to form inter-parliamentary friendship group The Polish parliament on… Read More ›

West, not Israel, to blame for spread of radical Islam

West, not Israel, to blame for spread of radical Islam

Opinion: A common thread of Sunni and Shi’ite terrorism runs through Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen and Gaza, but Western progressives are only interested in blaming Israel… Read More ›

‘People die in a pandemic’: Shaked rapped for seeming to brush off COVID deaths

‘People die in a pandemic’: Shaked rapped for seeming to brush off COVID deaths

Following criticism of statement defending government’s decision to find ways to live with the virus, interior minister says comments ‘should have been worded differently’ Interior… Read More ›

CIA director in Israel as US said to consider alternatives to Iran deal

CIA director in Israel as US said to consider alternatives to Iran deal

Iran is at the top of CIA director Bill Burns’s agenda for his Israel visit as Iran nuclear deal negotiations continue to stall. CIA Director… Read More ›

Israel must choose between vaccine mandate or lockdown

Israel must choose between vaccine mandate or lockdown

Opinion: Israeli anti-vaxxers and anti-restriction brigade are looking to the UK as a model on pandemic; but Israel is in a different place; our only… Read More ›

Over 5,000 new coronavirus cases confirmed Monday, as new limits mulled

Over 5,000 new coronavirus cases confirmed Monday, as new limits mulled

Tally is highest since February, with number of deaths and serious cases also continuing to mount; health minister says new restrictions, but not lockdown being… Read More ›

Israel must act wisely on the Lebanon issue

Israel must act wisely on the Lebanon issue

Analysis: The best way to ensure peace in the north is to back Lebanese calls for International financial aid, but condition it on a reduction… Read More ›

As of August 16, Israelis can return from only 3 countries without quarantining

As of August 16, Israelis can return from only 3 countries without quarantining

Austria, Czech Republic and Moldova will be only destinations from which travelers won’t be required to isolate upon their return to Israel As of August… Read More ›

Hezbollah is no longer deterred by the IDF – analysis

Hezbollah is no longer deterred by the IDF – analysis

“We are not seeking a war but we are ready for it and we do not fear it,” Nasrallah threatened. As Hezbollah fired its largest… Read More ›

Premature to talk of new Israeli lockdown, health minister says

Premature to talk of new Israeli lockdown, health minister says

Undergoing newly approved rapid COVID test, Horowitz says closures come at enormous economic, social and health costs and all measures to avoid them must be… Read More ›

Bennett, after flare-up on northern border: Lebanon ‘must take responsibility’

Bennett, after flare-up on northern border: Lebanon ‘must take responsibility’

Following rocket fire at Galilee claimed by Hezbollah, PM says Israel ‘will not abide fire on its territory,’ Beirut must clean up its ‘backyard’ Pointing… Read More ›

Guess What? This Summer Marks 100 Years of Agudath Israel in America

Guess What? This Summer Marks 100 Years of Agudath Israel in America

e By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This summer represents the 100th anniversary of Agudath Israel in America. So here is the historical background behind… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Who are Israel’s seriously ill patients?

Coronavirus: Who are Israel’s seriously ill patients?

As of Thursday morning, Israel had some 250 patients in serious condition. What are their ages and their vaccination status? As of Thursday morning, there… Read More ›

Israel must stop Lebanon becoming new Gaza

Israel must stop Lebanon becoming new Gaza

Analysis: IAF destroyed key southern Lebanon access road after it was used to launch rockets at northern Israel on Wednesday, perhaps signaling that the military… Read More ›

Anger over synagogue exemptions as cabinet OKs new Green Pass virus restrictions

Anger over synagogue exemptions as cabinet OKs new Green Pass virus restrictions

Several ministers vote against rules in protest; Health Ministry to start pilot serological testing for children under 12 so as to include those with antibodies… Read More ›

Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike

Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is warning that Israelis over 60 are at risk unless they go get their third booster shot immediately.… Read More ›

Bennett’s American revolution

Bennett’s American revolution

Analysis: The prime minister’s upcoming visit to the White House is crucial to rebuilding trust and cooperation with the U.S., which Israel needs to face… Read More ›

IDF renews counterstrikes as blaze from Lebanon rocket engulfs northern hillside

IDF renews counterstrikes as blaze from Lebanon rocket engulfs northern hillside

Firefighters extinguish one fire but second persists, forcing kibbutz to shut entrance; US slams rocket attack, as Israel weighs harsher response but fears harm to… Read More ›