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Experts: Virus Numbers Could Be Erratic After Thanksgiving

Experts: Virus Numbers Could Be Erratic After Thanksgiving

  MILWAUKEE (AP) — The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over… Read More ›

Why Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shots

Why Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shots

London- In the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership’s Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number of questions… Read More ›

Iranian war games, Trump’s legacy and boxing in Biden – analysis

Iranian war games, Trump’s legacy and boxing in Biden – analysis

The US will not attack Iran in the final weeks of Trump’s Presidency.   There will be no attack by the US on Iran in… Read More ›

Netanyahu has paved way for new Jewish-Arab alliances

Netanyahu has paved way for new Jewish-Arab alliances

Opinion: The prime minister has long demonized Arab MKs, branding any alliances with them as treason; but his budding ties to Joint List’s Mansour Abbas,… Read More ›

PA says it conveyed to Biden administration interest in return to peace talks

PA says it conveyed to Biden administration interest in return to peace talks

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says Ramallah is in indirect contact with incoming Biden team, expresses cautious optimism about US president-elect   Palestinian Authority… Read More ›

Venezuela Judge Convicts 6 American Oil Execs, Orders Prison

Venezuela Judge Convicts 6 American Oil Execs, Orders Prison

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday… Read More ›

Trump says for first time he’ll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Trump says for first time he’ll leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Washington – President Donald Trump said for the first time Thursday he will leave office if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden but… Read More ›

Black Friday shopping spree – coronavirus-style

Black Friday shopping spree – coronavirus-style

What to expect during the mall pilot program.   Need new winter boots? A trendy raincoat? Israelis in need of some winter fashion tend to… Read More ›

Israel, Saudi find themselves facing more than one common foe

Israel, Saudi find themselves facing more than one common foe

Analysis: Netanyahu and bin Salman’s covert meeting Monday was a major stepping stone on the path to normalization, with both in trepidation of Joe Biden’s… Read More ›

Government plans to legalize dozens of wildcat West Bank outposts, minister says

Government plans to legalize dozens of wildcat West Bank outposts, minister says

Tzachi Hanegbi claims PM backs move to regulate illegal communities, many built on Palestinian land, but Blue and White minister says move will require AG… Read More ›

Joe Biden Appeals For Unity In Thanksgiving-Eve Address

Joe Biden Appeals For Unity In Thanksgiving-Eve Address

  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a time of plague and raw division, President-elect Joe Biden appealed for unity Wednesday in a Thanksgiving-eve address to… Read More ›

Trump announces pardon for Michael Flynn in tweet

Trump announces pardon for Michael Flynn in tweet

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Wednesday that he has granted his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, a “full pardon,” wiping away the… Read More ›

Israel can sleep easy with Biden’s top foreign policy picks – analysis

Israel can sleep easy with Biden’s top foreign policy picks – analysis

Unclear what input Kerry will have outside his climate portfolio   Of the 20 Democratic candidates who took part in the first round of primary… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia and Israel: A history of quietly warming ties

Saudi Arabia and Israel: A history of quietly warming ties

Analysis: Shared animosity towards Iran and modernization efforts by Crown Prince Mohammed have put the kingdom on track to formalize ties with Jerusalem, although until… Read More ›

Victims of air force plane crash named: Maj. Itay Zayden, Cpl. Lihu Ben-Bassa

Victims of air force plane crash named: Maj. Itay Zayden, Cpl. Lihu Ben-Bassa

Military investigating what caused fatal accident, the first of its kind since 2008, which claimed the life of 42-year-old reserve officer and 19-year-old cadet  … Read More ›

Report: Syria Claims Israeli Attack On Post South Of Capital

Report: Syria Claims Israeli Attack On Post South Of Capital

  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s military said suspected Israeli warplanes struck locations south of the capital Damascus late Tuesday, causing only material damage, state-run… Read More ›

Key lines from the unveiling of Biden’s top national security and foreign policy team

Key lines from the unveiling of Biden’s top national security and foreign policy team

Washington – President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced top members of his national security and foreign policy team. Biden’s nominees and appointees spoke for the… Read More ›

‘Biden has a very complex and broad coalition to manage’

‘Biden has a very complex and broad coalition to manage’

The results exposed a divided Party. Moderates and progressives exchanged barbs in the past couple of weeks about the reasons for the absence of “blue… Read More ›

Coronavirus could lead to America’s first woman president

Coronavirus could lead to America’s first woman president

Opinion: Studies have shown that female world leaders have performed far better than their male counterparts in tackling the current economic and health crises, giving… Read More ›

Trump directs team to begin aiding Biden transition, but vows to keep up fight

Trump directs team to begin aiding Biden transition, but vows to keep up fight

President’s tweet comes as General Services Administration finally determines Biden is ‘apparent winner’ and will start giving him access to federal resources for transition  … Read More ›