Israeli beaches hit by mystery oil spill
Covid-19 sickness dropped 95.8% after Pfizer vaccine, Israel Health Ministry says
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The vaccine was also 98% effective in preventing fever or breathing problems and 98.9% effective in preventing hospitalisations and death, the ministry said. A foreign worker receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in … Read More
White House: Biden ‘looks forward’ to speaking with Netanyahu soon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) and President Joe Biden (Flash90/AP/Carolyn Kaster) The lack of a call from the president to Israel’s leader has been a source of growing concern. President Joe Biden “looks forward” to a call with Israel’s prime … Read More
Israel Is Right to Doubt Negotiations Will Work With Iran
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gestures during a meeting with organizers of events to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo: Official Khamenei Website / Handout via … Read More
Israel to give 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Palestinians
A Palestinian boy inspects the damage in his family home following Israeli airstrikes in Buriej refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra). Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the … Read More
Biden’s first phone calls show where he’s looking — and it’s not at Israel
Unlike his predecessors, the US president has not called Middle East leaders in his first days, likely indicating what his administration will focus on: Neighbors and NATO. US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on … Read More
Suicide drones deployed in Yemen by Iran within striking distance of Israel
Workers prep an Iranian drone. (YouTube/ali javid/Screenshot) The mullahs would hope for “plausible deniability” if Yemeni rebels launch a strike on their behalf, says Iranian expert. The Houthi movement that controls almost all of northern Yemen has received so-called “suicide … Read More
Politicians, NGOs mourn the passing of Sheldon Adelson
“The US-Israel relationship is stronger today because of him.” Sheldon Adelson speaks during an inteview – (photo credit: REUTERS/TYRONE SIU) Politicians and public figures in Israel and the US sent their condolences to the family of Sheldon Adelson, after the … Read More
Israel ‘will not allow’ Iran to get nuclear bomb amid uranium enrichment
Netanyahu says Iran’s decision to enrich uranium to a greater purity ‘cannot be explained in any way, other than a desire to continue realising its goal’ of getting a bomb. Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif Israeli leaders have vowed not … Read More
Israel on high alert for Iran-sponsored attack on anniversary of Soleimani’s death
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi (Flash90) Sunday is the anniversary of the American assassination of IRGC leader Qassem Soleimani, and Israel could be targeted as a close U.S. ally. Israel’s defense forces are bracing for an attack by Iran … Read More