Netanyahu calls for Jewish-Arab unity at Knesset meeting on violence in Arab society
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a message of Jewish-Arab unity while warning against complacency with regard to the dangers of COVID-19.
During a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Combating Violence in...
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat dies of COVID-19 complications
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19. He was 65 years old.
Erekat was diagnosed with the coronavirus in early October. Having undergone a lung transplant in 2017, he was...
Netanyahu welcomes Pfizer vaccine announcement, says ‘end in view’ for pandemic
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s announcement that its COVID-19 has a 90 percent efficacy rate marked “an important day in the global struggle against coronavirus.”
Several other companies were...
New housing permits in Hebron expected to bolster Jewish presence in city
Hebron’s Jewish residential section may finally witness new construction underway for more housing units. Pending a decision by the Jerusalem District Court, two areas of Hebron—the Hizkiyahu neighborhood on the site of the old...
In surprise move, third top Israeli health official resigns
Israel’s Health Ministry Deputy Director Itamar Grotto announced his resignation on Sunday in what some in the health-care system described as a “surprising move.”
Grotto is the third senior Health Ministry official to resign since...
Israeli government approves establishment of new town in Western Negev
The Israeli government on Sunday approved the establishment of a new town, tentatively named Hanun, in the Sdot Negev Regional Council adjacent to the Gaza Strip. The town, east of Kibbutz Saad, will initially...
Rivlin and Netanyahu congratulate Biden on election win, thank Trump
Israel’s president and prime minister on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the 46th president of the United States and conveyed messages of gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I send the blessings...
Sheikh banned from Temple Mount for lauding decapitation of teacher in France
Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira was summoned for questioning by police over the weekend for a recent sermon in which he praised the terrorist who beheaded history teacher Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb on...
Israeli TV hit shines light on only female soldier killed in Yom Kippur War
“Valley of Tears,” a 10-part Israeli TV series on the Yom Kippur War has generated renewed interest in the 1973 national trauma. HBO Max acquired world rights for the series, which focuses on the...
French ‘olim’ help fill needed health-care gaps in northern Israel
As a wave of Islamist terror directed at churches and priests raises religious tensions in France, a special group of recent French immigrants is relieved to be settling into their new life in Nahariya,...