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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem on Aug. 24, 2020 Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu, Mossad chief fly to Saudi Arabia to meet with the crown prince

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced trip to Neom, Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a senior official...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to a Jerusalem school ahead of the opening of the school year, Aug. 25, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu announces $300 million plan for Gaza-area communities

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday convened a virtual meeting with council heads of areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip, along with Finance Minister Israel Katz and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, to update...
Esther Pollard, wife of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, walks past a poster of her husband before speaking to press outside her home in Jerusalem on July 29, 2015. Photo by Flash90.

Netanyahu welcomes lifting of restrictions on Jonathan Pollard

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night welcomed the news that Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who served three decades in prison for espionage on behalf of Israel, was no longer restricted by...
A computer generated representation of COVID-19 virions (SARS-CoV-2) seen under an electron microscope, Feb. 5, 2020. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel to purchase millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Friday reached an understanding with Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to receive millions of doses of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, and the two parties are discussing the final details of the agreement,...
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus, in Jerusalem on July 13, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s Health Ministry says lockdown possible over Hanukkah

Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy said on Thursday that he doesn’t know if there will be a lockdown over Hanukkah, “but we are identifying an increase in morbidity, and it could lead...
A ball of fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 16, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gaza terrorists launch rocket at Israel’s south; IDF hits Hamas targets

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The Israeli military struck two Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning in response to a rocket fired on Saturday from the coastal enclave into Israel, the IDF...
Dr. Tal Zaks, chief medical officer of Moderna. Photo courtesy of Ben-Gurion University.

Ben-Gurion University taps Moderna chief medical officer with namesake award

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is honoring individuals who have made significant contributions in the spirit of Israel’s first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, including Moderna chief medical officer Dr. Tal Zaks. An M.D., Ph.D. graduate of BGU, Zaks is...
Sadi Ben Shitrit. Source: Facebook.

Leader of ‘Crime Minister’ protests compares Netanyahu to Hitler

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Sadi Ben Shitrit, one of the leaders of the so-called “Crime Minister” protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, elicited a harsh response from Defense Minister Benny Gantz for comparing Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. Demonstrating...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a press conference in Jerusalem on Nov. 19, 2020. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu lauds Pompeo, Trump administration for ‘unprecedented heights’ of US-Israel alliance

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday thanked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his “personal friendship and everything that went along with it.” Emerging from what he called a “very intimate and productive...
Illustrative, Nov. 16, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu: Israel in talks with Moderna to increase coronavirus vaccine supply

Israel is working to increase the number of coronavirus vaccine doses it is set to acquire from drugmaker Moderna, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, noting he had spoken with Moderna CEO...