High level of antibodies after second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Israeli study shows
More than 98 percent of people who received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have developed antibodies that neutralize the virus, according to the results of a serological study conducted by Tel Aviv’s Sheba...
Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party
Israel’s Labor Party on Sunday elected as its new leader Knesset member Merav Michaeli. Michaeli won 77 percent of the approximately 10,000 votes in the party’s primary, held ahead of the country’s March 23...
UAE swears in its first ambassador to Israel
The United Arab Emirates on Sunday swore in the country’s first-ever ambassador to Israel.
Ambassador Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah was installed in an official ceremony in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin...
Israel’s Cabinet OKs plan for second, third stages of lockdown exit
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved in principle a Health Ministry outline for the second and third stages of the exit from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown.
The second stage is slated to begin on Sunday at...
Toxic tar spill ‘one of the worst ecological disasters in Israel’s history’
Tons of toxic tar washed ashore along Israel’s entire Mediterranean coastline over the weekend in what Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority is calling the episode “one of the most serious ecological disasters” in the...
Israel’s defense minister anticipates ‘special security arrangement’ with Gulf allies
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will develop a “special security arrangement” with its new Gulf allies, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Gantz, who was on a visit to the...
Families of murdered Israeli teens slam ICC decision as ‘evil cynicism’
The families of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach—the three Israeli teenagers whose abduction and murder at the hands of Hamas terrorists sparked “Operation Protective Edge” in July 2014—released a letter to the public on...
Religious Zionist Party head: Coalition with Ra’am Party ‘not happening’
Religious Zionist Party leader Betzalel Smotrich said on Wednesday that he would not support a coalition that includes the Arab Ra’am Party.
“I will not allow for a right-wing government to form based on the...
Jewish group opposes USAID nominee, due to ‘anti-Israel, pro-Iran record’
The Zionist Organization of America said on it strongly rejects U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
“Power...
Netanyahu, opponents have no clear path to governing majority, official election results show
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents have no clear path towards a Knesset majority, Israeli election results show, indicating that the country’s political gridlock will continue.
The results of Tuesday’s election confirm that...