Israel awards PA tax money to Palestinians tortured for ‘collaboration’
Israel has confiscated some NIS 2.5 million ($724,000) of the tax money it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, which will be paid to three Palestinians who were subjected to torture after the P.A. accused...
Shin Bet COVID-19 surveillance program frozen, for now
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation in Israel’s Knesset approved a bill on Tuesday granting the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) authority to restart surveillance of known COVID-19 carriers at some point in the future...
Iran to execute alleged US-Israel spy
Iran announced on Tuesday that it will execute a suspected spy for the U.S. and Israel who relayed to those nations information regarding the location of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Gen. Qassem...
Argentina adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism
Argentina adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, its foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
A resolution called on all government branches to use the definition “to contribute to the fight of the Argentine...
Israel’s coronavirus infection rate holds steady at 100 a day
Israel’s coronavirus death toll stood at 298 on Monday, with 17,915 confirmed cases of infection in total since the start of the pandemic, though serological testing indicates that the true figure may be much higher.
According to...
Netanyahu names veteran Mideast reporter and best-selling author as strategic adviser
Aaron Klein, a veteran Middle East reporter and New York Times best-selling author, has been retained by Israel’s Likud Party as a strategic and communications consultant to party leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Drive-through corona testing in Congo, courtesy of Israel
It’s not quite as enjoyable as ordering a burger from the car, but Israelis who need to be tested for coronavirus can head to the nearest drive-through testing facility set up by Israel’s Magen...
In a show of support for Netanyahu, settler leaders green-light sovereignty bid
As Israel moves closer to applying sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on...
Resumption of Israeli train service derails, again, over virus fears
Israeli trains will not resume operations on Monday as previously planned, due to the new wave of coronavirus infections.
The Cabinet is going to meet on Monday to decide on a new date for the...
Khamenei on Floyd killing: ‘US been doing same thing to world for years’
The ongoing protests in the United States over the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis are an “eruption of truths that have always been hidden,” according to Iran’s...