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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein meet Herzl and Fadila Levy, the country's 500,000th people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, at a Clalit Health Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem, on Dec. 29, 2020. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu, health minister meet 500,000th Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Tuesday congratulated the country’s 500,000th person to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “It warms the heart to see the citizens of Israel joining in to...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan and Moroccan Ambassador to the United Nations Omar Hilale. Credit: Ido Siman-Tov.

Morocco, Israel mark end of Hanukkah in joint UN event

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For the first time, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosted his counterparts—the ambassadors of Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—in a public event on Thursday evening to mark the final night...
U.S. President Donald Trump in a call with Sudanese chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Sudan’s progress towards the recognition of Israel and advancing peace, Oct. 23, 2020. Photo by Tia Dufour/White House.

US: Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors

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The U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, announced on Monday that the Trump administration has removed the country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. “The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed,...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Photo: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

Parliament members call on EU to withhold some funding to PA due to textbooks

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A cross-party group of more than 20 members of the European Parliament from 15 countries have urged the European Union to partially withhold funding to the Palestinian Authority until Ramallah ends its anti-Semitic incitement...
Drone footage of the destruction from the wildfires in Oregon. Source: Screenshot.

Fires blazing in US West ‘more devastating than anyone could have imagined’

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Two Jewish federations on the West Coast have created emergency funds to help people severely impacted by the wildfires that have been raging across the western United States. More than 30 have died, while...
Jonathan Markowitz, chief rabbi of the Ukrainian city of Kiev. Credit: Chabadkiev.org.

Ukrainian government honors longtime rabbi of Kiev

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The Ukrainian parliament has awarded Rabbi Jonathan Markowitz, chief rabbi of the Ukrainian city of Kiev, a medal of honor for his 20 years of service in the city, as well as his contribution...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends the Great Conference of Basij members at Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 4 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran’s Khamenei: UAE ‘disgraced forever’ by peace agreement with Israel

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of “treachery against the Islamic world” for normalizing relations with Israel. Khamenei predicted the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE would...
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.). Source: Richard Neal via Facebook.

Israel support pushed to side in heated Massachusetts congressional primary

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Longtime Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) is facing a serious primary challenge from progressive Alex Morse on Sept. 1 in Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District. Will Morse, currently the mayor of Holyoke, Mass., continue the streak of...
Egyptian military counter-terrorism unit 777. Credit: Wikipedia.

Report: Egyptian Army kills 77 radical Islamic militants in Sinai operations

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The Egyptian Army announced that its forces have killed 77 radical Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula since July 22. The military said that the operations it has been conducting in the Sinai for the...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a discussion with officials from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office, on Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Former Hezbollah leader: Nasrallah should be first to stand trial for Beirut blast

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Hezbollah’s first secretary-general, Subhi al-Tufayli, said in a televised sermon last week that the group’s current leader, Hassan Nasrallah, should be first in line to stand trial over the Aug. 4 explosion at the...