Daily Archives: January 21, 2021
Israel’s Arab parties launch election campaigns; vow not to ‘sell out’ to Netanyahu
Israel’s Arab parties, Balad, Ra’am, Ta’al and Hadash, which together form the Joint Arab List, launched their campaigns this week, ahead of the March 23 Knesset elections.
The faction’s central committee affirmed Hadash leader Knesset...
Netanyahu congratulates Biden, urges him to work together on Iranian threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as 46th president of the United States, where he noted his decades-long friendship and urged him to work together on confronting the Iranian...
Israeli virus experts: ‘We may need vaccine updates every year or two’
In the coming years, pharmaceutical corporations will likely need to launch updated versions of their coronavirus vaccines every year or two years, though this task should not present any special challenges for them, leading...
Verter fun der Vokh – Inauguration
address the nation: ווענדן זיך צום פֿאָלק
administer the oath: משביע זײַן; באַשװע֜רן; (אָ֜פּ)נעמען אַ שבֿועה
call for unity: <אוי֜פֿפֿאָ֜דערן אַחדות <איי֜ניקייט/געא֜ייניקטקייט
chief justice: דער הױ֜פּטריכטער, ־ס
Constitution: די קאָנסטיטו֜ציע
four-year term: די פֿי֜ריאָריקע קאַדע֜נץ, ־ן
inaugural address: די אײַ֜נשװער־רע֜דע,...
In first, woman elected to head Israeli religious party
For the first time in Israel’s history, a woman was elected this week to head a religious party running for the Knesset, when Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe emerged victorious in the Jewish Home...