The Latest: Rivlin urges Arab leaders to oppose unrest
JERUSALEM Israel’s president says the country’s Arab leaders are “giving support to terrorism and rioting” by staying quiet about an outbreak unrest in mixed communities.
Reuven Rivlin said on Wednesday that the “silence of the Arab leadership” over violence in mixed Jewish-Arab communities amounts to “encouraging the rupture of the society” amid the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 Gaza war.
Rivlin says Israel “must pursue the rioters with a firm hand (to) restore security and order to all of us, also while fighting terrorism from Gaza without compromise.”
Germany breaks third virus wave but warns against complacency
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07/05/2021 - 14:11 Germany s health minister warned that easing curbs across the board would only help the virus Christof STACHE AFP 2 min
Berlin (AFP)
Germany seems to have halted a surge of coronavirus infections driven by the British variant, its health minister said Friday, cautioning however against lifting restrictions precipitously. The third wave appears to have broken, Jens Spahn told a press conference in Berlin. The infection figures are dropping again, but we are still at a high level. They are not yet falling everywhere at the same rate, but they are falling, he said.