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The director of the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Ronni Gamzu, formerly the country’s coronavirus czar, says his hospital will begin vaccinating the general population against COVID-19 from Sunday, according to the Ynet news site.
Israel is currently only vaccinating those over 60.
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Nikolay Mladenov, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, speaks during a press conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Gaza City, September 25, 2017. (AFP/MOHAMMED ABED)
CAIRO, Egypt Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, has turned down an offer to lead the UN mission in conflict-stricken Libya, according to a UN spokesman.
Mladenov told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday that he would not take up the position of special envoy for the North African country “for personal and family reasons,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday.
Mladenov’s term as Middle East peace envoy is set to expire at the end of the year and he’ll be replaced by Norway’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, according to the UN secretary-general.
Some Likud lawmakers are calling for party primaries to shake up Benjamin Netanyahu’s party slate ahead of the March elections, following the defection of several Likud members to Gideon Sa’ar’s new party, New Hope.
MKs Nir Barkat, Eli Cohen and Shlomo Karhi, express support for the move in interviews with Army Radio. Karhi says the internal vote is needed to “restore the trust of its voters,” while Cohen says a final decision will be made next week.
Sa’ar quit Likud earlier this month to form New Hope and challenge Netanyahu from the right in the upcoming vote. He was joined by Likud MKs Michal Shir and Sharren Haskel.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweets a chart from Our World In Data showing Israel to be the current world leader in administering COVID-19 vaccines to its population, surpassing the UK.
“Tremendous success!” he tweets, alongside the chart showing Israel at the top of the list (0.83 per 100 people). Israel began its drive on Sunday, while Britain started on December 8.
The data for the UK and the US, however, was last updated on Monday, while Israel’s appears to be up-to-date.
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The Goldberg Committee, which vets senior government appointments, will convene tomorrow to discuss the nominations of the new police commissioner and head of the Prisons Service.
Border Police chief Yaakov (Kobi) Shabtai has been nominated to serve as the next Israel Police commissioner, a position that has been vacant for two years. Katy Perry was tapped to serve as the next chief of the IPS. She will be the second woman to lead the organization if approved.
Kobi Shabtai, commander of the Border Police, on September 28, 2017 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
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