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Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says other countries have been asking Israel to help them obtain coronavirus vaccines. “Countries are contacting us and asking for Israel’s help in obtaining vaccines,” Edelstein tells Army Radio, and not “exotic countries you haven’t heard of either.” He laments widespread health violations by Israelis who have traveled to Dubai, accusing them of flouting local regulations. Edelstein says the Emiratis, who recently forged diplomatic ties with Israel, ...

0 shares The Health Ministry records another 1,476 virus cases since midnight, with the number of serious COVID-19 cases nearing 400. It says 2,888 new infections were diagnosed on Tuesday, a two-month high. Of the 20,255 active cases, 393 are in serious condition, 152 of them on ventilators. Another 168 are in moderate condition, with the rest displaying mild or no symptoms. The death toll stands at 3,031.   Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life ...

0 shares Dutch prosecutors say a man had cracked US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account in October, despite denials from Washington and the company, but adds that the so-called “ethical hacker” would not face charges. The man, named as Victor Gevers in Dutch media, reportedly hacked into Trump’s account @realDonaldTrump by guessing his password on October 16, Dutch media reports say. Both the White House and Twitter have strenuously denied reports that the account had been ha...

0 shares America’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo is in quarantine after being exposed to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, the State Department says. The US secretary of state “has been tested and is negative. In accordance with CDC guidelines, he will be in quarantine. He is being closely monitored by the Department’s medical team,” a State Department spokesperson says, adding that for privacy reasons they could not identify the person he came into contact with. — AFP ...

0 shares The weekly cabinet meeting, which had been pushed off this week to tomorrow, faces an additional delay until Thursday amid disagreements between the Likud and Blue and White parties over the agenda, Hebrew-language media reports. The government is expected to be dissolved next week and elections called for the fourth time in under two years. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty an...

0 shares The United States places a pro-Iranian group based in Bahrain on its global terror blacklist, accusing it of plotting attacks on US troops in the tiny Gulf kingdom. The group, Saraya al-Mukhtar, poses a “significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a statement. “Saraya al-Mukhtar is an Iran-backed terrorist organization based in Bahrain, reportedly receiv...

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says that Israel is heading towards closing down commerce throughout the country due to a continued rise in infections. “We are going towards closing trade, in accordance with the data,” he tells the Kan public broadcaster, referring to the more than 2,200 daily cases confirmed yesterday. “As a government, we made decisions about very clear criteria for starting the ‘tightened restraint’ restrictions — 2,500 patients per day or a basic reproduction num...

0 shares The daughter of a 74-year-old Austrian citizen imprisoned in Iran has told of her fears for her father’s health after he started displaying coronavirus symptoms. “He started suffering from fever last Thursday, but he doesn’t get the medical attention he needs, and he was denied a COVID test,” Fanak Mani, daughter of Massud Mossaheb, tells AFP of her father’s treatment in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Mossaheb was detained while traveling in Iran with a delegation fr...

1 shares Outgoing Acting Israel Police Commissioner Motti Cohen announces that he will quit the organization following the nomination of Yaakov Shabtai as permanent police chief, and accuses decision-makers of “ulterior motives” in the failure to appoint his replacement until now. Cohen, who has served in his interim position for two years during an extended political crisis, makes the announcement in a letter sent to fellow officers and commanders. He also writes that he has lately f...

0 shares The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a positively worded briefing document about the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ahead of a meeting by experts on whether to grant it emergency approval. The FDA is upbeat on the vaccine, saying there are “no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA (emergency use authorization)” and confirms an overall efficacy of 94.1 percent. — AFP Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the...