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Cabinet approves Katy Perry as new Commissioner of Prisons Itamar Eichner | Published: 01.24.21 , 16:34 The Cabinet approved on Sunday the appointment of Warden Katy Perry as the Commissioner of Prisons, raising her to the rank of Senior Warden. comment

Hundreds riot in Bnei Brak in protest of coronavirus measures Protesters block roads, hurl rocks at police after string of crackdowns on synagogues, educational institutions stokes tensions between Haredi factions and law enforcement; officer fires warning shot in air after becoming surrounded by large crowds Matan Zuri, Gilad Cohen, Itay Blumenthal | Published: 01.24.21 , 17:41 Hundreds of members of the extremist ultra-Orthodox Jerusalemite Faction blocked roads in the city Bnei Brak on Su...

Dr. Mohamed Aboelgheit fled to London after joining calls for revolt, Taqadum al-Khatib was an academic who left to avoid prosecution, while journalist Asma Khatib escaped to Malaysia after fellow reporters started getting arrested

Israel approves agreement to upgrade ties with Morocco Normalization deal pending ratification by Knesset; Jerusalem and Rabat also reach agreement to promote trade and economic collaboration in fields including regulation and innovation, set to be signed within two weeks Reuters | Published: 01.24.21 , 17:12 Israels government on Sunday approved a deal to upgrade its ties with Morocco, the fourth Arab country it forged relations with in a parting foreign policy push by the former Trump admi...

Data obtained by Yedioth Ahronoth shows 51,218 confirmed cases under 18s, up from some 34,000 cases during second wave; experts say increased infection may be down to fast-spreading mutations; 11th and 12th graders begin receiving vaccines

At Beer Sheva hospital, COVID takes its toll on staff Soroka Medical Centers ICU is now treating four times the number of patients it did in earlier waves of coronavirus; chief nurse says her team, who are used to saving lives, are feeling the pain of the rising death rate of the third wave Ynet | Published: 01.23.21 , 13:59 As Israel rushes to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus and with health funds calling on increasingly younger citizens to receive the first dose of the va...

Opinion: Secular citizens won't forget huge Haredi weddings while they were fined for removing their masks in public, Haredi children at illegally open schools while they stayed home with children sick of remote learning, all thanks to the government

Analysis: The new administration is keenly aware of dangers of a nuclear Iran for Israel, itself and the entire world; but if Netanyahu wishes to have a say in Washington's policies towards Tehran he must first deal with the new White House's distrust of him

46th president and first lady walk through a military cordon lining White House driveway with the flags of U.S. states after brief stroll with entire family for final stretch of journey from Capitol; new commander in chief set to get to work at once

70% of newly unemployed in 3rd lockdown are women Since the start of the current lockdown, 144,599 Israelis have registered for unemployment, 37,885 of them teachers and educational workers; officials warn 10-day lockdown extension will add at least 20,000 new job seekers Gad Lior | Published: 01.21.21 , 15:15 Although the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutterng of the economy hurt the majority of Israelis, most of them appear to be women. According to the Employment Service report pu...