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Follow Jan. 27, 2021 If the inoculations are found to be ineffective, if an Israeli mutation emerges that is immune to the vaccine – which experts increasingly fear – half of Israelis will accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of responsibility for the failed vaccination drive. A whole faction will explain that the vaccinations were just another election bribe by a prime minister who only wants to evade trial. A prime minister who, if he cared for the state before caring for himself, wou...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio According to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, citing U.S. officials, the United States is specifically reviewing the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 jets to the UAE and munitions to Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Blinken clarified that it was not uncommon "at the start of an administration to review any pending sales to make sure that what is being considered is something that advances our strategic objectives and advances our foreign p...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio A source in Yesh Atid told Haaretz that party will highlight Netanyahus management of the coronavirus crisis and his lenient treatment of the ultra-Orthodox community in particular. According to the source, internal evaluations by the party showed that dealing with Netanyahu’s failures in coping with the pandemic could strengthen support for party leader Yair Lapid and distance voters from Netanyahu. Open gallery view Scenes from Bnei...

Doctors agree that this wave of the virus is more aggressive than its predecessors. More patients are seriously ill, their symptoms are worse, and their condition deteriorates to the point of needing ventilators more quickly. Moreover, many are in their forties, fifties and sixties, and not all of them have underlying health conditions. Hospitals also say that many patients now require mechanical breathing assistance in ICU units for weeks after testing negative for the virus, due to lingering ...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Progressive Jewish organizations denounced Yangs implicit comparison to boycotts of Jewish business in Nazi Germany, describing Yangs "false equivalencies" as dangerous and unneccesary.  Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator who was fired from CNN in 2018 for using the phrase "Free Palestine from the river to the sea," said Yang "grossly mischaracterized" the movement, which he argues prioritizes non-violent protests of conditions o...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio Gertler’s lawyers were informed of this in a private letter. According to the letter, the sanctions imposed on Gertler starting in December 2017 would officially remain in place, but would be effectively suspended for a year. The sanctions had barred Gertler from conducting any business in U.S. dollars. Working on Gertler’s behalf were attorney Alan Dershowitz, who had defended Trump during his first impeachment proceeding, and former...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio He said the Jewish community "stands behind Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper as the focus shifts from the overly long extradition process to the forthcoming trial.” Zionist Federation of Australia Jeremy Leibler welcomed the footage of Malka Leifer boarding the plane. “That Leifer was allowed to escape justice for so long was a travesty”, he said. “While it’s a relief that Israel’s justice system has finally prevaile...

Follow Jan. 25, 2021 The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank uprooted some 3,000 olive trees near the Palestinian village of Dir Balut in the northern West Bank this month, although the Palestinian residents had filed an appeal of the order evicting them from the land. The eviction was ordered in August based on the government’s stance that the trees were planted on state-owned land. A private lawyer representing the government on the appeal filed a response in the case six days aft...

Follow Jan. 25, 2021 The Health Ministry plans to add over 2,000 hospital beds in the Jerusalem region over the next few decades, but very few are planned for East Jerusalem, where a third of the regions residents live. The new hospital beds are part of a long-term initiative dubbed the National Master Plan 49, which is for all future health institutions throughout the country. The Health Ministry and the Planning Administration recently finished preparing an initial version of the plan, in whi...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio They demanded freedom, dignity, democracy and social justice amid battles with police and state-hired thugs, and on February 11 President Hosni Mubarak resigned. But the coalition fragmented as it faced two much more established forces: the Muslim Brotherhood that swept to power in later elections, and the military that toppled it in 2013. Egypt now faces a different landscape. Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, who became president in 2014 after lea...