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Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Aviv Kohavi warns Iran against attacking Israel, saying the Jewish state will retaliate forcefully.
“Recently, we have heard increased threats from Iran against the State of Israel. If Iran and its partners, members of the radical axis [Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Palestinian terror groups], whether in the first circle of states or the second, carry out actions against Israel they will discover their partnership to be very costly,” says Kohavi.
“The IDF will forcefully attack anyone who takes part, from near or far, in activities against the State of Israel or Israeli targets. I am saying this plainly and am describing the situation as it is the response and all the plans have been prepared and practiced,” he adds.
Washington Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government reports that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus, a House panel investigating the alleged interference said Monday.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said his coronavirus subcommittee investigators have found evidence of a “political pressure campaign” to “bully” professionals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what may have been an attempt to “cripple the nation’s coronavirus response in a misguided effort to achieve herd immunity.”
Herd immunity is shorthand for a theory rejected by most public health experts that society can be best protected by allowing younger people to get infected and develop natural immunity until vaccines are widely available.
House panel subpoenas HHS Sec. Azar and CDC s Redfield: Extensive political meddling in COVID-19 policies alleged Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY
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WASHINGTON – Two top health officials in the Trump administration were subpoenaed on Monday after a congressional investigation found political meddling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the coronavirus crisis was far more extensive and dangerous than previously known.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, led by Democratic Majority Whip James Clyburn, issued subpoenas to CDC Director Robert Redfield and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to produce a full set of records the panel had previously asked for in September by Dec. 30.
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