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Two of Israel’s three major networks broadcast extensive leaked recordings from Thursday night’s tumultuous cabinet meeting on the extension of the lockdown, during which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at one point accused Defense Minister Benny Gantz that “the blood of many Israelis” would be on his hands and the Blue and White party head charged the premier that he was “throwing dust in the public’s eyes.” The recordings are aired simultaneously on both Channel 12 news and the Kan public broadcaster — with each branding them “exclusive” — causing Gantz’s office to...

From the blog of Tzemach Yehudah Richter at The Times of Israel

241 shares A relatively empty coronavirus vaccine dispenser in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, January 5, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel) The least crowded coronavirus vaccination center in Israel might be in East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood. On Tuesday morning, the clinic began dispensing Covid-19 vaccines — but it was nearly empty, bereft of people waiting to be immunized. Acknowledging that only a few had signed up for shots, clinic director Dr. Mazen Daana estimated that it would take at least a week before people began to show up. “We’re trying to get the wo...

0 shares Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group makes a speech marking a year since the US assassination of Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani and a pro-Iran Iraqi militia leader, and threatens that Iran “doesn’t need help” from its allies and will take revenge “when it decides so.” Nasrallah says Tehran will not ask any other country or body to conduct the strike on its behalf. “Iran is a strong country and it will decide when and how to react,” he says. “It doesn’t need to rely on others.” However, he says that Hezbollah will h...

0 shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports stepping up the lockdown restrictions for a week or two to curb rising coronavirus infections, Hebrew-language media reports. That would include resuming online studies for grades 5-10 and placing more limits on workplaces. Some members of the Blue and White party reportedly oppose the plan and are insisting that the outbreak is slowing down, reports say. I'm proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it's full of beauty and meaning. I'm proud to work at The Times...