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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 faced “attempts to intervene in the work of the Israel Police, intervention that has no place in th...

0 shares The US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the country’s first rapid at-home test for COVID-19, which is available over-the-counter and produces a result in around 20 minutes. The test, made by California-based Ellume, will sell for around $30 and the company plans to roll out three million units in January 2021. — AFP 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 of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their hearts into their work da...

3. Still Makhlouf from the mellah: Unlike the other normalization deals, the one with Morocco holds extra meaning for many in Israel, with a large and thriving community of Moroccan immigrants and descendants, many of whom still travel there regularly. “As opposed to Egypt and Jordan, which signed peace treaties with Israel decades ago, and in contrast to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, three Arab nations that normalized relations with Israel this year, Morocco and Israel have a profound and ancient Jewish connection, and the Moroccan Jewish community, though small, still thriv...