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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:51:41 GMTTel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai’s cultural reopening plan met with skepticism
Ron Huldai announced last month that he was creating a new party called the Israelis that would be running in the March national elections
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:34:55 GMTWhat is Israeli tourism going to look like in 2021?
Israel is blithely ignoring the ability to test incoming tourists or even returning Israelis.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:32:21 GMTGamzu on death of 47-year-old corona patient: ‘I take responsibility’
Gamzu told KAN Radio that he will “try very hard to visit the family and offer a personal explanation.”
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:14:00 GMTIsraeli wrestler captures bronze medal at elite French competition
The American-born Finesilver earned All-American status as a Duke University grappler at the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestling championship.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:04:51 GMTHome Front Command successfully tests rocket-proof windows for hospitals
This comes as a breakthrough as so far, shielded windows in secure spaces (Mamad) were usually small and located high up on the wall.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:09:08 GMTRabbi Lau infected with corona after receiving two Pfizer doses
His grandson described him as "feeling great."
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:35:49 GMTDNA helps police solve 16-year-old murder case in northern Israel
In 2005 police received a report of a young woman's body found near Ofer Forest in northern Israel.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:33:33 GMTIsraeli video game company Playtika listed on US stock exchange
Founded in 2010, Playtika has more than 35 million monthly active users and its games include Bingo Blitz and Slotomania.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:20:49 GMTYad Sarah reports demand for oxygen concentrators doubled
More than 400 oxygen concentrators were delivered to patients by Yad Sarah volunteers, and more are in stock should people need them.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:03:04 GMTArab leaders call for boycott of 'deceitful' meeting with Netanyahu
"For 13 years Bibi has done nothing, this meeting is part of his election campaign and I won't take part in that."
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:49:39 GMTNational Library of Israel hits COVID-19 back with multi-lingual content
Dozens of audio books were offered via iCast, as well as educational materials in Hebrew, English, Arabic and French during the schools shutdown.
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:43:23 GMTArab-Israeli MKs violate COVID-19 regulations to end feud
“People are dying here, and not from COVID-19,” a person who attended the event said. “Where is the Hebrew speaking media when such things happen?”
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:37:32 GMTCave painting of a wild pig might be oldest art found in the world
Depicting Sulawesi warty pigs, the artwork was made with red ochre roughly 45,000 years ago.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:25:14 GMTRedefining family and readjusting the big tent Horoscopes for Shvat 5780
Venus, which enters Aquarius on February 1, heads straight for the Super Bowl of emotional vulnerability with Venus square Uranus, conjunct Saturn, and sextile wounded healer Chiron on February 6
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:23:27 GMTMerav Michaeli: I can beat Ehud Barak
Merav Michaeli could be the only woman heading a party in the March race.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:16:40 GMTNetanyahu angers Right, ignores outposts, nods to Palestinian building
The Right holds that Palestinian building in Area C helps cement the Palestinian presence there.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:44:10 GMTIsraeli activists launch drive for pro-Biden billboards
The proposed billboard features the American and Israeli flags and a drawing of Biden and Harris with the message: “Democracy wins! Israelis congratulate Biden and Harris.”
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:38:37 GMTNationwide protests against Netanyahu continue for 30th consecutive week
Protesters in Ness Ziona reported suffering verbal and physical assaults by Netanyahu's supporters in the city.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:08:19 GMTFamily of late doctor demands that police investigate death as hate crime
Dr. Avi Harlev's body was found with gunshot wounds on Tuesday night at the Lahav Forest north of Beersheba
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:23:03 GMTKinneret levels rising due to increased rainfall in Israel
Due to the high levels of rain the past several years, in addition to this winter's rain, the Kinneret water level is 3.055 meters above the lower red line level.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:46:49 GMTSpeedy COVID vaccine rollout brings global investors to Israeli stocks
Investors are betting that Israel's impressive vaccination efforts will make the country a front-runner in economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:22:58 GMTRabbi asserts that coronavirus vaccines can 'turn' people into homosexuals
Contradicts instructions of rabbis Chaim Kanievsky, Gershon Edelstein and Shalom Cohen, three of the most senior rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox world.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:08:50 GMTBedouin youth repair a cemetery that was vandalized in a TikTok video
"They showed us that there is another way - we can work together, to strengthen the neighborhood, to work hand in hand for a better Negev for us all."
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:28:51 GMTCourt orders Netanyahu prosecution to turn over additional documents
Some documents relate to top Netanyahu aides turned state's witnesses Nir Hefetz and Shlomo Filber.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:19:47 GMTIsrael police rescues kidnapped dog of famous Israeli actor
Vishinsky's dog was originally procured from the IDF as a retired service dog, in recognition of the service of his son Lior, who was killed during a military operation.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:37:12 GMTIsraeli, Cypriot colleges launch joint course study history of relations
The course will focus on the history of diplomatic relations between Israel, Cyprus and Greece, which began in the late 1940s.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:33:18 GMTPfizer CEO to be awarded honorary doctorate from Technion
Bourla, born to a Jewish family - part of whom were Holocaust survivors - in Thessaloniki in 1961, joined Pfizer in 1993.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:29:56 GMT140 thousand COVID patients illegally monitored by Shin Bet for a month
Chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Zvi Hauser noted that the incident was especially serious, because it continued for about a month before being exposed.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:39:07 GMTGantz: Our enemies will act regardless of our elections, and so will we
Concluding his weekly briefing, Gantz called on the Israeli public to "put ego aside and focus on unity."
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:00:34 GMTTzipi Refaeli contracts COVID, debate over vaccinating inmates continues
Tzipi Refaeli, mother and agent of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, is currently serving a 16-months sentence at the Neve Tirza women's prison.