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Israel: New Hope, Yamina trail behind Likud in new poll

Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2021

If Israel was to hold another election today, Likud, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would remain at the top as the largest party, with right-wing rivals trailing behind, a new poll revealed Tuesday.

Defense minister urges purchase of a third squadron of F-35s

Posted on Monday, January 4, 2021

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday that Israel should purchase a third squadron of the advanced F-35 strike aircraft from the US and that he has already brought up the topic with the Washington officials.

Health Ministry releases demo of COVID-19 green passport app

Posted on Monday, January 4, 2021

A demo of the proposed design for the green passport app was presented today by coronavirus commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash at a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday.

Former Mossad chiefs: Iran unlikely to avenge Soleimani assassination until after Biden inauguration

Posted on Monday, January 4, 2021

Two former Mossad directors and a former Israeli National Security Council director have each stated that Iran will likely wait until after American President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20 to seek revenge for the US assassination…

Israel ships 2nd of two Iron Dome batteries to US, hopes to sell more

Posted on Sunday, January 3, 2021

Israel shipped the second of two Iron Dome missile defense systems to the US Army over the weekend, with hopes to sell more batteries to the Americans in the future, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Abbas announces agreement with Hamas to hold elections

Posted on Sunday, January 3, 2021

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday that he had reached agreement with the rival Hamas movement to hold presidential and parliamentary elections. Hamas did not immediately comment on Abbas’s announcement.

Hezbollah TV denies new Lebanese reservoir will deplete water flow into Israel

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2021

The Hezbollah terror group’s al-Manar television channel on Friday denied that a reservoir being constructed by Lebanon near the northern border will limit water flow to the tributaries of Israel’s Jordan River.

Jerusalem: Ancient Jewish ritual bath unearthed near Garden of Gethsemane

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2021

Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists recently unearthed an ancient Jewish mikveh (ritual bath) near the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Christian Headlines reports.

Israel, Saudi Arabia reportedly pressuring Trump to strike Iran in final days

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2021

Israel and Saudi Arabia are pressuring the Trump administration to carry out a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the Arabic-language newspaper Dar Al-Hayat reported on Thursday.

Israel says it has vaccinated 7 percent of its population

Posted on Friday, January 1, 2021

Israeli officials announced the country has immunized 7 percent of its population against COVID-19 — nearly 647,000 people, more than any other country — according to the nation's health ministry.

IDF reveals it attacked 50 targets in Syria throughout 2020

Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Israel Air Force carried out 50 strikes against targets in Syria throughout 2020, the IDF revealed in its annual statistics report released on Thursday.

Senior doctors call third lockdown a ‘national disaster’ — even a ‘doomsday weapon’

Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2020

The current lockdown is going to destroy the State of Israel and devastate more lives than COVID-19 itself.

Gabi Ashkenazi quits Blue and White, as party further disintegrates

Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2020

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi announced on Wednesday that he was taking a break from politics and leaving Blue and White, in the latest high-profile defection from Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s ailing party.

Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization deal estimated within one year

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

There are expectations among some of Israel’s highest echelons that there will be normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia by the end of 2021, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Syrian media reports Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Syrian media reported Israeli airstrikes near the capital of Damascus early Wednesday morning.

Poll shows neither Netanyahu nor Sa’ar would have clear path to govern in March 23 General Election

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2020

While Israel has seen months of ongoing bitter protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a new poll shows that Likud would still win most seats in the March 23 election, and that arch-rival New Hope would still need…

Israel expects Iranian attacks may come through Iraq and Yemen

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2020

According to an Israeli military spokesman, Israel anticipates that an Iranian attack may come from Iraq and Yemen - two countries that are considered Iran’s proxies in its conflict with the Jewish State, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Portugal will move embassy to Jerusalem if it is the capital of two states

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2020

Portugal’s Foreign Minister Santos Silva has stated his country will move its embassy to Jerusalem if the city becomes the capital of both Israel and a Palestinian state, All Israel News (AIN) reports. Silva made his statement in…

Israel enters 3rd lockdown; commercial activity shuts down, schools remain open

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2020

Israel on Sunday evening entered its third national lockdown since the start of the pandemic to beat back a resurgence of COVID-19.

Netanyahu: Israel to vaccinate quarter of population within month

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel was hoping to vaccinate a quarter of its population against coronavirus within a month in order to return to post-pandemic normalcy.

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