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Kushner: No urgency for Israeli sovereignty in West Bank

Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Israel will not proceed with applying sovereignty to parts of the West Bank without America’s support, and the US will not agree to it for “some time,” White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner said in a briefing with…

Palestinians on Temple Mount trample, set fire to picture of UAE leader

Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2020

Palestinians taking part in Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem trampled and then set fire to a poster of the United Arab emirates leader to protest the normalization deal announced Thursday between…

Arson balloons spark dozens of fires near Gaza; hundreds riot near fence

Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2020

At least 28 bush fires were started in the south of Israel Sunday, with authorities blaming incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip following exchanges of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas over the weekend.

Israel’s virus-battered economy sees sharpest contraction in 45 years

Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2020

Surpassing the most dire economic forecasts on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel’s gross domestic product plunged by 28.9 percent in the second quarter of 2020, as compared to the first quarter, in the worst economic downturn…

Israel and United Arab Emirates Launch Diplomatic Relations In ‘Historic Breakthrough’

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations in a "historic diplomatic breakthrough."

Netanyahu hails Israel-UAE deal as ‘greatest advancement toward peace’ in two decades

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday addressed the historic deal between his country and the United Arab Emirates, calling it "the greatest advancement towards peace between Israel and the Arab world in the last 26 years."

After Israel-UAE deal, Kushner indicates more Arab countries will follow

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said Thursday that more Arab countries may soon announce normalized ties with Israel, following an American-brokered agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Israel has taken out 1/3 of Syrian air defenses in last two years

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020

Israel has destroyed one-third of Syrian air defenses in the past two years, and close to a thousand surface-to-air missiles have been launched towards Israel Air Force jets during missions for its “war-between-wars” campaign targeting Iranian infrastructure in…

Israel, US successfully test Arrow 2 missile defense system

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Israel and the United States completed a successful test of the advanced Arrow 2 missile defense system in Israel on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Gaza arson balloons spark fires in Israel’s south for 7th straight day

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Two wildfires broke out Wednesday morning near the Gaza border due to balloon-borne explosives launched from the Gaza Strip for the seventh straight day.

UN Security Council at odds over peacekeeping operation on Israel-Lebanon border

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The United Nations Security Council remains at odds over the way the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon operates on the ground, with the United States backing Israel’s demands for major changes.

Knesset gives preliminary approval for election-averting bill to delay budget

Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

The Knesset passed in its preliminary reading Wednesday a bill to grant the government more time to pass the national budget, helping avert a fourth round of elections by pushing off the approaching deadline.

Netanyahu: US has kept me from annexing West Bank settlements

Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the US for his failure to annex West Bank settlements.

Bipartisan US bill aims to advance normalized ties between Israel, Arab states

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2020

Two US senators introduced bipartisan legislation last week aimed at promoting normalized relations between Israel and Arab countries.

Israel closes Gaza border crossing after spike in arson balloon attacks

Posted on Monday, August 10, 2020

Following waves of explosive balloons launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory over the last few days, Israel will shut the Gaza Strip’s Kerem Shalom commercial crossing beginning Tuesday morning “until further notice,” the Israeli military liaison…

Netanyahu said to back budget delay, in move that would avert election

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

In a move to avert a fourth round of elections in under two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to advance legislation to delay an August 25 budget deadline. The step is also being backed by…

As budget deadline nears, ministers engage in heated debate over coalition’s fate

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

A meeting designed to finalize new measures against the coronavirus pandemic ended with mutual recriminations between Blue and White and Likud over the future of the fragile unity government.

Israel Will Begin Human Trials on New Vaccine in October

Posted on Sunday, August 9, 2020

The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) will begin testing its coronavirus vaccine on human subjects in October, Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced on Thursday.

IDF officers simulate war with Hezbollah

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Officers from the 401st Armored Brigade as well as from the Givati and Nahal infantry brigades were training when The Jerusalem Post visited IDF Training Command Headquarters at the Julis base near Ashkelon this week to watch as…

PM: Gov’t aims to start vaccinating all Israelis by early 2021

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a coronavirus ward at a Jerusalem hospital on Thursday, vowing to do his utmost to ensure Israelis will get access to a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, as soon…

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