Month December 2020

The IDF revealed on Thursday that it had launched 50 attacks on targets located in Syria during 2020. Released in an annual statistics report Thursday, the IDF said that most… Read more » The post IDF Report: 93% of Rockets… Continue Reading →

The Special Committee for the Israeli Citizens’ Fund chaired by MK Avi Dicter (Likud) discussed on Wednesday the potential of the natural gas market in Israel, and the potential for… Read more » The post Chevron Official: Coming Decade Will… Continue Reading →

Israelis made 10.4% more credit card purchases in November 2020 than in October 2020, according to new data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, published on Wednesday. Credit card purchases… Read more » The post CBS: Credit Card Purchases in… Continue Reading →

Sunday evening saw over 800 people participate in an innovative and inspiring event – probably the only COVID-compliant large-scale children’s Mishnayos Siyum in Europe. A group of dedicated and hard-working… Read more » The post Drive-In Pirchim Mishnayos Siyum Held… Continue Reading →

In the second case of its kind, a man in Israel died shortly after taking the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine in Israel. This instance took place on Tuesday night when an 88-year-old man collapsed in his Jerusalem home and was rushed… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn’t explain. The White… Read more » The post Trump to Return to White… Continue Reading →

An NYPD officer was struck by a vehicle and shots were fired during a traffic stop Wednesday night in Brooklyn, CBSNewYork reported. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. at Eastern… Read more » The post Brooklyn: NYPD Officer Hit by… Continue Reading →

The Public Service Nominations Committee on Wednesday approved the appointments of Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Kobi Shabtai as Israel’s next police chief, and of Maj. Gen. Katy Perry as… Read more » The post Committee Approves Nomination for New… Continue Reading →

Israel expects to begin receiving Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccines by March “at the latest,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Yediot on Thursday. In June, Israel signed an initial agreement for… Read more » The post Edelstein: Israel Expects to Get… Continue Reading →

The unprecedented cyberattack on U.S. government agencies reported this month may have started earlier than last spring as previously believed, a U.S. senator involved in cybersecurity said on Wednesday. U.S.… Read more » The post Senator: Cyberattack on U.S. Government… Continue Reading →

Britain’s armed forces could administer 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine a day if required, helping immunize millions of vulnerable people before the spring, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.… Read more » The post U.K. Defense Secretary: Military Ready… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn his election loss in Wisconsin, his second appeal in as many days to the High Court over the result… Read more » The post Trump Makes Second Request to… Continue Reading →

The Health Ministry said Thursday that 5,253 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday after 96,835 tests had been conducted, placing the contagion rate at 5.5%. Out of the… Read more » The post Israel Records Over 5,000 New… Continue Reading →

China has approved its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use, health regulators said Thursday, marking the addition of another vaccine in the global fight against a virus that is… Read more » The post China OKs First Homegrown Vaccine… Continue Reading →

The State Department has approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a deal valued at up to $290 million, the Pentagon said… Read more » The post State Department Approves Potential Sale… Continue Reading →

The Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus will allow Israelis vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel to the country starting in March, Kan News reported Wednesday. Health officials in Cyprus are considering… Read more » The post Report: By March, Israelis Vaccinated… Continue Reading →

A senior Health Ministry official confirmed on Wednesday that 14 Israelis who returned to Israel on a flight from Dubai were diagnosed with the coronavirus. The passengers on the “coronavirus flight,” which landed on Monday, December 28, have been instructed… Continue Reading →

There’s little doubt that Nancy Pelosi will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic. The only woman in history to serve… Continue Reading →

One of the first positive results of the Israel-Morocco peace deal was the dramatic release of an agunah from her husband imprisoned in a Moroccan jail. In a complex operation of both countries’ Batei Din, foreign ministries, prison services and… Continue Reading →