Month January 2021
One of the 143 people pardoned by former President Donald Trump in his last days in his office was a Jew named J.B. who was in prison on a ten-year sentence for conducting a marijuana trafficking operation from his parents’… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash said this week that the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has proven to be less effective than the US biotech suggested, Army Radio reported. Ash said that many Israelis contracted the virus after… Continue Reading →
The Mea Shearim-based Chareidi home hospitalization organization Chasdei Amram that provides medical treatment for coronavirus patients at home, is facing a dire crisis due to a severe shortage of doctors, Yisrael Hayom reported. The organization has made an urgent appeal… Continue Reading →
White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield told CNN this week that President Joe Biden and his administration’s officials might not be available to networks that “are willfully lying” or releasing misinformation. During an interview following the inauguration, CNN host Alisyn Camerota asked… Continue Reading →
The Likud is continuing to regain its electoral strength, a new poll shows, after having plummeted ten seats during the coronavirus crisis. The new poll was conducted by Panels Politics,… Read more » The post Poll Shows Likud Up to… Continue Reading →
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reviewing a request from Republicans to put off the start of former President Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial until mid-February, a Schumer spokesman said Thursday.… Read more » The post Schumer Reviewing Republican Request for… Continue Reading →
A total of 7,099 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed across Israel Thursday, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Friday. The percentage of tests coming back… Read more » The post Daily Infection Numbers, Positive Rate… Continue Reading →
The Tunisian president has denied claims that he made anti-Semitic remarks this week while trying to calm youths after days of unrest. Kais Saied’s statement was in response to allegations… Read more » The post Tunisian Leader Denies Claims He… Continue Reading →
A lawyers’ group filed an ethics complaint against Rudy Giuliani with New York’s courts, calling for him to be investigated and his law license suspended over his work promoting former… Read more » The post Lawyers Want Giuliani Investigated, License… Continue Reading →
Syrian air defenses confronted early on Friday “an Israeli aggression” in the region of Hama that killed four people from the same family, state media said. State-news agency SANA quoted… Read more » The post Israeli Aircraft Reportedly Strike Targets… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights groups on Thursday celebrated President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of federal funding from conducting certain diversity training. The order had targeted… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration is proposing to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty limiting the number of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Thursday. Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan planned to convey the extension… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyers’ group filed an ethics complaint against Rudy Giuliani with New York’s courts, calling for him to be investigated and his law license suspended over his work promoting former President Donald Trump’s false allegations over… Continue Reading →
U.S. long-term mortgage rates slipped this week while remaining at record-low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed-rate home loan eased to 2.77% from 2.79% last week. By contrast, the rate… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health experts Thursday blamed COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives to reach the nation’s estimated 54 million people age 65… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is back. In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Donald Trump, Fauci now speaks with the… Continue Reading →
Parents of 160 IDF soldiers have hired an attorney to protect the rights of their children whom they claim are facing threats and sanctions, including canceled leave, for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Arutz Sheva reported. The leader of… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Two Nights! DreamWorks Water Park for Women – Wow! You asked. We answered. Women’s night at the DreamWorks water park is now extended to a second night! For three glorious hours, the DreamWorks park, located in the American Dream… Continue Reading →
The United Arab Emirates signed an agreement with the US to purchase 50 F-35 stealth fighter jets and up to 18 armed Reaper drones about an hour before Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Biden administration officials said they plan… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden’s plan to reopen schools includes ramping up testing, accelerating the pace of vaccinations and providing more funding for educational institutions. In addition, a newly formed Covid response team “will work to ensure that testing materials, support for contact tracing,… Continue Reading →