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2.28.21

Denied transport, Haredi Israelis walk to Jerusalem for Purim parties

Police continue to be on alert as illegal mass parties take place across capital, with many participants not wearing face masks or practicing social distancing, from hardline Mea She'arim quarter to trendy Nachlaot neighborhood

Israel to vaccinate Palestinian laborers against virus

COGAT says Israel to inoculate around 130,000 Palestinians with Moderna's vaccine during the campaign that will include pop-up clinics staffed by Israeli healthcare workers

Lungs of soldier killed in accident go to virus patient

Transplant is first of its kind in Israel; recipient was one of five people whose lives were potentially saved by 22-year-old organ donor Staff Sgt. Yonatan Granot, who was laid to rest Sunday

Israel's infection spread creeps up amid Purim

R number rises to 0.99 as Israel's coronavirus czar warns further increase due to unlawful holiday celebrations could jeopardize further steps to end lockdown

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Israeli investigators to join probe into blast that hit ship in Gulf of Oman

ANALYSIS: Netanyahu's biggest electoral threat is on the right

Culture returns as Israeli singer Nurit Galron holds a concert in Tel Aviv for people who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus, Feb. 24, 2021

Israeli vaccine refuseniks fear exclusion as economy reopens

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OPINION: Israel-Syria peace is not such a farfetched idea

Ruling out Greece, Israel widens hunt for spill culprit

Investigation focuses on unidentified ship that passed about 50 km off coast on February 11 as likely source of massive ecological disaster that could take years to clean up

Israeli-founded SentinelOne targeting historic IPO

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News

Jerusalem halts public, group transport in Purim party crackdown

Gilad Cohen , 13:26 , 02.28.21

אכיפת משטרה במחסום לסגר הלילי לפורים במחלף עין חמד

New UAE ambassador expected in Israel on Monday

Itamar Eichner , 12:40 , 02.28.21

Gantz holds secret talks with Jordan's King Abdullah

Itamar Eichner , 12:15 , 02.28.21

U.S. strikes Iranian-backed militia in Syria after Baghdad attack

Reuters , 10:12 , 02.26.21

Israeli investigators to join probe into ship explosions in the Gulf

Itamar Eichner, Agencies , 07:51 , 02.28.21

Qatar says to fund $60M pipeline from Israel to Gaza

Reuters , 22:08 , 02.25.21

Israel to use tagging on travelers from next week

Adir Yanko , 21:25 , 02.25.21

Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

Ynet , 20:29 , 02.25.21

News

Jerusalem halts public, group transport in Purim party crackdown

Gilad Cohen , 13:26 , 02.28.21

New UAE ambassador expected in Israel on Monday

Itamar Eichner , 12:40 , 02.28.21

Gantz holds secret talks with Jordan's King Abdullah

Itamar Eichner , 12:15 , 02.28.21

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz sits in his Tel Aviv office, Sept. 12. 2019

U.S. strikes Iranian-backed militia in Syria after Baghdad attack

Reuters , 10:12 , 02.26.21

Illustrative: U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet fighter jets

Israeli investigators to join probe into ship explosions in the Gulf

Itamar Eichner, Agencies , 07:51 , 02.28.21

Qatar says to fund $60M pipeline from Israel to Gaza

Reuters , 22:08 , 02.25.21

A picture taken with a drone shows Gaza's lone power plant, in the central Gaza Strip

Israel to use tagging on travelers from next week

Adir Yanko , 21:25 , 02.25.21

Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

Ynet , 20:29 , 02.25.21

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Magazine

Has Abbas reached the end of the political road?

Mohammad al-Kassim/The Media Line , 23:22 , 02.27.21

Israel's divisions caused by coronavirus magnified at Purim

Tara Kavaler/The Media Line , 18:57 , 02.26.21

Israeli vaccine refuseniks fear exclusion as economy reopens

Reuters , 13:54 , 02.26.21

After oil spill, Israel’s fishermen net catch despite ban

Associated Press , 23:30 , 02.25.21

Magazine

Has Abbas reached the end of the political road?

Mohammad al-Kassim/The Media Line , 23:22 , 02.27.21

Israel's divisions caused by coronavirus magnified at Purim

Tara Kavaler/The Media Line , 18:57 , 02.26.21

מצעד התחפושות המסורתי של פורים בשדרות רוטשילד בתל אביב

Israeli vaccine refuseniks fear exclusion as economy reopens

Reuters , 13:54 , 02.26.21

After oil spill, Israel’s fishermen net catch despite ban

Associated Press , 23:30 , 02.25.21

Fishermen remove fish from nets after returning from a fishing trip on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Israeli Arab village of Jisr al-Zarqa

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Health & Science

Austrian, Danish leaders heading to Israel to discuss vaccines plan

i24NEWS , 11:43 , 02.28.21

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, making it third available

Reuters , 08:52 , 02.28.21

Pfizer testing 3rd dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in new trial

Reuters , 22:23 , 02.25.21

In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world

Reuters , 09:03 , 02.25.21

Health & Science

Austrian, Danish leaders heading to Israel to discuss vaccines plan

i24NEWS , 11:43 , 02.28.21

U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, making it third available

Reuters , 08:52 , 02.28.21

Pfizer testing 3rd dose of its COVID-19 vaccine in new trial

Reuters , 22:23 , 02.25.21

פראמדיק מגן דוד אדום מד"א מחסן חיסון חיסונים פייזר בית שמש

In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world

Reuters , 09:03 , 02.25.21

צעיר מתחסן חיסון חיסונים מתחסנים פייזר מגן דוד אדום מד"א בית שמש

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Commentary & Analysis

Israel's Haredi women deserve a seat at the table

Esti Shoshan , 18:19 , 02.27.21

Israeli Haredi women training in the high-tech industry

Israel's oil spill disaster is merely a drop in the ocean

Elad Zeret , 13:11 , 02.27.21

Israel-Syria peace is not such a farfetched idea

Oraib Al Rantawi , 23:32 , 02.26.21

Netanyahu's biggest electoral threat is on the right

Ariel Ben Solomon , 08:56 , 02.26.21

For 70 years, no one cared about the vanished Yemenite children

Sivan Hilaie , 13:40 , 02.23.21

Commentary & Analysis

Israel's Haredi women deserve a seat at the table

Esti Shoshan , 18:19 , 02.27.21

Israel's oil spill disaster is merely a drop in the ocean

Elad Zeret , 13:11 , 02.27.21

Rubbish, much of it plastic, washes up on shore in southern Israel

Israel-Syria peace is not such a farfetched idea

Oraib Al Rantawi , 23:32 , 02.26.21

Netanyahu's biggest electoral threat is on the right

Ariel Ben Solomon , 08:56 , 02.26.21

For 70 years, no one cared about the vanished Yemenite children

Sivan Hilaie , 13:40 , 02.23.21

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Mideast & World News

EU mulls vaccination passports to revive tourism

Reuters , 23:47 , 02.24.21

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,

Ex-Syria secret policeman convicted in groundbreaking war crimes case

Associated Press , 14:39 , 02.24.21

Bells toll for lives lost as U.S. reaches 500,000 COVID deaths

Reuters , 06:42 , 02.23.21

Blinken: U.S. seeks to extend, strengthen nuclear pact with Iran

Reuters , 16:58 , 02.22.21

Iran says U.S. must first lift sanctions before talks to revive nuclear deal

Reuters , 21:20 , 02.21.21

Mideast & World News

EU mulls vaccination passports to revive tourism

Reuters , 23:47 , 02.24.21

Ex-Syria secret policeman convicted in groundbreaking war crimes case

Associated Press , 14:39 , 02.24.21

עיאד אל חריב קצין מודיעין סורי הורשע בפשעי מלחמה בגרמניה

Bells toll for lives lost as U.S. reaches 500,000 COVID deaths

Reuters , 06:42 , 02.23.21

US President Joseph Biden (L), First Lady Jill Biden (C-L), Vice President Kamala Harris (C-R) and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (R) hold a moment of silence for the 500,000 Americans who have died from the Covid pandemic

Blinken: U.S. seeks to extend, strengthen nuclear pact with Iran

Reuters , 16:58 , 02.22.21

Anthony Blinken testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be the next U.S. Secretary of State

Iran says U.S. must first lift sanctions before talks to revive nuclear deal

Reuters , 21:20 , 02.21.21

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Jewish World

German police officers charged over Nazi chats, explosives

Associated Press , 19:13 , 02.25.21

Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany

One of world’s oldest scroll of Esther finds its final home in Jerusalem

TPS , 22:50 , 02.23.21

Poland drops Holocaust case against journalist

Associated Press , 17:27 , 02.23.21

U.S. conservative conference drops YouTube star over anti-Semitic tweets

i24NEWS , 15:30 , 02.23.21

Jewish World

German police officers charged over Nazi chats, explosives

Associated Press , 19:13 , 02.25.21

One of world’s oldest scroll of Esther finds its final home in Jerusalem

TPS , 22:50 , 02.23.21

אחת ממגילות אסתר הקדומות והנדירות ביותר בעולם בת 560 שנה

Poland drops Holocaust case against journalist

Associated Press , 17:27 , 02.23.21

U.S. conservative conference drops YouTube star over anti-Semitic tweets

i24NEWS , 15:30 , 02.23.21

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Business & Tech

Israeli high-tech solutions could help Texas winter storm

Tara Kavaler/The Media Line , 09:16 , 02.27.21

Israeli ancestry startup sold to private equity fund

Meir Orbach , 14:01 , 02.25.21

'Chinese spyware code copied fm NSA' Israelis say

Reuters , 22:09 , 02.22.21

Israel to link Leviathan gas field to Egypt LNG plants, minister says

Reuters , 18:37 , 02.21.21

Business & Tech

Israeli high-tech solutions could help Texas winter storm

Tara Kavaler/The Media Line , 09:16 , 02.27.21

Israeli ancestry startup sold to private equity fund

Meir Orbach , 14:01 , 02.25.21

'Chinese spyware code copied fm NSA' Israelis say

Reuters , 22:09 , 02.22.21

A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digit, illustration

Israel to link Leviathan gas field to Egypt LNG plants, minister says

Reuters , 18:37 , 02.21.21

Leviathan gas rig off the coast of Israel

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Culture, Travel & Archaeology

Israel is surprising location for digital nomads

Uri Sharon , 13:46 , 02.20.21

IDF scraps special benefits to models during service

Itay Yaacov , 23:14 , 02.18.21

Time lists Shira Haas in top 100 'Emerging People'

i24NEWS , 13:13 , 02.18.21

Two 1,800-year-old sarcophagi discovered at Ramat Gan Safari Park

Ynet , 11:08 , 02.18.21

Culture, Travel & Archaeology

Israel is surprising location for digital nomads

Uri Sharon , 13:46 , 02.20.21

IDF scraps special benefits to models during service

Itay Yaacov , 23:14 , 02.18.21

Time lists Shira Haas in top 100 'Emerging People'

i24NEWS , 13:13 , 02.18.21

Two 1,800-year-old sarcophagi discovered at Ramat Gan Safari Park

Ynet , 11:08 , 02.18.21

Environment

In Israel, mayo provides miracle for endangered turtles

Associated Press , 19:02 , 02.23.21

A 6-month-old green sea turtle is cleaned from tar after an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center, in Michmoret, Israel

Israelis suit up to save tar-soaked beaches

Associated Press , 22:43 , 02.22.21

Israel slaps gag order on oil spill probe

Ahiya Raved, Ilana Curiel , 14:45 , 02.22.21

Oil spill off Israel reaches south Lebanese beaches

Reuters , 15:27 , 02.22.21

Environment

In Israel, mayo provides miracle for endangered turtles

Associated Press , 19:02 , 02.23.21

Israelis suit up to save tar-soaked beaches

Associated Press , 22:43 , 02.22.21

Volunteers join cleanup effort at Palmachim beach after catastrophic oil spill on Monday

Israel slaps gag order on oil spill probe

Ahiya Raved, Ilana Curiel , 14:45 , 02.22.21

Oil spill off Israel reaches south Lebanese beaches

Reuters , 15:27 , 02.22.21

Tar is seen on the beach in the aftermath of an oil spill that drenched much of the Mediterranean, in Tyre nature reserve, Lebanon

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