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1.21.21

Hundreds of shuttles seen unloading children at Haredi schools in Beit Shemesh

Police vehicles around the schools appear to ignore hundreds of children attend school despite lockdown; data obtained by Ynet shows selective enforcement of virus rules

יש ניידת אבל אין אכיפה: תלמידות נוסעות ללימודים בבית ספר בבית שמש בזמן הסגר

Israel again sees over 8,000 new virus cases

Health Ministry says, however, that coefficient of infection fell below 1 for the first time since October; one in every five active COVID-19 patients live in Jerusalem

תיעוד: ישראלים שחזרו מדובאי מתפרעים במלון דן פנורמה בירושלים לאחר שנלקחו לשם לבידוד

Israelis riot, refusing to isolate after Dubai return

Group of tourists turn tables, curse IDF soldiers operating the Jerusalem hotel after they weren't allowed to meet with a Health Ministry official to plead their case for a home quarantine

An Iranian clergyman looks at domestically built surface to surface missiles displayed by the Revolutionary Guard in a military show marking the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2019

Biden to discuss Iran with foreign partners, WH says

Blinken tells Senate that quick return to nuclear deal not on the table; Netanyahu urges POTUS to 'confront common challenges, chief among them being Iran'

What's Hot

Biden becomes the 46th U.S. president: 'Democracy prevailed'

Trump leaves Washington, vows he won't disappear

עימותים בין כוחות משטרה לחרדים בשכונת סנדריה בירושלים

Haredi extremists threaten mass riots over virus crackdown

Tlaib calls Israel 'racist' for not supplying virus vaccines to Palestinians

President Donald Trump arriving for a campaign rally at Richard B. Russell Airport, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Rome, Ga.

The good, the bad and the Trump

Opinion: While the former president's term will surely be lamented by many, we Israelis must remember that reality is convoluted, and at least appreciate the good the man did for us

A bubble in the making? TASE has record year

CTech by Calcalist: The public may remember 2020 as a year of unemployment and lockdowns, but investors have put pedal to the metal with 25 companies going public

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News

Netanyahu congratulates Biden, calls for unity on Iran

Itamar Eichner , 21:08 , 01.20.21

Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Vice President Joe Biden meeting in Jerusalem in 2016

Haredi extremists threaten mass riots over virus crackdown

Kobi Nachshoni , 18:05 , 01.20.21

Tlaib calls Israel 'racist' for not supplying virus vaccines to Palestinians

i24NEWS, Reuters , 14:53 , 01.20.21

Israel pushes for further settlement construction as Trump leaves office

Associated Press , 12:53 , 01.20.21

Thousands of Bnei Brak students return to school despite lockdown

Itay Blumenthal , 12:06 , 01.20.21

Coldest day of this winter season brings snow to Israel's north

Danny Rup, Ahiye Raved , 11:25 , 01.20.21

Netanyahu courts Arab voters in election-year turnabout

Associated Press , 10:06 , 01.20.21

Trump pardons Aviem Sella, indicted in Pollard case

Reuters , 09:20 , 01.20.21

News

Netanyahu congratulates Biden, calls for unity on Iran

Itamar Eichner , 21:08 , 01.20.21

Haredi extremists threaten mass riots over virus crackdown

Kobi Nachshoni , 18:05 , 01.20.21

Tlaib calls Israel 'racist' for not supplying virus vaccines to Palestinians

i24NEWS, Reuters , 14:53 , 01.20.21

Israel pushes for further settlement construction as Trump leaves office

Associated Press , 12:53 , 01.20.21

Thousands of Bnei Brak students return to school despite lockdown

Itay Blumenthal , 12:06 , 01.20.21

Coldest day of this winter season brings snow to Israel's north

Danny Rup, Ahiye Raved , 11:25 , 01.20.21

Netanyahu courts Arab voters in election-year turnabout

Associated Press , 10:06 , 01.20.21

Palestinian protesters hold signs and flags during a demonstration against a visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the northern Arab city of Nazareth

Trump pardons Aviem Sella, indicted in Pollard case

Reuters , 09:20 , 01.20.21

Israel to mull scrapping age limit to receive virus vaccine

Adir Yanko , 14:08 , 01.20.21

'Israel won't achieve coronavirus herd immunity until children are vaccinated'

Adir Yanko , Yael Friedson , 13:43 , 01.20.21

Pregnant women with COVID complications had UK variant, Health Ministry says

Adir Yanko , 22:27 , 01.19.21

Israeli study: Green Mediterranean diet ideal to promote healthy liver

TPS , 13:12 , 01.19.21

Health & Science

Israel to mull scrapping age limit to receive virus vaccine

Adir Yanko , 14:08 , 01.20.21

'Israel won't achieve coronavirus herd immunity until children are vaccinated'

Adir Yanko , Yael Friedson , 13:43 , 01.20.21

Pregnant women with COVID complications had UK variant, Health Ministry says

Adir Yanko , 22:27 , 01.19.21

Israeli study: Green Mediterranean diet ideal to promote healthy liver

TPS , 13:12 , 01.19.21

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Commentary & Analysis

What will survive of U.S. Middle East policy under Biden?

Associated Press , 18:17 , 01.20.21

With Biden, Israel has a true Zionist in the White House

Ben-Dror Yemini , 23:29 , 01.19.21

UAE's new vision for Mideast includes Israel

Ebtesam al-Ketbi , 00:00 , 01.19.21

Israeli hospitals are trapped in a zero sum game

Sarit Rosenblum , 23:05 , 01.18.21

Israel must bear consequences of its Trump love affair

Einav Schiff , 22:05 , 01.15.21

Commentary & Analysis

What will survive of U.S. Middle East policy under Biden?

Associated Press , 18:17 , 01.20.21

With Biden, Israel has a true Zionist in the White House

Ben-Dror Yemini , 23:29 , 01.19.21

UAE's new vision for Mideast includes Israel

Ebtesam al-Ketbi , 00:00 , 01.19.21

Israeli hospitals are trapped in a zero sum game

Sarit Rosenblum , 23:05 , 01.18.21

Israel must bear consequences of its Trump love affair

Einav Schiff , 22:05 , 01.15.21

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Mideast & World News

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

Associated Press , 00:18 , 01.21.21

נשיא ארה"ב ג'ו ביידן ואשתו ג'יל מגיעים לבית הלבן

Biden inaugural signals pivot to civility in post-Trump era

Associated Press , 23:43 , 01.20.21

With an embrace, Biden enters White House for first time as president

News Agencies , 23:21 , 01.20.21

Indian village cheers for Harris as she becomes U.S. vice president

Associated Press , 20:34 , 01.20.21

Biden becomes the 46th U.S. president: 'Democracy has prevailed'

News Agencies , 19:36 , 01.20.21

Mideast & World News

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new U.S. president

Associated Press , 00:18 , 01.21.21

Biden inaugural signals pivot to civility in post-Trump era

Associated Press , 23:43 , 01.20.21

נשיא ארה"ב הנכנס ג'ו ביידן עם אשתו ג'יל וקמלה האריס מגיעים ל טקס ההשבעה

With an embrace, Biden enters White House for first time as president

News Agencies , 23:21 , 01.20.21

Indian village cheers for Harris as she becomes U.S. vice president

Associated Press , 20:34 , 01.20.21

Villagers in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather, hold photos of the new U.S. vice president, Jan. 20 2021

Biden becomes the 46th U.S. president: 'Democracy has prevailed'

News Agencies , 19:36 , 01.20.21

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Jewish World

Israel's embassies in UK, Poland hand out falafel

Itamar Eichner , 21:36 , 01.19.21

Haredi ZAKA chair calls rabbis playing down virus 'worse than Holocaust deniers'

Attila Somfalvi, Meshi Ayad , 18:19 , 01.19.21

Mein Kampf published in Poland as 'homage to victims'

AFP , 17:04 , 01.18.21

Morocco Jews 'already packing' for direct Israel flights

AFP , 09:46 , 01.17.21

Jewish World

Israel's embassies in UK, Poland hand out falafel

Itamar Eichner , 21:36 , 01.19.21

Haredi ZAKA chair calls rabbis playing down virus 'worse than Holocaust deniers'

Attila Somfalvi, Meshi Ayad , 18:19 , 01.19.21

Mein Kampf published in Poland as 'homage to victims'

AFP , 17:04 , 01.18.21

Morocco Jews 'already packing' for direct Israel flights

AFP , 09:46 , 01.17.21

The flags of Morocco, Israel, and the United States flutter from the cockpit of an El Al airplane that landed in Morocco's capital Rabat for the first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight

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Business & Tech

United Women’s Economic Development network seen as bridge to future

The Media Line , 12:24 , 01.17.21

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Kelley Currie addresses first meeting of United Women's Economic Development Network

Israeli settlers export to UAE to Palestinian chagrin

Reuters , 19:34 , 01.14.21

Israel's budget deficit reaches all-time high in 2020

Gad Lior , 20:15 , 01.11.21

Israel to sell its 'smart' shopping carts to UAE

Mirav Crystal , 13:18 , 01.11.21

Business & Tech

United Women’s Economic Development network seen as bridge to future

The Media Line , 12:24 , 01.17.21

Israeli settlers export to UAE to Palestinian chagrin

Reuters , 19:34 , 01.14.21

An employee sorts wine bottles as he works at Tura Winery in Rehelim, an Israeli settlement in the occupied-West Bank

Israel's budget deficit reaches all-time high in 2020

Gad Lior , 20:15 , 01.11.21

Israel to sell its 'smart' shopping carts to UAE

Mirav Crystal , 13:18 , 01.11.21

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Culture, Travel & Archaeology

Dubai, party haven amid pandemic, faces its biggest surge

Associated Press , 16:39 , 01.19.21

Tourists look at the skyline at sunset, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia hosts Israelis for Dakar Rally after diplomatic inroads

Reuters , 21:29 , 01.18.21

Israeli chef Granit gets Michelin star for Paris eatery

Tiki Golan , 19:42 , 01.18.21

Iran's exiled judoka keeps fighting on

Oren Aharoni , 15:05 , 01.17.21

Culture, Travel & Archaeology

Dubai, party haven amid pandemic, faces its biggest surge

Associated Press , 16:39 , 01.19.21

Saudi Arabia hosts Israelis for Dakar Rally after diplomatic inroads

Reuters , 21:29 , 01.18.21

Driver Danny Pearl and co-driver Charly Gotlib, stand by their Lightweight Vehicle Prototype, as they take part in the Dakar Rally, Saudi Arabia

Israeli chef Granit gets Michelin star for Paris eatery

Tiki Golan , 19:42 , 01.18.21

Chef Assaf Granit who was awarded a Michelin star for his Shabour restaurant in Paris

Iran's exiled judoka keeps fighting on

Oren Aharoni , 15:05 , 01.17.21

Environment

From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks

AFP , 23:15 , 01.12.21

Face masks are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife - a choking hazard for diminutive macaque monkeys, for example

Spaniards ski through Madrid as snow storm kills four

Reuters , 09:37 , 01.10.21

Warming driving marine life off the coast of Israel to collapse, study says

AFP , 13:36 , 01.07.21

Why is Israel blanketed in fog?

Ilana Curiel , 12:15 , 01.06.21

Environment

From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks

AFP , 23:15 , 01.12.21

Spaniards ski through Madrid as snow storm kills four

Reuters , 09:37 , 01.10.21

Heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Madrid

Warming driving marine life off the coast of Israel to collapse, study says

AFP , 13:36 , 01.07.21

The waters off the coast of Israel are among the hottest in the Mediterranean and they have already warmed 3C within four decades

Why is Israel blanketed in fog?

Ilana Curiel , 12:15 , 01.06.21

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