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Iran has identified Israel's vulnerability on the high seas

Opinion: Attack on Israeli-owned Helios Ray could have been lethal, but sinking the ship would have been seen as act of war by U.S. and regional states; Iran used strike on vessel to warn Israel of its maritime weakness

Israeli-owned cargo ship Helios Ray sits docked in port in Dubai, Feb. 28, 2021

Syria reports Israeli missile attack near Damascus

Syrian state TV says most of the missiles that originated from the Golan Heights were shot down by army's air defenses; there were no reports on casualties

PM: Israel to extend school year until end of July

Despite outline yet to be fully formulated, PM and education minister hold press conference, saying bulk of extra schoolwork will focus on making up gaps in curriculum

Professor in Michigan fired after anti-Semitic tweets

Ferris State University confirms it has let go off Thomas Brennan, who made a series of derogatory remarks, including that COVID-19 'is another Jewish revolution'

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New infection wave will bring less serious cases, expert says

IDF soldier killed in accident has lungs donated to virus patient

Denied transport, Haredi Israelis walk to Jerusalem for Purim parties

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

Froome in UAE for Israel Start-Up debut

Following a recent spell of rehab in California, the Breton cyclist star embarks on his new role as the Israeli-based team's leader on an upbeat note

Israeli-founded SentinelOne targeting historic IPO

CTech by Calcalist: The cybersecurity company is preparing to go public at a value of around $10 billion

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News

Pompeo claims 'many' in Saudi want normalization with Israel

AFP , 22:05 , 02.28.21

Thousands of Haredim crowd Jerusalem streets for last day of Purim

Kobi Nachshoni , 18:22 , 02.28.21

Sources: Israel to extend school year until end of July

Ynet , 17:30 , 02.28.21

Israel to vaccinate Palestinian laborers against COVID-19

Reuters, Elior Levy/Ynet , 17:18 , 02.28.21

Denied transport, Haredi Israelis walk to Jerusalem for Purim parties

Gilad Cohen , 16:54 , 02.28.21

IDF soldier killed in accidental misfire has lungs donated to COVID patient

TPS, Ynet , 16:47 , 02.28.21

Jerusalem halts public, group transport in Purim party crackdown

Gilad Cohen , 13:26 , 02.28.21

Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

Ynet , 20:29 , 02.25.21

News

Pompeo claims 'many' in Saudi want normalization with Israel

AFP , 22:05 , 02.28.21

Thousands of Haredim crowd Jerusalem streets for last day of Purim

Kobi Nachshoni , 18:22 , 02.28.21

Sources: Israel to extend school year until end of July

Ynet , 17:30 , 02.28.21

Israel to vaccinate Palestinian laborers against COVID-19

Reuters, Elior Levy/Ynet , 17:18 , 02.28.21

Denied transport, Haredi Israelis walk to Jerusalem for Purim parties

Gilad Cohen , 16:54 , 02.28.21

IDF soldier killed in accidental misfire has lungs donated to COVID patient

TPS, Ynet , 16:47 , 02.28.21

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

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

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

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

New infection wave in March will bring less serious cases, virus expert says

Attila Somfalvi , 19:30 , 02.28.21

Israel's infection spread creeps up despite subdued Purim

Adir Yanko , 15:04 , 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

Health & Science

New infection wave in March will bring less serious cases, virus expert says

Attila Somfalvi , 19:30 , 02.28.21

Israel's infection spread creeps up despite subdued Purim

Adir Yanko , 15:04 , 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

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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

Civilians run from bombs in Aleppo in 2016 during the Syrian civil war

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

Iran rejects offer of direct talks with U.S., EU on nuclear deal

i24NEWS, Reuters , 21:34 , 02.28.21

EU mulls vaccination passports to resurrect tourism after COVID-19

Reuters , 23:47 , 02.24.21

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

Mideast & World News

Iran rejects offer of direct talks with U.S., EU on nuclear deal

i24NEWS, Reuters , 21:34 , 02.28.21

EU mulls vaccination passports to resurrect tourism after COVID-19

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

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

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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

Israel widens search for oil spill culprit after ruling out ship in Greece

Reuters, Ynet , 13:56 , 02.28.21

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

Israel slaps gag order on oil spill probe

Ahiya Raved, Ilana Curiel , 14:45 , 02.22.21

Environment

Israel widens search for oil spill culprit after ruling out ship in Greece

Reuters, Ynet , 13:56 , 02.28.21

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

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

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