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2.28.21

Has Abbas reached the end of the political road?

In-depth: With very high voter registration hinting at a hunger for change, it is not clear that the veteran Palestinian president will be able to outmaneuver his enemies again in the first elections to be held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 15 years

Israeli Haredi women training in the high-tech industry

Israel's Haredi women deserve a seat at the table

Opinion: Despite being better educated and more qualified than many of their American sisters, female ultra-Orthodox Israelis remain marginalized and ignored by the men in their sector

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

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

Opinion: Ranking third among the countries that most taint the Mediterranean, Israel must immediately reduce its yearly amount of pollution or face an ecological disaster

Israeli high-tech solutions could help Texas storm

Israel-based firms say their water filtration, farming and energy products could have helped when Lone Star State's power grid collapsed during crisis

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Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

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

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

Israel to use electronic tagging on travelers from next week

Israeli man accused of raping 13-year-old girl at coronavirus hotel

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

Israel-Syria peace is not such a farfetched idea

Opinion: A shift in Damascus policy towards Jerusalem could provide Assad with much needed funds to rebuild his country and repatriate half of his population

Roee Eilat, Research Scientist Manager at Facebook's R_altD hub in Israel

Facebook’s Israeli-developed tool aids COVID fight

CTech by Calcalist: Symptoms Survey is used by academics to produce data on symptoms prevalence, mask wearing, vaccination acceptance, and more

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News

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

Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

Ynet , 20:29 , 02.25.21

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 halts vaccine transfer abroad amid legal scrutiny

Itamar Eichner, Tova Tzimuki , 20:53 , 02.25.21

Israeli man accused of raping 13-year-old girl at coronavirus hotel

Itay Blumenthal , 18:59 , 02.25.21

26-year-old COVID patient dies from suspected virus complications

Hassaan Shaalan, Yael Friedson , 16:35 , 02.25.21

Report: Israel in talks to establish defense alliance with Saudis, UAE and Bahrain

i24NEWS, New Agencies , 17:47 , 02.25.21

News

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

Reuters , 10:12 , 02.26.21

Israel enters first day of nighttime Purim curfew

Ynet , 20:29 , 02.25.21

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 halts vaccine transfer abroad amid legal scrutiny

Itamar Eichner, Tova Tzimuki , 20:53 , 02.25.21

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a shipment of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines

Israeli man accused of raping 13-year-old girl at coronavirus hotel

Itay Blumenthal , 18:59 , 02.25.21

26-year-old COVID patient dies from suspected virus complications

Hassaan Shaalan, Yael Friedson , 16:35 , 02.25.21

Report: Israel in talks to establish defense alliance with Saudis, UAE and Bahrain

i24NEWS, New Agencies , 17:47 , 02.25.21

L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates; and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

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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

Gaza is open again, to the south, but for how long?

Reuters , 15:52 , 02.25.21

Magazine

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

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

Gaza is open again, to the south, but for how long?

Reuters , 15:52 , 02.25.21

embers of Palestinian security forces keep watch as a taxi carrying passengers arrives at the gate of Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip

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Health & Science

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

Q&A: what's the trajectory of the pandemic in Israel going forward?

Alexandra Lukash , 23:15 , 02.24.21

FDA staff: J&J one-shot virus vaccine effective, safe

Reuters , 19:14 , 02.24.21

Health & Science

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

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

Q&A: what's the trajectory of the pandemic in Israel going forward?

Alexandra Lukash , 23:15 , 02.24.21

FDA staff: J&J one-shot virus vaccine effective, safe

Reuters , 19:14 , 02.24.21

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Commentary & Analysis

Netanyahu's biggest electoral threat is on the right

Ariel Ben Solomon , 08:56 , 02.26.21

For the sake of freedom, stay home this Purim

Yossi Erblich , 00:09 , 02.25.21

Biden moves to reengage Palestinians after Israel focus

Associated Press , 07:08 , 02.24.21

Israel's leaders must stop their coronavirus blame game

Roni Harnik , 23:30 , 02.23.21

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

Sivan Hilaie , 13:40 , 02.23.21

Commentary & Analysis

Netanyahu's biggest electoral threat is on the right

Ariel Ben Solomon , 08:56 , 02.26.21

For the sake of freedom, stay home this Purim

Yossi Erblich , 00:09 , 02.25.21

חגיגות פורים במחלקת הפגים בבית חולים סורוקה

Biden moves to reengage Palestinians after Israel focus

Associated Press , 07:08 , 02.24.21

ארכיון 2010 ג'ו ביידן אז סגן נשיא ארה"ב עם אבו מאזן ב רמאללה

Israel's leaders must stop their coronavirus blame game

Roni Harnik , 23:30 , 02.23.21

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 ancestry startup sold to private equity fund

Meir Orbach , 14:01 , 02.25.21

Mideast mobility solutions for seniors

The Media Line , 17:13 , 02.24.21

'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 ancestry startup sold to private equity fund

Meir Orbach , 14:01 , 02.25.21

Mideast mobility solutions for seniors

The Media Line , 17:13 , 02.24.21

'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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