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1.24.21

Ministers asked to approve 2 week closure of international airport

Proposal comes after consultations by PM with Health Ministry that warn testing fails to detect so-called British variant thought to cause more severe illness spreading in population after pregnant women suffering from COVID-19 complications found infected

Israeli national carrier El Al planes parked at Ben Gurion International Airport in July after a suspension of international flights

A 2019 Likud election poster boasts of party leader Benjamin Netanyahu's close ties to then-U.S. president Donald Trump

Netanyahu might miss Trump in next Israeli elections

In-depth: Unlike his predecessor, Joe Biden will not interfere in Israel's Knesset elections, posing a problem for a prime minister used to campaign-friendly gifts by his friend in the White House

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

Israel desperately needs a Joe Biden of its own

Opinion: Like its American ally, Israel has a splintered nation; this is a dangerous situation and with the lack of a leader who can help bridge political divides, a national mediator is required

הצוות הרפואי המחלקת הקורונה בסורוקה

At Be'er Sheva hospital, COVID takes its toll on staff

Soroka Medical Center's ICU is treating four times the number of patients it did in earlier waves of coronavirus; chief nurse says her team is feeling the pain of the rising death rate

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

Israelis riot, refusing to isolate in hotel after Dubai return

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

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

OPINION: The good, the bad and the Trump

עימותים בין כוחות משטרה לחרדים בשכונת סנדריה בירושלים

Haredi extremists threaten mass riots over virus crackdown

Larry King answers journalists' questions during a press conference in Slovakia, Sept. 2011

U.S. Jewish broadcasting giant Larry King dies at 87

Veteran journalist died in LA hospital, his Ora Media studio and network says; no cause of death is given, but CNN said in December that he had been hospitalized with COVID-19

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

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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Israel logs 220 virus deaths since beginning of week

Yaron Druckman, Adir Yanko , 22:16 , 01.21.21

מחלקת קורונה בית חולים הלל יפה חדרה

Gantz orders end to Army Radio's affiliation with IDF

Yoav Zitun, Ran Boker , 21:20 , 01.21.21

Public hospitals pull plug on emergency admissions

Haim Golditch , 16:02 , 01.21.21

Earthquake rattles Cyprus, felt in Israel

Reuters, Ahiya Raved , 18:17 , 01.21.21

Israel COVID-19 'R' reproduction number dips below 1 in first since vaccine drive

Reuters, Adir Yanko , 19:51 , 01.21.21

Son of Likud founder Begin joins Saar party

Moran Azulay , 14:23 , 01.21.21

Holocaust survivor gives up on food for medicine

Hadar Gil-Ad , 13:38 , 01.21.21

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

Gilad Cohen , 12:00 , 01.21.21

Israel logs 220 virus deaths since beginning of week

Yaron Druckman, Adir Yanko , 22:16 , 01.21.21

מחלקת קורונה בית חולים הלל יפה חדרה

Gantz orders end to Army Radio's affiliation with IDF

Yoav Zitun, Ran Boker , 21:20 , 01.21.21

Public hospitals pull plug on emergency admissions

Haim Golditch , 16:02 , 01.21.21

An MDA ambulance at Sharee Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem

Earthquake rattles Cyprus, felt in Israel

Reuters, Ahiya Raved , 18:17 , 01.21.21

רעידת אדמה בקפריסין

Israel COVID-19 'R' reproduction number dips below 1 in first since vaccine drive

Reuters, Adir Yanko , 19:51 , 01.21.21

חיסון קורונה בנתניה

Son of Likud founder Begin joins Saar party

Moran Azulay , 14:23 , 01.21.21

גדעון סער ובני בגין

Holocaust survivor gives up on food for medicine

Hadar Gil-Ad , 13:38 , 01.21.21

ניצולת השואה יפה שמחון

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

Gilad Cohen , 12:00 , 01.21.21

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

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Health & Science

Israel to mull scrapping age limit to receive virus vaccine

Adir Yanko , 14:08 , 01.20.21

המרכז בראשון לציון

'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

המרכז בראשון לציון

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

Adir Yanko , Yael Friedson , 13:43 , 01.20.21

מתחם בדיקת בדיקות קורונה ב ירושלים

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

Adir Yanko , 22:27 , 01.19.21

מחלקת קורונה בית חולים שיבא תל השומר

Israeli study: Green Mediterranean diet ideal to promote healthy liver

TPS , 13:12 , 01.19.21

תזונה עשירה בירקות

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Commentary & Analysis

Israel must forge its own path in the Mideast

Shimrit Meir , 23:24 , 01.22.21

L-R: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, May 2017

As PM woos Arab vote, political rivals follow suit

The Media Line , 19:06 , 01.22.21

Israelis are dying but the ultra-Orthodox keep dancing

Sima Kadmon , 13:19 , 01.22.21

Bibi, Biden and the Iranian bomb

Ron Ben Yishai , 09:05 , 01.22.21

Israel must kick its Trump-era habits

Alex Fishman , 23:42 , 01.21.21

Commentary & Analysis

Israel must forge its own path in the Mideast

Shimrit Meir , 23:24 , 01.22.21

L-R: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump at the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, May 2017

As PM woos Arab vote, political rivals follow suit

The Media Line , 19:06 , 01.22.21

יולי אדלשטיין ובנימין נתניהו במתחם החיסונים באום אל פחם

Israelis are dying but the ultra-Orthodox keep dancing

Sima Kadmon , 13:19 , 01.22.21

בנימין נתניהו ובני גנץ

Bibi, Biden and the Iranian bomb

Ron Ben Yishai , 09:05 , 01.22.21

ג'ו ביידן נשיא ארה"ב החדר הסגלגל הבית הלבן

Israel must kick its Trump-era habits

Alex Fishman , 23:42 , 01.21.21

ג'ו ביידן נשיא ארה"ב החדר הסגלגל הבית הלבן

Mideast & World News

World leaders laud U.S. return to climate fight under Biden

Associated Press , 19:19 , 01.21.21

Polluting chemical plant in China

Biden to tackle virus on first full day in White House

Reuters , 12:42 , 01.21.21

White House says Biden will be discussing Iran with foreign partners

Reuters , 09:33 , 01.21.21

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

Mideast & World News

World leaders laud U.S. return to climate fight under Biden

Associated Press , 19:19 , 01.21.21

Polluting chemical plant in China

Biden to tackle virus on first full day in White House

Reuters , 12:42 , 01.21.21

ג'ו ביידן נשיא ארה"ב החדר הסגלגל הבית הלבן

White House says Biden will be discussing Iran with foreign partners

Reuters , 09:33 , 01.21.21

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

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

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

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Austria sets national strategy against anti-Semitism

Associated Press , 17:12 , 01.21.21

People light up candles outside Vienna's main synagogue near the site of the terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria on November 4, 2020

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

Austria sets national strategy against anti-Semitism

Associated Press , 17:12 , 01.21.21

People light up candles outside Vienna's main synagogue near the site of the terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria on November 4, 2020

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

משי זהב על קבר אמו

Mein Kampf published in Poland as 'homage to victims'

AFP , 17:04 , 01.18.21

‘Mein Kampf to Polish

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Business & Tech

Israeli tech keeps UK and Irish buses COVID-free

The Media Line , 08:52 , 01.23.21

הרכבת הקלה בירושלים

'Israel's poverty rises, standard of living crashes'

Gad Lior , 23:42 , 01.21.21

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

Business & Tech

Israeli tech keeps UK and Irish buses COVID-free

The Media Line , 08:52 , 01.23.21

הרכבת הקלה בירושלים

'Israel's poverty rises, standard of living crashes'

Gad Lior , 23:42 , 01.21.21

אנשים מחפשים אוכל בפחים בצל משבר הקורונה

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ערפל כבד על תל אביב

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