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12.2.21

Israel halts controversial phone tracing of Omicron patients

Government scraps controversial program only five days after its cabinet approval, saying it followed 'an up-to-date situational assessment,' rendering it unnecessary; Health Minister Horowitz praises decision

Israel confirms its third Omicron case

Prof. Elad Maor — cardiologist at Sheba Medical Center — believes he was infected during medical conference in London; Health Ministry says it was investigating at least 30 other cases

Israel calls on world powers to stop nuclear talks

As attempt to revive 2015 deal continue, PM tells Blinken Tehran using 'nuclear blackmail as a negotiating tactic'; meanwhile, Gantz tells Ynet an attack on Iran is an option

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תיעוד מניסיון הלינצ' בשני הישראלים ברמאללה

Palestinian mob attacks 2 Israelis in Ramallah who entered city by accident

Tel Aviv ranked world's priciest city for first time

Bennett under fire as family jets off for vacation amid Omicron fears

Black Eyed Peas frontman defies Israel boycott calls

Rabbi Haim Drukman and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend the campaign launch of the right-wing Yamina party, ahead of the general elections, February 12, 2020

Rabbis call for protests against government

Former Bennett ally among signatories calling for action; right wing, religious factions view cabinet as insufficiently protective of Jewish life and customs in Israel

Israel arms up for a possible strike in Iran

Analysis: Jerusalem has spent billions preparing for an attack and Hezbollah would most likely join the campaign but it remains unclear to what extent

A taste of Napa Valley in Bat Shlomo

CTech by Calcalist: Entrepreneur Elie Wurtman establishes Bat Shlomo Vineyards similar to those visited in Napa Valley in the area settled by Baron Edmond de Rothschild

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News

Israel failed to probe shootings at Gaza protests

Associated Press , 10:26, 12.02.21

Black smoke from burning tires hangs in the sky as Palestinian protesters hurl stones toward Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel

Palestinian mob attacks 2 Israelis in Ramallah who entered city by accident

Ynet , 21:31, 12.01.21

Iran accuses Israel of 'lies to poison' nuclear talks

Reuters , 19:58, 12.01.21

Bennett under fire as family jets off for vacation amid Omicron fears

Yuval Karni , 18:24, 12.01.21

Bennett pays first visit to official PM residence since taking office

Yuval Karni , 16:50, 12.01.21

U.S. resumes financial aid to Palestinian Authority, report shows

TPS , 15:07, 12.01.21

UN envoy warns of risk of new Israel-Palestinian violence

Associated Press , 08:39, 12.01.21

Minister promotes first Israeli-Palestinian airport

Gilad Cohen , 22:50, 11.30.21

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis

Associated Press , 16:56, 11.30.21

News

Israel failed to probe shootings at Gaza protests

Associated Press , 10:26, 12.02.21

Palestinian mob attacks 2 Israelis in Ramallah who entered city by accident

Ynet , 21:31, 12.01.21

Iran accuses Israel of 'lies to poison' nuclear talks

Reuters , 19:58, 12.01.21

Bennett under fire as family jets off for vacation amid Omicron fears

Yuval Karni , 18:24, 12.01.21

Bennett pays first visit to official PM residence since taking office

Yuval Karni , 16:50, 12.01.21

נפתלי בנט בביקור ראשון במעון רה''מ בבלפור

U.S. resumes financial aid to Palestinian Authority, report shows

TPS , 15:07, 12.01.21

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference, in the West Bank city of Ramallah

UN envoy warns of risk of new Israel-Palestinian violence

Associated Press , 08:39, 12.01.21

Masked Jewish settlers clash with Palestinians in the West Bank village of Assira al-Kibliya, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011

Minister promotes first Israeli-Palestinian airport

Gilad Cohen , 22:50, 11.30.21

UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis

Associated Press , 16:56, 11.30.21

a child stands next to a sack of flour as people come to receive food aid from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) distribution center in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip

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Muslim, Jewish students attend interfaith Hanukkah event

i24NEWS , 17:31, 11.30.21

Jewish and Arab students at Bar-Ilan University in Israel

Israeli minister battles Chess grandmaster Kasparov

Ynet , 08:23, 11.29.21

Deadly attack in Jerusalem reflects complex situation in regional hot spot

The Media Line , 18:47, 11.27.21

Israel’s integration into CENTCOM has positive, negative aspects

The Media Line , 13:52, 11.27.21

Magazine

Muslim, Jewish students attend interfaith Hanukkah event

i24NEWS , 17:31, 11.30.21

Israeli minister battles Chess grandmaster Kasparov

Ynet , 08:23, 11.29.21

דו קרב שח-מט ייחודי נערך הערב בין השר זאב אלקין לבין אלוף העולם בשח-מט גארי קספרוב

Deadly attack in Jerusalem reflects complex situation in regional hot spot

The Media Line , 18:47, 11.27.21

Israel’s integration into CENTCOM has positive, negative aspects

The Media Line , 13:52, 11.27.21

התרגיל הימי הבינלאומי הגדול ביותר שחיל הים הישראלי הוביל עד כה

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Health & Science

Omicron keeps world jittery as more information drips out

Associated Press , 16:59, 12.01.21

People queue for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations in the Wizink Center in Madrid, Spain

Coronavirus czar says vaccine mandate needed in wake of Omicron

Ynet , 12:58, 12.01.21

FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

Associated Press , 08:31, 12.01.21

New info shows Omicron spread wider earlier than thought

Associated Press , 20:37, 11.30.21

Health & Science

Omicron keeps world jittery as more information drips out

Associated Press , 16:59, 12.01.21

Coronavirus czar says vaccine mandate needed in wake of Omicron

Ynet , 12:58, 12.01.21

סלמאן זרקא במסיבת עיתונאים בעקבות גילוי זן הקורונה החדש אומיקרון בישראל

FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

Associated Press , 08:31, 12.01.21

New info shows Omicron spread wider earlier than thought

Associated Press , 20:37, 11.30.21

מחלקת קורונה בבית חולים בלייפציג, גרמניה

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Commentary & Analysis

Vaccines still appear to be only answer to new COVID strain

Nadav Eyal , 23:27, 12.01.21

Worried about COVID tracing? Shin Bet already knows everything about you

‏‎Einav Schiff‎‏ , 23:30, 11.30.21

Omicron is here but no need to panic

Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov , 23:20, 11.29.21

'Zionist enemy': Jordanian leaders oppose water-for-energy deal with Israel

The Media Line , 08:55, 11.27.21

Jerusalem is the Jewish people's gift and curse

Amihai Attali , 23:40, 11.26.21

Commentary & Analysis

Vaccines still appear to be only answer to new COVID strain

Nadav Eyal , 23:27, 12.01.21

Worried about COVID tracing? Shin Bet already knows everything about you

‏‎Einav Schiff‎‏ , 23:30, 11.30.21

Omicron is here but no need to panic

Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov , 23:20, 11.29.21

'Zionist enemy': Jordanian leaders oppose water-for-energy deal with Israel

The Media Line , 08:55, 11.27.21

Jerusalem is the Jewish people's gift and curse

Amihai Attali , 23:40, 11.26.21

Blood in the alley of the Old City of Jerusalem following a terror attack

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Mideast & World News

Iran gives drafts on sanctions, nuclear issues to European nuclear deal parties

Reuters , 16:24, 12.02.21

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria

Iran makes nuclear advance despite talks to salvage 2015 deal

Reuters , 09:11, 12.02.21

Bidens, Harris, Emhoff celebrate Hanukkah at White House

Associated Press , 09:55, 12.02.21

Iran plays hardball as nuclear talks with world powers resume

Reuters , 19:56, 11.29.21

Nuclear talks resume as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

Reuters , 07:53, 11.29.21

Mideast & World News

Iran gives drafts on sanctions, nuclear issues to European nuclear deal parties

Reuters , 16:24, 12.02.21

Iran makes nuclear advance despite talks to salvage 2015 deal

Reuters , 09:11, 12.02.21

World powers meet in Vienna with Iranian delegation on U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal, last April

Bidens, Harris, Emhoff celebrate Hanukkah at White House

Associated Press , 09:55, 12.02.21

President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a menorah lighting ceremony in celebration of Hanukkah in the East Room of the White House

Iran plays hardball as nuclear talks with world powers resume

Reuters , 19:56, 11.29.21

s Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressing the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly from Tehran

Nuclear talks resume as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

Reuters , 07:53, 11.29.21

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Jewish World

UK police investigating anti-Semitic hate crime in London

Associated Press , 13:13, 12.02.21

Young men spat on the bus, yelled verbal threats, and swore the Jewish passengers

Yad Vashem slams Fox News host for likening Dr. Fauci to Nazi Doctor Mengele

TPS , 10:44, 12.01.21

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at Western Wall

Associated Press , 23:29, 11.30.21

Menorah desecrated in anti-Semitic attack in Ukraine

Edward Docks , 20:28, 11.29.21

Jewish World

UK police investigating anti-Semitic hate crime in London

Associated Press , 13:13, 12.02.21

Yad Vashem slams Fox News host for likening Dr. Fauci to Nazi Doctor Mengele

TPS , 10:44, 12.01.21

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at Western Wall

Associated Press , 23:29, 11.30.21

Holocaust survivors dance during a Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem

Menorah desecrated in anti-Semitic attack in Ukraine

Edward Docks , 20:28, 11.29.21

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Business & Tech

OECD projects Israel’s GDP to ‘grow robustly’ in the future

i24NEWS , 23:09, 12.01.21

Israel faces severe shortage of manual laborers

Gad Lior , 20:36, 12.01.21

Tel Aviv ranked world's priciest city for first time

AFP , 09:12, 12.01.21

Israel said to slash list of countries that can buy cyber tech

Reuters , 21:21, 11.25.21

Business & Tech

OECD projects Israel’s GDP to ‘grow robustly’ in the future

i24NEWS , 23:09, 12.01.21

Israel faces severe shortage of manual laborers

Gad Lior , 20:36, 12.01.21

Tel Aviv ranked world's priciest city for first time

AFP , 09:12, 12.01.21

Israel said to slash list of countries that can buy cyber tech

Reuters , 21:21, 11.25.21

A man reads at a stand of the NSO Group Technologies, an Israeli technology firm known for its Pegasus spyware enabling the remote surveillance of smartphones, at the annual European Police Congress in Berlin

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Culture, Travel & Archaeology

A blockbuster exhibit to fascinate the entire family

Buzzy Gordon , 09:41, 12.01.21

Let’s Talk Straight: Rap song bares Jewish-Arab fracture

i24NEWS, Ynet , 13:27, 11.30.21

Black Eyed Peas frontman defies Israel boycott calls

Associated Press , 23:00, 11.29.21

The never-ending line: Jerusalem bakery a huge Hanukkah hit

The Media Line , 10:11, 11.29.21

Culture, Travel & Archaeology

A blockbuster exhibit to fascinate the entire family

Buzzy Gordon , 09:41, 12.01.21

Let’s Talk Straight: Rap song bares Jewish-Arab fracture

i24NEWS, Ynet , 13:27, 11.30.21

Dugri duo - Uriya Rosenman and Sameh Zakout

Black Eyed Peas frontman defies Israel boycott calls

Associated Press , 23:00, 11.29.21

The never-ending line: Jerusalem bakery a huge Hanukkah hit

The Media Line , 10:11, 11.29.21

Two of the popular doughnuts created especially for Hanukkah this year

Environment

Endangered gazelles spring back in Jerusalem park

AFP , 12:37, 11.29.21

A mountain gazelle surrounded by common myna birds at the Gazelle Valley, an urban nature reserve in the heart of Jerusalem

Israel's pork industry more polluting than single-use plastic, NGO says

Noa Fisher , 19:35, 11.24.21

Israel, Jordan to partner in water-for-energy deal

Reuters , 21:05, 11.22.21

Energy minister calls to cancel oil pipeline deal with UAE firm

News agencies, Ynet , 08:56, 11.16.21

Environment

Endangered gazelles spring back in Jerusalem park

AFP , 12:37, 11.29.21

Israel's pork industry more polluting than single-use plastic, NGO says

Noa Fisher , 19:35, 11.24.21

Israel, Jordan to partner in water-for-energy deal

Reuters , 21:05, 11.22.21

Pipe system used to transfer water from Israel to Jordan

Energy minister calls to cancel oil pipeline deal with UAE firm

News agencies, Ynet , 08:56, 11.16.21

An aerial view of (foreground) oil storage containers of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC) in the mountains near Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat, and (background) the Jordanian coastline south of Aqaba on February 10, 2021

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