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1.18.21

Health Ministry seeks 2-week extension on national virus lockdown

Officials fear ending nationwide closure at start of weekend would encourage mass gatherings; cabinet members oppose call, with Blue & White ministers saying they would only agree if there were tighter enforcement in Haredi sector

Israel set to limits air travel in bid to battle mutations

New measures include negative test requirement for anyone seeking to enter country, expanded isolation requirements for returning nationals, limits on international flights

Israel sees staggering 9.1% virus infection rate

Health Ministry says Israel's coronavirus death toll has exceeded 4,000; vaccine drive continues with 23.81% of population now having received the first of two inoculations

הפגנה מחאה שמאל נגד סיפוח שטחים דמוקרטיה כיכר רבין תל אביב

Israel limits rights group over ‘apartheid’ claim

Government banning organizations that use term from lecturing at schools, adamantly rejects term, saying restrictions in Gaza and West Bank are temporary measures needed for security

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Nahariya besieged by floods after cloudburst

השכרת רכבי יוקרה: "האטרקציה המרכזית כאן"

Poor behavior giving Israeli tourists bad name in UAE

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

Morocco Jews 'already packing' for direct Israel flights

The lonely childbirth of a COVID mother

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia are seen at the passport control point at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on January 17, 2021

Kremlin foe in court; Moscow tells West to butt out

Alexei Navalny's arrest earns condemnation from Europe states, UN and sparks fresh debates on imposing sanctions on Russia, specifically on $11.6 billion natural gas project

Playtika co-founder and CEO Robert Antokol following the company's Nasdaq IPO

Plytika co founder: 'We aim to be biggest in world'

CTech by Calcalist: Robert Antokol, co-founder and CEO of Israeli-based mobile gaming company Playtika, which was listed on the NYSE on Friday, has big plans for his company

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News

UAE delays visa waiver for Israelis over COVID infections

Itamar Eichner, Itay Blumenthal , 11:00 , 01.18.21

Israeli jets hit Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired toward Ashdod

Associated Press, Ynet , 08:55 , 01.18.21

Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

Associated Press , 21:53 , 01.17.21

Israel counts more than 4,000 COVID deaths, 80 over the weekend alone

Yaron Druckman , 21:10 , 01.17.21

Israel to start vaccinating prisoners, including Palestinians

AFP , 20:42 , 01.17.21

Nahariya besieged by floods after cloudburst

Ahiya Raved , 18:01 , 01.17.21

Car rental firm levies NIS 10,000 fine for Shabbat use

Udi Etzion , 17:21 , 01.17.21

After 16 years, DNA solves young woman's murder

Ahiya Raved , 15:32 , 01.17.21

News

UAE delays visa waiver for Israelis over COVID infections

Itamar Eichner, Itay Blumenthal , 11:00 , 01.18.21

Israeli jets hit Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired toward Ashdod

Associated Press, Ynet , 08:55 , 01.18.21

Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

Associated Press , 21:53 , 01.17.21

Part of the Israeli settlement of Psagot, top, overlooks Palestinian the West Bank city of Al-Bireh

Israel counts more than 4,000 COVID deaths, 80 over the weekend alone

Yaron Druckman , 21:10 , 01.17.21

Israel to start vaccinating prisoners, including Palestinians

AFP , 20:42 , 01.17.21

Palestinian prisoners at Shikma Prison in southern Israel

Nahariya besieged by floods after cloudburst

Ahiya Raved , 18:01 , 01.17.21

Car rental firm levies NIS 10,000 fine for Shabbat use

Udi Etzion , 17:21 , 01.17.21

After 16 years, DNA solves young woman's murder

Ahiya Raved , 15:32 , 01.17.21

Israel trades Pfizer doses for medical data in vaccine blitz

Associated Press , 10:37 , 01.18.21

Vaccinated Israelis exempt from quarantine 1 week after 2nd dose, virus czar says

Ynet , 19:02 , 01.17.21

The lonely childbirth of a COVID mother

Ynet , 13:38 , 01.16.21

Two million Israelis receive first vaccine dose

Adir Yanko , 20:33 , 01.14.21

Health & Science

Israel trades Pfizer doses for medical data in vaccine blitz

Associated Press , 10:37 , 01.18.21

Vaccinated Israelis exempt from quarantine 1 week after 2nd dose, virus czar says

Ynet , 19:02 , 01.17.21

The lonely childbirth of a COVID mother

Ynet , 13:38 , 01.16.21

Two million Israelis receive first vaccine dose

Adir Yanko , 20:33 , 01.14.21

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Commentary & Analysis

Time to take Mideast peace process out of deep freeze

Dennis Ross , 23:50 , 01.17.21

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016

Israel is still long way from being coronavirus free

Sarit Rosenblum , 22:41 , 01.16.21

Israel must bear consequences of its Trump love affair

Einav Schiff , 22:05 , 01.15.21

Israel's center-left must stop the collective political suicide

Shelly Yachimovich , 13:45 , 01.15.21

Leaders like UK’s Johnson, Netanyahu who wooed Trump face tricky reset

Associated Press , 20:54 , 01.14.21

Commentary & Analysis

Time to take Mideast peace process out of deep freeze

Dennis Ross , 23:50 , 01.17.21

Israel is still long way from being coronavirus free

Sarit Rosenblum , 22:41 , 01.16.21

Israel must bear consequences of its Trump love affair

Einav Schiff , 22:05 , 01.15.21

Israel's center-left must stop the collective political suicide

Shelly Yachimovich , 13:45 , 01.15.21

Leaders like UK’s Johnson, Netanyahu who wooed Trump face tricky reset

Associated Press , 20:54 , 01.14.21

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Mideast & World News

Saudis vowed to stop executing minors, rights groups say

Reuters , 14:30 , 01.18.21

Demonstrators stage a mock execution in Washington in protest against Saudi children sentenced to death in the kingdom

Fearing insider threat, FBI vetting National Guard troops for Biden inauguration

Associated Press , 11:40 , 01.18.21

Diary shows how quest for love landed U.S. Navy vet in Iran jail

Associated Press , 22:55 , 01.17.21

Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details

Associated Press , 15:36 , 01.17.21

U.S. state capitols, Washington on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests

Reuters , 08:38 , 01.17.21

Mideast & World News

Saudis vowed to stop executing minors, rights groups say

Reuters , 14:30 , 01.18.21

Fearing insider threat, FBI vetting National Guard troops for Biden inauguration

Associated Press , 11:40 , 01.18.21

Members of the National Guard on duty outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 14, 2021

Diary shows how quest for love landed U.S. Navy vet in Iran jail

Associated Press , 22:55 , 01.17.21

Iran asks watchdog not to publish 'unnecessary' nuke details

Associated Press , 15:36 , 01.17.21

U.S. state capitols, Washington on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests

Reuters , 08:38 , 01.17.21

Newly deployed National Guard troops rest in the Capitol Rotunda, Jan. 13 2021

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Jewish World

Morocco Jews 'already packing' for direct Israel flights

AFP , 09:46 , 01.17.21

Buchenwald Camp raps 'disrespectful' tobogganers

AFP , 22:50 , 01.14.21

Health Ministry worker suspected of falsely forcing ex to quarantine 4 times

AFP , 14:52 , 01.14.21

Vandals attack largest Montreal synagogue

Itamar Eichner , 14:31 , 01.14.21

Jewish World

Morocco Jews 'already packing' for direct Israel flights

AFP , 09:46 , 01.17.21

Buchenwald Camp raps 'disrespectful' tobogganers

AFP , 22:50 , 01.14.21

The former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald

Health Ministry worker suspected of falsely forcing ex to quarantine 4 times

AFP , 14:52 , 01.14.21

Vandals attack largest Montreal synagogue

Itamar Eichner , 14:31 , 01.14.21

Police arrest the suspect in front of the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue

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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

Iran's exiled judoka keeps fighting on

Oren Aharoni , 15:05 , 01.17.21

Poor behavior giving Israeli tourists bad name in UAE

Adam Kotev , 10:43 , 01.17.21

Pelosi quotes Israeli poet Ehud Manor in plea to impeach Trump

Ynet , 17:52 , 01.13.21

Israelis flock to Dubai, fleeing impending lockdown

Itay Blumenthal , 22:45 , 01.07.21

Culture, Travel & Archaeology

Iran's exiled judoka keeps fighting on

Oren Aharoni , 15:05 , 01.17.21

Poor behavior giving Israeli tourists bad name in UAE

Adam Kotev , 10:43 , 01.17.21

Pelosi quotes Israeli poet Ehud Manor in plea to impeach Trump

Ynet , 17:52 , 01.13.21

Israelis flock to Dubai, fleeing impending lockdown

Itay Blumenthal , 22:45 , 01.07.21

חיילי פיקוד העורף בנתב"ג מחכים לנחיתת המטוס מבריטניה

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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