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Israeli Army Says It Has Downed Drone Launched From Lebanon

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021By Editor

The traditionally tense relations between Israel and Lebanon worsened last year in the wake of an alleged Israeli drone attack in Beirut against a Hezbollah media office. … Read More >Israeli Army Says It Has Downed Drone Launched From Lebanon

As Israel Sets Pace With Vaccination, MP Explains Why It’s Not a Success Story For Country’s Arabs

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021By Editor

Israel has vaccinated more than 2.2 million people so far. Only a small proportion of them, however, have been Arabs, and a parliamentarian says it has to do with the lack of facilities in Arab localities, the absence of significant campaigns and their distrust of the system. … Read More >As Israel Sets Pace With Vaccination, MP Explains Why It’s Not a Success Story For Country’s Arabs

Thousands of Israelis test POSITIVE for Covid-19 despite receiving Pfizer/BioNTech jab

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor

More than 12,400 people in Israel have tested positive for coronavirus after being vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, including 69 who had received their second dose, the country’s Health Ministry said. … Read More >Thousands of Israelis test POSITIVE for Covid-19 despite receiving Pfizer/BioNTech jab

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Acting US ambassador to Israel ‘inadvertently’ reverses Trump-era Palestine policy upon taking control of official Twitter account

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor

The incoming US envoy to Israel briefly styled himself ambassador to the West Bank and Gaza on Twitter, raising diplomatic eyebrows by reversing his predecessor’s policy of Israeli sovereignty over the Palestinian territories. … Read More >Acting US ambassador to Israel ‘inadvertently’ reverses Trump-era Palestine policy upon taking control of official Twitter account

13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab, amid influx of reports detailing adverse effects

Posted on January 17, 2021January 17, 2021By Editor

At least 13 Israelis have experienced facial paralysis after being administered the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, a month after the US Food and Drug Administration reported similar issues but said they weren’t linked to the jab. … Read More >13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab, amid influx of reports detailing adverse effects

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Pentagon Expands US Central Command Mission to Include Israel Amid Trump’s Final Days

Posted on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021By Editor

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that US President Donald Trump had ordered the US Department of Defense to split from decades-old practices and include Israel as part of the US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) responsibility, in light of the recently-signed Abraham Accords. … Read More >Pentagon Expands US Central Command Mission to Include Israel Amid Trump’s Final Days

Netanyahu Creates Russian Language Channel on Telegram

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021By Editor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday created a Russian language channel on the Telegram messaging app. … Read More >Netanyahu Creates Russian Language Channel on Telegram

Israeli Forces Strike Hamas Military Site in Gaza Strip After IDF Vehicle Comes Under Fire

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021By Editor

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday that they conducted an attack on a military post of Palestine’s Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip after an IDF engineering vehicle came under fire earlier in the day. … Read More >Israeli Forces Strike Hamas Military Site in Gaza Strip After IDF Vehicle Comes Under Fire

Netanyahu Trial, Vaccines, and Security to Top Agenda of Israel’s Fourth Round of Elections

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

The upcoming fourth round of Israeli elections set for 23 March will differ from the past three times Israel went to the polls. … Read More >Netanyahu Trial, Vaccines, and Security to Top Agenda of Israel’s Fourth Round of Elections

Syrian State Media Reports ‘Israeli Aggression’ on Areas in Deir Ezzor, Abu Kamal

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

Earlier in the month, Syrian state media reported that the country’s Air Defense systems had responded to an Israeli attack in the southern part of the city of Damascus. … Read More >Syrian State Media Reports ‘Israeli Aggression’ on Areas in Deir Ezzor, Abu Kamal