Feb 23, 2021
Israel’s ‘fast pass’ to normalcy
“Vaccinated? Get the Green Pass and get back to life.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted that message, as the country jump-started the economy with the staged reopening of some…
Feb 22, 2021
US informed Israel before Iran policy switch
Israel received prior notification that the United States is ready to discuss resumption of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal with Iran. This, according to Reuters,…
Feb 22, 2021
Israel holds energy talks with Egypt
Jerusalem and Cairo have agreed to build a pipeline to connect Israel’s offshore Leviathan natural gas field to liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in northern Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Feb 22, 2021
Oil disaster on Israeli beaches
The IDF also deployed thousands of soldiers over the weekend to help clean up an oil spill that drenched much of the country’s Mediterranean shoreline with tar, joined by thousands…
Feb 19, 2021
Israeli woman freed in Syria swap
An Israeli woman who illegally crossed Israel’s northern border into Syria about two weeks ago was returned to the Jewish State in a Kremlin-brokered prisoner swap between Jerusalem and Damascus.…
Feb 18, 2021
Russia reportedly brokers Israel-Syria prisoner swap
Russia is reportedly negotiating a deal for the release of a young Israeli woman who appears to have inadvertently entered neighboring Syria in exchange for two Syrian security prisoners held…
Feb 16, 2021
Israel reports 94% vaccine success
Israel’s largest healthcare provider is reporting a 94% decline in symptomatic coronavirus infections among 600,000 people who have been administered both doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. The Clalit…
Feb 16, 2021
ICC elects new prosecutor
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) elected Britain’s Karim Ahmad A. Khan as the new chief prosecutor for a 9-year term. The 50-year-old attorney won a secret ballot…
Feb 10, 2021
“Golan will always be Israel’s”
The Golan Heights will forever remain a part of Israel, proclaimed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That declaration was prompted by statements from United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken during…
Feb 10, 2021
Gantz: Palestinians must return to negotiations
Israeli Alternate Premier and Defense Minister Gantz declared that revival of peace talks with the Palestinians will be a priority by the next government in Jerusalem following the upcoming elections.…