Feb 26, 2021
Masks & Costumes: Purim 2021
Israelis today donned costumes for the Purim holiday, this year with the required addition of face masks amid coronavirus fears. Purim, which is marked between yesterday and this coming Sunday…
Feb 26, 2021
Iran tops Israel-Bahrain talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa held talks over the telephone, according to statements from both Jerusalem and Manama. Bahrain and…
Feb 26, 2021
US strikes Iran proxies in Syria
United States President Joe Biden authorized his first known military action by ordering air strikes on Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria at dawn. The strikes appeared to be limited in…
Feb 25, 2021
Israel shares vaccines internationally
Israel is now donating surplus COVID-19 vaccines to friendly nations. After stating that his nation has "more than enough" to inoculate its own citizens, the Israeli leader said he had…
Feb 25, 2021
UN: urgent help needed to avert Yemen crisis
The United Nations describes Yemen as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 80% of the people in need. Sir Mark Andrew Lowcock, a British economist who serves as the Under-Secretary-General…
Feb 24, 2021
Netanyahu vows Iran won’t end ‘Jewish revival’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marked the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim to issue a warning to Iran. Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia as…
Feb 24, 2021
Gantz issues warning to Hezbollah
Israel’s Alternate Premier and Defense Minister Benny Gantz conducted a situational assessment and discussion with senior military staff during an inspection of the IDF 91st Division in the north. The…
Feb 24, 2021
Israel works on gas pipeline to Gaza
Frequent power shortages experienced in the Gaza Strip may soon be rendered to the past, if a project on a gas line to the Palestinian enclave in which Israel is…
Feb 23, 2021
Iran threatens to enrich uranium to 60%
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that the Islamic Republic will enrich uranium up to 60% purity if needed and never submit to Western pressure over nuclear development. “Iran’s…
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…