Månadsarkiv: december 2021

Country lifts curfew, says infections have passed their peak; ‘The speed with which the Omicron-driven wave rose, peaked and then declined has been staggering,’ official says By AFPToday, 9:24 am Customers queue to buy fireworks outside the St Mary Cathedral in … Fortsätt läsa →

Cabinet holds meeting on strategic plateau, with ministers approving $317M development plan; Bennett hails Trump recognition, then goes into quarantine as daughter catches COVID By TOI STAFFToday, 5:11 pm Ministers take part in a special cabinet meeting on the Golan Heights … Fortsätt läsa →

Political experts still argue over whether the last Soviet leader could have held onto his position and saved the USSR By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVToday, 10:26 am  Mikhail Gorbachev, eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, closes his resignation speech on the … Fortsätt läsa →

Opposition politician Sami Gemayel calls next elections a choice between first step away from quagmire or return to ‘cycle of compromises that destroyed the country’ By TOI STAFF and AFPToday, 8:21 am Lebanese politician Sami Gemayel in 2019 (Al Arabiya screenshot) Lebanese opposition … Fortsätt läsa →

Armed forces chief says exercise is a response to Israeli threats; Guards leader adds: We’ll cut off Zionist regime’s hands if they make a mistake By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF24 December 2021, 4:13 pm Iran says it fired 16 ballistic missiles in a … Fortsätt läsa →

GOOD NEWS: Thanks to UN Watch Pressure,UNRWA Teachers Complain: “We can no longer praiseHamas attacks on social media” Rare good news: Thanks to UN Watch’s relentless campaign, UNRWA teachers are now complaining that they are unable to glorify Hamas terrorists on social … Fortsätt läsa →

The Islamist MK – known as a pragmatist – says he recognises Israel as a Jewish state and elucidates his purpose in the coalition.By Stan Goodenough | December 22, 2021 | Topics: Israel Israeli Arab Knesset Member Mansour Abbas caught the attention of Israelis around the country … Fortsätt läsa →

 December 22, 2021U.S. President Joe Biden (l) and Israeli PM Naftali Bennett (Photo Credit: Left: RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin/Pool via AP, file; Right: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Bennett’s office downplays report; Biden administration tacitly acknowledges its accuracy. By Lauren Marcus, World Israel … Fortsätt läsa →

 December 22, 2021Missiles on display at an Iranian military museum. (Shutterstock) The comments were made the same day U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Bennett on Iran as Vienna talks come to critical point. By World Israel News … Fortsätt läsa →

Ben Gurion University geneticists suggest illness primarily targets the immune system, not the lungs, and say if the hypothesis is true, it may open up a new treatment possibility By NATHAN JEFFAYToday, 2:52 pm Illustrative image: a coronavirus patient at Providence … Fortsätt läsa →

Rob Malley says timeframe for negotiations depends on pace of Iran’s violations of accord and of its push to forward its nuclear program By AFPToday, 6:35 am   Robert Malley, US Special Envoy for Iran, is shown in Vienna, Austria, June 20, … Fortsätt läsa →

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/shipment-of-pfizers-anti-covid-pill-to-reach-israel-in-coming-week-tv/ Today, 8:34 pm   This image provided by Pfizer in October 2021 shows the company’s COVID-19 Paxlovid pills. (Pfizer via AP) The first delivery of Pfizer’s anti-COVID pill is due to arrive in Israel in the coming week, Channel 12 … Fortsätt läsa →

THE EUROPEAN UNION is bracing itself for further energy price increases as prices rocket, with Germany seeing record highs. By JAMES LEE18:23, Wed, Dec 15, 2021 | UPDATED: 18:24, Wed, Dec 15, 202148 Verstappen wins 2021 F1 world championship 0 seconds of 58 … Fortsätt läsa →

DESPERATE to prevent a blackout, France has resorted to using fuel oil to satisfy the country’s power needs amid a continent-wide energy crisis. By ANTONY ASHKENAZ10:01, Wed, Dec 22, 2021 | UPDATED: 16:32, Wed, Dec 22, 2021169 Russia ‘took advantage’ of Europe’s energy … Fortsätt läsa →

https://www.memri.org/reports/living-fantasy-iran-us-and-europe-vienna-talks Introduction Following the renewal of the seventh round of nuclear talks in Vienna, it is becoming more and more clear that all the sides involved are living in a fantasy and that their delusions are gradually being exposed. All … Fortsätt läsa →

Guardian of Christian holy places laments ‘unchecked, unpunished’ attacks, as archbishops blame Israeli settlers and security barrier; accusations draw protest from British Jews By STUART WINER19 December 2021, 11:33 pm Illustrative: A priest checks the damage after a man poured out … Fortsätt läsa →