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15.01.2021 / 10:19

AP Interview: Netanyahu challenger pledges change with Biden

TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top challenger in upcoming elections is promising a tough line toward Iran and the Palestinians, yet expressed confidence he has the tools to avoid what appears to be a collision course with the incoming Biden administration.In an interview, Gideon Saar voiced harsh criticism of Netanyahu, accusing the prime minister of turning the ruling Likud party into a “cult of personality” as he faces a corruption trial. While welcoming President Donald Trump's affinity for Israel, he acknowledged that Netanyahu's close ties with the divisive U.S.

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Israel begins virus inoculation drive as infections surge

TEL AVIV – Israel on Sunday began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness that is once again surging among its population.The country will first immunize health workers, followed by the elderly, high-risk Israelis and those over 60 years old. Israel says it has secured sufficient doses for much of the country's 9 million people from both Pfizer and Moderna, whose vaccine U.S.

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Netanyahu becomes first Israeli to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world’s leaders to be inoculated.Israel is set to begin vaccinating its health workers and nursing home residents beginning Sunday. Netanyahu said he wanted to be the country’s first recipient to set a personal example and to encourage Israelis to get the shot.

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Israeli PM joins world leaders getting COVID-19 vaccine

TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inoculated.Israel is set to begin vaccinating its health workers and nursing home residents beginning Sunday. Netanyahu said he wanted to be the country's first recipient to set a personal example and to encourage Israelis to get the shot.

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Precious painting lost in airport found in dumpster

Chief Detective Michael Dietz holds a painting from French artist Yves Tanguy. A businessman lost the canvas, which later turned up in a dumpster.

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Trump announces Israel-Morocco to normalize relations

WASHINGTON – Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, marking the fourth Arab-Israel agreement in four months. As part of the deal, the U.S.

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Israel gets first delivery of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring the pandemic's end was "in sight" and vowing to get the first jab."This is a great celebration for Israel," he said on the tarmac at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, as a fork-lift truck started unloading the cargo from a red and yellow DHL air freighter.The shipment was the first of eight million doses ordered from US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer BioNTech.It came ahead of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, which begins on Thursday."The end is in sight," Netanyahu said referring to the disease which has infected 348,948 Israelis, 2,932 of them fatally, according to a Wednesday update."What is important to me is that Israeli citizens get

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Jaw-clenching and teeth-grinding during the pandemic

orofacial and jaw pain, which are products of jaw-clenching during the day and teeth-grinding at night. Experts collectively describe such behaviors as temporomandibular disorders (TMD), while teeth-grinding is also known as bruxism.A study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel finds that during the first lockdowns in Israel and Poland, there was a significant rise in TMD incidence.The study appears in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

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Reports: Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince

JERUSALEM – Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter between senior Israeli and Saudi officials.Hebrew-language media cited an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu and Yossi Cohen, head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, flew to the Saudi city of Neom on Sunday, where they met with the crown prince. The prince was there for talks with visiting U.S.

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First commercial passenger flight from UAE lands in Israel

TEL AVIV – The first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates landed near Tel Aviv on Monday, further cementing a normalization deal between the two countries.Etihad Airways Flight No. 9607 landed at Israel's Ben-Gurion international airport just after 7 a.m.

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US, Israeli envoys fly to Bahrain to advance nascent ties

JERUSALEM – A joint American-Israeli delegation headed Sunday for Bahrain, where officials will be signing a number of bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations. U.S.

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Nir Bitton adds to Celtic Covid problems as Hoops star ruled out of Rangers clash with positive test

Nir Bitton has tested positive for Covid-19. And that means the Israeli defender is OUT of next week's Old Firm clash against Rangers at Parkhead.Bitton didn't travel back to Tel Aviv with his national team after their penalty shoot-out defeat to Scotland at Hampden in midweek.

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Israeli protests against Netanyahu draw tens of thousands

TEL AVIV – Tens of thousands of Israelis calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign demonstrated across the country Saturday evening, saying he is unfit to rule while on trial for corruption charges and accusing him of mismanaging the nation’s coronavirus crisis.Protesters gathered at hundreds of locations across the country due to a nationwide lockdown that has barred them from protesting at the usual site outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem. The current lockdown regulations allow people only to gather within one kilometer (less than a mile) of their home.The largest gathering at Habima Square in central Tel Aviv drew thousands of protesters, who blew horns and pounded on drums and tambourines.

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Israelis persist in rallies against PM despite lockdown

TEL AVIV – Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing ahead with their campaign against the Israeli leader on Saturday night after the government banned large, centralized demonstrations as part of a new coronavirus lockdown.The protesters have been gathering outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem each week for over three months, demanding his resignation. After imposing a second nationwide lockdown to halt a raging coronavirus outbreak, the government last week passed a rule allowing people to protest only within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of their home.

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Israel restricts outgoing flights to bolster coronavirus lockdown

Tel Aviv, hundreds of Israelis queued at check-in counters after days of uncertainty over how long air travel would remain possible under the tightened lockdown.As prices soared, tickets for a flight to London that normally costs $200 went up for sale Thursday for $1,300 and were sold out by Friday.'The skies will remain partially open'Just before the new restrictions came into force, Transport Minister Miri Regev announced: "The skies will remain partially open."The arrangement agreed upon enables leaving the country for whoever bought an airplane ticket prior to the beginning of the lockdown, i.e.

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Israelis gird for more virus restrictions amid 2nd lockdown

TEL AVIV – Israelis were bracing for more coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, days after the start of a second countrywide lockdown, as health officials sounded the alarm over a feared deluge of new patients and hospitals were ordered to open additional COVID-19 wards.Israeli Cabinet ministers were meeting to discuss tightening already severe restrictions that have shut down much of the country, which is facing one of the world's worst outbreaks, adjusted for its population of 9 million. Schools, malls and hotels, among other sectors of the economy, have been ordered closed for three weeks, with strict restrictions on movement and gatherings, albeit with some exceptions.

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Virus measures targeted by protesters despite case spikes

LONDON – Demonstrators took the streets of London, Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions, decrying how the measures have affected daily life even with infection rates rising in many places and the global death toll approaching 1 million.In the U.K., the latest official estimates released Friday showed that new infections and coronavirus hospital admissions have been doubling every seven to eight days. Britain has Europe’s highest death toll since the start of the pandemic, with 41,821 confirmed virus-related deaths.

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Politics plague Israeli virus response ahead of holidays

TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long cultivated a symbiotic relationship with the country’s ultra-Orthodox parties, doling out generous subsidies and leaving their insular way of life unperturbed in exchange for ironclad backing that has helped crown him Israel’s longest serving leader.Now, with the coronavirus pandemic raging and the Jewish High Holidays approaching, Netanyahu finds himself caught between his ultra-Orthodox partners and the need to drive down surging infection rates.

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Congress questions sale of US residence in Israel to Adelson

WASHINGTON – The State Department has informally confirmed to Congress that Republican super-donor Sheldon Adelson is the buyer of the U.S. ambassador’s official residence in Israel, a congressional aide told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Protests against Netanyahu gain steam, thousands demonstrate in Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday and thronged the streets of central Jerusalem, as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader appeared to be gaining steam.The demonstration in central Jerusalem, along with smaller gatherings in Tel Aviv, near Netanyahu’s beach house in central Israel and at dozens of busy intersections nationwide, was one of the largest turnouts in weeks of protests. Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumes amid coronavirus pandemic Throughout the summer, thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets, calling for Netanyahu to resign, protesting his handling of the country’s coronavirus crisis and saying he should not remain in office while on trial for corruption charges.

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Jaishankar talks to Israeli counterpart, reiterates cooperation in Covid-19 fight

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday spoke to his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi and reiterated cooperation between the two countries in combatting the coronavirus challenge."Pleasure to hear from FM @Gabi_Ashkenazi of Israel. The India-Israel partnership is currently focused on combating the #COVID challenge.

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Doctor 'catches coronavirus again' after beating it months ago and testing negative

A doctor has reportedly been diagnosed with coronavirus twice, three months apart and after testing negative in between - raising questions about immunity from the killer bug.

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Israeli top model Bar Refaeli convicted of tax evasion

TEL AVIV – An Israeli court convicted top model Bar Refaeli on Monday on four counts of tax offenses, capping a prolonged tax evasion case against her and her family that sullied the image of a once beloved national icon.Refaeli entered the Tel Aviv courthouse with a white face mask to match her white blouse. She was accompanied by her father, Raffi, her mother, Zipi, and a phalanx of lawyers.

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Hugging a tree in Israel to beat the coronavirus blu

APOLLONIA NATIONAL PARK (ISRAEL) : Can't embrace friends and family these days? Hug a tree instead.That is the message Israel's Nature and Parks Authority is spreading on social media to try to help people overcome the sense of detachment that coronavirus social-distancing rules can bring."In this unpleasant corona period we recommend to people around the world to go out to nature, take a deep breath, hug a tree, express your love and get love," Orit Steinfeld, the authority's marketing director, said in Apollonia National Park.At the park, about 15 km (nine miles) north of Tel Aviv, tree-huggers such as Barbara Grant heeded the advice during a tour arranged by the Authority."The most basic human need is for connection, for touching, for

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Coronavirus: Thousands protest Israeli PM Netanyahu’s handling of pandemic

Thousands of Israelis gathered in downtown Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s perceived failure to address economic woes brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Thousands of Israelis protest Netanyahu’s handling of coronavirus pandemic

Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to address economic woes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.With economic stress deepening in recent weeks, many Israelis think the government has not done enough to compensate hundreds of thousands of workers who lost their jobs as a result of restrictions and shutdowns. Unemployment has surged over 20 per cent, and Netanyahu has seen his popularity plummet.

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Virgin Atlantic issues major flight update about holidays to Disney World

Virgin Atlantic has announced it's restarting flights to 17 more destinations in August.

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Virgin Atlantic to start operating between India and UK from 2 September

NEW DELHI : British full service carrier Virgin Atlantic will start operating between New Delhi, Mumbai and London from 2 September, the airline said in a statement on Monday.The latest announcement by the airline comes even as the Indian government is yet to announce dates for the resumption of international flights.Apart from New Delhi and Mumbai, the airline is also set to operate to destinations like New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong from London during July, and to destinations like Tel Aviv, San Francisco and Barbados during August.“As countries around the world begin to relax travel restrictions, we look forward to welcoming our customers back onboard and flying them safely to many destinations across our network.

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Kinky revellers take sex party online with epic worldwide 'cyberfilth' cam event

Kinky revellers from London to Tel Aviv will be delving head-first into a wild weekend of cyber-filth as revellers refuse to let the coronavirus pandemic stop them from expressing their deviancy.

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Britain’s Got Talent’s Lioz Shem Tov has already performed for Simon Cowell on US version of the show

SIMON Cowell has come face-to-face with a familiar person on this year's Britain's Got Talent as Lioz Shem Tov has already performed for the music mogul in the past. The mentalist mind reader manages to rope judge Amanda Holden into his latest stunt, but Simon has apparently seen him before.

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Thousands attend concert in Israel protesting coronavirus lockdown rules

It was organised as an official protest

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Israelis Shrug Off Health Regulations at Impromptu Concert in Tel Aviv

In brazen defiance of health regulations, an estimated crowd of 3,000 people danced and sang along to Israeli musicians on Thursday (May 21) at a concert in Tel Aviv that was among the first large live music gatherings since the global industry shut down in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.Over a dozen well-known Israeli acts, including alternative rocker Aviv Geffen and pop diva Rita, performed at Charles Clore public park as part of a music event semantically and legally referred to as “Behind the Scenes: an Assembly of Solidarity.” The event wasn’t billed as an official concert.

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Etihad makes 1st known commercial flight between UAE, Israel

JERUSALEM – Etihad Airways flew aid for the Palestinians amid the coronavirus pandemic from the capital of the United Arab Emirates into Israel on Tuesday, marking the first known direct commercial flight between the two nations.

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Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home in Tel Aviv

China's ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in Tel Aviv on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said.

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Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor reclaimed Nazi-looted artwork

TEL AVIV – With the Nazis murdering Jews and ransacking their property outside on the infamous nights of Kristallnacht in 1938, 13-year-old David Toren sat in the sunroom of his wealthy great-uncle in Germany admiring a favorite painting depicting two men on horseback on a beach.

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TAU and Neovii team up to develop Covid-19 vaccine

Israel-based Tel Aviv University (TAU)’s technology transfer company Ramot has entered a research and licence agreement with Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company Neovii to develop a vaccine against Covid-19.

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Joe Biden says he'd leave US embassy in Jerusalem if elected

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem if he's elected, even as he called President Donald Trump's decision to move the diplomatic base from Tel Aviv “short-sighted and frivolous.”

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Coronavirus 'vanishes' after 70 days with or without intervention, claims professor

An Israeli professor has claimed that coronavirus will disappear after 70 days – with or without intervention.

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Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal

TEL AVIV – Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in power as he prepares to go on trial for corruption charges.

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Jessica Chastain Zooms With Shira Haas For An In Depth Conversation About Netflix Show ‘Unorthodox’

Just like everyone else in quarantine, Jessica Chastain is binging everything on Netflix.

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World's militaries face a new enemy in virus outbreak

TEL AVIV – The coronavirus pandemic has forced militaries and militias to adapt to an invisible enemy, even as traditional conflicts grind on.

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Israelis sing from balconies during Passover amid pandemic

People still spread Passover cheer while social distancing in Hod Hasharon, Israel.

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Israel thanks Air India for rescuing its stranded nationals

The Israeli embassy had put up a request with the Ministry of External Affairs, which, in turn, asked Air India to operate such a flight.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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