Close to half of Israelis back annexation, less than a third think it’ll happen

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Poll finds a slight majority of Israeli Jews back advancing sovereignty in parts of West Bank, though even many supporters are doubtful government will actually go ahead with it soon. An Israeli flag is seen in the E1 area of … Read More

11 European ambassadors warn Israel against West Bank annexation

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Envoys from UK, France, Germany, other states say move would violate international law, harm regional stability, Israel’s international standing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli … Read More

Israel’s Netanyahu and Gantz sign unity government deal

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Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a coalition to tackle the coronavirus crisis – EPA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, have signed an agreement to form an emergency unity government. The deal will … Read More

Israel’s new ‘unity’ government is neither united nor likely to govern well

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The deep distrust between Netanyahu and Gantz shapes every facet of the new coalition deal, transforming the nascent coalition into a two-headed hydra of contradictory impulses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in the … Read More

The coming giant internal Israeli war over a nuclear Iran – A 2010 rematch

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Sources break down Israeli defense officials’ disagreements. A member of Iranian Border Guards wears a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, inside the Shalamcha Border Crossing, after Iraq shut a border crossing to travelers between Iraq … Read More

Israeli COVID-19 treatment shows 100% survival rate – preliminary data

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Not only have all the patients survived, according to Pluristem, but four of them showed improvement in respiratory parameters. Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. in Haifa – (photo credit: BAZ RATNER/REUTERS) Six critically ill coronavirus patients in Israel … Read More

Italy approves experimental Israeli drug used to treat hospitalized corona patients

The drug, called opaganib, was designed to have anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties. It has undergone testing but has yet to be approved for general use. Magen David Adom workers wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus … Read More

Israeli researchers made ‘significant progress’ in coronavirus vaccine

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The institute’s director told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the vaccine was being readied for testing in animals. MIGAL researchers working vigorously to find a new coronavirus vaccine – (photo credit: LIOR JOURNO) The Israel Institute for Biological Research director … Read More

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