Tens of thousands of protesters in Israel held protests in at least three major cities on Saturday against the government’s judicial reform plans. Israeli media reported that about 80,000 people attended a demonstration in Tel Aviv, with smaller protests in Jerusalem and Haifa. No major unrest was reported, though Israeli media said small crowds scuffled…
Most Patients Recover From Long-COVID Symptoms Within a Year: Israeli Study
Most people who experience so-called “long COVID” as a result of mild COVID-19 infection see the symptoms fading away after a year, a large study suggests. For the study, published on Wednesday in The BMJ, a team of Israeli scientists looked at the records of 1,913,234 patients from Maccabi Healthcare Services, a nationwide health care…
Israel’s Accelerating Democracy
Commentary With the formation of Israel’s new government last month, an amalgam of Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party and six small religious parties, many fear that the country will become less democratic, even theocratic. Those fears are misplaced, despite Israel’s proportional representation electoral system, which gives the small parties outsized leverage in determining policies affecting…
Biden Admin Needs Israel, With or Without Netanyahu
Commentary The disaffection of the Biden administration for the new Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is public. State Department briefings are routinely taken over by people hostile to Israel who are allowed to make speeches as much as ask questions; the pushback is minimal. And the reporting on the first telephone call between Secretary…
Syria Says Israel Strike Puts Damascus Airport Briefly out of Service
AMMAN—The Syrian army said on Monday an Israeli missile strike had briefly put the Damascus International Airport out of service, the latest in a string of strikes targeting Iran-linked assets. A volley of air-launched missiles had hit the airport at 2 a.m., the army said in a statement. They had come from the direction of…
Benjamin Netanyahu Returns to Power in Israel as New Government Is Sworn In
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s prime minister again on Thursday in a comeback at the head of a conservative cabinet. The 73-year-old political veteran, who is on trial for graft charges he denies, heads a bloc of conservative and religious parties, which secured a parliamentary majority in a Nov. 1 election after a…
Israeli Ministry of Health Refuses to Provide Complete Mortality Data Despite Court Order
HAIFA, Israel—The Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) is refusing to provide complete mortality data for the period of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a court order. A court ordered the agency in September to provide all-cause mortality data by Nov. 15 following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by David Shuldman, an Israeli citizen. The MoH did…
Netanyahu Says He’s Formed New Government Minutes Before Deadline
Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially formed a new government and notified President Isaac Herzog. Netanyahu had until midnight Wednesday to form the government after winning elections in November, securing his sixth term as prime minister. “I got it,” Netanyahu wrote on Twitter 10 minutes before the deadline. “I was able to establish a government that will work…
Israeli Archaeologists Excavating ‘Jesus Midwife’ Tomb
JERUSALEM—An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday. The intricately decorated Jewish burial cave complex dates to around the first century A.D., but it was later associated by local Christians with Salome, the midwife of Jesus in the…
[Premiering at 8PM EST] The Link Between Progressivism and Antisemitism | Church & State
In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles unpacks the rising antisemitic attacks from progressive circles and how antisemitism is becoming a tenet of liberalism. He also dives into the “why” behind the biblical command to protect Israel and how we as Christians can help live out that command. The Link Between Progressivism and Antisemitism | Church…
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