Tag: Israel

Scientists Find Oldest Evidence of Controlled Use of Fire to Cook Food

The remains of fish analyzed by an international team of scientists found the earliest signs of cooking by humans dating 780,000 years ago, predating available data by about 600,000 years. The finding, published by Nature, was made by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), Tel Aviv University (TAU), and Bar-Ilan University (BIU), in…


PREMIERING NOW: Retsef Levi: Leaked Videos Show How Israeli Authorities Are ‘Actively Hiding Critical Information About Side Effects of the Vaccines’

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “The Ministry of Health in Israel is actively hiding critical information about side effects of the vaccines from the Israeli public,” says Retsef Levi, an expert in risk management and health systems and a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He…


Retsef Levi: Leaked Videos Show How Israeli Authorities Are ‘Actively Hiding Critical Information About Side Effects of the Vaccines’

“The Ministry of Health in Israel is actively hiding critical information about side effects of the vaccines from the Israeli public,” says Retsef Levi, an expert in risk management and health systems and a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He co-authored a paper that found a 25 percent rise in heart attack…


PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: Retsef Levi: Leaked Videos Show How Israeli Authorities Are ‘Actively Hiding Critical Information About Side Effects of the Vaccines’

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “The Ministry of Health in Israel is actively hiding critical information about side effects of the vaccines from the Israeli public,” says Retsef Levi, an expert in risk management and health systems and a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He…


Trump on Anticipated 2024 Bid: Will Keep Everyone in ‘Massive Suspense’

NEW YORK—Former President Donald Trump is again hinting about a third presidential run despite some resistance from his inner circle, saying that he will keep people in “massive suspense.” “We’ll be making a statement on Tuesday night, we’ll see,” he told a crowd of hundreds on the night of Nov. 13 at an annual gala…


Netanyahu Formally Tasked With Forming New Israeli Government

JERUSALEM—Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government. Tasking Netanyahu with building the next coalition, President Isaac Herzog noted that Israel’s longest-serving premier had received enough recommendations from like-minded parties to secure 64 of parliament’s 120 seats. That puts the conservative Netanyahu on the path to…


Protection From 4th Dose of COVID Vaccine Wanes Completely Within Months: Study

An Israeli study found that antibody levels after a fourth dose of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine returned to similar levels as after the 3rd dose after about four months. The study, conducted among health care workers at the Sheba Medical Center, the largest hospital in Israel, found that the immunological protection of the 4th…


The Return of Bibi Netanyahu

Commentary It turns out that, sometimes, the fifth time is a charm. With the final ballots now counted in Israel’s fifth national election in four years, the results are officially in: Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, already the longest-serving prime minister in the 74-year history of the modern Jewish state, is set to return as premier. After…


Netanyahu Set to Return to Power in Israel After Prime Minister Concedes

JERUSALEM—Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier’s triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance. Netanyahu’s victory is set to end an unprecedented stalemate in Israel after five elections in less than four years. This time Netanyahu, the dominant…


UK Ditches Former PM Truss’s Plan to Relocate Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has abandoned plans by his predecessor to move the UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Downing Street has revealed. Liz Truss, when she was prime minister, ordered a review into whether the UK should follow the Trump administration in relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv. Asked whether the government…