Tag: Israel

Biden Shakes Hands, Hugs Woman After White House Said He’d ‘Minimize Contact’ in Israel

President Joe Biden shook hands with multiple officials and hugged a woman in Israel on July 13, hours after the White House said he’d seek to “minimize contact” with others because of COVID-19 concerns. Biden shook hands with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz while touring the Iron Dome defense system near Tel Aviv. He also shook…


Biden to ‘Minimize Contact’ on Middle East Trip: White House

President Joe Biden will likely not shake hands during his Middle East trip, the White House indicated shortly before Air Force One arrived in Israel. There are concerns about an increase in COVID-19 cases and other metrics, triggering the shift in normal protocol, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters. “I think just the simplest…


Capitol Report (July 12): Lowering Food Prices, Protecting Farmland; US Kills High-Level ISIS Commander

President Joe Biden is heading to the Middle East Tuesday night. The White House says he wants to help bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together. House Republicans are calling for legislation to boost legal farmworker immigration, saying it’ll lower food prices. How much will it help, and what do lawmakers tell us about efforts…


Israel’s Caretaker Prime Minister Lapid Holds First Cabinet Meeting

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid held his first Cabinet meeting on Sunday since taking over as leader, promising a functional government despite the political instability that is sending Israel to its fifth elections in less than four years. Lapid, sitting next to his predecessor power-sharing partner Naftali Bennett, also warned that Israel…


Israel’s Bennett Hands Premiership to Foreign Minister Lapid, Won’t Seek Reelection

Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett handed over Israeli premiership to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday after lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament (Knesset). The Knesset dissolution followed the collapse of Bennett’s ruling coalition and opened the way for a Nov. 1 election that will be Israel’s fifth in less than four years. Accompanied by their…


Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Lowers Sperm Concentration By 15.4% Months After Injection: Israeli Study

According to a new peer-reviewed study that was just published in Israel, researchers found that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to lower levels of semen in men. Specifically, they found that in the six-month period post-vaccination, sperm concentration decreased by 15.4 percent, leading to motile count (which is the number of moving sperm) being reduced 22.1…


[Premiering 6/29 at 1PM ET] Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Lowers Sperm Concentration By 15.4% Months After Injection: Israeli Study

According to a new peer-reviewed study that was just published in Israel, researchers found that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leads to lower levels of semen in men. Specifically, they found that in the six-month period post-vaccination, sperm concentration decreased by 15.4 percent, leading to motile count (which is the number of moving sperm) being reduced 22.1…


Stunning Roman Mosaics Return Home to New Israeli Museum

JERUSALEM—A series of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade touring the world’s top museums. The mosaics were first discovered in the central city of Lod in 1996 but the Israel Antiquities Authority only fully unearthed…


Israeli Government Fast-Tracks Bill to Dissolve Parliament

JERUSALEM—Israel’s outgoing coalition government will fast-track a bill this week to dissolve parliament, setting up the country for its fifth elections in three years, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Monday that he would disband his alliance of eight ideologically diverse parties, a year after taking office, and send the…


Israel to Dissolve Government, New Prime Minister Confirmed

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israel’s foreign minister agreed to submit a bill to dissolve Parliament, according to an announcement Monday, coming weeks ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the country. Bennett will step aside to be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Bennett’s partner in the unlikely coalition of opposites that ended…