Tag: Israel

Palestinian President Abbas Visits Israel’s Defense Minister in Rare Trip

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz late Tuesday in a rare visit to discuss strengthening economic and security ties. The pair met at Gantz’s home in Israel, marking the second meeting between the pair since Abbas hosted Gantz in August in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Israel’s public…


Israel’s SavorEat Launches Personalized Plant-Based 3D Printed Burgers

HERZLIYA, Israel—Israeli foodtech firm SavorEat on Tuesday launched a plant-based burger system personalized to each customer, one of the first companies to use 3D printing technology to cook food. Typically, vegan burgers from companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are frozen and later cooked on a grill. SavorEat’s technology, however, are made on site…


How Israel, a Close Ally of the US, Became a Close Ally of China

Commentary The United States and Israel appear to be close allies. However, things aren’t always as they seem. As Israel cozies up to China, that once “unbreakable bond” between the United States and Israel looks increasingly fragile. In 1948, the United States became the first country to officially recognize the new State of Israel; seven…


Israel Orders Thousands of Pfizer’s Oral COVID Treatment After Granting Emergency Use Approval

Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday granted emergency approval to an anti-viral oral COVID-19 medication developed by pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Officials ordered roughly 100,000 doses of the pills in an effort to help combat a new coronavirus wave brought about by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The doses are expected to arrive in the country by Wednesday at the earliest, Hebrew-language Channel…


Israel Halts Rollout of 4th COVID Shot, Opts for Hospital Trial to Check Efficacy and Safety

JERUSALEM—Israel’s Health Ministry has halted the national rollout of a fourth vaccine dose for those over 60 or at risk of severe disease that was set to begin on Sunday, opting instead for a hospital trial to address the debate over whether there is sufficient scientific information available to justify another booster drive. A major Israeli hospital will…


Israel Plans to Double Settlement in Golan Heights

MEVO HAMA, Golan Heights—Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday the country intends to double the amount of settlers living in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights with a multimillion-dollar plan meant to further consolidate Israel’s hold on the territory it captured from Syria more than five decades ago. Bennett said the new investment in the region…


Israeli Companies to be Indicted for Illegally Exporting Cruise Missiles to China: Report

Ten Israelis and three Israeli companies are set to be indicted for illegally exporting cruise missiles to China, according to reports. The financial department of  Israel’s state prosecutor’s office gave notice to the suspects that they would be indicted on serious security offenses after it was found that they exported cruise missiles to China without…


Israeli Archaeologists Find Treasures in Ancient Shipwrecks

JERUSALEM—The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds of Roman and medieval silver coins. The finds made near the ancient city of Caesarea were dated to the Roman and Mamluk periods, around 1,700 and 600 years ago, archaeologists said….


Israel Rolls out 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Dose to People Over 60

The Israeli government announced that a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to people older than 60 or those at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, such as immunocompromised people and health care workers. Israel’s health ministry announced Tuesday that the country’s Pandemic Expert Committee recommended the fourth shot. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…


Israel Adds US, Canada, 8 Others to CCP Virus ‘Red List’ Amid Omicron Concerns

The Israeli government on Monday agreed to add the United States and nine other nations to the list of “red” countries amid concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the CCP virus. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a Dec. 20 press release that government officials had approved in a telephone vote…