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Poland's president Andrzej Duda has approved a law that will make it harder for Jewish people to recover property lost during and after World War Two. Israel has recalled its diplomatic envoy to Warsaw over the changes, branding the law "anti-Semitic".more

The vast majority of subjects who received a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Israel experienced a significant increase in antibody levels a week after the injection, public broadcaster Kan.more

The Israeli air force raided Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning in response to the dispatch of incendiary balloons from the territory, an Israeli military spokesman said.more

A charity that monitors antisemitism and provides security for British Jewish groups has said the Gaza conflict that broke out in May resulted in its highest recording of anti-Jewish hate incidents.more

Police recorded around four times as many antisemitic incidents in London during May’s war between Israel and Gaza than at any time in the last three years, the city’s force said Thursday.more

The majority, 80 percent, of people vaccinated against COVID-19 who still became infected with the virus did not pass it on to others in public, the Times of Israel reports the country’s Health Ministry as saying.more

Due to the spread of the Delta variant of the coronovirus, Israel began giving a booster third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to immunocompromised adults. A booster dose has also been approved by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Thailand.more

Israeli courts have ruled that minor children cannot be stopped from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 even if one of their parents objects. more

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 in 93 percent. prevents a serious course of the disease caused by the Delta variant, but its effectiveness in preventing a milder symptomatic course has decreased by about a third - to 64%. the Israeli Ministry of Health reported.more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power is set to end on Sunday when the parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the departure of the country’s longest-serving leader.more

Thousands of protesters have attended pro-Palestinian rallies in London, Manchester and Cardiff. About 250 people have been killed since fighting began between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza on 10 May. A ceasefire began on Friday.more

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 240 people were killed, most of them in Gaza.more

Israeli armed forces bombed the Gaza Strip from the air this morning, and Palestinian militants from that enclave continued to fire at the Jewish state. There are no signs of any ceasefire, despite international calls to end the fighting since May 10, writes Reuters.more

Thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza.more

The UN Security Council will meet on Sunday to discuss the escalating conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Fighting broke out on Monday and is becoming more and more fierce, dozens of civilians have already died. Due to the threat in the region, many airlines have suspended flights to the airport in Tel Aviv.more

At least 44 people have been killed in a crush at a crowded religious festival in the north-east of Israel. Dozens more were injured at the Lag B'Omer festival, which takes place annually at the foot of Mount Meron.more

For the first time since June last year, less than 1 percent have been reported in Israel. positive for Covid-19. In addition, for the first time, there were no cities marked red in Israel on Tuesday morning due to the number of infections, reports The Jerusalem Post.more

Paris on Wednesday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to establish a travel corridor between the two countries that would allow vaccinated citizens respective visitation rights. more

Israel took another step towards post-pandemic normalcy on Sunday, opening restaurants, bars and cafes to vaccinated "green pass" holders, with about 40 percent of the population fully inoculated against the coronavirus.more

Israel is preparing itself to be split in half from next week, with the government creating a new privileged tier in society: the vaccinated.more

Israeli Health Minister Juli Edelstein warned that unvaccinated citizens against Covid-19 would "be left behind" and would not be allowed to go to gyms or events. The number of people vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine in Israel today has reached 4 million.more

Israel's largest healthcare provider said Sunday a study of more than half a million fully vaccinated Israelis indicated the Pfizer/BioNTech jab gave 94 percent protection against COVID-19.more

Israel began administering COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers Saturday as it pushed ahead with its inoculation drive, with a quarter of the population now vaccinated, health officials said.more

The animal damaged several boxes of goods in the container. The cat gnawed them so as not to starve to death. A cat from Ukraine came to Israel in a closed metal container with sweets. It miraculously survived three weeks, eating nothing but sweets.more

Experts explain that the side effects Israelis are experiencing after their second dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine – such as fatigue, headaches and muscle aches – are our immune system at work.more