Izrael

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that with the emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus from this evening, Israel is closing its borders to foreigners. The ban will last 14 days.more

Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Israelis may need a fourth dose of the vaccine for Covid-19 if the number of cases of infection begins to rise again as part of the fifth wave of the pandemic, "The Times of Israel" reported today.more

Israel, like the second country in the world after the US, began vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 yesterday. A vaccine from Pfizer / BioNtech is used, which assures that it has shown 90.7 percent. efficacy against disease in a clinical trial involving children in this age range.more

The ROOK is a multi-purpose, unmanned ground vehicle produced for the military in cooperation with the Israeli companies Elbit Systems and Roboteam to support and even replace infantry in various missions at the front, The Jerusalem Post announced on Tuesday.more

Alternative meat made of vegetable ingredients and printed in 3D is sent from Israel to tables, among others luxury restaurants in France, Great Britain and Germany - reported the Reuters agency.more

Israel said on Sunday (Nov 14) that children aged five to 11 would be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, and that a starting date for the campaign would be made public within days.more

Violent extremism will not stop Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely from telling Israel’s story, the embassy said on Wednesday, after she was evacuated from the London School of Economics (LSE) as students and other pro-Palestinian activists tried to attack her following a speaking engagement.more

A leaked study by Israel's Tel Hashomer Hospital shows that the third dose of Pfizer's vaccine contains more antibodies more effective in preventing coronavirus infection.more

The first case of AY4.2, a new variant of the Delta coronavirus identified in the UK, was detected in an 11-year-old Israeli boy after he returned from Moldova, The Times of Israel reported.more

Israel is making preparations to ensure it has sufficient vaccine supply in case a fourth round of Covid-19 shots is needed, the country’s top health official said on Sunday. more

In people aged 60 and over, the third dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine significantly increases immunity against both infection and severe COVID-19 disease, research in Israel has shown.more

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