Largest investigation of the new COVID shots suggests they also sharply reduce deaths, calling them ‘an effective and essential tool’; research is not yet peer-reviewed New Omicron-fighting COVID booster shots have delivered an 81 percent reduction in COVID hospitalization to Israelis aged 65-plus, according to recently released research. The study, …
Read More »Flights grounded throughout US after FAA computer outage
Agency says it is working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System that pilots must consult before flights NEW YORK (AP) — A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US on Wednesday, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system …
Read More »Bid to revoke citizenship of PA-paid terror convicts advances with opposition’s help
Likud MK ties initiative to ending veneration of terrorists as heroes among Arab Israelis, after killer Karim Younis’s jubilant homecoming last week With broad support from over 70 lawmakers, legislation that will revoke the citizenship or residency of convicted terrorists who are remunerated by the Palestinian Authority cleared its preliminary …
Read More »Jewish Pop Star Finds Joy in Jesus
Sixties sensation Helen Shapiro shares her journey from Jewish youth skeptical of Christians to follower of Yeshua (Jesus). Just as the ‘swinging sixties’ started to gain momentum, a Jewish teenager from the East End of London took the pop world by storm with a string of hits. Her first – …
Read More »Carbonated water maker SodaStream to lay off 120 workers at southern Israel plant
Israeli home seltzer machine maker slashing its global workforce by about 5% in response to lower demand and volatile global markets SodaStream became the latest Israeli company trimming its workforce as the maker of home seltzer machines announced Monday that it is laying off 120 employees, mainly at its factory …
Read More »Dramatic Jump in COVID Infection Rate in Israel: Nearly 4,000 in One Day
Number of patients hospitalized in serious condition has also risen sharply, prompting urgent meeting of government’s “corona cabinet” On Monday, May 31, Israel registered just four new COVID-19 infections and everyone was convinced that the Corona crisis had come to an end in the Jewish state. But in just two …
Read More »Israel, United Arab Emirates Ratify Major Free Trade Agreement
UAE’s minister for foreign trade hails “another major step in our foreign trade agenda” with Israel deal. (TPS) Officials of Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday ratified a free trade agreement which is expected to increase bilateral trade to over $10 billion within five years. The signing was …
Read More »Ben Gvir threatens to hinder government in push for veto over bill-vetting panel
Otzma Yehudit head demanding new Ministerial Committee for Legislation post, which his office says is meant to give him final say over what proposals the coalition will back Far-right Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir threatened on Monday to hold up the formation of the next government unless he …
Read More »Iraqi Supporter of Peace With Israel Faces Prison, Execution
If they succeed to silence a former parliament member with “thousands of people” behind him, “no one will be able to speak for peace,” says Mithal al-Alusi. (JNS) Former Iraqi parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, a longtime supporter of peace with Israel and a recipient of the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Moral …
Read More »2,200-year-old coin hoard gives hard proof of Book of Maccabees, say archaeologists
Trove of silver coins — two months’ average salary — documents bloody persecution preceding the famous Hanukkah revolt when Jews fled to the desert, as written in I Maccabees 2:29 Archaeologists recently uncovered a cache of 2,200-year-old silver coins near the Dead Sea, which they say is the first physical …
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