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Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying Monday he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without
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A meatpacking plant with a Rabbanut hechsher in the city of Nahariya in northern Israel was closed down by the Rabbanut after it was found to have been selling treif
Russian police in the Krasnodar region of Russia near the Black Sea formulated an elaborate ruse to arrest members of an anti-Semitic criminal gang by faking the murder of a
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Israel celebrated on Sunday when gymnast Arten Dolgopyat won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. But nothing in Israel is simple and Dolgopyat’s win spurred an avalanche of complaints
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Evictions, which have mostly been on pause during the pandemic, were expected to ramp up Monday after the Biden administration allowed the federal moratorium to expire over the weekend and
Iran will swiftly respond to any threats against its security, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following reports that Israel, the US and UK are coordinating their response to
Following an almost-24 hour discussion, the Bennett-Lapid government approved the 2021-2022 national budget on Monday morning, the first state budget approved in three years. The legislation must still be passed
The Islamic terror group Hamas on Sunday said it has re-elected its supreme leader. Ismail Haniyeh, who has been living in exile for the past two years, was given a
Two leading obstetricians’ groups on Friday recommended COVID-19 shots for all pregnant women, citing concerns over rising cases and low vaccination rates. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and
The Biden administration on Monday expanded its efforts to evacuate at-risk Afghan citizens from Afghanistan as Taliban violence increases ahead there of the U.S. military pullout at the end of
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