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Variant first found in SA better at bypassing Pfizer/BioNTech jab: Israeli study
The study by Tel Aviv University and Israel's largest healthcare provider compared 400 unvaccinated people infected with COVID-19 to 400 partially or fully...
Ceremonies took place across the country, in contrast to last year when coronavirus restrictions forced most memorials to be held online only and when the ageing survivors of the genocide were confined indoors.
In Rivlin's consultations with party leaders following the 23 March vote, Netanyahu was backed by 52 lawmakers elected to Israel's 120-seat parliament, the Knesset.
Netanyahu, Israel's longest serving premier after 12 years in power, had hoped Tuesday's election would finally allow him to unite a stable right-wing coalition behind him, after three inconclusive elections since 2019.
Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving premier, had hoped that Tuesday's vote would finally allow him to unite a right-wing coalition behind him, after three inconclusive elections since 2019.
The American former president's conservative base was avidly pro-Israel and Trump fulfilled a wishlist for the hawkish Netanyahu.
The finds are a result of survey of some 80 kilometres (50 miles) of cliffs in a desert area spanning southern Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Mogoeng is set to appeal the decision made by a member of the committee to retract and apologise for his comments made on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.
The three countries will launch 'a research and development fund' and begin 'joint efforts for common production of future vaccines', Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference.
The withholding of essential healthcare is war crime and a violation of all international laws and humanitarian standards, writes Mike Shingane.
"In the end, our central concern must be for the victims of crimes, both Palestinian and Israeli, arising from the long cycle of violence and insecurity that has caused deep suffering and despair on all sides," said chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.
The law gives local governments, the director general of the education ministry and some in the welfare ministry the right to receive the names, addresses and phone numbers of unvaccinated citizens.
Rafah is the only passage to the outside world for Gaza - a densely populated enclave of around two million Palestinians, half of whom live below the poverty line - that is not controlled by Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the first Israeli premier to be indicted in office, was formally charged last year over allegations that he accepted improper gifts and sought to trade regulatory favour with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage.
Terming Israel an apartheid state is neither inappropriate nor an insult to us black South Africans, writes Duduzile Mahlangu-Masango.
Because we know intimately what apartheid involved, we have a duty to question whether it is an appropriate term for the Israel-Palestine question, writes Klass Mokgomole.
The United States -- which had firmly sided with Israel under the administration of Donald Trump -- said Tuesday it intended to "restore credible U.S. engagement with Palestinians as well as Israelis."
Sudan agreed to normalise ties with Israel in October last year and an Israeli delegation visited Khartoum the following month.
B'Tselem said it was an accurate description of Israel's attitude both to residents of the occupied Palestinian territories and to its own Arab citizens.