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World's oldest mosque found in Northern Israel
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World's oldest mosque found in Northern Israel

  • A team of archaeologists uncovered the oldest mosque in the world, in the region of Tiberias in Northern Israel.
  • The Al-Juma Mosque (or Friday Mosque) is in the South of Tiberias, at the foot of Mount Berenice.
Updated 21 Jan, 2021 08:17pm
Wary of Biden tack on Iran, Israel revisits military
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Wary of Biden tack on Iran, Israel revisits military

  • President-elect Joe Biden wants to rejoin the deal if Tehran - which denies seeking the bomb - returns to strict compliance.
  • Israel has long had plans in place to counter Iran. The article appeared designed to signal that these were now being updated.
Published 14 Jan, 2021 05:40pm
Israel launches major air strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria
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Israel launches major air strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria

  • Two residents in the regional capital Deir al Zor City told Reuters they could hear the distant sound of huge explosions.
  • Israel's Defence Force Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said last month that missile strikes had "slowed down Iran's entrenchment in Syria" adding they had hit more than 500 targets in 2020.
Published 13 Jan, 2021 09:20pm
Israeli strikes on Syria kill 23: monitor
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Israeli strikes on Syria kill 23: monitor

  • Israel has carried out hundreds of air and missile strikes on Syria since civil war broke out in 2011, targeting Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces as well as Syrian government troops.
Published 13 Jan, 2021 12:56pm
Israel announces the construction of additional housing in West Bank, days prior to Biden assuming office
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Israel announces the construction of additional housing in West Bank, days prior to Biden assuming office

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz are advancing the construction of 850 Jewish housing units in the West Bank, days before President-elect Biden takes office.
  • The Israeli Supreme Planning Council is expected to advance construction of the housing units, which are currently in varying stages of approval - but a date for the approval has yet to be confirmed.
Published 11 Jan, 2021 05:37pm
Israeli tourists stealing from Dubai hotels: report
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Israeli tourists stealing from Dubai hotels: report

  • Israeli tourists visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of stealing items from hotel rooms in Dubai.
  • Complaints of Israeli tourists stealing from hotels come only a month after the first commercial passenger flight from Israel to the UAE was initiated.
Updated 08 Jan, 2021 04:03pm
Iran vows "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it
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Iran vows "decisive response" to any Israeli move against it

  • Iran said on Tuesday it would deliver a “decisive response” to any Israeli move against it, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons.
  • On Monday, Iran said it resumed 20% uranium enrichment at a nuclear facility, a move that coincides with rising tensions with the United States in the last days of President Donald Trump’s term.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 09:31am
Palestinians excluded from Israel's vaccination drive, as millions in the occupied territory may wait months
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Palestinians excluded from Israel's vaccination drive, as millions in the occupied territory may wait months

  • Despite the fact that Israel has conducted a record-setting vaccination drive, having already vaccinated a tenth of the population, Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza have yet to be involved in the process.
  • Batches of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines have been dispatched to the West Bank, but they have only been distributed to Jewish settlers - depriving the nearly 2.7 million Palestinians in the territory.
Updated 04 Jan, 2021 03:04pm
Israel, Saudi Arabia reportedly pushing Trump for a strike on Iran ahead of Biden inauguration
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Israel, Saudi Arabia reportedly pushing Trump for a strike on Iran ahead of Biden inauguration

  • Israel and Saudi Arabia are reportedly pushing the Trump Administration to carry out a surgical strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
  • Riyadh and Jerusalem have "exerted heavy pressure on the president to take out Iran's nuclear installations in a surgical strike", in an effort to "sabotage" President-elect Biden's plan to re-enter negotiations with the Iranian regime.
Updated 01 Jan, 2021 12:49pm
U.S, Israel’s bid to oppose U.N’s annual budget over alleged bias against Jerusalem receives no support at the forum
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U.S, Israel’s bid to oppose U.N’s annual budget over alleged bias against Jerusalem receives no support at the forum

  • On Thursday, the outgoing Trump Administration launched a last ditch appeal supporting Israel in the United Nations, by voting against the organisation's annual budget - which found no international support.
  • As a result, the United Nations General Assembly approving a $3.231 billion budget for 2021, with 167 nations in favour and only the United States and Israel in contention.
Updated 01 Jan, 2021 12:21pm
Convicted U.S spy greeted by Netanyahu as he arrives in Israel
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Convicted U.S spy greeted by Netanyahu as he arrives in Israel

  • On Wednesday, Jonathan Pollard, an American jailed in the United States since 1985 on charges of spying for Israel, landed in Israel where he was received by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • Israel's raid on the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Tunis headquarters in October 1985, that killed around 60 people, was planned through information from Pollard.
Updated 30 Dec, 2020 07:05pm
Syrian soldier killed in Israeli air raid near Damascus
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Syrian soldier killed in Israeli air raid near Damascus

  • One Syrian soldier has been killed, with several others wounded, in an Israeli attack on a military compound in the outskirts of Damascus, on Wednesday.
  • Since the start of the prolonged civil war in 2011, Israel has launched hundreds of air raids on Syria, targeting pro-government troops, allied Iranian forces and Hezbollah fighters.
Updated 30 Dec, 2020 03:36pm
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard lands in Israel
World

Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard lands in Israel

  • He remained subject to a curfew, had to wear a wrist monitor, and was prohibited from working for any company that lacked US government monitoring software on its computer systems.
Published 30 Dec, 2020 11:27am
75-year-old Israeli man dies of heart attack after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
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75-year-old Israeli man dies of heart attack after receiving COVID-19 vaccine

  • A 75-year-old man from Northern Israel died from a heart attack, two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the country's Health Ministry.
  • Levy mentioned that "We share in the grief of the family", but reiterated in a press conference that initial findings have revealed that there is no tangible link between the man's death and his vaccination.
Updated 28 Dec, 2020 06:45pm