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Rivlin White House visit seen as test case for Bennett-Biden relationship; Netanyahu argues “no surprises” policy limits Israel on security matters.

Can Israel move on from chaos now that the vaccine dispute with the Palestinians, new diplomatic initiatives with the UAE, a Mount Meron investigation and 36 new diplomatic postings approved?

Health funds reported massive spikes in youth signing up to be inoculated over the last few days due to outbreaks at schools.

After several outbreaks in Israeli schools, officials and experts discuss a new testing structure at Ben-Gurion, quarantine enforcement, and a requirement to wear masks.

A vote will be held next week on extending an ordinance preventing the family reunification of Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.

No Israeli cabinet ministers visited the UAE or Bahrain since the Abraham Accords were announced.

Nigerian Ambassador Nart Augustine Kolo was the last ambassador to present credentials to President Reuven Rivlin prior to the conclusion of Rivlin’s seven-year term as president.

Nine-year-old Daniel was invited to sing on stage with Ribo after he impressed him at a performance on the oncology department he received treatment at several months ago.

The outgoing intelligence minister said that in place of Hamas, Israel should hand over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority.

The outpost was illegally built in May in the aftermath of a terror attack at the Tapuah Junction which claimed the life of 19-year-old Yehuda Guetta.

The former prime minister accuses the new administration of giving into Biden's demand that he rejected.

The Acre International Fringe Theater Festival is celebrating its 42nd anniversary by returning to its original Old City home after being held virtually last year.

All told, the three-dayer will take in 14 shows, opening with a veteran saxophone playing member of the local jazz scene fronting a tribute to Israeli early 1970s musical Kazablan.

“The Foreign Ministry and its workers are leading a message of tolerance, brotherhood and freedom,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted.

The announcement follows violent protests against egalitarian prayer at the holy site.

Veteran journalist, diplomat Arye Mekel interviewed all the big names in politics.

While Israel's hi-tech sector soars, breaking its own fundraising records every month, companies are having trouble recruiting the talent they need to catch up with their ambitions.

Many Israelis are hesitant to fly abroad due to the bureaucracy involved, fear of having to self-isolate and the added cost.

The parties intend to jointly establish a two-story logistics center, with a total built-up area of approximately 50,000 square meters.

Individuals from abroad will be allowed to enter Israel beginning July 1, but without clear government guidelines, potential tourists are saying they are confused and hesitant.

Jacob Rosen, Israel's former ambassador to Jordan, has published a study, including an English language list, of lost Jewish surnames from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

Palestinian media reported that residents in the neighborhood fired fireworks at Israeli security forces during the clashes in the neighborhood.

Earlier this month, Defense Minister Benny Gantz issued a demarcation order which spoke of an intent to evacuate the outpost, but to date no steps have been taken against it.

Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg also spoke at the event, in her first official appearance since the formation of a new Israeli coalition government.

The honorary doctorates will be awarded at a special ceremony on June 22 during the university's PhD graduation ceremony.

The citation is set to be presented at a special Hebrew-language event on July 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the Konrad Adenauer Conference Center in Jerusalem's Mishkenot Sha'ananim neighborhood.

The qualifiers will be held at Tel Aviv Port in an area converted into a basketball court with stands containing hundreds of seats for the general public, who may enter and watch for free.

Allen played 48 games in the NBA, including with the Boston Celtics in 2017-2018 and the New York Knicks from 2018 to 2020,

The suspect is charged with carrying out weapons offenses including possession and carrying of weapons and ammunition, firing a weapon and other offenses.

Organizers called on supports of the settlement movement to "stop with their feet illegal Arab control" as they explained that the "war for state lands" had moved onto a new level.

"Why did he agree to give Gideon, Bennett, Gantz and everyone else the role of prime minister, just so he could not give it to anyone else in the Likud?" Edelstein asked.

In his first cabinet meeting for the new government, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on Iran and unity, not on haredim, sounding almost exactly like Benjamin Netanyahu.

MK Emilie Moatti congratulated the new appointees on Twitter, saying that former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been holding them as "political hostages."

Children up to age six will be able to enter the country if their parents meet the vaccination requirements.

Will Elyakim Rubinstein chair the Meron probe?

“A regime of executioners cannot have weapons of mass destruction,” the prime minister stated.

Ultra-Orthodox MKs pan idea, describing it as ‘desecration’ of the day of rest.

"We are working to bring long-term peace, to strengthen the moderates and the Palestinian Authority and create a better reality for our neighbors in Gaza," Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.

Families of victims welcome govt decision, saying they can concentrate on memorializing their loved ones instead of campaigning to have the failures which led to the disaster investigated.

Yehosua became the first Jewish resident of Lod to die from wounds he sustained during the recent wave of Arab riots in the city.

It provides full jamming immunity for multiple satellite channels and handles multiple interfering signals operating on concurrent frequencies.

The PA ministry also claimed that there is "a greater and more severe violence" practiced by the IDF against the Palestinians since the Bennet government was formed.

Even though Yisrael Beiteinu MK Eli Avidar was disappointed that he didn’t get an executive role in the new cabinet, he said he still supports the new government.

Israel also ranks second globally in Hardware & IoT, Health Technology, and the Software & Data industries.

The reform will also minimize the number of dormant subscribers who pay about NIS 50 million a year for services they don't use.

"The problem is a lack of supply in the housing market," said the co-founder of First Israel Mortgages. "The only way to bring down prices is to build more homes."

Lipschitz, an immigrant from Johannesburg who was married to Linda Lipschitz, is survived by two children, Yaron and Yael, five grandchildren and two brothers, Anthony and Howard.

The meeting comes ahead of Rivlin's exit from the President's Residence on July 7, when he will be replaced by Isaac Herzog.

Many citizens living in the area expressed continued support for Netanyahu, emphasizing his strength and their unwavering belief in his leadership.

Following the game, Omri Casspi, Israel’s first representative in the NBA spoke about perhaps having played his final game as a professional.

“We have two core values,” he declared. “The first is a commitment to beer of the highest quality, and our new equipment demonstrates this.”

Kohavi, who is in the US, believes that moderate Sunni states such as the UAE and Bahrain can deepen ties with Israel on security arrangements.

On April 30, 45 men and boys, mostly ultra-Orthodox died in a mass crush on Mount Meron, the site of the tomb of Talmudic sage Shimon Bar Yohai.

The Samaritan religion closely resembles Judaism, but with several marked differences, including its own Torah written in their own ancient Hebrew, and Mount Gerizim being their holiest place.

The Secretary of Defense announced during a Thursday congressional session that the request for military assistance has been approved and the US will transfer the requested amount over to Israel.

The Netanya Municipality refused to support the Pride event which took place on Friday.

Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev called for a formal investigation into the incident.

The source of the infection might be a family who had recently returned to Israel from abroad.

Missed opportunity does not bode well for Biden attempt at peace process

The departure will take place nearly a month after Bennett began the premiership last week.

The announcement came after Israel delivered a first shipment of Pfizer COVID vaccine to the Palestinian Authority.

Assistance Dogs of Hawaii has been teaching four dogs – three Labrador retrievers named Sadie, Tess and Yuki, and a Golden retriever named Samson – to detect people infected with corona.

The demarcation order opened the door to an evacuation as early as last Monday, but no evacuation took place and no date has been set for the eviction.

The number of complete homes increased by 87% the first quarter of 2021, when compared to that same period last year, according to Central Bureau of Statistics data.

The Submarine Affair is an ongoing scandal involving a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG.

It will be the first visit by Kohavi and he is expected to try to persuade the Americans not to reenter the Iranian deal

The new chain includes five unique hotels located in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Tiberias, Nahariya and Hadera.

Bennett has been a part of Israel's political system for 15 years, but the Arab world is just now creating an image of Israel's new prime minister.

Show celebrates museum’s 70th anniversary and includes works of 128 Israeli and Palestinian artists.

In opera, David Sebba allows the audience to meet women overlooked in biblical narrative.

Bio Meat Foodtech is also in talks with a third party that is developing cultured fish products based on the technology that is part of the MOU.

The debtor allegedly owed a total of NIS 350,000 dating back to portfolio created 2006, from debts accumulated in the 1990s.

The character of Jerusalem’s SlutWalk is influenced by the diversity of the city.

The firefighter, following the assault, was allowed to go on leave for two weeks and returned to work to begin his officers course to eventually move up to the commissioner position.

The child, just a year and a half old, had managed to lock herself in the car after taking her mother's keys.

Transferring certain authorities to local councils would allow municipilities to individually conclude whether they would prefer to run public transportation services during Shabbat.

The process is expected to last a few weeks, though N12 has reported that the legal adviser for the PMO has not yet set an official date for the transfer.

His mother had initially reported both of her sons missing, sparking a search operation by Tel Aviv's Marine Police Unit.

After reviewing the evidence, including body cam footage, the judge determined that "there was a powerful attempt to put words in the appellants mouth."

Police were called to the home of Ynet's reporter after a loud explosion was heard just two weeks after the shootings at his home.

The attorney-general said Israel is closely following international legal developments and that it will “ensure comprehensive representation"

The strikes were carried out in response to multiple incendiary balloons launched which led to some eight fires in Israeli communities near Gaza.

The illegal destruction of the documents was performed at the instruction of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to clerks in the office.

The initiative was originally scheduled to take place on Earth Day, April 22, but was postponed due to COVID restrictions in Spain.

The letter was spearheaded by the Philos Project, an American nonprofit based in New York City that seeks to promote Christian engagement in the Near East.

The coalition needs the support of right-wing opposition MKs to pass the family reunification ordinance because it is opposed by Ra'am.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: After a week with a new government in position, the only sure thing to be gleaned is that it’s not going to be easy.

Yitzchak Gabai, who served time in prison after a 2014 arson attempt on a Jerusalem school, is suspected of sexual offenses against a 17-year-old.

US-ISRAEL AFFAIRS: But as the dust settles after Bennett’s first week in office, the challenges remain the same.

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Can the legislation that the new coalition has stated it wishes to advance actually be passed?

The answer to that question could decide who replaces Netanyahu as Likud leader, no matter whether it will be in a matter of months or years.

The deer will officially be named Buji, Tamar and Gila, and will join the other young deer in the park born in recent years, whose names include the likes of Zoom, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Pfizer.

Recovery certifications are expected to expire as early as June 30. Holders will be able to receive new documentation attesting their coronavirus status.

Brooklyn Bake Shop serves Jewish cakes and breads that taste like home and Cinematheque is premiering "Gates of Jerusalem."

Sheldon Ritz has held different positions at the Dan Hotel chain for 23 years, a new food show about Yemenite food and a mask-free kiddush.