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The move is "an important step in promoting peace security in our region."

REGIONAL AFFAIRS: This sense of safety and order, of regulation but not burdensome bureaucracy, is not only on display, but it is what businesspeople say attracts them here.

Sources said the announcement of the sanctions in their current form was imminent, while a Turkish official called them "unproductive."

The four MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones made by General Atomics have a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,100 km) and could survey huge swaths of sea and desert.

Israir CEO Uri Sirkis said that "If all parties are serious, it will be possible to open direct lines within three months."

Over 500 strikes on all fronts, but "we still have a long way to go to complete our goals," says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

Israel brought its best face to GITEX and shined.

"Given Qatar’s track record of financing and helping terrorists and its extraordinary links with Iran, giving it F-35s will undermine the advantage of the US, Israel and their regional allies"

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said in response that his conscience was clear over the Aug. 4 blast

Physician, educator and scholar poised to assume pulpit as ‘normalcy’ kicks in

A weekly selection of the opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

From the lack of a clear Israeli strategy on the Iran nuclear deal to the new Middle East approach of President-elect Joe Biden.

The EU said it would seek to coordinate possible further measures with US President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in January.

“If the government stops its so-called support for basic goods, about 80% of the Lebanese population will be in poverty within a few months.”

PA President Mahmoud Abbas said he had accepted Ashrawi's resignation.

More than 1,800 new cases in the last day

From the US to the UAE to Egypt, Israel and Morocco saw plenty of praise for their newly-announced normalization agreement.

Ticket prices for all the events in the festival program range from NIS 10 to NIS 150, and offer the public access to the Zoom-broadcast concerts as well discussions with the artists.

All we need now is for the festival to beat the COVID-19 trap.

The New Orleans setting, far removed from the usual locations for a crime drama such as New York and New Jersey, gives the American remake an interesting atmosphere.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Likud renegade Gideon Sa’ar’s new party could be a long-term flash in the pan but a short-term kingmaker.

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: In Spain, BDS is illegal and the government adopted the IHRA definition, but banning Hezbollah and greater scrutiny of antagonistic NGOs are off the table.

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Few things can be more ironic, hopeful and poetically just than Arab investors’ purchase of soccer club Beitar Jerusalem

TOURISM AFFAIRS: Israelis would rather visit Dubai or the Seychelles than pay similar amounts in resorts that cannot even offer a decent meal, to say nothing of the vaunted Israeli breakfast.

Palestinians can continue to live here, he explained as long as they do not participate in terrorism.

A potential third lockdown due to morbidity rates will lead to higher unemployent rates.

Netanyahu: "We will continue to help small businesses during this complicated time"

Right-wing politicians and settler leaders are pushing to advance the issue now prior to US President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House in January.

The Attorney-General's Office asked for the court to demand that the appointment be made by the end of the month.

With new UFC contract, 29-year-old Natan Levy reflects on journey from France to the octagon

A different kind of redemption from Greek tyranny

“Today, people would kill for opiate substances; during this period there are many new dealers trying their luck.”

The man said he felt failed by the organizations designed to help him rehabilitate.

The pandemic had a major shift in the platform, with the hashtags #coronavirus, #stayhome and #קורונה being the ones with the highest growth in the Jewish state throughout the year.

The family approached a doctor in the community to help diagnose the newborn, who classified the issue as being mild shortness of breath and prescribed her steroids.

The Ministry has succeeded in lowering the number of TB cases from 10.8 cases per 100,000 people in 1998 to 2.4 cases per 100,000 in 2019.

The ‘Magazine’ takes an insider tour of the National Cyber Directorate’s classified command center

Eli Zuzovsky, 25, and Eden Amare Yitbarek, 23, were chosen by the Rhodes selection committee following "a rigorous national selection process."

After realizing that their child could have died from a preventable infection, her parents called on all parents to vaccinate saying, "believe us, it is life-saving."

Poll finds Sa’ar-Yamina bond would beat Likud by six seats.

“We are moving toward an era of progress, prosperity, peace and friendship in the Middle East."

And the Jerusalem Municipality has finally taken notice of the phenomenon.

"Particularly because we were so deeply affected by the virus, we were determined to recruit our greatest minds to gather and fight this life-threatening illness on the front lines."

Tours of hanukkiot in Jerusalem will also take place throughout the holiday – both in person according to Health Ministry guidelines and online.

Viktorov said Israel is a bigger problem for the Middle East than Iran’s proxy wars.

Peretz: 200,000 workers will be able to resume their day jobs, malls must keep “Purple Badge” regulations.

Hikers will need to coordinate with the IDF and receive a permit before arriving at the military zones.

"I thought I had the flu and nothing more," said MK Bitan.

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Issue threatens to further divide community already estranged over Trump-Biden battle

Safra was deeply involved in Jewish community affairs, funding health, education and charity projects and paying for the construction of synagogues and community centers.

The new publication features library collections looted by the Nazi regime during World War II, and will be available in digital form online for users to peruse.

Descriptions of the observance of Hanukkah in Georgia in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Branch has achieved acclaim in a fractured world, shining light on the everyday intertwined lives of Arabs and Jews who have developed deep bonds.

"It was the right decision because of the rise in antisemitism and the percentage of young people who don’t believe the Holocaust happened."

Ailing local newspapers key to bridging religious, ideological rifts, participants say

It features Black rapping about gratitude, his place in Jewish society and even allusions to the coming Messianic age.

Presented on behalf of Dun’s 100

This "Galactic Federation" has supposedly been in contact with Israel and the US for years, but are keeping themselves a secret to prevent hysteria until humanity is ready.

Researchers revealed that a seal sold in a market for a couple of shekels to a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) is in fact the earliest seal discovered in Israel.

While it is possible that Goliath was quite tall and even may have dwarfed most of his contemporaries, he was still a normally sized human being, at least by today’s standards.

The obvious question is if Iran’s nuclear program is merely peaceful then why does the country go to such lengths to hide it.

Overall, though, there is room for optimism. Most Israelis abide by the government-mandated regulations and listen to what authorities tell them is permitted and forbidden.

The Trump administration formally notified Congress last month of its intention to sell the F-35 stealth jet in a deal worth over $23 billion.

Airbnb was accused of acting in bad faith by not informing investors of "politically sensitive" business activities.

The letter to Biden is being circulated by three Democrats who galvanized their colleagues to support the deal in 2015.

The circles were dubbed ORCs, which stands for “odd radio circles.” But the big question, of course, is: “what are they?”

If selected, he would be the agency’s first Black director — and the third Jewish one.

The verdict on Balliet as well as his sentence are due to be given on Dec. 21.

He is the latest French defendant who has successfully used an insanity defense for an alleged antisemitic crime.

The menorah was made by Seva Mayorov, a local non-Jewish artist whose work also features regularly at the annual Tomsk Ice Park exhibition.

Ticket sales will go to benefit small music venues, which have not been able to host any concerts since the pandemic descended earlier this year.

For every person alive today, an amount of anthropogenic mass greater than their body weight is made on average every single week.

The vice president refused to take any questions.

The endorsement comes as Loeffler steps up her attacks on Warnock, a prominent Atlanta pastor, for past sermons in which he was sharply critical of Israel.

The Starship rocket destroyed in the accident was a 16-story-tall prototype for the heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's private space company.

During the party guests began chanting "four more years."

Have you been spending too many years wondering if soulmates even exist?

"There are vaccines for corona, but there is no vaccine for loneliness," said Netanyahu.

This year, the coronavirus pandemic is keeping traditional customers away from the 500-year-old gold market, a narrow lane lined by tiny shops under a vaulted roof.

Hanukkah is just about the only Jewish festival without an obvious wine connection.

In honor of Hanukkah, each kitchen boasts its own special delicacy, with frying being common among all.

While being forced to adapt to multiple challenges during this very difficult year, many of us have shown tremendous patience, flexibility and resilience.

Rival Pfizer is also studying its vaccine candidate in participants as young as 12.

The arrivals come on the heels of US Sec. of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to Israel last month.

I have never been a fan of politics or politicians, but when Trump came to power, America and its politics became interesting.

"If the people of Armenia learn their lessons from what happened in Karabakh, this will be the start of a new era."

Chronicling latest attempt to untie Gordian knot of the ongoing conflict

If I’m feeling low, I find I am comforted by cooking certain foods from my childhood that seem to have disappeared from our menu.

Egypt steps up pressure on Abbas to revive peace process

In addition, the US State Dept. also announced sanctions against 17 officials of China, El Salvador and Jamaica, as well their immediate family members, for serious human rights violations.

The conference will be held in collaboration with The Jerusalem Post Group, at the initiative of former ambassador Danny Danon.

In recent years, Jordan has repeatedly called on Israel to “stop its violations and provocations and respect the legal and historical status quo” at the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

The choice of Rice, 56, as Biden's top domestic policy adviser came as somewhat of a surprise given her extensive background in foreign policy.

Middle East countries are rushing toward unprecedented peace deals, but each has its own reasons.

All of the details surrounding the campaign, which will be shifting regularly during the coming weeks, are secondary to the big picture that’s gotten lost in the fray.

The reason people feel an “Eisenkot” is desirable is because they need someone who can compete with Netanyahu for the title of “Mr. Security.”

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Ideas matter. This is the essence of Judaism: idea, God’s ideas for our lives and our world. Jewish history shows how ideas can change the world.

Biden’s advisers want us to believe that abandoning America’s leverage over Iran, and bringing the unctuous Europeans back into Iran policymaking, will lead to a better nuclear deal

Medical personnel top the list, while children will be ineligible for inoculation

A party that wants to change the nature of public discourse and present an attractive, different, hopeful and chance-creating alternative must change its composition.

We have to ask ourselves how Israel can help Spain and how Spain can help Israel.

No one can claim they didn’t know about the regime’s maltreatment of opponents – first and foremost inside Iran, but also in the neighborhood.

This judgment will be of special interest to working olim and senior returning residents, who lived abroad at least 10 years, especially those in the hi-tech sector.

When it comes to our mental health, there really are two options available to us, both of which complement each other. There is therapy and there are medications.

Never spend your money before you have earned it. (Thomas Jefferson)

TOURISM: A short trip to Dubai from Tel Aviv is a rare travel corridor, but regulations and the need for more centralized information add stress

PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS: Recent moves by the Palestinian Authority could ease the Palestinians’ economic crisis, but they also send a signal to the Biden administration that Ramallah still exists.

If the ambassador's words reflect Moscow's views, that is a source of significant concern.