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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today at his corruption trial to hear prosecutors make their allegations against him. Prosecutors say Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister used his political influence as ‘currency’ to buy favours from media executives and wealthy businessmen. The evidentiary phase of the trial was beginning as Israel’s political parties were … Read more
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket at southern Israel today, the army said, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the region on election day. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties caused by the attack on Israeli territory. ‘A short while ago, a projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip into … Read more
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has cancelled a planned visit to Israel as it emerged he had not been fully vaccinated against COVID because he ‘didn’t want to jump the line’ – in a blow to his ‘friend’ Benjamin Netanyahu as he fights for re-election. Bourla, 59, and some of his staff have received their first doses … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial some six weeks before Israeli voters again pass judgment on his leadership. ‘I confirm the written answer submitted in my name,’ Netanyahu said, standing before a three-judge panel in a heavily-guarded Jerusalem District Court. He was … Read more
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated today in the funeral of a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. Photographs showed the funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who died at age 99 and had recently suffered from Covid-19, winding its way through the streets of Jerusalem in … Read more
Israel is accused of ‘racism’ by Palestinian PM after excluding 4million people in the West Bank and Gaza from its Covid-19 vaccine program Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to vaccinate all citizens by April Israel’s Arab citizens and Palestinians in East Jerusalem will get a dose Pledge will not, however, be extended to those … Read more
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson and mega-donor to US President Donald Trump, who died on Tuesday aged 87 after a long illness, has been buried in Jerusalem. The casino mogul’s coffin was greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adelson’s wife Miriam on Thursday night, and was buried on Friday. The billionaire mogul and power broker, who built a … Read more
Israel ‘paid to jump the vaccine queue’ with PM Benjamin Netanyahu phoning Pfizer boss 17 times in just days to secure more supplies of the Covid jab Israel has already vaccinated 1.8million – a fifth of its population – in three weeks But the country did not order any Pfizer-BioNTech jabs until mid-November It reportedly … Read more
Israel ‘paid to jump the vaccine queue’ with PM Benjamin Netanyahu phoning Pfizer boss 17 times in just days to secure more supplies of the Covid jab Israel has already vaccinated 1.8million – a fifth of its population – in three weeks But the country did not order any Pfizer-BioNTech jabs until mid-November It reportedly … Read more
The EU today announced it had bought another 300million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and approved a plan to scrape an extra dose out of each vial as the bloc tries to catch up to the faster rollouts in the US and Britain. With Israel still leading the global race – having given jabs to … Read more