The punchline was delivered by Michael Che in the Weekly Update segment of the show, accounting for just a few seconds amid numerous dunks on Ted Cruz taking a vacation in Mexico amid the Texas power crisis. Critics say the joke was “stoking hatred against Jews by perpetuating libels.” Taken …
Read More »Israel shuts down its entire Mediterranean coast as massive oil spill raises health concerns
The population should “not to go [to the beaches] to swim, or do sports or leisure activity until further notice,” a warning, jointly issued by the Health, Interior and Environmental Protection ministries on Sunday, read. “Exposure to tar could harm public health.” The announcement comes after several volunteers, out of …
Read More »Israel to bar unvaccinated people from some jobs, says health minister
“There will soon be jobs where, in order to work, the workers will have to either be vaccinated or undergo a Covid-19 test every 48 hours,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday. Flanked by senior Ministry of Health officials, Edelstein did not elaborate on which jobs people would be …
Read More »Palestinian elections may be doomed to fail if US and Israel interfere again
As stated by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on January 15, legislative elections will be held on May 22 this year, with the presidential vote following on July 31. The announcement has since caused many to fear the potential backlash, due to both party divides and foreign interference. The …
Read More »Israel violates international law anew, again bombing Syria…to further indifference of Western media
Israel’s military chief of staff boasted earlier about hitting over 500 targets in just 2020 alone. Bearing in mind that Syria’s air defenses do intercept Israeli missiles, it is clear that Israel attacked Syria exponentially more than 500 times last year, and an untold number of times more in the …
Read More »Israel announces Covid-19 lockdown ease for ‘vaccine passport’ holders
The country’s Covid-19 cabinet approved an easing of the shutdown measures after a meeting on Monday night, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, putting Israel on track to enter the “second phase” of the Health Ministry’s exit plan this Sunday. With some 43 percent of Israeli citizens inoculated with at …
Read More »Israel will ‘regret’ its actions if it crosses ‘red lines’ in Syria, senior Iranian official warns
Ali Asghar Khaji, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s senior aide for special political affairs, blasted Israel for its “aggressive and hostile” policies in Syria, in an interview published by Sputnik on Sunday. “While the Syrian government is fighting terrorists, Israel supports them,” he said. Our presence in Syria is aimed …
Read More »Israel’s ‘fake news war room’ set up to tackle vaccine disinformation loses battle to Telegram, unit’s head admits
More than 2.4 million Israelis have already been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by getting both shots of the Pfizer jab. That’s roughly 27 percent of the country’s population of nine-million and the highest per-capita figure anywhere in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data. But recently the pace of …
Read More »Biden press sec Psaki insists lack of contact with Israel’s Netanyahu ‘not an intentional diss’
White House Press secretary Jen Psaki said during a Friday press briefing that a call between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would take place “soon,” but was unable to give a specific time. “It is not an intentional diss. Prime Minister Netanyahu is someone the …
Read More »Orthodox Jews clash with police in Israel as some religious schools open in violation of lockdown (VIDEOS)
On Sunday morning, hundreds of Orthodox believers gathered to defend the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Mea Shearim, a Haredi stronghold in the city. Religious schools that teach the Talmud and the Torah sacred texts are scheduled to open for in-person studies this week, which contradicts the restrictions by the …
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