A continued rise in COVID figures comes as the country is expanding its vaccine booster campaign to people aged 50 and up

The third COVID dose will also be given in Israel to people with disabilities, psychiatric patients, and other high risk groups at a younger age

Ten other countries, including Israel, have announced that they will boycott the UN conference, known as the Durban conference

This is the first U.S. comment on PM Bennett's plan to push for more than 2,000 Israeli settlement homes in the West Bank

Bennett might succumb to pressures regarding a lockdown, despite his previous objections ■ Meanwhile, Netanyahu is more interested in criticizing the new PM than in paying for his own hotel

Israel is part of a growing list of governments that have decided to offer COVID booster doses. Analysts forecast revenue of over $6.6 billion for the Pfizer shot in 2023, mostly from booster sales

In the past five years the number of such students in the better-funded Israeli program has climbed 160 percent. This should foster social mobility, but how do you teach citizenship to a noncitizen?

The incident comes a week after Israel's air force attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched by the militant group the day before