Bennett: ‘Vaccines on their own won’t solve the problem’

Vaccine protection ‘weaker than we’d hoped’ against Delta, PM says; inoculations help, but ‘significantly less’ than with previous strains; gov’t seeks to approve home testing kits.

By TOI STAFF

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, July 11, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)

At a situational assessment in Tel Aviv Friday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said protection afforded by COVID-19 vaccines was “weaker than we’d hoped” against the surging Delta variant.

“Anyone who hoped that vaccines on their own would solve the problem — they

Jordan Is Now an Ally of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Jordanian King Abdullah, Iraqi PM Mustafa Khadimi, and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Sisi at summit in Baghdad, June 27, 2021, image via Twitter @RHCJO

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,095, July 13, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The King of Jordan has apparently reached the conclusion that opening the door to the extremist Shiite regime in Iran will save his country from its many crises. While it might allay those crises in the short term, this alliance will likely end with Jordan sinking into a state of total Iranian domination, as did Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.

It is now official: Jordan is allied with Iran.

On June 27, 2021, Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with Iraqi PM Mustafa Kadhimi

Sourpuss, showman: Bennett bashes Netanyahu over Iran, COVID in Knesset showdown

Prime minister mocks predecessor for showboating accomplishments, while opposition leader accuses new government of undoing his gains.

By AMY SPIRO

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a plenum session in the Knesset on July 12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett mocked opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu as a ham-fisted showman, and the two traded barbs over their respective governments’ handling of Iranian tensions in dueling speeches to the Knesset plenum on Monday.

“Never in the history of the State of Israel has there been someone who has

Israel’s Supreme Court upholds law declaring Israel nation-state of the Jewish people

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut presides over the high court in Jerusalem, March 19, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

(JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court upheld a controversial 2018 law that declared Israel the nation-state of the Jewish people.

In a 10-1 ruling issued Thursday, the court declared that the law was constitutional and does not negate the state’s democratic character. The lone dissenting judge was George Karra, the only Arab member of the court.

The ruling rejected several petitions claiming the law damages Israel’s democratic character by degrading the rights of its Arab minority, which makes up about a fifth of the country. The law says the right of national self-determination in Israel is

La creación del bloque China-Rusia-Irán hace inevitable la derrota del hegemonismo estadounidense

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores iraní, Mohammad Javad Zarif (derecha), y su homólogo chino Wang Yi, posan para una foto después de firmar un acuerdo en la capital, Teherán, el 27 de marzo de 2021. - Irán y China firmaron lo que la televisión estatal llamó una "estrategia de 25 años". pacto de cooperación "hoy a medida que los rivales estadounidenses se acercan más. El acuerdo, que se ha mantenido casi en secreto, fue firmado por los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de los dos países, Mohammad Javad Zarif y Wang Yi, informó un corresponsal de AFP. (Foto por - / AFP)

Desde que, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, EEUU se convirtió en una superpotencia, el punto central de su estrategia ha sido el impedir la formación de una potencia o grupo de potencias en el espacio euroasiático, que fuera capaz de

Hezbollah in ‘deep crisis’ as Lebanon on verge of economic collapse

Jonathan Spyer tells JNS, “What is happening in Lebanon is what happens when a country allows itself to be taken over by a franchise of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with all the corruption and eventual collapse and impoverishment which follows.”

BY ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

Hezbollah flags flying over southern Lebanon. Credit: John Grummitt/Shutterstock.

(July 12, 2021 / JNS) While Lebanon suffers from the worst economic crisis in its history, the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah, which has such a heavy influence in the country, is doing everything it can to safeguard its interests during the turmoil. Still, it is in no position right now to provoke conflict with Israel, according to Israeli experts.

The Lebanese pound hit a new record low on July 8, trading at 18,150 to the dollar

Brigitte Gabriel's Epic and Brilliant Answer To "Most Muslims Are Peaceful..."

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Testimonio de Judios Israelíes aceptando a Jesús, Yeshua T1

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¿Cómo ISRAEL convirtió el DESIERTO en una POTENCIA AGRÍCOLA? - VisualPolitik

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Maccabean Revolt - Anti-Hellenic Rebellion in Judea DOCUMENTARY

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Naftali BENNETT: el nuevo LÍDER de ISRAEL que se quiere anexionar CISJORDANIA - VisualPolitik

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IAEA Inspection Reports Mostly Bad News

Map of the main sites of Iran's nuclear program, image via Wikimedia Commons

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,091, July 8, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The latest IAEA inspection reports on Iran show a continued escalation in a wide array of nuclear activities prohibited by the JCPOA, including accumulation of enriched uranium in quantities that exceed the limits set in the agreement as well as increasing levels of enrichment. Moreover, the reports complain that the Iranian regime is constantly hindering the Agency’s verification measures, leading to an ever

Amid signs of fragility, Biden and Bennett move to shore up Jordan’s Abdullah

Water shortage, tensions in royal family, economic woes push nervous US and Israel to show of support for king, fearing fall of key ally could have disastrous effects on region.

By LAZAR BERMAN

King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with US Vice President Joe Biden, at the Husseiniya Palace in Amman, Jordan, March 10, 2016. (AP/Raad Adayleh)

Both Israel and the United States made major gestures to Jordan and its ruler King Abdullah II this week, a sign that they share serious concerns over the kingdom’s stability.

On Tuesday, the US administration announced that Abdullah will travel to the US l

Palestinos: ya va siendo hora que El Escuadrón israelófobo sepa la verdad

La congresista demócrata Ilhan Omar acudió el martes al programa Estado de la Unión de la CNN, donde Jake Tapper le preguntó por su abultado historial de virulentas declaraciones antiisraelíes (que incluye su reciente comparación de Israel con Hamás) y por la amonestación de que ha sido objeto por varios de sus colegas judíos del Congreso por aventar tropos antisemitas.

Como ha hecho tantas veces en el pasado, Omar cargó contra sus críticos en lugar de asumir responsabilidades. “Cuando mis colegas me piden tener una conversación para aprender de ellos y para que ellos aprendan de mí, siempre me complace”, dijo. “Creo que es realmente importante que esos congresistas comprendan que no están siendo aliados en [las exigencias de] justicia”.

Líder de Hamás Ismail Haniyeh blande espada durante su visita a Mauritania: ‘La espada de Jerusalén no será envainada hasta que se libere la bendita mezquita Al-Aqsa’

Ismail Haniyeh, presidente del Buró Político de Hamás recibió una espada tomada como botín en una batalla contra los colonialistas en Mauritania en el año de 1932. Este dijo: «Esta espada se entrelazará con la espada de Jerusalén». Haniyeh habló en una recepción celebrada en honor a su visita a Mauritania y publicó en la página web BellewarMedia en la aplicación YouTube el 23 de junio, 2021. Haniyeh agregó que la espada «afirmó que esta nación es una nación de yihad y martirio». Haniyeh luego dijo: «La espada de Jerusalén no será envainada hasta que la bendita mezquita Al-Aqsa sea liberada».

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Descubren opulento edificio de la era del Segundo Templo cerca del Kotel

Enlace Judío.- Los arqueólogos de la Autoridad de Antigüedades de Israel han desenterrado lo que pudo haber sido un edificio del ayuntamiento de 2.000 años de antigüedad, a unos cientos de metros de su contraparte moderna, durante las continuas excavaciones bajo la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén.

Nuevos caminos en los túneles del Muro Occidental proporcionan una segunda vida a la antigua Jerusalén subterránea

Restos del magnífico edificio de 2000 años de antigüedad recientemente excavado

La esencia del maná, el alimento que caía del Cielo

Enlace Judío México e Israel / Rab David Silverberg – Parashat Beshalach habla del maná, el alimento milagroso que descendía cada mañana de los cielos para sostener a Benei Yisrael (Los Hijos de Israel) durante su estancia en el desierto. Leemos que después del descenso inicial del maná, hubo algunos de Benei Yisrael que desobedecieron la orden de Moshé de no dejar nada para el día siguiente, y cuando se despertaron a la mañana siguiente, descubrieron que la porción sobrante se había podrido y echado a perder (16:20).

En el nivel más simple, esta cualidad del maná, que se echaba a perder si se dejaba hasta la mañana siguiente (excepto en Shabat), tenía la intención de asegurar el sentido de dependencia de Benei Yisrael de D-os cada día. Como el

Iran views Houthi attacks as ‘experiment lab’ for its weapons and doctrines

“This is part of the Iranian strategy to become regional hegemons. Hence, the first thing that needs to be done—mostly, by the United States and the international community—is to stop Iranian activation of these militias,” said Col. (res.) Shaul Shay.

BY YAAKOV LAPPIN

Fighters in the Yemeni city of Taizak. Credit: Ramalrasny/Shutterstock.

(July 9, 2021 / JNS) Iran views ongoing attacks by its radical ally in Yemen, the Houthis, on Saudi Arabia and others in the area as an important “experimentation lab” to test out new kinds of weapons and combat doctrines, a senior former Israeli defense official has warned.

As such, Israel has a duty to use its influence in the international community to

Turkey’s inflation spirals out of control

Soaring prices lie at the core of Erdogan’s sagging popular support and he seems to have few tools to curb the unruly uptick.

Mustafa Sonmez

People walk past a currency exchange board on March 22, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. - Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Turkey’s annual consumer inflation threatens to soar to more than 20% as official data showed a two-year high of 17.5% in June amid growing popular frustration with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.

While Ankara’s consumer inflation target stands at 5% this year, the rate is likely to rise to 19% in July under the impact of a combination of factors, including recent price hikes on electricity and natural gas, which alone could add one percentage

Lebanon struck by power cut as major plants shut down

AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES. Lebanon's financial crisis has led to acute electricity shortages, and many rely on private generators

Lebanon's two main power plants were switched off on Friday, plunging much of the country into a near-total blackout.

The shutdown - caused by the two plants running out of fuel - worsens a crisis that has seen people receive just two hours of electricity a day.

A lack of foreign currency has made it hard to pay overseas energy suppliers.

Bennett met secretly last week with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman

Jordanian officials said to be unnerved by news of meeting leaking out, having agreed to summit under condition of strict secrecy.

By TOI STAFF

Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, on December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Jordanian King Abdullah II met in secret last week at the crown palace in Amman, in the first summit between the countries’ leaders in over three years.

Bennett, who took office less than a month ago, traveled to meet Abdullah last

Exclusive interview with Raghad Saddam Hussein: Part 1

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Is UN last diplomatic stop in Nile dam dispute?

Egypt makes case to Security Council that without an agreement, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens peace and security in the region.

A supporter of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed holds a sign making reference to the Grand Renaissance Dam as a crowd waits to enter the stadium in Jimma on June 16, 2021, for an electoral campaign rally ahead of the June 21, 2021, vote. - EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt: Exhausting all peaceful means to settle dispute

Egypt has so far played the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia straight by the diplomatic book, seeking a solution via mediated negotiation, working with and through trusted partners and institutions such as the United States, the World Bank and the African Union.

New government, new threats

The U.S. administration’s now all-but-declared positions on Jerusalem and Hamas strengthen Iran’s position in Palestinian society.

CAROLINE GLICK

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, June 14, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

(June 20, 2021 / JNS) The day after Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett formed their government, Biden administration officials threw a diplomatic grenade at them. Last Monday, administration officials told reporters “unofficially” that U.S. President Joe Biden intends to appoint Hady Amr, his Assistant Secretary of State for Israel and the Palestinians, to serve as U.S. Consul General to the Palestinians—in Jerusalem.

To deploy Amr to Israel’s capital as consul, the administration will first need to open

El nacimiento del Estado de Israel

La conferencia correrá a cargo de Ignacio Uría, profesor de Historia Contemporánea en Universidad de Alcalá.

El estado de Israel fue proclamado oficialmente el 14 de mayo de 1948 por David Ben Gurión. Este hecho histórico se logró después un largo periodo de esfuerzos políticos y diplomáticos. Entre los hitos previos que contribuyeron a la creación de Israel estuvieron la aprobación de la Resolución 181 de Naciones Unidas el 29 de noviembre de 1947 por la que se proponía un plan para el establecimiento de los