BEIRUT (AP) – It was a choice between a zealous virus outbreak and reviving a dying economy in a country that has been in a constant financial and economic downturn over the …
Read More »Lebanon starts curfew all day as virus gets out of control
BEIRUT (AP) – Lebanese authorities began implementing a 11-day nationwide shutdown and round of curfew on Thursday, which is expected to limit the spread of coronavirus infections that go out of control …
Read More »Lebanon starts curfew all day as virus gets out of control
BEIRUT (AP) – Lebanese authorities began implementing a 11-day nationwide shutdown and round of curfew on Thursday, which is expected to limit the spread of coronavirus infections that go out of control …
Read More »The global economy could shake off the epidemic in 2021, leaders said
(Reuters) – Vaccines and fresh economic stimulus promised by US President-Elect Joe Biden will give the global economy a chance to put the coronovirus epidemic behind it in 2021, policymakers and industry …
Read More »Israel to push Biden to ease on Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt
Israel plans to lobby the incoming Biden administration to avoid confrontations with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt over human rights and other contentious issues, senior Israeli officials tell me. Why it …
Read More »Pfizer vaccine reduces coronovirus infection among entire population, Israeli data
Israeli research suggests that Pfizer-produced coronavirus vaccines not only protect people from infecting COVID-19, but also help immunity prevent people from spreading the disease to others. The question of whether the vaccine …
Read More »Aftershocks of America After World War Sees
PARIS (AP) – For America’s allies and rivals alike, the chaos that ensued during Donald Trump’s last days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought about …
Read More »Israel is not a democracy, it is a ‘apartheid regime,’ the rights group says
B’Tselem, which until now has been limited to his work investigating human rights issues in Palestinian territories, has now decided to see what he calls Israel’s “regime” between the Jordan River and …
Read More »Leading human rights group calls Israel a ‘apartheid’ state
JERUSALEM (AP) – A major Israeli human rights group has begun to describe control of Israel and the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using an explosive term that the country’s …
Read More »Jared Kushner briefs Jake Sullivan on Trump’s Middle East policy
Jared Kushner has briefed incoming National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the Middle East policies of the Trump administration, outgoing US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told a closed hearing in Israel’s …
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