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When COVID-19 subsided, Israel reopened its schools. It didn’t go well.

Isabel Kershner and Pam Belluck, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 05 11:30 PM

As countries anxiously consider how to reopen schools, Israel, one of the first countries to do so, illustrates the dangers of moving too precipitously. Read more »

Plague to protein: Israeli firm seeks to put locusts on the menu

Jonah Mandel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 11:10 AM

GOLAN HEIGHTS - From biblical plague to modern day protein, one Israeli firm wants to make locusts a sustainable food choice in the Holy Land and beyond.  Read more »

PLO accuses Israel of stealing Christian artifact from Bethlehem

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 05:18 AM

 A senior Palestinian official on Monday accused Israel of stealing a historical Christian artifact from the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Read more »

Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad

Amir Havasi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 02:57 PM

TEHRAN — Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying on its forces for the US and Israel, including help to locate a top Iranian general killed later in a US drone strike. Read more »

Israel approves temporary cellphone tracking of COVID-19 carriers amid surge

Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 07:30 AM

TEL AVIV - Israel's parliament voted on Wednesday to allow the country's domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of coronavirus carriers for the next three weeks amid a resurgence in new cases.   Read more »

Israel orders evangelical GOD TV off air

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 06:40 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel's media watchdog said Sunday that it had withdrawn the broadcast licence from US-based evangelical network GOD TV, accusing it of seeking to target Jews with Christian content.  Read more »

Israel moves to redeploy spy agency to track surging virus cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 25 07:22 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament gave initial approval Wednesday to a controversial bill enabling the government to use its domestic security agency to track cases of coronavirus, which are rising again.   Read more »

Self-cleaning mask can kill viruses with heat from phone charger, researchers say

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 01:53 AM

Israeli researchers say they have invented a reusable face mask that can kill the coronavirus with heat by drawing power from a mobile phone charger. Read more »

'Walang mahirap sa taong may pangarap': 2 trabaho at pag-aaral pinagsabay ng bagong Eng'g grad

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 08:09 PM

Natapos ni Israel Mabiling, 22, ng Lipa City, Batangas, ang kursong Industrial Engineering nitong taong ito sa kabila ng pagsasabay niya sa kaniyang pag-aaral at pagtatrabaho pareho sa paaralan at sa isang food chain. Read more »

14-taong gulang na Pinoy, nalunod sa Israel; tulong sa pamilya, bumuhos

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN News Europe Bureau
Updated as of Jun 11 08:56 PM

Isang trahedya sa panahon ng pandemya ang pagkalunod ng 14-taong gulang na batang Pinoy na si Jude Israel ‘Yuda’ Bilog sa Ashdod Beach sa Israel noong June 3. Sa kabila ng hinagpis, umaapaw rin ang pasasalamat ng pamilya Bilog sa tulong ng mga kaklase, magulang at buong puwersa ng bayan ng Rehovot at Ashdod. Read more »

Palestinians refuse airborne virus aid from UAE

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 07:12 AM

RAMALLAH - The Palestinian Authority refused Wednesday a planeload of medical supplies from the United Arab Emirates to help fight coronavirus since it was coordinated with Israel rather than with them. Read more »

Israel spy agency must stop virus phone tracking: committee

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 11 12:12 AM

Israel's government must stop using its domestic security agency to tackle the novel coronavirus by tracking mobile phone data, the head of a parliamentary committee said Wednesday.   Read more »

Iran says to execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for CIA

Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 08:48 PM

On Jan. 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force. Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias on US forces in the region. Read more »

Hides that reveal: DNA helps scholars divine Dead Sea Scrolls

Dan Williams and Rinat Harash, Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 06:52 AM

JERUSALEM - Genetic sampling of the Dead Sea Scrolls has tested understandings that the 2,000-year-old artifacts were the work of a fringe Jewish sect, and shed light on the drafting of scripture around the time of Christianity's birth. Read more »

Defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Updated as of May 24 11:48 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu professed his innocence at the start of his corruption trial on Sunday, saying he was being framed but "standing tall" in the first criminal prosecution of a serving Israeli prime minister. Read more »

Mask in a restaurant? This one can gobble like Pac-Man

Reuters
Updated as of May 19 09:23 AM

OR YEHUDA, Israel - Israeli inventors have developed a coronavirus mask with a remote control mouth that lets diners eat food without taking it off, a device they say could make a visit to a restaurant less risky.   Read more »

China's ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv home -police

Reuters
Posted at May 17 05:23 PM

China's ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. Read more »

Israeli police arrest 320 over coronavirus breach at Jewish festival

Reuters
Posted at May 13 03:01 PM

Israeli police arrested 320 people at a Jewish bonfire festival celebrating an ancient sage, after worshippers rioted over coronavirus restrictions that denied them access to his tomb, officers said on Wednesday. Read more »

Even in pandemic, Jews flown to Jerusalem for burial

Michael Blum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 10:45 AM

Serge Bokobza's family did not want him to be buried anywhere but Jerusalem so when he died of coronavirus they transferred the body from France, despite the difficulties during a pandemic.   Read more »

LOOK: Pacquiaos celebrate birthday of youngest child Israel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 01:02 AM

Pacquiao's family celebrated the birthday of youngest child Israel in a simple celebration at home. Read more »