STAYING IN TOUCH WITH OUR WORLD

• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine linked to rare blood disease - Israeli study June 22, 2021
  A spokesperson from the hospital stressed that this study, which was very small, should in no way deter people from vaccinating and encouraged anyone who has not yet been inoculated to get the jab.
• 48% of Gaza war casualties associated with terror groups – intel report June 22, 2021
  Meir Amit Center identifies the over 200 Palestinians killed
• Israeli researchers measure continuous traumatic stress from rockets June 22, 2021
  These findings come in the wake of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
• Looking for a job? Startup nation is on a hiring spree June 22, 2021
  While Israel's hi-tech sector soars, breaking its own fundraising records every month, companies are having trouble recruiting the talent they need to catch up with their ambitions.
• Jerusalem businesses can't wait for tourists to return June 22, 2021
  "I live from tourists. 80% of our business is tourists. We can't survive without them."
• Coffee consumption protects against liver disease- study June 22, 2021
  A UK study released Tuesday reports that coffee consumption results in lower rates of chronic liver disease.
• Israel to join new OECD digital tax treaty - Liberman June 22, 2021
  The new finance minister announced on Tuesday that Israel will join the OECD's digital taxation policy along with 138 other countries.
• US Appeals Court dismisses Nazi-looted art case June 22, 2021
  Kochinsky, a Russian foreign national and art dealer living in the US, started his fight against Poland in 2010 after contacting them in order to seek reparation for the Holocaust.
• Jerusalem Chess Club gets new permanent home June 22, 2021
  The Jerusalem Municipality, along with the help of an anonymous donor, has allowed the club to establish a permanent residence in the Jerusalem German Colony neighborhood.
• Abbas rivals targeted in ‘unprecedented’ PA crackdown June 22, 2021
  The unprecedented clampdown has mostly targeted activists and candidates associated with the Dahlan-affiliated Al-Mustaqbal list for the parliamentary election.
• Ben-Gvir, Cassif exchange harsh insults at Knesset 'apartheid convention' June 22, 2021
  Cassif: "You piece of sh*t, fascist" * Ben-Gvir: "Terrorist"
• Biblical-era Egyptian stele discovered by farmer June 22, 2021
  The stele is accredited to the reign of the pharaoh Apries and may discuss a military campaign of his. One campaign saw him try to fight the Babylonians as they sought to destroy the First Temple.
• Coronavirus in Israel: Three vaccinated IDF personnel infected with COVID June 22, 2021
  These are the first active coronavirus cases seen in the IDF since May 2, when the army reported no cases for the first time in over a year.
• Google Israel launches campaign to fight conversion therapy practices June 22, 2021
  Israel currently ranks first place when it comes to the number of people in the country who search for conversion therapy on the Internet. Google Israel hopes to change this.
• COVID-19: UAE capital Abu Dhabi offers free vaccines for tourists June 22, 2021
  There is no indication that the change applies to Dubai, the most populous emirate, or the other five emirates that make up the UAE.
• New Iran strategy: Less shouting from rooftops - analysis June 22, 2021
  In the comments Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made about Iran in his first week in office, one needed bionic ears to hear any differences between his rhetoric and that of his predecessor.
• IDF Chief Kohavi warns US against rejoining 2015 Iran deal June 22, 2021
  In light of the close alliance between Israel and the US, it is rare for a chief of staff to criticize the foreign policies of allies.
• French Olim to receive assistance in understanding their rights June 22, 2021
  Kelita, the umbrella organization of French immigrants in Israel, is set to host a fair that will help French Olim gain a clearer understanding of their rights as new immigrants.
• Hamas opposes PA ‘exclusive’ role in Gaza aid, reconstruction June 22, 2021
  The terror group ruling the Gaza Strip rejected a demand to give the PA exclusive oversight of the reconstruction effort and entry of the Qatari grants into the coastal enclave.
• China: Wuhan lab deserves Nobel Prize in medicine for COVID-19 study June 22, 2021
  Calls to investigate the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a possible source of the COVID-19 pandemic have grown louder as many experts say initial dismissal of the theory was premature.