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• Palestinians invest more abroad than foreigners invest in territories December 2, 2020
  Political uncertainty and restrictions on movement behind the phenomenon, experts say.
• UN Security Council unlikely to act on Iran scientist killing December 2, 2020
  The United States traditionally shields Israel from any action at the Security Council.
• Egypt’s president steps up arrests of critics before Biden takes office December 2, 2020
  The detainees could be used as a bargaining chip if the government comes under pressure from the new US administration, a human-rights official said.
• What is on Jewish organizations’ agenda for the new Biden administration? December 1, 2020
  The first item on the agenda is COVID relief for nonprofits, JFNA CEO Eric Fingerhut told The Jerusalem Post.
• US reveals rapid rollout plan for vaccine after record coronavirus surge December 1, 2020
  First in line for vaccinations could be about 21 million healthcare workers and 3 million residents in long-term care facilities, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said.
• 4 dead, including baby, as car rams pedestrians in German town December 1, 2020
  "I just walked through the city center and it was just horrible. There is a trainer lying on the ground, and the girl it belongs to is dead," Mayor Wolfram Liebe said, choking back tears.
• Gantz slams Netanyahu, says Blue and White will vote to disperse Knesset December 1, 2020
  Netanyahu urges Gantz to keep government together, claiming that unity is needed to fight the coronavirus and save the economy
• The Knesset dispersal bill will inevitably be an anti-climax - analysis December 1, 2020
  Netanyahu and Gantz and their parties’ ministers will remain together in the government. The tension between the two leaders will continue.
• ‘No chance’ for vote on Yad Vashem chair, says Blue and White December 1, 2020
  Effi Eitam, who served as an IDF brigadier general and as an MK and minister for the hard-right National Union party, made a series of controversial comments during his political career
• Supporters of Effi Eitam accuse media of running hostile campaign December 1, 2020
  Most Israeli newspapers have published articles reflecting the opposition of Jewish community leaders in across the world as well as Holocaust survivors to Eitam’s appointment to chair Yad Vashem.
• Education Min. will operate 'holiday schools' during Hanukkah vacation December 1, 2020
  The program is meant to provide Israel's kindergarten children and first and second-graders with a sense of continuity and a stable framework, which has been lacking.
• Coronavirus crisis: ‘This is the beginning of the third wave’ December 1, 2020
  “We enjoy looking at the green part of the map, but the orange and red part is starting to rise,” Sharon Alroy-Preis warned.
• Amid coronavirus crisis: 'If Super-Pharm is open, schools should be too’ December 1, 2020
  Parents, principles and educational experts say coronavirus led to unprecedented educational and emotional gaps among the country’s children. Now, they must be closed
• Economy minister, Bahraini counterpart agree to boost small businesses December 1, 2020
  Bahrain's Al Zayani expressed hope for mutual learning, which he said has the potential to transcend economic interests.
• Germany bans far-right 'Wolf Brigade 44'; finds weapons, Nazi symbols December 1, 2020
  "There is no place in our country for a group that sows hate and propagates the re-establishment of a Nazi state," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.
• Money returned to family of the deceased: 'I knew I had to return it' December 1, 2020
  It's not every day that you meet a business owner willing to return money to a client after a purchase has been made.
• Israeli research: Asthma patients 30% less likely to catch COVID-19 December 1, 2020
  The findings were not dependent on age, gender or socioeconomic status.
• Experts: Life can go back to normal with fast, frequent virus testing December 1, 2020
  The “Shield of Life” plan would depend on people cooperating and getting tested frequently.
• Gantz’s dilemma: Fight now or hope luck will shine once again - analysis December 1, 2020
  It is a dilemma with bad options for Gantz. Supporting Knesset dispersal means following Lapid's lead, going against dispersal means caving in to Netanyahu.
• Israel still has news to smile about in dark times December 1, 2020
  Even amid the coronavirus crisis and the prospect of fourth elections, there is plenty of light