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How an Egyptian pop-song became 'more dangerous than coronavirus'
Famous Egyptian singer Hany Shaker slammed the song, and the entire Mahraganat genre, for being “immoral.” Since the ban, over 300 million users have seen it online.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 8:55:26 AM
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US officials block police 'extreme tactics' as protests enter 12th day
In the carotid restraint, which was banned this week by San Diego County in California, an officer blocks the flow of blood to a detainee's brain, leading the person to lose consciousness.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 1:06:42 PM
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Anti-annexation protest restrictions removed, thousands to march
The police objected to the mass protest, citing coronavirus infection concerns. Organizers said they will limit the number of protesters to 2,000.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 8:44:06 AM
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The NYT Cotton op-ed controversy from an op-ed editor’s lens
Was it offensive to publish the June 3, 2020 Cotton op-ed that called for sending in the troops to restore order after a week of protests in the US?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
6/6/2020 2:45:21 AM
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'NO KNEELING': Trump renews criticism of nonviolent anthem protests
The kneeling pose has been seen at protests in cities around the world in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 6:35:50 AM
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Moderna CMO: a billion COVID-19 vaccines to be delivered by 2021
Tal Zaks, who is the chief medical officer of Moderna, says that "the software of life" can be used to prevent the pandemic from spreading.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/7/2020 7:39:19 PM
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Israeli BDS activist seeking asylum will be deported from Canada
Gilad Paz, 38, who identifies as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BSAM) against Israel, has been living in Montreal since 2016.
By DAVID LAZARUS/JTA \
6/6/2020 2:23:57 AM
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Facebook to review content policies after backlash over Trump posts
Zuckerberg, who holds a controlling stake in Facebook, has maintained that while he found Trump's comments "deeply offensive," they did not violate company policy against incitements to violence.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 3:49:44 AM
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Black Jews speak out during Floyd riots: Believe Us
“As the Jewish community reaches in and says how do we support their cause and how do we support the black community, it’s really important that people reach in to black Jews and other Jews."
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA \
6/6/2020 3:16:44 AM
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Brazil reports 1,005 additional coronavirus deaths on Friday
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 3:55:53 AM
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Polish science fiction writer calls Israelis ‘killing machines’
Rafal Ziemkiewicz is a well-respected science fiction writer who often describes a fictional Europe ravaged by Islamic terrorism, he has also called the Holocaust a “myth.”
By HAGAY HACOHEN \
6/9/2020 3:11:35 PM
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Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
With more than 35,000 lives lost, the pandemic has killed more people in Brazil than anywhere outside of the United States and the United Kingdom.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 5:05:33 AM
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Do Palestinians uphold Oslo Peace Accords signed with Israel?
While the Palestinian Authority claimed it is no longer obligated to the Oslo Peace accords following recent Israeli declarations, the legal team at the ICC knows better.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 8:49:43 AM
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'Live PD,' 'Cops' pulled from TV schedules following George Floyd protests
Paramount appears to not have future plans for "Cops" on the network. Already, the show is no longer mentioned anywhere on the channel's website.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 9:09:37 AM
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'We were wrong': NFL commissioner regrets stance on kneeling protests
The NFL sent the video out just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his call for an end to kneeling protests during the national anthem.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 6:04:22 AM
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Israeli Nobel laureate: We should annex now, not 'talk it to death'
The Nobel winning Game Theorist is now marking his 90th birthday, “I used to do science,” he jokes, “now I do sales”.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 8:33:12 AM
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 407 to 183,678 - RKI
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 6:55:06 AM
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Prominent British Jews urge Israel not to annex West Bank lands
The letter to Israel’s UK ambassador, Mark Regev, was titled “We Cannot Justify Israel’s West Bank Annexation.”
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 7:39:36 AM
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Amsterdam to contribute $5.6 million for Holocaust museum makeover
Many cultural institutions in Europe and beyond have seen their budgets cut and sources of income diminish because of the coronavirus crisis.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 7:53:59 AM
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Denver police ordered to stop using less-than-lethal force against protesters
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 8:07:46 AM
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AIPAC tells African-Americans it’s ‘horrified’ by George Floyd slaying
“Like you, we are horrified by the violent death of George Floyd and are angry, sad and hurt over the inequities that still exist in our country."
By CAANAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 8:07:46 AM
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Six arrested for allegedly participating in Ashdod clashes
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 8:14:20 AM
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Thailand reports two new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 8:16:07 AM
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‘We have to be there’: 5 Jews on taking part in the George Floyd protests
“COVID-19 is a disease, is a virus. Police brutality and racism is a disease that we have to eradicate,” said Israeli-Ethiopian Beejhy Barhany
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA \
6/6/2020 8:21:30 AM
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Rabbis call for mourning day over George Floyd, Palestinian man killings
“We declare that this Friday we will observe a Taanit. A day of mourning which is to lament over the danger of the diminishing and destruction of human morality."
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 8:35:04 AM
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'The protesters are praying with their feet. Why can’t we pray in shuls?'
There’s a double standard at play here. If religious Americans can and are coming together to mourn the life of George Floyd in the streets, they can and should be able to do the same in the pews.
By BETHANY MANDEL/JTA \
6/6/2020 9:07:43 AM
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One injured from gunshot wound in Shefa-ʻAmr
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 9:16:27 AM
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Sole success story from Arab Spring may be undermined by unemployment
Tunisia's revolution in troubled waters
By TARA KAVALER/THE MEDIA LINE \
6/6/2020 9:33:08 AM
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Joe Biden secures the Democratic presidential nomination
The achievement was a formality after Biden became the presumptive nominee when his main rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, quit the race in April.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 9:49:32 AM
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Why US commentators blame small white fringe groups for US protests
First it was “white supremacists,” then “Antifa” and now “Boogaloo” that are portrayed as exploiting US protests to stoke violence.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
6/6/2020 10:03:10 AM
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Riots, like military org., 'attack and dethrone God' - Former FBI agent
Turchie claimed that "Praire Fire" highlighted six main points that the WUO intended on executing in order to achieve their goals, the last of which was titled "attack and dethrone God."
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
6/6/2020 10:35:59 AM
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Protests in Australia, Japan embrace 'Black Lives Matter' movement
"No justice, no peace, no racist police."
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 10:37:27 AM
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Afghans condemn Iranian police after refugees killed in car blaze
"Iran has no right to kill Afghan refugees, they can seal their borders, expel all Afghans but not kill them."
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 10:55:00 AM
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Russia reports 8,855 new coronavirus cases, 197 deaths in last 24 hours
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 10:57:23 AM
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40-year-old motorcyclist killed in car crash in Negev
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 11:03:08 AM
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70-year-old woman being resuscitated after almost drowning on Herzliya beach
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 11:05:40 AM
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The mystery of how Turkey helped a rabble turnaround Libya’s civil war
It remains largely a mystery why Haftar’s forces have suddenly evaporated from the battlefield in Libya, withdrawing from one post after another.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN \
6/7/2020 5:13:28 PM
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Israel has record number of daily coronavirus tests
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has continued to rise and stands, at the time of writing, at 17,706, out of which 2,336 are currently sick.
By MAARIV ONLINE \
6/6/2020 11:16:48 AM
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Qatari envoy expected to return to Gaza, distribute funds
That same grant was distributed throughout April and May without al-Emadi or his deputy, Khaled Haradan, present due to coronavirus restrictions.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
6/6/2020 12:52:09 PM
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Three men in their 40's found dead at Lod entrance
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 1:29:36 PM
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Beaches close as Israelis flock to coast
Tens of thousands of people headed outside to enjoy the nice weather at nature reserves, national parks and hiking sites on Saturday.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 2:06:28 PM
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Malaysia reports 37 new coronavirus cases, one new death
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 2:05:41 PM
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Iranian wedding party fueled new COVID-19 surge, president says
New cases dipped to 2,269 on Saturday, bringing Iran's total cases to 169,425, with 8,209 deaths.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 2:23:21 PM
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12 people lightly injured after inhaling smoke from Haifa house fire
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 2:36:20 PM
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Merkel allies criticize Trump decision to cut US troops in Germany
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 2:38:22 PM
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Egypt announces new Libya initiative with eastern-based leaders
Libya has had no stable central authority since dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown by NATO-backed rebels in 2011.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 5:02:56 PM
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As countries reopen borders, unclear whether tourists will come
Experts say traveling is definitely on people’s agendas, but timing depends on comfort, safety
By JOSHUA ROBBIN MARKS/THE MEDIA LINE \
6/6/2020 2:54:33 PM
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Moshe Bar Siman Tov: Assume we are in an outbreak of unknown magnitude
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 3:15:01 PM
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Bernie Madoff’s bid for compassionate release is denied
Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges related to money laundering, perjury and falsifying financial documents.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 3:11:24 PM
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NYC’s virtual Celebrate Israel parade postponed over George Floyd protests
In its place, the JCRC announced Friday that it would hold “An Online Conversation on Racism in America” on Zoom.
By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA \
6/6/2020 3:21:22 PM
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Nearly half the Jewish sites in Syria have been ruined
The fate of most Iraqi sites is unknown
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 3:36:25 PM
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Boogaloo Bois: Violent extremists who (mostly) don’t hate the Jews
The Boogaloo network's armed adherents yearn for a second civil war between ordinary Americans and a federal government they consider oppressive.
By BEN SALES/JTA \
6/6/2020 3:59:00 PM
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Human rights groups urge Hamas to prevent suicide in Gaza prisons
The appeal came after the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior announced on May 29 that Muaz Ahmad Abu Amra, 19, committed suicide by hanging himself inside his prison cell.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
6/6/2020 6:35:11 PM
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Israeli hikers turn Lifta natural spring into bubble bath
Inspectors from Israel's Nature and Parks Authority are currently investigating the incident.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
6/7/2020 9:20:50 PM
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For Orthodox Jews, George Floyd protests stir complicated feelings
The next morning, Orthodox Jews in the same New York neighborhood showed up at the local police precinct to drop off pastries for the officers – 101 danishes for the 101st Precinct.
By SHIRA HANAU/JTA \
6/6/2020 4:24:29 PM
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Most people who have coronavirus do not spread it to others - study
More than half "of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong have been associated with at least one of 135 known clusters," the researchers wrote.
By OMRI RON \
6/7/2020 3:00:20 PM
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Brazilian Jews rush to help as COVID-19 puts Brazil’s poverty into focus
Brazilian Jews are cooking some 400 meals each week which are distributed in Recife’s streets and poorest neighborhoods, called favelas.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA \
6/6/2020 4:40:32 PM
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German foreign minister to visit Israel, warn against annexation
Netanyahu has said he will bring sovereignty in the West Bank to a vote in the coming weeks, which the coalition agreement would allow him to do as early as July 1.
By LAHAV HARKOV,RACHEL WOLF \
6/6/2020 11:02:18 PM
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High school graduate wears cap and gown to George Floyd protest
Deveonte Joseph told CNN he decided to wear the cap and gown "to put positivity in the world."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 7:36:09 PM
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Shtayyeh to EU: Impose sanctions on Israel, recognize Palestinian state
Shtayyeh made his appeal during a phone conversation on Friday with EU President Charles Michel.
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH \
6/6/2020 11:05:29 PM
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Despite coronavirus, Qatar says 2022 World Cup will go on as planned
The Qatari FM said the government is currently consulting with the organizing committee, preparing to alter the designs of the nearly completed stadiums to adhere to health official instruction.
By ZACHARY KEYSER \
6/6/2020 8:02:34 PM
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Jews and Arabs protest against annexation in Tel Aviv
"It's up to all of us to stand up to authoritarian leaders and work together to build a peaceful future for every Palestinian and every Israeli," Sanders said in a video message to the protesters.
By RACHEL WOLF \
6/6/2020 10:30:49 PM
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Man seemingly attempts to murder woman, commits suicide
The incident occurred a mere five days after over 12,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv, calling on the government to fund programs battling domestic violence.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI \
6/6/2020 11:27:00 PM
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Hundreds of Lebanese resume anti-government protests as lockdown eased
Others demanded that the powerful Shi'ite paramilitary group Hezbollah be disarmed.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 7:22:43 PM
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Coronavirus update: 295 people dead
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 7:47:49 PM
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Holocaust survivor leaves hospital after beating coronavirus
“Every single one did their best and took care of me like a baby,” Berg said, according to ABC.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 9:20:39 PM
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WHO updates advice on wearing masks in the fight against coronavirus
Israelis have been required to wear them in public spaces since early April. Not wearing masks in these settings is punishable by fine.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN \
6/6/2020 9:17:04 PM
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Israeli company to develop thermal cameras that detect coronavirus
Foresight specializes in developing technology designed to help prevent accidents for the automobile industry.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 9:24:34 PM
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Work from a mansion, an unkempt bathroom with 'Parasite' Zoom backgrounds
Their are five backgrounds to choose from, ranging from rooms withing the posh mansion to a seedy unkempt bathroom.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/6/2020 9:52:56 PM
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Annex responsibly
In the US, there is an understandable discourse about over-policing in certain areas, and the systematic discrimination based on race and ethnicity.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
6/6/2020 9:41:18 PM
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Israel’s new disengagement plan
In practice, the disputes between the parties on the core issues, the lack of public support for difficult concessions among the Israeli and Palestinian public, and the internal Palestinian split.
By ORI WERTMAN AND CHRISTIAN KAUNERT \
6/6/2020 9:54:59 PM
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Why the uproar over sovereignty?
Why, however, is this so controversial and upsetting?
By MOSHE DANN \
6/6/2020 9:48:44 PM
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Amid charged political climate, Israel unites to celebrate medical heroes
Israel is often described as a society divided along sectarian, ethnic and political lines.
By BOB AND DEBBIE BAIN \
6/15/2020 10:37:40 AM
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Voices from parts of the Muslim world: The worst antisemites
It would have been logical for the Israeli government to have set up an entity that sorted through this information, categorized it and separated out the most extreme items.
By MEDIA LINE \
6/6/2020 9:58:04 PM
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Will Iraq’s new PM shake off Iran’s grip on the region?
On May 7, the Iraqi parliament swore in Mustafa al-Kadhimi as its new prime minister. Iraqi officials are hopeful his leadership will bring stability to the region and curtail months of protests.
By MAYA CARLIN \
6/6/2020 10:00:31 PM
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Coronavirus is changing the way we share research. That’s a good thing
That scientific cultural shift comes in response to the need for answers. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly, but knowledge must travel faster.
By MICHAEL WAXMAN-LENZ \
6/6/2020 10:06:48 PM
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Israel has adopted technology that will enable new economic growth
The cloud could be the new growth engine of the Israeli economy as a whole, and the government sector in particular.
By TOMER SIMON \
6/6/2020 10:09:22 PM
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What does Russia want with Lebanon’s gas fields?
Despite the modest signs for actual gas finds, Russia’s involvement in the Lebanese energy market spans much wider interests than natural gas – some of which directly concern Israel.
By ELAI RETTIG/SEMION POLINOV/SHAUL CHOREVL \
6/7/2020 4:05:19 PM
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Researchers race for coronavirus vaccine but question effectiveness
The latest COVID-19 information and statistics for the Middle East and North Africa
By JOSHUA ROBBIN MARKS/THE MEDIA LINE \
6/6/2020 10:31:14 PM
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Portuguese prosecutors to trawl German suspect's records in McCann case
On Friday, the prosecutor general's office in Portugal said there were no records of crimes committed by the suspect in the Algarve.
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 10:31:46 PM
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Dearth of news
The limbo situation in which some activities are permitted on a limited scale, while others are not, has led to a dearth in genuine news.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/16/2021 6:47:44 PM
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Knesset proceedings scaled back due to COVID-19
All Knesset employees were notified not to come to work at the Knesset on Thursday unless it was absolutely necessary.
By GIL HOFFMAN \
6/7/2020 1:12:36 AM
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Nissenkorn moves forward with new coronavirus emergency powers bill
Critics note that 93% of those sent into quarantine due to Shin Bet warnings were not infected and that the technology is not as useful if either the coronavirus wave drops or spikes dramatically.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
6/6/2020 11:38:28 PM
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5 protesters arrested at anti-annexation demonstration in Tel Aviv
Video footage shows the arrested protesters being dragged into police cars by officers, while members of the Border Police blocked the crowds.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
6/7/2020 8:30:33 PM
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Former Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader dies
By REUTERS \
6/6/2020 11:52:10 PM