“It might be a first sign for peace that could maybe happen in the future,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. But he warned that “there will be no peace with Lebanon as long as Hezbollah is in control of it.”
With the national government in utter chaos, mayors and heads of local authorities in Israel are coming up with their own ways of moving their patches from red to green – from delivering food and medicine to residents to holding small school classes outdoors.
Dr. Najat al-Saied, a political scientist, claims that what began with the UAE will not proceed further so easily. “Qatar, Iran and Erdogan are waiting for it, to try and turn the whole Muslim world against Saudi Arabia.” In a special interview, she speaks of the disappointment of the Arab Spring, and the fear of a Biden victory.
Former MK Yehuda Glick, who spent years as an activist for one of the most politically sensitive sites in the world, says that the presidency should not be political. What Israel needs, he thinks, is a president who can talk to everyone and bring the people together.
Ever since his name was first falsely linked to the notorious Jeffrey Epstein, Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the most famous criminal lawyers in the world, has been waging a war to save his reputation. "I'm being accused by a woman I never met, and even though I have proof that dismantles her accusations, they are seen as truth," he says in a special interview to Israel Hayom.
Some from Lebanon's large ethnic Armenian population have already traveled to join the fight in Nagorno-Karabakh, while Turkey has reportedly sent hundreds of Syrian opposition fighters to back its ally, Azerbaijan.
The healthcare system is waging an unprecedented war against the global pandemic. Now, hundreds of interns and residents will move on from their challenging studies – straight to battle the pandemic.
The Palestinian leadership has since lost support in a number of crucial circles, most of all in the larger Arab and Muslim world; as such, some voices have been heard calling for the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas, and others have been heard supporting Hamas.
Former Israel Police Rabbi Asher Melamed has taken on the cause of filling the vacuum left by the state when it comes to helping victims of sexual assault in the religious sector. “The Halacha recognizes rape as murder,” he says.
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog talks to Israel Hayom about the huge spike in applications to immigrate to Israel since the start of the pandemic, and the government's obligation to support the "unusually high-quality" wave of aliyah despite the stresses of handling the COVID crisis.
