Prime Minister's Office denies claims Naftali Bennett demanded hospital directors refrain from sounding the alarm if coronavirus patients overwhelm health system, in return for a budget increase of billions of shekels.

Israel Hayom poll shows that 67% of Israelis are worried about the latest COVID outbreak, but only 45% see a lockdown during the High Holidays as an appropriate course of action. 51% of respondents say Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is the best person to serve as PM.

The normalization between Israel and Gulf powers the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain met with broad skepticism but the past year has largely refuted these doubts.

Advocates for the family of the Jewish woman killed in Paris by her Muslim neighbor are seeking the killer’s prosecution in Israel after he was found unfit to stand trial in France.

Much of the conversation focused on climate change, specifically on water scarcity, and the frequency and intensity of fires.