Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett schedules emergency meeting with health experts to discuss ways to prevent spread of Omicron • Tourists from seven African countries not to be allowed into Israel • In three days, 15,750 children have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The special envoy works with the minister of foreign affairs; the minister of Canadian heritage; and the minister of housing, and diversity and inclusion.
Jacob Colchamiro of Short Hills, N.J., placed second in the world, while Nathanael Vinar of Teaneck, N.J., placed sixth. Even middle-school national winner Yechiel Shulman from St. Louis broke the top 16 and participated in the televised Yom Ha’atzmaut competition.
“Rabbi Cohn’s life story is a stark and vivid reminder that not only must we never forget the Holocaust, but we must also learn the lessons from this horrific and evil period to ensure such persecution never happens again,” said Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.).
The late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon denied that Israel was planning “Disengagement II,” this one from Judea and Samaria, but it turns out that he and former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni appointed a secret team that was charged to look into the feasibility of the idea.
Israel has quietly increased the number of permits issued to Gazans in exchange for fewer rocket attacks and border demonstrations, Palestinian Authority officials tell foreign media.
Although the current conflict was forced on Israel and it would have been better had it not erupted, the Jewish state has the opportunity to make lemonade out of the lemons.