Israeli military says it can't guarantee journalists' safety in Gaza - Reuters reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in Trump election probe reuters.com/world/us/georg…

Worshippers invited a stranger into a Texas synagogue when he knocked on their door and offered him tea before he pulled a gun and held them hostage in a 10-hour siege the FBI called a 'terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted.' reuters.com/world/us/rabbi…

The bells of Bethlehem rang out under grey skies on Christmas morning across streets whose closed pastel or green shutters were like an Advent calendar that nobody had turned up to open.

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#BREAKING - BioNTech, Pfizer say three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was shown to generate a neutralising effect against the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test

Israel shekel hits 26-year high vs dollar at 3.07 rate - Reuters

“Israel will bypass some of its Arab towns in transporting ground forces to future war fronts, a senior army general said on Friday, citing lessons from sectarian violence that erupted in the country in May during clashes in the Gaza Strip.”

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The passing of Israel's budget is 'unrelated' to the question of whether the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem should be reopened; the Biden administration knows the Bennett government is opposed; dialogue continues - Deputy Foreign Minister @IdanRoll to @USegal @Da_Sides Tel Aviv Radio

The shrinking Dead Sea reut.rs/31qsNHu?slideI… via Reuters

Asked if the US could reopen its Jerusalem consulate over Israeli objections, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources McKeon says: 'My understanding (is) that we would need the consent of the host government to open any diplomatic facility.' youtube.com/watch?v=ilcZ_H…

Merkel vows German commitment to Israel in farewell visit reuters.com/world/germanys… via Rami

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of destroying the two-state solution with actions he said could lead Palestinians to demand equal rights within one binational state comprising Israel, the occupied West Bank and Gaza. reut.rs/3lYolGq

Israeli forces on Sunday caught the last two of six Palestinian militants who tunnelled out of a maximum security Israeli jail nearly two weeks ago, in an escape that embarrassed Israel's security establishment but delighted Palestinians. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The two men were found hiding in a truck parking lot in an Arab village east of the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, where two other escapees were apprehended hours earlier. reut.rs/3C5Xpev

Two Palestinian militants who were among six who broke out of a maximum security Israeli jail this week were caught on Friday on a biblical hilltop in Israel’s northern city of Nazareth, police said, drawing rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. reut.rs/3nnguEE

'They have established small kingdoms for themselves, through corruption, through monopolies… and the general population is becoming more impoverished”. The death of Nizar Banat and a crisis for the Palestinian Authority - great piece by Yolande Knell. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Don't look now: How a robot's gaze can affect the human brain reut.rs/38xoYjQ

Israel opposes Biden plan to reopen U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem reut.rs/2WDVfDQ

Researchers have used brain cancer patients’ own cells in a form of 3D printing material to make a model of their tumour to test the efficacy of potential treatments before using them for real inside the body. reut.rs/2XCQtqe