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Israel is expected to green-light settlement construction ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
The Defense Ministry body responsible for authorizing settlement construction is expected to convene in the next two weeks for the first time since the November US election to advance plans for building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the report says.
The Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee could meet as soon as Thursday, according to the report, which did not specify how many settlement houses were up for approval. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Police have set up some 300 checkpoints across the country to enforce the national lockdown, which came into effect at 5 p.m. this evening.
The checkpoints, placed mainly at the entrance and exits of cities and towns, will be checking cars from 7 p.m. to midnight, Channel 12 news reports.
The channel says, however, that police have been instructed to “implement light enforcement” of certain aspects of the lockdown, with a focus on preventing gatherings and New Year parties. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Israel is set to impose its third nationwide lockdown since the start of the pandemic.
The lockdown aimed at tackling the COVID-19 resurgence will begin at 5 p.m. and last for at least two weeks, though health officials have indicated it would likely be extended to a month.
The closure comes as daily coronavirus cases climbed steeply upward, surpassing 3,000 a day, amid fears that a British variant of the disease could be spreading undetected in the country.
Israelis, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, shop in the central market of Israel’s coastal city of Netanya on December 27, 2020, ahead of a thrid lockdown. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
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Archeologists spot in Israel milestone in evolution of human use of tools
Cobble bearing traces of mechanical alterations similar to those recorded on grinding tools predates any other evidence for grinding or abrasion by 150,000 years and even humans (homo sapiens) themselves
Itay Blumenthal |
Published: 12.27.20 , 18:53
During excavations at Tabun Cave in the western Carmel region, archeologists encountered what could be the oldest evidence of hominins [primate species regarded as human, directly ancestral to humans, or very closely related to humans] using grinding tools.
They found cobble bearing traces of mechanical alterations similar to those recorded on grinding tools. However, the artifact derives from the early layers of the Acheulo-Yabrudian complex of the late Lower Paleolithic (ca. 350 ka), predating any other evidence for grinding or abrasion by 150,000 years and even humans (homo sapiens).