Defense Cooperation: Israel and the U.S. are jointly developing a new ballistic missile shield, the Arrow-4, aimed at countering threats from Iran.
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Vax Vote: Mohammed Dahlan, a rival to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, announced that the UAE would send 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Gaza.
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One Shot: A new Israeli study shows that a single dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective within 15-28 days following injection.
On the Mat: Iranian-born judoka Saeid Mollaei, who fled Iran after refusing pressure to withdraw rather than face an Israeli opponent, is slated to compete today at a judo tournament in Tel Aviv.
On this week’s episode of
Jewish Insider’s “Limited Liability Podcast,” hosts Jarrod Bernstein and Rich Goldberg are joined by Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist with
Walla! News and a contributor to
Axios. Ravid discussed the upcoming Israeli election, the Iran deal and the shifting relationship between the Israeli government and the Biden administration.
Biden and Bibi: “I would love this to be a story about Biden getting back at Bibi [Netanyahu], for Obama and for Trump and all that, because it’s a much more interesting story,” said Ravid of President Joe Biden’s delayed call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “But I have no evidence that this is politically motivated… I think it’s more that the answer is more mundane than we would like to think,” he added. “Somebody at the White House told me, ‘It’s not you, it’s us.’ It’s just that we’re not a priority right now, Israel, and it’s not a bad thing. It’s a good thing… th