jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Saudi-led coalition intercepted ballistic rocket targeting Jazan

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed six explosive-laden drones launched by Yemen 's Iran-aligned Houthi group in the direction of @ @ @ @ @ TV said earlier on Wednesday .

The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed a ballistic rocket targeting Saudi Arabia's Jazan and that it countered a hostile threat targeting civilians in the kingdom by destroying two targets in the air launched by Yemen's Houthis, the state TV reported.
The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed six explosive-laden drones launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group in the direction of the kingdom, Saudi state TV said earlier on Wednesday.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Macron orders France back into COVID-19 lockdown

The new measures echo the eight-week lockdown that France enforced in the spring , when hospitalisations and deaths caused by @ @ @ @ @ peak .
But unlike the previous lockdown , most schools are to remain open , @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday reported 523 new deaths from coronavirus over the previous 24 hours , the highest @ @ @ @ @ when the virus was at its most severe .
Doctors have warned that intensive care @ @ @ @ @

France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID-19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday.
The new measures echo the eight-week lockdown that France enforced in the spring, when hospitalisations and deaths caused by the COVID-19 epidemic reached a peak.
But unlike the previous lockdown, most schools are to remain open, Macron said.
France on Tuesday reported 523 new deaths from coronavirus over the previous 24 hours, the highest daily toll since April, when the virus was at its most severe. Doctors have warned that intensive care units risk becoming overwhelmed.
France's death toll, at over 35,000, is the seventh highest in the world, according to Reuters data.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Ireland's COVID-19 cases fall to near three-week low on lockdown

The Irish government last Wednesday ordered the closure of all non-essential retail for six weeks , with restaurants limited to @ @ @ @ @ told to remain within 5 kilometres of their homes .
Two weeks earlier , the @ @ @ @ @ and limited visits to private homes .
Ireland reported 675 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday @ @ @ @ @ since Oct. 9 , while the seven-day average fell to 866 from 1,176 a week @ @ @ @ @ .

Ireland reported the lowest number of COVID-19 cases for almost three weeks on Wednesday, with the seven-day average falling for the seventh consecutive day after the country introduced some of the tightest restrictions in Europe.
The Irish government last Wednesday ordered the closure of all non-essential retail for six weeks, with restaurants limited to take away services and people told to remain within 5 kilometres of their homes.
Two weeks earlier, the government banned indoor restaurant dining and limited visits to private homes.
Ireland reported 675 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the lowest daily number since Oct. 9, while the seven-day average fell to 866 from 1,176 a week ago, its data showed.
The Health Ministry also reported six new deaths linked to COVID-19.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Turkey's coronavirus death toll passes 10,000

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 2,300 new COVID-19 patients were recorded in the country , in a press conference following @ @ @ @ @ 's science board .
The death toll rose to 10,027 , Koca said .
`` @ @ @ @ @ get the situation in Istanbul under control , the outbreak will spiral out of control @ @ @ @ @

Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus rose above 10,000 on Wednesday and the health minister raised the alarm about a 62% weekly surge in number of cases in the country's most populated city Istanbul.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 2,300 new COVID-19 patients were recorded in the country, in a press conference following a meeting of the government's science board. The death toll rose to 10,027, Koca said.
"If we don’t get the situation in Istanbul under control, the outbreak will spiral out of control,” he said.
Koca said the biggest reason for the increasing numbers in Istanbul was public transportation as millions of workers pack mass transit vehicles during rush hour, creating a perfect environment for the virus to spread.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Shooting incident takes place in Kafr Kassem, several injured

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A shooting incident took place in Kafr Kassem on Wednesday evening, Israel Police reported, leaving several people injured.Three individuals involved in the incident were evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center in light condition and two were evacuated to the Meir Medical Center in moderate condition.Two other injured individuals received medical treatment on the scene.Police has opened an investigation.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Islamist pleads guilty to Mali hotel, restaurant attacks

In a court appearance in Bamako on Wednesday , Fawaz Ould Ahmed described in detail how he carried out the attack on La Terrace restaurant in March 2015 .
He said he was also involved in planning a raid that killed 17 at Hotel Byblos in the town of Sevare in August and another that killed 20 people at Bamako 's Radisson Blu hotel that November .
The attacks marked a brazen new phase in jihadist operations across West Africa , in which top hotels and tourist destinations frequented by Western tourists , aid workers and diplomats were no longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' Ahmed told the court , adding that he had been seeking revenge for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad printed in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo .
In January 2015 , two months before Ahmed 's first attack , Islamist militants in Paris had stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo and shot dead 12 people because of the cartoons .
Ahmed described taking a taxi to La Terrasse restaurant and carrying out the shooting .
`` On arrival I went to the toilets , put on a balaclava , took out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he said .
At the time , militant groups Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and al Mourabitoun claimed responsibility for the attacks in Mali as well as for attacks on a restaurant in neighboring Burkina Faso 's capital Ouagadougou and a beach resort town in Ivory Coast .
Ahmed was captured in Bamako in 2016 as he was preparing to carry out another attack armed with grenades and a suitcase filled with weapons on behalf of al Mourabitoun , according to local authorities .

A Mauritanian suspected jihadist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting dead five people in an attack in the Malian capital Bamako in 2015 and planning two other attacks in the country that year that targeted Westerners and killed 37 more people.
In a court appearance in Bamako on Wednesday, Fawaz Ould Ahmed described in detail how he carried out the attack on La Terrace restaurant in March 2015.
He said he was also involved in planning a raid that killed 17 at Hotel Byblos in the town of Sevare in August and another that killed 20 people at Bamako's Radisson Blu hotel that November.
The attacks marked a brazen new phase in jihadist operations across West Africa, in which top hotels and tourist destinations frequented by Western tourists, aid workers and diplomats were no longer considered safe.
"I regret nothing," Ahmed told the court, adding that he had been seeking revenge for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad printed in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
In January 2015, two months before Ahmed's first attack, Islamist militants in Paris had stormed the offices of Charlie Hebdo and shot dead 12 people because of the cartoons.
Ahmed described taking a taxi to La Terrasse restaurant and carrying out the shooting.
"On arrival I went to the toilets, put on a balaclava, took out my Kalashnikov and shot those unbelievers," he said.
At the time, militant groups Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and al Mourabitoun claimed responsibility for the attacks in Mali as well as for attacks on a restaurant in neighboring Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou and a beach resort town in Ivory Coast.
Ahmed was captured in Bamako in 2016 as he was preparing to carry out another attack armed with grenades and a suitcase filled with weapons on behalf of al Mourabitoun, according to local authorities.
If convicted of the charges including murder and complicity in murder, Ould Ahmed and the one other suspect could face the death penalty.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--US CDC reports 225,985 deaths from coronavirus

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19 , caused by a new coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ ET on Oct. 27 compared with its previous report a day earlier .

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 8,752,794 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 72,183 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 901 to 225,985.
The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on Oct. 27 compared with its previous report a day earlier.
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Biden urges end to looting after Philadelphia Black man's killing

`` There 's no excuse whatsoever for the looting or the violence , '' the former vice president told reporters @ @ @ @ @ Wilmington , Delaware .
Protesting Monday 's deadly police shooting of Walter Wallace , 27 @ @ @ @ @ , totally reasonable , '' Biden said , but cited Wallace 's father 's plea @ @ @ @ @

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday urged calm amid ongoing unrest after a Black man was shot dead this week by police in Philadelphia, saying protesters had a right to peaceful demonstrations but not destruction.
"There's no excuse whatsoever for the looting or the violence," the former vice president told reporters after casting his ballot in Wilmington, Delaware.
Protesting Monday's deadly police shooting of Walter Wallace, 27, "was totally legitimate, totally reasonable," Biden said, but cited Wallace's father's plea to end the violence.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Spain's coronavirus tally rises by nearly 20,000; deaths up 168

The cumulative death toll increased by 168 to 35,466 , the data showed , following Tuesday 's steep rise of @ @ @ @ @ largest one-day jump of the second wave of the pandemic .

Spain's coronavirus tally rose by 19,765 cases, slightly more than recorded the previous day, bringing the total to 1,136,503 infections since the onset of the pandemic, health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
The cumulative death toll increased by 168 to 35,466, the data showed, following Tuesday's steep rise of 267, which was the largest one-day jump of the second wave of the pandemic.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Argentina to surpass 30,000 deaths from coronavirus

Argentina , which initiated one of the strictest lockdowns in the world on March 20 , has 1,116,609 coronavirus cases , according to government data , though new daily cases have slowed in recent days .
Only the United States , India , Brazil and Mexico are reporting more daily deaths .
Capital Buenos Aires and the surrounding area suffered the brunt of infections early on , though infections are now worse in the country 's interior , straining areas with fewer resources and health personnel .
Intensive care units in the country are at 64.4 % capacity , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provinces are nearing the brink .
`` There are places that are working at almost 100 % .
Rosario , Córdoba , Río Negro , Neuquén , Mendoza , '' said Arnaldo Dubin , an intensive care physician in the city of La Plata in Buenos Aires province .
`` Eventually , the physical and technology resources can be obtained , but what is not going to change is the health personnel .
Training these personnel takes years , '' Dubin said , stressing that healthcare workers were exhausted as cases were still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The death toll represents a grim reality for Argentines who widely adopted the tough restrictions imposed by the government , but are now fatigued after months of quarantine .
`` I have a brother who died .
We can not do anything about the virus until the vaccine is out , '' said Isidoro Ojeda , a 69-year-old retiree from the district of San Isidro , north of Buenos Aires .
`` The truth is it 's very sad . ''

Argentina was expected to surpass 30,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the fifth highest death rate in the world, according to a Reuters tally.
Argentina, which initiated one of the strictest lockdowns in the world on March 20, has 1,116,609 coronavirus cases, according to government data, though new daily cases have slowed in recent days. Only the United States, India, Brazil and Mexico are reporting more daily deaths.
Capital Buenos Aires and the surrounding area suffered the brunt of infections early on, though infections are now worse in the country's interior, straining areas with fewer resources and health personnel. Intensive care units in the country are at 64.4% capacity, the government said, but hospitals in some provinces are nearing the brink. "There are places that are working at almost 100%. Rosario, Córdoba, Río Negro, Neuquén, Mendoza," said Arnaldo Dubin, an intensive care physician in the city of La Plata in Buenos Aires province.
"Eventually, the physical and technology resources can be obtained, but what is not going to change is the health personnel. Training these personnel takes years," Dubin said, stressing that healthcare workers were exhausted as cases were still climbing seven months into the pandemic.
The death toll represents a grim reality for Argentines who widely adopted the tough restrictions imposed by the government, but are now fatigued after months of quarantine.
"I have a brother who died. We cannot do anything about the virus until the vaccine is out," said Isidoro Ojeda, a 69-year-old retiree from the district of San Isidro, north of Buenos Aires. "The truth is it's very sad."
The government has relaxed many restrictions, though travel is still restricted to those with government permission and international tourism is still banned.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Italy's daily coronavirus cases hit new record, Lombardy infections soar

The ministry also reported 205 COVID-related deaths compared with 221 the day before .
A total 37,905 people have now @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus , while 589,766 cases of the disease have been registered to date .

Italy has registered 24,991 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, a record high and up from 21,994 on Tuesday as cases in the northern region of Lombardy surged.
The ministry also reported 205 COVID-related deaths compared with 221 the day before.
A total 37,905 people have now died in Italy because of coronavirus, while 589,766 cases of the disease have been registered to date.
The northern region of Lombardy, centred on Italy's financial capital Milan, remained the hardest hit area, reporting 7,558 new cases on Wednesday against 5,035 on Tuesday. The neighbouring Piedmont region was the second-worst affected, chalking up 2,827 cases.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--UK records 24,701 new COVID-19 cases and 310 deaths

The daily case number compares with the 22,885 positive cases and 367 deaths recorded on Tuesday .

The United Kingdom has recorded a further 24,701 new COVID-19 cases and 310 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government data showed on Wednesday.
The daily case number compares with the 22,885 positive cases and 367 deaths recorded on Tuesday.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--Saudi coalition says destroyed six Houthi drones - state TV

The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed six explosive-laden drones launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group in the direction of the kingdom, Saudi state TV said on Wednesday.It was unclear whether it was a separate incident to one reported earlier on Wednesday.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--US charges eight in plot to intimidate Chinese citizens to return home

The U.S. Justice Department unsealed a complaint on Wednesday charging eight people with conspiring to work on behalf of China to engage in an "international campaign to threaten, harass, surveil, and intimidate" Chinese citizens to return to their home country.


jerusalempost--2020-10-28--French govt: Turkey's attacks on Charlie Hebdo were 'hateful'

Recent attacks from Turkish officials on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , which had published a caricature of Turkish Tayyip @ @ @ @ @ , '' French government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday .
@ @ @ @ @ of Charlie Hebdo showed Erdogan sitting in a white T-shirt and underpants , holding a @ @ @ @ @ woman wearing an Islamic hijab .
Turkish officials described it as a `` disgusting effort @ @ @ @ @ have been at loggerheads over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad , after a teacher who @ @ @ @ @ in a lesson on freedom of speech was beheaded in France this month .
Muslims @ @ @ @ @ Prophet as blasphemy .

Recent attacks from Turkish officials on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which had published a caricature of Turkish Tayyip Erdogan, were "hateful," French government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday.
The cartoon on the cover of Charlie Hebdo showed Erdogan sitting in a white T-shirt and underpants, holding a canned drink along with a woman wearing an Islamic hijab. Turkish officials described it as a "disgusting effort."
France and Turkey have been at loggerheads over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, after a teacher who had shown pupils the cartoons in a lesson on freedom of speech was beheaded in France this month. Muslims consider any depiction of the Prophet as blasphemy.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Putin: Russia's coronavirus vaccine is effective; mulls mass vaccinations

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russian COVID-19 experimental vaccines were effective and that Russia hoped to start mass vaccinations by the end of the year.Putin was speaking by video link to an investor forum in Russia.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Coronavirus: Moderna readies for vaccine candidate launch

Moderna recently finished enrolling participants for a 30,000-volunteer study that is testing whether the vaccine can help prevent COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ is expected in the coming weeks .

Moderna Inc is on track to report early data from a late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate next month, the company said on Thursday, offering the clearest timeline yet on when the world will know whether the vaccine is effective.
The company, one of the front-runners in the global race to produce a vaccine, said its independent data monitoring committee is expected to conduct an interim review of its ongoing 30,000-volunteer late-stage trial in November.
Moderna said it expects two-month safety data, as required by the US Food and Drug Administration, in the second half of November, after which it will file for an emergency use authorization.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company has signed deals with the US government and several other countries, and is in talks with a WHO-led group for supply of the vaccine.
Moderna, which has no approved products on the market yet, is among a handful of companies in final trials for the vaccine, along with large drugmakers like Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc.
"I believe that if we launch our COVID-19 vaccine, 2021 could be the most important inflection year in Moderna’s history," said CEO Stéphane Bancel.
The company said it was in talks with the World Health Organization-backed COVAX facility on a tiered pricing proposal for its vaccine.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--French police shoot armed man near Avignon who shouted 'Allahu Akbar'

According to French radio station Europe 1 , the man had shouted `` Allahu Akbar '' ( God is greatest @ @

French police shot dead a man in Montfavet, near the city of Avignon in southern France, after he had earlier threatened passersby with a handgun, police said, confirming media reports.
According to French radio station Europe 1, the man had shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest).


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Coronavirus: Iran reports 8,293 cases, 399 deaths in one day

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran rose by 8,293 to 596,941, the health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on Thursday, as the country reported 399 deaths in the past 24 hours.Sima Sadat Lari said the death toll from the COVID-19 in Iran stood at 34,113 in the Middle East's worst-hit country.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Defense Ministry Director of Security Nir Ben Moshe announces retirement

After five years in the position, Director of Security of the Defense Ministry, Nir Ben Moshe informed Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and director-general of the Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Eshel, that he will be retiring after 27 years of service.Ben Moshe sought to end his term during the first quarter of 2021, following an orderly procedure of choosing a replacement and a transitional period.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Azerbaijan hands over the bodies of 30 soldiers to Armenia

Azerbaijan has handed over the bodies of 30 soldiers killed in fighting over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and Yerevan is ready to respond in kind, the Armenian defense ministry said on Thursday.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Light aircraft crashes into water near Poleg Beach

A light aircraft crashed into the water at Poleg Beach near Netanya on Thursday, according to Magen David Adom who responded to the incident.MDA medical staff are treating a man who was injured in the incident and is in good condition.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Nagorno-Karabakh says its military death toll rises to 1,119

The defense ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Thursday 51 more casualties have taken its military death toll to @ @ @ @ @ forces erupted on Sept. 27 .
Fighting has surged to its worst since the 1990s @ @ @ @ @ were killed .

The defense ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Thursday 51 more casualties have taken its military death toll to 1,119 since fighting with Azeri forces erupted on Sept. 27.
Fighting has surged to its worst since the 1990s, when about 30,000 people were killed.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Coronavirus in Israel: 688 new cases on Wednesday

There were 688 new coronavirus cases in Israel on Wednesday the Health Ministry announced Thursday morning.Some 464 of current patients are in serious condition, with 199 intubated. The death toll is 2,494.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Mother and her three children saved from burning apartment

At around 1 AM on Friday morning, a woman and her three children were saved from their burning apartment on Itamar Ben Avi Street in Netanya.Four firefighter units were dispatched to the burning apartment.Though they managed to control the fire, a great deal of damage was sustained.The cause of the fire is not yet clear.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Electric blackouts sweep throughout the country

There were power outages across Israel early Friday morning leaving whole neighborhoods across the country in the dark. Some sections of Highway 20 were also affected and traffic lights were shut down in the center of the country.Major cities affected included Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, and Netanya.The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) said that the outages were due to an imbalance in the system and that despite fears the cause of the outages "was definitively not a cyberattack ."Despite this, security officials told N12 that a cyberattack should not be ruled out as the possible cause of the outages.Israel's National Cyber Security Authority later confirmed that the power outage was not caused by a cyberattack, 13 News reported.The IEC explained that the loss of power was caused by a problem with the conduction system that caused a power station in the south of Israel to stop working creating a chain reaction.The IEC's hotline and website were inaccessible around the time of the outages and the IEC site posted an announcement saying it was down for maintenance. It is unclear if there is connection between the crash and the outages, according to Ynet.Despite IEC's assurance that power would return within 15 minutes of the beginning of the outages, residents of Jerusalem, Ashdod, Daliat al-Carmel, Rishon Lezion, Givatayim, Ramat Gan, Herzliya, Kfar Saba and other cities told Ynet News that the outages lasted much longer.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Man threatens protesters with a knife in Tel Aviv

A Tel-Aviv protest Thursday night almost turned violent when a 45-year-old man threatened passing protesters with a knife. The man was quickly arrested by Israeli Police, and is being investigated.When the protesters turned onto HaKovshim Street, the man, a local resident, threatened the protesters verbally and wielded a knife towards them. It is unclear where he was physically standing, or how close he was, when he made the threats.According to the Israel Police, the protests that occurred tonight happened without proper coordination with the Police, who followed them through the streets, ensuring their safety.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Japan's gov't to shut China out of its drone supply for security issues

The primary concerns , those people said , centered on information technology , supply chains , cyber security and intellectual @ @ @ @ @ been rising outside Japan as well .
But Japan must balance such fears - particularly @ @ @ @ @ export sensitive technologies such as commercial drones and security cameras - against deep economic dependence @ @ @ @ @ also navigate increasingly choppy waters between China and Japan 's closest ally , the United @ @ @ @ @ odds with Beijing over many things , including technology .
`` China is a big @ @ @ @ @ for Japan , '' one of the senior government officials said .
`` On the @ @ @ @ @ worries that advanced technologies and information could leak to China and could be diverted for @ @ @ @

The primary concerns, those people said, centered on information technology, supply chains, cyber security and intellectual property - worries that have been rising outside Japan as well.
But Japan must balance such fears - particularly Beijing's growing push to export sensitive technologies such as commercial drones and security cameras - against deep economic dependence on China.
It must also navigate increasingly choppy waters between China and Japan's closest ally, the United States, which is at odds with Beijing over many things, including technology.
"China is a big market and it is important for Japan," one of the senior government officials said. "On the other hand, there are worries that advanced technologies and information could leak to China and could be diverted for military use."
TOKYO - Japan may effectively shut off China from supplying drones to its government to protect sensitive information, according to six people in government and the ruling party familiar with the matter, as part of a broad effort to bolster national security.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Apple temporarily closes most French stores amid fresh lockdown measures

Apple Inc will temporarily close 17 out of 20 stores in France starting Oct. 30 , as the country goes @ @ @ @ @ amid resurgence of coronavirus cases , the company 's website showed .
Apple 's Opéra @ @ @ @ @ Quatre Temps store in Puteaux and Rosny 2 store in Rosny-Sous-Bois , will remain open @ @ @ @ @ showed .
The company 's 15 stores in Germany will remain open , according to @ @ @ @ @ did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment .

Apple Inc will temporarily close 17 out of 20 stores in France starting Oct. 30, as the country goes into a fresh one-month lockdown amid resurgence of coronavirus cases, the company's website showed.
Apple's Opéra store in Paris, Les Quatre Temps store in Puteaux and Rosny 2 store in Rosny-Sous-Bois, will remain open. the company's website showed.
The company's 15 stores in Germany will remain open, according to the its website.
Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--EU at risk of being overwhelmed by coronavirus -EU Commission head

BRUSSELS - The European Union 's healthcare system are at risk of being overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus cases @ @ @ @ @ the head of the Eurpean Commission Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference ion @ @ @ @ @ of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently , @ @ @ @ @ video conference of EU leaders to coordinate the EU 's response to the COVID-19 pandemic @ @ @ @ @ made available 220 million euros to finance cross-border transfer of COVID-19 patients across EU countries @ @ @ @ @ the most affected countries not being able to cope .
She also said the EU @ @ @ @ @ validation , at EU level , of rapid antigen tests .

BRUSSELS - The European Union's healthcare system are at risk of being overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus cases unless authorities act quickly, the head of the Eurpean Commission Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference ion Thursday.
"The spread of the virus will overwhelm our healthcare systems if we do not act urgently," she said after a video conference of EU leaders to coordinate the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said the Commission made available 220 million euros to finance cross-border transfer of COVID-19 patients across EU countries to avoid healthcare systems in the most affected countries not being able to cope.
She also said the EU would work for the quick validation, at EU level, of rapid antigen tests.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--EU agrees to fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, once available

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to fairly distribute among EU countries a vaccine against the coronavirus , @ @ @ @ @ available , the chairman of the leaders said .
`` We very much agreed , @ @ @ @ @ video conference table , to guarantee a fair distribution between member states in the case @ @ @ @ @ Commission and those we hope will be signed in the coming weeks , '' Charles @ @ @ @ @ after an EU video-summit .

BRUSSELS - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to fairly distribute among EU countries a vaccine against the coronavirus, once such a vaccine becomes available, the chairman of the leaders said.
"We very much agreed, it was repeated around the video conference table, to guarantee a fair distribution between member states in the case of contracts signed by the Commission and those we hope will be signed in the coming weeks," Charles Michel told a news conference after an EU video-summit.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--France church attacker was carrying Italian Red Cross ID -prosecutor

The man suspected of killing three people in a French church arrived by train carrying an Italian Red Cross identity document, changed his clothes at the train station, then walked to the church to begin his attack, a prosecutor said on Thursday.Jean-François Ricard, France's chief anti-terrorist prosecutor, said the attacker was a Tunisian born in 1999 who had arrived in Paris on Oct. 9.The prosecutor said the man had been caught on video surveillance at the railway station in Nice, and from there had walked the 400 metres (yards) to the Notre Dame church.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Tunisian suspect in Nice attack is Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, sources say

The Tunisian suspect in Thursday's attack in Nice is Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, a Tunisian security source and a French police source said.Aouissaoui is originally from the village of Sidi Omar Bouhajla near Kairouan, but had lately been living in Sfax and police visited his family there on Thursday, the Tunisian source said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Ruth Calderon to be WZO president

Ruth Calderon to be WZO president

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid appointed former MK and Talmud scholar Dr. Ruth Calderon to be World Zionist Organization president on Thursday.Calderon, whose appointment must be approved by the WZO, will be the first president of the organization in decades, and the first woman to hold any president or chair post in any Zionist institution. The post comes with an automatic grave in Mount Herzl’s section of leaders.Calderon is an educator and Talmud scholar working to promote Hebrew, Israeli, and Jewish culture, to cultivate the study of Torah in the secular world, and to create a liberal, humanistic public space that is rich in culture.She served in the 19th Knesset as an MK for the Yesh Atid party and as deputy speaker of the Knesset.Calderon founded Beit Midrash Elul in Jerusalem and Alma – Home for Hebrew Culture in Tel Aviv. She also served as the head of the culture and education department of the National Library of Israel.In recognition of her work, Ruth was awarded the AVI CHAI Prize for Jewish Education, the Samuel Rothberg Prize for Jewish Education, and honorary doctorates from Brandeis University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and Hebrew College in Boston.Calderon holds a master’s degree and doctorate in Talmud from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a graduate of Cohort 1 of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--US imposes Iran-related sanctions on individuals, entities- Treasury

At the same time the US Justice Department also announced the filing of two civil forfeiture complaints involving the seizure @ @ @ @ @ .

The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on multiple entities in Iran, China and Singapore over their purchase and sale of Iranian petrochemical products, in the Trump administration's latest move to increase pressure on Tehran less than a week before Nov. 3 election.
At the same time the US Justice Department also announced the filing of two civil forfeiture complaints involving the seizure of Iranian oil and weapons.
"The two forfeiture complaints allege sophisticated schemes by the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) to secretly ship weapons to Yemen and fuel to Venezuela, countries that pose grave threats to the security and stability of their regions," said John Demers, the assistant attorney general for the National Security Division.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Coronavirus in Israel: 688 diagnosed since Wednesday

According to Thursday 's Health Ministry report , 688 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Israel since Wednesday , bringing @ @ @ @ @ in Israel to 313,114 .
Seven people succumbed to the virus in the last day @ @ @ @ @ to 2,508 .

According to Thursday's Health Ministry report, 688 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Israel since Wednesday, bringing the total of diagnosed cases in Israel to 313,114.
Seven people succumbed to the virus in the last day, bringing the death toll to 2,508.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Netanyahu: I will recommend lockdowns for any city with rising cases

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address on Thursday that should coronavirus morbidity rates in a city rise, he will recommend that it be placed under lockdown."If this city or another has an increase in infection, I will recommend to lock it down - it does not matter which city it is," Netanyahu said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--France church attacker believed to be 21-year-old Tunisian

The knife-wielding attacker who beheaded a woman and killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday is believed by law enforcement to be a 21-year old Tunisian national, a police source told Reuters.The man had recently entered France via Italy, the source said. His identity is still being checked by law enforcement, the source added.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Coronavirus: Spain enters 6-month state of emergency to tackle pandemic

Spain is one of Europe 's worst COVID-19 hot spots , with over 3 million infections .
Its response to @ @ @ @ @ hampered by political wrangling , but the government this time managed to gather enough votes @ @ @ @ @ an initial two-week decree until May 9 .

Spain will be under a state of emergency until early May, giving regions legal backing to decide curfews and restrict travel to try and contain rampant COVID-19 contagion.
Spain is one of Europe's worst COVID-19 hot spots, with over 3 million infections.
Its response to the pandemic has often been hampered by political wrangling, but the government this time managed to gather enough votes for parliament to back extending an initial two-week decree until May 9.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Jewish Agency head: Corbyn's disregard for fighting antisemitism was clear

`` In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently , the Labour Party has @ @ @ @ @ , '' it said in a statement , according to Reuters .

The UK Labour Party announced on Thursday that it had suspended former leader Jeremy Corbyn in light of comments he made after a report said the party under his leadership was responsible for unlawful harassment and discrimination in its handling of allegations of antisemitism
"In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation," it said in a statement, according to Reuters.
"He has also had the whip removed from the Parliamentary Labour Party."Corbyn will retain his seat as the MP of Islington North, but not as part of the Labour Party.Corbyn later said over Twitter that he would "strongly contest" his suspension."I’ve made absolutely clear that those who deny there has been an antisemitism problem in the Labour Party are wrong," he tweeted."I will continue to support a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of racism."The report was published by the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, and detailed the numerous failures of the party to act on allegations of antisemitism within its ranks during Corbyn's leadership. In response, its current leader Sir Keir Starmer accepted the report in full, and after apologizing to the Jewish community, announced he would accept and implement each of the report's recommendations, as shown in a video statement uploaded to social media.CORBYN, HOWEVER, did not share the same sentiments. Taking to Facebook, he claimed that while he did not fully agree with the report's findings, he trusts that "its recommendations will be swiftly implemented to help move on from this period.”He explained that “anyone claiming there is no antisemitism in the Labour Party is wrong. Of course there is, as there is throughout society, and sometimes it is voiced by people who think of themselves as on the Left.“Jewish members of our party and the wider community were right to expect us to deal with it, and I regret that it took longer to deliver that change than it should have."He added, however, that "the scale of the problem [of antisemitism in the party] was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media."Following these statements, a complaint was filed to Starmer by the watchdog organization Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA). The NGO had filed complaints regarding Corbyn and 15 other Labour parliamentarians for their statements following the report, and had asked for Starmer to carry out his commitment of initiating an independent disciplinary process against them.“That your party became institutionally racist against Jews, causing more than two in five British Jews to consider leaving the country and necessitating the investigation that has now concluded, is an indelible stain on Labour and on those within your party who stood by and let antisemitism take hold. The individuals responsible must at last be held to account,” they had written, giving Labour a six-month deadline.In a statement, the organization welcomed Starmer's move to suspend Corbyn.“Shortly after submitting our complaint to Sir Keir regarding Jeremy Corbyn’s statement this morning and his past deeds, we have received confirmation that Mr. Corbyn has been suspended from the Labour Party and had the whip withdrawn," wrote the CAA's head of political and government investigations Joe Glasman."This is a hugely significant turning point and an indicator of real change and accountability at last. We referred Labour to the EHRC precisely because it was not taking our complaints against Mr. Corbyn seriously. Four years since our first complaint, Labour has finally begun to take action. Mr. Corbyn is part of the problem, and at last, our complaints against him and other sitting Labour MPs who seemed untouchable, are now being acted upon.”THE DECISION was also welcomed by the Board of Deputies, the largest Jewish umbrella organization in the UK."Having presided over the descent of a proudly anti-racist party into a party that broke equalities law in its treatment of Jews, his shameless comments today showed that he remains part of the problem and is an obstruction to the resolution of the issue," Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said in a statement.Jewish Labour MP Dame Margeret Hodge took to Twitter to praise Starmer's move to ban Corbyn following his "shameful" reaction to the report."Labour is finally saying enough is enough – antisemitism can never be tolerated in our party," she tweeted."Now we can finally move on."Responding to the news of Corbyn's suspension, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Isaac Herzog recalled inviting Corbyn to Yad Vashem during the former's tenure as head of Israel's Labor Party."During my tenure as chairman of Israel's Labor Party and leader of the opposition, I invited then-chairman of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn to visit Yad Vashem in order to learn more about the Holocaust and its lessons. I emphasized to him the importance of such a visit for the chairman of a leading party in Britain. He never responded to me. Nor did he respond to my appeal to him, as chairman of the Jewish Agency, to eradicate his party of antisemitism. The lack of his responsiveness was glaring," Herzog said in a statement."Today's decision by the UK Labour Party marks an important milestone in eliminating the scourge of hatred and antisemitism from a historic and important party in Britain. The Labour Party is setting an example to the entire world in removing antisemitism from the political game."Much criticism was directed at Corbyn due to the climate of antisemitism that was allowed to flourish in the party. Jeremy Corbyn will rightly be blamed for what he has done to Jews and Labour, but the truth is more disturbing, as he was little more than a figurehead for old and new anti-Jewish attitudes. All of this was enabled by those who deliberately turned a blind eye,” the leaders of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust said in response to the report.Jeremy Sharon and Reuters contributed to this report.


jerusalempost--2020-10-29--Nagorno-Karabakh says its military death toll rises to 1,166

The defense ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh region said on Thursday 47 more casualties have taken its military death toll to 1,166 since fighting with Azeri forces erupted on Sept. 27.Fighting has surged to its worst since the 1990s, when about 30,000 people were killed.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--New lockdown on Bu'eine Nujeidat, lockdown on Majdal Shams extended

The committee originally approved the Health Ministry 's recommendation to declare Majdal Shams a restricted area starting from Monday , @ @ @ @ @ PM , until Saturday , October 31 at 6:00 PM .

The committee originally approved the Health Ministry's recommendation to declare Majdal Shams a restricted area starting from Monday, October 26, at 6:00 PM, until Saturday, October 31 at 6:00 PM.
A new coronavirus lockdown will be imposed on the northern village of Bu'eine Nujeidat next week and the lockdown on Majdal Shams was extended until November 5 by the Ministerial Committee for the Declaration of a Restricted Area on Friday.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Police shut down massage parlor for suspected prostitution on site

Israel Police shut down a massage parlor in Nahariya on the suspicion of prostitution occurring in the parlor, according to the police.The parlor has been shut down for 30 days.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--IDF soldiers identify suspects throwing IED from car in West Bank

IDF soldiers identified suspects throwing an IED from a moving car in the West Bank Thursday night, the IDF reported.The soldiers closed the road to stop the car and the car sped up towards the soldiers who opened fire on the vehicle.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Coronavirus: 630 new cases on Thursday, less than 2% of tests positive

There were 630 new coronavirus cases in Israel on Thursday the Health Ministry announced Friday morning.The Health Ministry also announced they conducted 36,318 tests - less than 2% of tests returned a positive result. Some 410 of current patients are in serious condition, with 190 intubated. The death toll is 2,511.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--US breaks daily record for COVID-19 cases with over 91,000 new infections

The spike in cases comes less a week before the presidential election on Tuesday .
Among the hardest hit by @ @ @ @ @ hotly contested states such as Ohio , Michigan , North Carolina , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ role in deciding whether Republican President Donald Trump gets a second term or Democratic challenger @ @ @ @ @ The virus is also rapidly spreading to record levels in Europe , with France and @ @ @ @ @ week .
The previous one-day record for U.S. cases was 84,169 on Oct. 23 .
@ @ @ @ @ record for new cases in a single day at 97,894 infections on Sept. 17 .
@ @ @ @ @ force said the nation is heading in the wrong direction and warned of an `` @ @ @ @ @ aggressive action to curb new infections .

The spike in cases comes less a week before the presidential election on Tuesday.
Among the hardest hit by the latest COVID-19 surge are hotly contested states such as Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that will play an important role in deciding whether Republican President Donald Trump gets a second term or Democratic challenger Joe Biden becomes president.
The virus is also rapidly spreading to record levels in Europe, with France and Germany announcing nationwide lockdowns this week.
The previous one-day record for U.S. cases was 84,169 on Oct. 23. Globally, India holds the record for new cases in a single day at 97,894 infections on Sept. 17.
The White House coronavirus task force said the nation is heading in the wrong direction and warned of an "unrelenting" spread that requires aggressive action to curb new infections.
The United States broke its single-day record for new coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting over 91,000 new cases, as hospitalizations also hit new highs in many states, according to a Reuters tally.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--New Zealand approves euthanasia, set to reject recreational marijuana

New Zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia but is on course to reject recreational marijuana use , the country 's @ @ @ @ @ .
New Zealand voted on the referendums this month while casting ballots during a general @ @ @ @ @ Jacinda Ardern to power .
Issuing preliminary results , the commission said there are nearly @ @ @ @ @ to be counted .
These votes will not be enough to alter the vote on @ @ @ @ @ to swing the count on recreational marijuana , it said .

New Zealand has voted to legalize euthanasia but is on course to reject recreational marijuana use, the country's Electoral Commission said on Friday.
New Zealand voted on the referendums this month while casting ballots during a general election that returned Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to power.
Issuing preliminary results, the commission said there are nearly half a million votes still to be counted. These votes will not be enough to alter the vote on euthanasia but may be enough to swing the count on recreational marijuana, it said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Lebanon's Hezbollah chief calls French cartoons "an aggression"

The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah on Friday described French cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as an aggression and likened Paris sticking by them to "declaring a sort of war."In a televised speech, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said by being stubborn, French authorities had worsened a standoff over the caricatures, which stirred anger among Muslims."French authorities instead, of fixing the issue... became stubborn about this being freedom of expression [saying] 'we want to continue with satirical cartoons,'" Nasrallah said, warning France: "You need to think about correcting this mistake," according to al-Arabiya.Urging France to "be fair and just," he argued: "No Muslim in the world will accept our dignity... the dignity of our Prophet, being insulted."Nasrallah's speech came in response to Thursday's knife attack in a church in Nice , in which a Tunisian man, carrying a copy of the Koran, killed three people. Eyewitnesses say he also shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he carried out the attack.Nasrallah used his speech to distance Thursday's attack in Nice from Islam, saying:"This event is rejected by Islam... which forbids the killing of innocents. Even if the perpetrator was a Muslim, no one should hold Islam accountable for this crime."The Nice attack was the third in under two months that the French authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, and came less than two weeks after the beheading of Samuel Paty, a French middle-school teacher, in a Paris suburb. Paty had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.In response, France's President Emmanuel Macron said that Islamic separatism threatens the secular values of the French Republic, as he denounced Islamism as an "ideology which claims that its own laws should be superior to those of the republic."Nasrallah urged France to back down, saying: "The French authorities have dragged themselves and the whole of France -- they want to drag all of Europe -- into a battle with Islam and Muslims for flimsy and sometimes unknown reasons."And he called on French leaders to instead adopt the Muslim world's point of view. "Do not allow this mockery, this aggression... to continue, and the whole world will stand with you," he said.Reuters contributed to this report.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Islamic State claims responsibility for church attack in Congo - report

CAIRO - Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for an attack on a church in eastern Congo that killed at least 18 people, the group's Amaq news agency reported, without evidence.The attack happened Wednesday night in Baeti village in North Kivu province. A civil rights group reported a death toll of at least 18 people and a church being burned down.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes central Peru - EMSC

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck 58 kilometers (36 miles) north-northeast of Oxapampa in Peru, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Friday.The quake was at a depth of 40 km, EMSC added.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Harvey Weinstein is sued by woman he was convicted of sexually assaulting

NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was sued on Friday by the former production assistant who the disgraced movie producer was convicted at trial of having sexually assaulted.In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Miriam Haley, who has also used the name Mimi Haleyi, is seeking unspecified damages for pain, suffering and economic injuries caused by the assault in 2006, a time she said she was eager to find work in the entertainment industry.Lawyers for Weinstein did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Weinstein, 68, is appealing his Feb. 24 conviction and 23-year prison term for sexually assaulting Haley and for raping onetime aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013. He still faces separate rape and sexual assault charges in Los Angeles.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Police overpower man threatening officers with knives in Paris - police

PARIS - French police on Friday overpowered a man after he threatened police officers with two knives in a southwestern district of Paris, police source said.The source told Reuters that no one has been injured.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--New Dutch coronavirus infections rise by more than 11,000 in 24 hours

AMSTERDAM - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands rose by more than 11,000 over the past 24 hours to a new record, data released by the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) on Friday showed.The RIVM said the number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 was 11,119, compared to a high of 10,343 on Oct. 26. The number is being closely watched by the Dutch government, which is weighing tighter curbs.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Darmanin: 120 extra police to be sent to Nice after fatal knife attack

PARIS- French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that 120 extra police would be sent to the French city of Nice, where a fatal knife attack took place on Thursday.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian added that instructions would be given to French ambassadors overseas to step up security at their embassies and for French citizens abroad.The ministers were speaking after President Emmanuel Macron chaired a defense task force meeting.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Strong earthquake strikes Aegean Sea, shaking Turkey, Greece

A strong earthquake of magnitude of up 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Turkey and Greece , local and international observatories said .
People flooded to the streets in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir after the earthquake , witnesses said .
Footage from Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber showed a collapsed building in central Izmir .
Turkey 's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency ( AFAD ) put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6 , while the U.S. Geological Survey said it was 7.0 .
It struck at around 1150 GMT and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the northwestern Marmara region , media said .
The epicenter was some 17 km ( 11 miles ) off the coast of the Izmir province , at a depth of 16 km , AFAD said .
The US Geological Survey said the depth was 10 km and that the epicenter was 33.5 km off Turkey 's coast .
Residents of Samos , an island with a population of about 45,000 , were urged to stay away from coastal areas , Eftyhmios Lekkas , head of Greece 's organization for anti-seismic planning , told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a very big earthquake , it 's difficult to have a bigger one , '' said Lekkas .
Ali Yerlikaya , the governor of Istanbul , where the quake was also felt , said there were no negative reports .

A strong earthquake of magnitude of up 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Turkey and Greece, local and international observatories said.
People flooded to the streets in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir after the earthquake, witnesses said. Footage from Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber showed a collapsed building in central Izmir.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD)put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6, while the U.S. Geological Survey said it was 7.0. It struck at around 1150 GMT and was felt along Turkey's Aegean coast and the northwestern Marmara region, media said.
The epicenter was some 17 km (11 miles) off the coast of the Izmir province, at a depth of 16 km, AFAD said. The US Geological Survey said the depth was 10 km and that the epicenter was 33.5 km off Turkey's coast.
Residents of Samos, an island with a population of about 45,000, were urged to stay away from coastal areas, Eftyhmios Lekkas, head of Greece's organization for anti-seismic planning, told Greece's Skai TV.
"It was a very big earthquake, it's difficult to have a bigger one," said Lekkas.
Ali Yerlikaya, the governor of Istanbul, where the quake was also felt, said there were no negative reports.


jerusalempost--2020-10-30--Tunisia launch investigations over Nice attack, Italian govt reject blame

Tunisian authorities have authorized an investigation into whether a group called the Mahdi Organisation exists and carried out the Nice attack , based on social media claims of responsibility , state news agency TAP reported on Friday .
The public prosecutor 's office of the judiciary 's anti-terrorism court has delegated a specialized security unit to carry out the investigation , TAP reported .
It will seek to learn whether the Mahdi organization exists and the veracity of claims made on social media that it was behind Thursday 's attack in the French city , it reported .
The Italian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for allowing a Tunisian migrant accused of killing three people in a church in neighboring France to enter Europe , the interior minister said on Friday .
The suspect in Thursday 's attack in Nice , Brahim Aouissaoui , reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sept. 20 aboard a small boat .
He was subsequently moved to the mainland on Oct. 8 , and , as with almost all new arrivals , was let free .
The far-right opposition League accused Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese of failing to prevent people arriving from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Nice killings .
Lamorgese confirmed that neither the Tunisian authorities nor the Italian intelligence service had flagged Aouissaoui as a potential threat .
`` We have no responsibility in this , '' she told reporters .
Some 27,190 migrants have reached Italy by sea so far this year , up from 9,533 in the same period of 2019 , according to official data .
Of these , 11,195 have come from Tunisia - by far the largest single national grouping .
Lamorgese went to Tunis in August along with the Italian foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to persuade Tunisia to stem the flow .
However , she acknowledged it was hard to stop people migrating at present .
`` Tunisia is facing a major economic crisis which has made things more complicated .
COVID-19 also had a big impact on the country , undermining all efforts at maintaining social cohesion there , '' she said .
Under current accords , Tunisia agrees to take back a maximum 80 nationals a week .
New arrivals are invariably handed expulsion papers but are almost never detained until a flight home can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ swiftly out of Italy , often heading to France which has a large Tunisian community .
League leader Matteo Salvini , who as the former interior minister before pulling his party out of government in August 2019 , has sought to make political capital out of the attack .
`` I apologize to the French people , to the children of the dead and beheaded , on behalf of this incapable government and its accomplices , '' he said on Twitter .
Lamorgese said a security decree introduced by Salvini had made it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ migrants because it had closed down immigration centers .
`` 20,000 people had to leave the centers from one day to the next . ''
A government official also said that a Tunisian man responsible for an attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 had also come to Europe via Lampedusa when another League politician had been interior minister .
The suspect in the attack , in which an assailant shouting `` Allahu Akbar '' ( God is Greatest ) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tunisian who had recently emigrated to Europe .

Tunisian authorities have authorized an investigation into whether a group called the Mahdi Organisation exists and carried out the Nice attack, based on social media claims of responsibility, state news agency TAP reported on Friday.
The public prosecutor's office of the judiciary's anti-terrorism court has delegated a specialized security unit to carry out the investigation, TAP reported.
It will seek to learn whether the Mahdi organization exists and the veracity of claims made on social media that it was behind Thursday's attack in the French city, it reported.
The Italian government was in no way to blame for allowing a Tunisian migrant accused of killing three people in a church in neighboring France to enter Europe, the interior minister said on Friday.
The suspect in Thursday's attack in Nice, Brahim Aouissaoui, reached the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sept. 20 aboard a small boat. He was subsequently moved to the mainland on Oct. 8, and, as with almost all new arrivals, was let free.
The far-right opposition League accused Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese of failing to prevent people arriving from Africa and said she bore responsibility for the Nice killings.
Lamorgese confirmed that neither the Tunisian authorities nor the Italian intelligence service had flagged Aouissaoui as a potential threat.
"We have no responsibility in this," she told reporters.
Some 27,190 migrants have reached Italy by sea so far this year, up from 9,533 in the same period of 2019, according to official data. Of these, 11,195 have come from Tunisia - by far the largest single national grouping.
Lamorgese went to Tunis in August along with the Italian foreign minister and two EU Commissioners to try to persuade Tunisia to stem the flow. However, she acknowledged it was hard to stop people migrating at present.
"Tunisia is facing a major economic crisis which has made things more complicated. COVID-19 also had a big impact on the country, undermining all efforts at maintaining social cohesion there," she said.
Under current accords, Tunisia agrees to take back a maximum 80 nationals a week. New arrivals are invariably handed expulsion papers but are almost never detained until a flight home can be organized. Instead, many move swiftly out of Italy, often heading to France which has a large Tunisian community.
League leader Matteo Salvini, who as the former interior minister before pulling his party out of government in August 2019, has sought to make political capital out of the attack.
"I apologize to the French people, to the children of the dead and beheaded, on behalf of this incapable government and its accomplices," he said on Twitter.
Lamorgese said a security decree introduced by Salvini had made it harder for the government to deal with migrants because it had closed down immigration centers. "20,000 people had to leave the centers from one day to the next."
A government official also said that a Tunisian man responsible for an attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 had also come to Europe via Lampedusa when another League politician had been interior minister.
The suspect in the attack, in which an assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church, is Brahim Aouissaoui, a 21-year old Tunisian who had recently emigrated to Europe.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Gamzu warns of a renewed coronavirus outbreak in the Arab sector

`` There is a renewed coronavirus outbreak in the Arab sector , Gamzu said , adding that `` the situation @ @ @ @ @ Gamzu called on Arab citizens to get tested , considering that the number of tests @ @ @ @ @ Arab sector is the lowest in the country .

"There is a renewed coronavirus outbreak in the Arab sector," Gamzu said, adding that "the situation isn't good."
Gamzu called on Arab citizens to get tested, considering that the number of tests that take place in the Arab sector is the lowest in the country.
Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu visited the Arab town of Fureidis in northern Israel on Saturday and said that starting Sunday, police will increase enforcement efforts in areas with large Arab populations.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Ongoing shooting incident in Nablus refugee camp, one casualty reported

The report indicated one casualty and several injured , as rival groups opened fire at each other within the camp @ @ @ @ @ preparing to enter the camp if the shooting does n't stop soon .

The report indicated one casualty and several injured, as rival groups opened fire at each other within the camp.
Palestinian security forces are preparing to enter the camp if the shooting doesn't stop soon.
A shooting incident took place on Saturday morning at the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, located in the West Bank and under the Palestinian Authority's control, N12 reported.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Lebanon's Hezbollah chief calls French cartoons "an aggression"


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--India records 48,268 new coronavirus cases

MUMBAI - India 's coronavirus caseload stood at 8.1 million on Saturday , with 48,268 new cases being recorded in @ @ @ @ @ data from the health ministry showed .
India has the world 's second-highest caseload , @ @ @ @ @ , but new infections have seen a dip since September .
Deaths rose up by @ @ @ @ @ to 121,641 , the health ministry said .

MUMBAI - India's coronavirus caseload stood at 8.1 million on Saturday, with 48,268 new cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed.
India has the world's second-highest caseload, behind only the United States, but new infections have seen a dip since September.
Deaths rose up by 551, taking total mortalities to 121,641, the health ministry said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Mainland China reports 33 new COVID-19 cases vs 25 a day earlier

Of the new cases , 27 were imported infections originating from overseas .
The National Health Commission said in a @ @ @ @ @ were reported in the western region of Xinjiang .
The commission also reported 38 new @ @ @ @ @ 53 a day earlier .
China does not count symptomless patients as confirmed COVID-19 cases @

Mainland China reported 33 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 30, up from 25 a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Saturday.
Of the new cases, 27 were imported infections originating from overseas. The National Health Commission said in a statement that six local infections were reported in the western region of Xinjiang.
The commission also reported 38 new asymptomatic cases, down from 53 a day earlier. China does not count symptomless patients as confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Total confirmed COVID-19 cases to date in mainland China stand at 85,973. The death toll remains at 4,634.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to defuse Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The ministers , who met in Geneva , agreed to not deliberately target civilian populations , engage in exchange of @ @ @ @ @ and provide lists of detained prisoners of war within a week with the aim of @ @ @ @ @ statement by envoys from Russia , France and the United States .
Armenia and Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ failed to halt the latest fighting - would communicate on issues `` related to possible @ @ @ @ @ it said .

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Friday to urgent steps after talks to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh where hundreds have been killed in more than a month of fighting, a statement by major powers said.
The ministers, who met in Geneva, agreed to not deliberately target civilian populations, engage in exchange of bodies on the battlefield, and provide lists of detained prisoners of war within a week with the aim of eventual exchange, said the statement by envoys from Russia, France and the United States.
Armenia and Azerbaijan - whose three ceasefires have failed to halt the latest fighting - would communicate on issues "related to possible ceasefire verification mechanisms," it said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Brazil sees 508 new COVID-19 deaths, 22,282 new cases

Brazil recorded 508 new COVID-19 deaths and 22,282 new cases of coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Friday.Brazil has so far had more than 5.5 million confirmed cases of the virus and nearly 160,000 deaths, official data show.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Mexico reports 6,000 new coronavirus cases, 516 more deaths

Mexico's health ministry reported on Friday 6,000 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 516 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 918,811 and the death toll to 91,289.Health officials have said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases. On Sunday, the ministry said the true death toll from Covid-19 may be around 50,000 higher.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Coronavirus in Israel: 674 test positive over weekend, four dead

For some parents and students , today might feel like September 1. Children in grades one to four will return to school – albeit in capsules – for the first time since the start of the lockdown.But many parents are nervous about the situation, with students learning in small groups and wearing masks during the day but being combined with up to two other groups for after-school care.“Not sending,” said Elana Yael Heideman from Nes Harim, whose children are ages 6, 10 and 11. “The stress is too much, and we are learning very well at home.”But other parents are overjoyed, such as Mimi Rozmaryn of Hashmonaim whose second and fourth graders “can’t wait to go, and we cannot wait for them to either.” She said that Zoom and other online learning methods have been hard for her family, olim who struggle to understand Hebrew.“The school requested all teachers and students take coronavirus tests last week, and had free no referral needed testing right here, so hoping everyone stays healthy and safe,” she said.Said Yoni Shwartz, a father of a first grader who lives in Modi'in: “We are a bit nervous, as to be expected. But at the same time, we feel that it is necessary for many reasons, such as social and educational and must hope for the best.”“I hate the last-minute decisions being made,” said another parent. “A change like this requires a lot of emotional preparedness.”The decision to send children back to school , as well as to open other aspects of the country, including hairdressers, bed and breakfasts and even synagogues was made last minute during a coronavirus cabinet meeting that lasted until nearly 1 a.m. on Thursday.It approved many things, but left street shops closed, despite protests by owners that they could not survive.The cabinet approved allowing one-on-one activities and services (driving lessons or personal training) to resume, complementary medical and mental treatments to be offered, and for bed and breakfasts to open, so long as they host only one nuclear family at a time and don’t provide access to pools or dining hallsIt was also agreed that up to 10 people could pray in synagogues. Haredi ministers had pressured the cabinet to allow more people to worship together, but the request was rejected.The school outline includes allowing classes to resume four days per week for up to 20 students in a group. Municipalities that can provide additional days of instruction will do so. After-school care can have up to 28 children from three different classes, as long as they are the same age.Students and teachers will wear masks all the time, except when eating.In addition, the ministers agreed to reduce the nine-stage exit strategy originally outlined by the Health Ministry to six stages, which had been presented earlier in the week by the National Security Council.The regulations are in effect until November 14.Small business owners took to the streets on Thursday as the cabinet convened, begging the government to allow them to operate. However, ultimately, the cabinet decided to push off opening street shops another week, until November 8, unless there was a significant drop in infection.Finance Minister Israel Katz had pushed hard against Health Minister Yuli Edelstein to approve opening street shops two weeks early, but health officials cautioned that opening stores before there were 500 or less new cases a day could put the country back into another lockdown.“We already see in recent days that opening up a minimal amount has an impact,” the health minister warned at the cabinet meeting. “Opening the economy rashly is the beginning of the next closure. Whoever pushes to exit quickly is operating out of populism, and in the end, will harm the businesses he claims to speak for.”His words stung shop owners especially hard, on a day that they had taken to the streets of Tel Aviv in protest. One owner even threatened suicide should the government not green light resumption of business.“Next time, someone will hang himself,” a shop owner said in a TB interview. “Dead. Dead. Will hang himself in protest. Suicide.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau tried to calm business owners in a video message shared Friday: “To all of my friends, the merchants, I know how difficult it is. I request that you cooperate for another few days. We have promised to open next Sunday, maybe earlier if morbidity goes down, and this is the main problem.“Morbidity is leaping forward around the world,” the prime minister said. “With joint forces we succeeded in lowering it. We do not want it to go up again and then we would need to re-impose the restrictions. I will help you in every way. We have helped you economically; we will help you with even more measures.”Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu also spoke to shop owners over the weekend, during a visit to Fureidis, an Arab town in the Haifa district. He, too, promised that if the infection rate decreased these stores would be first to open.“I know what small businesses are. I know how hard it is,” Gamzu said. But he added that the cabinet made the right decision.Some businesses are already threatening to open against the law. At the same time, the government is meant to discuss on Sunday the idea of increasing fines on people who break restrictions.“It’s crazy that we’re opening up in a dramatic way without raising fines,” senior Health Ministry officials were quoted as saying by Israeli media. “It’s critical. Five-thousand shekels does not deter anyone.”Gamzu had long pushed to increase fines by up to five times as much, but haredi lawmakers have pushed back - mainly because some of the increases, such as fining educational institutions that open against regulations NIS 25,000, impact their constituencies the most.There were 674 people diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday, and another 138 between midnight and press time on Saturday, the Health Ministry reported. At press time, there were 419 people in serious condition, including 182 who were intubated. The death toll stood at 2,523.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--Gas pipeline blast in southern Iraq kills 3, injures 51, police say

At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured in a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iraq, police sources said on Saturday.The military said in a statement that the cause of the blast was not known. It said nine Shi'ite militia fighters were among the wounded and two children had been killed.Police sources said the blast, near the southern city of Samawa, 270 km (170 miles) south of Baghdad, occurred along a stretch of pipeline that goes near a militia camp. Gas officials said the pipe there had seen leaks in the past.Firefighters managed to contain the fire after shutting down the gas line, police said.The oil ministry said in a statement it had sent technical crews to repair the damaged section. Gas flows would resume in the "next hours" via an alternative pipeline, to avoid shortages of supplies to power stations.An investigation was launched to determine cause of blast, the statement cited Deputy Oil Minister Hamid Younis as saying.Iraqi energy officials said the domestic line transports gas from some of the southern fields to feed power stations in some southern cities and a key power station near Baghdad.The explosion has no effect on Iraq’s gas production and processing operations, two gas officials said.


jerusalempost--2020-10-31--American forces rescue US citizen in Nigeria: Pentagon

US forces carried out a rescue operation in northern Nigeria on Saturday to recover an American citizen being held by armed men, the Pentagon said."This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the US Department of State," the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that no military personnel were injured in the operation.While the Pentagon did not provide the American citizen's identity, a US official told Reuters it was 27-year-old Philip Walton, who was kidnapped earlier in the week, and the raid included Navy SEALs.Six gunmen riding motorcycles and armed with AK-47 assault rifles kidnapped an Walton from his home on the edge of a rural village in neighboring southern Niger early on Tuesday.Niger, like much of West Africa’s Sahel region, faces a deepening security crisis as groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State carry out attacks on the army and civilians, despite help from French and US forces.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Iran registers 7,719 new coronavirus cases, 434 deaths in one day

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran increased by 7,719 to 620,491, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV on Sunday.The death toll rose by 434 to 35,298, she said.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Malaysia reports 957 new coronavirus cases with no new deaths

Malaysia reported 957 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections to 32,505.The health ministry also reported no new fatalities, keeping the death toll at 249.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Indonesia reports 2,696 new coronavirus infections, 74 deaths

The data also showed 74 additional deaths , bringing the total number of fatalities to 13,943 .

Indonesia reported 2,696 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the total amount of cases to 412,784, data from the health ministry website showed.
The data also showed 74 additional deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 13,943.
Indonesia has recorded the most cases and deaths from COVID-19 in Southeast Asia.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Coronavirus center: Infection rates may rise within two weeks

The government is currently planning to lift more lockdown restrictions within the next week if infection rates continue to drop @ @ @ @ @ the weekly average of new patients in serious condition and deaths continues to drop .
@ @ @ @ @ children infected with the virus may experience complications later on , even after recovering from @ @ @ @ @ still unclear how prevalent such complications are , added the Center .

The government is currently planning to lift more lockdown restrictions within the next week if infection rates continue to drop.
Despite the concerns, the weekly average of new patients in serious condition and deaths continues to drop.
The report additionally warned that children infected with the virus may experience complications later on, even after recovering from the virus. It is still unclear how prevalent such complications are, added the Center.
The drop in infection rates recorded since the national lockdown began may be slowing or even stopping, which may lead to a rise in infection rates within the next two weeks, according to a Sunday morning update by the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Coronavirus in IDF: 158 infected, 2,428 in quarantine

Some 2,428 soldiers are in quarantine .

Some 2,428 soldiers are in quarantine.
Some 158 soldiers and workers in the IDF were confirmed as infected with the novel coronavirus as of Sunday morning, according to the IDF Spokespersons Unit. One soldier is in serious condition.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Netanyahu: The only way out of the lockdown is a vaccine

Anar Ottolenghi , 34 , becomes one of the first Israelis to trial the coronavirus vaccine , Hadassah Ein Kerem @ @ @ @ @ ( Credit : Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool )

Two Israelis were inoculated on Sunday morning with the first doses of Israel’s coronavirus vaccine candidate at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem. The first volunteers were Anar Ottolenghi, 34, a resident of Moshav Telalim in the South, who was vaccinated at Hadassah, and Segev Harel , 26, from Kfar Yona, east of Netanya, who was vaccinated at Sheba. “I feel good, excited,” Ottolenghi, a doctoral student in immunology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, said shortly after he was inoculated. “I want to encourage as many people as possible to join the experiment and help the entire public.” The Israeli vaccine, known as “Brilife,” was developed by the Israel Institute for Biological Research. Sunday marked the start of the Phase I human trial.
Anar Ottolenghi, 34, becomes one of the first Israelis to trial the coronavirus vaccine, Hadassah Ein Kerem, November 1, 2020 (Credit: Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)
“The true exit from the coronavirus crisis is in the development of vaccines,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said shortly after meeting with Harel. “Therefore, this is a very important day, a day that gives a shot of encouragement... We wish success during these and the latter stages. With God’s help, we will have a vaccine made here in Israel. This is a very big thing.”
The Health Ministry also is working with major pharmaceutical companies to bring vaccines to Israel, he said. The country has already signed contracts with American vaccine makers Arcturus and Moderna. Last week, it was revealed that the Mossad brought China’s coronavirus vaccine to Israel in recent weeks to study and learn from it.
“I personally am using my connections with world leaders so that we will be able to receive their production here, not at the end of the line but at the front,” Netanyahu said. “I have spoken about this with my friend US Vice President Mike Pence, who is dealing with this issue in the US, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with Indian leader Narendra Modi, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Italian Prime Minister [Giuseppe] Conte and with others, which I [have] yet to tell you about.”
“What is important is that with this or that means, with the independent production that has been developed here or through the importing of vaccines from abroad, we will bring enough vaccines for all citizens of Israel,” he continued. “Then we will be able, at long last, with God’s help, free of the pandemic. I do not think that this will happen immediately, but I do tell you that I already see the light at the end of the tunnel – I see vaccines in the State of Israel.”
Netanyahu stressed he has ordered that an enterprise for the permanent production of vaccines be established in the country.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz expressed “cautious optimism” because while he has trust in the in the country’s top doctors and scientists, “this process is still a long process. It will take time to follow, process the data, analyze the meanings, so patience is necessary.”
The Phase I trial will be conducted on 80 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55. Each volunteer will be monitored over the course of three weeks to determine if there are any side effects caused by the vaccine. Researchers will also examine whether volunteers develop antibodies to the coronavirus that lead to immunity.
Depending on the responses of these first two volunteers, others will gradually receive the vaccine candidate beginning on Tuesday in two phases – 40 people at each medical center, IIBR head Prof. Shmuel Shapira said. Each volunteer will receive an injection, but some will receive a placebo.
When Phase I is completed, if successful, Phase II will commence, testing the vaccin e on 960 healthy volunteers over the age of 18. Phase II is expected to begin in December at medical centers throughout the country. That phase is meant to complete safety tests, pinpoint the right doses and continue to gauge effectiveness.
If the first two phases are successful, a Phase III trial of 30,000 volunteers will begin in April or May for the final stage. Once completed, the vaccine can be approved, and the population can be vaccinated against the virus.
Phase III will likely be conducted outside of Israel, Shapira said, without saying where that would be since no final agreements have been signed. But he said it would be a country with “a large population and a lot of sick people.”
Shapira, like Gantz, expressed cautious optimism. “If I did not think we had a chance, we would not be here,” he said.
He compared Israel’s vaccine to others being developed, adding: “There are a lot of vaccines that are like birds on a tree,” meaning that they could be fleeting, as they are based on technologies that have not been used before in successful vaccines.
This is the case with the Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine, which uses the mRNA (messenger RNA) delivery platform. Moderna has never completed production of a similar vaccine.
“IIBR has developed many vaccines,” Shapira said. In fact, he told The Jerusalem Post, the institute has been preparing for several years for an unknown threat such as this one. As part of the scientific preparation, it purchased and set up a national infrastructure for rapid identification of epidemic pathogens and developed tools for rapid vaccine planning in response to outbreaks.
Animal models have been put in place to test the safety and efficacy of vaccines and treatments. New infrastructure has been developed and established for rapid and efficient production, amounting to millions of vaccines, under stringent regulatory conditions.
“Six years before this crisis we had already started preparing for such an event,” he said.
IIBR’s coronavirus vaccines had been tested on rats, pigs, hamsters and rabbits and in each case showed safety and efficacy, Shapira said.
In Phase I, doctors are looking for any extreme side effects to the vaccine, which could cause the institute to pause and reevaluate, he said.
IIBR is not currently vying for Food and Drug Administration approval, but at a certain point, it could consider it, Shapira said.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Czech Republic reports 11,428 coronavirus cases, 173 deaths

Czech Republic reported 11,428 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, Oct. 31, and 173 new deaths, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday.The total number of cases in the country of 10.7 million stood at 335,102, while deaths reached 3,251.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Russia's new coronavirus cases hit record high of 18,665

Russia's daily tally of coronavirus cases hit a record high of 18,665 on Sunday, including 5,261 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 1,636,781.Authorities also reported 245 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 28,235.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 14,177 to 532,930 - RKI

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 14,177 to 532,930, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.The reported death toll rose by 29 to 10,481, the tally showed.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Coronavirus in Israel: 218 new cases, 2.9% of tests positive

Out of those infected , 399 are in serious condition and 176 are on ventilators .
The death toll rose @ @ @ @

Out of those infected, 399 are in serious condition and 176 are on ventilators. The death toll rose overnight to 2,541.
Some 218 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.9% of tests returning positive, according to a Health Ministry update on Sunday morning.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Mexico protesters burn Trump effigy, slam US border policy

A few dozen migrant activists marched to the beach fence separating Mexico from the United States at the border city of Tijuana chanting , `` Trump , we wo n't pay for your wall , '' then set fire to a crude , besuited effigy of the president on a stick .
`` We 're calling on people to vote against Trump and in favor of hope .
Biden has promised us a humanitarian migration reform , we 'll be watching to ensure the promises are kept this time , '' said Hugo Castro , a Mexican-American migrant activist .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic opponent Joe Biden , seeking re-election as president four years after he won office pledging to stop illegal immigration from Mexico , which he has accused of sending rapists and murderers north .
Insisting Mexico will pay for the border wall he is building between the two countries , Trump has pushed and threatened President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador into tightening up Mexico 's borders against migrants from Central America .
Alongside the Trump effigy , the demonstrators torched a pinata of a border patrol agent , a week after a Mexican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US officials attempting to cross into the United States on the Tijuana-San Diego border .

Protesters in Mexico burned effigies of Donald Trump and a border patrol agent on the US border on Saturday, condemning President Donald Trump's migration policies and urging Americans to reject him at the ballot box on Tuesday.
A few dozen migrant activists marched to the beach fence separating Mexico from the United States at the border city of Tijuana chanting, "Trump, we won't pay for your wall," then set fire to a crude, besuited effigy of the president on a stick.
"We're calling on people to vote against Trump and in favor of hope. Biden has promised us a humanitarian migration reform, we'll be watching to ensure the promises are kept this time," said Hugo Castro, a Mexican-American migrant activist.
Trump, a Republican, is battling Democratic opponent Joe Biden, seeking re-election as president four years after he won office pledging to stop illegal immigration from Mexico, which he has accused of sending rapists and murderers north.
Insisting Mexico will pay for the border wall he is building between the two countries, Trump has pushed and threatened President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador into tightening up Mexico's borders against migrants from Central America.
Alongside the Trump effigy, the demonstrators torched a pinata of a border patrol agent, a week after a Mexican man was killed in an altercation with US officials attempting to cross into the United States on the Tijuana-San Diego border.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Mexico reports 6,151 new coronavirus cases, 464 more deaths

Mexico 's health ministry on Saturday reported 6,151 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 464 additional fatalities , bringing the @ @ @ @ @ 924,962 cases and 91,753 deaths .
The government has said the real number of infected @ @ @ @ @ than the confirmed cases .

Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 6,151 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 464 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 924,962 cases and 91,753 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--3 men found murdered near Tel Dan

3 men found murdered near Tel Dan

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Three Arab men were found dead in Tel Dan in Israel's North Saturday night, having apparently been shot to death, Israeli media reported.The men were in reportedly in their 30s. The incident is currently being investigated by police as a triple homicide.


jerusalempost--2020-11-02--Coronavirus: Mexico records 4,430 new cases, 142 deaths

Mexico's health ministry reported on Sunday 4,430 new confirmed coronavirus infection cases and 142 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 929,392 cases and 91,895 deaths.The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.


jerusalempost--2020-11-02--Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April

William , grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second-in-line to the British throne , kept his diagnosis a secret because he did not want to alarm the country , The Sun newspaper reported .
`` There were important things going on and I did n't want to worry anyone , '' William was quoted by the newspaper as having told an observer at an engagement .
He was treated by palace doctors and followed government guidelines by isolating at the family home Anmer Hall , in Norfolk , the newspaper said , adding he still carried out 14 telephone and video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was hit pretty hard by the virus - it really knocked him for six .
At one stage he was struggling to breathe , so obviously everyone around him was pretty panicked , '' a source told The Sun .
The BBC also confirmed the news from sources late on Sunday , with Kensington Palace and the office of Prince William refusing to comment officially to the news outlet .
The palace was not immediately available for comment late on Sunday .
The residence of William 's father , Prince Charles , had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive for the coronavirus .
The heir to the throne had self-isolated at his residence in Scotland for seven days with mild symptoms .
Britain has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and has reported 46,717 COVID-19 deaths - defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test .
A broader measure of those with COVID-19 on their death certificates puts the toll at 58,925 .

Britain's Prince William contracted COVID-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources.
William, grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second-in-line to the British throne, kept his diagnosis a secret because he did not want to alarm the country, The Sun newspaper reported.
"There were important things going on and I didn't want to worry anyone," William was quoted by the newspaper as having told an observer at an engagement.
He was treated by palace doctors and followed government guidelines by isolating at the family home Anmer Hall, in Norfolk, the newspaper said, adding he still carried out 14 telephone and video call engagements during April.
"William was hit pretty hard by the virus - it really knocked him for six. At one stage he was struggling to breathe, so obviously everyone around him was pretty panicked," a source told The Sun.
The BBC also confirmed the news from sources late on Sunday, with Kensington Palace and the office of Prince William refusing to comment officially to the news outlet.
The palace was not immediately available for comment late on Sunday.
The residence of William's father, Prince Charles, had said on March 25 that Charles tested positive for the coronavirus. The heir to the throne had self-isolated at his residence in Scotland for seven days with mild symptoms.
Britain has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and has reported 46,717 COVID-19 deaths - defined as those dying within 28 days of a positive test. A broader measure of those with COVID-19 on their death certificates puts the toll at 58,925.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--IDF destroys the house of killer of Rabbi Ohayon - report

IDF troops demolished the home of a Palestinian suspected of killing Rabbi Shai Ohayon in a stabbing attack in Petah Tikva in August.During the demolition on Sunday night, about 150 Palestinians burned tires and threw stones and bottles of paint. Soldiers responded with riot dispersal methods. Medical sources quoted by Palestinian Ma’an News Agency said three youth were wounded in the clashes, which “lasted for several hours.”Ohayon, a 39-year-old father of four, was found unconscious near the Segula junction with multiple stab wounds in August and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.The 46-year-old Palestinian suspect, Khalil Doikat, who held an Israeli work permit, was arrested by police shortly afterward with a bloodstained knife apparently used in the attack. He was handed over to the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) for questioning.According to reports, Doikat suffers from mental disorders and had been treated by health officials in the Palestinian Authority. He had no history of terror activities and did not belong to any terror group.Doikat was charged with murder in September. The demolition was carried out after the High Court of Justice denied an appeal by Doikat’s family against it. His home was mapped by IDF troops in August for possible demolition, and in October, the High Court suspended the demolition after the appeal was made.The two-story home was demolished several hours after the court rejected a final petition submitted by the Doikat family requesting that their home not be destroyed.While some NGOs and human rights organizations criticize the army for using collective punishment by demolishing the homes of the terrorist’s families, the IDF believes it is a key deterrent to stop other attackers.Two weeks ago, the IDF sealed the room of 49-year-old Nizmi Abu Bakar, accused of killing St.-Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal during an arrest raid in the West Bank town of Yabed in May.The military had initially intended to destroy the entire building but was blocked by the High Court, which said the rest of the family was unaware of Abu Bakar’s intention and did not participate in the murder.In mid-October, the military instead sealed off his room with concrete.“The decision to seal off the room in which the terrorist lived was made in accordance with the ruling of the High Court, which canceled the confiscation and demolition order that had been issued against the terrorist’s house,” the IDF said at the time.Abu Bakar has been accused of throwing a brick from the roof of the building where he lived with his family. The brick struck Ben-Yigal in the head, killing him.Ben-Yigal, 21, from Ramat Gan, was the first soldier killed this year. He was buried in the military cemetery of Be’er Ya’acov, with hundreds in attendance.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--WHO chief says he is identified as contact of COVID-19 positive person

`` I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for # COVID19 .
I am @ @ @ @ @ will self-quarantine over the coming days , in line with @ WHO protocols , and @ @ @ @ @ Tedros said in a tweet .

"I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19. I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO protocols, and work from home," Tedros said in a tweet.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, but added that he was feeling well and did not have any symptoms.


jerusalempost--2020-11-01--Coronavirus: Brazil records 10,100 new cases, 190 deaths

Brazil recorded 10,100 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 190 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Sunday.Brazil has registered more than 5.5 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 160,074, according to ministry data.