• After FDA panel limits US boosters, minister says Israel proves 3rd dose works
  
  Horowitz says US panel received Israeli data 'unequivocally' showing extra shot is effective against Delta; Bennett op-ed: Waiting too long for booster would have squandered gains
  Times of Israel.  Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:49:41 +0000.
• Study of Covid Booster Shot Benefits Fans Debate Over Extra Doses
  
  Independent experts, including government scientists, were skeptical of the research from Israel, which included limited data over a short period.
  Apoorva Mandavilli.  New York Times.  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 22:39:58 +0000.
• An AI program can predict missing words from 4,500-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
  
  A deep-learning artificial intelligence model is being used by computer scientists in Israel to fill in missing words and sentences from cuneiform tablets from between 2500 BC and 100 AD.
  Daily Mail.  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:19:51 GMT.
• FDA advisers vote unanimously to give COVID booster to people 65+
  
  Health Ministry: More than 3 million Israelis have received a third shot.
  Jerusalem Post.  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:36:19 GMT.
• US will continue to encourage normalisation with Israel: Blinken
  
  Top US diplomat outlines steps to 'widen the circle' of normalisation that do not include peace with Palestinians.
  Al Jazeera.  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:24:31 +0000.
• Halliburton (HAL) Acquires Well-Drilling Contract in Israel
  
  Halliburton (HAL) will execute a well drilling campaign off the coast of Israel, which involves three firms and two optional wells.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:26:00 GMT.
• Israel booster jabs reducing severe Covid-19 even as cases surge: Experts
  
  Israel's vaccination rollout that began last December was among the fastest in the world and brought infections to a trickle by June.
  Straits Times.  Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:30:32 +0800.
• Suspected kidnapper of boy survivor in Italian cable car crash questioned in Israel
  
  Israeli police said they had received a complaint that a minor had been kidnapped and flown to Israel, and had questioned a 58-year-old man.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 05:48:18 +1000.
• Israel-Palestinian Facebook posts need 'bias' review
  
  One of the recommendations from the Facebook Oversight Board after ruling on one such post.
  BBC News.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:43:19 GMT.
• Family of only survivor of Italian cable car disaster petition Israeli-court over suspected kidnapping
  
  The family petitioned the court after the boy was taken to Israel by his grandfather on Saturday
  Celine Wadhera.  The Independent.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:38:12 GMT.
• Former Rabbinical Student And Autodidact Cofounds Fast-Growing Web Security Software Firm
  
  Former Rabbinical student and self-described autodidact, Tzury Bar Yochay, helped found Reblaze, the fast-growing, Israel-based web security firm. ...
  By Bruce Rogers, Senior Contributor.  Forbes.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:09:45 -0400.
• Elbit Systems to supply ASW capabilities to navy of Asia-Pacific country
  
  Israeli company Elbit Systems announced on 13 September that it has secured contracts worth a combined USD56 million to provide anti-submarine-warfare (ASW) ...
  Janes 360.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:20:11 Z.
• Greece investigates plane crash that killed witness in Netanyahu corruption trial
  
  Greek authorities are investigating a private plane crash that killed a witness in the corruption trial of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
  Sky News.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:44:00 +0100.
• Tokyo Olympics: Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and coach suspended for 10 years
  
  Algeria's Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef are suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after withdrawing from the Olympics to avoid facing an Israeli opponent.
  BBC News.  Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:34:38 GMT.
• Bennett meets Sisi on first Egypt trip by Israeli PM in decade
  
  Israel's Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, on the first visit to the North African country by a prime minister of the Jewish state in over a decade.
  News Wires.  France 24.  Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:58:24 GMT.
• Palestinians Meet Israeli Economic Goodwill Gestures with Skepticism
  
  Palestinians say economic moves cannot replace political negotiations; Israel also cautions against any overblown expectations.
  Voice of America.  Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:27:44 -0400.
• Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire
  
  Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday in response to rocket launches out of the Hamas-ruled territory.
  Fox News.  Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:33:47 GMT.
• Custody fight over six-year-old child who was sole survivor of cable car tragedy in Italy
  
  A six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash in northern Italy is at the centre of a bitter custody battle between his maternal grandparents in Israel and his paternal relatives in Italy.Fourteen people, ...
  New Zealand Herald.  Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:44:04 +1200.
• Israel Arrests 4 Palestinian Fugitives Who Escaped Prison
  
  Escape exposed deep flaws in its prison system.
  Voice of America.  Sat, 11 Sep 2021 03:11:31 -0400.
• Israeli air force strikes Hamas positions in Gaza in response to rocket launch - IDF
  
  On Friday, according to the IDF press service, air raid sirens went off in Eshkol Regional Council bordering the Palestinian enclave
  Tass.  Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:22:52 +0300.

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