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TEL AVIV — Attacking Israel would be a “great mistake” on Hezbollah’s part, a U.S. general touring the region said this week, adding it would not end well for the Iran-backed terror group.

TEL AVIV — Health Ministry officials warned that another lockdown was imminent if virus cases continue to spin out of control, with one official saying the High Holy Days would be spent with immediate family members only.

TEL AVIV — The Palestinian Authority has arrested several Palestinians who said they were in favor of Israel’s plan to apply its laws to parts of the West Bank, the AFP news wire reported Tuesday.

TEL AVIV — An overwhelming majority of Israelis think the unity government forged between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz has not performed well in handling the twin crises–economic and health-related–facing the country as a result of the pandemic, new polls show.

TEL AVIV — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest the government’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in what was later described by the country’s deputy health minister as a “health terror attack.”

Liberal writer Peter Beinart’s latest oped published in the New York Times Wednesday has sparked outrage among U.S. Jewish leaders for calling for the end of Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday admitted his government was too hasty in reopening the economy and as a result, Israel is now facing a “second wave of corona.”

Canadian lawmaker and prime ministerial candidate Erin O’Toole on Wednesday vowed to move his country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if he were elected.

TEL AVIV — The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, Hassan Nasrallah, on Tuesday vowed to “do anything” to prevent Israel’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank.

TEL AVIV — Egypt, France, Germany and Jordan warned Israel on Tuesday against its plan to annex parts of the West Bank, saying that doing so could damage bilateral relations.

TEL AVIV — Israel’s public health director quit on Tuesday amid an unprecedented surge in new infections, blasting the Health Ministry’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic which she said involved frivolous decision making motivated by self-serving interests.

The AIPAC pro-Israel lobby on Monday announced its opposition to a Democratic-endorsed legislation amendment that would see the U.S. barring Israel from using aid money towards its plans to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, citing a politicization of Israel’s security needs that would hinder peace efforts.

JAFFA — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has demanded Israel seal off the West Bank, saying the Jewish state was to blame for a spike in coronavirus infections among Palestinians.

Israel was behind an explosion at an Iranian nuclear facility last week that caused “significant damage” and set back Tehran’s nuclear program by months, The New York Times reported Thursday citing a Middle Eastern intelligence official.

TEL AVIV — Israel launched a new spy satellite into orbit Monday morning, in what was hailed by Defense Minister Benny Gantz as an “extraordinary achievement.”

 At pro-Palestinian Black Lives Matter rallies in New York and Washington, chants were heard calling for “Death to Israel,” “Death to America” and “From Gaza to Minnesota, globalize the Intifada!”

TEL AVIV – Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank puts an end to the “morally repugnant” notion — endorsed by all U.S. administrations except Trump’s – that Jews need to be ethnically cleansed from the territory, preeminent legal expert Eugene Kontorovich told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah faction and its rival Hamas agreed to put aside their differences and “unite” to thwart Israeli-American “plots” against the Palestinians, senior officials from both sides said Thursday.

TEL AVIV — Lawmakers from 20 different countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America signed a letter on Wednesday endorsing Israel’s plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV — Israel clocked 980 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily tally since the beginning of the outbreak in mid-March.

TEL AVIV — Israel’s Arab Joint List party, the country’s third largest, on Tuesday called on the European Union (E.U.) to recognize a state of Palestine and cut ties with Israel unless the government drops its “expansionist” plans to annex parts of the West Bank.

TEL AVIV — Senator Bernie Sanders signed a letter Tuesday pushed by four House progressives including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), that calls for the U.S. to cut aid to Israel over its plan to apply sovereignty across parts of the West Bank.

TEL AVIV — The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group is attempting to recruit Israeli citizens as operatives, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Tuesday, following the arrest of two Arab Israeli women earlier this month who were recruited by a Lebanon-based operative to carry out terror activities.

TEL AVIV — Protesters at an anti-annexation rally in the Belgian capital of Brussels on Sunday were heard shouting anti-Semitic chants including calling for a “war against the Jews in the streets” and warning Jews the “the army of Muhammad will return.”

TEL AVIV — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are among four House progressives calling for the U.S. to cut aid to Israel over its plan to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank.

TEL AVIV — A fountain in Donald Trump Square in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva was turned red on Monday, after anti-sovereignty activists dyed the water with food coloring and graffitied the words “annexation will cost us blood” at the site.

TEL AVIV — Only 200 Palestinians showed up for what was supposed to be a massive demonstration in Ramallah against Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank, AFP reported Monday. The Palestinian Authority invested a lot of resources

TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Palestinian Authority to enter negotiations based on President Donald Trump’s peace plan, days ahead of the July 1 deadline for annexation parts of the West Bank, which the prime minister claimed will advance peace.

TEL AVIV — More than half of COVID-19 patients displayed symptoms of respiratory distress even several weeks after recovery, a new study by Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center has found.

TEL AVIV – North American-based Pro-Palestinian groups have called on the public to join “Day of Rage” rallies across the U.S. on Wednesday, the day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has earmarked for beginning the process of annexation of parts of the West Bank.

TEL AVIV — Israel and the United Arab Emirates are set to announce a new joint venture to combat COVID-19, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday.

TEL AVIV — Hamas on Thursday warned Israel it would regret moving forward with plans to extend Israeli law over parts of the West Bank, and doing so was tantamount to a “declaration of war” on the Palestinians.

WEST BANK — Palestinians in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley interviewed by Breitbart News overwhelmingly expressed support for the government’s plans to extend Israeli law over areas they are residing in, citing fairer rule under Israel than the Palestinian Authority which many see as corrupt.

TEL AVIV – Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday indicated he could back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to apply sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, citing Palestinian intransigence or what he termed, “their deep shit.”

TEL AVIV – More than 100 House Republicans affirmed their support on Monday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank as well as Israel’s “right to defensible borders.”

TEL AVIV – Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub on Sunday said while peaceful “popular resistance” is the preferred method for resisting Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank, “our fingers are on the triggers.”