Israel

Instances of stroke following receipt of Pfizer’s new booster in the elderly may be connected to the influenza vaccine, officials said on Jan. 26.

A California district administrator involved in overseeing curriculum, Samia Shoman, called for "privileged White voices" to be removed from influencing against a far-left ethnic studies curriculum. 

At least five school districts, most in the northeast of the country, have reinstated mask requirements for students amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, and two requested that students be tested for the virus before returning to school from winter break.

Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb reportedly lobbied Twitter to censor posts raising questions about the COVID vaccine.

Medical experts Yoav Yehezkelli and Amnon Lahad wrote a letter to the Israel Medical Association Journal (IMAJ) addressing mask mandates.

The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future.

Biblical archaeology is a slow process.

Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister of Israel's most right-wing and religiously conservative government, pledging settlement expansion, subsidies for ultra-Orthodox allies, and judicial reform.

MP cites sources for all of his claims.

The Central Bureau of Statistics released a report on Christmas Day finding that Christians in Israel increased by 2% in 2021.