Covid Israel: Vaccines have not caused ANY serious side effects in teenagers

Covid vaccines have not caused ANY serious side effects in teenagers in Israel, officials say amid world-first child vaccination programme Israel has vaccinated 600 teenagers with none suffering severe side effects Country will roll out jabs to children once adults have had both doses in April Pfizer is currently conducting its own vaccine study on … Read more

Shapira Scroll mystery solved? Ancient manuscript MAY be oldest known Biblical script

The Shapira Scroll, an ancient manuscript first discovered in 1883 and dismissed as fake is ‘actually the oldest known Biblical script’, an expert claims. Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Willhelm Shapira told the world of the discovery of 15 manuscript fragments, said to have been found in a cave near the Dead Sea. The paleo-Hebrew script … Read more

Shapira Scroll: Ancient manuscript may be oldest known Biblical script

The Shapira Scroll, an ancient manuscript first discovered in 1883 and dismissed as fake is ‘actually the oldest known Biblical script’, an expert claims. Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Willhelm Shapira told the world of the discovery of 15 manuscript fragments, said to have been found in a cave near the Dead Sea. The paleo-Hebrew script … Read more

Myanmar’s military junta pays $2million to Canadian lobbying firm to ‘explain the real situation’

Myanmar’s military junta has paid $2million to a Canadian lobbying firm to help ‘explain the real situation’ in the strife-torn country it emerged today. The top brass have recruited former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe and his Montreal-based firm Dickens and Madson to help press their case overseas, including in the United States and at … Read more

Israel gets the party started as revellers hit restaurants, bars and cafes

Israeli revellers have celebrated the return to bars and restaurants as the country’s economy reopens following its world-leading coronavirus vaccination campaign.   From Sunday, restrictions in Israel that have been in place since the end of 2020 because of the pandemic were eased further, allowing for greater social interaction.  Bars and restaurants, event halls, sporting events, hotels … Read more

Aristocrat, 26, joined activists to spray red paint on Israeli defence firm HQ, court hears 

Aristocrat, 26, whose birthday party at family’s Perthshire estate featured in Tatler magazine joined pro-Palestinian activists to spray red paint on London HQ of Israeli defence firm, court hears Doone Stormonth Darling accused of attacking Elbit Systems in London last year Stormonth Darling, and 4 others, used paint-filled fire extinguishers paint it Was in protest … Read more

Hybrid robot can ‘hear’ electrical signals using a dead locust’s ear in a world’s first experiment

A robot has heard sounds through the ear of a dead locust in a world’s first experiment that uses the Ear-on-a-Chip method to create a long-lasting sensory device. A team from Tel Aviv University announced their new ‘Ear-bot’ that replaces an electronic microphone in a bio-hybrid robot with the insect’s ear, allowing the machine to … Read more

Israel is roaring back to life thanks to Covid jab passports as gyms and swimming pools open

There is a new rule at Meir Elbaz’s synagogue near Tel Aviv. Only people who can produce a green pass, Israel’s new Covid passport, may cross the threshold. If you don’t have one of the highly-prized passes, you are relegated to the courtyard and forced to listen to prayers through the open windows. ‘It’s a … Read more

Syrian government claims to have shot down Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus

Syria ‘shoots down’ Israeli missiles over Damascus days after Iranian Navy ‘attack’ on cargo ship and US air strike on Iran-backed militias in the country Syrian air defences were activated in capital on Sunday night to repel an attack It was reported most Israeli missiles were shot down before reaching targets Syrian state media has … Read more